A World Worth Fighting For V2[AP Region Only]

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

The Agate went started off with her designation, and her reason for being there. "We've come on somewhat of an invitation on behalf of a Captain Mahoney. He told us so much of this land, so much more then I could ever see from the Lunar outpost! You're all quite polite, really. Besides the guns, perhaps, but still!"

One of the diplomats gestures to an aide and asks him to gather information on this "Captain Mahoney." Once the aide returns with information that proves Mahoney is a valid person, currently the commanding officer of the Illustrious, on assignment in the Asia-Pacific Region. This last fact particularly confounds the Anglians, as it would take at least 5 days to get to London from where Mahoney is currently.

Once all that was sorted out, Lord Quincy-Davis spoke to break the uncomfortable period of silence: "Er, yes. Indeed we are a magnificent nation, and whatever Captain Mahoney said we can most likely confirm. But first, in the spirit of introduction, who are you? How have you come to speak our language? You're from the Moon??"

"Well, I've said my own name: Lace Agate, Facet-3G8L, Cut-3LA. Head of the 2856th Lunar Outpost Brigade, and well, we stay on the moon. We come from extremely further away, but we are quite comfortable sitting and watching from your moon. We deciphered and translated nearly every language we could see and hear on the planet."

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

One of the diplomats gestures to an aide and asks him to gather information on this "Captain Mahoney." Once the aide returns with information that proves Mahoney is a valid person, currently the commanding officer of the Illustrious, on assignment in the Asia-Pacific Region. This last fact particularly confounds the Anglians, as it would take at least 5 days to get to London from where Mahoney is currently.

Once all that was sorted out, Lord Quincy-Davis spoke to break the uncomfortable period of silence: "Er, yes. Indeed we are a magnificent nation, and whatever Captain Mahoney said we can most likely confirm. But first, in the spirit of introduction, who are you? How have you come to speak our language? You're from the Moon??"

"Well, I've said my own name: Lace Agate, Facet-3G8L, Cut-3LA. Head of the 2856th Lunar Outpost Brigade, and well, we stay on the moon. We come from extremely further away, but we are quite comfortable sitting and watching from your moon. We deciphered and translated nearly every language we could see and hear on the planet."

The Anglians are astounded by the fact that these gem-people had been watching the Earth for apparently a very long time, that they are not even originally from the moon, and that there are at least 2,855 other outpost brigades that anyone has yet to meet. However, they're not all completely lost to the wonder of these gem beings. As commercialism has integrated itself into Anglian culture and formality, another Lord asks "What is your business here? If you have been watching us for so long, why come down now?"

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"Well, I've said my own name: Lace Agate, Facet-3G8L, Cut-3LA. Head of the 2856th Lunar Outpost Brigade, and well, we stay on the moon. We come from extremely further away, but we are quite comfortable sitting and watching from your moon. We deciphered and translated nearly every language we could see and hear on the planet."

The Anglians are astounded by the fact that these gem-people had been watching the Earth for apparently a very long time, that they are not even originally from the moon, and that there are at least 2,855 other outpost brigades that anyone has yet to meet. However, they're not all completely lost to the wonder of these gem beings. As commercialism has integrated itself into Anglian culture and formality, another Lord asks "What is your business here? If you have been watching us for so long, why come down now?"

"Well, something happened in the south of the main continent in this area of the planet. We were spotted by some humans trying to harvest a corrupted gemstone, one which could have killed thousands and could have caused many earthquakes. However, we needed to fix our public relations with the others in the world. Such a reputation would have been quite bad for us all, diamond knows what could happen. I believe they could have still have taken some shards, though... So yes, we come from an intergalactic empire of other gemstones, and we come... pretty peacefully. "

[Acerbez]

Stuck in stasis, the seer was grinning. Unafraid of death and more than ready to die, the mounted raptors had turn tail and ran off on their own back in the direction they came. “Let it be done with Cui (emerald)” unaware that the gem wasn’t even an emerald.

Pi Ar stood still, watching the drama unfold. Wincing at the collisions from time to time but still ever so amazed. These Gems were very real to him and the impression he was forming was undoubtedly going to affect him in unforeseen ways. Already imagining he was like a gem waiting to find his own strength and be as noble and powerful.

"I could send you to my Homeworld from here and they'll deal with you themselves. In fact..." She flutters upward, and with all her might, launches the Seer with enough force and thrust from the beam, to rocket through the atmospheres at quite enough space to leave Earth, if he isn't a solid piece of ice, liquefied organs and broken bones by then.

With all that over with, the Topaz dissipated her weapon, and Aquamarine readjusted her wand as her hair bow again. "I apologize for that, Pi, but they did threaten us first... We never came here to kill anyone."

Motionless all but his head, he followed the propelled Kaoda seer into the atmosphere. His jaw slung open at the speed in which the man flew. Dissipating against the skies, the seer surely liquified then boiled into nothingness from the heat of leaving the atmosphere. Afer the gem spoke, Pi Ar just stared at the aqua.

“Tai hao laaaa!!!!! (That was Awesome!!!) How in the heavens are you so small but so strong?! Can you teach me to be strong like you- uhh... whats your name miss?” Pi placed his hand on his chin and then scratched his head. He looked down at the raptors that were crush by the topaz then notices on his uniform a much mor excessive amount of blood from the spray of the raptors.
It looked as if he was bleeding alot but he wasn’t.

“Woah... what will i tell ama.”

---

Manilla bay

Prior to reaching Coreggidor, the trade traffic began to increase and SDS Shen Hu could see larger vessels, presumed to be none other than Togeria, in the distance. Once their naval jack could be confirmed, the fleet was ordered to cotinue but once in earshot distance, a message would be relayed via ship horn by none other than Lt. General Yan Laobo, first in chinese then a second officer in accented Anglish.

*Clears throat “Comrades of the TEA trade security commission.
......
Southern Expedition 3rd division, 139th regiment, 2nd Battallion, 1st company commander, LT General Yan Laobo here.
......
On behalf of my Division, i greet you.
......
You are obstructing our way and inconveniencing the arrival of the Shen Hu Fleet.
......
Refusing to move aside will be unacceptable.
......
We are prepared to offer you 2 gifts!
......
One is Dumplings, the other is Bullets.
......
If you lay down your arms for chopsticks the second division invites you ashore to have dumplings together as friends!
......
If you refuse to cooperate, we will presume you are enemies of the Convent Feilubin and advance to defend our convent allies of Feilubin until one of us is left afloat.
......”

The fleet proceeds to slowly moving forward awaiting a response. Forming a spear head front outside of the bay not passing Corregidor, with the transport barges ordered to halt behind. Weapons at ready, the fastest monitor would be stationed at the rear of in case of assistance from Hei Long Fleet would be needed.

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"I could send you to my Homeworld from here and they'll deal with you themselves. In fact..." She flutters upward, and with all her might, launches the Seer with enough force and thrust from the beam, to rocket through the atmospheres at quite enough space to leave Earth, if he isn't a solid piece of ice, liquefied organs and broken bones by then.

With all that over with, the Topaz dissipated her weapon, and Aquamarine readjusted her wand as her hair bow again. "I apologize for that, Pi, but they did threaten us first... We never came here to kill anyone."

Motionless all but his head, he followed the propelled Kaoda seer into the atmosphere. His jaw slung open at the speed in which the man flew. Dissipating against the skies, the seer surely liquified then boiled into nothingness from the heat of leaving the atmosphere. Afer the gem spoke, Pi Ar just stared at the aqua.

“Tai hao laaaa!!!!! (That was Awesome!!!) How in the heavens are you so small but so strong?! Can you teach me to be strong like you- uhh... whats your name miss?” Pi placed his hand on his chin and then scratched his head. He looked down at the raptors that were crush by the topaz then notices on his uniform a much mor excessive amount of blood from the spray of the raptors.
It looked as if he was bleeding alot but he wasn’t.

“Woah... what will i tell ama.”

"Well, you're a bit young, so... You can just call me Aqua, short for Aquamarine. But this, is Topaz, and Topaz. They're a two in one. Now, who's Ama? Another friend of yours?"

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

The Anglians are astounded by the fact that these gem-people had been watching the Earth for apparently a very long time, that they are not even originally from the moon, and that there are at least 2,855 other outpost brigades that anyone has yet to meet. However, they're not all completely lost to the wonder of these gem beings. As commercialism has integrated itself into Anglian culture and formality, another Lord asks "What is your business here? If you have been watching us for so long, why come down now?"

"Well, something happened in the south of the main continent in this area of the planet. We were spotted by some humans trying to harvest a corrupted gemstone, one which could have killed thousands and could have caused many earthquakes. However, we needed to fix our public relations with the others in the world. Such a reputation would have been quite bad for us all, diamond knows what could happen. I believe they could have still have taken some shards, though... So yes, we come from an intergalactic empire of other gemstones, and we come... pretty peacefully. "

No human in the room could even fathom an empire so expansive as to span whole solar systems and galaxies. This was beyond the imagination of even the best science fantasy writers of Anglia. They also assumed that the gems regarded a diamond or diamonds in general as some form of deity or ruler, which would make sense seeing as all 1 of the gems they have met thus far would be considered lesser than diamonds from an Earthly perspective.

Regardless, they pressed further into questions. "And what would these shards do? Have they been weaponized, or can they be? We are but humans surrounded by a variety of magical phenomena and beings; permanently at a disadvantage from the beginning."

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"Well, something happened in the south of the main continent in this area of the planet. We were spotted by some humans trying to harvest a corrupted gemstone, one which could have killed thousands and could have caused many earthquakes. However, we needed to fix our public relations with the others in the world. Such a reputation would have been quite bad for us all, diamond knows what could happen. I believe they could have still have taken some shards, though... So yes, we come from an intergalactic empire of other gemstones, and we come... pretty peacefully. "

No human in the room could even fathom an empire so expansive as to span whole solar systems and galaxies. This was beyond the imagination of even the best science fantasy writers of Anglia. They also assumed that the gems regarded a diamond or diamonds in general as some form of deity or ruler, which would make sense seeing as all 1 of the gems they have met thus far would be considered lesser than diamonds from an Earthly perspective.

Regardless, they pressed further into questions. "And what would these shards do? Have they been weaponized, or can they be? We are but humans surrounded by a variety of magical phenomena and beings; permanently at a disadvantage from the beginning."

"Oh, no. We don't have any sensor ratings of them as being weaponized. However, if they were... Well, it's still a sentient, savage creature. Giving it a body of a weapon would be quite devastating. Gems can possess material objects as shards, and if you give it a weapon, then it'll have quite the lethal prowess."

[Acerbez]

Davao Dilemma

Shen fleet Taifeng would proceed according to plan coordinating the landings of Plaridet and Legazpi, leaving q splinter of Waijiao behind to blockade and maintain supply and communication lines between Waijiao and Taifeng now effectively 1/4 larger than the other fleets. Togerian response would be expected, however mobilization of a ground force would take time and the relative distance of Taiwan compared to Oceania made the operation easier. Taiwan only being 1,200 miles away while Oceania was almost 4,500 miles away- even at 14 knots it would be at least a week and a half before Oceania could respond; let alone organize a ground force.

Any lightly armed TEA ships stationed in Philippines would be no match for the newly forged naval power of the Shen fleet. Thanks to the joint training operations with their Anglian counterparts for the past year plus and inspection of construction, the Shen Navy was top of the line in all aspects- Although not as proficient as their maritime allies in operation and tactics; they would be just short of their capacity in all but size due to the proxy battle training and rigorous drilling they endured.

Upon reaching Davao bay, (would be shortly after the Manilla Bay as stated the fleets advance separately; Taifeng and Waijiao being first.) Taifeng fleet would reach the opening. En masse, spear formation ready to break into the flanks to allow Transport ships to land. Any Togerian vessels discovered are to be expelled for the time being, as an armed presence is "counter-productive" to the Convent cause. Unless they prove to be hostile on their own accord- which they will be treated in kind. After which a loose straght line formation is to take place outside the bay of Davao. Again, the Fastest Monitor stationed outside at the opening of the bay in case aid was needed from Waijiao fleet. The Mine boats were set out to the outlying South west waters to place fields at the beach near Sebu and the south-west border of the bay. If No intervention comes- they will be swept accordingly; their location documented in detail.

Due to Togerian presence in Manilla bay, the Mine boats of Shen Hu would lay fields in the triangle between Palawan and Panay. The first field would be placed in the waters near the northern protrusion of Palawan AFTER a field was placed in the entry into of Capiz, and lastly at the opening of the triangle. All locations documented in case clearance is necessary in the near future, this information relayed to the the Plaridet and Legazpi Garrisons only by instructing them to maintain the inner sea and that they need not worry of opposition.

Meanwhile, Rendezvous with Isip Macasaet would be concluded in north Luzon and both Native and Shen forces would converge city by city to appoint official governance moving south. Establishing communication with forces around the islands is priority. Garrisoning men accordingly and working to establish law enforcement. On the west, Hei Long forces under Xi Shi would congregate with Convent subsidiaries and maneuver similarly while mobilizing south east. Taifeng forces would do the same and in Legazpi and move toward Plaridet where native convents are advised to requisition ferry boats and begin dispersing to the inner islands and ensure integration is in order along with appointed officials and law enforcement.

If Togerian TEA forces are present and do not interfere, no hostilities will ensue. (However they are assigned military police to observe their movements in secret if any are actually present.)

---

The Indo-China Address

Before publicly addressing the People, Vice Chancellor Mae Kai'Tze would inform the Patronage and Military Covenants to send a message via telegram to their subsidiaries in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam-Openly. The Message being in the form of a poem in traditional chinese for the double effect of hidden meaning...


兵車行

車轔轔
馬蕭蕭
行人弓箭各在腰
耶娘妻子走相送
塵埃不見鹹陽橋
牽衣頓足闌道哭
哭聲直上乾雲霄
道傍過者問行人
行人但雲點行頻
或從十五北防河
便至四十西營田
去時裏正與裹頭
歸來頭白還戍邊
邊亭流血成海水
武皇開邊意未已
君不聞漢家山東二百州
千村萬落生荊杞
縱有健婦把鋤犁
禾生隴畝無東西
況復秦兵耐苦戰
被驅不異犬與雞
長者雖有問
役夫敢申恨
且如今年冬
未休關西卒
縣官急索租
租稅從何出
信知生男惡
反是生女好
生女猶得嫁比鄰
生男埋沒隨百草
君不見青海頭
古來白骨無人收
新鬼煩冤舊鬼哭
天陰雨濕聲啾啾

Understanding, the convents all throughout the Indo-China Region would begin Dispersing; north and south... Following orders and advising their subsidiaries appropriately. The Invading forces in the south would see nothing of the Shen-Convent advisors other than their empty offices and gathering places. The Militaries of all 3 nations readying themselves for the conventional war to come. Supplies from Guangxi would begin pouring into Vietnam and Laos by land routes and the Military Convent Advisors would continue the drilling and training of soldiers to better organize them. Cambodia too far to reach in time. In the meanwhile, half of the Shen advisors would pick out the most prominent of the allied men and also have them disperse- not as soldiers, but as villagers. To begin propagandizing the villagers across northern Indo-china while those already in the south do the same.

Aid was coming, and it was more than supplies. The enemy will be broken if they do not leave.

Vice Chancellor Mae Kai'Tze's Address to the peoples of Shen Covenants and their Convent allies.

Tongzhimen, (Comrades)

Look before you amongst your siblings and tell me. What is this? This is a letter of challenge. The Provocation of Covenant peoples! The Enemy crosses the border and stands before us. Now i am giving you blessing... to defend our honor. If you cannot balance the weight of this... I will call for the Shen Veil to blanket our homes- Because the place we protect, is dear and beloved. If this were to never have happened, we may never have been brought together in our lifetime. There are no slighted views here, nor treasures to gain- but in the Covenant's eyes THIS is the most beautiful place... Because it is the home that borders our home, the home of our brother's and sister's. It is the place we must fight for with our lives, blood, and honor!

Let us make the vow of our people known to those who wish to challenge the resolve of the Shen and it's siblings...

---

Pi Ar and The Aqua

"Aqua.... Thats nice. Quite hard for me to say though... Ahhh Kwa... hahaha!" Pi Ar was beginning to feel overjoyed that he had friends. Or atleast he considered them to be friends. You know how kids are. "Ama is my Ama. MOM..... dont you have one, Aqua? Topaz and Topaz look like brothers..." The sun had disappeared and the night was upon them, but young Pi wasn't paying any attention.

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

Davao Dilemma

Shen fleet Taifeng would proceed according to plan coordinating the landings of Plaridet and Legazpi, leaving q splinter of Waijiao behind to blockade and maintain supply and communication lines between Waijiao and Taifeng now effectively 1/4 larger than the other fleets. Togerian response would be expected, however mobilization of a ground force would take time and the relative distance of Taiwan compared to Oceania made the operation easier. Taiwan only being 1,200 miles away while Oceania was almost 4,500 miles away- even at 14 knots it would be at least a week and a half before Oceania could respond; let alone organize a ground force.

Any lightly armed TEA ships stationed in Philippines would be no match for the newly forged naval power of the Shen fleet. Thanks to the joint training operations with their Anglian counterparts for the past year plus and inspection of construction, the Shen Navy was top of the line in all aspects- Although not as proficient as their maritime allies in operation and tactics; they would be just short of their capacity in all but size due to the proxy battle training and rigorous drilling they endured.

Upon reaching Davao bay, (would be shortly after the Manilla Bay as stated the fleets advance separately; Taifeng and Waijiao being first.) Taifeng fleet would enter the opening. En masse, spear formation ready to break into the flanks to allow Transport ships to land. Any Togerian vessels discovered are to be expelled for the time being, as an armed presence is "counter-productive" to the Convent cause. Unless they prove to be hostile on their own accord- which they will be treated in kind. After which a loose straght line formation is to take place outside the bay of Davao. Again, the Fastest Monitor stationed outside at the opening of the bay in case aid was needed from Waijiao fleet. The Mine boats were set out to the outlying South west waters to place fields at the beach near Sebu and the south-west border of the bay. If No intervention comes- they will be swept accordingly; their location documented in detail.

Due to Togerian presence in Manilla bay, the Mine boats of Shen Hu would lay fields in the triangle between Palawan and Panay. The first field would be placed in the waters near the northern protrusion of Palawan AFTER a field was placed in the entry into of Capiz, and lastly at the opening of the triangle. All locations documented in case clearance is necessary in the near future, this information relayed to the the Plaridet and Legazpi Garrisons only by instructing them to maintain the inner sea and that they need not worry of opposition.

Meanwhile, Rendezvous with Isip Macasaet would be concluded in north Luzon and both Native and Shen forces would converge city by city to appoint official governance moving south. Establishing communication with forces around the islands is priority. Garrisoning men accordingly and working to establish law enforcement. On the west, Hei Long forces under Xi Shi would congregate with Convent subsidiaries and maneuver similarly while mobilizing south east. Taifeng forces would do the same and in Legazpi and move toward Plaridet where native convents are advised to requisition ferry boats and begin dispersing to the inner islands and ensure integration is in order along with appointed officials and law enforcement.

If Togerian TEA forces are present and do not interfere, no hostilities will ensue. (However they are assigned military police to observe their movements in secret if any are actually present.)

(Image)

---

The Indo-China Address

Before publicly addressing the People, Vice Chancellor Mae Kai'Tze would inform the Patronage and Military Covenants to send a message to via telegram to their subsidiaries in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam-Openly. The Message being...


兵車行

車轔轔
馬蕭蕭
行人弓箭各在腰
耶娘妻子走相送
塵埃不見鹹陽橋
牽衣頓足闌道哭
哭聲直上乾雲霄
道傍過者問行人
行人但雲點行頻
或從十五北防河
便至四十西營田
去時裏正與裹頭
歸來頭白還戍邊
邊亭流血成海水
武皇開邊意未已
君不聞漢家山東二百州
千村萬落生荊杞
縱有健婦把鋤犁
禾生隴畝無東西
況復秦兵耐苦戰
被驅不異犬與雞
長者雖有問
役夫敢申恨
且如今年冬
未休關西卒
縣官急索租
租稅從何出
信知生男惡
反是生女好
生女猶得嫁比鄰
生男埋沒隨百草
君不見青海頭
古來白骨無人收
新鬼煩冤舊鬼哭
天陰雨濕聲啾啾

Understanding, the convents all throughout the Indo-China Region would begin Dispersing; north and south... Following orders and advising their subsidiaries appropriately. The Invading forces in the south would see nothing of the Shen-Convent advisors other than their empty offices and gathering places. The Militaries of all 3 nations readying themselves for the conventional war to come. Supplies from Guangxi would begin pouring into Vietnam and Laos by land routes and the Military Convent Advisors would continue the drilling and training of soldiers to better organize them. Cambodia too far to reach in time. In the meanwhile, half of the Shen advisors would pick out the most prominent of the allied men and also have them disperse- not as soldiers, but as villagers. To begin propagandizing the villagers across northern Indo-china while those already in the south do the same.

Aid was coming, and it was more than supplies. The enemy will be broken if they do not leave.

Vice Chancellor Mae Kai'Tze's Address to the peoples of Shen Covenants and their Convent allies.

Tongzhimen, (Comrades)

Look before you amongst your siblings and tell me. What is this? This is a letter of challenge. The Provocation of Covenant peoples! The Enemy crosses the border and stands before us. Now i am giving you blessing... to defend our honor. If you cannot balance the weight of this... I will call for the Shen Veil to blanket our homes- Because the place we protect, is dear and beloved. If this were to never have happened, we may never have been brought together in our lifetime. There are no slighted views here, nor treasures to gain- but in the Covenant's eyes THIS is the most beautiful place... Because it is the home that borders our home, the home of our brother's and sister's. It is the place we must fight for with our lives, blood, and honor!

Let us make the vow of our people known to those who wish to challenge the resolve of the Shen and it's siblings...

---

Pi Ar and The Aqua

"Aqua.... Thats nice. Quite hard for me to say though... Ahhh Kwa... hahaha!" Pi Ar was beginning to feel overjoyed that he had friends. Or atleast he considered them to be friends. You know how kids are. "Ama is my Ama. MOM..... dont you have one, Aqua? Topaz and Topaz look like brothers..." The sun had disappeared and the night was upon them, but young Pi wasn't paying any attention.

"Well, no. We were all formed in a giant valley, on a long forgotten planet, far far away. We have no mothers. We're all thousands of years old, all of us are female, and... I guess, well, we do have mothers in a sense, but it's not what you think. The Diamonds are both our creators, and our leaders." Sensibly thinking, Aqua decided to let Pi have a bit of the taste of stasis, reforming her wand for a short bit to hover him into the Topaz fusion's arms, just to carry him. "Best to head over and meet her together, yes?"

[The Bio-Regional Cooperative of States]

She gets to her feet, dissipating the robe that hid her, and now following right behind the Anubian. "Yes, Mr.Azer, I do come from the Moon. It's our base of operations in this sector. We were planning on a gas giant station, but then we did find out about "Luna." Therefore, we built a small tower of sorts on the surface, and then we watched there for a few centuries. Then, after a bad event of sorts, it led to us performing more direct meetings.

Selim would nod in half-understanding. A "gas giant" could be assumed as one of the more colourful worlds in the night sky compared to Terra, and the tower building on the Moon can be assumed as a form of colonization.
"Well, your life and society must be quite interesting if you can say "I come from the moon" in a casual fashion"
As the two left the makeshift "stadium" and continued towards the more mercantile area of the town centre, many open stands with signs beside them advertising various items, from jewellery to edibles. Selim would only show mild interest, looking at certain items while continuing to walk beside the gem, but otherwise does nothing more than that.
"This is the current merchant area for the town. It shifts around the area based on what goods are easiest to acquire, buy, and sell. Plus, everyone selling something keeps tabs on the trend of what's popular in the country and in the town, which is a process I expect you've heard of before""

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

She gets to her feet, dissipating the robe that hid her, and now following right behind the Anubian. "Yes, Mr.Azer, I do come from the Moon. It's our base of operations in this sector. We were planning on a gas giant station, but then we did find out about "Luna." Therefore, we built a small tower of sorts on the surface, and then we watched there for a few centuries. Then, after a bad event of sorts, it led to us performing more direct meetings.

Selim would nod in half-understanding. A "gas giant" could be assumed as one of the more colourful worlds in the night sky compared to Terra, and the tower building on the Moon can be assumed as a form of colonization.
"Well, your life and society must be quite interesting if you can say "I come from the moon" in a casual fashion"
As the two left the makeshift "stadium" and continued towards the more mercantile area of the town centre, many open stands with signs beside them advertising various items, from jewellery to edibles. Selim would only show mild interest, looking at certain items while continuing to walk beside the gem, but otherwise does nothing more than that.
"This is the current merchant area for the town. It shifts around the area based on what goods are easiest to acquire, buy, and sell. Plus, everyone selling something keeps tabs on the trend of what's popular in the country and in the town, which is a process I expect you've heard of before""

"Well, our culture doesn't ever change much. Nor do we actually sell anything, we don't have any currency. People gain things by status, and by making it. We don't usually place value in material objects. It's weird, yes, but it at least works for our world. I've never seen a town so small and expansive. Homeworld only has the space between buildings and catacombs into the undercities.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

No human in the room could even fathom an empire so expansive as to span whole solar systems and galaxies. This was beyond the imagination of even the best science fantasy writers of Anglia. They also assumed that the gems regarded a diamond or diamonds in general as some form of deity or ruler, which would make sense seeing as all 1 of the gems they have met thus far would be considered lesser than diamonds from an Earthly perspective.

Regardless, they pressed further into questions. "And what would these shards do? Have they been weaponized, or can they be? We are but humans surrounded by a variety of magical phenomena and beings; permanently at a disadvantage from the beginning."

"Oh, no. We don't have any sensor ratings of them as being weaponized. However, if they were... Well, it's still a sentient, savage creature. Giving it a body of a weapon would be quite devastating. Gems can possess material objects as shards, and if you give it a weapon, then it'll have quite the lethal prowess."

"And is there risk of this happening on Earth? In other words, does anyone here have the capacity or the ability to weaponize these shards or whatever they found?"

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"Oh, no. We don't have any sensor ratings of them as being weaponized. However, if they were... Well, it's still a sentient, savage creature. Giving it a body of a weapon would be quite devastating. Gems can possess material objects as shards, and if you give it a weapon, then it'll have quite the lethal prowess."

"And is there risk of this happening on Earth? In other words, does anyone here have the capacity or the ability to weaponize these shards or whatever they found?"

"If they did, then it wouldn't work well for them or anyone else around them. The shard is still quite powerful. If it is given a body that it could be manipulated with, it could turn it against anyone: be it as a simple source in a reactor, a vehicle, or even a rifle... Then who knows how dangerous it could end up being on a society so foreign to us. We're trying our best to not let that happen. However, they may be on the market there now. There's nothing we can really do without any hostility."

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

"And is there risk of this happening on Earth? In other words, does anyone here have the capacity or the ability to weaponize these shards or whatever they found?"

"If they did, then it wouldn't work well for them or anyone else around them. The shard is still quite powerful. If it is given a body that it could be manipulated with, it could turn it against anyone: be it as a simple source in a reactor, a vehicle, or even a rifle... Then who knows how dangerous it could end up being on a society so foreign to us. We're trying our best to not let that happen. However, they may be on the market there now. There's nothing we can really do without any hostility."

"Knowing the general behaviors of people on Earth, it's safe to assume then that you probably won't be here peaceably for much longer. We'd be glad to help, however. Our colonial empire is small, but it's very global and has quite a few million people."

[The Bio-Regional Cooperative of States]

Nile Metro Area
During the past several centuries, Egypt has been beginning to shift away from military methods towards more diplomatic actions to maintain peace within the Mediterranean , and to maintain the stability of the Empire, and from that point until now this method has worked. The Alliances with Togeria and the Vakhtali are due to this approach, as well as the lack of recent conflict involving the Egyptian Empire. Many view it as "proper", since this strategy of compromises and friendship building has been an indirect source of Egypt's current prosperity. But, there is a crowd that thinks otherwise. They believe this approach made by Egypt has made the Empire weak and unprepared for further conflict. In their view, Egypt is a prime target for her neighbours. This is further strengthened by a novel recently published, which strongly criticizes the current status of the Government, and what can be done to solidify and strengthen Egypt. This novel is titled The Weakness of Modern Egypt by the Anubian author Mina Fanous
An Excerpt from the book

Modern Egypt has been created off of the hard work of the Soldiers, Workers, and Pharaohs of the past. They were not to make friends with potential enemies, but instead fought and conquered them to create a Stronger Egypt. We would not be here if it were not for these men and women who fought and laboured under a government not afraid to say "no". Unfortunately, this is no longer the case for Egypt. The records from the most recent centuries suggest that Egypt has turned away from being a formidable force to being soft in the face of increasingly aggressive enemies. We have not been involved in a major conflict for the past several decades, leaving inexperienced commanders to lead our Forces. We are vulnerable. Egypt Alone controls one of the most active trading areas on this Earth, holding the vital strait of Gibraltar and the famous Suez, a short cut for the European Powers to their Asian Holdings. Our Nation vast, we stretch across the entirety of Africa and control nearly the Entirety of Central America. There should not be surprise if one of the European Powers wanted a piece of our nation. Our Egypt is not prepared if we have to face one of these powers in battle, despite holding an impressive force that rivals the greatest of European Armies. We can grow strong again, we can push ourselves back into world wide relevance. We can create a Greater Egypt that can make the Leaders of the Past proud if we can make our government a powerful force once more. We can stand United and Forceful against our most powerful enemies, and all we need are the people to bring this change. You, the Reader, are one of these people.

The Book has proven to be quite popular, as the information within brings to light many of the weaknesses of the Royal Government and Egypt as a whole previously not seen by citizens. Demographically, Anubians appear to be most interested with the novel, as the ideas resonate within them, and Mina is one of the few Popular Anubian Authors within Egypt.

---

Algiers

"Well, our culture doesn't ever change much. Nor do we actually sell anything, we don't have any currency. People gain things by status, and by making it. We don't usually place value in material objects. It's weird, yes, but it at least works for our world. I've never seen a town so small and expansive. Homeworld only has the space between buildings and catacombs into the undercities.

Selim nods
"Instead of placing value in materials, you put them in status. Quite interesting.. Wouldn't that make conflict quite prevalent in your society?.
He would pause before answering to the Gems remark on the size of the town
"This isn't anything special compared to the capital of Algiers, hundreds of thousands of people live there and the people there are significantly more wealthy than anyone in my town"

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"If they did, then it wouldn't work well for them or anyone else around them. The shard is still quite powerful. If it is given a body that it could be manipulated with, it could turn it against anyone: be it as a simple source in a reactor, a vehicle, or even a rifle... Then who knows how dangerous it could end up being on a society so foreign to us. We're trying our best to not let that happen. However, they may be on the market there now. There's nothing we can really do without any hostility."

"Knowing the general behaviors of people on Earth, it's safe to assume then that you probably won't be here peaceably for much longer. We'd be glad to help, however. Our colonial empire is small, but it's very global and has quite a few million people."

"Well, if you want to. You have no need to divert much resources if you want to help, but please, be cautious. People won't be safe if it all gets in the wrong hands." She bows lightly, and blinks. "Now, I must say, the world is quite expansive. What was it about a war in the far southwest where the Captain was that your people were involved?"

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

Nile Metro Area
During the past several centuries, Egypt has been beginning to shift away from military methods towards more diplomatic actions to maintain peace within the Mediterranean , and to maintain the stability of the Empire, and from that point until now this method has worked. The Alliances with Togeria and the Vakhtali are due to this approach, as well as the lack of recent conflict involving the Egyptian Empire. Many view it as "proper", since this strategy of compromises and friendship building has been an indirect source of Egypt's current prosperity. But, there is a crowd that thinks otherwise. They believe this approach made by Egypt has made the Empire weak and unprepared for further conflict. In their view, Egypt is a prime target for her neighbours. This is further strengthened by a novel recently published, which strongly criticizes the current status of the Government, and what can be done to solidify and strengthen Egypt. This novel is titled The Weakness of Modern Egypt by the Anubian author Mina Fanous
An Excerpt from the book

Modern Egypt has been created off of the hard work of the Soldiers, Workers, and Pharaohs of the past. They were not to make friends with potential enemies, but instead fought and conquered them to create a Stronger Egypt. We would not be here if it were not for these men and women who fought and laboured under a government not afraid to say "no". Unfortunately, this is no longer the case for Egypt. The records from the most recent centuries suggest that Egypt has turned away from being a formidable force to being soft in the face of increasingly aggressive enemies. We have not been involved in a major conflict for the past several decades, leaving inexperienced commanders to lead our Forces. We are vulnerable. Egypt Alone controls one of the most active trading areas on this Earth, holding the vital strait of Gibraltar and the famous Suez, a short cut for the European Powers to their Asian Holdings. Our Nation vast, we stretch across the entirety of Africa and control nearly the Entirety of Central America. There should not be surprise if one of the European Powers wanted a piece of our nation. Our Egypt is not prepared if we have to face one of these powers in battle, despite holding an impressive force that rivals the greatest of European Armies. We can grow strong again, we can push ourselves back into world wide relevance. We can create a Greater Egypt that can make the Leaders of the Past proud if we can make our government a powerful force once more. We can stand United and Forceful against our most powerful enemies, and all we need are the people to bring this change. You, the Reader, are one of these people.

The Book has proven to be quite popular, as the information within brings to light many of the weaknesses of the Royal Government and Egypt as a whole previously not seen by citizens. Demographically, Anubians appear to be most interested with the novel, as the ideas resonate within them, and Mina is one of the few Popular Anubian Authors within Egypt.

---

Algiers

"Well, our culture doesn't ever change much. Nor do we actually sell anything, we don't have any currency. People gain things by status, and by making it. We don't usually place value in material objects. It's weird, yes, but it at least works for our world. I've never seen a town so small and expansive. Homeworld only has the space between buildings and catacombs into the undercities.

Selim nods
"Instead of placing value in materials, you put them in status. Quite interesting.. Wouldn't that make conflict quite prevalent in your society?.
He would pause before answering to the Gems remark on the size of the town
"This isn't anything special compared to the capital of Algiers, hundreds of thousands of people live there and the people there are significantly more wealthy than anyone in my town"

"Quite small for such an expansive area... Homeworld had grand towers, that in the width of this town alone I believe had held as much as a small city. And well, no. When you are formed as a Gem, you are made for your purpose, and your class. If you rise, then that's the only promotion you may get. Pearls serve, Sapphires know all, Agates terrify, Lapis' terraform, and Diamonds lead all. I am a Peridot, and I have, well, many uses, Mostly all in machinery." She reveals her limb gauntlets, which seem to glow and operate, pertaining the status of a pod miles away, and on other conditions. "I should really have that pod over here now, if it's such a lax land..."

[The Bio-Regional Cooperative of States]

"Quite small for such an expansive area... Homeworld had grand towers, that in the width of this town alone I believe had held as much as a small city. And well, no. When you are formed as a Gem, you are made for your purpose, and your class. If you rise, then that's the only promotion you may get. Pearls serve, Sapphires know all, Agates terrify, Lapis' terraform, and Diamonds lead all. I am a Peridot, and I have, well, many uses, Mostly all in machinery." She reveals her limb gauntlets, which seem to glow and operate, pertaining the status of a pod miles away, and on other conditions. "I should really have that pod over here now, if it's such a lax land..."

Selim nods again, it's quite interesting that gem individuals are assigned purposes at birth instead of forming their purpose like on Earth.
"The Cities on the Nile are much alike to yours in building density, alone that river holds more population that half of the land of Egypt. Cairo, the Capital of Egypt, holds twice the people than those in the whole Algeria, which is the Nome we are currently in."
His eyes would be drawn to the gauntlets, having only seen artificial light in the light bulbs of a few houses in the town
"If your pod needs to be near you, then I'm sure the town would be fine with you having it near here, just keep it out of the way."

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"Quite small for such an expansive area... Homeworld had grand towers, that in the width of this town alone I believe had held as much as a small city. And well, no. When you are formed as a Gem, you are made for your purpose, and your class. If you rise, then that's the only promotion you may get. Pearls serve, Sapphires know all, Agates terrify, Lapis' terraform, and Diamonds lead all. I am a Peridot, and I have, well, many uses, Mostly all in machinery." She reveals her limb gauntlets, which seem to glow and operate, pertaining the status of a pod miles away, and on other conditions. "I should really have that pod over here now, if it's such a lax land..."

Selim nods again, it's quite interesting that gem individuals are assigned purposes at birth instead of forming their purpose like on Earth.
"The Cities on the Nile are much alike to yours in building density, alone that river holds more population that half of the land of Egypt. Cairo, the Capital of Egypt, holds twice the people than those in the whole Algeria, which is the Nome we are currently in."
His eyes would be drawn to the gauntlets, having only seen artificial light in the light bulbs of a few houses in the town
"If your pod needs to be near you, then I'm sure the town would be fine with you having it near here, just keep it out of the way."

"Algeria... Nile...Cairo..." She activates a screen and begins inputting the info, multi-tasking and putting the pod into autopilot. In a few moments, the pod was floating it's way down, around half the size of Selim. She clambors atop it, and taps it a bit on the tap. "I'll just let it be my transportation for now. How's the technology here anyway?"

[Parcia]

Havana, Parcian Cuba

The success of the agricultural development of The Subtropical peninsula has led to a boom in one crop in particular: Coffee. Using methods taken from the natives in South America, the Parcian farmers are able to mass grow crop of Coffee beans that seem unparalleled in their richness and flavor. Using the booming supply and its notoriety, the multiple different plantation owners come together to form the "Caffè Imperiale" company, and begin to sell their high quality coffee in large amounts, in prices that Undercut the Togarian and Aegyption Competitors.

Imperial Arsenal, Rome

The ongoing experimentation of this "Crude Oil" is fast becoming the main area of research and development at the expansive research complex in the heart of Rome's Industrial district. So far, the main focus has been the usage of Oil as an added fluid to the coal in steam engines. So far, all engines tested have shown a massive increase of production and energy, but at the cost of the engine tearing it self apart almost everytime.

Then, an idea: What if the engine it self was wholly fed by this oil?


Parcian Alps

With the Advent of rising hostilities world wide, the Military board would authorize the full scale fortification of the Parcian alps. Using a set of checkpoints, entrenched MG nests, and fortified heavy artillery emplacements. How ever, a thing becomes vary apparent. While smaller guns, mainly 37,40,and 75mm guns are rather easy to tow up the mountain roads by horse, the deployment of the larger 102mm and 155 mm guns has proven problematic, as the horses find is damn near impossible to tow the large guns up the same steep tracks.


Is fuckin Xmas, yo
As winter sets in, a noticeably change would occur in the people. They would seem more merry, cheerful, and show more good will towards men. This would be due to the approaching Winter holiday, known as Christmas, after the biblical figure of the Roman Church. And with all of this, come the tourists, come to see the Colosseum of Rome lit up with candles in celebration.

A few things would be told to the arriving people:
The Christmas season lasts for 3 weeks in Parcia. It goes from December 17 to January 6.
During this time children go from home to home reciting Christmas poems and singing.
In Italy, children wait until January 6, Epiphany to open their presents.
The children's presents are delivered by Befana, a kind ugly witch who rides on a broomstick.
Panettone is a traditional cake filled with candied fruit that is very popular during the holiday season.
Manger scenes and Christmas carols originated in Parcia.
Christmas day is reserved for church, family, and feasting.
Shepards come into the town and go house-to-house playing bagpipes and singing carols.

The more religious of the folk would even set their prejudice aside for the season and collect donations of food and small amounts of Parcian crowns for the poor, the needy, and the few Elves, (most of which would be living poorly due to the inherent racism of the mainstream people) living in Parcia. They would be treated to carols, and even invited to certain celebrations.

[The Bio-Regional Cooperative of States]

Coffee Exports
The sudden entrance of Cheap, Parcian Coffee onto the market wasn't going to pass under Misiren Amreka's crop Farmers and Production Facilities. Since the founding of the Colony Coffee has been produced in increasing amounts, as M.A soon became one of the top producers of high quality coffee beans and coffee products. In order to prevent the undermining of M.A coffee investments and profitability, the prices are lowered to be competitive to Parcian exports while the huge production capacity allows for a steady stream of exports, while surplus is sent to the mainland which will find a use for it quite quickly. The various companies have elected to form a business conglomerate known as ϭϥⲓ ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ϣⲟⲗϩⲥ (Egyptian Coffee Corps)

---

Selim nods again, it's quite interesting that gem individuals are assigned purposes at birth instead of forming their purpose like on Earth.
"The Cities on the Nile are much alike to yours in building density, alone that river holds more population that half of the land of Egypt. Cairo, the Capital of Egypt, holds twice the people than those in the whole Algeria, which is the Nome we are currently in."
His eyes would be drawn to the gauntlets, having only seen artificial light in the light bulbs of a few houses in the town
"If your pod needs to be near you, then I'm sure the town would be fine with you having it near here, just keep it out of the way."

"Algeria... Nile...Cairo..." She activates a screen and begins inputting the info, multi-tasking and putting the pod into autopilot. In a few moments, the pod was floating it's way down, around half the size of Selim. She clambors atop it, and taps it a bit on the tap. "I'll just let it be my transportation for now. How's the technology here anyway?"

Selim would look at the pod curiously before speaking
" My town is not the most technologically capable, although the industrialized areas further north are on par with Europe, currently. Like I said earlier, that's about a 3 days walk from here"

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

Coffee Exports
The sudden entrance of Cheap, Parcian Coffee onto the market wasn't going to pass under Misiren Amreka's crop Farmers and Production Facilities. Since the founding of the Colony Coffee has been produced in increasing amounts, as M.A soon became one of the top producers of high quality coffee beans and coffee products. In order to prevent the undermining of M.A coffee investments and profitability, the prices are lowered to be competitive to Parcian exports while the huge production capacity allows for a steady stream of exports, while surplus is sent to the mainland which will find a use for it quite quickly. The various companies have elected to form a business conglomerate known as ϭϥⲓ ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ϣⲟⲗϩⲥ (Egyptian Coffee Corps)

---

"Algeria... Nile...Cairo..." She activates a screen and begins inputting the info, multi-tasking and putting the pod into autopilot. In a few moments, the pod was floating it's way down, around half the size of Selim. She clambors atop it, and taps it a bit on the tap. "I'll just let it be my transportation for now. How's the technology here anyway?"

Selim would look at the pod curiously before speaking
" My town is not the most technologically capable, although the industrialized areas further north are on par with Europe, currently. Like I said earlier, that's about a 3 days walk from here"

"Well, not with this." She pats the pod beneath her, as it walks on about. "This could bring someone over there in under quite an extremely short amount of time. But well, I'm not looking to go there now. Anything more to look at around here?"

[The Bio-Regional Cooperative of States]

"Well, not with this." She pats the pod beneath her, as it walks on about. "This could bring someone over there in under quite an extremely short amount of time. But well, I'm not looking to go there now. Anything more to look at around here?"

Selim would shake his head
"There are many establishments like this town, and there isn't much to see of much interest from either my or your perspective. City residents would be capable of giving you more information, as they are generally smarter, and the cities have much more cultural elements than towns like this."

---

Solar Energy
Solar Energy was a monumental discovery from the Cairo University, but it had extremely poor efficiency and was too high of a cost to produce for manufacturing companies to produce and to have the technology become mainstream. Nevertheless, the Egyptian Government has continued to fund efforts to push the technology into the sight of the public, believing it to be the future for a self sustaining, energy independent Egypt. Due to the increasing size and funding of the Cairo University teams, new methods of capturing the Sun's energy have quickly been put into light, but none have been a true improvement over the original Selenium and Gold design. This was to change, as a breakthrough was made in the material design of the Solar Capture panels. Experiments relating to Silicon, which was found to be a great conductor, and a target for integration into the Solar Arrays in the past three years since the introduction of Solar Power have resulted in a method to grow crystalline silicon, which is found to be more conductive than base silicon. Silicon Reserves are ridiculously plentiful, as current sources are from sand, which is a thing Egypt won't be drying up on any time soon. There is progress to be made into making significant amounts of crystallized silicon, and further integrating it into Solar Arrays, but this find provides great promises. The Cairo Teams are told to keep this technology secret, as Solar Energy being an Egypt-Exclusive Energy source would provide an amount of prestige in the technological advancement of the state.

[The Grand Diamond Authority]

"Well, not with this." She pats the pod beneath her, as it walks on about. "This could bring someone over there in under quite an extremely short amount of time. But well, I'm not looking to go there now. Anything more to look at around here?"

Selim would shake his head
"There are many establishments like this town, and there isn't much to see of much interest from either my or your perspective. City residents would be capable of giving you more information, as they are generally smarter, and the cities have much more cultural elements than towns like this."

"Well, I guess I may have to head to Cairo then, yes? I'll be back when I can. Might even tell others to stop by as well." She taps a button on her arm devices as the pod reopens atop her, as she lands inside, looking up to Selim. "See ya later, then?"

[Togeria]

The island of Despereaux as named by its inhabitants lies just west of the region of Normandy.


An often dreary landscape the rains that come from the Atlantic often crash against the rocky land a nick name being the storm village by the mainland. However much rain however the small island carries with it a powerful mystique. Tales of magic having formed the very mountains used to protect the mountains from the rain. Further, mages from these lands are seen as some of the most powerful and most....dangerous often focusing their talents to things that would be termed taboo or peculiar.

In the center of the small island laid flatlands dark skies covering the region not from weather, but from the very arcane energies that is said to protect the island. Called the l'Morosité:

The tower is a large and powerful structure seemingly creating the gloom of clouds that cover the country and creating a near endless rain that washes over its inhabitants.

---

Dr. Jeville looks over the body of a recently deceased vakhtali woman. Incisions made along the center of her diaphragm a process that would take hours as like a hunted rabbit he would make careful cuts along her body to her head. Taking away her tissue like a cloth before placing it in a receptical near him. Looking at her new form he briefly touched her cheeks with a gloved hand before speaking to her,"I thank you so much for this sacrifice Abby. I assure you in a moments notice no sooner than when you departed you will be reborn. I will make you so much more beautiful and the world will see you like I have, envy you as I do. You have brought a vigor only felt in my youth back to my old bones and it grows even now in your demise. If only I could keep your skin, Abby, such beautiful skin, I will g-give you a new skin equally beautiful. Like silk Abby like silk." He said before leaning over and kissing her softly on the lips.

Moving back to his desk he began to assemble the materials:

A cup of her blood

A small cups worth of freshly shredded tissue (her body had ample)

Dust taken forged of the pure and impure

Iced water

A simple recipe like making an apple pie, but the beauty came not from their contents, but from their results. He mixed the ingredients carefully over a lit fire letting the ingredients mix and bond as he began to recite the next part of the ritual.