Imperial Proclamation: A Second Message to the Florian People

From ShireWiki
Jump to: navigation, search


IMPERIAL PROCLAMATION: A SECOND MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FLORIAN REPUBLIC

My dear People in the Florian Republic!

I stand by what I said in my first message to you all. When you signed the Treaty with Shireroth, I became your kaiser. I am your kaiser. You chose me. And because of that, I have to love you, I have to think of you, and I have to cherish you, and I have to pray for you. That is my job, my duty, and it is my greatest happiness to do all this. So let no one say that I don’t care about you. I am your kaiser. You are my children. That is the way it is. I will always fight for you, as I fight for all my people. Until death, I am loyal.

The latest actions are not good. Bad feelings have come between Shireroth and Floria. I don’t like that. You don’t like that. The Shirerithians don’t like that.

How did we get here?

It seems to me that people are confused and scared. I understand that. Life is hard. People are scared for their futures, their jobs, their homes, and most of all, for their families. When we’re scared we make bad decisions. That’s okay. We can understand that.

But the problem is that very bad decisions have been made. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea for Floria to sign that protection treaty with Shireroth. And it’s okay to think that. That’s why your government sent a letter to my government, saying, “we want to leave this treaty”.

That’s fine. My government and I were very sad to hear this. It broke my heart. I had all kinds of bad feelings. I cried. But in the end, I do love you, and I am your kaiser, and the law – the treaty between Shireroth and Floria – is easy. If you want to leave, you can leave. That’s okay. But the law – the treaty – was that we have to wait a while for everything to get ready for the leaving. I am sure you understand. You are an intelligent people. It takes time to prepare, to make new laws for everything that needs to be done before Floria is on its own. People have to move back to where they came from. This takes times.

But that means that when we have this period of time – the transition as the Shirerithian government calls it – both Shireroth and Floria have to follow the treaty. The transition is to prepare, it is not to make everything happen right now. We have to be okay with that. Sure, Shireroth has made some mistakes. Floria has made some too. And that’s okay. We are human, we misunderstand each other. Sometimes we don’t trust each other. That’s also okay. But the law is there for a reason – and we have to follow it. Even when it’s hard and it hurts.

Because it hurts me to see you go. I could try and stop it. I am the kaiser. I can do that. But even though my whole heart and my entire soul wants Floria to be with me, if Floria doesn’t want that, I have to follow the law. I have to set you free. It hurts and it hurts and it hurts, but it’s okay. I respect you guys and I respect the law. So you will be free, when the law says so.

And that is soon. You don’t need to rush it.

But it seems that your government wants to rush it. That’s okay, too. The treaty had something about that. If both Shireroth and Floria agree on what to do in the transition quicker, then it’s okay, the treaty can end early. But that means both Shireroth and Floria have to give and take. It makes sense, doesn’t it? It’s all about that, you know.

So please, my dear people in the Florian Republic. I won’t be your kaiser for long, but right now I am, and because of that, I really want to ask you to calm down a bit, sit down and talk with Shireroth’s government. Because we all want a happy end to this.

It already hurts so much. If we’re just nicer to each other, it will hurt less, for everyone.

But when you finally leave, I will cry. I will cry so much. Because I love you. And I hope that I can always come visit you, and that you will welcome me then, once you are free again.

But until then, please, let’s make everything nice. We can be friends. Let’s have your government and my government talk nicely about this. Everything can be true and beautiful. There can be a happy ending to this. Just reach out for the hug that is offered you.

My love for you all, always.

Ayreon IV Qaisar