Writing from the Ritz of Atlantic City...
Today we see the transformation of Selve from being a dictatorship to a democracy.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Twenty One
Wills had a unit of soldiers assigned to take down all of Gog's symbols and flags and destroy them, and he tore down Gog's dais at the Fuseball stadium. He decided to leave Gog's Palace intact and to convert it to a museum that had pictures of the atrocities at the death and labor camps, and pictures of the starving and rioting Selve citizens.
When the death and labor camps had been emptied, Molly, Trev and Julie returned to Selve and went to see if their house was still standing. It was, although it had been thoroughly torn apart by fellow Selves searching for food. Molly and the children cleaned the house and threw out anything the other Selves had destroyed. Then, they went to Burgess Hall and received a week's worth of fish, kelp, sugar beets, and bread. Wills made sure that they also had some of the fresh vegetables and fruits from the Emon trucks.
After Molly got her home in order, Wills sent some of his soldiers to guard her and the children, and an invitation for herself alone to his little home in Burgess Hall for dinner that night.
When dinner was finished, Wills took Molly for a walk in the early night air and when they could see Lumena shining softly in the night sky, Wills asked Molly to marry him after the elections were over. At first, Molly wasn't sure she should marry so soon after Rave's death, but Wills said with the government so unsettled, that the usual niceties had to be examined to see if they really were in everyone's best interest. Molly's heart expanded to fill her chest with joy, and she said a very happy "yes" to Wills. She hoped that the children would understand that she chose to follow her heart and did not mean to disrespect their father's memory.
As it turned out, both Trev and Julie had been slightly afraid of their father, Rave, and they had come to love and respect Wills over the months they had spent together, so their mother's choice caused them to be very happy and content.
General Coleman did not send any of the soldiers home right away, but decided to keep the status quo until after the elections were over and Selve's government was put into place.
On Tuesday, the 9th of Wavel, the elections were held, supervised by the new Selve police, and General Washburn won by a landslide. Very few of the people wanted to have any friends of Gog in the new government.
General Washburn hired ten of Selve's leading authors to write a constitution for Selve. Each state in Selve-there were seven-elected representatives and senators for the new democracy. General Washburn named his cabinet, and chose judges for a Supreme Court. He appointed Wills to be his Secretary of Defense.
A month after the first election, that placed General Washburn in as Selve's president, the Selves held another election to fill all the posts in the government. The government was very well balanced between conservatives and liberals, and the people were very happy with what their votes had created.
General Washburn, in his first act as President, set up a reimbursement account to repay the Wales, Vouns, and Emons who had suffered or died in the internment or labor camps. Each person was to receive $5,000.00 up front, and $200.00 per month for the next ten years. If a family member had died, then the family of the deceased got the one-time payment and the monthly stipend. Unfortunately, in some cases, there was no one left alive to receive the reimbursement.
Two months after General Washburn was elected President, he called a meeting of all the Generals and leaders of the Voun, Emon, Wale, and SRM armies still left in Selve; General Coleman, General Oates, General Patrick, Wills Haddon, Ed Nelson, and Molly Gilbert. He thanked them for their roles in saving the prisoners, freeing Selve, killing Gog, and providing food and sugar beets to the Selves-even though they had been their enemies; even though the Selves had been going to exterminate all of General Coleman's people.
"I have been humbled," spoke General Washburn. "General Coleman lost many friends and family because of Gog's edicts. He has seen the Wale barracks and knows the torture his people endured, yet he brings us food, and not even just food, but sugar beets to ease our pain and suffering. How can a heart be so generous?"
"It is not hard for us. We worship a God who is love and it is inborn in our spirits. Thank you for your kind and understanding words," replied General Coleman.
"I have called this meeting to ask that you return to your own homes and live your lives in the best way possible," said General Washburn. "This is a friendly request. I wish you could stay here forever and protect us, but we cannot grow unless we make our own mistakes and then correct them. So I am really asking that you leave us alone to make our own mistakes and triumphs.
"We have learned from our mistakes with Gog, and are determined to support a democracy."
Tomorrow, Molly and Wills wedding and the leaders of the URA return to their homes.
Today we see the transformation of Selve from being a dictatorship to a democracy.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Twenty One
Wills had a unit of soldiers assigned to take down all of Gog's symbols and flags and destroy them, and he tore down Gog's dais at the Fuseball stadium. He decided to leave Gog's Palace intact and to convert it to a museum that had pictures of the atrocities at the death and labor camps, and pictures of the starving and rioting Selve citizens.
When the death and labor camps had been emptied, Molly, Trev and Julie returned to Selve and went to see if their house was still standing. It was, although it had been thoroughly torn apart by fellow Selves searching for food. Molly and the children cleaned the house and threw out anything the other Selves had destroyed. Then, they went to Burgess Hall and received a week's worth of fish, kelp, sugar beets, and bread. Wills made sure that they also had some of the fresh vegetables and fruits from the Emon trucks.
After Molly got her home in order, Wills sent some of his soldiers to guard her and the children, and an invitation for herself alone to his little home in Burgess Hall for dinner that night.
When dinner was finished, Wills took Molly for a walk in the early night air and when they could see Lumena shining softly in the night sky, Wills asked Molly to marry him after the elections were over. At first, Molly wasn't sure she should marry so soon after Rave's death, but Wills said with the government so unsettled, that the usual niceties had to be examined to see if they really were in everyone's best interest. Molly's heart expanded to fill her chest with joy, and she said a very happy "yes" to Wills. She hoped that the children would understand that she chose to follow her heart and did not mean to disrespect their father's memory.
As it turned out, both Trev and Julie had been slightly afraid of their father, Rave, and they had come to love and respect Wills over the months they had spent together, so their mother's choice caused them to be very happy and content.
General Coleman did not send any of the soldiers home right away, but decided to keep the status quo until after the elections were over and Selve's government was put into place.
On Tuesday, the 9th of Wavel, the elections were held, supervised by the new Selve police, and General Washburn won by a landslide. Very few of the people wanted to have any friends of Gog in the new government.
General Washburn hired ten of Selve's leading authors to write a constitution for Selve. Each state in Selve-there were seven-elected representatives and senators for the new democracy. General Washburn named his cabinet, and chose judges for a Supreme Court. He appointed Wills to be his Secretary of Defense.
A month after the first election, that placed General Washburn in as Selve's president, the Selves held another election to fill all the posts in the government. The government was very well balanced between conservatives and liberals, and the people were very happy with what their votes had created.
General Washburn, in his first act as President, set up a reimbursement account to repay the Wales, Vouns, and Emons who had suffered or died in the internment or labor camps. Each person was to receive $5,000.00 up front, and $200.00 per month for the next ten years. If a family member had died, then the family of the deceased got the one-time payment and the monthly stipend. Unfortunately, in some cases, there was no one left alive to receive the reimbursement.
Two months after General Washburn was elected President, he called a meeting of all the Generals and leaders of the Voun, Emon, Wale, and SRM armies still left in Selve; General Coleman, General Oates, General Patrick, Wills Haddon, Ed Nelson, and Molly Gilbert. He thanked them for their roles in saving the prisoners, freeing Selve, killing Gog, and providing food and sugar beets to the Selves-even though they had been their enemies; even though the Selves had been going to exterminate all of General Coleman's people.
"I have been humbled," spoke General Washburn. "General Coleman lost many friends and family because of Gog's edicts. He has seen the Wale barracks and knows the torture his people endured, yet he brings us food, and not even just food, but sugar beets to ease our pain and suffering. How can a heart be so generous?"
"It is not hard for us. We worship a God who is love and it is inborn in our spirits. Thank you for your kind and understanding words," replied General Coleman.
"I have called this meeting to ask that you return to your own homes and live your lives in the best way possible," said General Washburn. "This is a friendly request. I wish you could stay here forever and protect us, but we cannot grow unless we make our own mistakes and then correct them. So I am really asking that you leave us alone to make our own mistakes and triumphs.
"We have learned from our mistakes with Gog, and are determined to support a democracy."
Tomorrow, Molly and Wills wedding and the leaders of the URA return to their homes.
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