A Magical Word Revealed: The World Unravelled

Day Ten, Chapter Twenty Three, The End Of An Era

Alchemist House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Saturday, 10/2/2024

20:36

Nathan Pendragon lounged casually on the push, luxurious armchair. They were in the Alchemist House's recreation of the House Of Representatives Chamber. The Senate Chamber was used for meetings between the four major organisations plus a Government representative who sat at the central table. It was a slightly more faithful recreation, with the most notable difference being the replacement of the long, uniform pews with soft velvet armchairs. However, the House Of Representatives Chamber had been modified more dramatically. Rather than four sections, two straight, two curved like in the Senate, it had five sections, two straight and three curved. There were the usual four sections for the four Magicae organisations, and then an extra middle curved section for a fifth party. And of course, there was the central table where the Government representatives sat. Nathan was now relaxing in the very middle of the guest section, allowing all the others to complete their preliminary discussion. He was feeling a little better now. After a half hour long nap, he and the Commission had left the simulated battlefield. Draven had then been chased away for his treachery and many of the Commission members left. Nathan had then slept in a spare room for another two hours, showered, made himself some new clothes, and ate for the first time in days. He had also more effectively integrated Simula into his body. Nathan had almost full control over his body and could use whatever powers he wished. Simula on the other hand just had partial control over Nathan's body but mostly resided within the Copycoat. He also had free use of all powers. They made a great team as it turned out. Nathan held a notepad in one hand and a pen in the other. Two cloth arms stretched from the Copycoat, one holding a steaming cup of tea and the other, just to show off, was repeatedly scrambling and then solving a rubix cube. The preliminary discussions finally concluded. Theodore Maximillian turned to face Nathan.

'Alright Nathan Pendragon, we are ready to hear your demands.'

Nathan sighed. Right, the obligatory part where he asked for things and they tried to convince him to make compromises. What a waste of time. This was officially the negotiations for a peace treaty between Nathan and the four organisations. Unofficially, it was the four organisations trying to protect themselves from being attacked and dismantled by Nathan or Simula by placating him with whatever they could afford to give. Nathan looked around the room. Miranda Deimos, Felicia Janus, Kilian Solace, Raina Kaida and the three Morticaya sisters sat in the Order section.

Tenson Graevel, Brigham Graevel, Reginald Graevel, Aiden Winterway and Dean Endofor sat in the Galantry's Talon section.

Mayura Delcy, Dan Ronin, Alonzo Relvar, Roxanne Kitamura and Nico Lavelia sat in the HUI section.

Kayren Nomura, Blair Corinthus, Eliseo Suzura, Lucretia Endo, four of the eleven members of the Senior Council of the Coalition, sat in their section.

Theodore Maximillian was the only Government representative sitting at the central table. Apparently, no other Government officials or UN representatives wanted to get involved in this. There were also about a hundred others sitting in the gallery.

Nathan began to speak.

'Well first there are our pre-established agreements, which are all non-negotiable as they were mentioned in the Pledge contract.'

'Of course. We will begin to make those changes once this meeting is over.'

'Other than that, I know what I want. An easy, happy life. All of my demands will reflect that. First off, I want a Government pension. Two million dollars a year, or roughly one hundred and sixty six thousand dollars a month.'