By Stan Hopewell
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| King Morn A'Ganor |
The final touches are being made at the Peace Force
Headquarters today as the annual Atlantis-Peace Force Meeting will take place
all day tomorrow. Members of Congress
and the State Department have arrived in New Romford, and the majority of the
Peace Force has been seen in and around the PFHQ.
Adonis, leader of the Peace Force, is hoping that the
meetings will be productive. “King Morn
A’Ganor and I go way back, so hopefully that means we can move forward on a lot
of issues,” he said. “Considering what
happened last year, there can’t be much worse that could happen.”
Last year’s meeting was infamous for the brawl between
King Morn’s army and the Peace Force which blew several holes through
PFHQ. The fight spilled outside before
eventually ending in Winston Bay when it was discovered that the King and his
army were being mind-controlled by the supervillain, Mind Master. Reportedly, he was trying to impress Jodie
Foster. The meeting ended before it even
got started, and no issues were discussed.
This year, barring any mind-controlled fights, the topics
will be centered around water pollution levels, particularly the oil spills in
the Gulf Region, trade routes, and the possibility of an underwater highway
from New Romford to Atlantis. Pollution
levels and trade routes have been a staple of these meetings ever since the
first one took place over 40 years ago, but the proposed Atlantis Underway is a
new topic that will surely get a lot of talk tomorrow.
“In theory it sounds like a great idea,” said Senator
Mike Saluzzi. “It’d be like the Chunnel
between England and France, and it’d be a direct path to trade with the
Atlanteans, and a lot better than the way we currently do it [which is a series
of “drop-up” points where barges are tied to balloons inflated with air pumped
from the surface]. I mean, we could just
send a train down there and back without having to worry about the conditions
above the water. But of course, this
would be an enormous project. There are
so many details that need to be ironed out.”
Still, Saluzzi and other U.S. officials sounded
optimistic going into the meetings. The
Atlanteans are expected to arrive in the morning.
