Jean-Pierre had loved all the bells and whistles of a state visit yet on this occasion realised that he was neither entitled to such things nor would it be a good idea. He wanted this meeting to be discreet and it seemed that the Empress had ensured just that. He was happy to see Serena again, she's been a strong ally so far to Troyes and now he was about to put that to the test. He returned her traditional Marseillian greeting warmly and then took a seat. ""Thank you for agreeing to see me Your Imperial Majesty" he began before swirling the wine slightly in the glass and savouring the aroma. "Nice" he said to no one in particular before taking a sip of it and nodding agreeably. "An excellent choice" he added placing the glass on the table. "If we may turn towards my reason for coming. Its taken a long time to reach a point where Seaforth are under pressure and we have seen some movement but not much, it seems that without further pressure we will not see them leave. I therefore have two requests. The first is that you utilise whatever means you can to bring economic and political sanctions on Seaforth to end their occupation. The second is that if that fails Real Marseille shall once again consider the use of targeted physical resistance. Our aim would be essentially to cut off the base there from the rest of the city, destroy supply routes and stop things getting into our out of the military establishment. We could use help in terms of ensuring nothing from the oceans gets in as obviously we are merely a land based operation as our work in the Materna conflict showed. I know this is a lot to ask but can we consider any, some, all or none of these things."
