Essig Castle
Essig, West Brigidna
Tolven, 1598
It took quite a while for everyone to arrive, with all the pomp and circumstance surrounding an event like this, and a few days after the event had officially "began" each of the delegations finally sat down at a large, grand table, to begin the conference at long last.
They had already had some opportunity to mingle, as there had been dinners in the preceding days while the slow-comers still arrived, but this was the first time they all were in the room together. This is where the fun would begin.
A large table was in the center of an even larger study, though with all the lower level aides, diplomats, and translators, it felt cramped and tight. At the head of the table were the West Brigidnans, and in clockwise order starting from them were each delegation in alphabetical order, beginning with the Aurentine delegation and ending with the Varenthians.
Chief negotiator for the West Brigidnan Union, a Mr. Edmund Lisle, a middle-aged diplomat from Florinthus who had been a critical negotiator in the currency agreements in the WBEA and a contributor to the development of the WBU itself, spoke
"I welcome you all to Essig Castle. We have much to discuss, as I am sure you are aware. I will be keeping things on topic and ensuring we hear from all who need to be heard. I will remind everyone that the chief topics at play here are the easing of travel restrictions, general economic cooperation, and the relaxation of visa policies."
He paused. "West Brigidna sees this meeting as the first of many. There is great potential in this continent, and we wish to see it fulfilled. Together we can do more than any of us could do alone. We seek to see what we can do together."
"So, we would like to discuss the prospect of a student visa program to allow students to travel freely between member states of the program. We ask the Nerysian delegation for comments."
Essig, West Brigidna
Tolven, 1598
It took quite a while for everyone to arrive, with all the pomp and circumstance surrounding an event like this, and a few days after the event had officially "began" each of the delegations finally sat down at a large, grand table, to begin the conference at long last.
They had already had some opportunity to mingle, as there had been dinners in the preceding days while the slow-comers still arrived, but this was the first time they all were in the room together. This is where the fun would begin.
A large table was in the center of an even larger study, though with all the lower level aides, diplomats, and translators, it felt cramped and tight. At the head of the table were the West Brigidnans, and in clockwise order starting from them were each delegation in alphabetical order, beginning with the Aurentine delegation and ending with the Varenthians.
Chief negotiator for the West Brigidnan Union, a Mr. Edmund Lisle, a middle-aged diplomat from Florinthus who had been a critical negotiator in the currency agreements in the WBEA and a contributor to the development of the WBU itself, spoke
"I welcome you all to Essig Castle. We have much to discuss, as I am sure you are aware. I will be keeping things on topic and ensuring we hear from all who need to be heard. I will remind everyone that the chief topics at play here are the easing of travel restrictions, general economic cooperation, and the relaxation of visa policies."
He paused. "West Brigidna sees this meeting as the first of many. There is great potential in this continent, and we wish to see it fulfilled. Together we can do more than any of us could do alone. We seek to see what we can do together."
"So, we would like to discuss the prospect of a student visa program to allow students to travel freely between member states of the program. We ask the Nerysian delegation for comments."