Toulon, Liege
Toulon was the perfect place to host a meeting of this importance. Toulon was a city that was half Anglophone and half Francophone and had prospered and each community coexisted peacefully. It was also one of the main ports of the nation where the Roya River met the sea, and was down river from Verdun to the west. Toulon was perfectly situated in the center of the Republic and was the crossroads between the East and West. These aspects made Toulon the perfect example of Liege and the perfect place to hold a meeting that potentially held the future of the republic at stake.
Interim Chancellor Enjolras Rousseau looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows that gave an impressive view of the city. The executive conference room that had been provided on short notice by theLouisiane Hotel was exquisite; it had a simplistic elegance to it, not overly gaudy, but a sense of formality and true to its function as a place for business. The long oval table had been arranged with name plates for each delegate in front of one of the eight chairs. On one side Rousseau would sit with the Frescanian delegate to his right, and the Potenzan and Talemantine delegates to his left. Across from them would sit the delegates from Cantigny, Breotonia, Danmark, and Engellex.
For security, due to the nature of this meeting and its guests Rousseau had opted to not use military personal, for it may give an impression of a military rule, but instead chose the finest officers of the Toulon Police Department to serve and protect. Then Rainier Beumont walked up to him. “Enjolras, they are here.”
“Okay Rainier, show them up.” After a few minutes the delegate walked into the room and Enjolras greeted each one as the entered and took their seats. Then Rousseau took his seat to begin the meeting.
“Delegates you were invited here to help us come to a solution of the crisis that many have come to watch in the world. We want to find a solution that is the best for the people of the Most Serene Republic of Liege because they deserve better than the previous 40 years of corruption and oppression under the previous regime. I do also believe that there has been misinformation on behalf of much of the media and increasingly threatening rhetoric from elements of governments that have spurred this crisis into more than it was.
Firstly, this is not how I saw myself come to be a leader of my republic, but it is the situation I find myself in to protect all who live within this nation. The violence that has been so widely condemned has been limited to the area in and around our capital city of Verdun, and our capital is once again at peace with the city under the control of the interim government. The rest of the republic remained at peace and was not disturbed during the events of the night in Verdun; most watched the violence of a desperate act by a dying regime from their homes.
Secondly, while we wish to cooperate with the international community and our regional neighbors of Galla, Liege will not allow the interference with our sovereignty over our people and laws. We did not remove ourselves from oppression to see our republic subjugated to the will of another power.”
Rousseau finished his words and opened the floor up to the other delegates to speak.
Toulon was the perfect place to host a meeting of this importance. Toulon was a city that was half Anglophone and half Francophone and had prospered and each community coexisted peacefully. It was also one of the main ports of the nation where the Roya River met the sea, and was down river from Verdun to the west. Toulon was perfectly situated in the center of the Republic and was the crossroads between the East and West. These aspects made Toulon the perfect example of Liege and the perfect place to hold a meeting that potentially held the future of the republic at stake.
Interim Chancellor Enjolras Rousseau looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows that gave an impressive view of the city. The executive conference room that had been provided on short notice by theLouisiane Hotel was exquisite; it had a simplistic elegance to it, not overly gaudy, but a sense of formality and true to its function as a place for business. The long oval table had been arranged with name plates for each delegate in front of one of the eight chairs. On one side Rousseau would sit with the Frescanian delegate to his right, and the Potenzan and Talemantine delegates to his left. Across from them would sit the delegates from Cantigny, Breotonia, Danmark, and Engellex.
For security, due to the nature of this meeting and its guests Rousseau had opted to not use military personal, for it may give an impression of a military rule, but instead chose the finest officers of the Toulon Police Department to serve and protect. Then Rainier Beumont walked up to him. “Enjolras, they are here.”
“Okay Rainier, show them up.” After a few minutes the delegate walked into the room and Enjolras greeted each one as the entered and took their seats. Then Rousseau took his seat to begin the meeting.
“Delegates you were invited here to help us come to a solution of the crisis that many have come to watch in the world. We want to find a solution that is the best for the people of the Most Serene Republic of Liege because they deserve better than the previous 40 years of corruption and oppression under the previous regime. I do also believe that there has been misinformation on behalf of much of the media and increasingly threatening rhetoric from elements of governments that have spurred this crisis into more than it was.
Firstly, this is not how I saw myself come to be a leader of my republic, but it is the situation I find myself in to protect all who live within this nation. The violence that has been so widely condemned has been limited to the area in and around our capital city of Verdun, and our capital is once again at peace with the city under the control of the interim government. The rest of the republic remained at peace and was not disturbed during the events of the night in Verdun; most watched the violence of a desperate act by a dying regime from their homes.
Secondly, while we wish to cooperate with the international community and our regional neighbors of Galla, Liege will not allow the interference with our sovereignty over our people and laws. We did not remove ourselves from oppression to see our republic subjugated to the will of another power.”
Rousseau finished his words and opened the floor up to the other delegates to speak.