Conclave

[Admiral Regis Hermitage]

The Conclave
 
 
   News was spread across the Dimension? Lord Mikami was dead. The people of New
Dementia were mourning his death, but the Council, Priests, and other officials
of ND were gathered in the Demented Chapel on the opposite end from the Palace.
For days they had been discussing who would take Mikami?s place, but now the
time had come? The Conclave would begin.
 
   As the doors to the Chapel?s main hall closed, a large crowd gathered in
Insana Square in front of it. Reporters, broadcasters, and the press were
swarming it.

 
??Resume your Grace.? a Councilman chimed in. The Room was large and everyone
who led ND had attended. The high priest, his 7 priests, The Duke of Mania and
his Court, the Duchess of Dementia and her Court, the Council, and Her Grace,
the Countess of New Dementia and widow of Lord Mikami, Tera Mikami?

 
?Thank you councilman? We have all been called here once more to decide the new
leader of New Dementia. Insana has given us his Proxy, and we are under lock and
key Conclave until we can decide?? she stood and stated.

 
   The room was aloud with frantic chatter? The conclave hadn?t happened in
quite a while in the Dimension and it was pretty big news. Over the next few
hours, they discussed it and finally they put in the votes? The High Priest
takes the votes and silently reads over them as the room starts to get anxious.
At last, he stands and shakes his head. A Priest nods and burns something in the
chimney.

 
   Outside, the people awaited the smoke? If it was White and Clear, they had
picked one, but if was Black, they hadn?t. It was black. The News Reporters were
talking nonstop into the cameras. ??as black smoke once again rises from the
smokestack of the Chapel, no one knows exactly how long this Conclave will
last.? a reporter says.

 
   Over the next few days, the same result. Every time, the crowd is in an
uproar at it. For days on end, the black smoke came time and time again.

 
   ?There will be order in the Conclave!!!? Tera shouts. ?Calm down? our people
are waiting for an answer! We can take all the time we need, and watch as our
people wait impatiently for our answer. Or we come to some consensus.?

 
   ?Everyone, the time has come? Cast your votes? the High priest says.
Everybody nids and calms down. He counts and reads the votes, and once again
Black smoke rose.

 
   10 days had past? 10 days, the Conclave had gone on. No end was in sight? 
The crowd in the square were growing weary.

 
   Finally, on the 11th day, white smoke emerged from the stack. People cheered
as the doors to the balcony that overlooked the square opened. A line of people
walked out, The Council first, next the 2 houses, The Captain of the Guard,
military leaders, and finally the 7 Priests? The crowd was cheering in
anticipation for the new leader. The High Priests stood in between the 7 priests
on the Balcony and nods to a group of clergy that stood in the doorway. They
were surrounding a person? their new leader.
 
   ?People of the Demented! The Conclave is over! Our new leader has been
chosen. I announce to you, the new leader of New Dementia, blessed by the grace
of Insana, Her Grace and the New Ruler of our Dimension?? The group disperses
revealing Tera. ??Countess of New Dementia, Tera Mikami!?

 
   The crowd bursts into a larger cheer. The Conclave was over? Tera was the new
leader.