Washington (US Political RP; 2016 ; IC ; OPEN!)

[The Fair Republic]

Russell Senate Office Building

"OK, thank you. Please keep me updated about Bonnie's progress." Paul Clark put down the phone. He just finished a call with the head of the National Weather Service. Hurricane Bonnie just made landfall in New England. It looked like Boston was going to get hammered. Paul knew that the FEMA bill needed to get passed to ensure that disaster relief efforts were equipped properly. He flipped on the TV in his office to watch the news. Paul saw Senator Strong on CNN advocating for the passage of the FEMA bill. Paul assumed that Strong would make the rounds on all the cable networks to talk about the FEMA bill. That meant that Paul had to take care of things behind the scenes.

Paul opened up his laptop and open his email. He found the contacts for every member in the Democratic Senate Caucus and started typing...


Fellow Senate Democrats,

Let me be clear, what I am about to ask you is not a request, it is a demand. Hurricane Bonnie is about to wreck the East Coast, but the FEMA bill is still stuck in the Senate. I am not exaggerating when I say that there are lives at stake. I recognize that the removal of the bill to declare war on ISIS is a prerequisite for any negotiations on the FEMA bill. I am all for having a lively and productive debate on the matter at the appropriate time. However, the FEMA bill needs to be passed now. Every hour that goes by without passing the bill costs millions of dollars in damages. It will be a moral and political failure if my fellow Democrats fail to respond quickly to a natural disaster. I know that some Senators are wrapped up in campaigning right now. If a Senator running for president fails to provide support in passing the FEMA bill, I will not endorse him or her before the New Jersey primary.

-Paul

[Zelent]

Camp Ozark
A large convoy of Two-1/2 ton trucks and HUMVEEs were loaded down with disaster relief supplies in preparation for a effort for the legion to implement its'self into key disaster areas in the immediate aftermath and help with the recovery and with policing duties should looting get out of hand. As far as the party upper-command was concerned, there was more to this then just lending a helping hand, while that was great, the Party knew that the presence of legionnaires as forces of good. The same had already been done in Arkansas, being a huge center of tornados and thunderstorms, but now it was time to show this on a national level. Furthermore, it would acclimate the American public to their presence, not just in disaster relief but on a national scale.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Days Inn, Columbia SC


Gianna sits down, in her own private room. This was the first time she could have some silence and time by herself the entire day, and she intended to spend it wisely -- either just watching some television or reading over non-campaign emails. She puts some popcorn in the microwaves, pops it, and lies down on her bed to open up her laptop to skim through her Congressional emails while she waits for her dinner to finish in the microwave.

Fellow Senate Democrats,

Let me be clear, what I am about to ask you is not a request, it is a demand. Hurricane Bonnie is about to wreck the East Coast, but the FEMA bill is still stuck in the Senate. I am not exaggerating when I say that there are lives at stake. I recognize that the removal of the bill to declare war on ISIS is a prerequisite for any negotiations on the FEMA bill. I am all for having a lively and productive debate on the matter at the appropriate time. However, the FEMA bill needs to be passed now. Every hour that goes by without passing the bill costs millions of dollars in damages. It will be a moral and political failure if my fellow Democrats fail to respond quickly to a natural disaster. I know that some Senators are wrapped up in campaigning right now. If a Senator running for president fails to provide support in passing the FEMA bill, I will not endorse him or her before the New Jersey primary.

-Paul

Gianna then smirked, bringing both of her knees up to her chest as she sits in an upright fetal position on the bed. She gets up to fetch her bag of popcorn after a couple of minutes of re-reading the email, and sits back down to type up a response to the senator. As the television broadcasts news updates of Hurricane Bonnie making landfall in Massachusetts.

Senator,

Like I had said before. I support the FEMA bill in concept, however I cannot in good conscious actively support a bill that has yet to be drafted. I have abstained to vote, or even comment on, the ISIS bill due to the fact that we are still unsure as to the ramifications on its' international effects. The language seems to be too ambiguous, but I agree (on principal) that to withhold a vote on the FEMA bill until the ISIS bill is resolved is not only immoral, but quite dangerous. I will spend the next few hours emailing and communicating with Republicans and Democrats alike to stop this partisan roadblock, and to ensure your people get the resources they need. Let me know if there is anything else I can do.

-GC

[Chewion]

Kiser got fed up and had taken his family back home. He had just entered his office when he sat down. He looked outside and say his wife talking to a man on the sidewalk. Kiser jumped up alarmed that no one was protecting her. Suddenly a gunshot rang out and his wife fell. Kiser grabbed his Glock and ran outside. The man was about to turn the corner when Kiser fired hitting him in the leg. Suddenly a van peeled around the corner and two men grabbed the guy and drive off. Kiser knelt by his wife and help her stomach where the wound was. He was scared for not only her life but for the life of the unborn child they had just learned she was carrying.

[The Boras]

Apartment Somewhere In Manhattan
New York City
Dick Kirk

"Some say that you can laugh while you're scared. I find the truth to be the opposite." Kirk mumbled. The couch was depressed after 30 minutes of being sat on, with the day's newspapers occupying a half of the space. Kirk threw the last one onto the pile, a New York Times paper actually, as their headlines all said the same two words: Hurricane Bonnie. It didn't matter whether it was USAToday or even the New York Post, it all carried what was essentially the same information: We are about to die and we should panic.

Kirk grabbed hold of the remote control, with sounds and images soon coming out from the television. All the news networks said the same things as well. The ISIS Bill garnered limited coverage as the networks shifted towards the incoming storm, with everyone saying the same things as the newspapers. This was supposed to be his day off. A day where he could relax, a day where he could get some rest and fight back the sleep deprivation his show gave him. Not to say that he didn't love doing what he did - if he didn't he probably would've signed the time slot off to some British guy for a stand-up comedy show a long time ago - but it could get a little exhausting. It reached a peak yesterday, when he collapsed in the backstage after a day-long headache and week-long dizziness. His closest friends, including one of the show's executive producers, told him to get some rest, but Kirk always brightly replied, "The show must go on."

'My body isn't built for this.' he thought.

But since he's away for that day, he thought he would take to Twitter to entertain some of his more Internet-savvy fans in his television persona. Do some of the usual stuff he would do on the show, like come up with one-liners on current political affairs or go into comedic but passionate rants. Heck, if he had the energy, he could make a short improvisational skit to promote The Kirk Report YouTube channel. However, with news coverage dominated by the hurricane, what could he do? Laughing about it on the Internet seems like bad taste, and even then, what could he really say?

"Boston needed this hurricane. It's infrastructure is terrible!"

He came up with this line, but immediately decided against it. 'It's just in bad taste.' he thought.

Maybe he could respond to some of his Democratic opponents. Carollton challenged him and other Democrats to raise and donate a million dollars in five days, he heard. 'Ahhh, now this. This could be good.' he thought yet again.





And there. He forgot to use the #AmericaUnited hashtag, but eh whatever. It made him feel a little better on the inside, but that headache was still there. He knew thinking about the hurricane was un-healthy; the doctor even told him to avoid thinking about anything negative so as to clear up his mind, all the while implying that he should specifically avoid following the Hurricane Bonnie coverage, using phrases like: "it'll whack up a storm in your head", "unlike the weather, your head should be crystal clear". Maybe he should get him on the show.

He started going through his thoughts to see what made him so nervous about the hurricane. Was it that it could hit New York? Possibly. Maybe it was a relative staying in New England? Nah, everyone's still back in West Virginia. Maybe it was his family, who were currently away attending to other matters such as school and work. Maybe he was concerned about that? He searched his heart, prayed to God, but he hadn't found his answer. It was probably an irrational fear.

"Maybe I do need some rest." Kirk grabbed the remote and turned off the television, before taking some painkillers and slipping quietly into sleep on his comfy couch. But before he shut his eyes, he asked himself one question:

"Wonder what Congress is doing about this..."

[Terrelis]

Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN

Governor Murray walked onto the circular stage in the middle of the arena, as the crowd cheered. ”GOOD EVENING HOOSIERS! I want to thank you all for coming out tonight, but before we get started I'd like to ask my pastor to come and lead us in prayer. A middle aged African-American man came to the stage and said a prayer, at the conclusion of which the whole arena joined him in an amen.

Now we're tonight for one reason and that is to support our fellow Americans on the east coast. As we speak they are being devastated by the most severe Hurricane since Katrina, and because of the governments lack of preparation they dont have all of the supplies they need. A few sections in the crowd began to boo. Now I have been informed that we have filled this place to capacity, and that means we've raised $95,000. I called out to the people of the great hoosier state and you all came out in full force to help your fellow man, and I have to say I'm proud to be a hoosier right now. The crowd began to applaud. Yesterday I pledged $1 million to relief effort and last night I challenged my democratic opponents to do the same. Earlier today Senator Carrollton cahllenged all of the presidential caniddates to do the same, as well as perform the Ice Bucket Challenge. She just had to one up me. Murray and the crowd both laughed.

Since you all had to pay $5 to get in tonight, I'm going to give another $5,000 to make it an even $100,000; and I'm also going to do the Ice Bucket Challenge right here tonight. The crowd began to applaud again with scattered shouts of Murray 2016. Oh yeah, and I hope you guys dont mind but I called a few friends to match my $5,000 and do the challenge with me. After the governor said that comedian Mike Epps and Paul George of the Indiana Pacers both walked onto the stage and the crowd went wild. Workers from the arena brought up three large barrels full of ice water. You guys ready? On the count of three. The governor haded over his mic and began counting. One...two... Paul signaled for the workers to dump the water before three and Governor Murray didnt see it coming.

Lets here it for the next President of the United States, Governor Kailen Murray, Paul George said and the crowd erupted in a mix of laughter and applause. Governor Murray, laughing as well, grabbed the mic back, We're going tog et dried off and then Mike is going to come back out and give you guys a show. The three men walked off of the stage as the crowd cheered and music began to play.

[United Earth Space Command]

Seated in the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee Esperanza Huerta finished signing off the formal document that would mobilize the Florida National Guard and authorize eight thousand of them to head north to North Carolina to assist with the anti-hurricane efforts. She had received Carrollton's challenge and decided to outdo it, making a donation of $3,000,000 to hurricane relief efforts even knowing that if the federal funding for FEMA ever came through that that amount of money was chump change in comparison.

She had been thinking about entering the race but it was too late and too crowded at this point. Her energies would be spent better in another capacity. If she ran she would have a chance but she decided that it would be a better idea to find another candidate someone whom she could groom and support in their campaign but that would require analysis. She would begin to take a look at the candidates, but a direct response from them would be a good way of determining their positions though she would have prepared to host a debate for them she simply did not have enough time to with governing Florida along with running her charity and Huerta Cruise was simply too time-consuming. She wrote up her email one to be sent personally to each candidate notably not only the Democrats but the Republicans and independents as well. The Vanguard party was particularly intriguing to her and she hoped that she would hear back what she wanted to.

Esteemed Candidate,

Every successful candidate succeeds because of their friends, and I am in a friend-making mood. The only question is who I am going to make friends with. I will be very blunt with all of you you are not receiving a personalized email, you are being interviewed. If you are interested in making a friend then send me your résumé. If not then good luck, you will need it.

Yours,

Esperanza Huerta, Governor of Florida

[Jovuistan]

Seated in the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee Esperanza Huerta finished signing off the formal document that would mobilize the Florida National Guard and authorize eight thousand of them to head north to North Carolina to assist with the anti-hurricane efforts. She had received Carrollton's challenge and decided to outdo it, making a donation of $3,000,000 to hurricane relief efforts even knowing that if the federal funding for FEMA ever came through that that amount of money was chump change in comparison.

She had been thinking about entering the race but it was too late and too crowded at this point. Her energies would be spent better in another capacity. If she ran she would have a chance but she decided that it would be a better idea to find another candidate someone whom she could groom and support in their campaign but that would require analysis. She would begin to take a look at the candidates, but a direct response from them would be a good way of determining their positions though she would have prepared to host a debate for them she simply did not have enough time to with governing Florida along with running her charity and Huerta Cruise was simply too time-consuming. She wrote up her email one to be sent personally to each candidate notably not only the Democrats but the Republicans and independents as well. The Vanguard party was particularly intriguing to her and she hoped that she would hear back what she wanted to.

Esteemed Candidate,

Every successful candidate succeeds because of their friends, and I am in a friend-making mood. The only question is who I am going to make friends with. I will be very blunt with all of you you are not receiving a personalized email, you are being interviewed. If you are interested in making a friend then send me your résumé. If not then good luck, you will need it.

Yours,

Esperanza Huerta, Governor of Florida

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[Prolieum]

Boston, Massachusetts

Irena Kuznetsov winced as another gust of wind blew, chilling them. The hurricane was still several score miles offshore, but it looked like it was going to hit Boston first, or at least somewhere near there, within a day or two, and evacuations had already begun. She presided over a somewhat smaller crowd than she usually did as a result, but still spoke with just as much fervour.

"I told you guys last time that I would not go and hide back inland in a state like Indiana but that I would be on the front lines with the people who have to brave the weather, and here I am! Lets give a cheer for Boston, guys! Bonnie is trying to beat us down, and we ain't lettin' her!"

"Those offering plates are coming around again and I expect some giving from some of you. A lot of you good hardworking types do not have much to give and that is fine just fine. I am not going to hold a rally that you have to pay at the door to get into! Not now not ever! Just because you do not have a lot of money does not mean that you are not a person too! Anyone and everyone is welcome wherever I go, and if any Wall Street Wolf tells you otherwise you give them a slap and tell them you will not take their elitism bull! The ones that I expect to give are the ones that have the money to give. God blessed you, or maybe your parents did, now you come back and help out."

"Murray, Murray, Murray, he thinks he was something special, donating that money. Did you guys see her original tweet? I did. He took that thing off Twitter real quick, because he said he was going to donate $20 million dollars-and what did he do? $1 million. You want to know why? Because he realized that if he gave that much that he might not have as luxurious a retirement as he wanted! That silver spoon would be bronze instead! He chickened out of it to keep her own money, and gave just enough to look good publicly."

"And then he asks for everyone to give a million dollars-let me tell you something, Mr. Murray, not all of us are as rich as you. Not all of us have a rich mommy and daddy that you can ask for money whenever you are feeling down. Some of us have to struggle to pay the bills. Mr. Murray, I have eight children. I have no inheritance. The fact that you think that I can just throw down a million dollars shows just how out of touch you are with the people! Just because you think that money is nothing does not mean that it is not nothing to the people who are starving because of Wall Street Wolves!"

"But I am going to go for it anyway. Bring that offering plate up here, yeah. I am putting in ten thousand dollars-I am putting in money for my children's college, to help this fund. I am breaking my nest egg, Mr. Murray. That is called sacrifice. I am sure you are not familiar with the term."

"Just remember, when the flooding comes, if it ever hits New York, hits Wall Street, all the people who stole your money, foreclosed on your homes, all the criminals, will be safe in their shelters, while the people they exploited will be left in the cold and rain. Never forget! Wall Street-there is a hurricane coming your way, but it is not the greatest fury! The people you betrayed are ready to take back what is rightfully theirs! You better get ready!"

She strolled down off the stage as the people cheered. Several hundred uniformed members of the New Hampshire National Guard stood behind the platform-they would now get to work on helping to prepare Boston.

[Krugeristan]

Washington, D.C.

Garestaer had went two days without food or leaving his apartment. He was sick of hearing the Democrats saying that people don't give enough, so he told the man running the apartment building to cut off his fuel, and let someone else in the building use it.

Maybe I should get rid of my cell service next. Maybe I should give up my organs next. The Democrats didn't know what he was doing. Even if they did, they wouldn't believe him. They would claim he had a stash of something somewhere.

He sat on the floor on his apartment, his knees drawn up to his face. He had no hope. People were buying into the Democrats' lies. No one would listen to him.

He was ready to quit, and he decided to send a message to Egazarian.

Matt,

I've lost hope. I quit.

-Jay

[The Portland Territory]

Washington, D.C.

Garestaer had went two days without food or leaving his apartment. He was sick of hearing the Democrats saying that people don't give enough, so he told the man running the apartment building to cut off his fuel, and let someone else in the building use it.

Maybe I should get rid of my cell service next. Maybe I should give up my organs next. The Democrats didn't know what he was doing. Even if they did, they wouldn't believe him. They would claim he had a stash of something somewhere.

He sat on the floor on his apartment, his knees drawn up to his face. He had no hope. People were buying into the Democrats' lies. No one would listen to him.

He was ready to quit, and he decided to send a message to Egazarian.

Matt,

I've lost hope. I quit.

-Jay

*Egazarian received the message while he was helping place sandbags for people in Charlestown. he stepped to the side and texted back*

Garestaer, what do you mean? Quit what? Please don't give up on me now!

[Terrelis]

Official Statement
Office of the Governor of Indiana

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As I am still fundraising for Hurricane Bonnie Relief, I did not feel it appropriate to take time away from the fundraisers to bring up political nonsense. Hence, why I am releasing this statement.

I have never hidden, nor will I apologize for, my parents wealth. I can not change the economic status that I was born into, but I can say that I am far from having a silver spoon in my mouth. At the age of eighteen I was cut off from my families money and written out of my parents will, for aligning with the Democratic Party. I worked two jobs and still struggled to finish college, nearly having to drop out at one point. I have worked tirelessly to get where I am, and I've earned every cent that I have. My original tweet stated that I would be donating $20 million dollars but that was a typo, it was meant to say I would be raising $20 million. I understand $1 Million is still quite a lot of money, and that money accounted for nice portion of my savings but I recognize that the people on the east coast need it more than I do. Regarding my last event, it was a benefit show for Hurricane Relief not a political rally so yes their was an admission fee all of which went to buying supplies for hurricane victims. I do not appreciate being misrepresented and attacked using false information, however I have ran a clean campaign and intend to do so for as long as I am in the race. I ask that voters not allow themselves to be misguided from the matter at hand, helping those who will be affected by the hurricane, because of politicians seeking attention.

Kailen J. Murray
Governor of Indiana

[Imperial Esplanade]

Washington, DC


Senator Carrollton stepped out of her office, after a long day of reading through various bills and playing some catch-up after an extensive past couple of weeks of campaigning, to take a walk down the street. Before she started her presidential campaign, she was able to do this without being noticed much. However, that is changing as she is soon expected to become the front-runner for the Democratic nomination pending the outcome of the South Carolina primary, and people have already gotten a bit more familiar with her. The morning after the FEMA vote, she is approached by an underground journalist for a Washington-based blog who caught sight of her during her morning stroll to fetch a cup of coffee. This was supposed to be a relatively quiet day, spending it with her family and friends, before going back out to campaign again in South Carolina and then onto focusing on the south for the upcoming Super Tuesday primaries. She walks into a relatively quaint, almost "hipster" coffee house and orders her usual drink, and then looks onto the television to see CNN covering Governor Kuznetsov's criticism of Govenor Murray. Senator Carrollton just shakes her head, and then turns to take the cup of coffee and pays the barista. She normally would return home immediately after, but she stopped and sat down, pulled out her phone, and sent a rather snappy tweet to the New Hampshire Governor to respond to her criticism.

[Krugeristan]

Washington, D.C.

Garestaer had went two days without food or leaving his apartment. He was sick of hearing the Democrats saying that people don't give enough, so he told the man running the apartment building to cut off his fuel, and let someone else in the building use it.

Maybe I should get rid of my cell service next. Maybe I should give up my organs next. The Democrats didn't know what he was doing. Even if they did, they wouldn't believe him. They would claim he had a stash of something somewhere.

He sat on the floor on his apartment, his knees drawn up to his face. He had no hope. People were buying into the Democrats' lies. No one would listen to him.

He was ready to quit, and he decided to send a message to Egazarian.

Matt,

I've lost hope. I quit.

-Jay

*Egazarian received the message while he was helping place sandbags for people in Charlestown. he stepped to the side and texted back*

Garestaer, what do you mean? Quit what? Please don't give up on me now!

Everything, Matt, everything. I gave up my food and fuel, and still the Democrats aren't happy.

[The Portland Territory]

*Egazarian received the message while he was helping place sandbags for people in Charlestown. he stepped to the side and texted back*

Garestaer, what do you mean? Quit what? Please don't give up on me now!

Everything, Matt, everything. I gave up my food and fuel, and still the Democrats aren't happy.

Garestaer, please don't do this. Don't let the Libs force you to do anything and don't let these thoughts consume you. Jay, please, don't do this!

*Egazarian began to tear up, but no one saw him*

[The Portland Territory]

-void-

[Prolieum]

[Prolieum]

New York City

Irena nodded as the offering plates went around.

"It is so great, really great, you know? Just seeing all you guys chipping in and working together to help each other. It is so great. You know when people talk about New York Values, they are wrong-it is all this that is New York Values. When people hear that, they think of Wall Street, of all the corruption, and greed, and criminality, but you guys have been exploited by them just as much, more even. You are the real heart of this city."

"As we get ready for Bonnie, we need to talk about stopping this from happening in the future, to look forward, you know? And no one is talking about what made Bonnie. All the big-money is trying to suppress the story, all of the candidates refuse to acknowledge it, but we all know what made Bonnie-Global Warming and Climate Change."

"We have been trying to warn everyone for so long but no one ever listened. All the scientists agree on it but the denyers stuck their fingers in their ears and let the big factories choke our cities with smog and our atmosphere with chemicals and because of their greed and their ignorance, now we are the ones suffering. We warned, we warned about warmer currents leading to hurricanes, warned about what would happen and they called us liars, called us fake, called us Chinese puppets or whatever, and now what are they doing? The rich who pumped out the chemicals and made Bonnie happen are now running away with their money, or hunkering down in shelters-not for you, but for them. They screwed us over and they get away with it scot-free."

"I mean, come on. An Atlantic hurricane is rare enough, a bigger one is rarer, but two in January and February?! Are you kidding me? This is not normal. This is what happens when fluorocarbons are shot into our skies and breathed in through our childrens' lungs."

"It is too late to stop Bonnie. The big polluters and big money have already made sure of that, but it is not too late to stop the next big one. End emissions, go for wind power, solar power, stop raping the planet and dooming us in the process! The only reason why we are so far behind is because of the few, the upper of upper classes, who pay off politicians and pay off the public, who dupe all the denyers, and then make obscene amounts of money on the suffering of the environment, and on our suffering!"

"You know what I say? We are going to do everything that we can to save everything that we can, but if a coal factory, or an oil factory, gets destroyed, we are not going to rebuild it! We will replace it with a wind farm, with a solar factory. We will take the first step to a cleaner future, and a future safe from Bonnie and all the things like it. I guarantee that in New Hampshire, any FEMA funding given to the state will go first to helping the homes of the poor destroyed, and then towards real clean energy-and not a cent towards polluters!"

"We know who made Bonnie! We know what they did! And we are not going to let them get away with it! Never again!"

[Terrelis]

Lovettsville, Virginia

A Ford F150 rode down the street followed by three large delivery trucks. They stopped in the middle of the town square and began obnoxiously honking the horns of all four vehicles. The residents began to exit their homes and businesses, and were amazed by what they saw. Standing in the bed of the Ford was Governor Kailen Murray with a bull horn in hand, surrounded by staffers.

“Good Morning Lovettsville! I've spent raising money for hurricane relief, and I'm still don't done yet, but I know that with you being such a small town the government and the other candidates were just going to overlook you. So I decided to come and personally deliver some supplies to make sure you're all prepared for this storm. I brought food, water, blankets, and medical supplies so come on and get it.”

The truck drivers got out and opened the back of their trucks revealing the supplies. The peoples faces lit up in amazement and gratitude as they came to the trucks to receive their supplies from the Governor and his staffers.

[Krugeristan]

Everything, Matt, everything. I gave up my food and fuel, and still the Democrats aren't happy.

Garestaer, please don't do this. Don't let the Libs force you to do anything and don't let these thoughts consume you. Jay, please, don't do this!

*Egazarian began to tear up, but no one saw him*

Matt, it's too late. I've lost everything. The president is after me and people are actually listening to the liberals about the storm. I can't take it anymore. God's hand has left my shoulder.

[The Portland Territory]

Garestaer, please don't do this. Don't let the Libs force you to do anything and don't let these thoughts consume you. Jay, please, don't do this!

*Egazarian began to tear up, but no one saw him*

Matt, it's too late. I've lost everything. The president is after me and people are actually listening to the liberals about the storm. I can't take it anymore. God's hand has left my shoulder.

Garestaer, please don't do what I think you're gonna do.

[Krugeristan]

Matt, it's too late. I've lost everything. The president is after me and people are actually listening to the liberals about the storm. I can't take it anymore. God's hand has left my shoulder.

Garestaer, please don't do what I think you're gonna do.

Matt, I'm dropping out.

I know you probably don't want me as your running mate, though. I understand.

[The Portland Territory]

Garestaer, please don't do what I think you're gonna do.

Matt, I'm dropping out.

I know you probably don't want me as your running mate, though. I understand.

*Egazarian took a sigh of relief, thanking God that he wasn't going to commit suicide*

If you are sure about this, and if you believe that this will help you, then do it. Will you consider running for Speaker again though?

[Krugeristan]

Matt, I'm dropping out.

I know you probably don't want me as your running mate, though. I understand.

*Egazarian took a sigh of relief, thanking God that he wasn't going to commit suicide*

If you are sure about this, and if you believe that this will help you, then do it. Will you consider running for Speaker again though?

No. I already know Winston wants my corpse on his desk. He doesn't want me. No one really wants me.

Just you and Assad have apparently given a damn.

[The Portland Territory]

*Egazarian took a sigh of relief, thanking God that he wasn't going to commit suicide*

If you are sure about this, and if you believe that this will help you, then do it. Will you consider running for Speaker again though?

No. I already know Winston wants my corpse on his desk. He doesn't want me. No one really wants me.

Just you and Assad have apparently given a damn.

*Egazarian sighed again*

What will you do then?