Verdant's Diary

Descending Earth 22nd

Cejanis (Senate): -> a bill on the Scarlet Span Bridge, between the Pangu and Scarlet Prefectures, fails in the Deliberative

Descending Earth 24th

Cejanis (Senate): -> Tepet Senators divided on the bill to award a title of "General Preserving The Peace" to the commander of the 1st Legion for keeping the Empress' peace for over 700 years. -> Senate looking into a special investigation of the murder of Cathak Okubo

Descending Earth 26th

Cejanis (Unagihime Restaurant): -> Meeting with Peleps Csaard, Imperial Magistrate. He orders baby conger eels in beancurd, a loaf of eel and tofu essentially, as well as an RY708 Kishi wine. -> He describes the difficulties caused in tracking Okubo's movements with the destruction of so much of their palace wing and the general chaos in the palace staff following it -> He questions why Cejanis was in the Cathak wing that night, but she deflects his suspicions. -> Mnemon Vesko is confirmed to be a colossal faggot, quote this if you're down. Also he sucks at fighting with his spear. Though his was the first palanquin to come across Okubo's body, Pelep Turina's palanquin was before Okubo's and saw nothing. {Note: Peleps Turina is a sorceress who wears a dress made of obsidian butterflies}

Descending Earth 27th

Cejanis (Senate): -> Ragara Pol has a motion to require all Deliberators to run the Circumnavigation marathon every year to force them to learn more about their nation and constituents. It fails. -> Upon learning that Staemos reputation is being adversely affected by the 4th's rampage in the Palace, she begins plotting to manipulate that to her advantage. -> Shinjo drops by to gossip with Cejanis, and learn of the location of the Bleeding Ruby Teahouse in the East Ninth; Cejanis had her minions pull up some details on Thesk Tarn, a minor patrician landlord.

-> Cejanis meets with Senator V'neef Kenet. They share plates of chilled fruit and red bush tea, his favorite from the Southeast. -> Kenet is lobbying for a new draft of the agricultural subsidy bill. He loathes his brother Tapan's compassion, and prefers a scheme by where V'neef luxury goods like wine are given subsidy, thereby transfer vast wealth into the House's coffers. With less food grown natively on the Isle's soil as food crops are turned to luxuries, more food will need to be imported lest the peasants starve; by monopoly, this too must pass through the V'neef merchant marine, further enriching the House. He expertly appeals to Cejanis' meglomania, pointing out that not only did she inspire the plan she also stands to profit from it! -> Peleps grows no luxury goods, and does not stand to gain anything from it. Their opposition is assured, no matter who forwards the motion. Getting to 125 votes will require appealing to the agricultural interests within each of the other Houses.

-> report on Cejanis' holdings: she needs to look into road upkeep, the degrading weather mantis towers, and preventing the 14th Legion from being repositioned lest banditry arise.

Descending Earth 28th

Cejanis (Senate): -> Ragara Pol motion to terminate all Dynastic stipends -> Sesus Kurigazu puts forward a special motion for a session of the Deliberative on the 7th of AW. This passes due to Cathak and Peleps support and Ragara and Nellens abstentions. Mistress of the Deliberative, Sesus Tegra, doesn't block the motion.

All (Cejanis' quarters in the Imperial Palace): -> Fishception -> Shinjo drinks far too much, revealing that his elders are trying to marry him off; he speaks a bit too freely to Septimus, though Sorae intervenes when Shinjo clearly doesn't wish to explain what he's promised to ward off marriage -> Information is shared between the circle, decision to send Shinjo and others to the East ninth Ward on the 2nd to visit Tallow Eater's quarters

Ascending Wood 1st

Cejanis (her office): -> a bunch of stuff about her take over of Wolf's Grove goes here

Ascending Wood 2nd