The anchor appearing on the screen gave a warm, full-lipped smile to the camera. The graphic under her name read "Kawamura Midori." The Neko had blond hair and ear fur, and she had light grey eyes that went with her light-blue blazer.
"Good afternoon, Yamatai — This, is SANDRA."
The pacing of her words was slow and deep. A red bar with white lettering appeared at her side. The kanji read, "Confirmed: Ketsurui princess ended rebellion in KnI." Her smile disappeared.
"After months of speculation, SANDRA has confirmed that the Ketsurui princess Kotori was behind the miraculous dissolution of the rebellion at Ketsurui no Iori in the late winter.
"Sources inside the government tell SANDRA that the princess personally involved herself in the labor dispute between workers of KnI's power plants and factories and the municipal government. The princess then met with the leader of the group, which had blockaded itself within a part of KnI, and convinced him to tell his followers to stop.
"The princess was unavailable for comment when the report was confirmed, but a statement from the Office of the Premier expressed gratitude for the princess' assistance.
"Much to the surprise of all involved, no one was hurt, even after weeks of armed clashes between rebels and the police, including an encounter where several rebels were injured when their van was attacked.
"Several agreements were made with the workers to ensure no such uprising happened again, including allowing them to form a bargaining unit, and promising them limited autonomy over new food-processing plants to be built in KnI.
"Those plants, according to the government, are among the most productive food-processing units in the Empire. The Department of Agriculture says the KnI plants already have reprocessed all of the Gartagen donations offered as a result of the International Relations Conference and have kept ahead of schedule with the processing of Iroma foodstuffs. Some factories have turned to processing locally grown foods from farms around the Koriyama Mountains.
"This is SANDRA."
"Good afternoon, Yamatai — This, is SANDRA."
The pacing of her words was slow and deep. A red bar with white lettering appeared at her side. The kanji read, "Confirmed: Ketsurui princess ended rebellion in KnI." Her smile disappeared.
"After months of speculation, SANDRA has confirmed that the Ketsurui princess Kotori was behind the miraculous dissolution of the rebellion at Ketsurui no Iori in the late winter.
"Sources inside the government tell SANDRA that the princess personally involved herself in the labor dispute between workers of KnI's power plants and factories and the municipal government. The princess then met with the leader of the group, which had blockaded itself within a part of KnI, and convinced him to tell his followers to stop.
"The princess was unavailable for comment when the report was confirmed, but a statement from the Office of the Premier expressed gratitude for the princess' assistance.
"Much to the surprise of all involved, no one was hurt, even after weeks of armed clashes between rebels and the police, including an encounter where several rebels were injured when their van was attacked.
"Several agreements were made with the workers to ensure no such uprising happened again, including allowing them to form a bargaining unit, and promising them limited autonomy over new food-processing plants to be built in KnI.
"Those plants, according to the government, are among the most productive food-processing units in the Empire. The Department of Agriculture says the KnI plants already have reprocessed all of the Gartagen donations offered as a result of the International Relations Conference and have kept ahead of schedule with the processing of Iroma foodstuffs. Some factories have turned to processing locally grown foods from farms around the Koriyama Mountains.
"This is SANDRA."
