Washington 2017: The U.S. Political RP: IC [CLOSED]

[Velahor]

1495 Williamsport Pike, Martinsburg, West Virginia

"This is West Virginia, dear. The only Chicago we have to deal with right now is you." He smiled toothily. "But that also calls for hospitality. So please, take a seat," he gestured at the couch.

Nicole uneasily took a seat, gesturing for Jared to sit alongside her.

She turned to Amaras.

“Thank you for seeing us on such short notice, I hate to be a burden in this manner but the urgency of this prompted us to make the trip.”

[Sanabel]

Alphonsey Twitter

Reginaldo Alphonsey
@RACalifornia

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"I am obviously disheartened to see the President appoint such a vehement reactionary to the Supreme Court. I can promise my constituents and my countrymen one thing- I will fight this nomination tooth and nail. The right to love, healthcare, for workers to organize are all at risk and more. #Resist"

[Prolieum]

1495 Williamsport Pike, Martinsburg, West Virginia

Amaras chuckled. "What is this, a law class? Obviously you came here for something, so drop the talk, and tell me what you want."

[Velahor]

1495 Williamsport Pike, Martinsburg, West Virginia

Amaras chuckled. "What is this, a law class? Obviously you came here for something, so drop the talk, and tell me what you want."

“I think it’s more about what you want, considering who I have brought to you. Jared and I need clear answers to what all you want in our arrangement regarding Senator Breckinridge. I’ll let him ask first,” she says, then looks at Jared.

[Vaquas]

Carlos Sandoza
@MrCarlosSandoza

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Anna Rossi has the wrong worldview and the wrong experience for the Supreme Court. She's wrong on abortion, wrong on gay rights, wrong on porn, and generally just completely unfit for the job she has been chosen for. Senator Lavonne Sunshine's silence on the nomination is a sign that she is ready to fall through once again when it comes to halting the radical right's agenda.

Carlos Sandoza
@MrCarlosSandoza

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It is times like these when we need people with strong common-sense values and principles in the Senate. We need men and women who are willing to stand up to power and let it be known that they don't consent to the work the administration and its allies have done to violate basic principles. That is why I'm officially announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate.

Carlos Sandoza
@MrCarlosSandoza

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The people of Nevada need someone who will stand up for them, and fight for the freedoms that are increasingly under attack by those in Washington. Over the next few months, I will be travelling to every corner of our state to meet with the people who make it so great, to hear your concerns and bring them to Capitol Hill.

Carlos Sandoza
@MrCarlosSandoza

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Together, we will replace both the do-nothings and the bigots that occupy congress, and we will build a country that our children and grandchildren will be proud to live in long after we ourselves are gone. Lets move forwards instead of backwards.

[Prolieum]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

In a bit of conveniently fortunate timing, in the time between sending her reply to Stephens and receiving his in return, Rossi had another email come in, this from the Senate Majority Leader, and one with quite useful context to Stephens's return.

To: Douglas Stephens

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From: Anna Rossi

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Subject: Re: Re: Re:Meeting

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Dear Dr. Stephens,

I have just been notified that the hearings are scheduled to begin on Friday. Would an earlier date be feasible?

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Cordially,

Anna Louisa Rossi

[Velahor]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

In a bit of conveniently fortunate timing, in the time between sending her reply to Stephens and receiving his in return, Rossi had another email come in, this from the Senate Majority Leader, and one with quite useful context to Stephens's return.

To: Douglas Stephens

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From: Anna Rossi

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Subject: Re: Re: Re:Meeting

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Dear Dr. Stephens,

I have just been notified that the hearings are scheduled to begin on Friday. Would an earlier date be feasible?

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Cordially,

Anna Louisa Rossi

To: Anna Rossihr][/hr]From: Douglas Stephens

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Subject: Re: Re: Re:Meeting

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Dear Dr. Rossi,

Thursday, same time same place?

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Regards,

Dr. Douglas Stephens

[Prolieum]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

Rossi's reply needed not be long.

To: Douglas Stephens

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From: Anna Rossi

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Subject: Re: Re: Re:Meeting

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Dear Dr. Stephens,

I will look forward to seeing you there, Governor.

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Cordially,

Anna Louisa Rossi

[Vaquas]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

Congresswoman Yang arrived at Rossi's apartment after a rather short chat with one of her top aides about the whereabouts of the hopefully soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice. When she had heard the news about the nomination, Yang felt a strange mix of emotions ranging from worry to joy as she wondered how her prosecutorial counterpart would handle being tapped for such a high and likely surreal honor. She wondered about the speech difficulties, and the hearings, and the relative inexperience, and the roadblocks the other side was bound to put in the way. She wondered if that meant that her cohort would never have a family, or another moment out of the spotlight. She thought about her absence from the chamber and what it was going to feel like long and hard before she put down her phone and stopped trying to confine everything she wanted to say into 240 characters on a website where the general consensus among many was that Rossi was not suited for what was coming.

So here she was, in front of her former co-worker's door with a small leather notebook, some bottled tea, and a slight hesitation, what with having shown up unannounced to begin with. The knock she gave the enterance was not particularly forceful, but it was enough to draw attention, she believed.

[Prolieum]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

As was her wont, Rossi was present, waiting, and worrying some twenty minutes before the appointed time, a purse with a notebook for any insights in her arm, a simple yellow dress, leggings and sleeves there for warmth, covering her body, and a security detail, apparently something she needed now, that, despite being in the background, frayed her nerves. She had spent the day before going through the bittersweet process of cleaning out her office, she would spend the evening with the therapist she still doubted would do anything for her, and with all the time in between dedicate to studying and preparing, she exhaled slowly, to see if this brief break to see a Professor of hers would be a course worth taking.

[Prolieum]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

Visitors were a rarity at Rossi's apartment. Knocks on the door were near as likely to be the landlord as any other, and though she was actually expecting an arrival, her family, against her largely nominal protests, decamping to come see her, they were not to arrive for several hours yet, making the identity of the knocker a mystery.

Shy as she was, Rossi was not an especially paranoid person and thus, opening the door fully, got a full view at a slightly upward angle of one of the three she had just been wondering about.

"Oh, Amelia! Uh, come in!"

[Vaquas]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

"Thank you Anna." she replied before stepping into the apartment. With a slight glance at her surroundings, Amelia placed the tea she had brought with her on the nearest counter, journal still in hand.

"I brought you some tea, Its supposed to be calming and I don't imagine you have any other reason to be relaxed right about now." she joked in a friendly manner.

[Prolieum]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

"I guess I don't." Rossi agreed. She looked around the room as Yang set down the tea, belatedly aware that there were no two facing seats in her apartment. "Uh, I guess the couch is best for sitting. Unless you were just dropping off."

[Velahor]

National Archives Building
Washington D.C.

Less than an hour after arriving from his flight, Governor Stephens tapped away at his phone while standing near the display of the original U.S. Constitution, awaiting the arrival of his former student and Supreme Court nominee Anna Rossi. He was dressed in a medium brown suit with a white shirt and blue tie with red stripes, a sort of retro-ish look from the view of onlookers, but he simply thought the suit was comfortable to travel in. He paid little mind to the wary guards, and refrained from making a joke about Nicolas Cage he had previously saved up for the occasion. He also had a messenger bag slung over his shoulder. He pulled out a bottle of water he purchased from a newsstand and sipped on it lightly, and found a nearby bench to wait for his guest at.

[Prolieum]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

Feeling somewhat anxious about making the introduction herself, Rossi, on noticing the Governor's distinctive glasses and demeanor, sat herself on the bench near to him, and cleared her throat slightly.

[Velahor]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

Feeling somewhat anxious about making the introduction herself, Rossi, on noticing the Governor's distinctive glasses and demeanor, sat herself on the bench near to him, and cleared her throat slightly.

Stephens turned to Rossi, and simply said, “walk with me”, before getting up and walking through a set of doors back into the large room where the founding documents were on display.

[Prolieum]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

Surprised, Rossi followed nonetheless, following the Governor into the large room.

[Vaquas]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

Yang nodded and made her way over to the couch, sitting down and speaking as she did.

"I just wanted to come by to congratulate you on the nomination. I was going to say something on Twitter but I couldn't really figure out what would convey how happy I am for you. I think you're going to be a brilliant jurist Anna. I think you're going to be exactly the voice on the court that we need right now, and that your dedication to the Constitution and everything that it represents is unrivalled. When we worked on the trial, I noticed in you a desire to right a wrong and pursue justice that I've never seen before, even in myself. Your commitment to our country and your public service is inspiring, and I think it will be even more so when a generation of girls get to grow up to view you as a role model. I had always hoped that we would continue to serve together in the House, working together, or as the case may be, in opposition to each other, to do what we think is right for the people we represent."

By now Yang was fully situated.

"Now I see as the President does that your talents are suited for an even higher calling on the court." the Oregonian said, putting down the journal and pulling a small, very dated looking charm out of her pocket. In the shape of a traditional Chinese dragon, the charm had two small Chinese characters etched into its side, one slightly larger than the other.

"When my parents fled the regime, my mother brought this with her, it was one of the few things she managed to hold onto and escape with. The characters stand for hope, which she held onto during the rough journey across the ocean, and success, something that she was able to find in this country and pass onto me with her wisdom and insight. Her and I both agreed that we'd like for you to have it."

Yang held out her hand, offering the charm to the former congresswoman from Indiana.

[Velahor]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

Surprised, Rossi followed nonetheless, following the Governor into the large room.

The Governor led Rossi towards the display of the Constitution, and looked directly at it. Without making any eye contact, the Governor asked the young woman, “Ms. Rossi, can you tell me what is in the case in front of us?”

[Prolieum]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

"I was a-afraid that this was going to be one of those movie tests," Rossi said lightly trying for a bit of humor.

[Prolieum]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C.

Rossi gingerly took the charm in her hand, as if she was afraid it would crumble in her hands, her wide eyes running over the symbols and shape of the dragon slowly, before she finally looked up.

"Are you, are you sure?" she asked quietly.

[Velahor]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

"I was a-afraid that this was going to be one of those movie tests," Rossi said lightly trying for a bit of humor.

“I never stop teaching,” replied the Governor. “I’m glad to see you by the way Ms. Rossi. Always an honor. And congratulations.”

He pulled a sheet of paper out of his bag, tore it into three jagged pieces, and continued his “lesson”.

“Let me rephrase my question. Why would I be arrested if I destroyed the papers in the glass case, but nobody would be upset that I just tore up the piece of paper in my hand?”

[Prolieum]

Rotunda, National Archives, Washington D.C.

"Parchment is more expensive than paper?" Rossi 'guessed' with a smile.

[Tumblrena]

Washington, D.C.
Enchanted Apartment
2103
Monday
3 April
2017

Ella does not usually watch TV in the night but since she was a cosponsor on the term limits bill she decided she would once she heard about the press conference and then stayed around to get to see Rossi being announced to be on the Supreme Court. After she decided to tweet about that she heard her phone's ringtone and answered.

"Hello there, this is Ella Enchanted how can I help you?" she answers the phone cheerily.

After she hears the answer she answers back. "Hi Reginaldo, how are you?"

[Vaquas]

Rossi Apartment, Washington D.C

Yang smiled softly.

"Yes Anna, I am sure. I know we have not always seen eye to eye on every issue, and that at times it may seem that I am just another toad in the swamp that is this city. But I want you to know that I support you 100 percent in this endeavour and all others, at a very core level. I would like to think of you as a friend, if such a thing exists here, because I know that unlike many, you are a genuinely good person." Yang said, with impossible to define emotion ever so slightly apparent on her face.