Prime Minister Tring was happy that President Blanc and her were on the same wavelength, it was a relief to know they have the same humor.
After President Blanc addressed the press, Prime Minister Tirng and President Blanc were escorted to the Terminal 3 where two and a half months ago, on the 5th of June, a bomb on a gated plane took 153 lives. The gate and a part of Terminal 3 has been closed due to investigations and renovations.
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The explosion at Tehnograd Int'l
PM Tring laid some flowers in remembrance of the killed.
She then points towards the escalator and said "It is this way to the station. We'll be taking the metro" as she leads the way.
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President gave a slight raised eyebrow at the thought of public transport, before saying to herself when in Montacia do as the Montacians do, a famous Izaakian saying.
As she walked besides PM Tring she began to say, “You know I’ve never actually been on a train, or any kind of public transport actually, unless you count carpooling with a neighbour in the limousine to school. But, I am sure it’ll be a pleasant experience.”
She says getting stuck in the turnstiles, which she eventually jumps over.
“I hope you’ll forgive my fare dodging” she exclaimed to PM Tring. “Anyway, it’ll be good to see what we’re buying with those trains we’ve bought, I trust they’re good value”
Gianni: “Izaakia, I hate you so much. You’re such a good bad guy. Must be because of your genes“.
Gianni, 21:42 14 Dec 2020, # Pacifica Discussion
"Ah, interesting! Well, there is a first for everything! I was lucky in my elementary school days, as I could walk to the school. But later, I got to use the metro when I went to secondary school because we moved and it was not close enough to get there in time by bike." She says as her ticket is automatically registered by the turnstile. When she looked ti her side she saw Blanc getting stuck, because she didn't have a ticket. Rushing to help her, she saw her jumping over the turnstile.
"Sorry 'bout that! You get to enjoy the Efladian Railways for free! Believe me, you will enjoy the ride, I take this train a lot. We'll be getting of at the Main Square Station. From there to my residence is just a two minutes walk and you get to see the food market!"
The station was even fuller than when she arrived around an hour and a half ago. Her detail already made a corridor for them to ge through the mass of people. Some of them getting to their flight and many of them getting there to see Pres. Blanc and herself. After shaking a couple of hands and smiling into a couple of cameras the train arrived, which would be taking them to her residence, the Old House.
President Blanc was stood by the door of the train waiting for it to open, which it didn’t, before PM Tring pointed to the button that President Blanc was closest to and had to press to open the doors.
“Ah” she exclaimed as she pushed the button. Feeling less like Darth Frostie the force welding evil tiger in the Izaakian parody film The Empire Strikes Zak a parody of Frost Empire Sci-Fi, and more like GI-sleepio the useless robot that exhibits many Gianaltan stereotypes.
“Well, atleast the buttons on Efladian trains work” she says using hand sanitizer on her hands after touching a button and dealing with the public.
“So have you always lived in the capital? you’ll have to forgive my ignorance, I like to find out the stories first hand rather than be briefed by my mandarins.”
Gianni: “Izaakia, I hate you so much. You’re such a good bad guy. Must be because of your genes“.
Gianni, 21:42 14 Dec 2020, # Pacifica Discussion
"Ah, this is one of the older models." Said Hanna as the train drove into the station. The train stopped and the doors didn't open automatically. "You have to press there." She pointed towards the button besides Blanc. "On the newer trains the doors open automatically. Except when there are very few people then you have to press."
There were some people with suitcases who got off the train. The president and the prime minister found a seat. "Mhm. I've grown up here. I used to live in the center until I was 16. My father was a teacher in a nearby school. After the crash, we moved to an apartment on the east of the city. I lived in Cræfoi while I was at Uni."
" Sjeverni kolodvor. North station"
"You grew up in New Mako right?"
“Yes, well, mostly, I don’t know if you’ve ever been to New Mako, but, the island is flat along the coasts with soaring skyscrapers in places, and in the centre there are mountains which makes it unsuitable to large scale development. So it’s a great country park in the centre of the city, we owned a pile on a hill in the south there overlooking downtown New Mako. But, we also owned a country house about 80 miles south of Izaakston where we spent weekends. I went to St Ottery Prep school and the Black Prince Grammar School both in New Mako, and that’s where I studied at New Mako University before studying at Imperial University across the bay in Izaakston. I guess you could say I’m a New Mako girl through and through. With the exception of my year as ambassador to Besern, I’ve lived within 10 miles of my family home my entire life.”
”what did you study in university?”
Gianni: “Izaakia, I hate you so much. You’re such a good bad guy. Must be because of your genes“.
Gianni, 21:42 14 Dec 2020, # Pacifica Discussion
"New Mako sounds nice. Our city of Doraret sounds similar to it. The geography is pretty much the same. We went there for our vacations a couple of times. I have never been to Izaakia, but it is on my "to visit" list. I love the antarctic regions, the cold, the snow."
" Gornji Grad. Upper City"
"I studied engineering, focusing particularly on civil engineering and urban development. I then worked for the city of Eflad in urban planning. Under my managment we created what is now the most suitable city neighbourhood for family living in Eflad. Whilst in my position I saw that the sheer incompetence of our politicians is literaly killing people. So after Fircenza dissolved the parliament I ran for the Senate. We have two more stations than we have to get off.
You studied politics, right?"
“I think you should definitely come down some time soon, perhaps for the Ice Hockey Cup Final at the end of September, and perhaps run an eye across our new city development the Docklands, it’s just across the straights from New Mako, and should house 8 million people by the end of the decade. Of course not in a professional capacity, but more out of interest, it’s the biggest development in the region for decades, if not over a century.”
President Blanc was finding the train journey surprisingly ok, but couldn’t wait to exit.
“Yes, well I studied Politics as a bachelors, and then I studied Economics and Development as a Doctorate, and that’s where I wrote a thesis on Izaakian development called “Evolution not Revolution”, it’s quite an interesting thesis about how Izaakias wealth and stability today is based on the fact we’ve never had a revolution, but a slow stable transfer to democracy.”
Gianni: “Izaakia, I hate you so much. You’re such a good bad guy. Must be because of your genes“.
Gianni, 21:42 14 Dec 2020, # Pacifica Discussion
"Gladly, now that you've invited me, I'll be holding you to it! I've heard about the docklands project. Highly interesting, I must say."
" Glavni Trg. Maij Square"
The train comes to a halt, the doors open and PM Tirng and President Blanc get off the metro to find a pretty full station.
"This is our stop. I've read the dissertation, it is a good read. This way, let's take the elevator. Prepare for some heat." Tirng said with a smile.
They took the elevator and reached the outside, where they were met with a heat wave. It was currently around 32°C and it was only the beginning of July.
Tirngs residence wasn't far away, only a three minute walk. They arrived at the so called "Old House", Tirngs residence and entered.
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The Old House
"Welcome to my house!"
“Gosh, this is quite wonderful, and so quaint, I love it. This must be older than Keylian Izaakia, everything we have down there is of course no older than 300-400 years old, we really lack some of that old world history. But what we lack in history, we more than make up for in the present. Speaking of which, I have in fact brought one for you. Now I believe there’s a limit on how much you can accept in official gifts, so we’ve made sure it’s under that, but not to worry it’s still out of this world, quite literally,” she waves an official over with the gift.
“It’s a truckle (25kg) of award winning 10 year old mature Izaakian hard cheese, and not only that, we actually sent it to space, here’s a photo”
She hands over a photo from the recent Izaakian space mission with 6 astronauts and a truckle of cheese.
”Don’t worry you don’t have to eat it all at once, if you just wrap the cut edges with waxed parchment, and give the wheel the occasional turn, it should have a good 10-15 years of wonderful maturing in it.”
Gianni: “Izaakia, I hate you so much. You’re such a good bad guy. Must be because of your genes“.
Gianni, 21:42 14 Dec 2020, # Pacifica Discussion
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