NationStates Jolt Archive

ooc: This is just a evening talk show of mine I decided to do.
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And now, broadcasted live from the CRUNN studios in Carmel, here is, for the first time, Sean Fitzgerald! A man with shining blue eyes, light brown hair, and wearing a black suit appeared on screen, and walked to his seat. The camera focused in on him and three seconds later, he began, "Good evening everyone, I'm Sean Fitzgerald. Thank you for tuning into my firstinternational broadcast." He smiled, and then said, "Our guest tonight is the infamous Dersconi prince, Veliky Kynaz Ivan Rekjyavich II, better known as Prince John. Ladies and Gentleman, Prince John!"
When he walked on, and shook hands, Fitzgerald began, "Thank you for agreeing to appear tonight, your excellency. Let me begin by asking you to describe to our viewers why Ridgians should care about Derscon."

Kynaz Ivan jumped out from behind stage and stood in a very arrogant pose, and overexaggerated his stride to be comically arrogant, holding sticking his nose rediculously high into the air as he walked. When he got to Fitzgerald, he snapped his head up and stuck his nose up at him, posing arrogantly, before grinning and shaking his hand, taking the seat across from the table. He sat down, making himself comfortable, and nodded his head to the greeting.

"The pleasure is all mine." As Fitzgerald was asking his first question, Prince John took out a bottle of l'Empereur XO Cognac made in Derscon, and took out two crystal glasses, with the Dersconi Tri-headed Dragon on one side and the Dersconi Double-headed Eagle on the other. Pouring the Cognac into the two glasses, the Prince handed one to the host and picked up the other in his right hand, setting the bottle down behind him, smiling.

"Well, first off, you're Prussians, and our Tsar is your Arch-Chancellor. THerefore, he gets to boss you around, and we can wipe you off the face of the Earth." He grinned and took a sip of the alchohol before continuing.

"But, in all seriousness, you should care about us simply because we care about you. And, you know, we're Prussians, and all, so we're all united in brotherhood under the Prussian crown, blah blah blah..." he dismissed it with a wave of his hand. The Prince shrugged, and smirked.

"Really, though, the main reason Ridgians should care about Derscon is because, well, we're awesome." He shrugged and took a sip of the wine while smiling. It was clear that Prince John had no intention of taking this interview seriously. After all, since when did Prince John take anything seriously?

Fitzgerald was getting slightly annoyed and began, "And why are you so awesome? From what I have seen so far, you are average at best, and even that is being very generous." Fitzgerald sipped his water, and continued, "In fact, your spinning the question makes it look like there really isn't anything Dersconi for the average Ridgian to care about." A second later he said, "That's just from my observation. I hope you can prove me wrong. Can you?"

Fitzgerald was getting slightly annoyed and began, "And why are you so awesome? From what I have seen so far, you are average at best, and event that is being very generous." Fitzgerald sipped his water, and continued, "In fact, your spinning the question makes it look like there really isn't anything Dersconi for the average Ridgian to care about." A second later he said, "That's just from my observation. I hope you can prove me wrong. Can you?"

John quickly realized that this Fitzgerald wasn't a fan of him, but kept his cheerful smile anyways. What a douschebag.

Kynaz Ivan shrugged. "Well, from the looks of it, it seems you would rather find a reason for Cherry Ridge to not care about Derscon, which would cause the Ridgian population to be alienated amongst all of its allies, and would put itself in a not-so-happy place." He took another sip of cognac and continued speaking.

"Now, a couple very important reasons for you guys caring about us are classified as Top Secret, and, while I technically can tell anyone, revealing government secrets on international television is not a very good national security policy." He blinked once before taking another sip of the cognac.

"I assume you drive a car, right? Well, without Derscon, neither you nor anyone would be driving cars, as we are your number one -- in fact, only -- supplier of oil." Prince John picked up the Cognac bottle.

"Do you see this? I bought this at a local wine and spirits shoppe down the street from here. This, along with seventy-five percent of what was in there, was made in Derscon, or made in fields owned by Dersconi corporations." The Prince shrugged, sitting the bottle down again. He leaned back in his chair, propping his arm up on the armrest and resting his chin on his hand.

"Now, I don't know everything about the inner workings of Derscon or Cherry Ridge, because I don't have to. That's my brother's side of the family, they can deal with that, so, besides what I told you, I don't know why you should care, because I don't care why you should care. In my eyes, being fellow Prussians should be enough. You, evidentally, think differently.

"However, I have a question for you: Why should Derscon and Dersconis care about Cherry Ridge and Ridgians?." If this bastard wants to try and disgrace Derscon and the Royal family and play hardball, Prince John thought to himself, staring into the talk show's eyes. Then he's in for a rude awakening.

Fitzgerald responded, "That's a ridiculous accusation. I am simply trying to run an itnerview here, not find reasons to not care." He then continued, "I am not sure average Ridgians care about the top secret reasons, and to be honest, it doesn't seem like it matters if they do." He grinned, but when he mentioned oil he said, "That's butchering the truth. You do provide us with all of our oil, yet we have our own oil that can be easily tapped, and can last us for a significantly long time." As he went on to the alchohol he said, "That was one shop. I have been in many wineries where most drinks were made in CR! And it was quality wine as well."
At his next comment he said, "Former fellow Prussians weren't the greatest people either, and even when they were in good standing, we didn't get along perfectly then."
When he was asked a question he chuckled and answered smoothly, "I honestly don't care if they have a reason or not. However, your Redemption Isle colonies would not have been found if not for Ridgians for one." With a grin, he decided to ask a less controversial question, to keep things under control, "It says here that you are a minister, Prince John, and former Archbishop of Derscon. What denomination do you belnog to, as, I can tell by your drinking, you are most likely not a strict Calvinist as many of the Prussian Protestants are."