25-Feb-2001
Author: Dan
Title: Need Some Distraction
Archive: GWA! ^.~
Disclaimer: Not mine! Don't sue. If you plagerize this fic you really need some help!
Pairings: 2+1(+H), 5+R, 4+3
Timeline: After EW, after "Prices Paid"
Warnings: This is my tribute to the girl of GW. I LIKE them. If you don't and just want to see them tormented (well, I do torment them, but in a good way!) GO AWAY. Flame me for being nice to the girls and I will write a fic with them kicking your ASS! grrrr....
Reliability, I told myself, began with responsibility, and both were firmly rooted in discipline. Discipline was not lunging across the table and strangling the L4 delegate irritating the hell out of me. I settled for drumming my fingers on the table, a simple gesture I knew would be read as a quiet insult. It was meant to be one. The woman shot me a murderous glare that I returned with a gently condescending smile. She finished her diatribe against the Earth Sphere United Nations and our power grubbing schemes. Wufei was nearly foaming at the mouth by the time she was finished.
"As Mrs. Albright noted, SI will be responsible for all crimes that cross jurisdictional lines. However, the SI will be directly answerable to the ESUN Parliament, not to Earth or a single colony, therefore SI cannot be considered a transgression against colonial autonomy since it will be controlled by the Parliament of Nations." I smiled sweetly at the L4 delegate. "And since SI will be directly accountable to the ESUN it is merely logical that all the colonies and Earth fund the Special Investigations division."
The L2 delegate gave me a hidden smile as he stood up. I remembered why I liked Alexander so much when he rolled his eyes in Albright's direction before speaking. "Minister Darlain's explanation makes perfect sense. The only real question is how the funding shall be arranged, and how much jurisdiction should be given to the SI."
Albright shot out of her seat like someone had lit a fire under her. "The jurisdiction given should be absolutely minimal. SI should be forced to work with the police forces on the different colonies."
"Oh, that's a fine and silly idea, Madeilina." I covered my mouth to keep from laughing out loud as Jamison Noventa, Sylvia's older cousin and the L3 delegate, joined in the debate. "Of course the Special Investigations Bureau, or is it Division—a hell, who cares?—will have to work with the local police departments. As Relena already said, each major colony will have a home office with field offices underneath them in the smaller colonies. Hell, the agents will be home grown."
The corners of my lips were twitching as I tried to remain serious. "Mr. Noventa is correct; the long range recruitment goal is to have agents from each of the colonies. Ultimately the department will send agents where they need them—given qualifications, of course—but it would be best if agents from a colony stayed at that colony."
Albright looked slightly mollified. "I suppose funding will be part of taxation."
Wufei rolled his eyes in irritation and I could almost read his thoughts: 'stupid woman.' I tried not to laugh. That would be terribly rude. He glowered at me as he stood, incredibly irritated that I had dragged him to this meeting and forced him to deal with stupid people. Poor Wufei, he has quite learned that politics was all about manipulating stupid people.
"Of course it will be part of the new tax plan, which will be proportional, the smaller colonies need not be concerned." Wufei leveled an annoyed look at the woman.
It irritated me no end that Albright immediately accepted Wufei's word when she'd fight me every step of the way because he was one of the gundam pilots. Never mind the colonies had sold them up a river during the war. I schooled my features into a blank look and tried not to think of it for the rest of the meeting.
End of Part 6
(:./dan/distraction6)
