Bayan punungan palace (Always open/Gigacanon only)

[Guadalupador]

Victoria smiled, and said: "I did not know that he was having dinner, I was intending to meet him about a more private matter, however, I'd love to attend." She put the various papers and folders into her bag and continued through the door. She hoped that she wasn't the last guest to the dinner. Dorians don't like to be late to formal functions, no matter what they are. Victoria fixed her hair in front of a nearby mirror, adjusted her glasses, and opened the door.

[Whiteshore]

Prime Minister Nikolai Aguilar's plane landed in NAIA with the Premier on board along with his deputy and his chief of staff. The three calmly waited in the airport for their motorcade with the premier smoking his distinctive e-cigar.

[Asigna]

11:56 PM

It's been the 4th week since the party began yet strangely, the party still went on. It then began to puzzle the many guests how the facilitators of the party, most notably Adriano, was able to pay for the expenses of such a long and lavish event.

"Ahh, gin'ong ministro ng impormasyon di ba?" Asked one man who approached Adriano.

"Po?"

"Is it possible that i stay in the guests' quarters for one more night?"

"Yeah sure..." Said the information minister turning back to entertain the guests before he suddenly turned back at the man.

"Teka! Aren't you the same guy who kept asking me that same question since 10 last nights ago?"

"Ummm..." He bit his lip hesitating. "Yes...."

"Don't you think it's a bit weird that you want to stay here in the punong's house?" The information minister then narrowed his look. "Wait....I know what you're up to..."

Oh no, did he find out? The man thought. He felt himself growing pale. Did they find out what he is really up to? If they did, he's in big trouble. He'll be behind bars, or worse, the garote.

"You're just here to be a freeloader so that you can eat and eat from the all you can eat buffet from this party! Iyan ba ang rason kung bakit ka nandito ha?" Adriano gave the man a cook book and pointed him to the kitchen. "I bet the cooks are getting real tired of how fast the buffets become empty. You can sleep here...There's a catch though." The information minister paused to think for a few seconds before an idea came to his head. "Starting today, you cook your own food! Now if you excuse me, i'll have to entertain important guests here." Adriano then turned the man 180 degrees and turned back to the people he was talking to.

The man sighed in relief as he walked away. Mabuti. He thought. No one knew what he was really up to. He has successfully able to buy himself time to do his plans, one more precious day is all he needs....to kill Terten. He then went to the kitchen, where the information supervisor had pointed him to proceed, just were he planned to go. He went approached one of the cooks, Kim, who was a fellow instigator as well.

"Are the fertilizer ready?" Said the man.

"Right here, just in time for dinner Tim." Said Kim as he grabbed a sack which was filled with rice, digging deep into the grain filled sack, he unveiled containers of fertilizer and a bottle of tuba².

"Mahusay..¹" Tim, the name of the man gave a dark grin. Kim then popped out the cork giving a sad look towards the bottle as he examined the whole thing and smelled its contents.

"Such a waste that a whole bottle of this good stuff is going to be used only to kill." He then went straight to the sink where he emptied the wine bottle. After he did so, he threw a match into the alcohol drenched drain setting it on fire, for the purpose of eliminating the smell of the tuba so as not to create any suspicion to people as to why the sink is drenched with the stuff.

Tim then unwrapped the contents of the fertilizer chemicals and started pouring them in moderate quantities inside the bottle before filling the bottle with water. The chef then proceeded to shake the bottle, to his instincts that wine bottles must be shook so that they taste good, however, before he was able to do it, Tim stopped him.

"Are you crazy!? We'll blow up!" He said.

"Oh sorry."

"Anyway..." Tim then pushed a new cork in place of the old one and returned it gently towards the wooden box where it belonged. It looks good as new. "Sige..." Tim gently held the wooden box being careful not to make any sudden movements as much as possible.

"We'll make an appearance when the 'punong'.." He said 'punong' mockingly. "decides to check on the gifts of his guests...Then we'll let him shake things up and it'll end with a huge blast...literally."

"That...is a great plan!" "Should that be the perfect time that the Aklan-KK lay siege to the palace and us to step into the punong's office and claim his throne?"

"Absolutely, to see everything happening so quickly, the whole country will surrender hastily. We'll be remembered more as heroes!"

"Then we'll be the special guests at bayan talk and they'll interview us as the 'geniuses who overthrew the regime and liberated the bayan'!" Kim said in celebration to the mere thought of their speculations. He was in such a celebration that he grabbed the bottle and shook it just like how one would shake a champagne. "Let's have this drink...this may be our las-"

Tim looked in absolute horror before the bottle shattered, in an instant, the room was engulfed in flames. A thunderous crack shook the whole palace and the fort sentro shattering windows in the eastern wing of the palace and activating car alarms in unison shocking the guests and all the staff of the palace. Terten, who was walking down the hallway thought it was thunder.

As soon as news of a fire in the kitchen was announced, Adriano and the rest were evacuated from the palace, sprinklers activated fast enough that fire was put out in 7 minutes. When Adriano went back to the scene of the explosion, the whole kitchen was charred. He saw two charred bodies spreadeagled on the floor though he wasn't that much shocked as when he picked up a note on the floor which was half burnt saying "to kill Terten with a fertilizer bomb in a wine bottle, for the purp-". He then immediately knew what just happened, a bomb just blew up contrary to his previous assumption that it was just a gas explosion that was caused by mishandling of the gas stove by that noticeably clumsy new chef that he hired earlier.

The criminal affairs went to the scene immediately to check if there were other casualties apart from the 2 charred corpses found in the scene of the fire explosion itself, luckily, there were none. Still disturbed by the fact that the disgruntlement towards the regime goes as far as attempted assassination, he requests the Kalihiman to make a secret investigation on those who could have had the motive. The Kalihiman also turned to the factions who are potentially "subversive", a danger to the regime. Knowing how much Terten is stressed to the fact that many are now starting to have a negative opinion on the regime, Adriano then chooses not to reveal the note to anyone so as not to inflame the controversial reputation of the regime and to not stress Terten even more, as a result, the reason for the explosion is still pointed out as a mere 'gas explosion' though results of tonight's investigation shall be released tomorrow.

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¹Excellent...
²Coconut wine

[Esgonia]

The Esgonian delegate assigned to the Philippines, Johann Surmaji, arrives in Ninoy Aquino International Airport via plane, escorted by his secretary and 2 PSD Agents, armed with PP-19's. As it touches down, he gets off the plane and admires the scene.
"Well this is impressive. I wonder why Asigna invited us here..."

[Asigna]

Listen to: Palace theme James Newton - Horn of plenty

The Punong of the Greater Philippine bayan, Adriano Timente

What a sight to those who stand before the palace of the punungan during the ongoing party. Flashy light shows, impressive (holographic) fire works display and music that outlined the capital city's grandeur greets Surmaji as he steps on the large door of the palace opened by two uniformed KK agents. Upon entering inside, aside from the immaculate scenery of the palace, the delegates would be greeted by hundreds of people, guests like them, wearing extravagant clothing and thick makeup who were already partying to the fullest. These people were from the nobility of the bayan and they were hardly important to the visiting ambassadors who would soon see the punong (chief) from on top of the balcony of the second floor which overlooked the giant lobby room.

The Filipino leader was talking with some uniformed men, which apparently were high ranking military officers. At closer look the conversation he was having with those officers appeared serious judging by the tense look on his face. It wasn't long before one uniformed figure tapped the back of the punong and pointed towards the Esgonian delegates. "Ah! Mga bisita ko!" Adriano said skipping down the massive staircase before he cart wheeled towards the direction of Surmaji.

"Welcome welcome! And to make this greeting a bit more... local. MABUHAY!" Upon saying the Filipino greeting he held up a clenched fist salute. "Mabuhay Timente!" The people throughout the building rumbled back at him as they pumped their fists in the air as well. After he signaled everyone to carry on their businesses, Adriano then signaled a random KK agent who were serving the roles of a butler to ready a separate table for them.

"Please sit...Magsiupo tayo kaibigan..." Timente smiled warmly.

"The situation in Azenyanistan is still a bit cloudy to me given the fact that the chaos in the region is so fast paced the foreign ministry could not keep up with the events in the region. Even local media sources couldn't agree on what the hell is going on down there. The region is in my attention mostly because i have an alliance with Azenyanistan and i have heard reports from Oasis, their leader himself that there are certain foreign actors who have acted the role of aggressor...

Namely the Neo Philippine empire, which is no doubt our enemy..."

Enemy is a blunt term. Adriano thought. He needs to elaborate more on why NPE had become to be such an adversary of the bayan in the first place in order for him to get the reaction he wants.

"They were once our ally but they betrayed us just because they wanted to control our nation. But they won't succeed... Our armies are already being readied to repel a full scale invasion on bayan soil. Why i have brought this up is because you have been working with those certain people and i want to know what is the full nature of your agenda with them."

[Esgonia]

The delegate thanks Timente for the warm welcome, sits down alongside him. and talked

"Primarily, we're technically 'allies' with him, but ideologically enemies. Especially seeing their extent to using brutality towards people, especially the Azens."
He pauses for a bit, then continues.

"As for Azenyanistan. It's currently being divided by several nations due to the Cirillan-Azenyanistani War, with NPE taking most of it. I do not know what is the situation there in Imperial-Controlled Azenyanistan, but apparently the SARAz, an area currently on our jurisdiction, has received multiple Azens fleeing from that area. And as for betrayal, he also committed the same during the Cirillan-Azen war. He was supposed to fight alongside Azen and other nations including me, but then for some reason they turned their backs at us."

Johan sighs, and continues again.

"That's not all what he did. Recently, there was reports coming from captured Azen terrorists in WPT that the Empire used them as suicide bombers and terrorists, feeding their minds with propaganda to aid in their conquest for WPT. Luckily, they failed. But I fear what could happen soon."

"And yes, my government may be hostile to the Empire but we cannot do anything about it. because he is part of a string of alliances that my nation is also part of. If I get too hostile to him, they'll all end up jumping at us. And also because he has a fellow nation who has done the same atrocities as him. Vanquaria."

"Honestly, sir, we do not know what to do...the only thing we could do is watch from here..."

[Azenyanistan]

The Oasis, the Speaker of Azenyanistan, has arrived in Benigno Aquino airport, to discuss and talk with her fellow leaders and politicians. She seemed lost and was alone, coming by a Concorde 2, a proud creation of the hands and sweat of AZEN workers.

Soon, she arrived at the palace and looked for anyone she knew. Then she saw the Esgonian delegate and approached and said

"Hello! I am The Speaker of Azenyanistan. My name is Oasis."

[Asigna]

The planning theme Ravel - Bolero

Timente simply sighed knowing they are in the same situation. "The situation is dire." Suddenly, his sullen move improves with a sudden smile. "But we have to continue looking on the good sides. Yes, the Neo Philippine empire is surrounded by certain allies. But so are we. As you might remember that you are a member of GALAN and in a few moments time the bayan will be joining sides with you as well."

"But don't mistake me for i am not endorsing any military attack. Yes, we are enemies with the Philippine empire but so far nothing has happened yet other than empty threats from their loud mouthed and nameless emperor." Adriano smirked after realizing that their northern neighbor Zhouran seems more capable of launching an invasion than their former ally turned enemy.

"What we need to do is expose them through propaganda... Express disapproval to their crimes. There is absolutely nothing wrong about condemning their crimes against humanity. In fact, we could attract the support of many by gaining the higher moral ground in this battle." The Filipino leader coughs and clears his throat.

A random KK agent then approaches their table. It's one of those agents on butler duties again. "What would the drinks be for our dearest Esgonian guest?" Said the 'butler' who gave the delegate a menu.

M E N U

-Tea

-Iced tea

-Iced coffee

-Warm coffee

-Cappuccino

-Vodka

-Wine

-Iced water

-Flaming vanilla float (Out of stock)

-Friendship drink

[Esgonia]

Have other nations support us, huh Johann thought to himself, thinking that this could be the solution to stopping the Empire without getting their hands dirty and to not have to break away from the Main Powers. This could be the break we really need. He smiled a bit.
"Well, sir, I think my government would be in agreement with you." Said Johann. he then turns to the butler "I will just have a glass of Iced Water, thank you."