April 6, 2015
Cynebury, Tretrid
It was a Monday like any other. The weather was unremarkable, the news cycle was particularly slow, there wasn’t really anything interesting today.
It was particularly dull for one Wigstan Hroðulfson, investigative journalist for the Cynebury Herald. His latest work had been published only a week before, and he was in search of something else to cover.
There was always something new, after all. Even on nondescript days like this one.
As Wigstan drank from his coffee mug, he reflected on the importance of his job. The public deserved to know what was going on behind the scenes, especially if companies or even the government itself were engaging in wrongdoing.
It was why he chose this career path. Accountability mattered.
He set down his cup and idly glanced over at the surrounding cubicles. The adjacent coworkers were typing away, no doubt reporting on the government cutting off yet another welfare program. The Æthelred government seemed fairly obsessed with pruning away at those over the objections of the opposition (especially the SDÞ). That was to be expected, really, since the LDP these days were all so insistent on “letting people rise and fall on their own merits, not because they were coddled by government bloat.”
Wigstan had his own opinions on that, but he didn’t let that get in the way of his job. If he wanted to tell others how to think, instead of giving them the facts and allowing them to decide themselves, he would have gone into writing opinion pieces instead.
The monotony of the day came to a sudden stop when his computer emitted a jingle. Wigstan immediately perked up, recognizing that sound as the notification of an email arriving in his inbox. He quickly opened it, and read the letter.
Good morning,
I am a civil servant working in the Tretridian government. Given some of your past work, I thought it would be best if I contacted you over something that I believe is quite important.
In essence, I wish to be a whistleblower to what I strongly believe constitutes misconduct within the Tretridian government. This misconduct has been actively encouraged by senior officials, and I have reason to suspect that these senior officials may be engaged in wrongdoing or possibly illegal acts.
If you need more details, I’d be happy to provide you with more details or maybe even an interview. However, I would like to ask you to withhold my identity in any possible article, as I fear that I may lose my job if I were to openly speak out.
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
An extremely concerned Tretridian
Wigstan took a deep breath. Looked like he had his next scoop.
Funny how significant events could start this way, in such a nondescript manner on a perfectly ordinary day.