>>6001340The local law enforcement forces are quick to respond to this incursion. They take it seriously, not wanting to risk any retaliation from the mushroom over an attack on its body. Hazmat-suit and gas-mask clad operatives are sent in with helicopters. Shroomy is able to watch them descend on the folk, who seem to be headed for a certain location.
The confrontation takes place on an old, disused plantation, that has fallen into disrepair ever since Shroomy’s takeover a while ago. They don’t put up much of a fight, and are quickly subdued. Most of them are young, actually. Spunky teenagers, rather than grizzled mercenaries or cartel gangsters. This is a demographic Shroomy has no experience with.
An interrogation soon takes place, and the information is relayed back to the mushroom. These aren’t political rivers. These youths are farmers, or families of landowners, who are upset over being ousted from their homes. The government has been forceful in their snatching of land deeds for Shroomy’s use, which they saw as completely necessary to maintain diplomatic ties, so the common man has been trampled over because of this. Shroomy has enough clout to deal with this through the infected diplomats, who now work from a quarantine center that has been renovated into a perfectly functional and comfortable office wing of the parliamentary building.
People are angry, and the hushing by the feds have left them antsy. Though conspiracy theories aren’t widely subscribed to, it’s the farmers and these people on the ground who KNOW something is up, and they’re the ones that have had to sacrifice this land. Most of it was jungle, but due to the sheer size of the region, regular folk have gotten caught up in it too. And now they’re in custody for trespassing on a black/green site.
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