Chapter 31: Be Prepared for War if We Sign this Peace
… Yah heres the next chapter. It's a short one, I know. Im sorry. This will just be them discussing the terms of the peace. I wanted to make it longer, but… time got away from me and I don't want to delay posting a chapter any longer. So… here it is. Oh… this also includes a description of the Heartless, Nobody, Key Blader, and Human governments. … im such a nerd for politics : ) … I love the title for this. It just made me laugh.
"Our first term is an immediate armistice between our forces, along with a treaty of military cooperation against any and all new threats we discover. In fact, we have already discovered a possible threat in creatures made out of pure nothing, so be prepared for war if we sign this peace. Would that first term be acceptable to your government?" Said Roxas in an even, unrevealing tone, also not realizing the irony of the last sentence he had said. My comrades and I were seated at one end of a long, wooden table that they had just happened to have in the ship's hold for occasions such as this. We leaned in to discuss the term. After a minute of debate, we decided that if we didn't accept that term, they would probably kill us anyway, whether or not they thought we were evil, and death was bad.
"We accept your first term. However, we request that we be informed of the nature of this possible new threat after this meeting, whether this peace works out or not." I answered and asked, trying my best to sound authoritative, yet reasonable. I probably failed miserably on that part, especially
"That sounds reasonable. Ok… so we agree to that amendment to the first term. Our second term is that the world of Hollow Bastion be turned into a neutral zone…"the rest of Roxas's statement was cut off by Vestara.
"Our government would never agree to that. Not after the millions upon millions of lives we lost taking that planet to serve as our capital. Not after the millions of lives we spent holding it against your assault on the planet. Not after all the rebuilding we have done. Not ever." Said Vestara in a stubborn, defiant, knowing voice. The Heartless government is a socialist democracy, in which the government provides for the people and the people provide for the government, in which the Heartless elect from their ranks the man or woman they feel is best to lead the Heartless Democratic Republic. Each Heartless planet has its own Senate and an elected governor, as well as its own representative in the Heartless Senate. (Yes, the Heartless are commies. What of it?) The elected officials serve terms of five to ten years, depending on the exact office and the nature of events at the time. Now, as the military makes up eighty percent of the heartless population, any smart politician would know that to give up Hollow Bastion is political suicide due to the high cost of taking and keeping Hollow Bastion. If the military doesn't stage a coup against that Heartless, that person will certainly never be voted in to any office ever again. The Heartless provide for the government by removing idiots from office, as well as in the socialistic all for one, one for all sense of the term. The Heartless controlled about a third of the known universe.
"hmm… will Hollow Bastion be open for non Heartless to live on?"asked Namine, curious.
"… Possibly… " said Vestara in a guarded tone of voice.
"What about the rest of your worlds? Would they be open to inhabitation by non Heartless?"asked Namine, curious.
"Again, possibly. That will depend on whether you open your world to Heartless or not. If you will, we will. If you don't, we wont." Said Vestara in an emotionally guarded voice. The Nobodies had many of the same political, social, and governmental philosophies as the Heartless, so the differences that existed were major, though they didn't seem it. The Elite of the Nobodies, namely those with their own unique appearance or who retained their human form as a Nobody, are more individual than the average heartless, though the average nobody is basically an obedient grunt with a generic personality, meaning that they only really have one political party, one system. They are comparable to Soviet Russia in that manner, while we the Heartless are more as a European style social democracy, where there are political parties and thinking citizens. The Nobodies control about a fifth of the worlds in the known universes.
The key blade bearers are an order of knights so to say, ruled by a council of elders , whom are ironically at this point in time all under the age of fifty. Politically, they are basically a vassal state of the Human Empire. The council of elders chooses their members by a majority vote, and has 15 members.
And the humans have a political system similar to the UK, with a Parliament and a figurehead Emperor who had little power in anything except ceremonial occasions and matters. There are three main political parties in their Parliament, forming a rather interesting balance of power. When combined with the key bladers, they control approximately half of the known universe.
"So that's term two then. We both open our borders to each other. Deal?" asked Roxas, anxious for this meeting to end.
"Deal. Third term?" I asked, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible.
"We need a planet to act as a neutral zone in which we can negotiate the fine details of this truce out. This is just a temporary truce until we can figure out a more permanent one." said Namine in a calm, placating tone of voice. Whenever she speaks… I feel at peace. She has some sort of ability to suck the frustration and anger right out of you with her voice.
"Traverse Town maybe?" I suggested after a couple moments thought. It was the only original world that wasn't a capital and had a high population of three of the four groups represented here.
"Sure. That will do fine. … that should be good for now. We will figure out all the logistics of it later." Said Namine in a relieved voice. She really wanted this peace to work out, and who could blame her?
I know I really cheaped out there, but I really ran out of time. I did that in about two hours, so don't judge me. Till my next chapter… which will be up … I have no idea, I bid you farewell my friends. Oh, and I am a socialist when it comes to politics. I also am a liberal in social matters. Gay rights are a necessity. … adios, my friends.
Im considering rewriting this chapter later when I have more time on my hands. Let me know what you think n your review please.