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Greetings from the front line of the Campaign,
Your new aids and I have been discussing our options. It‘s early days yet, but we have agreed upon several sites with which we are connected, to begin promotion of your campaign.
We have also begun work on ideas for posters: a designer must be found. You would of course have the final say on anything we came up with. We were wondering if you had selected a slogan you believe represented your plans for America and the world? Something short and catchy which would stick in people’s minds. Any particular slogans you used in Oz that proved to be effective? Later on in the campaign I would also suggest you consider bodyguards however let’s not worry too much on that right now.
Scarab

Excellent! I am pleased that you are already at work, being evil. What sites are you considering launching from?
As for the poster idea, I have actually been workshopping something in that regard. Behold, attached! You may use it for promotion or as a basis of inspiration for something more... appropriate for this world. Of course there are many possible designs and slogans. I have trust in your abilities to faithfully represent what I stand for-- Change. Evil. An end to Democracy. Flying monkeys.
I will be updating the general public on these developments soon.
Do not fail me!

Of course, Sarah. If you could push for people to put up the posters, make some of their own... that seems like the place to start.
It's easy to be evil and destroy things... so many in this world seem to favor that. Whatever happened to evil with a purpose? Evil that builds. We must bring that back.
I have to find my place in this world. I have to make a difference. Right now, everything hinges on your loyalty. Please, don't disappoint me.

Scarab wrote:I find myself wanting to ask some questions I think it would be perilous to ask right now. I want to ask if she knows what Oz is in relationship to us. Does she already know this, or has she at least given any signs that she suspects it?

She's a capable liar, I know this, but if this IS a rare moment of honesty from her, then perhaps we should respond in kind. Sicon has thrown her off balance, and this moment of potential might not happen again for a while.

What do you all suggest?

Sicon112 wrote:

Scarab wrote:I find myself wanting to ask some questions I think it would be perilous to ask right now. I want to ask if she knows what Oz is in relationship to us. Does she already know this, or has she at least given any signs that she suspects it?

She's a capable liar, I know this, but if this IS a rare moment of honesty from her, then perhaps we should respond in kind. Sicon has thrown her off balance, and this moment of potential might not happen again for a while.

What do you all suggest?

As I stated on the other thread, while I will still be operating under the assumption that she is faking, I will purposely craft any plans I may make so that they can be used to support attempts to instigate a Heel Face Turn. As long as you understand that however sympathetic she is, she is still the most dangerous person we have dealt with yet, being kind to her is not a bad idea. Attempts to actually turn her will end badly, but if you aid her and are kind to her, we don't really lose as long as you don't give her aid that hurts us.

If she is faking, we just go along the same path we were planning to go down before we found that she had discovered us.

However, if she is sincere, then perhaps the harm she can potentially deal can be mitigated.

Then we have posters to put up.
Human beings seek purpose, as you do. We all have agendas, we all have something we want and limits as to what we'll do to get it. A lot of us have... a tendency to lose track of what we wanted in the midst of all the chaos. I wanted change too, hence why I'm here. But it's not an easy world to change.
This is politics. It's hardly the prime breeding ground of honesty (if it were we wouldn't have a prayer here) but perhaps right now is the time for some honesty between us. Blame that soul I've been crushing down on for twenty five years if you have to, but I need to ask:
What exactly do you know about this place? Are you aware of exactly WHAT the world of Oz is to the people of this world and why your constructive evil now feels so out of place amidst all of our destruction?
And.... okay, this last one is mostly just a curiosity on my part, but do you remember a sickeningly cheerful, optimistic young girl with a small dog, and what became of her?

Minion, you take counsel from the one who insults me. If I am to trust you, you need to earn it. And you need to trust me, or I will be forced to find some other party to support my cause.
You are right, people have agendas. They need incentive to make change. So here is yours: Since you seem to be so eager to learn about me, establish some reward system. If people put up some number of posters. Encourage people to make their own.
If enough people send in pictures of actual posters placed in actual places... perhaps we will talk.

Scarab wrote:Aaaand we have a response to that:

Minion, you take counsel from the one who insults me. If I am to trust you, you need to earn it. And you need to trust me, or I will be forced to find some other party to support my cause.
You are right, people have agendas. They need incentive to make change. So here is yours: Since you seem to be so eager to learn about me, establish some reward system. If people put up some number of posters. Encourage people to make their own.
If enough people send in pictures of actual posters placed in actual places... perhaps we will talk.

Yeah, pretty understandable reaction on her part really. Naturally what she wants to see is actual action before she starts trusting even her own campaigners. So then, I'd say now would be a good time to get started on getting those campaign posters out there.

Sicon112 wrote:

Scarab wrote:Aaaand we have a response to that:

Minion, you take counsel from the one who insults me. If I am to trust you, you need to earn it. And you need to trust me, or I will be forced to find some other party to support my cause.
You are right, people have agendas. They need incentive to make change. So here is yours: Since you seem to be so eager to learn about me, establish some reward system. If people put up some number of posters. Encourage people to make their own.
If enough people send in pictures of actual posters placed in actual places... perhaps we will talk.

Yeah, pretty understandable reaction on her part really. Naturally what she wants to see is actual action before she starts trusting even her own campaigners. So then, I'd say now would be a good time to get started on getting those campaign posters out there.

Sounds good to me. Unfortunately, as good as I am at plotting, I'm useless in the physical world for now, being both ill and a hikikomori, so it's up to you guys this time.

The aides and I have discussed the poster you sent us and have a suggestion.
The poster is great overall; it says everything that needs to be said. Our only concern lies with the slogan.
While ‘End Democracy’ is the idea of this whole campaign, democracy, ineffective though it may be, has been the chosen political stance of America for over a hundred years. They don’t know any other way. They are frightened by change, and it’s not usually the kind of fear that you can USE, so much as the kind that has people running about like babbling idiots and generally causing more problems. It might scare away your voters before they can see the value of your ideas.
Hence we would suggest changing your slogan to something more subtle. Something that captures your campaign, but that won’t make them think they have to do anything too strenuous.
Once we have the final poster we’ll run it up in several sizes and variations and see about getting it out there already. We’re working on the website.

If you have another idea for a slogan then, by all means, suggest it. "End Democracy" is only one of many options. We must move quickly if we wish to gain traction.

Wicked Witch wrote:I'd go with something more evil, but you have proven you know this world better than I.
I suppose deception is another form of evil, after all.

Wicked Witch wrote:I am glad that our scheming is coming to fruition. I only have one suggestion -- the green text does not "pop" as much as it could from the background. I have been reading up on style guides, lately, and they recommend using "a white sans-serif font on dark backgrounds."
Of course green is the superior color, but sometimes concessions must be made.

Scarab wrote:Yes, I can see how that would work better. I'll add it to the versions we have so far. Blank drafts of your poster are also circulating the forum. In spite of their frequent bickering, these guys are really turning out to be helpful with the poster distribution. Some have already offered to spread your posters in their local area. They have a few things in the works over there, and it'll be interesting to see how things pan out.
Also, regarding your most recent post. I apologise for not helping you be better informed. We should've told you sooner about precisely how banking and such things work around here, being campaign managers and all. The evil cackling will not have gone down especially well. Clearly your way of evil and ours are drastically different and this is something we must work around.
I am not sure how we are to resolve this conflict of evil-types. But my first suggestion would be to figure out how we can get you into that job using OUR world's political methods. There's no problem with your intent, it's just about getting it out there in away that fits our world's understanding of things.

Incidentally in their search for finding a way to get people like you home, the forum has come across something lately that I do believe you'll recognize.
It's attached above. You may notice it as one of your campaign letters (the forum got hold of it... apparantly from a rubbish bin.)
We are... concerned about the people responsible for that letter. We believe they may pose a threat to those such as yourself and that they attempt to jeopardise any attempt you could make to return home. They're also certainly not working for you on the campaign side. I believe they were just seeking to get close to you for their own ends, however you chose another manager, and thus blocked their attempt.
Do you recognize the letter and who it was who sent it to you?

Wicked Witch wrote:I do recognize the letter. I printed it out to review it on my trip to New York, but... events... there had me trashing the whole folder in a rage.
I'm not worried about the sender. He wasn't nearly evil enough to join my ranks. I thought he might work anyway...but then he linked to his insipid little website on his resume, and it was filled with pathetic aspirations of nobility. I still have the resume on file, if you believe it will somehow further your own presumably evil goals.

Scarab wrote:Yes, I would appreciate it, if you could send the link my way. If anything it's an exercise in how NOT to do the job right that I can learn from...
Still working on adverts, by the way. Assuming they're needed.

Wicked Witch wrote:Of course they are needed. For the record, I WILL reward those who distribute large amount of fliers.
Regardless, file is attached.

agoraoptera wrote:On a somewhat off-topic note, I wonder what the Witch would say if we recommended her to watch the Presidential (Wizardly?) Debates to get an idea of what she needs to become Wizard.

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

agoraoptera wrote:On a somewhat off-topic note, I wonder what the Witch would say if we recommended her to watch the Presidential (Wizardly?) Debates to get an idea of what she needs to become Wizard.

She watched the first debates. That's what inspired her to run for president to begin with.

The Finch wrote:

WackyMeetsPractical wrote:

agoraoptera wrote:On a somewhat off-topic note, I wonder what the Witch would say if we recommended her to watch the Presidential (Wizardly?) Debates to get an idea of what she needs to become Wizard.

She watched the first debates. That's what inspired her to run for president to begin with.

I don't know how she'll react to the second debate...

The Finch wrote:Chaos. If you've EVER debated before, it would have looked like pure chaos.

Scarab's Email wrote:Seriously, I would strongly advise AGAINST breaking into anymore houses. I don't know how we're going to hide or explain that on a campaign run.
I would also advise against reading anymore of those books. Please be careful with mirrors, you run the risk of ending up in the A&E and trust me that is not a place you want to go. medical bills are the greatest example of modern evil the world has to offer. I am somewhat doubtful of the success rate of throwing yourself into plate glass.
The forum are working on other methods regarding getting you back to Oz.

Scarab wrote:Please observe. This may be important.
In the forums work to identify a means of returning you to your home world, we have been tracking a phenomenon known as Echoes. These are.... well, threadbare places in reality, I suppose, where your emergence and continued existence here affects the boundaries between our world and your own. Thse can be shown up using certain technologies that have been provided for us.
One of the forum agents has tracked an echo in the location you indicated visiting the other day, after your bank trip (a statue of ‘some guy named Duffy’?) We found an echo there.
This is evidence. This is what we were looking for. Now that we can track where people emerge from we can take further steps in returning you home. Granted we are still working on what to DO with this information but rest assured progress is being made. Don't go jumping into any mirrors. if you don't have to
Also, upon discovering that location the following piece of evidence was revealed to us.
The image is attached. I’m going to presume it looks familiar to you? (Assuming you can see it, I’m willing to consider the possibility this is as invisible to you as “The Wizard of Oz” was.

Scarab wrote: At the risk of sounding both overly moral and concerned... you alright out there?
You haven't shown up since the wardrobe incident, so we're a bit worried you might have had a rough encounter with a mirror or something even after I explictly told you jumping through them is a bad idea. I mean, I know it's the minion's JOB to be summerarily ignored half of the time (at least as far as I can tell), and there is usually good reason for this, but a check in would be helpful, just so we can confirm that I don't have to start trawling local A&E's for you.
...Or filing missing persons reports. I really don't know how the station would respond to 'about so tall, brown hair emerald green skin, has a really good cackle' and I don't want to find out. Let's save that for the campaign.
Seriously, everything okay on your end?

Scarab wrote:We have a situation of utmost urgency on our hands, and it deals with people who, like you, have trouble with the getting back to where they belong thing.
We need confirmation of something. This may seem strange and frivolous to you, but I hope you have in any way come to trust my judgement over the last few weeks. I won’t ask politely, I get the feeling that wouldn’t go down well (sorry, instincts, you know?), I’ll just say... it’s pretty imperative to certain issues we are currently dealing with.
There is a movie in existence , and we wish to know if you can see it. In much the same way you were unable to read certain books earlier on, we need confirmation of whether or not you have the same problem when watching the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLNS3HWfCM
This could be relevant to you in the future, make no mistake, and is certainly relevant to us in the present

Wicked Witch wrote:I cannot watch this "movie" you want me to see. Every time I click Play, it gets stuck buffering. I attempted to rectify this by building a new computer from some parts I had lying around the lab, but I was unable to fix it.
So I looked around for summaries of this film. I found, among other things, this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard ... (1939_film)
It seems to be a story about me! And Oz! And every summary I read celebrated my villainy.
This has hardened my resolve to return home, and reaffirmed my belief that it is possible.
Thank you. At next opportunity, I shall gift you a flying monkey.

GUYS I’M GETTING A FLYING MONKEY!