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Post by Stefan Vaahto on Mar 29, 2005 14:12:08 GMT -5
Stefan looks up and sees someone standing before him.
"Ah hello. Are you here with the anarchists?" He asks, without really thinking this through. This would probably be a bad thing to ask certain people.
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Post by Dead Character on Mar 29, 2005 14:12:46 GMT -5
"Yeah, I just don't know what happened. At first I think it was just two kids who broke a window. Then it just mushroomed." Antero replies as he sweeps.
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Post by Salome Weil on Mar 29, 2005 14:18:16 GMT -5
"It really is not good for us at all. We already have a bad reputation and this really doesn't help."
I sit down and try not to be overly stressed about all of this.
"Hello, you seem slightly familiar, have we met before?" I ask the stranger sitting across from Antero.
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Post by Linnea Korpela on Mar 29, 2005 14:18:53 GMT -5
"Actually I'm not," Linnea replyed. "I live in the city actually and I was getting stuff from the art shop down the way."
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Post by Stefan Vaahto on Mar 29, 2005 14:26:38 GMT -5
"Oh wow, I knew you looked familiar! You're Linnea Korpela, right?" Stefan begins to cheer up.
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Post by Linnea Korpela on Mar 29, 2005 14:27:41 GMT -5
"Yes I am," she smiled. But she really didn't have any idea how she would know this person.
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Mar 29, 2005 14:36:07 GMT -5
I take the mostly melted ice off of my head and set it down on the table, leaving a growing puddle.
"Yeah you do look familiar, but unless you've been to Krondstadt I doubt we've met... Maybe in another life or something." I say, brushing off the comments.
"I think these riots are started by either desperate homeless kids or cops mascarading as anarchists within the movement."
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Post by Salome Weil on Mar 29, 2005 14:38:47 GMT -5
"That is possible. There are many people instigating violence that I did not recognize from the meetings we've had the past few days."
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Post by Stefan Vaahto on Mar 29, 2005 14:39:16 GMT -5
"My name's Stefan. I've visited a few of your galleries." Stefan replies, smiling. "When's your next, um... Gallery, or show or something?"
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Post by Dead Character on Mar 29, 2005 14:42:02 GMT -5
Antero whistles to himself and figures it is best not to mention that he sort of suggested to some in the crowd that they head to the parliament. It was just a suggestion and by that time the group was already vandalizing things. He listens to Shurochka and Salome talk about how police could have infiltrated the protest. He heard that sort of thing has happened in the past to frame anarchists.
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Post by Linnea Korpela on Mar 29, 2005 14:46:32 GMT -5
"I don't know right now. I don't have any scheduled or anything. There is one that is always open. But I usually always have a spring and fall show, but this year I couldn't do the spring show." Linnea seemed disappointed. "Maybe Ill have a summer show to make up for it."
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Post by Shurochka Kropotkin on Mar 29, 2005 14:48:28 GMT -5
"Yeah they did it to the weathermen in the 60's and a bunch of other anarchist and communist groups. They seem to only do it when the movements are at their peaks. So if it is true, then I guess we can take that as a compliment. We're considered a threat." I say, half smiling. I touch my back where they shot me, and immediately wince in pain. A softball sized green bruise recently formed on my shoulder blade, making it hard to move my right arm, my primary arm. I rotate my shoulder in semi circles, since whole circles hurt too much, then let it alone.
"But other than that, the protest seemed good..." I say, not acknowledging the fact that I didn't really see much of the protest. "I mean, lots of people, right? My guess would be at least 100,000, that's almost double what it was last year."
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Post by Stefan Vaahto on Mar 29, 2005 14:52:51 GMT -5
"Yeah I've seen the one that's always open... If you have a summer show, you'll at least have one person who goes to it!" Stefan says, then mentally kicks himself in the forehead. What a stupid thing to say. Maybe the realization that he's actually talking to a local celebrity is starting to sink in, slowly killing Stefan's rational thought.
((I'm gonna take a nap, I just hit a really bad tired spell, but I'll be back on tonight!))
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Post by Salome Weil on Mar 29, 2005 14:53:42 GMT -5
"Are you hurt? You really should get treatment. And yes, I think it helped that the anarchist convention coincided with the protest."
I look out the window and see that things have not yet died down.
"It is too bad we weren't able to make any resolutions besides everyone should just do their own thing. What do you think you two will do? I am torn between helping the socialists and promoting our own revolution."
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Post by Dead Character on Mar 29, 2005 14:57:55 GMT -5
"I dunno. Work here, help out with anarchist things in Helsinki. I just don't have time to do more than that." Antero replies. He is called back to the kitchen, where he is scolded for talking to the customers. He is also told he has some pizzas to deliver.
"I'll catch you later." He says to Shurotchka and Salome before heading out to deliver the pizzas. He feels down that his conversation was cut short.
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