Senator Elesse Vendar of Alderaan waits for her Jedi escort at one of the landing pads on the Senate Tower. Senator Vendar displays none of the displeasure Darth Sidious feels. Senator Vendar is a loyal public servant, and will diligently see this conflict resolved to everyone's satisfaction. She hopes the Jedi will be of aid in this endeavor.

(Though where were they while the war was hot? A question she can subtly work into the after-action report, perhaps.)

She's being assigned a Jedi Master with a long track record with difficult negotiations and complex diplomatic situations - a record full of rather startling successes. It's hard to say what the Jedi Temple's internal politics are like, but the Senators who've worked with Jedi Master Palpatine have spoken well of her, by and large, or at least had to reach for ill things to say. Her teacher was Mace Windu, the current Grandmaster of the Order, which also has several Senators patting themselves on the back for supposedly winning her ear. 

She's early, arriving not too long after Senator Vendar, and she bows at an appropriate distance (the motion is perfectly Alderaanian) as she greets the Senator and introduces herself - 

- And her fourteen year old padawan.

"And this is Anakin Skywalker," she says. "We'll be accompanying you on this mission."

She bows as well, a step behind her teacher. (Her form's just as smooth.)

"I'm looking forward to our work together, Senator," she says. 

She returns their greeting. "A pleasure to meet you both." And a smile for Anakin. (The girl is strong, strong enough to be noteworthy.) "It is always good to meet the future of the Jedi. Your order does so much for the Republic."

She smiles. "As much as we can, Senator."

"We do appreciate it, especially in times such as these."

"Thank you." She ducks her head a little, grinning. But then, more seriously: "This mission is going to need a lot of that effort."

"It will. I do not think any of the involved parties will be very happy with whatever sort of peace settlement comes of these negotiations- But hopefully everyone will at least be satisfied."

Serious nod.

"We'd like to discuss strategy on the flight, for that very reason."

"My staff is already on the ship. I reserved a shuttle for us, and it it is..." She looks around a moment, then points. "Over there."

"Alright. Thank you."

Over to the shuttle, then? 

Over to the shuttle, and then to the spaceport where the diplomatic vessel is waiting to launch.

She signals for Anakin to take the lead initially. 

Who has questions! About the Senator's assessment of the situation and participants, who's likely to act how, if she has any information not in the briefing, how she plans to approach this...

They're pretty insightful questions, and she clearly knows a lot about what they're going into already.

Elesse has very thorough answers- quite a bit off the top of her head, but some details she has delegated to her staffers.

She does praise Anakin's depth of inquiry. It is sadly all too rare, even among her colleagues.

Tiny blush.

"I have a very good teacher," she says.

"My compliments to her as well. But the best teacher in the galaxy can do nothing if the student is unwilling."

Heh.

"True," she acknowledges. Then: "I enjoy learning. And people are interesting."

"They do come in incredible variety."

"Yeah. And I like complicated stuff."

"You have certainly chosen the correct mission."

"We always get the fun assignments."

"What sorts of things have you done?"

She can chatter about that a good bit - successfully avoiding any details that a Senator might not have access to. They get sent on a lot of diplomatic missions, and a lot of stuff involving protecting Senators or other politicians. Lots of academic missions, too - assisting in and guarding archeological endeavors, escorting scholars or library collections through contested space, investigating leads on historic artifacts...

Her teacher actually found Anakin on a diplomatic mission. Lily Palpatine had been the Jedi Master initially assigned to protect Queen Amidala of Naboo during some negotiations with the Trade Federation and several of Naboo's neighbors who'd been heavily aligned with the Federation. The talks failed, the planet was blockaded, and Queen Amidala was attacked, so Lily guarded her on their way to Coruscant to ask for aid for her planet. They were forced to land on Tatooine on the way, where they found Anakin, and Anakin left the planet with them. 

(The Naboo Crisis was a turning point in many, many ways; Jedi Master Lily Palpatine had made quite a few waves in successfully and strongly tying both Gardulla the Hutt and the Trade Federation to criminal darksiders and anti-Republic activity - and to each other. Gardulla's empire had been shattered by the Jedi, and while the Trade Federation still exists, its influence is a tiny fraction of what it once was, and the Jedi are still tearing it apart five years later.)