Planet Yamatai
Karael took note of the Nepleslian entourage’s arrival, noting with faint bemusement that said entourage was yet again comprised of different individuals then its predecessor at the International Relations Conference two years prior - a sign, really, of the strange political upheaval which had afflicted the Democratic Imperium in recent years. It wasn’t unexpected, of course, given how...”uncivilized” Elysia’s neighbors to the galactic “north” were - but what
was unexpected was the next delegation’s arrival.
One of the aforementioned delegation’s members - the blonde-haired one, Alex Tasuki - was almost immediately recognized by the Senatorial Legate, who recalled seeing him in a
Yamataian news report that had aired earlier in the year; the other, however, remained unknown to the Elysian. Their volumetric placard, on the other hand, was not - but before Elysian could ponder the implications of the delegation’s presence (and, more importantly, their placement adjacent to her), the silvered-haired representative of Yamatai finally initiated the first of the many, many debates to come.
The proposal was, by the grace of God, one that was both politically neutral (mostly) in the Elysian Senate
and one of little consequence to the government-run (government-mismanaged, in reality, but the International Relations Conference was neither the time nor place for domestic issues) industries of the Elysian Celestial Empire - thus the “optimal” decision was blatantly obvious to Karael: support the proposal, in order to demonstrate solidarity with Yamatai.
The Patrician, who’d remained silent and expressionless ever since entering the conference room - habits formed in the Elysian Senate died an extremely hard death - finally spoke and said, “The Elysian Celestial Empire supports this proposal.”