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[Elmer]

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[Senator Danar Tassar]

A little later than the agreed time, Tassar arrived at purgatory. He looked for senator Kachiso Doshima. He was probably somewhere in the private rooms in the senaots lounge

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

The Astrian senator stood up when Senator Danar Tassar entered the room and offer his hand.

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"Ah Senator Tassar a pleasure to finally meet you in person."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"Greetings Senator Kachiso Doshima, sorry for being late. It was bussy at the embassy." Tassar said while he shook Doshima's hand

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"Shall we go one of the more private rooms?"

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"That would be best yes. Please after you."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

Tassar moved to one of the private rooms. He asked for one of the waiters to get their orders when they where in the room.

[Senator Danar Tassar]

Tassar moved to one of the private rooms. He asked for one of the waiters to get their orders when they where in the room.

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"Let's get to business shall we? There is no reason to linger around. We of the Teprogrenaian Consensus admire your, Senator Kachiso Doshima's, ambition to improve the Senate and to become Chancellor."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"However, with your current approach, you stand little to no chance to actually succeed."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

Sitting down Kachiso looked at his colleague. "how so?"

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"At this moment, you are only active in the Senate for a few weeks, a month at most. The point that this is our first meeting in person point that out as well. The senators barely know you. In order to be selected as Chancellor, you need to be trusted as a person by the senate. However at this moment, the people in the Senate don't know you well enough to know what to expect."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"If Senator Lonco Morubixaba would run for chancellor, his chances would outweight yours purely based on the fact that he is in the Senate for a much longer period and therefore the Senators know better what to expect from him."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"I've rarely seen experience make any difference in elections, senator, most of the time they are decided well ahead of the actual election."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"I would like to change that."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"The Union senate has been running on back room deals for far to long in my opinion."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"That is correct, which is the exact reason why in your current position your chances of becoming Chancellor are weak. You need both political allies, as personal friends. And as far we of the Consensus know, you have neither."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"The problem is, this is the Senate, not the court. Even though the facts are still very important, the senators will look at their personal relationships as well. You need to play both in on the culture and the person. You can't do that in twenty turns, this takes time.

No matter how fancy your CV is, and how right you are, if they don't like you in person, you will go nowhere."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"Someone needs to stand up, but no one seems to be willing to do so. No one but the ACA seems to be willing to take action. If I don't who will?"

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"The last, so called, elections only had one candidate. I will not let that happen again."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

Kachiso looked at Tassar expectantly.

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"We understand your reasoning, but this is not a matter of who or what is right, but who will be right.

Let's put it differently: What will you say when somebody asks you: Senator Kachiso Doshima, you haven't even be a minister, how do we know you can handle the stress of Chancellor? We won't like a Bol'var all over again."

[Lord-Senator Kachiso Doshima]

"I'd say that I can only do my best and that if they don't believe that is good enough then they are free to vote for someone else."

[Senator Danar Tassar]

"In which case, the will vote for someone else, and you won't become chancellor."