Rasmussen (Powerless)

Rasmussen was an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation of the West Coast People's Democratic Republic. He was a large blocky man. Rasmussen was tasked with visiting Charlie Simpkins, who the Party had designated an unreliable, after Simpkins complained about his manager, Emmett Muldberg, at a political meeting.

Rasmussen met with Simpkins while Simpkins was on lunch. Rasmussen very quickly realized that Simpkins was as "deviationist" as the Party suspected, though Simpkins was quite calm about it, reminding Rasmussen that he'd actually told the truth about Muldberg's inefficiency. Rasmussen countered that Muldberg was a Party-member in good standing and was a socially reliable element, unlike Simpkins. Rasmussen stated that if it had been up to him, Simpkins would be sent to Manzanar, but Rasmussen's lieutenant viewed Simpkins as powerless. He concluded by reminding Simpkins that if he'd simply put up a poster in his former shop weeks before, he wouldn't be in this position.

Simpkins kept a calm demeanor throughout, and even offered Rasmussen an orange slice, wnich Rasmussen refused with thinly veiled disgust.