A Most Auspicious Affair

[Captain Enema]

[b]Vicksburg, SUSA[/b]

"Jethro, have you sent the invitations out yet?" President Raines asked.

"Yes sir I have," Jethro replied.

"Thank you Jethro, I'd be lost without you."

"We are lost sir, we've been wandering this supermarket for the last 20 minutes trying to find baking soda. Can we get one of the Secret Service to ask?"

"Of course Jethro, be a peach and sort that out?"

"BIG RED WANTS BAKING SODA," one of the agents shouted down the aisle.

"BAKING SODA?"

"YES, BAKING SODA."

"CLABBER GIRL BAKING SODA OR ARM AND HAMMER?" another agent shouted back.

"Mr. President?"

"Clabber Girl of course," the President replied.

"CLABBER GIRL!"

"MY WIFE SAYS THAT HE SHOULD USE OLD BAY SEASONING AS WELL," the voice shouted back.

"Mr. President?"

"Very well, one tin of Old Bay, and my regards to his missus," the President replied.

"ONE TIN OF CLABBER GIRL AND ONE TIN OF OLD BAY, HE ALSO SAID TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MISSUS FOR HIM," the agent shouted.

"I SURELY WILL, SHE WILL JUST BE TICKLED PINK!"


[quote]LEADERS OF NORTH AMERICA AND IMPERIALIST OVERLORDS AS WELL;

President Nathan Bedford Forrest Raines of the Southern United States of America wishes to invite you all or a representative to Vicksburg for a small but hopefully fruitful meeting in regards to matters of economic importance.

-President Raines[/quote]

Edited July 5, 2012 by Tidy Bowl Man

[Padraig Rua]

[i]Chairman of the Executive Council, Paul Kaufman, will attend this meeting to represent Regnum and its interests.[/i]

[Isaac MatthewII]

The UCNA will send Pat McCrory to represent its nation.

[Sarah Tintagyl]

Nicole Lyonnais of the Iron Coast will be in attendance.

[MostGloriousLeader]

[i]President David Bronson will gladly accept this invitation by the Southern United States of America.[/i]

Edited July 5, 2012 by MostGloriousLeader

[Kevin Kingswell]

Chancellor Sanders decided to grace this event with her personal presence and even decided to travel without any personal guards for once only bringing one assistant with her. The pair would take a private jet down to Vicksburg and would make their way to wherever the meeting was taking place.

[Captain Enema]

[b]Vicksburg[/b]

All the arriving DC-3s and flying boats are routed to appropriate landing places. The wheeled aircraft are sent to the new Vicksburg International Aerodrome and the flying boats are sent directly to the Mississippi River with orders to watch out for the fishing boats that are taking part of the Vicksburg Catfish Festival and Fry Up. Red Carpets, brass bands, and 1938 Packard Town Cars lie in wait for the dignitaries. Once they've been whisked away from their landing points their aircraft are swarmed with technicians to check the oil, refuel them, give them a brisk cleaning, and then left under armed guard to ensure no one indulges in any foul play. Each plane is given a full time 12 man squad of Military Police who have orders to tell anyone not cleared to go jump in the Mississippi River after roughing them up for a few hours.

The Vicksburg Legislative House has been freed up for the occasion. Numerous Senators and other functionaries of the Southern United States of America have voluntarily vacated their offices to allow the dignitaries a quiet place to rest prior to the real knee slapping good time of international diplomacy that is about to transpire. Each office has been cleaned and provided with a selection of drink and cut meats for the refreshment purposes of the guests. A laundry service is on hand for those wishing to change from their traveling clothes into something more suited to the horrifically humid climate of Vicksburg. The President of SUSA can be found out back under a large oak tree holding a large mallet with a glass of chilled lemonade in his free hand.

He's giving a croquet ball an evil look as he chats with a friend from University. "I say sir, your theory on Mesoamerican migration is simply one of the finer pieces of work I've had the fortune to read in quite some time," the President said to old friend as they savored a taste of lemonade before committing unspeakable acts of violence upon the balls with their mallets in the pursuit of driving them through the infernally devilish hoops of wire that the balls seemed so destined to be driven through. "Smashing balls about all day in the noon sun only seems to appeal to mad dogs and Southerners, but we must persist good sir, these balls must be smashed."

"It's their tragic fate, much like Aeschylus's tragedies, nothing good will ever come to a croquet ball, just more smashing about," Professor Jones responded as he did his best to line up two of the balls.

Edited July 6, 2012 by Tidy Bowl Man

[Triyun]

Representing the Empire of Tianxia, severely disapproving Imperial Princess Yuan Xuehua would be in attendance. Not content to ball bust men about drinking in Asia, she would spread her moral piousness to other continents.

[Voodoo Nova]

Jose Luis Roberto Zapata Barradas, Head of the Directorate General for Multilateral & Regional Negotiations, Secretariat of the Economy, will be in attendance.

[Aiden Ford]

General Bilar Crais of UCNA Command will be in attendance as Pat McCrory has been recalled to Asheville.

[supercheese]

Carlos would attend the meeting representing Cuba.

[Captain Enema]

The newly arrived guests would be shown to their rooms as soon as their Flying Boats and DC-3 aircraft touch down. Well dressed young men who work directly for the President would soon begin to politely tap on the door to inform the guests that dinner would be served shortly, formal attired encouraged. The same young men would make themselves available to serve as guides to the guest to escort them to the grand ballroom where the tables laden with Southern cooking and other fine fare are waiting.

While the majority of the Southern men in attendance make a public pretense of being teetotalers, there is a sizable bar for those who do not mind a drink or four. A quiet local jazz band plays soft melodies in the corner and the room buzzes with well dressed waiters and discretely placed security guards that hover back and forth as they assist the guests with their drinks and meal.

[Kevin Kingswell]

Chancellor Sanders and her assistant would take this time to sample a few of the drinks that the bar was serving, though she would distance herself from any heavy alcoholic drinks she would sample a small amount of the lesser volume ones. Wearing her dress military uniform and with her hair tied up tightly in a long ponytail for this occassion Sanders also had her sidearm and her personal chainsword with her for defense though they were still in their holster and sheath for now as she doubted she would need them. Standing at the bar with a small glass with some sort of drink in hand she waited to see who else would make themselves known at this gathering.

OOC:
[IMG]http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/Overlordkevz/Chancellor_Sanders.png[/IMG]

Chancellor Sanders picture for reference. Apologies for large size.

Edited July 6, 2012 by Kevin Kingswell

[Isaac MatthewII]

Pat McCrory shifted in his chair.


OOC: OG

[Captain Enema]

President Nathan Bedford Forrest Raines is trapped between being outright concerned for Chancellor Sanders and highly amused by her. Rather than say anything that might be taken the wrong way and wanting to be on his best manners he averts his eyes from what must be the most uncomfortable uniform ever in Vicksburg's hot summer. None the less, the chainsword is an issue and he debates a few methods of dealing with it. In the end he decides to just quietly remind security to eliminate the woman with extreme violence should she actually draw the thing.

With that decided, he returns his attention to his hush puppies and once again continues to tuck into his dinner.

[supercheese]

Carlos sat down with the heaviest alcoholic drink he could find, fully intending to get completely !@#$ faced has he knew it would piss off Juan, his guard who had decided to take a break and go out of Cuba for a while. Juan sat back with his beer giving Carlos a dirty look has he began his first sips of the alcohol.

[Captain Enema]

With the festivities of the opening ceremonies completed the guests are escorted back their quarters. After a good night's sleep they are woken with the smells of a full feast of southern breakfast food. Sausage gravy, biscuits, grits, bacon, eggs, coffee, and all the rest of those things that make a Southern breakfast a unique experience were found waiting along with a huge assortment of juice and teas of different kinds . Of course the Cajun influence is well represented with their unique selection of fine foods as well. Once the guests are stuffed to the point of near heart attack state they are given an hour to rest before the opening of the diplomatic affair.


In the front of the large ballroom is a simple sign that reads [i]Prosperity, How can we get more of it together?[/i]

President Raines takes to the front of the room and taps the scratchy sounding microphone before saying, "Thank you all for coming, I hope none of you are too worst for the wear after last night's little soiree. Let us embark on this grand enterprise together. I called you here for the purposeful discussion of creating an North American Economic Pact of all those who have nations or lands on this fine continent. I now open the floor to discussion and comments regarding this topic."

[Captain Enema]

"Does anyone have anything to suggest at all?" President Raines said as he nervously listened for the sound of a pin hitting the floor.

[Voodoo Nova]

[quote name='Tidy Bowl Man' timestamp='1341724057' post='3006484']
"Does anyone have anything to suggest at all?" President Raines said as he nervously listened for the sound of a pin hitting the floor.
[/quote]

"While this may be out of my authority to discuss, I will take some liberties with my current position as a negotiator for Mexico. Prior to this meeting, I was given authorization to bring up a new regional organization. This organization would fix the faults we found in NADU, while enabling a better forum of conversation for the continent. Prior to the formation of the UCNA, we saw NADU fail at its goal due to the Carolina provoking various powers. We saw the inability for nations to act properly, and saw pettiness take over in favor of trying to "one up" others. The NADU name has become a joke around the world. For North America, we need to be able to protect the interests of the continent if we are going to enhance our economic cooperation."

[Captain Enema]

"Well this certainly is a departure from the expected conversation, but not an unwelcome one either. Do you have any specifics on how this new organization would remedy the failings of NADU?"

[Isaac MatthewII]

[quote name='Voodoo Nova' timestamp='1341724373' post='3006487']
"While this may be out of my authority to discuss, I will take some liberties with my current position as a negotiator for Mexico. Prior to this meeting, I was given authorization to bring up a new regional organization. This organization would fix the faults we found in NADU, while enabling a better forum of conversation for the continent. Prior to the formation of the UCNA, we saw NADU fail at its goal due to the Carolina provoking various powers. We saw the inability for nations to act properly, and saw pettiness take over in favor of trying to "one up" others. The NADU name has become a joke around the world. For North America, we need to be able to protect the interests of the continent if we are going to enhance our economic cooperation."
[/quote]

The secretary to the president stood "I would like to know what logic is behind that statement. Is this a joke? If so its certainly in poor taste, people died there, civilians and unarmed police alike. I will not have my nations name tarnished by a-." The president smiled and motioned for him to be seated. As he sat the president whispered in his ear [i]"don't let these people get a rise out of you, he is only speaking from his allies mouth."[/i] They shared a chuckle and listened for a response.

Edited July 8, 2012 by Isaac MatthewII

[Voodoo Nova]

[quote name='Tidy Bowl Man' timestamp='1341725088' post='3006494']
"Well this certainly is a departure from the expected conversation, but not an unwelcome one either. Do you have any specifics on how this new organization would remedy the failings of NADU?"
[/quote]

"In essence, we establish a council of three central leaders of the organization to handle the affairs of the bloc. Two permanent seats, with one cycling between other member nations. Votes will be held among member nations for approval/disapproval for new members, as well as actions & statements to be made as a bloc, among other things. There will be a central military command, headed by the three council nations, to enhance cooperation and response times across the continent."

[Captain Enema]

[quote name='Voodoo Nova' timestamp='1341725560' post='3006500']
"In essence, we establish a council of three central leaders of the organization to handle the affairs of the bloc. Two permanent seats, with one cycling between other member nations. Votes will be held among member nations for approval/disapproval for new members, as well as actions & statements to be made as a bloc, among other things. There will be a central military command, headed by the three council nations, to enhance cooperation and response times across the continent."
[/quote]

"What determines the permanent seat candidates and what powers are in place to deal with removing a nation occupying a permanent seat should they become abusive or inactive?"

[Isaac MatthewII]

"I must leave, apologies the representative from West Virginia represents the UCNA and I am needed somewhere else."

[Kevin Kingswell]

The assistant to Chancellor Sanders recieved a call on her mobile and quickly stepped to one side to take it drawing Sander's curious attention. She quickly knew something was wrong when her assistant's face drained of all colour as he stammered a few words and ended the call before walking quite unsteadily over to the Chancellor. "Chancellor there..there has been an incident. Two nuclear devices were detonated in Atlanta and open conflict has erupted throughout the military. It is all chaos back there" muttered the assistant almost falling to his knees in shock. Pulling up a seat for the man Sanders left him in the care of the Southern Americans before excusing herself and heading back to the Ascendancy as quickly as she could manage.