Presidential Palace
Hall of the Revolution
Bulghar, Volga
The Hall of the Revolution is what used to be the Grand Hall of the Royal Palace of the Kings, and before them, the Tsars of Bulgharia, but was converted to celebrate the Revolution when the last King was deposed and sent into exile in Franken. Now, as Premier Ivan Petrov is making sure that every detail is in order, it will be used for the reception for the Communist leaders arriving for the first meeting of its kind since the fall of the IRB. In fact this will be a meeting of the sole remaining Revolutionary governments left in existance and it is one that Petrov is determined will go without a hitch. Though the reception is of course just a formality, a way of making the guests of the Republic welcome, as any real negotiations will be done in a conferrence room rather than at a dining table, still, such a reception will allow Petrov and his guests time to get reaquainted in a more relaxed atmosphere.
"Comrade Premier."
Petrov turns to see his personal secretary.
"Yes Ivanova"
Major Katrina Ivanova is a thirty-year-old woman with a military barring and an attitude to match and wearing the dark olive-green suit that seems to be a favorite amoung the Military and MVD as it is their idea of civilian garb. As an officer in the Volga National Army, she is accustom of being addressed by her rank, but as she is also the Premier's secretary, in addition to being a member of his secuity detail, she lets his using only her surname go without comment and does her assigned job to keep Premier Petrov on his schedule.
"The guests are due to arrive soon, should you not be getting ready to meet them?"
Petrov looks at Ivanova, and not for the first time, muses that she could be a very attractive woman if she wasn't so damn Army and loosen up some.
"Yes, I suppose I should. And what about Tatiana?"
"Your wife is already getting dressed as you should be doing also."
Hall of the Revolution
Bulghar, Volga
The Hall of the Revolution is what used to be the Grand Hall of the Royal Palace of the Kings, and before them, the Tsars of Bulgharia, but was converted to celebrate the Revolution when the last King was deposed and sent into exile in Franken. Now, as Premier Ivan Petrov is making sure that every detail is in order, it will be used for the reception for the Communist leaders arriving for the first meeting of its kind since the fall of the IRB. In fact this will be a meeting of the sole remaining Revolutionary governments left in existance and it is one that Petrov is determined will go without a hitch. Though the reception is of course just a formality, a way of making the guests of the Republic welcome, as any real negotiations will be done in a conferrence room rather than at a dining table, still, such a reception will allow Petrov and his guests time to get reaquainted in a more relaxed atmosphere.
"Comrade Premier."
Petrov turns to see his personal secretary.
"Yes Ivanova"
Major Katrina Ivanova is a thirty-year-old woman with a military barring and an attitude to match and wearing the dark olive-green suit that seems to be a favorite amoung the Military and MVD as it is their idea of civilian garb. As an officer in the Volga National Army, she is accustom of being addressed by her rank, but as she is also the Premier's secretary, in addition to being a member of his secuity detail, she lets his using only her surname go without comment and does her assigned job to keep Premier Petrov on his schedule.
"The guests are due to arrive soon, should you not be getting ready to meet them?"
Petrov looks at Ivanova, and not for the first time, muses that she could be a very attractive woman if she wasn't so damn Army and loosen up some.
"Yes, I suppose I should. And what about Tatiana?"
"Your wife is already getting dressed as you should be doing also."