Coronation of Queen Jaira of Taboon and Ball

[Jaira Jorel]

Queen Jaira was up in her room fidgeting with the diamond necklace her husband gave her for for birthday last year. She was so nervous. Everything had happened so fast. The King died, an election was held and she won. She was the new Queen. She hoped that she had worded the invitations correctly.
The Taboon Monarchy cordially invites you to attend

Queen Jaira's Coronation and Ball

At the Royal Palace.

Dinner and Dancing with Music provided by the

Taboon Classical Quintet.


Formal Attire is required.

People from all factions may come,
​Just as long as they keep peace with each other.

People rich and poor alike may come.

Queen Jaria knows that some factions won't agree with this. In fact, Jaira herself was reluctant to make this happen. But she believed that this was the last resort to see her son at her coronation. Jaira grabbed the tiara that she had to wear. She deeply inhaled and exhaled.

Downstairs, the Taboon Classical Quintet started to play their songs to be ready. Chefs rushing around getting the refreshments all ready.

The coronation room and the ball room are decorated with a winter like them. Crystal icicles hang from the ceiling, Snow flakes are attached to the walls. A layer of 'snow' covering each plant in the room. Those are just some of the adornments of the room.

Queen Jaira stood waiting up in her room waiting for her cue.

 

[Corbin Jorel]

Corbin Jorel looked around the ball room to make sure everything looked perfect. He still couldn't believe the woman that he had been in a relationship with since twenty two, was about to become official Queen of Taboon. He was helping the planners decorate the place the way Jaira would want it.

Corbin then walked to the Coronation room. The scepter and the miniature globe was sitting on a pillow towards the front and the winter decorations were everywhere. Everything was perfect.

Corbin then walked to the main entrance and waited for guests to arrive so he could direct them to the Coronation room.

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

The flight from Naboo, while comforting had felt longer than a simple hyperdrive jump all the way to Taboon. With the private shuttle, the Blacklash, finally dropping out of hyperspace and entering the atmopshere of the planet an call had been made over the speakers to infrom the key passanger of thier arrival. From her room inside the shuttle Audrey had awoken from falling alseep in her chair.

The call had awoken her as she realized what had happened, looking down at her lap and seeing her copy of a biography novel was lying there. She remambers what had happened, how she past out during the trip while reading to try and past the time. It trip truly had felt longer than expected. With a low yawn and strecth the noble Lady Thénardier picked herself up from her chair before finding the nearest mirror. She realized her hair had been a little frazzled from how she slept, she groaining a little before using a comb to fix it so it was straight. Once that was fixed, she giving a small smirk to the sight of herself, she walked over to the private closet and retrived her suit jacket to go with the rest of her attire.

Unlike most ladies in her position, and even nobles from Naboo in general, Audrey was dressed more like a man. That wasn't to say she tried to hide the fact that she was a woman, only a personal perference of wardrobe she liked wearing. She felt it added authority and seriousness to her character when wearing it, even to public offical events such as these.

When the Blacklash landed in the shuttle port, among other royal transports, the entrance ramp slowly lowered down before touching the ground. Lady Thénardier, escorted by two guards, made her way to the entrance while taking mental notes on all those who were present. Most she'd only heard of or seen through holophotos. One or two she knew by the fact that she knew their relatives. None she knew direclty. It made her feel a little more out of place and yet also a little more secure. Still having her men present added to that sense of security.

Audrey had been invited as a gesture of royal obligation. One point she'd overlooked when claiming the throne was all the offical business one would need to attend; this coronation being a prime example. While if the option was avaliable she'd have denied the invitation, it was still her duty to represent the Thénardiers and act as a public face.

Upon arriving at the entrace and being met by [member="Corbin Jorel"] Audrey bowed her head before introducing herself "Lady Audrey Thénardiers, from Naboo. Here at the behest of your Queen [member="Jaira Jorel"]." in a proper tone and manner.

 

[Corbin Jorel]

"Thank you for coming Lady [member="Audrey Thénardier"]." Corbin said. He stopped one of the planners to take his place greeting guests. He walked with Audrey to the Coronation room. He sat in the chair next to her. "Please tell me about yourself."

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

As the man had offered to walk with her, Lady Thénardier's men seemed to tense. A quick wave of her hand had calmed them down before she nodded to [member="Corbin Jorel"] as indication for the to walk together. As they did she kept her gaze foward the entire time walking to the seat, so intent on reaching it and lessing the coronation start already.

When they sat Audrey indcated for her men to leave, they taking posts somewhere else in the room to make sure thier lady was safe. After that she dropped her coat on the back of her seat, from the shoulders, and made herself comfortable. By that point Jorel had asked about herself to which she finally looked his way.

"Nothing much to say, other than I'm here as a royal porogative." she answered. "I'm the head of my house and title after all, as such I feel a need to keep apperances. Or was there something else to what you meant when asking about myself?"

 

[Corbin Jorel]

"If you don't mind I'd like to know your life story or hear about your political career." Corbin asked. He got up, fixed a snowflake on the wall, and sat back down. Corbin looked at [member="Audrey Thénardier"] with eyes of curiousity.

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

So it turned out [member="Corbin Jorel"] was the more inquisitve type. As much as she resiented it Audrey made no indication of showing as such. Instead she turned her gaze away from him in order to speak, giving him vauge information in the process.

"Well, if your so keen to know, I'll make the long story short. The Thénardier's had orginally split into two sperate families some time ago. Some of us stayed on Naboo while others had left for Courascant to start a new life. I, being the oldest, was next in line for the head of the household after all of the Naboo realitves were killed in a horrible assination plot against us. Thankfully the culprits were caught and given justice while I had to assume my duty and rights. Quite simple actually, when you think about it." she finished with a sarcastic tone.

After that she'd reached into her jacket in order to pull out a ciggarette she intended to light while awaiting the ceremony to start.

 

[Corbin Jorel]

"I've been through my fair share of criminal investigations through my 53 years." Corbin said. He started thinking. "When I think about it was father like son. My son left Taboon because the investigation he had to witness and I left my homeplanet of Tarhassan because of the investigations I witnessed." He looked at [member="Audrey Thénardier"] and said, "Forgive me for rambling."

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

At the mention of "criminal invetigations" Audrey stiffened for a moment, wondering if Jorel had somehow been aware of her true work with the Thénardier family. However, as he began to explain the past problems with his son she calmed a little. When he continued she then perked with interest. Still holding the ciggarette in hand she pulled a lighter out and lite the tip before letting out a small puff of smoke from her lungs.

"Oh no. I don't mind." she said with a more enthused smile. "Please, continue."

[member="Corbin Jorel"]

 

[Corbin Jorel]

Corbin looked at Audrey. "My older brother and younger sister got abducted. Two months later they were dropped off. Except my brother died and my sister was raped..." When he was about to continue horns played.
"The Queen is coming soon." The horn player said.

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

As she listened to his brief but englightening story Audrey continued to smoke while thinking out the details of the tale. Jorel had an abused sister and a murdered brother. Interesting developments to be sure, and something she considered looking into later on. However these things would have to wait as she, just as Jorel did, heard the sound of the horns which indicated the queen's coming. With that she took one more puff from her ciggarette before waving down a nearby servant and telling them to take the remains away. After that she turned to see the queen eventually approching for her coranation.

[member="Corbin Jorel"]

 

[Jaira Jorel]

The horn player was her cue. She took a deep breath. She looked at herself in the mirror. Jaira looked at the blue formal dress she was wearing.
She walked elegantly down the stairs. Jaira snuck a peek at the camera that put live footage of her on the screens. The doors were opened for her to the Coronation room. She looked at the crowd of nobility and peasants together. She tried to look through the crowd for son while facing forward. She couldn't find him, she hoped Corbin had better luck.
Jaira stopped in front of the minister. She took the oath of office. The minister picked up the pillow with the scepter. Jaira picked up the scepter in her left hand and the miniature globe in her right. She turned to the crowd of people. People started to get up and cheer.

 

[Corbin Jorel]

Corbin looked at the beauty of the Coronation Ceremony. He could see the sparkle of joy in her eyes, yet he could also see a bit of sadness. She must not have seen Wes. He couldn't look for his son right now. He had to watch the ceremony. It went off without a hitch.

When the ceremony was done and over Corbin was the first to stand and clap. When the others started clapping Corbin was clapping louder than them all. He looked around the room to see if he could find Wes hiding anywhere. He was nowhere to be seen. He turned and saw his wife looking at him. He shook his head.

 

[Jaira Jorel]

Jaira felt deep despair when Corbin shook his head. Her only living child, at least she hoped Wes was still alive, hadn't come to the fourth most important day of her life. She couldn't let her sadness show. Today was her day, she had to enjoy it with the family she had.

She stood there facing the crowd until the cheering died down. She put the scepter and mini globe back on their pillow and said to the crowd, "Thank you for coming today. I would like to direct everyone's attention to the servants at the door who will escort everyone to the ball room." The servants by the door waved their hands.

[member="Corbin Jorel"]
[member="Audrey Thénardier"]

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

A sense of despair had fallen across [member="Jaira Jorel"]'s face, and Lady Thénardier had noticed. She glanced back to [member="Corbin Jorel"], trying to figure what it was about. Though, as she slowly surmized the good lady figured it had something to do wtih the child Corbin had mentioned before. More intrigue invaded her mind as she wondered how and why this would be such an issue, and how she could use it to her advantage.

Afterward Audrey looked with the others towards the servant droids who began to escort people to the ball room. Gesturing to Corbin she said "Lead the way, sir. I'll speak with the queen once we have the time. For now, though, I'm more interested in drink, food and dance." with a smirk.

 

[Corbin Jorel]

"Let's wait for my wife," Corbin said to [member="Audrey Thénardier"]. "It's my job to escort her too."

Corbin walked up to [member="Jaira Jorel"]. He linked arms with her. They walked down to Audrey and Corbin said, "Shall we go."

 

[Jaira Jorel]

"Please follow me." Queen Jaira said to [member="Audrey Thénardier"]. Queen Jaira walked with Corbin and Lady Thénardier to the ball room. Upon her entrance the Taboon Classical Quintet started to play. "Please enjoy yourself."

 

[Corbin Jorel]

A Republic soldier walked into the ballroom. "Pardon me your highness," He said to the Queen. "I need to see your husband for a minute." Corbin walked over to the edge of the room with the soldier. "Congratulations."
"For what?" Corbin asked.
"You have been accepted into the Republic Army." The soldier said. "You have asked for Phoenix Corps, and you were put into Valkyrie Regiment. I was also asked to give this message to you from Caid Centurion." The soldier handed him a letter and then saluted. "Welcome aboard Private."
Corbin saluted back. The soldier walked away. Corbin was overjoyed for a minute until he realized that he had to tell [member="Jaira Jorel"] that he could be shipped off at a moments notice. He just stood there looking at Jaira and [member="Audrey Thénardier"].

 

[Jaira Jorel]

Jaira was a bit worried when the soldier asked for Corbin. "What do you think the Soldier need to speak to Corbin for?" Jaira asked [member="Audrey Thénardier"]. She watched the soldier hand Corbin a letter then the both of them saluted. That made her worry even more. Then Corbin looked overjoyed, but his facial expression changed and he started to stare at them. "I am very worried now."

 

[Audrey Thénardier]

Upon entering the room ad meeting with Queen [member="Jaira Jorel"], Lady Audrey had bowed while saying "Thank you very much, your grace." only for thing to be interuptted by the arrival of the soldier. As [member="Corbin Jorel"] walked off to speak in private Audrey had been watching as well with a perked interest. When the queen asked what she thought it was about Audrey had blunty answered "Likely something involving military operations. That's why the soldier is here. Perhaps he's been drafted, or something equally constraining."