473: At Some Point, He Will Have To Unpause The Game
“800AM – Chares and 79 other Senators had not arrived at the meetings start time, so 11 of us decided to wait
830AM – up to 23 Senators. Lepi offered to chair the meeting if Chares didn’t show up
845AM – Nobody argued so Lepi moved to the President’s Chair
900AM – Meeting called to order. A count was taken and, as only 27 Senators were present, it was decided to wait and see if anyone else was going to show up.
1000AM – With 42 Senators present – almost a quorum – Philocrates Zoticid, Polyphron Therid and Athineos Xenonid were dispatched by the Secretary to see if they could find 8 more Senators
1030AM – Chares and 7 other members of the Yellows decided to grace us with their presences
1040AM after a heated exchange, Lepi moved out of the Presidents Chair and back to the Augur Chair at which point Chares took charge of the meeting
1045AM - count was taken and we are 3 Senators short of a quorum, which confused everyone until Nick remembered we’d sent 3 men out to find more Senators
1130AM – Philocrates and Athineos came back with Ameinias Apollonid, Nick’s cousin.
1200PM – A quorum was officially counted and the meeting was called to order
1215PM - Reading of the previous day’s minutes
1245PM – The Agenda for the meeting announced: Determine a sound way to provide for executive authority within the state while preventing the rise of another Tyrant
100PM – Nick, Chairman of the Black Panthers requested the floor
101PM – permission granted
102PM – Pointless tirade directed against the Reds
145PM – Motion for Nick to shut up called for by Lepi and seconded by Theodoros
200PM – Motion passed by a vote of 40-10
201PM – Motion for the Military Party to change their color to Black called by Nick, seconded by Polysperchon Apollonid
215PM – Motion defeated 10-29 with 11 abstaining
216PM – Motion to defer all ‘Party Color Resolutions’ until after a firm Constitution was in place called by Lepi
230PM – Motion passed 40-10
245PM – Polyphron Therid returned without any other Senators, but with a steaming hot Gyro drenching in mouth-watering Tzatziki sauce. I could smell it all the way on the other side of the room. Holy cow, I can smell that goat from here. Oh man!
247PM – Motion to break for Lunch called by me! Seconded by Chares and Theodoros
300PM – Motion passed by a vote of 48-2 (Lepi and Nick against, Polyphron abstained – he was chewing at the time)
310PM - Meeting Adjourned until 400PM
400PM – Meeting called to order. A count revealed only 32 Senators had returned from lunch. Not a quorum.
430PM – A count has us down to 31 Senators. It seems Polyphron Therid snuck out in the last half hour
500PM – A count has us at 31 Senators. Today’s meeting concluded and we will meet again tomorrow at 800AM.”
“Okay, great. Thanks Theodoros. I’m glad to see we’re making some real progress and, a count has found us at 56 Senators, so we can proceed with today’s business, which is the unfinished business from our last meeting.”
“I’d like to request the floor please.”
“Geez you’re fast Nick!”
“You have to be when you represent the small plebs against the tyranny of the Factory Owners and the Ancient Regime.”
Chares sighed. “Very well Nick. You have the floor.”
“Ahem. Well, I am not going to go into the endless Crimes of the Military Party against the plebs. No, not today. Today I am going to discuss another threat to the Real Reds.”
“The worker-exploiting Capitalist Swine of the Yellow…”
The groan in the room was audible as everyone settled in to ignore another tirade.
Well shoot…since Nick proved so long-winded, it will be another update before we learn about Kleitos and his fast boat. Still, you have to admire the Populist Party’s pluck!
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Episode 3 – And Here Our Story Begins
So now we join the Constitutional Convention…already in progress.
Chares looked around the half-empty room and decided no one else was going to be arriving. “Okay, so I hope everyone enjoyed their lunches. As usual, let us begin with a reading of the minutes of yesterday’s meeting so we are all up to speed. Especially those of you who didn’t bother to show up yesterday.”
Theodoros rose to his feet and unrolled a tremendously long scroll. “Ahem. Okay, so we are now reading through the minutes of Yesterday’s meeting, as prepared by my assistant and protégé Neoptolemus Zagreid.”
Episode 3 – And Here Our Story Begins
So now we join the Constitutional Convention…already in progress.
Chares looked around the half-empty room and decided no one else was going to be arriving. “Okay, so I hope everyone enjoyed their lunches. As usual, let us begin with a reading of the minutes of yesterday’s meeting so we are all up to speed. Especially those of you who didn’t bother to show up yesterday.”
Theodoros rose to his feet and unrolled a tremendously long scroll. “Ahem. Okay, so we are now reading through the minutes of Yesterday’s meeting, as prepared by my assistant and protégé Neoptolemus Zagreid.”
“800AM – Chares and 79 other Senators had not arrived at the meetings start time, so 11 of us decided to wait
830AM – up to 23 Senators. Lepi offered to chair the meeting if Chares didn’t show up
845AM – Nobody argued so Lepi moved to the President’s Chair
900AM – Meeting called to order. A count was taken and, as only 27 Senators were present, it was decided to wait and see if anyone else was going to show up.
1000AM – With 42 Senators present – almost a quorum – Philocrates Zoticid, Polyphron Therid and Athineos Xenonid were dispatched by the Secretary to see if they could find 8 more Senators
1030AM – Chares and 7 other members of the Yellows decided to grace us with their presences
1040AM after a heated exchange, Lepi moved out of the Presidents Chair and back to the Augur Chair at which point Chares took charge of the meeting
1045AM - count was taken and we are 3 Senators short of a quorum, which confused everyone until Nick remembered we’d sent 3 men out to find more Senators
1130AM – Philocrates and Athineos came back with Ameinias Apollonid, Nick’s cousin.
1200PM – A quorum was officially counted and the meeting was called to order
1215PM - Reading of the previous day’s minutes
1245PM – The Agenda for the meeting announced: Determine a sound way to provide for executive authority within the state while preventing the rise of another Tyrant
100PM – Nick, Chairman of the Black Panthers requested the floor
101PM – permission granted
102PM – Pointless tirade directed against the Reds
145PM – Motion for Nick to shut up called for by Lepi and seconded by Theodoros
200PM – Motion passed by a vote of 40-10
201PM – Motion for the Military Party to change their color to Black called by Nick, seconded by Polysperchon Apollonid
215PM – Motion defeated 10-29 with 11 abstaining
216PM – Motion to defer all ‘Party Color Resolutions’ until after a firm Constitution was in place called by Lepi
230PM – Motion passed 40-10
245PM – Polyphron Therid returned without any other Senators, but with a steaming hot Gyro drenching in mouth-watering Tzatziki sauce. I could smell it all the way on the other side of the room. Holy cow, I can smell that goat from here. Oh man!
247PM – Motion to break for Lunch called by me! Seconded by Chares and Theodoros
300PM – Motion passed by a vote of 48-2 (Lepi and Nick against, Polyphron abstained – he was chewing at the time)
310PM - Meeting Adjourned until 400PM
400PM – Meeting called to order. A count revealed only 32 Senators had returned from lunch. Not a quorum.
430PM – A count has us down to 31 Senators. It seems Polyphron Therid snuck out in the last half hour
500PM – A count has us at 31 Senators. Today’s meeting concluded and we will meet again tomorrow at 800AM.”
“Okay, great. Thanks Theodoros. I’m glad to see we’re making some real progress and, a count has found us at 56 Senators, so we can proceed with today’s business, which is the unfinished business from our last meeting.”
“I’d like to request the floor please.”
“Geez you’re fast Nick!”
“You have to be when you represent the small plebs against the tyranny of the Factory Owners and the Ancient Regime.”
Chares sighed. “Very well Nick. You have the floor.”
“Ahem. Well, I am not going to go into the endless Crimes of the Military Party against the plebs. No, not today. Today I am going to discuss another threat to the Real Reds.”
“The worker-exploiting Capitalist Swine of the Yellow…”
The groan in the room was audible as everyone settled in to ignore another tirade.
Well shoot…since Nick proved so long-winded, it will be another update before we learn about Kleitos and his fast boat. Still, you have to admire the Populist Party’s pluck!
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