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An Intro to Solamnia: Part 1 (Of Rails and Paperwork)


Lord Boris

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(OOC: I thought I'd try my hand at some RP entries about my nation)

Lord Boris walked down the corridor leading away from his office, footsteps echoing along the way. It had been a month since he had stopped by the facility that he had taken to calling "The Glowing Candy Shop." He had decided at breakfast that he would spend the morning touring the nuclear launch facility just outside of Palanthas.

"Sir," one of his aides interrupted the silence, "the Department of the Treasury is requesting approval on the new export budget for next quarter."

Lord Boris turned to the advisor, making sure to keep up his brisk walking pace. "Why is it every time I make plans to inspect something in the Defense Department, the Treasury has to get in my face with paperwork? Ever since we started developing our atomic weapons program, they've been breathing down my neck like it's the latest fashion trend. I'm willing to bet if half of those pencil-pushers left their office every now and then to take a look at the world, they'd realize they don't control things as much as they would like to think."

"You're probably right, but it would be nice to have imports and exports next quarter," the aide replied.

"I'll review their proposal this afternoon. I had eggs for breakfast, I'll have weaponry for lunch, and I'll eat their damn paperwork for dinner if they so wish it," Lord Boris retorted, clearly irritated with the subject matter.

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About ten minutes later, Lord Boris and his entourage were on their way to the city outskirts on one of the many high speed rail trains that connected the various parts of the city. It had all been built a few years back rather controversially. The military and civic planners pushed for its creation to eliminate complete dependence on the highway system for short and medium distance travel, believing that diversity in travel methods was not only econonomically wise, but also a security measure against attack. After it was approved, it took about a year for all two thousand miles of rail to be constructed in the central part of the country. It is anticipated to be able to keep up with the demand for its use for the next 50 years courtesy of the scale of the initial project, which caused some media critics to dub it the "Overkill Express."

Lord Boris was staring out the window, marveling at scene as it flew past. It took him a bit to notice his cell phone ringing.

"Sir," his aide said, trying to get his attention, "your phone is ringing."

Lord Boris snapped out of his stare and picked up his phone. "So it is," he said. He answered the phone and listened for a minute before hanging it up and angrily slamming the phone down on the table.

He leaned over to his laptop and began to type.

"Sir, what are you doing?" his aide asked nervously.

"I'm sending an email to the Department of Resource Management telling them to fine the folks over at the Department of the Treasury for excessive waste of Solamnia's forestry resources in their paperwork," Lord Boris replied, refusing to take his eyes off his keyboard.

"You wouldn't..." his aide replied, eyes wide.

To that, Lord Boris simply looked up from his keyboard and grinned.

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