Community workers office-outskirts of Atlas
"So, has everyone arrived?" My comrade over the radio asks.
"Affirmative all names have been checked off".
"Excellent comrade, how is it out there?"
"Bloody cold as usual".
"Well someone had to do parking lot duty and you drew the shortest straw".
"Don't remind me", truth be told I prefer it out here more than anything. I honestly don't think I would last long in that stuffy security room, staring at monitors all day, waiting for the jump-.
"Hey Katyusha-". Suddenly my comrade radio's in unannounced causing me to fall out of my chair. "Oh shit are you alright".
"Monty christ Joseph" I grunted getting back up. "Why did you just radioed in unannounced like that, that's not like you".
"Yeah, well I wanted to ask you something a bit personal".
"Go on".
"Well...do you think there's finally going to be some changes after tonight".
"That ultimately boils down on whether or not our leaders can settle on a proper way to send a message to the council, and not in a way that involves the death of innocents". Monty knows that never works.
"I had heard that their coming extremely close to settling on a decision though".
"True, personally I would like nothing more than to bring down the monopoly that is the SDC".
"We all do katyusha, but personally I'd save that goal for down the line".
"(Sign) I know".
When people ever bring up races in Atlas being mistreated, subjugated, etc. Chances are faunas immediately come to mind, and if you were referring to the mining of dust than yes, but people always tend to forget that someone had to build the ivory towers and mansions the Schnee family live so comfortably in. long ago the Schnee family was rapidly picking up speed as the largest producer of dust in Remnant, and the Schnee family wanted to express that huge profit very...boldly. Buying out any stretch of land they could get there hands on, even if it meant getting rid of a few local business here and there. There was however one small problem, well aside from the family livelihoods they destroyed, and that was the fact that the head of the family refused to hire any faunas to handle building construction saying that the concepts of geometry and the sophistication of the equipment was far too advanced for their "primitive" minds. So he did the next best thing, hire a bunch of migrant workers from Vacuo and Mistral. Sigh, It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that they treated us like they treated their miners, with little to no regard for working conditions, safety, and payment. I guess to the Schnee's we were no more than one-half step above faunas.
We've tried to make our voices heard through strikes and protests but the company made sure to silence any "ripples in the ocean". Whether that be by relocating us to another division, deporting us, or in the worst case scenario "accidental" death. It's not that surprising really. It's no secret that the SDC mistreats its faunas "employees". Even back then to an extent, but if word got out that human employees were being mistreated almost to the same degree as their miners, well let's just say the media coverage outside of Atlas wouldn't have a positive view of the SDC for a good long while.
That was before my time, but my people haven't forgotten.
an: I cant believe I forgot to upload this, yes this is my next fanfic in the rwby universe and this one will be a bit longer than the last, or at least I hope. anyway let me know if there's grammar mistakes I missed and hope to see you all next time
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