L's expression darkened for a moment as he turned his attention back to his screen, but appeared to be looking through it, rather than reading it.
He was familiar with the word on the street. Other informants from around the world had kept L updated on the prevailing theories in their various quarters. Industrial accidents, government conspiracies, and one particular undercurrent that had cropped up in a couple of places that stated that Midgar had been destroyed by opponents of the Empire to make the Empire look responsible, and rally the allegiances against them.
The conflicting theory was that the Empire had destroyed Midgar in order to make mako energy look unsafe and undermine Shinra's income and political power. That one seemed to be spreading in areas where Shinra maintained their grip, and was vying with a similar theory that blamed terrorists for the attack for the same reasons.
What that told L was that Shinra's own remaining upper echelons had no more idea about the cause of the disaster than the average person on the street. In that, L took a twisted sort of pride that lanced through his gut and made him uncomfortable, but still it remained. Khamja's endeavour had been successful, and exactly as covert as required.
More successful than previous plans that had achieved similarly destructive results.
The Palace itself had been fortunately quiet on the subject of conspiracies and panic, although theories bounced around from time to time, mostly as to how people like Nnoitra and Kadaj had taken down Orochimaru. L paid that rubbish no heed; it was idle gossip meant to occupy time and mouths, nothing more.
And something, L remembered, that Gin had known about before anyone except the two perpetrators.
"I prefer the quiet," L answered, in an entirely un-subtle suggestion that Gin move on. The man gave him the creeps, not that L was about to admit that, but L was also busy.
He minimised the window regarding the Ryoka, and opened up another one that contained less interesting information about their other activities at the time the Ryoka had been brought in.
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Date: 2013-03-26 11:06 pm (UTC)He was familiar with the word on the street. Other informants from around the world had kept L updated on the prevailing theories in their various quarters. Industrial accidents, government conspiracies, and one particular undercurrent that had cropped up in a couple of places that stated that Midgar had been destroyed by opponents of the Empire to make the Empire look responsible, and rally the allegiances against them.
The conflicting theory was that the Empire had destroyed Midgar in order to make mako energy look unsafe and undermine Shinra's income and political power. That one seemed to be spreading in areas where Shinra maintained their grip, and was vying with a similar theory that blamed terrorists for the attack for the same reasons.
What that told L was that Shinra's own remaining upper echelons had no more idea about the cause of the disaster than the average person on the street. In that, L took a twisted sort of pride that lanced through his gut and made him uncomfortable, but still it remained. Khamja's endeavour had been successful, and exactly as covert as required.
More successful than previous plans that had achieved similarly destructive results.
The Palace itself had been fortunately quiet on the subject of conspiracies and panic, although theories bounced around from time to time, mostly as to how people like Nnoitra and Kadaj had taken down Orochimaru. L paid that rubbish no heed; it was idle gossip meant to occupy time and mouths, nothing more.
And something, L remembered, that Gin had known about before anyone except the two perpetrators.
"I prefer the quiet," L answered, in an entirely un-subtle suggestion that Gin move on. The man gave him the creeps, not that L was about to admit that, but L was also busy.
He minimised the window regarding the Ryoka, and opened up another one that contained less interesting information about their other activities at the time the Ryoka had been brought in.