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Diplomacy and Events / Re: Troyes Affair
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"Excuse us for a moment." Serenity said looking at Andrew before taking Evanthe and leading her out of the room. This had just gone from bad to worst case scenario and beyond "Can we please try not to change the landscape of this before we get there? Right now we are dealing with a peaceful protest, there is no cause for alarm, there is nothing that would justify escalating this or presenting a front that is not united. He's not going to agree to the referendum, which I don't blame him for because rule number one of referenda is don't call one unless you know the result. Worse he's not minded to give the base back, which we know Sauzee's not going to budge on. This can only end with the removal of Seaforth's military presence. I don't like being in the position we're in, we've both got ties here and neither of us want an armed confrontation against each other." Serenity took a moment "How many times did Seaforth kick up a fuss about QAMB? Illumic self determination, removal of foreign military installations in the channel - is the Shaw deserving of any different? Why does Seaforth get to have a military presence in your backyard, when you don't get that in theirs? Is the Shaw any less secure than the Illumic? No it isn't, in fact it's historically safer. So before we get ourselves into a situation where our nations butt heads, where we create a chasm that you and Emerson can't fix and Euphy probably withholds sex..." she paused realising what she'd just said and who she'd said it to.
"Don't... Look before we get anywhere near that let's take a breath and remove emotion from the equation, we came here to explore the diplomatic avenues to resolving this situation in a manner that is peaceful. He's not swung at either pitch, the second of which is the best we could offer because his concessions are unreasonable, the return of the base and removal of Seaforth's military is non negotiable from the Marseilles side and Sauzee can't speak for all of Albion so tariff free access to the continent is a bit of a pipe dream, we're both experienced enough to know that. And we both know that Troyes is a Marseilles city and regardless of what Aosta and Abertone have done and said that fact remains true, as does the fact that Seaforth has overstayed in Troyes, we can stand here and go on about how much we don't like certain actions that have happened but from where I'm standing as the non Rhodes in the room they've not done anything that Seaforth hasn't done before. I may not like it, I do not like having to choose between the ASDN and Seaforth and I know you don't, but that choice isn't being forced on us by Marco and Serena, it's being forced on us by Andrew and his unwillingness to budge on the critical point here, remember if there was no occupation of Troyes would this even be a discussion? How many times have you and I and various governments across Mundus talked about self determination? About imperialism? How many times has Rokkenjima been accused of being imperialist? Granted most of them came from fallen regimes but what you've just said in there is aiding and abetting it."
Taking a breath Serenity pulled Evanthe into an embrace "Look I know it hurts being back here, all the memories of Joshua but, and I hope you'll forgive me, I need the Evanthe Anselmo who I watched study, who always did her homework at the first opportunity, the person I used to debate stuff with on the sofa years ago because I will not allow Achkaerin and Rokkenjima to get into a fight and I will not abandon Troyes and I most certainly will not tarnish the memory of Jocelyn of Rhodes. That is my word an Azurewind and you know the regard that is held in. So do we call Asuna and start preparing for a fight with each other neither of us want or do we call Sakura, Reid and start putting the pressure on. Let's do what we came here to do and let's do it together."
"Don't... Look before we get anywhere near that let's take a breath and remove emotion from the equation, we came here to explore the diplomatic avenues to resolving this situation in a manner that is peaceful. He's not swung at either pitch, the second of which is the best we could offer because his concessions are unreasonable, the return of the base and removal of Seaforth's military is non negotiable from the Marseilles side and Sauzee can't speak for all of Albion so tariff free access to the continent is a bit of a pipe dream, we're both experienced enough to know that. And we both know that Troyes is a Marseilles city and regardless of what Aosta and Abertone have done and said that fact remains true, as does the fact that Seaforth has overstayed in Troyes, we can stand here and go on about how much we don't like certain actions that have happened but from where I'm standing as the non Rhodes in the room they've not done anything that Seaforth hasn't done before. I may not like it, I do not like having to choose between the ASDN and Seaforth and I know you don't, but that choice isn't being forced on us by Marco and Serena, it's being forced on us by Andrew and his unwillingness to budge on the critical point here, remember if there was no occupation of Troyes would this even be a discussion? How many times have you and I and various governments across Mundus talked about self determination? About imperialism? How many times has Rokkenjima been accused of being imperialist? Granted most of them came from fallen regimes but what you've just said in there is aiding and abetting it."
Taking a breath Serenity pulled Evanthe into an embrace "Look I know it hurts being back here, all the memories of Joshua but, and I hope you'll forgive me, I need the Evanthe Anselmo who I watched study, who always did her homework at the first opportunity, the person I used to debate stuff with on the sofa years ago because I will not allow Achkaerin and Rokkenjima to get into a fight and I will not abandon Troyes and I most certainly will not tarnish the memory of Jocelyn of Rhodes. That is my word an Azurewind and you know the regard that is held in. So do we call Asuna and start preparing for a fight with each other neither of us want or do we call Sakura, Reid and start putting the pressure on. Let's do what we came here to do and let's do it together."