STORY STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
"Let’s skip the pleasantries, shall we? You and I both know we’re not here for small talk.”
Write a story that includes this line of speech.
Velari: Short Story/ 0.5
Terms and people:
Velari: Alien species who arrived 4 years ago
Lorvashii: Daughter of the Leader of The Velari and frankly Ace's crush
Ace: president of the usa
Alisa: Ace's vice president/sister
Xen: Leader of the Velari
These are characters from my stories I've been writing on my account. if you are interested pls go check it out. (It will give you a lot more context too. I'm planning on posting pt 3 soon)
this is set place 6 months after The Velari find earth and they are now setting peace with the world. Starting with the USA.
Enjoy!
Ace's pov
3 AND A HALF YEARS AGO
White House Conference Room – 2:07 PM
The Velari ambassador was halfway through his third rant about "human disrespect" and "emotional instability" when I considered yeeting my water bottle across the room.
Alisa gave me a sharp look like don’t. Xen’dural just stared ahead like he’d been spiritually removed from his body, probably fantasizing about a planet where the ambassador didn’t exist.
“And this,” the ambassador spat, “is why the Velari question if Earth is truly worthy of alliance.”
I was about to say something really productive like "Your tone is ugly and so is your forehead,” when the door opened.
Enter: Lorvashii.
Late. Heels clicking
The ambassador straightened like he'd just seen a ghost and immediately hissed, “This is highly irregular—”
She didn’t even slow down. Just walked straight past him and dropped into the seat next to me.
Then she said it. Calm, crisp, and with exactly the right amount of I-don't-care in her voice:
“Let’s skip the pleasantries, shall we? You and I both know we’re not here for small talk.”
I nearly choked on my own smirk.
Xen, bless him, gave a subtle nod like That’s my kid. Alisa looked like she wanted to fist bump her.
The ambassador sputtered something about “decorum,” but no one was listening anymore.
Lorvashii leaned over and whispered, “Sorry I’m late. Had to change. Didn’t want to look nice for him.”
I grinned back. “You look nice anyway.”
She raised an eyebrow. “Wasn’t trying to impress you either.”
Sure you weren’t.
Alisa kicked my leg and made a gesture to listen back in with the ambassador. Even though I was pretty sure she didn't care what he had to say.
I have been getting on good terms with Xen and Lorvashii for the past couple months and I am very much enjoying my time. Lorvashii introduced me to her 4 little brothers. Syriac, Maltren, Ravion, and Kreel. Syriac was her twin but she was 3 minutes older. She liked bragging about that.
Everything is honestly great. And I think Xen actually likes me so earth has a pretty good chance of finding a new ally in The Velari.
I made a mental checklist as the ambassador finished up.
Make peace with The Velari. Check (probably)
Get the girl. In progress
Make her dad like me. Going great. Deserves a check.
Get Alisa a promotion because she deserves it for working for me. Check
I love being the president.