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Diplomacy and Events / Re: Thatcher Summons the Rokkenjiman Ambassador
« Last post by Tytor on Today at 07:19:51 PM »So that was it. An "internal matter" featuring an "adversary" who was targeting the empress. Thatcher slowly reread the empress's letter to Ensign Waverly-Edwards. Her anger did not dissipate, which did not surprise her, but rather it began to shift to target whoever this was who was endangering both Rokkenjiman democracy and the Tyto-Rokkenjiman Special Relationship, which did. She folded the letter and slipped it into the inside pocket of her suit coat.
"As it happens," she said deliberately, "The Admiralty tells me they discreetly forwarded a copy of this Instagram post to Thomas's captain last night. I'll see about sending this the same way."
She leaned back wearily in her chair, studying Ambassador Hayata's face for a long moment. "Well," she said at last, "We still have a communication problem. We're allies. I have one of Mundus's most skilled intelligence agencies at my command, in the form of the RIS. You know this, or at least you ought to. Certainly the Imperial Palace knows it; we gave Beatrice direct covert assistance during the Patriotic War, after all. So now, I have a different question for you."
Thatcher paused again, considering her next words carefully. "Given this knowledge," she said, "Why is this the first I'm hearing about your, er, enemy? Why haven't you been in here before to ask for my help? And perhaps more importantly, what can we do, moving forward, to ensure this failure doesn't happen again? Let's fix this together, shall we?"
"As it happens," she said deliberately, "The Admiralty tells me they discreetly forwarded a copy of this Instagram post to Thomas's captain last night. I'll see about sending this the same way."
She leaned back wearily in her chair, studying Ambassador Hayata's face for a long moment. "Well," she said at last, "We still have a communication problem. We're allies. I have one of Mundus's most skilled intelligence agencies at my command, in the form of the RIS. You know this, or at least you ought to. Certainly the Imperial Palace knows it; we gave Beatrice direct covert assistance during the Patriotic War, after all. So now, I have a different question for you."
Thatcher paused again, considering her next words carefully. "Given this knowledge," she said, "Why is this the first I'm hearing about your, er, enemy? Why haven't you been in here before to ask for my help? And perhaps more importantly, what can we do, moving forward, to ensure this failure doesn't happen again? Let's fix this together, shall we?"