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Sasha briefly thought about the other "gods" that existed that she knew of. She wasn't really sure how she compared to them, though since she was so young, she assumed she probably needed a lot of time before being on even footing with them was even possible. Still, she did find it funny that Surume could joke about her own weakness in comparison to them.
"You never know. One's overconfidence can be their undoing. Though hopefully you're never in a situation where you have to interact with creatures like that again."
She realized she was technically one of those creatures, but she liked to separate herself from that image. It wasn't that she didn't like being looked at as a goddess, but that she didn't want to be associated with certain other gods she knew were troublemakers. Such as Heather.
"It sounds like you're ready for abdication already. You've even sort of gotten your speech planned. I wish you good luck in your post-resignation life. Hopefully you don't get too bored."
When Surume confirmed that Jacket was ready, she was fairly apprehensive still, but she decided nonetheless to try it and see what happened. She didn't seem to do any special in order to bring Jacket there. The process was actually instant, with Sasha having Jacket appear in a seat right next to them. Though the process itself was immediate, being teleported did have a strange feeling. Like an intense amount of pressure was being cast onto Jacket's body. However, this would only last less than a second, so it was nothing to be afraid of.
Once she had brought Jacket there, Sasha didn't say anything at first, looking at her up and down to make sure there was no damage. Though in reality, it was more mental damage she was worried about than physical damage.
"How do you feel, Ms. Jacket? Any aches and pains? Headache?"
She wanted to know of any injuries as soon as possible so she could heal them immediately, though she was fairly confident that Jacket would be fine.
As the stairs eventually ended, they were in front of a giant decorated iron door, opened by half making a gap big enough so even the vehicle on wich they came could enter.
Inside, there layed a greater hall with a mix of Albert Speer's gothic architecture and late technology resembling the Imperial Era in glory as a revived memory yet mantaing on the technological standards of the nation.
.It is a massive great hall with at the center of it all a massive golden coloured holographic globe with the moon and sattelites included, with the German Territories and Ownerships being marked with brightness higher than in the rest of the globe. All arround, there were secretaries and their offices, departments and receptionists on just the level on wich they were, as the hall went deep and high, going on through every direction goverment officials and miltiary officers were moving arround with papers, spending their time or just citizens coming to get things done.
Small gossip and whisper was arround when they entered, but seemingly more pointed to the Chief than the Queen. A goverment building security high ranking officer would walk up to them as they walked in direction to the meeting place.
He saluted the chief, and they both shook hands.
"Mother, good to see you. He's waiting." He would tell her, she would Hmph to his commentary "Luck!" he said before walking off in a different direction.
As they walked, people would make way and take great distance from them as seemingly she was taking her to the giant Elevator on the northeast side of the hall.
Upon reaching it, she stopped before entering.
"Press the button with the Prussian Eagle on it, and think throughfully." She told her, adding a recommendation in the end, as she made way for her to enter the fancy modern elevator.
"This is Europe, there ought to be a now and then where most diplomatic meetings are made by the actual important people and their relatives from time to time." She commented, adjusting herself in the chair across the inkling diplomat.
Now all quite finished, she would throw small devices on the table that would turn out to be small holographic devices making statistics of both nations, their economy, and more major as well as minor details about each that probably she or someone under her gathered. There was also a not yet written holographic treaty floating about in the middle of it all.
With a swing of her fingers, the holographic bodies moved so they would not obstruct the view between eachother but were still visible clearly. It was to be noted that the holographic colour was a light blue.
"Would you like to begin? I am urious about your laptop more than ever now."
Nevermind then.
We want that for ourselves because that place is mostly callaxian
However we are not opposed to a deal on this.
We can give you Missouri since it’s mostly Amerikaans anyways
We can also give you southern Illinois as well.
We can always negotiate this deal as well.
Also we will probably begin setting up friendly relations with Artheria soon here.
wow youll replace me with artheria
i thought i was your main american ally
smh ok
Years go by, governments go by,
the radicals and the monarchists,
they spend summers, they spend winters,
The artists remain.
Crises pass and wars pass,
the sensationalist journalism passes,
the prohibitions, the blacklists,
The artists remain.
The patrons pass, the censors pass,
hypocrites and moralists pass,
worse times and better times,
The artists remain.
Beauty and youth pass,
pessimists and optimists,
the plagues pass, the health passes,
The artists remain.
If it wasn't for Homer and for that Parthenon,
who would know something about Greece and its civilization.
Rome is still Rome although it was burned by Nero,
there will be no censorship that I can against the Decameron.
Hitler occupied Warsaw and so many people trembled,
but he couldn't make the them heil.
The Herbert Fountain is still so carelessly broken
and not even the Latins managed to cover the cracks.
That is why I do not fear passions,
neither to old age, nor to psychoanalysts,
neither to failures, nor to frustrations,
Because I am an artist.
I really don't know if good or bad,
neither more nor much less than humorist,
who has received praise and some stick
Like every artist.
And when you come give me more strength,
there will be no ghost to resist us,
no crisis that our path twists
while you take care of your artists.
Yes! Years go by, governments go by,
the radicals and the monarchists,
they spend summers, they spend winters,
The artists remain.
Crises pass and wars pass,
the sensationalist journalism passes,
the prohibitions, the blacklists,
The artists remain.
The patrons pass, the censors pass,
hypocrites and moralists pass,
worse times and better times,
The artists remain.
Beauty and youth pass,
pessimists and optimists,
the plagues pass, the health passes,
The artists remain!
You jump to conclusions way to easily.
I don’t want another German State to feel like I’m a threat to them. I want all of the Americas at peace and getting the two biggest military powers on it in an alliance will absolutely help.
(I consider whatever continent Artheria is on as part of the Americas tbh)
Is the at the same continent he was before or what? I am confused, and where is NGE?
Thoughts? I just added and exchanged words, lines and names.
:(
welp
also reply
also also i think artheria is human-supremacist so watch out for that too
i'm the least qualified person to ask for thoughts about a poem but i think it sounds cool
Kool, gut gut.
Also anwser if you can
soon(tm)
r e s p o n d
"I still believe in Pearl, though... sorry if I get a bit preachy here, but i've always liked Squidism because it accepts... well, everyone. No matter if you're a Human, Inkling or Octoling, no matter the people you're attracted to, you can still be Squidist and you'll get full respect from the Squidists... even if you proclaim yourself to be a Squidist, you'll still be judged in the afterlife. It's brilliant, really. Though, I just want a world where religion becomes something of the personal lives of people, not something for the state to meddle with or to force onto people."
She knew she had a photo of Jacket, Pearl and her somewhere in her gallery. She scrolled through her phone, and found one of several pictures. The pic itself was a selfie that Jacket took, and Surume could be seen hugging Jacket, while Pearl was in the background smiling. A little tear flowed down from Surume's face, but that tear was of happiness. "This may seem kinda creepy, but I already miss my wife." She said, while wiping the tears off her face.
"I won't get bored... if anything, while protecting Inkopolitia was the best thing I ever did in my life, I want to now protect everyone. I kinda want to make an organization that helps people not just from Inkopolitia, but from the world. What's the term... phila something... philanthropist! I want to become a philanthropist after I abdicate, because I want to help people." She thought about it for a second. "I don't think i'm going to partner myself with any nation in specific, not even Inkopolitia. That's the point of a NGO, right? I mean, I bought a ton of important businesses just because I wanted to, so I could have a sort of hybrid thing where I use a big part of my businesses' income to provide for the NGO. That sounds cool, right?" She smiled.
When Surume saw that Jacket randomly appeared, she instantly jumped out of her seat and hugged Jacket. "Babe!" Surume said, while Jacket hug back. "I missed you so much!" Even is Jacket chuckled, she missed Surume too. "Yeah, I missed you as well... Also, the business is a success, babe! I mean, you have a ton of companies, but hey... I fulfilled my lifelong dream of being one of the most reknown chefs in this planet!"
Surume smiled widely as she hugged Jacket once again. "Of course! You make the most exquisite food someone could've ever wished for. The moment I got to taste the first meal made by you, I knew that you'd be recognized eventually. I'm so proud of you!" Surume swiftly kissed Jacket on the lips.
Surume knew that she'd have to break the news to Jacket. Surume sighed, and Jacket started wondering what was wrong, as evidenced by her worried face. "Jacket, I think... I think i'm gonna abdicate..." Surume looked at Jacket with a sad frown, and Jacket gasped. She inmediately engulfed Surume in a hug. "You finally did it, huh? I told you multiple times that just because if you abdicated, you could still help people. I'm so proud, and I will still be here for you, even if you abdicate or not. Ever since what happened in the other Dimension, I was worried about you and your health... You have a very noble heart, Surume. You helped this nation even at the expense of your mental health, and you'll go down as the greatest leader this country has ever seen."
Surume started crying at Jacket's comments, but those were tears of happiness. Tears of happiness stemming from the fact that Jacket accepted her, no matter what. The couple continued hugging for a few minutes.
Republic of Callaxium, what timezone are you?
I followed her into the apartment, keeping close whilst my ears angled down and back. As I walked in, I sort of tracked in some of the mud that I was covered in as I hadn't cleaned off. I simply nodded at her question. I let out a quiet 'eep' when she hugged me, as I was caught off guard. At the same time, Sasha was covered with some of the mud, but not anymore than what had been bestowed upon her by their encounter earlier. I simply looked up at her with starry, glowing blue eyes when we parted a bit, before she went to one of the rooms in the apartment.
I tilted my head oddly when she got back and handed me the clothes. I seemed confused until she pointed at the bathroom. I simply nodded, before waving a bit. I kept this sort of awestruck look on my face, having only lived in a hut for the majority of my life. Whilst she was gone I shuffled to the bathroom and changed, though I left the shoes, being to uncomfortable with them to actually wear it. After a few moments, I walked out of the bathroom, wandering about the apartment.
It took quite a bit, but when Sasha got back and smiled at me, I couldn't help but make a small little smile myself. It was a small, adorable smile; at least that is how my parents described my smiles. It was accompanied by my tail swaying a bit, though not too much; My ears were at their 90 degree angle, the highest they could actually pivot. Unlike Ororans, our ears didn't have that much degree of motion; The highest I could raise my ears was 90 degrees in relation to my spine. I watched her put the mattress and stuff down in her room, just standing nearby. "Ye-Yeah..." was all I could say. My tail was swaying gently by now, in an elegant manner I suppose, whilst me ears went back to their neutral 'downward 45 degree angle'. I obviously wasn't wearing the shoes, whilst sort of squirming around in the baggy jeans, of which didn't seem as baggy as they were prior to me putting them on.
Jade smiled as she stood up and left a tip for the waitress who served their drinks to them. She took Ela’s hand by instinct and led her out of the building and into the city itself.
As they walked Jade took her time, allowing her and Ela to see the sights of the most futuristic city in the mainland Americas. While to some the smell of the cities was something to dread, to Jade it smelt different all together.
She enjoyed the smell of small cafes and restaurants on the lower levels while above them sat massive corporate entities and businesses. She enjoyed how the skyline itself transcended the clouds it seemed, buildings with miles upon miles of height added upon them.
However before she could take in more of the city she realized that they had reached where Jade wished to show Ela first. A massive Park entrance stood before them. They had reached Richmond Square, named after Prime Minister Jonathan Richmond who served four consecutive terms from 1888 to 1904.
Jade led Ela inside the park, the place was huge, stretching for miles in every direction yet the city itself still had a way of surrounding the park, the massive skyscrapers still being seen all around it.
“This is Richmond Square. Funny how they call it a square when the place is literally Two and a half miles in every direction no?”
She gave a small chuckle, trying to lighten the mood a bit for Ela.
“I figured that this place would give us some peace and quiet you know? I know Imperios can be quite the hectic place... always rushing around, the amount of people who are always around you at once... it’s just nice to get away sometime.”
She led Ela to a bench nearby the entrance and sat down for a second to rest her legs.
“This place acts as more of my calming space... whenever I feel stressed I come here. Now don’t get me wrong I am in no way stressed now! I just wanted to show you this place.”
Jade gave Ela a small smile before standing back up.
...
Oliver led Richard back to campus and into the cafeteria, sitting him down so they could talk.
“Richard...“
“Don’t Richard me! I’m in love with her and yet you want me to stop staring at her and even stop interacting?!”
“You and I both know that you’re just mad she rejected you’re constant offers to date you.”
“That-That is where-“
“Oh don’t deny it Richard!”
The two were arguing amongst the loudness of the lunchroom for sometime. Eventually the two began walking back to Oliver and Jades room and continued to argue but not in more of a whisper like tone.
“Do you know what she might’ve done to you got caught?”
“I don’t care! She’s just so...”
“Pretty? Yeah she gets that a lot. I wouldn’t get your hopes up on that though. She’s not really into men all that much.”
“Wait what... she’s a lesbian?”
“yeah”
“Ah I see then...”
Richard thought for a second, Oliver leaning up on the dorm room door and watching him.
“But why Ela then? Why not a human girl?”
“Well... I’m not sure she’s interested in Ela or if she is just trying to help her feel included. She does like Ela quite a lot so I know she is at least her friend.”
“But that doesn’t answer my question... why not a human being?”
“Well... think about that women who runs Hendrix. She’s marrying an inkling-“
“Yeah and look where society is taking us with that freakish marriage.”
“They are marrying because they love each other. I want Jade to at least have some chance at love in her life! She deserves it after all the sh!t her and I had to go through on a daily basis Up until about a couple years ago.”
Oliver looked at Richard sternly.
“Just stay out of her romantic circle and you and her should be cool.”
Richard nodded
“Duly noted.”
Eastern
Though I tend to be up later
Orange Creek, Malumynumen, and The inkopolitian queendom
Sasha's own beliefs about gods rather conflicted with Surume's. By default, she didn't trust any of them. She didn't believe any god did anything for the benefit of humans or any of the other races on the planet. They either did it for fun or because they had another agenda. She only ever trusted those she personally interacted with and decided weren't too bad.
"I don't put too much stock in the virtue of any religions or the gods they pray to. Even those that pray to my own family. But I suppose it is a good thing that there is a religion that teaches acceptance of others rather than placing any one people on a pedestal. It's a step in the right direction...sort of. Ideally, religion wouldn't really be around, but as long as people like me exist, that's impossible. I have to try so hard to make sure no one starts worshiping me or something every time I do something vaguely supernatural. It's a pain..."
She did actually find it tiring and somewhat irritating, causing her to sigh, though she went back to her calm self soon. She observed the picture Surume showed her closely, taking note of Pearl's face in the background. She decided she'd have to go and meet this person one day, something she intended to do with all of the gods that directly interacted with people on the planet. But she put that thought to the back of her mind since she didn't have the time to address it anyway.
"I miss my wife just about all the time. We're leaders of two separate countries, so seeing each other is hard sometimes. Honestly, this business of being some of the most powerful women in the world is just irritating sometimes. A lot of the time I just wish we were normal people so we could just live our lives together. Though...I suppose if we were normal, we never would have met in the first place."
She chuckled a little for the first time as she thought of that irony, then turned her attention to Surume's desire to engage in philanthropic activities after her abdication. She liked the idea personally, even if it wasn't something she particularly wanted for herself after her own retirement. She was already busy enough managing her vast wealth and business operations. She didn't need another big operation to work on.
"That sounds nice, yes. It will certainly keep you busy, so I don't think boredom will be a problem. If anything, you might be just as busy then as you are now. But at least you won't have stuff like the armed forces to organize anymore. Running an NGO does take a lot of money though. But by now, I'm sure you have enough of a fortune to personally fund one quite comfortably. I wish you good luck on that endeavor."
She fell silent when she brought Jacket there, just quietly sipping her drink as they had their reunion. She did hear what they were saying as a force of habit, but tried not to listen in on their personal affairs too much. She only really paid attention when Surume finally told her about her plans to step down. Once it seemed Jacket accepted it and was quite happy about it, she went back to focusing on her drink until their emotional episode was over.
For the next few minutes, she just occupied herself by messing around with a few napkins, using her abilities to make them into different shapes. When it seemed that they had more or less ended their conversation and were more stable, she turned her attention back to them.
"Is there any particular person you would want to succeed you? I know this monarchy isn't hereditary like Russia's is, but there has to be someone you'd prefer over others, no?"
Republic of Callaxium and Ruriq
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Abduljabbar Wa. 2050 - Present): Busy in establishing relationships with other countries and improving relations with them.
Ministry of Defense (Tý Nguyễn. 2048 - Present): For defending the nation's sovereighty and interests with the Ruriqish Air, Land and Naval Forces.
Ministry of Education (Mizuki Yamamoto. 2050 - Present): To educate Ruriqians to be more formed to help the national developing
Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs (Ewout Hayes. 2042 - Present): Enforce laws and make justice, and use police to make investigations and keep public order in most cases.
Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure (Margarita Cuyegkeng. 2049 - Present): Works for the construction of buildings, works, residential areas, streets, etc.
Ministry of Transport and Communications (Klou Remeliik. 2045 - Present): Two purposes, about publics transports and communications' efficiency.
Ministry of Health (Alisha Ramesh. 2049 - Present): For improving public health to the people's service
Ministry of Finance and Treasure (Michael Badae. 2050 - Present): In charge of administering the money and the Central Bank of Ruriq.
Director of investigation and Intelligence Agency (Cresanto Trần. 2051 - Present): Its work it's solve cases, crimes and catch too dangerous criminals to face the justice.
yall im gonna have the next Queen be bi and not be married so whoever's more wholesome to her will get to marry her
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