A long stainless steel flanked white stone walk way left the beach and headed out into the water where the crystal clear waves broke gently against the supports of the seemingly floating project. On the white island business people hurried back and forth setting up the final few touches ready for when the crowd amassing on the beach was forming. The areas between the buildings saw a series of different performers setting up, some were guitar players strumming to check they were in tune, while round the corner a fire-eater checked their equipment for the tenth time. The idea would be that inside the "Pods" people would be all about business and exploring the nation in question while outside it was all about a celebration of Midaranye. On the beach young Prince Golzar was standing around with some of the younger boys from the Soter extended family watching the various yachts moving in and mooring up on the outer ring of the construction.
From the city behind them came a loud roar as a flight of 9
F-21's , the nations newest military aircraft, performed an overflight in a V formation. As they reached the construction the centre one flew vertically while the others fanned out to either side as they made their own climbs, those to the left of the centre aircraft turning on bright blue smoke while the others turned on yellow, the national flag colours of Royal Seleucid. King Heydar watched part proud of the display but also part jealous as he'd have loved to have been flying one of those fighters rather than standing on the edge of the stone walkway. "Golzar" Heydar motioned for him to come over and join the family, the boy turned to his cousins said good bye and dutifully hurried over. "I know there are many things today a teenage boy would prefer to see and do" Heydar began instructing his son, "but for at least a few hours you need to be a Prince. You need to be seen in each of the buildings, find something you can say about each that is nice for the media to hear and look like your enjoying yourself. Once that is done then you can stuff yourself silly on sweet stuff." Heydar brushed some sand from his son's trouser leg while his mother Chyrssa straightened up his tie.
"Your Majesty, it's time" the aide responsible for keeping an eye on the smooth running of the days event informed the King who nodded his thanks and then took Chryssa with his left hand and his 2nd wife Haniyah in the right. Golzar held the hand of his mother Chyrssa and the four of them headed towards a podium facing the crowd a yellow and blue striped ribbon across the entrance of the walkway. Heydar waited for his wives to get to the top before joining them and faced the crowd while removing some paper from his inside suit jacket, "Ladies and Gentleman today we gather on the beach to marvel at another fantastic project undertaken by our nations great engineers. We saw them create the fantastic Palm project bringing jobs to the people of Ipsus and helping the city and therefore the nation prosper. Today those engineers have created yet more jobs for the city, but beyond that the work they have done has set a foundation for creating two things I think are equally important. The first is they have created a chance for us to take enjoyment from our neighbours. It is my hope that when we walk across the walkway here we enter a world where the various nations of Midaranye merge in a single location. This leads to my 2nd hope, that is the hope that our nations begin to co-operate on a whole range of exciting projects that benefit us all. We have seen in recent years great co-operation between ourselves and Tamora, what I believe is the worlds largest gigafactory has so far been the pinacle of that achievement in terms of industrial co-operation. It is my hope though that through companies and individuals being able to share ideas so freely that achievement will be the tip of the iceberg. Today we shall celebrate this project and the friendship I hope it will bring. Thank you for supporting us." He turned and a army officer handed him a light cavalry sabre which Heydar hefted ready to cut the ribbon to declare the project open. He stopped however and turning the sword so he was gently holding the blade he offered it to Golzar. "This project is for the future of Midaranye, so I think the future of Royal Seleucid should open it." He offered his son the sword.
Golzar nervously took hold of the weapon and wondered exactly what to say but managed a "Thank you" just about audiable enough for the microphone to pick up. He wondered exactly how was best to do this and realised his father had given him a clue and as his father had he held the blade high and with a swift downwards stroke cut through the ribbon leaving the two halves fluttering in the sea breeze. The crowd clapped and then as Golzar joined his father who put a paternal arm around his shoulders they all made their way across the walkway. This was the signal for those performers on the islands newly created to begin performing, by the time the King had lead the crowd over acrobats, jugglers, fire dancers and musicians of all kinds could be found in their little corners and niches around the new creation keen to entertain the crowd. Inside each of the pods businesses and officials from the various nations they'd been gifted to had a chance to attract the visitors in.
Towards the centre of the crowd was the newly wed couple of Mehdi Attar and his wife Naila made their way across. They'd been married just a week and their families had given them a fair amount of money to enjoy a honeymoon, they'd travelled down from Marvar in the north of the nation for a few days in Ipsus, they had made a decision to use the money to help perhaps make some investments, maybe set up their own business as Mehdi was the families second son so stood to inherit very little. The family weren't nobles by any stretch of the imagination but Mehdi's father had been a good businessman and owned a series of salt factories on the marshes that ran on the river near their home town. The family owned property across Royal Seleucid and there had at one point even been rumours that Mehdi's aunt may have been considered as a potential wife for King Akakois in her younger days. Mehdi and his wife were in the middle of the crowd excited to see what this new facility was like and it didn't take long for them to stop and marvel at a pair of men juggling with swords outside one of the pods. Mehdi stood with his arm around his new bride as they watched and considered which of the "National Pods" to visit first.
OOC- Not got any pre-determined plan here. You've the Royal Seleucid royals knocking about. You can use this as a chance to engage with them. You could have people go an enquire about businesses from Midaranye nations, maybe if you're a Midaranye nation try and entice the average Seleucid couple of Mehdi and Nalia in. Its open for whatever people want.