"I've been saying for months we needed a PR manager," Kaji mutters, but then he snaps his fingers excitedly. "Okay. Way I see it, there's three things we need to make sure to tell the public."
Ticks off one finger. "One, there is a danger, and we are investigating it in conjunction with local police and military. Even if it does turn out that we're doing most of the leg work, let's not make it look like we're running off on our own. Announce anything about additional patrols and curfews here," he waves a hand in Sparks' direction, "whatever safety measures the police are implementing."
Two. "I've lived through a global catastrophe situation that displaced a lot of people once before. Soon as there's trouble, people try to single out those refugees." Kaji waves his hand in a circle as if trying to generate thoughts. "Something something, local individuals taking the law into their own hands will not be tolerated, no reason to suspect people not native to Aqures Ixen. Something to show that we're keeping an eye on the refugees and won't turn a blind eye to some kind of fake justice retributive act."
"And lastly, we announce that we do have some suspected individuals that we are on the lookout for. What we're actually doing is monitoring each other closely. But what we tell the public? I vote for wanted posters for those three spies we've run into before. Jenni, Deweg, and Gibbs? Most likely? Got nothing to do with this. But they're perfect patsies to put up in front of the public. Who knows? Maybe somebody'll even finally find one of them."
Kaji lets his hand drop back into his lap with a plop. "It's all about the public perception, keeping everybody calm so the investigators can do their jobs."
Re: Discussing Public Relations
Ticks off one finger. "One, there is a danger, and we are investigating it in conjunction with local police and military. Even if it does turn out that we're doing most of the leg work, let's not make it look like we're running off on our own. Announce anything about additional patrols and curfews here," he waves a hand in Sparks' direction, "whatever safety measures the police are implementing."
Two. "I've lived through a global catastrophe situation that displaced a lot of people once before. Soon as there's trouble, people try to single out those refugees." Kaji waves his hand in a circle as if trying to generate thoughts. "Something something, local individuals taking the law into their own hands will not be tolerated, no reason to suspect people not native to Aqures Ixen. Something to show that we're keeping an eye on the refugees and won't turn a blind eye to some kind of fake justice retributive act."
"And lastly, we announce that we do have some suspected individuals that we are on the lookout for. What we're actually doing is monitoring each other closely. But what we tell the public? I vote for wanted posters for those three spies we've run into before. Jenni, Deweg, and Gibbs? Most likely? Got nothing to do with this. But they're perfect patsies to put up in front of the public. Who knows? Maybe somebody'll even finally find one of them."
Kaji lets his hand drop back into his lap with a plop. "It's all about the public perception, keeping everybody calm so the investigators can do their jobs."