The WCL
A Dastardly Dispute with Democracy
Last week, illegally acquired footage of the WCL military’s violent dispersion of a group of about 500 protesters in District 97 Square was broadcasted on a prominent world news television station. The protesters, according to the news station, had been from an organization called the “Democratic Installation Movement,” or DIM, which had somehow managed to acquire knowledge of the existence of a form of government known as “democracy” within nations foreign to the WCL and has been promoting the creation of a democratic form of government in the WCL. The military became involved almost immediately after the crowd in the streets formed, their black armored transport trucks screaming into the scene and crashing through multiple protesters that stood in their way. Dozens of seven-foot-tall men, dressed in pitch black uniforms with high black boots, burst from the back doors of the trucks and into the crowds, yelling at the protesters to lie down on the ground. About a hundred protesters instinctively obeyed, however others remained standing and shouted at the military officers.
Instantly, the black-clad giants tore through those that remained standing with the WCL’s trademark weapon, the “Devil’s Paintbrush” semi-automatic shotgun, a brutal machine that has been rumored to be capable of scattering at least five brains with one shot. The video is distorted after this point, as the cameraman appears to be running, however the camera turns around once more to view the militants continuing to blast their way through the crowd, a red mist floating about them as they go along. The video then ends.
In response to the leaked video, military captain Subject M374C450 M, the leader of the “packs” – as the groups of police/military officers within the WCL are called – which were involved in the massacre, spoke on a podium before thousands of WCL subjects and before camera crews broadcasting the speech to several different world news television stations live. The man was vested in the same black uniform as the other WCL militants, however boasted a single, thin, gold-colored band around his upper right arm. His head was shaved, and his eyes were calm and cold.
"Greetings, subjects of the WCL and foreign entities. I am Subject M374C450 M, captain of the pack which dispersed last week’s riot in District 97. I understand that video footage of this dispersal was illegally distributed to foreign entities and may have been viewed in other areas of the WCL, and I stand before you to justify what was done this past week. Many of you have probably heard of the illegally organized group, the “DIM,” which initiated this riot. It is a group devoted only to the destruction of our great nation’s government and, ultimately, the destruction of the WCL as a whole. We have always done things the way we do now, led by our honorable Overlord, Subject 1, or A mean old man, and there is no alternative to that.
This group, by supporting the ousting of Subject 1 from his position as leader of our great nation, is, in fact, seeking to place themselves in his seat of power. You, subjects of the WCL, are lucky - you have never witnessed such unjust acts like the removal of your Overlord and the rise of a cold and careless new government before because your military and wise Overlord have kept your nation so secure (and not without the help of our marvelous nation’s corporations, of course, such as Lawnian Mills - fresh food only five minutes from home!)"
The captain winks at the audience and in return receives a bit of nervous laughter. The black-clad militants around him stiffen and bare their teeth, and the laughter ceases.
"…Without the protection of your great Leader and humble policemen like myself, this nation would collapse. You would all suffer in anarchy; the great corporations which feed and clothe you would go elsewhere, and the packs on the street that keep you safe from crime would instead turn on you - you can’t tell me you can support that, can you? This is what the DIM is working for!
Why, the DIM is nothing but a group of terrorists -"
The audience gasps and hisses at the word. A militant barks something and they grow silent again.
“- a group of terrorists devoted to your destruction! They seek your downfall, not only the downfall of Subject 1! Their violent acts and secret plots never end! You all, of course, remember the Downfall of '37, the catastrophic financial collapse of one of our largest soda-pop bottling companies, Urinext. That was a scheme of the DIM - an underhanded infiltration of our business and an attempt to bring our marvelous and productive nation to its knees. Fortunately, the WCL has long since recovered from that setback. Though there have been numerous other uprisings, such as the DIM’s pollution of the South-Eastern Sector’s water supply in '45, their collaboration with the rambunctious Aundotutunagirians during many of our clashes with them, and their bombing of the Greenville Orphanage in '52. Strict measures have been taken to make sure that nothing like that will ever happen again, such as the clearance of our military to take care of any DIM uprisings wherever they are found - and you must remember that measures such as these are for your own safety, the safety of our nation, and the safety of our foreign trade…”
He looks directly into the camera.
"…so please, people of the WCL, stay away from the dark influence of the DIM, and report any DIM activity that you notice around you. Keep yourself safe, and keep your nation secure. And for our foreign counterparts, disregard what you have seen on the television - it is only a necessary step taken by the WCL’s military to prevent any harm to our noble nation by this terrorist organization.
And remember – Lawnian Mills. Fresh food.
Only five minutes from home."