Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:40 pm
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Locals cheering as Wankan troops march into country
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A TDF soldier stands guard at the wreckage
Screengrab from video taken by Wankan Navy
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Schlenko Clarion
His Imperial Majesty's chosen newspaper since 1913
Protests rock capital
Uma Massermann
On Wednesday, in protest of the sudden mobilization and the shocking nosedive of the technology market's worth, hundreds took to the streets in protest. Maurice dePas Boulevard as well as Landerform Avenue saw the most protesters. Both streets were so clogged they were literally impassable by cars. From what I can tell, boatmen, factory workers and other lower class individuals made up the majority of the protesters. Police were dispatched to the area more to protect the protesters. It was expected the group would disband within a few hours.
However, as night fell on the city, students and factory workers took to the streets in droves and droves, with retailers and myriads of others joining the scene. By dawn, an estimated 10,00 had gathered in downtown Battenburg.
Although everything from unpopular tax reforms to the recent war was protested, the most common complaint was the weak rule of the Emperor, who is increasingly drawing fire as an ineffective ruler from both abroad and at home.
Curiously, present at the protest were several people wrapped in classical Ferrarinist mourning shrouds carrying candles, seemingly in grief for the deaths of several oil workers yesterday. Also present were men and women in black trench coats and black helmets identified as members of the "the Karf," the colloquial name for the Kalintisaar Pheiberun secret police division.