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A Meeting within a Festival
« on: August 13, 2022, 12:15:25 AM »

To:-
His Majesty King David of East Moreland
Her Majesty Queen Queen Friðuswiþ of Heimney
His Highness Prince Regent Vincenzo of Vaguzia
The Honourable Chairwoman Francine M. A. Therz of Heyra
(OOC- Hopefully got these right)

Roughly a decade ago my father was murdered by still unknown assailants. This plunged my mother into an over protective regency that saw both myself, my sister and more importantly my nation get hidden away from the world. During this time the continent plunged into the collapse of Academica and East Moreland, Vaguzia and Heyra all stepped in to ensure the safety of the people there. Meanwhile the Armed Forces of Mersch sat dormant guarding half empty Palaces to give the impression I might have been there. We have watched since as the continent has worked well together. I would like to get to know all of my neighbours and I apologise to King David but I intend to slightly hijack his festival of sail. I would like to invite each of you, and if you wish a guest, to come and dine onboard our Royal Yacht Skipjack. I would like to begin the process of making friends prior to major formal diplomacy.

I hope that you will take me up on this invitation. If you wish to please arrive at Dock 7b at the Portworth Marina at 6pm. Once everyone is onboard we shall venture a short way down the coast and dinner and cocktails shall be served. It would be our intention to be back at the Marina for 10pm.


With Deep Respect

High Queen Philippina



Philippina had ordered her Head of Security Matthias to ensure that the Dowager Queen was not in attendance. He had ensured that she was prevented from travelling at all thus giving the High Queen a chance to act as a monarch for once. She had brought with her the King of Attert, one of the four Kingdoms that made up Mersch. He was 27 years old and all the time during her over-protection had sent her books and articles about the wider world, on geopolitics and other matters. He would send her postcards of places he visited and newspaper clippings from his travels of interesting things he'd learned. It could be said that King Kaspar Martens was her window to the world. She had pinned the postcards and clippings around the map of Mundus that hung ready to have its copper coating scribbled off to reveal the colours of the nations flag below. She hoped soon the dull brown map would become a multi-coloured mosaic. Her computer had been her other portal into Mundus, with social media seeping into her psyche. This was one of the reasons she was rather nervous. She had grown to love the idea of fancy dresses and make up. To wear really girly outfits and grace ballrooms with high ceilings. Queen Stasya of East Moreland was a kind of social media idol of Philippinas even down to the idea she was wearing a long black dress from the Queen's fashion label. David had been a kind of pin up for her along with the now dishonoured Lodjain King Hamsik.

She had brought with her Gerhard, a chef from the Palace. He had done his best to introduce the High Queen to the tastes of Mundus but most of his experience had been through books and observing restaurant chefs. He had been hired more for his security status than his cooking knowledge but he did make tasty milkshakes. Phillipina could have murdered one now but thought it wouldn't look very regal. She sat on the rear deck with Kaspar as she waited for the first guests to arrive.

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Re: A Meeting within a Festival
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2022, 12:36:04 AM »
To be invited to a dinner while the festival was on was a common thing for the King and Queen of East Moreland, various charities held events, businesses wanted the royal seal of approval and then there were the nobles who wanted the honour of saying the King and Queen had come to their event. Normally the King politely declined the vast majority unless it was something he was personally attached to however when a visiting High Queen, especially one from a nation they'd long tried meeting, sent an invite you accepted.

Queen Stasya was always excited by events such as this. She'd seen the High Queen's 18th birthday post and was impressed by the young monarchs style. She was even more impressed when she recognised the dress. David meanwhile saw only a black dress. Having helped his wife onboard the Skipjack the King gave the High Queen a slight bow. "Your Majesty its great to finally meet you. I know it is rather late but I hope you'll accept this." He handed over a red leather bound book. "Its become somewhat of a tradition that when I attend a coronation I take a book to give as a gift. Sadly I missed the chance to come to your own so I hope you'll accept it now." The book was a history of the continent of Alba Karinya written in the 1800's, it was an original copy just rebound after centuries of wear and tear. "May I present my wife Queen Stasya" the King stepped aside and shook Kaspars hand and introduced himself while the two ladies meet.

Stasya didn't bother with any kind of bow and instead gave the High Queen a small sisterly hug and kissed each cheek. "I'm so thrilled to meet you and may I say you have fantastic fashion sense." She chuckled as she stepped back. "I have a gift for you too, this one for your 18th." She presented a small silver plated box. Inside was a simple silver bracelet inscribed with the message "From your loving neighbours". Next to it on the white silken inlay were two charms to hang from it one in the shape of a Honeybadger, the other a Griffin. "I understand you have a great desire to travel so I thought that perhaps you could add to these two. I'd be very excited to take you to Lodja, we have a series of summer balls happening and I know you'd be warmly received at any of them. That though is for the future, may I enquire as to the menu?"

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Re: A Meeting within a Festival
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2022, 11:02:26 PM »
Queen Friðuswiþ I of Heimney was the one to pick foreign policy. Like the High Queen who hosted she was young at just 20 years of age. It did not require by law her to do so but on this time Friðuswiþ had picked to bring with her the other monarch of Heimney, King Eadric. It was the duty of Eadric to oversee policies in the homeland but this was a social event and that meant with one guest invite it was polite to bring her co-monarch. Eadric hoped the Morelander King was there so they could discuss matters of scholar in History. Meanwhile Friðuswiþ hoped to just enjoy the evening. As they board the ship Eadric very politely help his younger monarch aboard. "Good evening" Eadric addresed the Mersch Queen. As a former Naval man he said "I am enjoying the look of the Skipjack, may I ask the crew for a tour?"

Friðuswiþ was pleased to have a similar aged duo in attendance. "Your Majesty its lovely to meet." She offered a handshake first to Phillipina and then Stasya. She heard the Queen ask about the menu and was keen to hear. She knew how grand royal banquet could be and as a result had not really eaten proper meals that day.

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Re: A Meeting within a Festival
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2022, 07:35:45 PM »
Vincenzo was a bit of a mystery for Mundus the last few years, he was the regent of Vaguzia but almost attended no diplomatic meetings, instead being more busy with questionable affairs such as prostitutes, cocaine and far too much alcohol, he was a troubled man, just like his late brother King Leonard, the life of Kong Leonard was much more public though as he was one of the favourites of the gossip press, Vincenzo managed to keep his private life very private. But for this matter he was interested. He was quite interested in the somewhat mysterious neighbour of Vaguzia with whom, contrary to Vaguzia's other neighbour East Moreland, Vaguzia never has had real deep connections with, so Vincenzo certainly saw this as an opportunity.

Vincenzo wore his best Vaguzian suit and a necklace with the main Izraïte symbol, an 8 point star, which of course was rather ironic as Vincenzo didn't quite live accordingly to the Code of Timotia. He drank some Morelander whiskey from his flusk, as the car arrived at the location of the meeting. He left his flusk in the car as he boarded the ship and walked towards the hostess, "It is an honour to meet you, your majesty, and i must say you look absolutely beautiful in that dress" he said with typical Vaguzian charm, he then showcased a book he had been holding "I here would like to give you this book as a present, it's called the Discovery of Paradise and is written by one of our most famous and legendary philosophers Quentin di Rosa"  he said as he looked around to see which other guests had already arrived.

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Re: A Meeting within a Festival
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2022, 11:16:15 PM »
OOC - I believe Nova has said he'll join this so they are more than welcome to slide themselves in.





Phillipina did her best not to seem like a silly little fangirl when she meet Stasya. She followed her on social media and in many ways saw her like a fairy tale character. She'd married a King, was pretty, lived a lifestyle of exciting parties, glamour and lots of good charitable things. She slipped on the bracelet from Stasya and couldn't help but give her a hug. She then turned a few pages of the book giving it due care as she did so. She did consider herself a little bookworm mainly though because her mother had insisted on her reading for 90 minutes before bed every night. Her little sister was still forced to do the same. "Thank you King David" she beamed. "I hope you don't mind if I let my sister Magdalena read it once I've done so." She wondered whether she had need even to ask as David would never know but it perhaps made it seem a more significant gift. A white uniformed Naval officer escorted the Morelanders to a lounge at the very rear of the boat where champagne sat in an ice bucket.

Friðuswiþ was more similar in age to Phillipina and the High Queen was a little surprised at the age gap between the King and Queen until she recalled the dual system that Heimney had. She was hopeful that in Friðuswiþ could become a useful ally, similar in age, similar in experience and neighbours. "Its great to meet you" she smiled at the Queen, "As for a tour Your Majesty" she switched to Eadric, "I'm sure Captain Bruher would be delighted to show the ship off." A steward had hurried off when the request had been made and now the ships Captain descended from the bridge.

"I think Your Majesty will find it very different to the typical naval ship and we only really get out once or twice a year and usually not this far. Its generally seen as a nice way for an old officer to see out the final years of his career." He smiled, "Please Your Majesty if you'd like to follow me." The two set off to explore the ship.

Meanwhile Friðuswiþ was escorted to the lounge and introduced to the Morelanders. No sooner had she sat down than Vincenzo arrived. If the gutter press was to be believed it was impressive that the man could even get here. "Thank you" she responded to the Kings complement and then accepted his book, it seemed like she'd have even more reading to do back hom. "Thank you. I look forward to reading it I'm sure it'll be insightful" she walked with him towards the lounge and sat down. She waited for her countryman King  Kaspar Martens of Attert to pour her a small amount of champagne and she slotted herself onto one of the sofas next to Queen Stasya. She was about to try and start the conversation when a man dressed in chef whites arrived.

"Your Majesties, tonight I'm proud to present a menu for your enjoyment. First we shall serve you a Beef Tartar served with Buffalo Mozzarella and truffles. Next we shall progress onto a wild herb salad. For our main course I've tried to combine our own cuisine with the best of Morelander produce, we shall serve an aged Morelander Venison cooked over wood and herbs, accompanied with apple cabbage, puréed turnips and caramelized onions. Finally we shall complete our menu with a cinnaom and apple struddle served with fresh cream." He bowed and disappeared off to the kitchen.

Queen Phillipina tried to gauge people's reactions to the menu. Meanwhile King Kaspar was keen to begin a conversation. "I wonder if we could perhaps get people's views on outside Alba Karinya where would be a good place for us to begin our diplomatic efforts?" They'd had a few responses to the High Queen's social media but not official and so to get the points of view of some experienced leaders would be useful.

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Re: A Meeting within a Festival
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2022, 10:11:13 PM »
David and Stasya took a seat while everyone else was welcomed. "Books are made to be read, I'm delighted you think your sister will like it" David responded as he sat next to his wife as the steward poured a glass of champagne. David wasn't too fond of the stuff, much preferring a nice red but Stasya was an advocate for it  and had even started a little specialist Champagne Cellar under the Palace, she even spoke of trying to make the stuff on her home island of Iskor. The two sat side by side chatting amongst themselves as they waited for the others to arrive. The menu sounded rather tasty and David, as would any Morelander, was looking forward to the Venison, the nation had gone through a shortage of the stuff for the first time in its history when the YellowTongue virus had hit but now with the wild and farmed herds both being considered disease free it was back on the menu.

As King Kaspar took a seat and began conversation David obviously was about to suggest his CNN buddies. "I'm of course bias, we've found Ui Cenneslaig and the Iwi to be great friends, naturally I'm even more inclined towards Lodja" he added as he squeezed his wife's hand gently. "Beyond that you sit in a region that has two really useful organisations, the Illumic Council and MICA, consider the non Alba Karinya members of that as a way forward. I have a particular fondness for Eskdale's climbing but as of late they've kept largely to themselves."