The Elections

[Karlotta]

As Karlotta passed the security guards and entered the marble halls, she thought 'So this is where the money is going. These bureaucrats are making sure they will get blown up while sitting in a comfy chair when the Nomads come. Assassinations and Interogations... I wonmder how many people here only know those words from the neuralnet... I wonder what useless incredibly important meeting they managed to think up now... I wonder if the nomads will even bother coming here once they won the war, or wether they will just let these useless buffons grovel in their...'
As so often, Karlotta was not able to finish her inner rant before she reached her destination. She logged on to the interface, read the subject of the 'urgent message'. Her face looked as if she was going to either laugh or cry.

'ELECTIONS??? Now they are having ELECTIONS IN THE ORDER??? TWO candidates???'
As she began to read the candidate list, a strange expression of hope became visible on her face for a short time, but soon turned into utter rage as she finished reading the list.

She turned off the interface, slammed it shut, and marched out of the building without casting a vote and without saying a word.