A couple of hours had passed and though it is not the rest Fernando was looking for, he'll take what little he got. He quickly washes himself up in the camper's sink before dressing up* in his black suit, white dress shirt and tie; basically his 'agent wear'. The pants cover his polished MC Boots, and a pair of Mini .22 hand guns in the boots. His .45 goes into his shoulder holster hidden inside the suit jacket
After getting dressed, Fernando goes over the one of the treaty books he has in the Radio Flyer Pull Cart, finding everything in order within the pages side. He picks up his Yaesu Radio and calls to Hondo.
"Hondo, It's time. Clean up, wash up, dress up, arm up and bring Macey to my camper. Nobody else who might be listening in is to come." He says in the radio.
Hondo replies, "Be there in a minute, Jefe."
Fernando puts the cart with the 10 treaty books outside of the camper as Hondo arrives with Macey in tow. Fernando just looks at his 'little girl.'
"You're hiding something." Fernando tells her.
"I'm not! I swear, I'm not!" Macey tells him in near panic.
"I'll deal with it later. We are going and you are to be at my side at all times unless I tell you otherwise. Got that?" Fernando tells her.
"Yes Daddy..." Macey nervously replies.
"You ready Hondo?" Fernando asks.
"I'll go get the Slaver's SUV." Hondo says.
"That will not be necessary." Fernando says as he takes his cane and twists the crystal sphere on it. In a flash of light, they and the pull cart are at the rear of the market center.
The market area was already swinging like a carnival and Japanese festival put together with food, rides, and games being served and sold.
An odd sound catches Fernando's ear, which he points out to Hondo. It was a Zeppelin slowly entering the town's space. Several ropes come down from it and several men slide down on them and pull on the ropes to secure the massive 'blimp' to any anchor they can find as it lowers itself to the ground. The Zeppelin being there breaks the "only 3 vehicles are to be accepted" rule; though technically it is just one 'vehicle.' It very presence silences the festivities for a long period of time as everyone watches it being parked in place.
"Hondo, if anything happens, you are to use my cane to take Macey with the others you can gather and make sure she and the camp are safe and secure. Don't worry about me." Fernando tells him.
"Will do." Hondo says though not entirely in agreement with it as they look at the massive airship being tied down beside the market area.
Fernando turns away an walks into the indoor area, pulling the cart with one hand and holding onto Macey's hand with the other. They find General Jastrey inj her best dress uniform though some items looked out of place, and her grandson Tom in his Sunday Best at the vehicle bay of the indoor market hanger.
"Good afternoon Gentleman. I'm glad to see you all." General Jastrey says.
"You know anything about the blimp being parked outside?" Fernando asks.
"We are aware of it. Like you stated, there should be some space for negotiations. They did not like the 3 vehicle rule, so they stated that they would come in by airship instead. We got men positioned to blow it up if they dare attack." General Jastrey explains.
"Who else is here? Besides us?" Fernando asks.
"Several local Indian Tribes and a a few area towns' leaders as far as 250 miles away. Basically everyone that was affected by the slavers are here. More on are their way since it takes them longer to get here,but mostly everyone is here." General Jastrey explains.
"Good. Lets start this meeting." He tells her.
They walk to the rear of the vehicle bay, Macey eyeing all the massive trucks and other things on wheels that are there, most of them she seen the day before as they rode with the caravan. They go up in an elevator to a higher floor and into a large gathering room where others stood about and discussed matters with each other. In seeing Fernando, Hondo and Macey being led into a large conference room by General Jastrey, they follow in and take their seats. Fernando stands by his seat as the others walk to their seats, some sitting down and others remain standing.
Fernando eyes the group, noticing that the Slavers' leaders have not arrived yet, Fernando signals to Hondo to close the door.
"What I have to say I do not care if you like it or not. This is for your own good as well as theirs." Fernando begins as Hondo returns. He places one of the treaty books on the table, "I wrote up a treaty for all to consider, abide and obey to maintain peace and prosperity through out this area. First of all, as stated in the treaty, slavery ends. All slaves are to be freed and if needed, be hired as free men to work with pay. This ends the need for the slaves to be taken. That is a must for everyone here and beyond. If you can not get past that, then get the #$@! out this room. Second, no one is going to go after the Slavers for repartitions or restitution. In this the area the Slavers village have will be created as a town and their airship technology is to expand the market for us all as far as the airships can go. That alone will bring more money and goods to you people here and will be part of the trade agreement as stated in the treaty. This is also a 'must be accepted' term of the treaty. This is to end all hostilities with each other and create an everlasting peace among you all through sharing. If you do not agree with it, then you can leave now. Do I make myself clear on these two things?"
They group discuss things with each other at first and then get silent to turn to face him. No one says a word otherwise.
Fernando takes his seat and passes out his treaty agreement books to the leaders, "Everyone here including the Slavers will sign these treaties in agreement to peace and prosperity and have a copy for their future leaders to abide by."
There was a knock on the conference room door. It is open to reveal a couple of armed men ad bodyguards with a finely dressed and made up woman between them. She walks to the table, seeing an empty seat besides Fernando. Of all possible people, it was Macey's mother.
"Good afternoon, Fernando. Fancy seeing you here, Fernando." Lacey tells him.
"What are you doing here?" Fernando asks.
"After you took care of Biggus Dickus, I was in the command center paying a few friends a business visit, and they decided that I should take care of business until things can be straightened out." Lacey explains, before turning to Macey, "Is that my little girl?!!"
"You gave her to me so she can go to school." Fernando reminds her as he puts a treaty book in front of her, "We can deal with this family talk later. Right now we got a treaty to discuss and sign. Article One..."
Treaty File is here:
http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/RPG-Files/RPG-Slavian-Peace-Treaty.pdf It is in .pdf-Acrobat format.
*Note: Fernando's daughters brought in his Agent Suit as he has no suit or fine clothing in his clothing pile.
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