Email Hijinks

From: (That Totally Awesome Dude) SKelardis@kiraken.gov To: (President Neret Naluk) NNaluk@kiraken.gov

Neret,

What are you bringing to the picnic? Minister of Defense whats-his-name is bringing the cups, right? It's the easy way out, he's getting back at you for disarming the country. That Finance chick doesn't like you that much either. I think they're working on some extra legislation in their spare time, if you know what I mean. I've got the burgers covered, but if no one has volunteered for drinks yet I can grab some on my way over. Oh by the way, I got some veggie burgers for you and the Minister of Conservation. Far as I know, no one else is veg but I think Defense-Guy is pure carnivore. See ya later, chief.

- Scharr


From: (President Neret Naluk) NNaluk@kiraken.gov To: (That Totally Awesome Dude) SKelardis@kiraken.gov

Scharr,

*sigh* Dessert and buns for the burgers. I think you're right on all counts. The Minister of Finance isn't bringing anything, she's a freeloader. Thanks for the veggie burgers, but I wish you would learn the names of the ministers, and also possible the members of Parliament. It would be nice not to have you say "Minister of... er... Health, yeah, that's it Health, um... what's his name? Oh oh oh, I know it... oh snap, what the hell's his name... um... Syneen? Synin? No, Synen... Synen, er, Corra. Yeah, yeah, that's it. Minister of Health Synen Corra... what was I saying again? What was the question?" And that's a direct quote, by the way. I will talk to you later, Scharr.

- Neret


From: (That Totally Awesome Dude) SKelardis@kiraken.gov To: (President Neret Naluk) NNaluk@kiraken.gov

Morureki-Akara to Kiraken:

President Naluk:
Puppet Gov't in place, chief. Set sail for the Kobayashi Maru. I'll talk to you later.

VP Rrahcs Sidralek (It's CODE!!!)


From: (President Neret Naluk) NNaluk@kiraken.gov To: (That Totally Awesome Dude) SKelardis@kiraken.gov

Kiraken to Morureki-Akara:

Vice President Kelardis:

I don't care about your "puppet gov't." Stop referencing Star Trek. I will also, sadly, need to talk to you later.

P Teren Kulan (You idiot.)

PS: Stop abusing the interoffice messaging service.

Cast of Characters

Descriptions for primary and secondary characters coming soon.

Primary Characters
Neret Naluk (first appeared in Episode 001)
President of Kiraken

Scharr Kelardis (first appeared in Episode 001)
Vice President of Kiraken


Secondary Characters
Oimi Shaolia (first mentioned in Episode 001, appeared in 003)
Spiritual Advisor to President Naluk / Leader of the Order of the Most Serene Oimi

Alauna Erius (first mentioned in Episode 001)
Journalist, Kiraken Times

Acuzon Otalara (first mentioned in Episode 001 1/2, appeared in 003)
Minister of Defense

Miya Alemanni (first mentioned in Episode 001 1/2, appeared in 003)
Minister of Finance and Commerce

Calira Rholius (first appeared in Episode 002)
Chairperson of the United Group for Morals and Modesty

Joden Listirra (first appeared in Episode 003)
Newscaster / Host of 'Kiraken Today" news program on KNN

Salik Aleghera (first appeared in Episode 003)
Minister of Public Transport

Kelus Tulin (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Former Senator/Gay Activist/Supreme Court Justice

Ashina Zhien (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Premier of Kiraken

Nen Chimaya (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Vice Premier of Kiraken

Peilla Belaseris (first appeared in Episode 003)
Minister of Public Relations and Administration


Tertiary Characters
Naeriv Ane-Nabadd (first mentioned in Episode 001 1/2, appeared in 003)
Minister of Conservation

Synen Corra (first mentioned in Episode 001 1/2)
Minister of Health

Wei Tiaocia (first appearred in Episode 002)
Spokesperson of the Alliance for Reclaiming the Right of Public Nudity

Ithys Booscha (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Former CEO of Kiraken Products/Prospective Supreme Court Justice

Banir Ashin (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Pastor of Hinahu Evangelical Church/Prospective Supreme Court Justice

Kagja Calishul (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Retired Five Star General/Prospective Supreme Court Justice

Tosyn Shael (first mentioned in Episode 003)
Environmental Activist/Prospective Supreme Court Justice

Renis Attalicu (first appeared in Episode 003)
Minister of Religion and Spirituality

Table of Contents

Completed Episodes
Episode 001: The Glamourous Life
The very first Kiraken episode. President Naluk emotes and wallows in despair, Vice President Kelardis briefs Naluk on the Parliament's latest decisions, and lunch is ordered.

Episode 002: Fallout
A quiet morning at the office is interrupted by a horde of disgruntled protesters and Naluk falls for the one woman in Kiraken more uptight than he is.

Episode 003: All News, All The Time
Kiraken gets its first 24-hour news network. Naluk and Kelardis promptly get hooked. Meanwhile, a judge on Kiraken's Supreme Court dies unexpectedly, and Naluk must choose a replacement.


Upcoming Episodes
Episode 004: Poster Child
A charismatic young political activist publicly criticizes the current regime and unleashes a trend of economic conservativism upon Kiraken's youth. Affilited with the formerly insignificant radical right wing Free Market Kiraken Party, the young man becomes a popular public figure and claims to be Naluk's son.

Episode 005: State Trip
Naluk and Kelardis visit Kiraken's permissive southern neighbor, Morureki-Akara. When the government of the tiny nation of Deltheri is overthrown in a violent coup, the pair join a detachment of Kirakenian and Morureki-Akaran officials in the Deltherian capital and a dark secret from Kelardis' past is revealed in the process.

Episode 006: You Can't Go Home Again

Episode 007: Love, Kirakenian Style

Episode 008: Assassination Vacation

Episode 009: Father's Day

Episode 010: Propaganda of the Deed

Extras
Email Hijinks
Inane interoffice email Kiraken-style.

Introduction (Or: What is this all about, anyway?)

If you've just arrived here randomly, you may be wondering what all this is about. This introductory post is to explain the concept of this blog.

The Concept
To really understand what the heck this is about you'll need a bit of background. A few months ago, a friend of mine told me about a game called NationStates (http://www.nationstates.net/) where you create a country (name it, set up its government's general ideological characteristics, and so forth.) I created a country called Kiraken. What happens is, every day you receive an issue for your country's government to issue a ruling on. Some of them were pretty funny (some are serious, some are obviously not, but they affect your nation equally) and I got to thinking that they would make for a good story. So, I came up with a few characters (the President and Vice President to start off with, more followed) and started writing. After a while, (I finished the first short story, or episode, on 20 September 2005) I started coming up with ideas for episodes not based on NationStates issues. Now, I'm not using just those issues anymore.

Post Logistics
From time to time, I may post updates on my progress on the next episode. These will always be prefaced with "OOC" (Out Of Character) to distinguish them from the regular episode posts. After the posting of the episode an OOC post refers to, the OOC post will be deleted, as it is no longer relevant. The title of an episode post will always begin with the word "Episode" and a three digit number (001, 002, and so forth,) followed by a title. For instance, the first episode is titled "Episdoe 001: The Glamourous Life."

Next Stop...
You may want to visit the Table of Contents next. Not only does it list the episodes posted thus far, it offers a direct link to and short synopsis of each episode. I'm also planning to have previews for upcoming episodes there in the future.

Thanks for listening, I hope you have a better understanding now of what I'm trying to do here, and I also hope you enjoy my writing. See ya!

This post last updated 17 February 2007