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Mask or Menace | MODERATORS ([personal profile] maskormods) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-01-25 04:19 pm

STRANGE, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE STARTED THIS GIG?

WHO: All diplomatic imPorts that have signed up HERE.
WHERE: The capitals of Mexico, South Korea, and France. UN-attending imPorts will be placed in Davos, Switzerland.
WHEN: January 26th.
WHAT: Democracy in motion as imPorts attempt to use their skills of persuasion to convince each government or organization to lend the imPorts - and America - their help. Players may also use this log to play out the long flight over, planning, and other associated activities.
WARNINGS: None anticipated; let us know if we should change this!



Depending on their assignment, all imPort diplomats will find themselves either in Seoul, South Korea; Mexico City, Mexico; Paris, France; or for UN attending imPorts, Davos in the Swiss Alps. They will be housed in the American Embassies and regardless of their Registration status, will be treated as American citizens. UN-attending imPorts will be housed in a hotel close by. Their accommodations will be that of an extremely luxurious hotel, and they will be provided with anything that they should require, be it books on the art of rhetoric, access to state of the art computers and laptops, food or drink. They will also be provided with boardrooms in which the teams may convene to assemble a strategy. Don't be distracted by the free drinks; this is a task that will require clear minds!

After one night of preparation, on January 26th, each team of imPorts will meet with either the government of their assigned nation or the UN. They will be placed at a podium in front of a room full of politicians and diplomats, and will be expected to state their argument. They will be allowed to have an opening speech before each assembly asks each group three questions.

When either the opening speech has been concluded OR the question has been answered to each player's satisfaction, please put QUESTION NEEDED in the subject title of your comment, and we will deliver the next question.

Just remember: an invasion is coming! Even if acquiring the alliance of these governments and organizations do not help with the imPorts' immediate predicament, it will impact the future of the game at large!

Get ready, our silver-tongued imPorts, and good luck!
vorbarra: (hollow-art07)

[personal profile] vorbarra 2016-02-06 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gregor is a dictator held in check by a bunch of Counts, with him wishing they could have a democracy instead, so the mesh of opinions here is bound to be interesting.

Equally used to being proclaimed at as asked permission to sit down, Gregor listens without nodding, just silent and attentive. ]


Cynical, but I'm afraid you're not wrong. It's not too dissimilar from what I'm used to in the Council of Counts, then. The only difference is the hypocrisy of it, if you're right-- the UN's stated missions are rather altruistic. Barrayaran Counts make no claims to that.
dun_moch: (speaking)

[personal profile] dun_moch 2016-02-07 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
A Council of Counts? What a fine-sounding body, if I do say so myself.

[Dooku smiles slightly at his little self-serving joke. Really though Counts are awesome, they should be in charge of everything.]

In some systems, politicians have to claim altruistic purposes in order to win the support of the people. And in rare occasions, they are even being genuine. It sounds as though your Council harbours no such pretenses, however.

[He will ask Greg for his own reciprocal advice on Mexico soon enough- for now, his curiosity is piqued regarding Barrayaran ways.]
vorbarra: (icon-crack16)

[personal profile] vorbarra 2016-02-07 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He smiles slightly back, understanding the joke. ] And a Council of Ministers, too, those appointed by the Emperor. I'm sorry to burst your bubble.

[ Gregor could talk about Barrayar for quite a while, at length. It's what he does all day at home, incessantly, after all. ]

Considering the Counts were all warring against each other with private armies until Emperor Dorca the Just unified them a little more than a hundred years ago... No. Anyone pretending to altruism would be laughed at.
dun_moch: (heh)

[personal profile] dun_moch 2016-02-09 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, Ministers are another matter entirely.

[Still jesting in his dry way. But beneath the humour, the Count's mind is quite serious indeed. Warring idiots unified and pacified by a wise and powerful Emperor- perhaps Lord Greg's background would predispose him to appreciate what the Sith are trying to do for Dooku's own Galaxy.

Something to test another time, perhaps.]


Yours is a fascinating history, my Lord. I will have to hear more of your people once the present crisis has abated. For now however, let us return to the mission at hand. Have you any thoughts on how my team might best proceed with Mexico?

[Ordinarily Count Dooku dispenses advice rather than requests it, but he considers this foray an opportunity to evaluate the Lord's wits.]