[004: Video]

[rianofski]

[At first, the video is normal, held up so that everyone can see his face. He begins to speak.]

City, I've been meaning to inquire as to several things. Not, perhaps, the most pressing things, but questions nonetheless, I...

[There's a pause, and then the device is flung to the ground.]

I won't be a part of this ridiculous system any longer, a system that takes and takes and never gives back -- and people who want to take from the system without hard work. Hasn't anyone around here heard of capitalism? The free market? Are we happy to live in a society like this? Are we?

[And now he flings his cigarette to the ground emphatically.]

Comments

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Capitalism... Heh.

Re: video;

[rianofski]

Do you have a problem with capitalism?

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

I'm a Soviet. Of course I do.

Re: video;

[rianofski]

Not everyone from Russia is displeased by the idea of capitalism.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Then they are traitors.

Re: video;

[rianofski]

What a disappointingly narrow perspective.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Perhaps but I serve my country and that is what we believe is best for it.

If you expect some sort of sense as far as our loves go, you'll be very disappointed. The Deities thrive on our misery.

Re: video;

[rianofski]

There's a reason I left that country in 1919.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

That's a pity.

... When were you born, if you don't mind me asking, since you said it was '59 for you...

Re: video;

[rianofski]

1900. I didn't care for the tsar, but communism proved an even worse idea.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Hn. So you're about 10 years older than Yevgeny...

Things got better.

Re: video;

[rianofski]

I highly doubt that. I've observed their politics from afar.