Pen in hand, Pearl had signed a paper. up until this point, she had been one of the heads of state in the provisional government.
Her final act before the election was to begin construction of a new warp pad depot.
Bismuth was in front of her desk.
"I would say Let's get down to Bismuth, but i think they already did..."
"you still manage to be in a great mood I see."
Pearl had been down to work for too long without a break. It was a great idea at first, but a triumvirate was too slow to handle after the moon colony was built. It was clear that with such a large country,
supreme power was needed. An election was to be held in one week's time. Any citizen ( within reason ) was allowed to run. Surveys showed That Pearl and Steven were noticeably ahead of all the other candidates.
Pearl's eyes had large bags underneath. her last campaign speech was later that day and was still working on her speech.
"Ammolite, Could you go get me a water?"
"Yes Ma'am."
Pearl sighed. she had to compete with steven while still deciding what the official title of the next leader would be. she talked to steven, and he thought it did'nt matter because we would be making a precedent anyway, so the title would be entirely different than it's traditional definition. A dictionary and thesaurus both the size of her head sat open on her desk,
her decisions laid out neatly as so-
Dictator was too opressive.
She liked viceroy but the government was to be a confederate republic, not a monarchy.
versions of the title "caeser" like Czar and Kaiser sounded cool...
All the other political titles were so. easy.
the highest position per each State was Jarl,
followed by Thane.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in."
It was a titanium quartz. their crystals were almost as beautiful as a bismuth. they were used as manual laborers back in homeworld,
because they were just as good at building, but couldn't design as well. they said hello, placed a paper face down on the desk and left the room.
Pearl looked at it.
-WE WANT YOU!-
-join the Grand Army of the crystal gems today!-
there was an address beneath. Pearl was confused. she commisioned these posters. why did they give her this?
-later that day-
The graphic was still in her mind. she finished her speech, and decided the government title, but could'nt stop thinking about it.
Her laptop booted up. she pened a document containing the adresses of all the recruitment centers.
the poster's address wasn't there.
*beep boop bloop beep boop boop beep*
*brrrt*
*brrrt*
*click*
a man approached a recruitment building in Barrow.
The city was at one point the Northernmost city in the United States Of America, At least before the states seceded.
he calmly walked in the door.
" hello! are you here to enlist? "
He nodded. he never said anything. he could not talk.
in five minutes he had arrived in the interview room.
" why exactly do you want to join?
you cannot even answer when the drill seargent is yelling at you! "
The man wrote on a piece of paper.
'Anything for the country i love.'
And so he was enlisted in the grand army of the crystal gems.
That was the man who would become Grand Marshal of The Grand army, only answering to the General Secretary.
"GOOD Moorning folks it's march twenty seventh, an the votes are finally in for election night!"
"And..."
"Pearl Has Been Elected General Secretary Of The Confederate Republic of the Crystal Gems!"
In a smokey bar in Downtown Juneau, Two friends toasted.
"To, Uh... More alcohol!"
"Yeah!"
the two people were Steven and Pearl. Garnet sat next to them, perpetually ready to carry them home
"It's gonna be better than the U.S.S. *Hic* R!"