Faction Freshmen | Fondor Senate Building

[Cressida Tolliver]

THE GALACTIC ALLIANCE SENATE BUILDING
GOVERNMENT DISTRICT - FONDOR CITY, FONDOR
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Standing at the base of the broad staircase that led up to the bizarre stone edifice of the new Senate building on Fondor, Cressida Tolliver could see why her predecessor Natasi Fortan had displayed a certain lack of enthusiasm for the new home of the Galactic Alliance Federal Assembly. As far as Cressida was aware, Fortan had never set foot in the building, choosing instead to remain in her office on Coruscant and commute via holo to the Senate floor on what she had always said was principle.

Well, as the second invasion of Coruscant had demonstrated, principles were like prayers: noble, but awkward when the shooting started.

The whole affair had caused Alderney Square to reconsider keeping the Supreme Leader in play when the Galactic Alliance was allowing the Core to becoming a shooting gallery. Cressida Tolliver, apparently, was expendable, or near enough to be dispatched with a set of formal credentials in hand to present to the Chancellor's office.

"Shall we, Senator?" asked a voice from beside her. Cressida glanced to see Kenat, who had served as Natasi Fortan's Principal Private Secretary in the Senate and who had agreed to stay on to help Cressida get settled in.

"Is Kenat your first name or your last name?" Cressida asked as she mounted the broad stairs toward the entry.

"Ma'am?" He seemed taken aback by the question.

"Everyone simply calls you Kenat, but is there another name there?"

"Pietr Kenat," said Kenat as he fell into step beside her. "But I go by Kenat."

"That's fine," Cressida said. "I've said it before, but I appreciate you being here. Staying on, I mean, to get the office up and running. I know you've been with Her Majesty for a long time, so it's appreciated, truly." Kenat's lips twitched up a little at the edges and he remained silent. His gait changed only when the pair approached the members' entrance and he sped up to open the door for her before following her inside. "Thank you. Now let's see here. I suppose it's too much to ask for a new member orientation. Or a map."

Kenat spoke quietly to the receptionist on duty for a few minutes, having an animated discussion before returning to Senator Tolliver. "You've been assigned a -- er -- rather minimal office here. Basically a room to prepare for sessions. The main office -- where you'll work and where the staff will be -- is in a nearby building. I'll show you the former now, and later we can see the other office." He paused a moment. "The receptionist warned that there will be non-Senators and non-staff in the building. There are lots of visitors, ah, as a result of what happened in Coruscant and the rest of the core. Your call if you want to engage."

Cressida shrugged out of her traveling cloak and adjusted the high collar of her blazer. "We might as well. I have a feeling the Foreign Office is expecting me to be rather a rough diamond. I'd like to show that I can be polished, when it's appropriate."

Alexandra Feanor | @Senators​

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

Some calm and quiet, that was what she hoped for today. She had come to look over the office that Lucas used, an office that may very well be hers soon if Vulpesen makes the final call. She was looking forward to it, and the man remained as helpful as ever, something she liked alot about Lucas and knew his time as a Senator must have been a well accomplished one. That all said, there was more that needed done, and they could not fall behind, they needed to push forward and ensure the creation of a stronger Alliance.

That was what remained important, even now as she looked at the others far more finely dressed than herself. She still wore the almost silvery white robes, still looked far more like a Jedi than a Senator or Guard as she stood there. Far more out of place than even Lucas, and that was with hiding the certain appendage that her Zorren body had given her, knowing that soon she would have to display it more openly.

She still felt weird having that damn tail, but it did make certain tasks like balancing easier she supposed.

That pushed to the back of her mind, she would straighten up and roll her head until she caught sight of someone. One of the other new Senators from what she had gathered in the short time that she had been in the building. These kinds of things were easy for her to commit to memory, up there with the Droids and Ships she had tore apart and put together in her earlier years. A project she hadn't gotten around to doing in years and she wondered if Adara might be curious in doing something like that with her.

Teaching her dear daughter to piece together her own starfighter? That could be something she would enjoy doing while Adara was helping tended to the corruption running rampant in Alexandra's soul.

That thought put on hold for now, she would stand tall and walk forward. She kept herself distant from Cressida Tolliver at first, letting the more pestering types do their thing and ask the new Senator about their plans. It was only after all that that Alexandra would find her opening. Turning and walking down a hall that would meet with the one Cressida would be walking.

When she got closer, she would clear her throat, giving a smile and a small bow of her head.

"Forgive me, you are one of the newer Senators, Miss Tolliver, correct?" She was quite curious about this woman, mostly due to the limited background she had learned as she had been looking through the faces and names of the Senators in preparation for her visit here.