10-14-2019, 09:36 PM
Kerlians
Three Councillors and a President sat beside each other in silence throughout the service. President Rebecca Arnott seemed genuinely upset at the Emperor's passing - perhaps because he had helped her out of an impossible situation, perhaps because she had genuinely liked the man... or perhaps she was just an emotional person. Regardless of her reasons, she sat as one is meant to at a funeral - respectfully and looking sad.
Councillor Pauline Pierre, on the other hand, had only cried twice as an adult - once when her eldest daughter Olivia had been arrested at an anti-torture protest (a rite of passage for rebellious Kerlian teenagers, it seemed), and once in fear when she had thought she was destined to go to a Sanctarian prison. This was not to be the third time. It wasn't that she didn't care for Topilpopoca, she had actually liked the man and was saddened to see him pass, but she hadn't even cried at her own mother's funeral. She mourned in an untraditional manner, and she had embraced the label of heartless her opponents back home had given her. Nevertheless, given the politics of the situation, she faked sadness very well, and an observer would not know she was secretly scheming inside her head.
Next to her, Councillor Letitia Greenwood sat the entire time with her head bowed respectfully, though she kept glancing at Tepilcayotl. They were due to have a meeting tomorrow, and she was, if one was honest, excited at the prospect. She hadn't known Topilpopoca, but the assassination had given her an opening to forge a relationship with someone who might possibly be the next Emperor, and she wasn't going to squander it. Their arrangement killed two birds with one stone - the unemployed torturers were a threat if left too long without the level of income they were used to. Renting some out to foreign countries could be a very good system to deal with Arnott's reforms.
The fourth Kerlian, Councillor Carmen Robinson, had red eyes. If one knew Robinson, then one would know that her reason for being so upset had nothing to do with the individual, and everything to do with her new tendency to become overly emotional at everything. She hadn't even much liked Topilpopoca, but since her own imprisonment, Robinson cried at everything. She'd had to excuse herself from a Council session once after Pierre killed a spider as she was upset at its death. She knew fine well that what her people had done to her had broken her a little.
At the end of the service, all four Kerlians lined up to pay their respects to Yauhmi. Councillors Robinson and Greenwood exchanged the standard condolences and then excused themselves. Arnott and Pierre took slightly longer, both arranging meetings with Yauhmi in the next few days so they could discuss things in more detail. On their way out, after these exchanges, Arnott and Pierre eyed each other somewhat suspiciously, questioning each other's motives. The tension within the Kerlian delegation could be cut with a knife.
*
Lauchenoirians
Samantha Clavell stood following the service and glanced around the room. She knew fine well that Alvarez had sent her here to show the Xiomerans that they were not important to Lauchenoiria, given her relatively low status. The Lauchenoirian government had no intention of improving their hostile relationship with Xiomera, and this was proof.
Unfortunately for Alvarez, and fortunately for world peace, Samantha Clavell had other ideas. She had never envisioned herself as a politician at all, much less a government minister - she had spent her life at pacifist rallies, protests and had spent some time living in a tent near the Kerlian border at a protest camp against the Matriarchy's aggression. She had been arrested by Lauchenoiria's old communist regime for participating in protests five times. But now, she was in a position of relative power, and she was determined to use this to prevent hostilities ever breaking out in her homeland again.
She knew, however, that given the Xiomerans recent relations with Lauchenoiria, and the view many would take of Alvarez's decision to send Clavell, meant that the end of a funeral was a bad time to try and approach matters. So instead she merely took note of who was in attendance, of who was speaking to whom, and after about half the guests had left the vicinity, she followed, bowing her head respectfully. She would go back to where she had privacy, collate her mental notes on the attendees, and prepare to speak to someone, anyone, who would give her the chance to try and mend the relationship between their country and hers.
Three Councillors and a President sat beside each other in silence throughout the service. President Rebecca Arnott seemed genuinely upset at the Emperor's passing - perhaps because he had helped her out of an impossible situation, perhaps because she had genuinely liked the man... or perhaps she was just an emotional person. Regardless of her reasons, she sat as one is meant to at a funeral - respectfully and looking sad.
Councillor Pauline Pierre, on the other hand, had only cried twice as an adult - once when her eldest daughter Olivia had been arrested at an anti-torture protest (a rite of passage for rebellious Kerlian teenagers, it seemed), and once in fear when she had thought she was destined to go to a Sanctarian prison. This was not to be the third time. It wasn't that she didn't care for Topilpopoca, she had actually liked the man and was saddened to see him pass, but she hadn't even cried at her own mother's funeral. She mourned in an untraditional manner, and she had embraced the label of heartless her opponents back home had given her. Nevertheless, given the politics of the situation, she faked sadness very well, and an observer would not know she was secretly scheming inside her head.
Next to her, Councillor Letitia Greenwood sat the entire time with her head bowed respectfully, though she kept glancing at Tepilcayotl. They were due to have a meeting tomorrow, and she was, if one was honest, excited at the prospect. She hadn't known Topilpopoca, but the assassination had given her an opening to forge a relationship with someone who might possibly be the next Emperor, and she wasn't going to squander it. Their arrangement killed two birds with one stone - the unemployed torturers were a threat if left too long without the level of income they were used to. Renting some out to foreign countries could be a very good system to deal with Arnott's reforms.
The fourth Kerlian, Councillor Carmen Robinson, had red eyes. If one knew Robinson, then one would know that her reason for being so upset had nothing to do with the individual, and everything to do with her new tendency to become overly emotional at everything. She hadn't even much liked Topilpopoca, but since her own imprisonment, Robinson cried at everything. She'd had to excuse herself from a Council session once after Pierre killed a spider as she was upset at its death. She knew fine well that what her people had done to her had broken her a little.
At the end of the service, all four Kerlians lined up to pay their respects to Yauhmi. Councillors Robinson and Greenwood exchanged the standard condolences and then excused themselves. Arnott and Pierre took slightly longer, both arranging meetings with Yauhmi in the next few days so they could discuss things in more detail. On their way out, after these exchanges, Arnott and Pierre eyed each other somewhat suspiciously, questioning each other's motives. The tension within the Kerlian delegation could be cut with a knife.
*
Lauchenoirians
Samantha Clavell stood following the service and glanced around the room. She knew fine well that Alvarez had sent her here to show the Xiomerans that they were not important to Lauchenoiria, given her relatively low status. The Lauchenoirian government had no intention of improving their hostile relationship with Xiomera, and this was proof.
Unfortunately for Alvarez, and fortunately for world peace, Samantha Clavell had other ideas. She had never envisioned herself as a politician at all, much less a government minister - she had spent her life at pacifist rallies, protests and had spent some time living in a tent near the Kerlian border at a protest camp against the Matriarchy's aggression. She had been arrested by Lauchenoiria's old communist regime for participating in protests five times. But now, she was in a position of relative power, and she was determined to use this to prevent hostilities ever breaking out in her homeland again.
She knew, however, that given the Xiomerans recent relations with Lauchenoiria, and the view many would take of Alvarez's decision to send Clavell, meant that the end of a funeral was a bad time to try and approach matters. So instead she merely took note of who was in attendance, of who was speaking to whom, and after about half the guests had left the vicinity, she followed, bowing her head respectfully. She would go back to where she had privacy, collate her mental notes on the attendees, and prepare to speak to someone, anyone, who would give her the chance to try and mend the relationship between their country and hers.
LIDUN President 2024 | she/her | Puppets: Kerlile, Glanainn, Yesteria, Zongongia, Zargothrax