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Claire on Vacation; She's out lookin' for fun
Topic Started: Jan 4 2007, 12:39 AM (514 Views)
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---The Free Confederacy of Esternarx---

The travel advisor to Claire Freedhelm was sifting through a possible vacation tour and retreat from the old daily routine, places that would be welcoming, vibrant and with many possible activities.

"Nope. No. No way..." she was saying to herself, becoming frustrated she threw the book aside and opened yet another travel guide, she stumbled across the images of snow covered peaks, plains, vast woods, and old style architecture Cities.

"This is interesting" she said to herself, looking over the book she learned of Ski and Snowboard resorts, large sport arena's, and other intriguing possibilities, she grabbed the book and left the room to find Claire.

She scrambled to find her, finally catching up while she was smoking a Cigarette near the balcony.

"Claire" she said as the young President turned to see who was calling her name, she saw one of her young and attractive travel advisors walking up to her.

"There you are! You know I haven't seen you take a decent vacation in a long while, you need to get away and escape, have some fun and entertain yourself a little bit, you already know about this young country of which calls itself Eleytheria-Duo, just take a look at this scenery in here, and the activities that go along with the setting; It's perfect for a temporary retreat, and from what I understand the peaks are currently covered with a thick blanket of snow if your up for some snow sports, I can make the arrangements with their officials immediately if you like, so what do you say?"

Edit- Is this to your liking so far E?
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OOC: Perfect E-D, thanks. ^_^

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Claire dropped the cigarette and squashed it under her heel as her travel advisor talked on and on. She ignored her and just nodded and smiled. It was time for a vacation and she didn't really care where.

As her advisor prattled on, Claire slipped into a daydream. She and her wives would spend the days skiing and then retire to a nice, warm lodge for a night of cuddling and other fun bedroom activities. Maybe she'd even bring this advisor along, what was her name again?

She glanced at the girl's name tag: "Rebecca." Claire's eyes drifted just to the left of the name tag and again she slipped into a daydream.

After a little silence, Rebecca said something. "What?" Claire replied.

"I said, 'You're staring at my breasts.'"

Claire pulled her attention back to her eyes and said, "Oh, sorry... I think I do need that vacation after all."

"Of course, I'll go make the reservations."

As Rebecca walked away, Claire watched the woman's hips swaying back and forth, and decided to have her come along too.
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"I said, 'You're staring at my breasts.'"


OOC: lmao that was comical E, good job. :lol: :D :lol: :D

The advisor made her way to the telephone and called the travel authorities in the Eleytherian Republic, after being on the phone for over an hour she had discovered several facts.

1. Eleytheria-Duo is considered moderately dangerous for state leaders to be visiting due to the recent Civil War and brewing religious discontent.

2. There will be 60 Regional guard on standby to ensure the safety of these "High Priority" travelers.

3. The Federal Government was notified of this visit to ensure maximum security at the request of their guests.

4. The far east part of the largest island is off limits to everyone except Eleytherian Military personnel due to it's classification of being a War Zone.

5. The President and Vice President of the Federal Republic would like to meet with Claire if she feels that she has time.

With the arrangements made, they could depart for the Republic as early as tomorrow, all that there is left to do is to let Claire decide what part of the Republic she would like to tour.

OOC: I can make tweaks to this if you want, the guards on standby would be typical protocol, it's not every day that important figure heads come to the Republic.
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It was settled. The private jet, loaded with Claire, all four of her wives, Rebecca the travel advisor, and a gay pilot named Sergio left the city of Freedhelm and flew across the Pacific, stopped off for refueling in El Nuevo Dorado, and then took the straight shot up to Eleytheria's capital. Needless to say, by the time they had landed, all six of the girls had renewed their membership in the mile-high club.

Rebecca arranged for a meeting with the president and vice-president of Eleytheria and then went about planning the rest of the trip. Claire left the planning up to her and the other girls and took a cab to the Government building that the meeting was to be held in.

She took a seat at the conference table and waited impatiently for the president and vice-president to arrive.
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The President and Vice President were 15 minutes late, finally Claire took note of the double doors opening and the Republic's leaders walking into the room.

Catherine looked down at her watch and said to Claire "We're late, I appologize, not everything goes as planned these days, my name is Catherine Nerdinskaya, this is Michael Stolarski, and over there stands Willow Heraclitus. It is a pleasure to meet you, Madam President."

Catherine extends her arm to shake the hand of the Esternarxian President.
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Claire stood stood up when the president and vice president entered, something she usually didn't do for persons of government authority on principle alone. But this Catherine was fairly good-looking and it couldn't hurt to be courteous. Claire shook her hand and then took her seat again.

"Now, what was it that you wanted to talk about?" Claire said, directing the question, (and her eyes), at Catherine.
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OCC: Can the circle attack when Claire is in the city?
They will be glad to be seen by externaxia presidentess
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Jan 4 2007, 02:21 AM
OCC: Can the circle attack when Claire is in the city?
They will be glad to be seen by externaxia presidentess

OOC: Hmmm... I wouldn't mind, but it's up to E-D, really.
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Jan 4 2007, 02:21 AM
OCC: Can the circle attack when Claire is in the city?
They will be glad to be seen by externaxia presidentess

OOC: Hmmm... I wouldn't mind, but it's up to E-D, really.

OCC: No problem they will be glad but can wait...
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"Right to the point are we? I admit this is a refreshing change for once, and this is not a matter to take lightly." Catherine said with a grin.

She continued, but the smile was lost: "Well, your trip to our Nation was certainly short notice, we would have contacted you soon, but these events has given us the opportunity to speak with you about the Esternarxian Volunteers in person.

They swear up and down, left and right that we are holding some of their men captive as a bargaining chip but we have done no such thing, we believe the Socialists to be behind such a brazen move, normally we would not take this as high as a Nations President, we have already tried contacting Hawk but we could not raise him as he is currently occupied in Veta, but there is discontent growing within the Volunteers ranks.

We fear retaliation for an abduction we did not commit, and we have been unsuccessful in finding their captured brethren, we need your ... help.

If you could speak with these men and reassure them in your free time we would be eternally grateful, our Citizens have been on edge lately at the arrival of the volunteers and the last thing either of us need is hostilities among our people.

We swear to you that we are doing everything we can, but until the defensive walls at Kimmirut fall, we have no idea where else to look.
"

After Catherine finished Willow began to speak "There is a lead however, and we also know why the volunteers believe our troops committed the act, twelve men dressed in the Federal Standard uniform was seen loading "Injured" men into the back of a truck, these specific truck types we do not use in our Military and we suspect Socialist interference.

Also a few of our own men has gone missing, it is as if they have just vanished into thin air, normally we would simply detain those responsible for questioning, however they have not been seen either.
"

Soon after Willow finished speaking, then Michael took his turn to speak "We are running thermal scans in the southern mountains via MiG recon where they are likely hiding, assuming they did not escape to Kimmirut before the city was besieged, but so far those we have found were Eleytherian Citizens merely going about their day.

If you have any technology at all that could help speed up the search we will find your captured men and ours, but if this problem goes unchecked there is little telling what may transpire within the Esternarxian ranks.
"

"And there is no need to take tensions any further, we wish this to be behind us so we can cooperate as the civilized people we are, not blame each other needlessly for problems that neither of us may have a solution to, this is an attempt by the Reds to destabilize any cooperation we have between us, they have become desperate and will do anything to disrupt our relation with your People.

I know you have no reason to trust us, especially coming from an established Government, but any help you can offer in this matter will be greatly appreciated and will go a long way in returning these good folk to their families safely.
" Catherine added.

OOC: Worry not they will be found, but this is the diplomatic cooperation part of your visit, it'll decide weather or not things will go well or take a turn for the worse.
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OOC: As I said before filo you have permission to bomb my City as long as no personalities are injured/killed, but it is good to see that you contacted Esternarx about this matter too, since we both agree to this, you have full permission to act this out.
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OOC: As I said before filo you have permission to bomb my City as long as no personalities are injured/killed, but it is good to see that you contacted Esternarx about this matter too, since we both agree to this, you have full permission to act this out.

They will wait...then they attack...
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They will wait...then they attack...

Sounds fine by me. :D
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"Is that all?" Claire said, after the president was done speaking.

"Uhh... yes."

"Well, it's a simple matter really. I'm surprised you couldn't get in contact with Hawk about it." she said as she reached into her purse and took out a sleek black cellphone. She punched a few numbers into it and held it up to her ear. "Hawk's a good friend of mine," she continued saying to the president as she waited for phone to ring, "I'm sure he's got things planned for just this kind of --- Hi, Jimmy baby."

"...."

"Yeah, I'm in Eleytheria."

"...."

"No, it's just that these... umm... Eleytherians seem to have a little bit of a problem."

"...."

"Oh no, nothing like that... *laughing* They say that some of your men have reported that somebody's been captured or something like that."

"...."

"Already? Great, I'll tell them. Say hello to your wife for me, will you, dear?"

"...."

"*laughing* Okay. Buh bye."

The Eleytherian officials had leaned forward in their seats in an attempt to hear what was being said on the other line and now they awkwardly sat back again. "Umm... what... what was that?" Catherine said, still slightly shocked from the display.

"Oh, that was Hawk, he said that it's been taken care of. A covert operation or some such. Anyways, they should be on their way back now, and new information on the enemy's position is en-route."

The president had an aide go check with central intelligence to make sure all this was true and soon the aide came back and whispered into the president's ear. She had him leave, and then turned back to Claire, who was impatiently tapping her fingers on the table. "Well, the missing volunteers have been spotted and everyone seems accounted for," Catherine said, "but that still doesn't explain why the other Esternarxians were so agitated, the disappearance of our own troops, or the suspicious looking soldiers loading injured men into that truck."

Claire replied calmly, "Oh, that's easy. Hawk didn't tell the other troops so it wouldn't be compromised. About the suspicious soldiers, I think he mentioned something about them going in disguise, so that might have been them loading men into that truck. About your own men, I've no idea. And Hawk didn't say anything about anything like that either. So... are we done here? Because I'd really like to get back to my vacation."
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Catherine was never known to be the kind to hold in her emotions for too long, she was very clearly agitated.

"I can scarce believe that is all the action you took. *Sigh* But I guess it will have to do."

Willow smiled and added "Albeit it was not quite as dramatic as we here in 'Government' would have expected it to be, I am sure it was for the better"

Michael chuckled after hearing Willow speak; "Well, we are glad you were able to reach Hawk for us, perhaps your ways are unorthodox to us, as I am sure our ways is unorthodox to you as well, but if we can learn to cooperate regardless of our differences than I believe this is the true path to enlightenment of freedom. We hope that your visit in our humble Republic is a pleasant one."

With that, Michael nodded at Claire and slid a card across the table and signaled Willow to follow him, all three left the office leaving Claire to her own judgment.

Out of curiosity she opened the card and seen a fanciful greetings gift covered with traditional Esternarxian symbols blending with Eleytherian ones in equal numbers which had a complimentary 2,000 Eleytherian Phi Currency and was signed "Your friends, from all the People of Eleytheria-Duo we welcome you to our homeland".
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Rebecca was finalizing a trip to a large ski resort in Northern Eleytheria near the small town of Alert (Population 4,000) -- as soon as Claire was done they could head out.

OOC: Thanks for that heads up E.
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Claire quickly took out a piece of paper and wrote a reply on it.

While I appreciate the gesture, I cannot accept money that was gathered through taxation. As this money may or not have been raised through taxation and seeing as there is no way for me to tell, I must refuse. But again, thank you for the thought.

Sincerely, Claire


She took the card, but left the money and the note.

Within an hour, she was back with her wives and her travel advisor on the plane and heading towards the city of Alert.
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As the private jet flew northbound over Kugaaruk they crossed over the water channel that separated the mainland from the Island Chain, to the east of them on the Snow Peninsula a massive Air Base was visible, seven large runways was clearly seen crisscrossing the complex.

Rebecca knew this was the "Area 51" of the Republic, off at the far distance she noticed a steam trail in the air heading south, as if from an Aircraft, she pulled out her optics and tried to view the fast moving object.

What came into view was a long, silvery sleek aircraft, though it was too far away to make any distinct features, it was certainly not like any aircraft she had ever seen, and it did not look like the standard MiG-29's the Republic fielded, the engines were visibly large, and the wings were wide, when the aircraft turned on its side the afterburner flames vectored and underbelly became clearly visible, on the tips of the wings she could make out the blurry visage of the Red & Blue star of the Republic.

Before she could document any further details about the aircraft, it disappeared into a patch of cloud over the Air Base.

OOC: This is the first hint people will get of the new Aircraft that is to be announced hopefully sometime this month
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It was a rather long flight, but at the very northern fringes of planet earth, the small ice covered town of Alert was within sight, the small airstrip below was the only means to travel to such a remote area by air.

Upon landing, a tiny dirt road was seen spiraling up the frosted and jagged mountain, Rebecca suggested that they might want to purchase some extra supplies in town before heading up the mountain to the lodges, storms descend quickly and without warning and may last for weeks in these parts of the country, being stuck on a mountain without adequate food is the worse thing that can happen to anyone.

Regardless the forecast was good for now and it was time to have some fun.

OOC: Carry on E, your at the northernmost part of my country, in relation to Greenland your actually slightly further north than it's northernmost part, so you better mention a really heavy coat, at least for Claire's sake.
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It was dark by the time they had gathered up the extra supplies and made their way to the lodge. That night, despite the sub zero weather, the girls had no trouble keeping warm.

Morning came and went by the time Claire woke up. It was 1:00 in the afternoon and only Elena was still in bed with her. Claire immediately set about preparing breakfast and before long, the smell of eggs and the sizzling of bacon pulled Elena from her sleep. They ate and then set out to spend the rest of the day skiing.

When they got back late that night, Sergio had prepared a full traditional Eleytherian cuisine based off of some cookbooks he had picked up while in town. Claire's vacation was going wonderfully and during this time she contemplated resigning the presidency and living the rest of her life on vacation in this fine country.
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The night was cold and the strong arctic winds could be heard whistling and howling through the rocks atop the mountain, the temperatures plummeted when total darkness fell, only the lights from the Cabin, the town of Alert below, and the stars and full moon above illuminated the mountains surrounding the resort.

As the wind trailed off, utter silence descended upon the mountains, no insects, no sound of wind, no howls from the arctic wolves, not even the crackling of the snow settling could be heard, everything was eerily still outside, but the scenery was breathe taking if you could stand up to the brutal cold.

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The interior of the cabin was a different story, with lots of leg room and a well insulated wall layout it was as warm and comfortable as most modern houses.

The cuisine that Sergio prepared was Eleytherian favorites, mainly from the Inuit people who settled in the land long before "Eleytheria" was even a word, the country carried on many traditions of food from the past, and present.

Although the most typical of foods was Caribou meat and fish, it was prepared with such a perfection by Sergio it would look tempting even to the most devout vegetarian, but there were other foods such as potatoes, gravy, carrots, and even oversized grapes imported from Great New France.
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Claire spent the next few days in similar fashion to the first. Waking and eating a late breakfast, a long day of skiiing in the mountains punctuated with a light lunch down in the village, and then an Eleytherian-style gourmet meal (a slightly different style everyday) cooked by Sergio in the evening, followed by a long night of watching and then acting out the scenes from adult movies with her wives and travel advisor.

On the fifth day of their stay in Eleytheria, Claire asked Rebecca to marry her, and she agreed. Sergio performed the honors because besides being a pilot, a chef, and a member of the Esternarxian Gay Activism Party, he was also an ordained priest. The wedding took place in the village chapel and everyone in town was invited. Many were appalled at the fifth marriage of a lesbian polygamist and refused to come, but others attended purely out of curiousity.
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The town of Alert was mainly disgusted at the marriage, Eleytheria was considered largely conservative and to suddenly have an outsider break everything they hold sacred was a barely believable act, however the Eleytherians were also very tolerant, and forgave what they saw as a transgression -- they would move on and ensure their guests would remain comfortable in their stay.

A few minutes after Sergio, Claire and her wives made it back to the cabin they heard the rolling of several vehicles down at the side of the mountain, they walked to the ledge and off to the south along the road was a large Eleytherian convoy of about 80 trucks, they were coming into Alert to resupply the town with gasoline, vegetables & fruit, civilian weapons and ammunition just to name a few of the supplies they were carrying.

The convoy was passing just under where Claire and her group was standing, the road had curved upwards along the route and she was only a few hundred feet above the convoy itself, she was watching the large fuel truck go by when suddenly a small thud and Shockwave went off under the truck, she thought to herself "They blew a tire", but suddenly a massive fireball exploded when the fuel in the truck was ignited by a saboteurs bomb, the flames heat were intense enough to cause the group great discomfort.

They watched in horror as a large truck tire rocketed over their heads in flames before crashing back to the ground where the convoy was, the convoy had come to a dead halt and troops began pouring out of the trucks, two more explosives detonated along the ridge, sending large boulders crashing into the trucks knocking some over and crushing soldiers alive.

A Socialist attack party sprung fourth from a rocky outcropping just east of the road, gunfire erupted and it took little time before both the Socialists and the Federalists were pinned down by the intense gun fire, while this was going on, Sergio tapped Claire on the shoulder and pointed at a man dressed in a white camouflage coat and hood looking up at them while walking away from the battle site.

"It must be the one who exploded them bombs" she thought to herself, they looked back down at the ensuing gun battle to notice the Federal forces managed to sneak seven men around the right flank of the enemy, GP-30 shells were fired and the flashes of the High Explosive grenades were seen along the rocky outcroppings that the Socialists were using for cover, one of the socialist soldiers tried to run for his life only to be shot in the back of the head by a Federal Sniper.

The gun fire ceased, 2 socialists were captured, and 37 were dead and 9 were badly injured -- on the other side the federals had lost 27 men and took 44 injuries, bombings were becoming more commonplace -- the Socialists were able to kill more Federal troops without sacrificing as many of their own, it seemed as if this would be the new style of warfare on the Eleytherian battlefield.
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Claire was at first curious of the convoy and the attack on it, but as the flaming tire soared over her head, she became disgusted at the amount of human dignity these savages lacked. The loner that Sergio had pointed out worried her, but she was extremely well trained in military arts as well and they had managed to sneak a good amount of weapons into the country, purely for self-defense of course. She could take of herself. She was just thinking this over when two stony faced Eleytherian guards approached her.
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The two guards walked up to Claire rather surprised she stood near the ledge while all of this was happening, they looked at each other and nodded.

"Madam President, Claire milady?"; he said not entirely sure how to address an Anarchist President of all things, but he continued.

"I apologize I am not entirely how to address you, your customs seem slightly strange to us as I am sure ours is to you as well. But to the point we are rather alarmed how brazen a move the Socialists took just now, we would like to, upon your permission of course, raise the number of guards around the cabin by two fold."

Walter, one of the guards, noticed Sergio kept glancing off at the snowy hills to their east, curious as to why he was doing this he asked the group a question.

"Did you guys happen to see anything strange? Anyone else besides the Socialist attack party? We searched for an explosive clacker but we never found one, meaning the saboteur himself got away, and we have no idea where. I need not stress how important it is that we find him before he kills more people."
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"About the increase of guards. No. That won't be necessary." Claire said. The guards looked disappointed, but before they could reply, Sergio called out to them to come over to where he was. They complied, and looked to where Sergio was pointing, off in the distance, a dark figure was walking away from the scene of the battle.
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"Damn!" The guard shouted reaching for his radio; "The saboteur is moving away south east of your position, take a truck and move it! Quickly!"

Several of the guards hopped into one of the large convoy trucks and moved to capture the Saboteur but as they kept driving on, it was clear he had escaped. "Blast! He got away..."

Back at the mountain, the guards asked if Claire needed anything from them before they headed back down to treat the wounded.
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