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Date Posted: 02:49:40 08/23/01 Thu
Author: Senator Decius
Subject: "As you wish, Senator."
In reply to: Lady Embyr 's message, ""An explosion! Could it be an assassin?!"" on 20:30:26 08/22/01 Wed

Decius had watched with some concern as Embyr hobbled back to her seat. He had pretended not to notice her servo give way, and had conveniently missed her less-than-regal stumble that followed afterwards. Embyr was a Decepticon. In her day, she had been one of the faction's finest. In many ways, she still was. Decius would do her the service of overlooking her fragility and treating her as one Decepticon to another.

"If you feel that we should postpone our walk until the security services secure the perimeter, then that is of course what we will do. I have no more desire than you do to be injured." inside though, Decius was desperate to leave, to go to the places where the disaffected were, to speak to them, give them a new cause.........raise his people back to the stature that once was theirs. He knew, intellectually, that he would help no-one if he was killed, but that did not stop him from feeling like he did.

Looking at Embyr, he had the distinct impression that the ageing Senator shared his feelings, at least in part. Decius smiled to break the moment. "While we're here, we might as well get some work done. What do you make of this report from the Chief Justiciar's office? That infirm idiot Azdak is off on another investigation."

Embyr shook her head, her voice still a little reedy from the recent exertions. "Have you ever had to deal with the esteemed Chief Justice?"

Decius nodded. "Once or twice. Kept whistling at odd moments. Twitched whenever I handed anything to him. How he got to the high office he's in I don't know."

Actually I do, he thought. He got it because he's an Autobot, and the Maximal Council of Elders looks kindly upon their ancestors when it comes to picking bodies for the top spots. As usual, Decius said none of this, but had the peculiar feeling that Embyr was able to read his thoughts almost as he ~~typed~~ thought them.

"Until the situation is rectified, it would seem you and I are in here together, Lady Embyr. Leaving aside that fool Azdak for a moment, shall we continue with our examination of these figures? Betacron's information is sketchy at best - better to wait for further datum rather than speculate pointlessly."

As he awaited Embyr's response Decius picked up his datapad and started to call up the latest scraplet infection figures.............

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"Things seem to have....calmed, somewhat...." -- Lady Embyr, 14:49:27 08/26/01 Sun
- Embyr seemed to be drumming her brittle fingers idly on the arm of her hoverchair... -- Lady Embyr, 19:53:18 09/05/01 Wed