NationStates Jolt Archive

Seems like only Yesterday that Catalina Asturias made her trip around the world. It was dangerous and full of peril. She nearly had been killed on two occasions. But soon enough she was back home and in her mother's arms again. But before her tip had ended she recived a special invite to Maraque. She had stopped there but not for long. And the Leaders were so gracious enough to envite her and her whole family back.

Now her family boat (Which they used mostly for fishing) was sailing to Maraque. The Airlines in GTI Were private and extremly expensive. Not to mention her mother had an unberable fear of heights. Night had fallen. Catalina statley hummed a tune to her self as she listend to her CD Player, as she studied her Portuguese. Her father was above deck her mother was lying down right next to her. Cat closed her book and stretched lied down next to her mom. "Hi sweetheart."

"Hi."

"All done reading?"

"Yep."

Her mother lovingly put her arm around her and pulled her close. Both just drifted off to sleep. The next morning low clouds were haning over, and the seas were turning choppy. It wasn't long before the burst struck dumping rain and lighting on the tiny boat. Cat as usual was urged to stay bellow. She's survived horrofying storms yet her parents still won't let her help! Non the less the storm cleared with out further incident.

"Well there it is." Roberto said

"Just like I remember, big and amazing!" Cat said

They had arrived at the shores of Maraque

As the boat made it's way towards Maraque the coast guard kept a watchful eye on it as it slowly made it's way towards the docks at Port Super City. The city was even bigger and shining even brighter than when she first visited here herself a long time ago.

Many people flocked to the beach and towards the docks as the boat came closer and closer to land. People waved flags of her homeland, screamed in sheer joy, and yelled "Welcome back Catalina!" in Maraquean and Spanish, the brunt of them children who viewed her as some sort of celebrity figure and role model.

A tall and slender man of African descent walked down the docks as the boat came to shore, wearing tan khaki pants and a white striped collared shirt.

"Bienvenidos a Maraque, me llamo Jonas. I'm going to take you to your hotel so you can put away your belongings, then we'll be off."

He opened the door to the black Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG waiting at the end of the street and helped them get inside, then put their luggage in the trunk and then got into the driver's seat and drove off, followed by unmarked police cars behind them.

The car bolted off from a standstill to a relatively high speed within seconds, as the 503hp V8 engine sprung to life. The car sped effortlessly down the road through the Port District on its way to the Grand Imperial Hotel in midtown Super City in the Hotel District, just a few blocks away.

"From what I hear, the Emperor is very pleased that you decided to come again, as he feels you didn't receive a proper view of what Maraque really is about, culturally, ethnically, and politically."

The car continued to speed down the road as the enormous, shimmering towers past by as quickly as they appeared. Pedestrians paid no mind to the SUV as it drove by along with every other high end vehicle in this vastly wealthy part of Maraque.

"Ah, here we are," Jonas said as he slowed down to turn into a small garage attached to the hotel. "Wait right here."

Jonas exited the vehicle and went to the rear of the car and took all of their luggage and put it on a cart, which was swiftly taken away to their Presidential Suite.

"I'll go check you in, I will return very soon."

============================================
Inside:

"Yes, this is Jonas Thabeki... checking in Ms. Catalina Asturias."

"Ah yes, Mr. Thabeki, we've been waiting for your arrival; here is the key to the Presidential Suite for Ms. Asturias and her family."

"Thank you very much."

=============================================
Back outside:

"I have the key, now lets go and get you settled in before we go sight-seeing then meet with the Emperor, shall we?"

Once upstairs, they entered the opulent entrance hall to the enormous palatial Presidential Suite on the top floor of one of the most grand hotels in all of the world. The floors were made of beautiful light colored marble, along with gold-trimmed walls lined with diamonds and expensive paintings.

The living room had a giant dome ceiling with a big skylight letting the sun shine through it giving the diamond and gold trimmed room a feel of luxury and excessiveness. The couch looked like it was made of the finest white leather, it and smelled equally as nice.

White roses lined the end of each and every room in the Presidential Suite, including the living room, dining room, kitchen, and the bedrooms. The library and entertainment centers even held opulence not seen anywhere else. The view out of the enormous floor-to-ceiling window in the family room gave the person standing there the most breathtaking view of the city ever seen.

"I hope this isn't too much. The Emperor likes to pamper all his guests," Jonas said, as he let them relax before departing.

"Oh this is just lovely," Cat said she marvaled at the room.

"It is quite lovely. This is really amazing, back in GTI we would never be able to afford this on our salary. We thank you very greatly for this."

"Yes thank you." Roberto said. They unpacked their things and spent time exploring the room. The bath tub was the size of a jacuzzie it looked like it could fit all three of them.

It even had a big fridge. While not the same as a normal house hold fridge bigger than most hotel fridges. "So this is what the lap of luxry is like." Mary said. "I know it's incredible isn't it?" Catalina replied