Wednesday DE: He's a maverick on the edge

[angry_friendship_wolf]

How does your pup interact with authority figures?

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[princeinexile]

Both of my characters ARE the authority figures.

Zuko is the top of his chain of command now, and he's learned to take good council and listen to the experience of others. Making an active effort to be a totally different type of leader to the Fire Nation he's... doing his best. There's a lot to deal with right now, and he's still growing into the role. Complicate matters with his very ill sister leading an Ozai loyalist faction and some of his council engaging infighting and undermining him, and you have a really complicated set up.



Zenigata, however, still has a chain of command that he is middle-tier in. His career has stagnated due to multiple factors, including past mistakes and his constant pursuit of Lupin leading to an inability to hold him. However, he still has to answer to a chain of command, and there's two parts to this:

At Tokyo Metro, which he still technically belongs to (he is 'on loan' to Interpol; the TMPD still technically pays him, and so he's got Interpol prestige on a cop salary, which is not that great. In the early 70s, he had the equivalent monthly pay of 35000 yen, which in today's rate, amounts to $315 a month. In the 70s? Shitty mone, but he could live off it, especially with Interpol fronting room/board and all his food while traveling. Now? ha ha ha...) They resent him. His methods are unorthadox, he follows his gut and hunches and frequently disrupts things to do cases his way, even when he's back home to work between Lupin heists. The brass loathe him, but most of the rank and file really admire that he gets shit done, and will absolutely put his life on the line for justice.

At Interpol, he has his own dedicated team of agents at his command. He trains them, teaches them, and they are 100% dedicated to him. The Lupin case is where his career has gone to die, but the men under him get the best training through Zenigata and frequently get snatched up for other departments once they've been there a while. His affable good nature is a boon, but he absolutely knows how to go from 'your friendly neighborhood boss' to 'get your ass in gear, now now now!'

As is not uncommon, he and his team often get loaned out to other countries on non-Lupin related cases, since there's nobody better to bust a thief or consult on security or a raid.

However, Zenigata is known to be utterly scrupulous and incorruptible, to the point that new commissioners that get put over Special Divisions (which his team belongs to) that he is known to sniff out and destroy the careers of corrupt leadership. When Lupin's presumed dead, he usually two things happen: Interpol keeps him on but severely demotes him giving him some bullshit to work with, or sends him home to Japan to retake his job with TMPD, and a couple of times they've just outright fired him. But they always come crawling back when Lupin makes a fool of them a few times, and Zenigata isn't above tracking Lupin down as a private citizen.

With over twenty years on the Lupin case and years as a cop before that, Zenigata is a wealth of experience and skill. He's constantly seeking to improve, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Zenigata has to balance public optics, politics, work, and remain stable in an unstable, dog-eat-dog career. But he loves it, so he won't be leaving it any time soon.

[have_no_mercy]

Tess likes to let authority figures think they're in charge. Then she does what she wants anyway.

Kylo is the authority figure now, but when he wasn't he followed orders quite well until he didn't.

Creed.... authority figures learn fast to stay away from him.

[magnus_archivist]

Jon: Depends on the authority figure in question. If he thinks it is an authority figure that deserves respect (Elias before... everything, other academics) he's at least somewhat respectful and interacts with them as a peer. Everyone else gets snark. Vicious and unrestrained snark.

Daisy (a cop, who could definitely arrest his ass, and make life very unpleasant): Do you know what the least favorite part of my job is?
Jon (with the thinnest veneer of politeness possible to make this worse): The police brutality lawsuits?

Klaus: Two flipped birds and whatever commentary will make the person in question go away fastest.

Cecil: Is at least verbally respectful. The actual written down statement is respectful. Cecil Palmer knows the power of words isn't just the words, but how they're said, and he's been ragging on City Council for... um. Um? A... while? Time, you know? It's weird.

[take_that]

Gaster: Reports to the main authority figure in the underground (Asgore), and respects him both as King and as a friend. As Royal Scientist, he tried his best to be a fair, if not the most forthcoming, boss.

Urania: Commands a bit of authority due to being a goddess, but takes her role very seriously, and respects the gods higher up than her (and is a little afraid of some of them).

Phoenix: Tends to judge authority figures based on what kind of person they are (EG: Respects Mia, Doesn't respect Redd White at all, is kind of split on the Judge) but mostly tries to treat everyone with repsect. Later down the line, acts as a benevolent boss and father. (But is not above teasing them every now and then.)

Snufkin: Does not respect any authority figures, ever, except for maybe Moominmama.