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Getting close to the end! Let's just jump in, with a circle of fate!

DAY TWENTY-SEVEN PROMPT:

An overlooked politician wants to follow a path leading to a protestor, but it will mean betraying family.
A seductive protestor wants to control a politician, but they will have to betray a friend.


These always take a little longer to come together, but I like the dynamics. The politician who is maybe feeling like what they do doesn't matter. And then this voice comes up; this protestor, someone that seems to be speaking the language of the people. But when you're the star child, who made the family proud by taking on a more conservative political mantle... is it worth throwing away all of the good will you've built up not only with your constituents, but with your family? Would they disown you? Would their disappointment be enough to stop you from listening to what this protestor has to say and giving them a platform?

And the protestor... genuinely starts to like this politician, with whom they used to spar verbally. Who actually listened to them instead of parroting back talking points. Who seems to actually be taking in some of what they're saying. It's the power of being a seductive presence. And you realize that this politician is ripe for manipulation; you could gain a lot of ground by stepping on them to climb upward. But that would actually hurt them. They may be representing politics that you don't agree with, but they're not a right-wing monster. They're a person, and you know that now. They're maybe even a friend. So do you betray them?

No idea why that became a second person thing part way through, but here we are.
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