Ivory Castle

[Syn]

Mirshen was in his office as he sat and poured over datapads as he looked up and spoke with a grin seeing his assistants with their pink and purple skin and black leather. Obviously he was not above accentuating the prestige of his position as he laughed internally remembering his last visit to Coruscant and how he walked with several Zeltrons wearing zoosha fabric and nothing else as they sat in his seat on the senate and Mirshen stood up as he spoke handing the datapad to one of the zeltrons.... a young one by the looks of it and his words came out as he held up to fingers. "Two orders of wine for my meeting, I am going to have to charm this diplomat from New Alderan." Slowly Mirshen sat down as he lookked at a bounty board and laughed out loud. Someone had placed a large bounty on any and all Mandalorians and he was glad to see that they would get what was coming to them now as he ran a hand across the mass of scar tissue still on his chest and he thought about his life and how events played out as he spoke into an intercom. "Alicia I want this bounty plastered everywhere, we have a planet full of bounty hunters lets give them a reason to do their jobs and come back."

Slowly the intercom chirped as his secretary got the message and Mirshen walked over to a closet as he opened it up and placed his shirt on a hanger taking out a fresh one as his food and drinks arrived. Now he was waiting for Senator Tyr Karsk too arrive as he buttoned up a gift that Alicia had given him... the woman had no taste but it made her happy as he buttoned up the gaudy shirt with stripes and bright colors that you would see middle aged men on the beach wearing and he sat back down in his ebony office with a jade and ruby designed desk and ivory white chairs as he looked around at the monitors and turned around in his chair looking out a window at a large expanse of city with lights and he made sure the transparasteel was one sided with him able to look out but no one able to look intoo his large Ivory colored tower at the center of the district away from the city and docks but close enough to his businesses down below as he waited.

 

[Dmitri]

Prince Cane Es Cade, Senator of Empress Teta, arrived on a private shuttle. Security brought him up to the room where Mirshen inhabited. He gave a polite bow.

Cane had a dislike for most politicians, as many of them only cared about their own power. He had little interaction with Mirshen, and decided it was best not to judge the Senator yet.

"I see I'm a little bit early," greeted Cane. "I heard another Senator may be accompanying us in this meeting."

 

[n2crimson]

Mordecai stepped into the lobby of the large white tower, he had to hand it to the man, if anything Mirshin had style. The high vaulted ceilings of the tower’s entrance we brightly lit and shadows danced on the cool marble floors of the lobby. Beautiful women briskly walked around with datapads, conversing swiftly with one another as they went about their business.

Mordecai beckoned his three guards to follow him as he went to the front desk. He was after all on important business, everyone knew that vacation was a very important business for Senator Karsk. As he approached the desk he spotted the secretary, a voluptuous Zeltron woman wearing a very revealing outfit, he chuckled as his eyes drank in the intoxicating scenes around him.

"Excuse me Madam, I am here to meet with the Senator." Mordecai eloquently leaned on the counter as he spoke and casually looked down the woman’s shirt. Mirshin definitely had style…

 

[Syn]

Mirshen looked at Prince Cade and spoke with a grin as he stood up and bowed. "Welcome welcome I hope after this you'll take in the sights maybe take in the local beauties." Slowly Mirshen's intercom beeped as he spoke pressing a button. "Show him up please." Now when senator Mordecai gets up here we can talk." Slowly Mirshen went around his desk as he spoke looking out at two of his staff. "Jessica.... Beth go and get an extra setting of food and drink for the prince. I seem to have miscounted." Slowly Mirshen went back inside as down below the zeltron would lead Mordecai up to the office.

With a grin Mirshen went back towards his seat and spoke bringing up on a monitor several reports but mainly he pointed to the bounty board. "Do you have any idea where this came from? I want to find the poster and give him a medal."

 

[Dmitri]

"A predicament with mixed results," said Cane, inspecting the poster. "Mandalorians have been shown to put their loyalty in false pride and money. They seem almost barbaric and have gone to war a few times. However, they are currently not our enemies." He flashed a glance at the Senator. "Not all Mandalorians behave that way. Many are more 'civilized'. It's important not to book all Mandalorians in with the extremists and the outlaws."

 

[n2crimson]

Floors disappeared as the elevator glided upward, seemingly on its own, the clear floor and walls allowed for a great view of the tower as well as the city seeing as there seemed to be a large window on every other floor, entire walls of glass. Karsk gave the Zeltron secretary another sweeping look. "When do you get off, I would like to take you out for a drink…"

Just as he was saying this the elevator stopped and the doors slid open to reveal yet another large lobby, much more quiet than the first but even more extravagant. The Zeltron swiftly led him to the door and pushed it open. Karsk instructed his men to relax in the lobby so as the Senators had no unwanted visitors.

As he opened the office door he turned around to see the Zeltron walking away, her hips moving sensually up and down as she strolled back to the elevator. Mirshin definitely had style. Karsk walked into the room with a smile on his face.

 

[Syn]

Mirshen looked at Karsk enter as he nodded looking at Cade and spoke with a serous face offering a drink to Karsk. "Senator Cade I can respect that notion but believe me I know first hand how they can be." Slowly the senator moved as he spoke to the two and went behind his desk as he sat down and held up a drink in his hand. "Senator Karsk welcome to Zeltros and I see that you have been enjoying the view of my assistants. I do hope you will enjoy the sights and your stay."

 

[Dmitri]

Cane sighed. It was obvious that this Senator had bad blood with the Mandalorians and nothing he could say could change her mind. He instead changed his attention the Senator who had not arrived yet.

"You're late, Senator Mordecai," greeted Cane.

 

[n2crimson]

The Senator took his place at the table glancing around the room, the fish tank full of exotic creatures took his interest for a moment, then his focus turned to the Prince, a sickly fellow but never the less a clever one. As his eyes found those of the Prince he replied, “I apologize for my late appearance gentlemen, I was enjoying the sights.”

He turned to Mirshin, "I see you have decorated your office with bounty posters." A smirk covered his visage as he took a sip of the drink on the desk in front of him.

 

[Syn]

Mirshen nodded a little as he clicked a button and spoke. "I have, I like to keep up to event on things and bounty boards show quite a lot of what happens outside our world." Slowly he then turned to look at the Prince and spoke as he picked up some of the food on a fork. "So how are things on your world? The people happy? Got enough food?

 

[Dmitri]

"Empress Teta prospers, as it always is," said Cane flatly. "CRANE has been developing new mining technology to help create more ships. Since we don't have to worry about politics in governing of our planet, we tend to be able to do what's best for the planet. While occasionally there's some things the people are disfavorable of, most of the time the people are fine with what Empress Cake does, as it's done in their interest." He glanced at the two Senators. "In some worlds, we focus on helping everyone, not just our benefactors and funders of political campaigns."

 

[n2crimson]

Karsk sighed as he took another sip of the drink, a good vintage that was refined and had a dark woody flavor. He looked the Prince in the eyes again, “ If only we all had it so easy as to be born into a position of power, regardless, I detest such fools who hope to buy my loyalty on my planet.”

While speaking Karsk nonchalantly flicked a piece of fruit from his plate and it stuck to the picture of the Mandalore, sliding down and leaving a sticky residue on the image. "So Mirshin, what do you plan to do with all these pictures?"

 

[Syn]

Mirshen looked at Senator Karsk as he spoke seeing him smear juices on his wall and grinned as he relaxed. "Well I am going to wait and watch to see what happens but mostly I am going to change the decor of the office again. Maybe some art pictures from the local exhibitionists. Now as for your statement senator Es Cade my people are my benefactors. Every business on Zeltros is locally owned and responsibly for me getting where I am now. I hold their needs in high regard."

 

[Dmitri]

Es Cade ignored Karsk. "Then I apologize for any insult, Senator Cross. I do not know the workings of Zeltron on a planetary level. Still, from the sound of it, it seems like the benefactors are instead the business owners, rather than all of the populace. Still, Zeltron is based in luxury, so most of the people are in the business."

He looked around. "So when will our guest be here?"

 

[n2crimson]

Karsk interrupted the prince, “Guests?” Looking to Mirshin and pointedly saying, “I wasn’t aware anyone else was coming to begin with. Anyway, let’s get to business; the entire Galactic Senate will be holding concourse soon and we need to establish what we wish to pass and what we wish to fall. Personally I would like to receive some Alliance protection, my people have been antsy ever since word of the Sith was whispered. If anything it will soothe my people’s worries to have a fleet of ships at the ready to defend New Alderaan."

Karsk stood up and strolled around the room to one of the many posters and picked it up, “I realize you have an unpleasant past with the Mandalorian’s Mirshin but I believe that they may be necessary to placate at this time. We don’t need a war with them too.” Karsk downed the rest of his drink and ripped the poster in half. Karsk sat down again and glanced back at the fish tank, watching the creatures within.

 

[Syn]

Mirshen looked at Karsk as he spoke and sighed. The senator was right and it irked him to admit it but as he looked at the Prince Mirshen spoke. "They are business owners, the main populace work as the entertainers and hostess at said business and have say in what they do and then there is the king and queen and people over at hologram fun world and Karsk my history with them wouldn't be so sour if they weren't so uppity about someone wanting to do more then fight and die for a single man. I would have loved to stay on Mandalore and been a scholar but nooo they wanted me in the battle circle. So I'll placate them if I must but don't expect me to shed a tear if they die." With a look Mirshen laughed a little. "Don't worry about going to war my friend, do you know how many times the Mandalorians have fought galaxy? Many if they were any good at follow through they would have conquered long ago and we wouldn't be having this discussion." With a look Mirshen turned too Karsk in his seat as he mentioned needing ships and an idea came to him.

"Now for you Karsk I can do one better how about ten million ships in orbit of your planet." Slowly Mirshen waited for them to make a face as he grinned. "Hologram fun world can make the projectors and we can have it projected all around your planet. Imagine coming out of hyperspace and seeing an armada so big it blocks out the sun. Only downside is it won't move or actually do any damage and if someone bumps the mirrors your screwed but it is a lot cheaper then actually relocating ships."

 

[Dmitri]

"Hologram fleets are nice when weak, foolish invaders," said Cane. "If it were Mandalorians, they would find it an honorable fight that'll gain them much glory if they tried to take on a million ships. As for the Sith, they tend to use Force users in their fleets. Sith would be able to sense the deceit. Besides, a million ships is unrealistic. New Alderaan is not worth that much that the Galactic Alliance would pour that much defenses to them, not to mention we don't have that many ships that would be intimidating." He glanced at Mirshen. "Using a holographic fleet would only show weakness. After all, how hard can it be to invade a planet that has to rely on holograms instead of real ships."

He gave Karsk with a dirty look. "My apologies, I was forgetting that my meeting later today with CRANE is the one that'll have more people. Still, you need to stop thinking of yourself. It sounds more like you're afraid more for your own safety rather than the safety of the planet in which you represent. Don't forget that you don't have a seat in Congress if your planet is wiped out or invaded. Worry about them. In the scheme of things, you're insignificant." He was probably being a bit harsh, but it was true all the same.

 

[Cailst]

Dr. Jotham Forsei hurriedly ran through the building, showing his ID to the guards and finally got to the room. With a speedy motion, he opened the door to see some of the other senators in the room already.

"Sorry I'm late, I was on Fresia opening discussions with the Kushari, newcomers to the area." He said breathing heavily due to the fact that he'd been rushing.

"Where's the discussion heading so far?" He asked.

Hopefully, he'd be able to mention his plan for Alsakan in the meeting and then be able to bring it up when the entire senate was convened. However, there were other issues which he would have to sort out and see what could be done. One big issue would be the Sith menace from the Empire. Unfortunately, tensions were rising but he held the belief that with proper diplomacy, peace might be kept.