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Alexus Antana
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 Post Posted: Mon, August 10th 2009 01:54pm    Post subject: Adarlon, Belrand, Governing Palace
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Built in a grandiose style 190 years ago by the Alderaan-originating ruling classes of Adarlon, after the planet was taken by the New Republic the Palace has been the seat of local government, the previous owners having been turned out by a mob of exploited lower and middle-class citizens, before facing trial and imprisonment.

Today, the Palace houses the Governor, the Planet's Legislature, and across Alderaan Boulevard the Supreme Court.
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 Post Posted: Mon, August 10th 2009 02:03pm    Post subject:
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At 11 sharp, Alexus liked to take a brief rest, set down his work, hit the ‘recline’ button on his chair, slip on some classical music, and eat an apple. Then at 11:05 it was back to work, writing speeches – Alexus wrote his own speeches. That was the key to his success, because he was amazing.

He knew one wasn’t meant to think that, but there it was. As a young man Alexus had woken up one morning, looked in the mirror, had a quick think about where he was in life and how he felt, and realised: he was amazing. He was fantastic. That was the big lie: no one believed they were great, and as a result they were nothing. But he, Alexus Antana, wasn’t nothing. He was everything, and he was going to help everyone else realise how fantastic they were, too.

That he could still believe this after two hours of economic talks was really something. He smiled at Mr Grey – oh, how priceless – and Mr Gold – even more appropriate. They didn’t approve of his schedule, he could tell. They just sat, watching, as he ate his Antilles’ Orange Pippin. Crunch.

“Some projec-” Mr Grey burst out with, presumably unused to relaxing. Either that or he just really hated Ode to Joy. Alexus held up a finger and the Economist was silent. That felt good. Alexus wanted to help people, yes. He wanted to make a better world. But it was nice being able to shut people up by raising a single finger.

Alexus judged his break to have been long enough. “Please, let’s continue.”

“Well, a brief recap of where we had…” began Mr Gold.

“Fluctuations in Nickel could lead to a less stable Bilbringan economy over the next 14 months,” Antana began, “The continuing weakness of the Corellian banking sector will lead to a reduction of their wheat export industry. The Corporate Sector and Sarapin Inc are expected to bring another 4% of their new energy drills online, lowering the galactic price of energy by 0.15% and thus decreasing the cost of living for the Adarlonian family by…”

“Never mind about the recap then,” said Mr Gold, and he even smiled a little bit. It must be gratifying, Alexus thought, to actually talk to someone who didn’t hate Economics. In fact, Alexus loved Economics. It was endlessly fascinating.

Gold nodded at Grey, who took out a new folder. “There are some interesting projections here,” he said, opening it. He cleared his throat. “This economic forecast… well, we took the liberty of drawing it up for you, Mr Antana.”

“Alexus.”

“We took the liberty of drawing it up for you, Mr An- Alexus. It’s a forecast assuming that your party wins the Mid-Terms.” He coughed, flicked through a few introductory pages. “Anyway…” he handed over the file, and Alexus scanned the first two pages for a minute.

After a little while, he reread the two pages.

After a while more, he set down the folder. It was the first time in his life that Economics had actually truly excited him. He felt a little giddy. He said, “Is this accurate?”

“We’re quite certain, sir. Those are the least optimistic figures…”

“Least optimistic! Good God!” Alexus picked up the folder again.

“I know you like your summaries, sir.” Gold was smiling properly now. Antana felt like an idiot for not wanting to talk to the Economists. This was election winning material. This was agenda-setting, political consensus-changing, world shattering news. He want to jump out of the window and fly to the Moon.

He continued reading instead. “‘This would result in, at the very least, a 4.8% GDP growth in the first year and 8.5% in the second? This is obscene! Are you sure our economic policies are this good?”

“Our best team of Macroeconomists worked on as many factors as time permitted,” Mr Grey said. “And the economic climate at the moment favours moderate intervention and the encouragement of small business…”

Alexus’ head span. “Can you keep developing this projection?”

The two men said, “Yes, Mr Antana.” They left Alexus to read the most exciting Economic Forecast he had ever seen. This was amazing. He took another bite from his apple and grinned.
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"AA!" Alexus looked up from his copy of the Adarlon Times to see his favourite aide, Andy Joltric, bursting through the office's double doors. Alexus stood, setting down his paper and sandwich. "AA, you're not going to believe this."

"It's lunch, Andy. It's my 15 minute lunch hour."

"Sir, your bid was successful!" Andy was beaming.

Alexus made a lot of bids; he was a planetary Governor. "My bid for what?"

Andy laid a hand on each of Alexus' shoulders - they had known each other since high school and been best friends for fifteen years. "Ann. Motherfrakking. Berlin!"

"She's coming here?" Alexus would have leapt out of his chair if he wasn't already standing. Instead, he hopped a little. "She chose Adarlon?" He grinned widely. "This is great! The publicity!"

"The positive association!"

"What an Antana victory!"

"And you love Electropop."

Alexus gave Andy a thumbs up. "I sure do."

Andy grabbed a notepad. "That can be the quote for the Times tomorrow."

Alexus sat. "You know what I love, Andy?"

"Other than Electropop? What?"

"Democracy." Wrangling an Ann Berlin tour would be 5 or 6% easily, especially since they'd lowered the voting age to 16. Alexus found himself actually laughing with joy.
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It was 1420, and time for the 1420 phone call. Dominic said goodbye to his NR Relations Minister and sat down, reclining his chair and holding his phone in hand. After a few seconds of gathering himself, he made the call.

The phone rang five times. That was a calculated move, Rydz knew. He wasn’t some low-level lackey, it wouldn’t work on him. In fact, it meant he knew exactly how desperate the Liberals were.

Beep. “Hello, Sola Han.”

“Hello, Alexus Antana here.”

“Antana!” That was more of a surprised exclamation than a question. She clearly believed it was him and she clearly wanted to know what he wanted. He had a hook. “How did you get this number?”

“That’s not the issue, Ms Han. The issue is the election next year.”

“You don’t have to tell me that.”

“It seems I do. My poll average since we found out Ann Berlin is coming has been 55%. And we haven't even leaked the economic figures yet."

"Economic figures?" Oh, Sola would love to hear about them, Alexus was sure.

"I’m going to win.”

“That’s not certain.”

“It’s 55% certain. 55% also happens to be the percentage of Liberal Party voters who approve of my job as Governor.”

Nothing.

“You’ve said you would support a CDU administration. Change your mind.”

“Why?”

“Because it’s what your voters want. My coalition is shaping up to be ideologically much closer to your party than CDU. Don’t make this election about the Federalism issue, the SDP have already lost out to that.”

Han cleared her throat but said nothing. Alexus could hear her thinking.

“You’re looking at 8% of the Assembly after the elections. Add that to Progressive, 45% and we’ve got a workable coalition. Furthermore, you can bet your ass that the SDP will support a lot of our legislation.”

Sophie said, “I want Environment and Social Policy.”

“You’ll take Environment and Communities.”

Four heart stopping seconds. “Deal.”

“Thank you, Sola. Let’s have dinner.”

“My pleasure, Alexus.”

Alexus dropped the phone, leant back and breathed out heavily. He turned to Andy, who had been sitting opposite doing some paperwork. "How was that?"

Andy gave him a thumbs up. "Time for a meeting."

"Oh, joy."
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 Post Posted: Sat, August 15th 2009 08:47am    Post subject:
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The luxury shuttle dropped from hyperspace, it's destination heading straight for the entertainment capital of the galaxy: Adarlon. Evan accessed the comm system, sending to the direct frequency of Adarlon's Traffic Control Department. "Adarlon, this is the shuttle Musicbox, requesting clearance to land at predetermined coordinates. Authorization Berlin49."

In essence: Ann Berlin was in the system, and she was here by Antana's request, and pleasure.
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 Post Posted: Sat, August 15th 2009 09:48am    Post subject:
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Alexus was in a planning meeting, and trying to maintain interest. The business rep, whoever he was, had spread out blueprint after blueprint for his approval. "Well, the construction would probably take eight months and allow the CrazyFunTimes Casino to increase revenue by..."

Merciful Andy burst into the office yet again. "Sir, Berlin49!"

Alexus said, "Yes!" and punched the air. She was early. He remembered the business rep and looked back at him. "Sorry. Um..."

"Can we build the..."

Alexus nodded. "Square it with community groups and go ahead." He rocketed out of his office and toward the roof. "Andy, tell Ms Berlin's shuttle to land on the VIP pad on top of the Palace." He briefly considered jumping up in the air and clicking his heels, but decided against it. It never worked.
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The shuttle grazed over the morning traffic of Adarlon, the planet's population already a-buzz about her arrival. Ann peered into the mirror, examining each application of make-up, body paint, and accessories she had applied. She rolled on the white gloves, carefully extending them past her elbows. The white bow she had placed in her hair, had fallen perfectly, as three of her assistants buzzed about to finish the job. Her trademark black sunglasses, would have to wait, as her eyes alone, would create a new trend. "Ann, we've received clearance to a private landing pad...on the palace." Ann smirked, secreting blushing under all her makeup.

Alexus Antana knew how to impress a girl, and make them feel welcome. His patience, however, has not felt the extremities of her fans, and their zealous attempts to capture her. Figuratively speaking in most cases. If they had taken the necessary precautions, their stay on the planet would be more of a vacation, than a show. "Evan, when will the tickets go on sale?" His voice was delayed, as he appeared with a holo-transceiver.

“I’m still trying to coordinate that, perhaps Antana could be of some assistance?” Evan wasn’t really worth much use outside of a bodyguard, but his attempts to broaden his resume, never failed. The pilot announced over the intercom they would be landing in less than a minute. Shooing Evan aside, several of her body care assistants flocked over her, and fixed any last minute outfit flukes. Ann kept her focus on the mirror, versus the concept of the massive shuttle making the final approach across a building top.

The hatches clicked, and the ramp stairways began to unfold. Evan was the first, then Ann Berlin made her way towards Adarlon’s welcoming committee…
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Alexus was a heterosexual man, but he had to admit to himself that he took a certain joy in fashion. Ann Berlin was looking fashionable. Her ensemble went so far over the top that it came back down and swum the icy, calm seas of 'elegant'. He prepared to go forward and meet her, but was stopped by Andy's hand on his shoulder.

"AA? We've got about 2,000 people outside the Palace gates, chanting. Shall we disperse them?"

Alexus turned his head to face Andy. "What are they chanting?"

"Ann! Ann! Ann! Alexus! Alexus! Alexus!" Andy repeated, deadpan, before smiling a little.

"Freedom of speech, old man," said Antana, and went forth to greet the idol. He strode across the pad toward the diminutive Ann, smiling broadly. "Ms Berlin, it's not just a pleasure to have you on Adarlon for our people, but a personal honour for myself, speaking as a big fan. Welcome..." as he got quite near, the big man who had left the shuttle first came in from the side and blocked him, extending a hand.

"Watch it, chief," said the big man.

Alexus gave him an unthreatening smile. "Excuse me?"
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 Post Posted: Tue, August 18th 2009 01:57am    Post subject:
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Ann beamed at Evan's instant unfriendly attitude, to the world's leader, let alone someone that had welcomed them beyond what was necessary. "Governor Antana, please ignore my rude entourage, we've been attempting to train him with manners, but you can see, even I have some shortcomings." She had overheard one of Antana's confidents relay the information of thousands of people chanting her and Antana's name. Not wanting to disappoint the people, Ann shook Antana's hand.

"It's an honor to meet you, and please, call me Ann." he embraced with a superb amount of joy and genuine sentiments. She held his hand, however, and pulled herself closer to him, "I hope this isn't too out of line, and please enjoy with me a bit a fun." She turned back to the shuttle, "HIT IT BORIS."

The shuttle vibrated in small way, allowing several massive speakers to emerge. Several crew members launched devices across the palace, creating flashing lights across the morning sky. The people cheered louder than ever, screaming just before the music began. Her number one single: Sabaac Face, started.

Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah
” a deep male voice rung out, sounding the entrance to her song.

Ann stood at the edge of the building, her mic just seconds from being attached,
I wanna hold em' like they do in Sabaac Plays
Fold em', let em', hit me raise it! Baby, stay with me!
Luck and intuition play the cards with pure sabaac to the start
And after he's been hooked up, I'll play the one that's on his heart..”


The crowd was lost now, screaming the lyrics and dancing to the music in a sudden, surprised flush.

She grabbed Antana, and danced with him,
“Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my sabacc face”


(She's got to love nobody) The deep male voices sounded this part, as she placed her fingers over her face, doing a rhythmic pulse with her fingers.

“Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my sabacc face


She let the beat take over for a moment, before continuing “I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be,” She skimmed her fingers down his shirt, “A little gambling is fun when you're with me!” She pointed to herself, and continued to sing the rest of the song.
Finishing with, “Sa-sa-sa-bacc face… Her voice drifting softly, as the song concluded, “Thank you Adarlon, but most importantly, thank Alexus Antana. He was the reason I am here today, see you soon! Good day”
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With that, the crowd went wild. About 20,000 people had gathered outside now, and they were really, really excited. Alexus could see floating Holo cameras everywhere - all the major networks had homed in on this within seconds, as they kept camera droids around the Palace at all times. The publicity would be insane. Pretty much all of Adarlon's 2 million inhabitants and the tens, hundreds of millions of visitors and guest-workers would see that clip a dozen times before tomorrow. This was wonderful.

Alexus found a Droid-Mic floating under his face. He leant forward, and said, "Bang bang. Welcome to Adarlon, Ann." He gestured at the architecture of the city, the crowd below, and the mountains off in the distance. "Beautiful and dirty rich."

The crowd let out what could only be described as a mass 'squee'.
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The shuttle retracted the musical equipment, dancers had been ushered back aboard, and the main stream of Berlin-provided entertainment began to fade. Her eyes fell on Alexus Antana, obviously delighted he had taken her spur of the moment performance so well. Now that thousands had been alerted to her presence, with millions within hours, Ann proceeded with her enjoyable mood.

"Antana, thank you so much for this opportunity," she answered into a hovering news cam. Her eyes twinkled in zealous honor, as Evan raced them off of the top of the building and into the government’s estate. The interior rivaled some of Coruscant's best, perhaps even the sacred Ithorian temple she had visited last year. It was perfect, and several hallways looked as though they would fit a holovideo wonderfully. "We have so much to talk about," Ann started, her eyelashes batting with a contained sense of joy.
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"That we do," said Alexus, leading Ann through the beautiful halls of the Palace, "And please, Ann, call me Alexus." Outside, he could see the sun was starting to get low in the sky already - it was maybe 5pm, another work day drawing to a close. That stunt on the roof... oh my.

"Of course," said Ann, and then there was a slight, cheeky pause before she said, "Alexus."

Antana waved Ann into his office. "Please, take a seat." He made his way over to the drinks cabinet. "A drink? I think it's late enough to start the day now."
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The alcohol stung as it slipped down her throat, but the warm sensation was a welcoming one. Every time she flew across space, she felt shaken. Her performance was one way of ridding herself from the jitters, but the liquid that Alexus had presented was much better. "Thank you," Ann responded, nonchalantly taking an object from his desk and examining it. "Evan, would you be a doll, and inform the Stellar Star office I arrived safe and sound..." The bulky man didn't show any sign of aknowledgement, before he removed himself from the room.

"I have your request for my attendance, and I recently approved, as I love the culture, and the industry on your planet. Adarlon was always a favorite vacation spot as a child," Ann smiled as she said this, "Perhaps we can work out the hotel accommodations, tour date and times? I think I am willing to make an extended stay here, actually." It was Adarlon, not Tatooine or Hoth. And she wanted to wait a month or two, before she boarded a shuttle, and endured the long flight to anywhere else. Her fame was unparalleled, now was a good time to focus on the fanbase.
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On the passing of two guards, one had stepped forward, "Tell me your name, soldier." Ann smiled kindly at him, though took a moment to process the thought that he probably had never seen military service.

"Tarkin."

It was a bold name, an Imperial name.

"Interesting." Ann smiled and did was semi-salute to him, as she finished her pass. She would be visiting the government building frequently in order to maintain positive relations with the entertainment capital. The thought of going into another shuttle terrified her. At the peak of her fame, there wasn't a worry on publicity. It followed her now. She held all the cards. People would be reaching out to her from all pockets of the world. They'd want her to eat there, and stay here. They'd dance, cook, and deliver whatever she wanted. I am a star, and it is time to live like one.

"Your visitation passes have been granted, well, for as long as you like. Welcome to Adarlon, Miss Berlin." She took the pass in gratitude, tossing one to Evan, as he prepared them for the walk to the hover limo. What stood before her and the glamorous life, raged 3,400 fans... all screaming and chanting her name.
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