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Lions and tigers and one very annoyed husky—oh my. [Closed - ATTN: Kivisto]

[NS]Pushistymistan
15-11-2006, 02:39
President Izabella Korotkaia's Office
Executive Office Building
Perovsky Proezd 1, Olen
November 15, 08,13

+++A little sigh escaped the muzzle of the slender husky woman sitting behind the opulently-oversized mahogany desk, which sat towards the rear of an open and warmly-welcoming apartment, as the diminutive figure ran her hand through her loose, coffee-coloured follicles, picking up her simply-designed mug, which held captive in it a rather strong breed of java to chase away the early morning ; the aforementioned hand continued down from the female's crown to rest upon her nape after a sip of the dark liquid, giving a little massage to that area. The small porcelain vessel was soon thereafter returned to its resting place atop a coaster, whose small surrounding area was the only surface where one might actually see the desk beneath the bunches of paper and other objects strewn about it—carefully organised, of course, but one would never know.
+++She dallied that way, one hand upon the handle of her mug and another upon her neck for a moment or two, canting her head to the rear to stare up at the ceiling, whose edges were illuminated with hidden lights of a soft cream colour, intended to be soothing and calming ; it was indeed so, yet this only added to the poor girl's sense of listlessness ; she itched desperately to get up out of her rarefied throne and find something (anything would do) to occupy her time. Yet there was no such hope, for, unfortunately, Izabella ran a country, and had accepted early on in her campaign to replace the long-standing Soviet leader who, in a startling move, had resigned, asking for a newer crowd to take the reins, and as the head of state of even a minor country such as Pushistymistan, she would have numerous responsibilities and duties if she was chosen for the position, which her quality of character simply forbade her from shirking ; she was not, however, always cheerful about such things, and so with an exhalation somewhere between a groan and another sigh, delved back into the business of politics—such as it was for a largely ceremonial figurehead.
+++It was during this desultory scanning of emails that she at last came across something that, with an energetic jolt, threw her into a more conscious state of mind, and so attracted to the message's contents, flitted over its body ; then again, slower, and once more, just to be sure she'd read the "from" field accurately. Yet there was no mistake in her comprehension of the communiqué's subject matter, which quite confused the woman ; its rather truncated information ran along the lines of the absurd, which was thus: that someone—the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was still trying to contact its allies in the General Assembly as to the perpetrator's identity—had added the country of Pushistymistan and all and sundry of its related content to the World Heritage List, the reason of which was, as well, at the moment in the process of being sniffed out.
+++Izabella was befuddled, certainly ; but more than anything else, she was ruffled largely because she knew her representative had not agreed to this, nor likely had even had the chance to have dialouge about it, given that the Foreign Affairs people were so thrown by this situation that had developed. And so, as her smouldering anger grew warmer and warmer, she snatched up the phone laid upon her desk, and began contacting the appropriate people.


[ Kivisto, if your nation/UN representative doesn't take responsibility right off, would you mind if I controlled some ambiguous foreign allies? ]
Kivisto
16-11-2006, 08:42
OOC: I'm a bit new to this style of RP and posting, so I may be a little slow to respond and rough around the edges in style, but I'm definitely interested in seeing how this pans out. I don't really mind if some "extras" are added in for flavour. I'm a little uncertain as to some of the normal expectations from these. I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Oskar retired back to his office at the end of an incredibly long day of pouring over documents and resolution drafts and arguing a nearly impossible legality in the General Assembly. Exhausted, he tossed his coat onto the couch in the corner of his office where he ended up spending half of his nights. Loosening his tie, he dropped into the padded leather chair that was a gift given to him by one of the colonies after he helped to negotiate their independance from the homeland.

Home. He pondered it while letting his eyes gaze around the room. It had been so long since he had returned home for more than a few minutes for quick diplomatic exchanges, just to return to his office. He took in the pictures of his family, cousins, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, some of whom he had not seen since he took the position of UN ambassador some time ago. He ran his hand gently across the top of the desk, without really looking at it, remembering how his father had hand-crafted it for him out of the most solid oak-wood that he could get his hands on when Oskar first achieved political office in a nation where politics were practically outlawed.

The crinkle of paper on his desk drew his attention back to the here and now. He kept his desk immaculate, and never left any papers lying around where anyone might find it. Irritated that one of his aides had simply left something lying around instead of filing it appropriately, he whisked the paper off of the desk, ready to simply crumple it and toss it into the waste bin.

The title on the page stayed his hand, however. A confirmation from one of the UN undersecretaries? What the hell? He popped his reading glasses back on and perused the document.

"Oh, bloody Hell! Miranda, get in here!"

His late-night secretary entered the room, a little sleepy-eyed, but ready to serve.

"Yes, Mr. Feldstein?"

"What the hell is this?"

"That? It would appear to be a-"

"I know what it is, sweetie. What I mean is, why is this? Why does this exist? Who authorized this?"

"Well, you did. Earlier in the day? You said you wanted to see what she wanted to say?"

"Oh Bugger All! I didn't actually mean to do it. I was hoping to incite a reaction. Something we could work with to create a support of that repeal of this thing. We have no past relations with Pushismystan to buffer this against."

"Well, I just got on shift two hours ago, sir. I could hardly speak for Jake. He was the one working at the time."

"Argh. New kid. Dammit! He was probably just hoping to show initiative. Okay, containment time. What can we do about this?"

"Well sir, the World Heritage List doesn't have an escape clause in it, so-"

"Yes, Mir, I am aware of that. That was more of a rhetorical question. Crap. I don't want them to be stewing about this for too long. That would just make them angrier than they already will be. Send off a message to their consulate. Request a meeting with ..... with uhhh ..... dammit. Who would be the one to talk to? Screw it. Tell them that I would like to request and audience to discuss this very unfortunate turn of - no, this unfortunate misunderstanding. I would like to assume full responsibility for not making my desires more clear, and would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the ramifications and possibilities for rectifying it somehow."

"You will go? Wouldn't you rather send one of the other diplomats to deal with this? You're currently involved in a few discussions in the General Assembly that you should really be personally involved in, and there are already weddings occuring that you should at least make an appearance at."

"Vanessa can handle the weddings. Those are all Karmicarian women anyways. She knows them better than I do, and it's more of a regional matter. The EPA is on hold for now, until something more is done about repealing WHL. Nadnerb seems to be parking his ass a little more than is beneficial to the campaigning for it. UAA doesn't need me there. Rono and Alex can take care of themselves pretty handily. No. This is my screw-up, I should deal with it personally before it turns into something more than what it already is?"

"What is it now, Mr. Feldstein?"

"Now? We've just put harsh restrictions on an entire nations industries! I might as well have declared war! Me and my big mouth."

"In all fairness, sir, had Jake confirmed your wishes before acting..."

"He's new. He'll learn. I may decide to use him to fix this, somehow, and he won't be given a choice in the matter, so we're going to keep him around for a while."

"Fix this? How?"

Oskar gave Miranda a quick smile.

"Don't you worry. Just get that message off. I've got to grab a couple of hours sleep if I'm going to be at my best."

"Mr. Feldstein, if I mught suggest..."

"Yes, Mir?"

"We easily have the economic and military strength to-"

"Mir, Mir, Mir. Sometimes I wonder why they didn't assign you to the Admiral. I am not a general. Nor am I a warrior. I am a diplomat. Or at least I pretend to be one in the UN. There's a time and place for hostilities, but I'd rather reserve those options until after we've at least attempted more peaceable solutions."

"Yes, sir"

"Get that message off. Let me know when they respond. As soon as they respond."

Miranda swiftly strode away to fetch a messenger.

"Please let them actually respond." Oskar whispered to the empty room.