Tips: 0.00 INK
by Patcharoo on Sun May 14, 2017 9:30 pm
Interview with Nadya
Alrion: Thank you for joining me... Nadya, is it? And your running mates name is Bo. Welcome to you both, this is a great opportunity for you to let the people know why you're running for mayor. Why don't we start with what policies and main focuses you would have should you be elected mayor?
Nadya: Thank you Mr. Flavaar! I think the most important of the policies is that I would set common sense regulations for becoming mayor. I'm 13, and I can't even drive yet, but I can run for mayor, and that's a bit silly. I think maybe you should have to be an adult, and a citizen on Wing City. But also, I think a focus would be on letting Wing City citizens govern Wing City, instead of a, um, a puppet government. We need to govern ourselves, or we're just gonna keep getting jerks down here trying to take over things they don't understand.
Alrion: Wouldn't that exclude you from re-running after the end of your term, unless you were in office for five years of course. It's unusual to see a politician have such a selfless and responsible policy.
Nadya: I guess, yeah, but that's okay. I'd rather have a good policy on who can be mayor, so that it's harder to corrupt them, than I would be mayor myself.
Alrion: What other things set you apart from the other candidates?
Nadya: Well, the other candidates all seem to me to be focused heavily on military things. I admit I'm young, but in my civics class, we learned that the Terran National Government was in charge of the military, and that Wing City was a part of the Terran Nation, and not in charge of the military. So I think for one, I might have a better grasp of basic government than some of them, since I just finished a whole year of learning about how the government works. And for another, I don't have a military background. A lot of the other candidates do. Oh! Also, I'm a Terran native, which I think is important, because I know how Terra works!
Alrion: ...That is a very good, and somewhat worrying, point. Ah, do you believe in delegating, that is, having others do work in your stead so you can manage overall, or do you believe in taking a more hands-on approach?
Nadya: Oh man. I'd be kind of stupid not to do both. Being a good leader means you do both. You can't do everything yourself after all. I have Bo to help me with things I can't do on my own, but of course I'd be working hard. And I'd definitely delegate to people who knew what they were talking about. Like, if the police were needed, I'd ask the chief of police what would be the best way to handle it. I wouldn't be all "Oh no, it must be done my way!" Bullies do that. But I'd do whatever I could myself, of course. It'd kind of be my job.
Alrion: Perhaps you could tell us a little about yourself. Do you have any inspirations, be they heroes or ideologies you live your life by?
Nadya: Oh man do I ever! Anodyne, the Ripper is super cool! She's got this awesome gun and she never misses a shot! And if you're a bad guy, you're definitely going down! and Kazen Horne is super cute and he once beat up the Aschen Emperor and that's pretty much the coolest thing ever, hands down. I have all the Invictus comic books. Oh! And Miss Catherine is wonderful! She is my foster mom's friend, and she's a magical cop! She takes down magical bad guys with the best. And of course, my babuschka. We were at the farmer's amrket a few weeks ago, because Babuschka sells honey. This jerk mage attacked and tried to kidnap me, because he's a jerk, and Babuschka threw a jar of honey at his head! Miss Catherine saved me from him. They're both the best.
Um, for ideologies though, I try to be kind as I can, but I don't want to give in to jerks. So you have to be kind, but stick by your convictions. That's how I live.
Alrion: Anodyne and Kazen from the Invictus? Very worthy inspirations, though they do tend to represent the same kind of military oriented notions your fellow candidates do. Regardless, we have just a couple of quick questions to finish off on. Firstly, what do you think of your predecessor, Mr. E. Mayor?
Nadya: Oh yeah! My Babuschka made all the candidates cookies. They're in the back. And good luck! I hope we can all be nice to each other for the whole race.
Tip jar: the author of this post has received
0.00 INK
in return for their work.