The Nelaga Territories

"Jasonia Palace once the most powerful city on Micras. Surveying an empire from a mountain in the clouds, it was an invincible fortress and a symbol of power known across the world. It fell into ruins in time, like everything in Jasonia, now mere echoes of the past. But we have traveled far in our journey, all of us, and find ourselves standing atop of ancient Mount Urojea once more. We are not here to just rebuild the past, but to create something new; stronger, more powerful, more lasting, without ever losing focus of where we came from. With this shovel, we all take the first step at keeping that dream alive. My friends, the restoration of the mountaintop official begins now, as does the construction of our new capital city - Nelagsara!"

And President Harvey scooped the dirt with the shovel dramatically, and there were many pictures taken, and several short interviews. It would make a good Skyline story the next day.

Hours later, he made his way back to the base camp of Sai'Pôr, still little more than a research camp even after all this time, though currently busting at the seams trying to accommodate all the media and minor officials that had turned up for the groundbreaking. Areuhat met him at his hotel, barely more than a converted barracks.

"Well well well," she said, looking him over. "After your famous breakdown during your first Presidential term and total silence during the first part of this one - still have no idea how you got re-elected by the way - here you are cleaned up and holding press events."

"You know it was last time," Harvey said, a bit defensive. "Saving the world and stuff got in the way of doing politics. It's a busy job, being part of a new Control of Destiny team. And since you're here, and I know how you hate the press, I suppose you've got some news for me that can't wait?"

"Don't flatter yourself," Areuhat said, laughing. "I actually came for the event. Well, for the real groundbreaking anyway. Here to see the death of a monument."

Harvey said, "Oh, I made sure it wouldn't all be totally lost. We've collected a lot of parts of the palace to make a pretty impressive museum. They have what they believe are the original metal front doors to the gate, if you believe it, fully restored and everything!"

"I mean about the Palace itself though. It's a shame. Nothing will be left in a few days."

"Why Areuhat. Sediment, from you? Surely you aren't getting emotional in your middle age," Harvey said playfully, poking at several of his companions pet peeves simultaneously - nostalgia and getting old.

She flushed momentary before letting her typical look of annoyance cover her feelings again. "Certainly not! I'm merely worried about anything that may still be within the ruins of the old Palace."

"Yeah. Yeah...," Harvey said, musing. "I had hoped to find some big secret there myself. But we've been down into basements and sub-basements and sub-sub-basements, and probably a few more subs, and found nothing really. Just old, broken stuff."

"Have you heard that there are reports of tourists and other ruffians breaking through the construction site and entering the ruins?"

Harvey shrugged, "Yeah? Well, not much we can do about it now. They've got two days before the heavy equipment makes its way up the mountain. We'll sound an all-clear before we begin, even do a little poking in the ruins to make sure nobody is down there, but if they're too deep and won't come out, well, not much we can do about it."

"Not like you, to be so dismissive of peoples' saftey," Aruehat said.

"But very like me to not be sympathetic to adventurers too stupid to know when to get out.," Harvey fired back. "Anyway, it's been a long day, and it's gunna get real noisy here after tomorrow. I need some solid sleep before the equipment starts making a racket."


(this can be considered sort of an open-ended RP. There isn't much left to the main story but if anyone wants to go on one last expedition into the ruins of Jasonia Palace before they get leveled with a sonic bulldozer or something, this may be a good time)