Newmanistan troops marched to Amherst. The road there much easier then expected with the placing of the sky blue and white atop the town halls of the locations that went through met with little resistance. Were the Secristanis welcoming us? Wasn’t Cassadaigua going intervene? Where were the presence of other One Big Island nations? And no out of region nations were going to contest this? If invading and taking over another country were this easy, maybe we should be doing it more often! They could see the skyline in the distance and were ready for the pink troops.
Once in contact with the Capital City, Newmanistanian forces were greeted with.... cheers? Yes, just as the Emperor wanted. The people here knew that their former government had bailed on them, and the likely result were the rich and upper classes of Secristan gathering their riches and running somewhere a little safer and the middle or lower classes welcoming Newmanistan rule since that would not involve legal slavery or fees and auctions for every damn little thing. Not every rich Secristani had left, with one successful owner of a restuarant chain telling General Freeman that ever since the government had bailed on the nation, his restaurants were looted by the masses and stealing his food. Others echoed that concern, and were glad that the anarchy would be over. Newmanistan was cheered, and Amherst was easily falling into the hands of the Empire. Cassadagan troops were no where in sight. Where were they? After Queen Cassie’s original declaration of resistence, the nation had gone quiet. The navy, meanwhile, had control of the South Seas, and there was no report of the Cassadagan by water either. General Freeman chuckled. The historically neutral Cassadaigua was all-talk, and the troops marched towards the Capital building and that’s where things got to be a little different as rebellion forces had seemed to organize there. Now, it was time to fight.
Back in Pocono City, Emperor Michael IV was trying to catch some of the Rockets vs Rockets game as he awaited a report from General Freeman. He was as happy as anyone to see Brittany Castelli shutting down the Imitators. Oh yes, good ol’ historically inconsistent in the Classic Castelli having a big game. You will recall that she struggled in her first outing and needed to come up big here tonight as rumors have been that her starting job would be in jeopardy in future Classics. So Miss Inconsistent was sure to keep that tag relevant to her, but fortunately this time the Original Rockets were due for a great start. A complete game shutout, allowing just three hits, with one walk and ten strikeouts was exactly that. The Imitators got a good start themselves, but with Newmanistan getting a solo blast in the fourth from Meghan Butler, and then playing small ball for a 6th inning run. (One out single by Stacie Meadows and your traditional Newmanistanian steals of both second AND third and run on a sacrifice fly), the Original Rockets had enough to seal the win, and improve to 8-1 which just the Warriors of Milchama remaining on the qualifying schedule.
