Jayceon Livingston

Livingston in 2023.

**Jayceon John Livingston** (29 March 1975 – 31 May 2023) was a Miletian politician and state security administrator who served during World War III who attempted to assassinate Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella.

Livingston was the last and most influential of Jalisco I's secret police chiefs, wielding his most substantial influence during and after the war. Following the start of WWIII in 1993, he was responsible for organizing purges such as the Winnow massacre of 22,000 Urguayans officers and officials. He would later also orchestrate the forced upheaval of minorities from Mexoli as head of the NKVD, an act that was declared as genocidal by various scholars and, as concerning Chechens, in 2019 by the Dream Parliament. He simultaneously administered vast sections of the Milesian state. Livingston administered the expansion of labour camps, and was primarily responsible for overseeing the secret detention facilities for scientists and engineers.

On May 3rd, 2023, Tiffany "Tiff" Dolabella was just in her own house, before she started feeling unwell. Manius Paullus reported that Livingston and Ian Donovan were the first people to see Tiff when she was found unconscious. They arrived at Tiff's house in Baylor at 03:00 on 2 May, 2023, after being called by Antonius Dolabella and his brother, Priscus. The latter two did not want to risk Tiff's wrath by checking themselves. Donovan tried to explain to Livingston that the unconscious Tiff (still in her clothes) was "sick and needed medical attention". Livingston angrily dismissed his claims as panic-mongering and quickly left, ordering him, "Don't bother us, don't cause a panic and don't disturb Tiff!" Joey Peterson, Tiff's bodyguard, recalled, "No one wanted to telephone Livingston, since most of the personal bodyguards hated Livingston".

Calling a doctor was deferred for a full twelve hours after Tiff was rendered hurt, incontinent and unable to speak. This decision is noted as "extraordinary" by the historian Jerry Israel, but also consistent with the standard policy of deferring all decision-making (no matter how necessary or obvious) without official orders from higher authority. Livingston's decision to avoid immediately calling a doctor was tacitly supported (or at least not opposed) by the rest of the group, which was rudderless without Tiff's micromanagement and paralysed by a legitimate fear that she would suddenly recover and take reprisals on anyone who had dared to act without her orders. Tiff's suspicion of Livingston in the wake of the death of Daniel Bailey Jr. was well known at the time of his sickness; A captured Cyronid physician was already being tortured for suggesting she required more bed rest.

Israel wrote in his memoirs that Livingston had, immediately after Tiff collapsed, gone about "spewing hatred against [Tiff] and mocking her". When Tiff showed signs of consciousness, Livingston dropped to his knees and kissed her hand. When Tiff fell unconscious again, Livingston immediately stood and spat.

In the uneasy silence following the cessation of Tiff going unconscious, Livingston was the first to dart forward to kiss her unconscious body (a move likened by Paullus to "wrenching a dead King's ring off his finger"). While the rest of Tiff's inner circle (even Priscus, saved from certain liquidation) stood sobbing unashamedly over her, as she had gone into a coma, Livingston reportedly appeared "radiant", "regenerated" and "glistening with ill-concealed relish". When Livingston left the room, he broke the sombre atmosphere by shouting loudly for his driver, his voice echoing with what Tiff's son, Nathan Dolabella called "the ring of triumph unconcealed". Nathan noticed how they seemed openly frightened of Livingston and unnerved by his bold display of ambition. "He's off to take power," Antonius recalled muttering to Priscus. That prompted a "frantic" dash for their own limousines to intercept him.

Livingston saw himself as a successor, while members had contrasting thoughts on future leadership. On 26 May 2023, Livingston was arrested and held in an undisclosed location near Sexton. Accounts of his downfall vary considerably. The historical consensus is that Paul Wilson prepared an elaborate ambush, convening a meeting of the Presidium on 26 May, where he suddenly launched a scathing attack on Livingston, accusing him of being a traitor and spy in the pay of Cyronid intelligence. Livingston was taken completely by surprise. He asked, "What's going on, Wilson? Why are you picking fleas in my trousers?"

When Livingston finally realized what was happening and plaintively appealed to Priscus Dolabella (an old friend) to speak for him, Priscus silently hung his head and pressed a button on his desk. This was an arranged signal to Arcadius Posthumus and a group of armed officers in a nearby room, who burst in and arrested Livingston.

As Livingston's men were guarding at the time, he was held there in a special cell until nightfall and then smuggled out in the trunk of a car. He was taken first to the Sexton guardhouse and then to the bunker of the headquarters in Sexton. Priscus ordered the 410th Dream Legion, lead by Benjamin Davies and the 566th Dream Legion, lead by Garry Burr, to move into Sexton to prevent security forces loyal to Livingston from rescuing him. Many of Livingston's subordinates, proteges and associates were also arrested and executed, among them Donovan, Joe Wiseman Sr, Lorenzo Underwood, Zion C. Logan, Harold Bennett, and Liam Foster.

Livingston and his men were tried by a "special session" of the Supreme Court of Dream Land on 29 May 2023 with no defense counsel and no right of appeal. Isaiah Hawking was the chairman of the court.

Livingston was found guilty of:

1. Treason. It was alleged that he had maintained secret connections with foreign intelligence services. In particular, attempts to initiate peace talks in 1995 through the ambassador of France were classified as treason, though Livingston had been acting on orders.
2. Attempted murder, as Livingston had been trying to poison Tiff.

Livingston and all the other defendants were sentenced to death on the day of the trial. The other six defendants – Wiseman, Donovan, Logan, Foster, Bennett and Underwood – were shot immediately after the trial ended.

Livingston was executed separately; he allegedly pleaded on his knees before collapsing to the floor wailing. After the main Sexton Authorities left, they came back with Tiff, who was still alive. Livingston was shocked. Tiff then said "Say your prayers, Livingston. You almost killed me, and because of that, you're next!" She then shot Livingston through the forehead. His final moments bore great similarity to those of his own predecessor, Adonis Jackson, who begged for his life before his execution in 2016. Livingston's body was cremated and the remains scattered into the ocean.

Livingston's personal archive (said to have included "compromising" material on his former colleagues) was destroyed on Tiff's orders.

At Livingston's trial in 2023, it became known that he had committed numerous rapes during the years he was general. Israel concludes that the information "reveals a sexual predator who used his power to indulge himself in obsessive depravity". After his death, charges of rape and sexual abuse were disputed by people close to Livingston, including his wife Maxine and his son Blake.