Banquet of the Multiverse: This Thread Gave Me Cancer (Open)

[Kanadorika]

INTRODUCTION
Just like Hollywood has lost any sense of creativity and has stuck to reboots for the past several years, so have we! This is the Banquet of the Multiverse, 2019 edition.

This time though, it takes place in the desolate region of central Eyjan! Git your tackleboxes and trucks boys, we goin muddin and fishin later!

Welcome to yet another reboot of the Banquet of the Multiverses! This is a casual RP that even the newest of roleplayers can enjoy, as the level of writing here need not be as detailed and complex as that found in other, more serious roleplays. This RP is open to anyone regardless of tech level. Simply import a character from your nation and you're good to go.

Rules:

1: While this is a casual RP, please refrain from simple one liners. I expect some effort on your behalf, even if it is only a short paragraph.
2: Keep it PG-13 please
3: Indicate out of character text by labeling it OOC in your post.
4: There is no set plot... yet. It is up to the RPers to make a plot as they go along, though I may have a few ideas up my sleeve as I usually do.

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Locations:

This iteration of the Banquet takes place within Hundur County, located within the canton of Kópahólmur, which is itself located in Leirhofn, a kingdom that is part of the Kanadorikan Empire.

Hundur County

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Kópahólmur

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Kópahólmur (blue), within the Kingdom of Leirhofn (red), on the island of Eyjan


Eyjan (blue), within the Kanadorikan Empire (red)

ᚡᛆᛑᛂᛆ
(Vádea)


Vadea is the capital and largest city of Kopaholmur. Straddling the shores of Lake Hundur beneath the southern terminus of the Kappaskjul Mountains, Vadea is the principle city of sparsely populated central Leirhofn. The city is located within the vast taiga of central Eyjan, experiencing mild summers and bitterly cold winters. While only a moderately sized city of 78,000, its position in the desolate interior of Eyjan makes it almost a metropolis to the locals.

ᚡᛆᛐᚿᛋᚤᚢᚿᛑᚢᚱ
(Lake Hundur)


The largest lake within Hundur County and the region's namesake, Lake Hundur is a popular destinations for locals and tourists alike.

ᚼᚢᚿᛑᚢᚱ ᛌᛆᛙᛒᛆᚿᛑᛌ ᛌᚴᚮᚵᚢᚱ
(Hundur Federal Forest)


Hundur Federal Forest is located south of the city of Vádea. The Austurströnd River flows through the forest, with much of the land consisting of swamps and marshlands. Spruce trees dominate in the forest, owing to the high latitude.

ᚴᛆᛔᛔᛆᛌᚴᚤᚢᛚᚠᚤᚯᛚᛚ
(Kappaskjul Mountains)


The Kappaskjul Mountains are the longest mountain range in Eyan, Kanadorika, stretching between Hvidovia and Hameentra. The range marks the border between the empty arctic tundra to the north and the boreal forests in the south.

Historically, the Kappaskjuls have divided northern and southern Eyjan, with the land north of here being sparsely populated. The mountains are sparsely uninhabited, with several towns and cities found in the south. The largest of these is the capital city of Kopaholmur; Vadea, at the southern terminus of the range on the shore of Lake Hundur.

[Kanadorika]

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)
City of Vádea Airport

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"Quick Question." Lilija turned to find her knight, Lady Katrin, somewhat confused. "We are standing here at the airport, but can noncanonical characters from across the NationStates multiverses even visit Kanadorika? It makes no sense!"

While Katrin was indeed troubled by something, her statement only served to make Lilija even more confused than she was. What the hell even was a NationStates? Multiverses, what? Lilija simply shrugged it off, changing the topic to something that didn't hurt the brain.

"It does feel nice to be back in Vádea. Its been what... several years. Looks exactly as it did last time I was hear too. I swear the Sveitalubbi ^{(Hillbillies)} just don't change."

Katrin flashed a quick grin. "We are in the middle of nowhere. What are the people here going to do, adopt the latest fashion trends among moose heh?" Her joke fell flat though, as Lilija turned around and began heading to the terminal, ignoring her knight's poor sense of humor.

Dont expect very many posts longer than this. This is a casual thread.

[Ezhara]

OOC: I know Kana's saying all that stuff about being casual. He's right, so please don't be intimidated by the Shwe style of making these excessive posts tyvm.

City of Vádea Airport
"Something feels weird," Quon Fei complained as he trailed behind his brother Raymond Fei. "Like... You know how, um..." Raymond, wearing his usual dress shirt with a low enough V-neck that only just exposed a strangely attractive collarbone & stylish long pants, gestured for him to hurry up as his playful hand drifted near the hand of his friend, a girl named Elois Aguillard. As she brushed aside her friend's hand, she exposed more of the peculiar, runic tattoos on the side of her face. "You know what? Nevermind," Quon said, his voice quiet as he tried one last time to find the word he wanted, as he rushed to his brother's side.
"Put your jacket on," Raymond ordered, tossing him a red windbreaker with a Chinese lion's head on its back. "It might be a little bit chilly, seeing as we're up north."
"I don't need a wi—" he was cut off with a violent sneeze, as expected of what little clothing he had on — his typical red t-shirt, navy nylon shorts, & sandals.
"I don't know about that!" Elois sassed back, giving him a pat on the head & eliciting an abashed blush from him. "Your hair's so soft... Raymond, what brand of conditioner do you two use?"

"Same as you, of course. I put great faith in the aesthetic choices of a mademoiselle like you," he winked at her, but she gave him little more than a smile, while his brother died internally behind them from Raymond's atrocious flirting. "What, not enough for you?"
"Oh Raymond, you're so bad at this!" she laughed to herself as he smirked, amused.
"No, you're smiling. That's good enough!" he said, "If I can make you happy, that's succe— GYAH!" He fell into her arms, looking up as blushes appeared on both of them, followed by Elois breaking into a mad cackle. "Wh— Quon!"
"That's what you get for last night!" his brother said as he pulled the hood of his windbreaker over his head, a hood designed to resemble a Chinese lion & had headphones inside of it. "I'm still sore!"
"Oh my... oh my God, what did you two do!" Elois asked, barely able to make it out in her laughter.

"He ate my osmanthus cake, dang it!"
"There wasn't any need to spank me that hard, though," he whined back as he searched for some music to play.
"Square up, boy!" Raymond challenged as he slid out of Elois's grasp with a devious smirk.
"Ulp!" Quon turned on his heels & began sprinting away with his brother in pursuit. "H-hey, hold on, this isn't good chasing music!"
"Come here you!" the other shouted back, weaving through whatever crowd there was with ease as Elois followed him with her own moderate jog, one that was hardly hampered by her more reasonable choice of clothing for outdoor adventures unlike the two brothers, since she had done a bit more research than them. It was by no means thick, as expected for the mild weather, but she was still significantly more prepared than them.

Eventually, they would come to where Lilija Kristjánsdóttir & her knight were, with Quon having nearly crashed into the latter, only to adjust his movement so that he instead swung to the left & ended up behind her. His brother, though, was not nearly so graceful, & in his attempt to mimic the movement, fell onto the floor instead, eliciting even more laughter from Elois & a jump back from Quon. "Oh, Raymond!" she teased as she approached them. When she noticed the two Kanaodrikans, she then turned to them with an endearing smile. "Sorry about this, you two. My friend & his brother... well, they can be a handful at times! I'm guessing that one of you two are our hosts?" Her smile faded into a curious expression as she tilted her head a bit to the side, as though looking behind them, but then she seemed to dismiss whatever it was & instead turned to waiting for a response.

[The Russian Nations]

OOC:Saw this, was interested, and decided YEET why not join, also since this is casual expect Nogova to do things considered odd in serious RPs


Vádea Airport.
Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, Supreme Leader of Neo-Russia.
Nogova stepped off the plane, he looked around and smiled a little. "Seems like a nice place, i don't know why, but everything feels odd about me today, very weird." Nogova said, scratching his head a little, he shrugged and decided to continue on with getting in the airport, after getting past the gates he decided to stop by the canteen, or was it cafeteria? either way he walked there and found the nearest coffee shop. "Could i have something strong?" he asked the person on the counter, who nodded and proceeded to make his coffee, he sat down and waited for his coffee, he looked around and it turned out some people were staring at him weirdly, though he remembered he was wearing a US WW2 harness without anything military-related in it though, he wore it just for storage space, he shrugged and waited for his coffee, it came a few minutes later and he drank it, though he could honestly use a thermos, he decided to pay, but he was confused as to why he had the money in his pocket, but he shrugged again.

As he was walking, he decided to try something that would entertain him while trying to find his way to the person he was supposed to meet, he decided to get his military PDA that combined both civilian and military applications into one device and play some music, he found one that peaked his interest, it was 'Freeman's mind modern major general', he was suspicious, he never downloaded that, but since music files can't be viruses he decided to listen to it after plugging headphones, and needless to say he enjoyed it, he decided to sing it in a tone where only those close to him would hear.

"I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've got information on vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;


I can fire at a target and hit it at least half the time,
or graph out an electron path while using only numbers prime,
I calculate the fall rate of a bullet shot a thousand yards,
and perforate the thick heads of a hundred military guards.

I can make a simulation of an atom bomb and build one too,
or flank a dozen men and ambush ten of them out of the blue,
from SMGs to RPGs I carry quite an arsenal,
and skip around a warzone like a subatomic particle.

every solider out here wants to kill me for my curiosity,
I wage war on the whole damn world because of my tenacity,
in matters combat tactical and physics theoretical I am the very model of a modern major general." he sang to the song on his PDA, he eventually found where Lilija Kristjánsdóttir along with her knight were standing by, he hummed the lyrics before he approached them and calmly greeted them. "Hello there, i think you're the host?" Nogova asked, arms crossing but with a neutral expression on his face.

[Kanadorika]

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)
City of Vádea Airport

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Lilija was simply attired, wearing a low cut tee-shirt which exposed her... ample cleavage; a rather typical revealing outfit in her wardrobe despite the fact that she lived north of the arctic circle. Nevertheless it was a comparatively hot summer day at 72 degrees. Katrin on the other hand wore her full knight's uniform; the white cloak, tall black boots with spurs, and a sword sheathed at her side. Conservatively dressed, though the two together were anything but conservative. While Katrin was officially the imperial family's knight, she became more of a drinking buddy and wingman when with Lilija, scavenging the country's pubs for liquor and hot men.

The windows on the airport terminal vibrated as an airliner touched down on the runway. Vádea Airport wasn't very big; just large enough to handle smaller two engine passenger airliners. Plenty of old prewar propeller aircraft are also based here, the preferred airframes of arctic bush pilots who had to fly to small unpaved landing strips in the middle of nowhere. Granted though Vádea itself was in the middle of nowhere, though at least it was some form of civilization.

"Ah, it appears our first guests have arrived!" Katrin exclaimed, peering out the window as a jet aircraft taxied to the terminal. Within minutes several dozen individuals began mingling into the building, luggage in hand. One such person nearly bumped into Katrin, though he maneuvered in a way as to make it appear that he knew exactly what he was doing, while another just fell outright.

Lilija gave them a perplexed yet concerned look. The invitation was open to everyone, yes, but were these they types of people she had in mind when she sent them out?

One of them began to speak up, a tad embarrassed over her partners' actions. "Sorry about this, you two. My friend & his brother... well, they can be a handful at times! I'm guessing that one of you two are our hosts?"

Ah, so these aren't just random passengers after all. These clowns are indeed here because of the invitation...

Lilija gave a proud smile, before pointing to herself with her thumb. Kono dio da "Ah yes, that will be me. Lilija Kristjánsdóttir, Archduchess of Kanadorika, Princess of Leirhofn and Hvidovia. My sisters are cohosting too, but they are not here at the present moment."

Yet another person approached, this time singing along to a song.

Great job Lilija, really attracting the global elite here...

"Hello there, I think you're the host?" The man inquired in an over the top straight face. It was just too much for Lilija, and she began to chuckle before breaking into a full laugh. The man gets off the plane singing the cheesiest song and has now become mister tough guy.

"Errr excuse her," Katrin quickly replied, shoving her roaring companion to the side, "she just... er... remembered a funny joke! Anyways, yes, Lady Lilija here is our host and I would like to thank you on her behalf for coming!"

[Dominatus Leviathan]

OOC for foreigners: My nation's lore is confusing for people who aren't in Etharia, Michu is the nation's name, Dominatus Leviathan is the way other foreigners used to see the nation, and the way the dynasty used to name the country. (Lore reasons) The Yonsheng family has been in power for thousands of years, but in the last year they've reformed the nation into a more nationalistic society with some democracy. The family is still deified, and I'm mainly based on Qing China. Lord Protector plays a role similar to prime minister.

1st Rank Prince Cao Yonsheng, in full imperial vestige, rides a young white horse, besides his sister's golden sedan chair. His role as a protector of the realm was highlighted by the fact he did not ride with her. He though, with extreme envy, thought that Israe was not worthy of the Celestial throne, but efforts to remove her would be in vain, especially today.

"Huang Hou, (Empress) what is our purpose for being in this desolated wasteland? We are at risk of filthy bandits, or the native poor! Surely sending the Lord Protector and some representatives from the Celestial Parliament, would be more strategically sound than sending her Majesty and myself?"



Israe Yonsheng, Empress of Michu, was not amused by her brother's blunt quibbling, not turning her head to the young man. She wore her normal veil, which covered her youthful face, as her sedan chair was dragged by eunuchs to the designated location. Her brother, kept in the Forbidden City in Shaotai when not leading the newly reformed Armed Forces of Michu, rode to her left. Signifying her status as above, but also demonstrating his skill as a horse back rider, a skill Israe could not claim to have. Heaven called to her majesty to come to this land, she reminded herself, as she continued to drink her soup slowly, bracing herself for the barbarians who may be at this meeting.

"Brother, if not for your rank, and my own mercy, you would be beaten for such arrogance. Calm yourself and remember your position relative to myself. Lord Protector, explain our reasoning for being here."

Tukuang Quno, the Lord Protector, swiftly rose from his seat and kowtowed twice before Israe, while her brother glared menacingly at this display of submission, Israe smiled under her veil, always enjoying seeing the masses perform the ritual. He was careful not to step out of line, holding immense respect for Israe, as well as his own position. This led him to show exaggerated submission to the throne, which endeared him to the Empress, as a sort of favourite in the court.

"Empress, Prince Cao. We are here to meet our once allies in Kanadorika, deepen political ties with any government that arrives, and hopefully force some tributaries. An additional chance to study government forms and economic models."

Israe nodded, and went back to her soup, planning what to say to the alien governments, such people, filled her majesty with extreme interest. Only the will of heaven could allow such an opportunity, and she would embrace it.



Eventually, our group arrived at the desired location, where we saw some Kanadorikans, An eunuch walked out, and shouted

"Huanghou arrives!"

Israe ordered the sedan chair to halt, quickly changing into dynastic robes, golden Imperial yellow. Two banner men held up the Michise and Dominatus Leviathan flags, as the Eunuchs ran to form two lines in front of the Empress' carriage. They kowtowed as the Empress walked out with her brother to greet the others, who would probably be confused by the random group of men in blue prostrating themselves to a girl in her early 20s.

[The Russian Nations]

Vádea Airport
Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, Supreme Leader of Neo-Russia.

Black Beret still there, though instead of black jacket it's MARPAT urban fatigues and US WW2 webbings.

Nogova shrugged, "Don't know what kind of joke would cause her to crack up that much, was it very funny or something?" he asked, still having a neutral expression, he lowered the volume on his PDA and eventually paused the music, he put the PDA back inside his harness, he looked at the others and merely shot them a weird look, as if they were the ones out of place instead of him in a military uniform complete with GWW2 Webbing, he simply looked at them with narrowed eyes and a raised eyebrow, but he shrugged and merely said. "I could really go for a strong coffee, the amount of paperwork i had to deal with before coming here pisses me off.", he looked at the new arrival with another raised eyebrow, "Why am i not surprised, i wish i could have brought my Makarov PM with me." Nogova merely sighed and took off his beret to scratch his head, which was itchy.

"I suppose we have more arrivals?" Nogova asked, eyebrow comically still raised, it was like he couldn't let his eyebrow go down even once, he crossed his arms and shrugged. "This is going to be fun." Nogova said.

[Shwe Tu Colony]

OOC: Tagging as Shwe while making a legitimate post, planning on doing things with this anyway. This part with Shwe is not supposed to be repliable.

Somewhere in the wilderness
A tree's roots began to crack through the earth, & a curious deer wandered near it, sniffing the peculiar site as the woody tentacles continued to surge about, eventually encircling the foolish creature in a bramble binding. Driven into a panic, it began to look around, hoping for an escape but only to find none, & it began to thrash around to try to break it apart. Then, the nest of roots suddenly ran back into the ground, twisting & turning all the while around the panicking deer, which suddenly became still. As the roots fully retreated & formed a circular divide around the deer, another deer with white, peering eyes appeared behind it, bipedal & cloaked in a dark green robe. "Apologies, my dear friend," it said, stroking it with a surging tree root. "Curiosity got the best of me. Allow me to release you." A net of tree roots formed to bridge the gap.

The deer ran off, pacified, with its eyes now whiter then before & just slightly glowing for but a moment. Then, it turned back to face the mysterious deer figure, shook its head, & its eyes returned to normal. Behind it, the figure's Glasgow smile of a black, crescent mouth opened, revealing rows of ominous teeth, sharp & more like a wolf's than a simple deer's. When at last the deer left its view, the figure opened its cloak, summoning a raven that landed on one of its antlers, & as both moved to a nearby tree, the deer-thing merged with it, & its antlers became part of its branches. With a simple caw, the raven then bounced up to the top of its master's antlers & waited.

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)

"You're a princess? Well, it's great to meet you!" Elois said, giving her a graceful curtsy. "Forgive our manners then, I'm Elois Aguillard, a wannabe author of sorts, but I think most people would rather know me as a friend... I'm guessing that your siblings won't nearly be as troublesome as these two brothers, right?" She chuckled to herself, becoming just a little more amused when she noticed Raymond's brief glance at Lilija, his cheeks flushing with a mild pink just barely perceptible above his tanned face. Behind her, Quon breathed a sign of relaxation as he ran back to Elois's side, whereas his brother seemed to be lost in thought, considering what he should do next as a Fei — a name that, as Lilija might soon learn & Elois already knew, typically brought with it a great deal of trouble for anyone of the opposite sex.

"A princess? Forgive my manners then," Raymond bowed slightly, his blush now accompanied by a charming smirk. "My name is Raymond Fei, but I think that you might know my brother better as 'The Voice of the Lion,' if any sort of news ever escapes from Ezhara! He's a wonderfu—"
"S-stop talking about me!" he protested, receiving only an ominous grin in response.
"It's ironic that someone on-stage all the time doesn't want me talking about them!" his brother chuckled to himself, then turned back to Lilija. "But still, it's lovely to meet a royal like you. Maybe I'll treat you something more, later." A confident hand drifted near his mouth, but he knew that, as a "cowardly Ezharan," it was unlikely that he'd get anything serious to happen with the princess. To be laughed at, though, that'd be close enough.
His brother, meanwhile, cringed, & turned up the volume.

[The Russian Nations]

Vádea Airport
Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, Supreme Leader of Neo-Russia.

Nogova looked at Raymond and Elois, eyebrow still raised, as if he could not get the eyebrows out of the raised position, he put his beret back on and sighed. "So, you're introducing yourselves? okay then, i'm Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, former colonel and current leader of the NRAF," he said "And most people back at home would see me as the type of person who would not care if two parents argue about sweets in front of me." he finished, he was about to make his eyebrow go down but he couldn't. "Damn it, my muscles cramped because of my caffeine addiction....again." Nogova said, pressing his eyebrow down into it's regular place. "Sorry if that seemed weerd, i just have annoying muscle cramps that prevent me from moving my eyebrows and eyelids sometimes." Nogova said.

"So, our host is a princess, okay then." Nogova said, literally in an over the top neutral expression, mouth being in a practical straight line, as if he was trying (and somewhat failing) to act professional, though in actuality he cannot change expression due to his cramps. "Well then, do we have more people coming?" Nogova asked, though a part of his brain wanted to facepalm for him saying that.

[Kanadorika]

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)
City of Vádea Airport

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Sorry for the late post, been sick. Also, a short post. This is just a casual RP

Another woman found her way to the posse's location, in some sort of chair. An odd form of transportation but hey! It's an odd world! Lilija had recognized her. The woman was the Empress of Michu. "Ah greetings there Izzy! Welcome to the middle of nowhere!"

The singing dude continued his blank facial expression that had brought Lilija to tears of laughter just moments before. "So, you're introducing yourselves? okay then, i'm Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, former colonel and current leader of the NRAF," he said "And most people back at home would see me as the type of person who would not care if two parents argue about sweets in front of me."

His last remark left Lilija confused. Perhaps it was a cultural reference she did not understand, but she brushed it aside "Greetings Nogo-gogo" she chuckled, being quick to assign him a nickname, "Yeah some more people are supposed to come; my sisters included."

All the guests were bombarding Lilija with questions, and she briefly questioned whether it was wise to invite so many people.

"You're a princess? Well, it's great to meet you," one of the women said with a respectful bow.

"Well, among other titles, yes. Though my title of Archduchess of the Empire does in fact take precedence over the title of princess." Lilija replied, throwing out her tidbit of info on the Kanadorikan hierarchy.

"Forgive our manners then, I'm Elois Aguillard, a wannabe author of sorts, but I think most people would rather know me as a friend... I'm guessing that your siblings won't nearly be as troublesome as these two brothers, right?"

"I dunno..." Lilija said, inspecting her hand as if what she were saying was nothing at all, "How often do you three punch eachother?"

The boy spoke up. "A princess? Forgive my manners then," Raymond bowed slightly, his blush now accompanied by a charming smirk. "My name is Raymond Fei, but I think that you might know my brother better as 'The Voice of the Lion,' if any sort of news ever escapes from Ezhara! He's a wonderfu—"

Lilija frowned "Er, the voice of what now?" I apologize, the size of Kanadorika means that most of our media is domestic, and as such, we import little content from overseas. "But, I assume you are a singer, Ray? "

She turned her attention to the entire crowd. "This airport is getting on my nerves, follow me."

[Higher Japan]

Year Unknown
Dimensional void

"System setup engaged." In the middle of the void, sat a platform. The platform held a small console, managing a spinning orb circled by various rings. A rip allowed for a woman to step onto it, her hand lightly brushing over the console. "Beginning authentication procedure, authenticating...Welcome. Empress Akichi Hachirou, to the dimensional warp system. Please select a loadout and time frame." She sighed, the same response for thousands upon thousands of years it seems. It had been a while since the system detected the anomalies she loved to visit, although there was nothing left of her empire, now it was just her and the so called 'Creator', engaged in an eternal war.

As she turned away, the orb began to spin. "Warning, severe dimensional anomaly detected. Cross universal type anomaly, location pinpointed." She immediately rushed back towards the console, looking at the screen. The code was all too familiar, the banquet had begun. She pressed a few buttons on the screen, the orb's rings immediately spinning. "Specifications selected, time frame stabilized, beginning dimensional warp." The console sounded out, as it began to move towards a white light...

Vádea Airport

"Empress Akichi, please wake up. We have arrived." She heard something in her head, looking at herself first. She had most likely warped out and landed on the ground, a bit inconspicuous of herself but nonetheless it was still fine. Furthermore she was in her old human form, which was a plus. "Empress, you're currently warped into the dimensional anomaly. This isn't the first of them, but I don't think it will be the last. Before I forget, my name is...well I'm the dimensional control console or at least one of them but you can call me Artemis. Currently we are in the nation of Kanadorika, I'm sure you already know all of them so I'll just update your HUD automatically with your memories."

Across her eyes, she saw the words 'MEMORIES SYNCHRONIZED' as she gripped her head slightly. Walking over towards the hosts of this banquet, she bowed slightly. "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Empress Akichi Hachirou, Empress of the Empire of Higher Japan."

[Ezhara]

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)
City of Vádea Airport

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Another woman found her way to the posse's location, in some sort of chair...

"Oh, I would never punch someone, miss!" Elois replied, chuckling to herself. "Anyway, I'm not related to these two. I'm just a friend of Raymond's that he invited along. As for whether those two punch each other a lot, they're Suzuraigans, so they're big on respecting your superiors. I think if they tell those stories, though, it'll be much more amusing than from me." She smirked & tried to give Quon a head pat, but he slipped away from her with an embarrassed blush.
"I mean, well..." he began. "For one, he doesn't punch me, he spanks me. Really, really hard. So if you're int—" Raymond fired a lethal glare at him, & Quon took cover behind Elois's lithe body. Ah, I'm such a stupid egg! I won't be hearing the end of this, he thought, sweating from his embarrassment. & I'm sure my rear won't either. God, this is one of the times I wish I was gay... on second thought, maybe not. I don't know if I'd want to... with him.
Well, our host is being crowded around quite a bit, isn't she? Raymond thought, ignoring his brother but making a mental note to take some time out of the day to buy a paddle. "Well, no matter then," he said with a charming smile. "I am a bit of a singer, but my brother is a lot better than me. He's the main reason for why we moved to Woroshire, since Leonardo wanted him."

When she requested that they follow her, the Ezharans were quick to oblige, Raymond staying just a short distance behind Lilija with a pleased smirk, his hazel eyes hardly masking his playful intent that brimmed with both confidence & a jester-like willingness to perhaps be laughed at if all else failed. He was curious as to what their host had in mind, but figured that they would learn in due time; whatever it was, he was hoping that he might spend sometime with her. Meanwhile, farther behind him, Quon & Elois followed, the former silent as he listened to the music playing through his hood's headphones & the latter smiling as she took in the sights of the airport with an innocent glee.

OOC: Not intended for only Kanadorika.
Somewhere in the wilderness
The deer figure's disguise melted away for a moment as it sniffed the air, sensing a familiar presence. "Someone's here," he grumbled out as he looked up at his raven. "Might you go & find them, my dear friend?" His bird cawed, & then fluttered off towards the hospital, continuing to analyze the landscape as it did so, watching as the wilderness began giving away to civilization, & at last the airport, where it flew down to a nearby tree & simply watched the main exit, looking perfectly normal & like any other bird. The only difference was a very mild out-of-this-worldness to it, an indescribable sensation that anyone looking at it would be quick to feel, but also be quick to put away as something more mundane. Surely, despite the Empress's entrance, this would still have a chance of being a normal trip?

[The Russian Nations]

Vádea Airport.
Nogova Mikhail Alexandrov, Supreme Leader of Neo-Russia

He was amused by the nickname, and almost snickered himself. "Nogo-gogo, really?" he said with a blank expression, but in reality he was smiling and was about to laugh, though the coffee addiction did nothing to help his eyebrow, he looked at the new arrival with a blank expression and then continued looking at other things.

"I cannot wait for the banquet, because i feel it's going to be a good event."

Nogova took off his beret and scratched his head again, it was still itchy, and was annoying. "God damn lice." he said, still scratching his head.

[Kanadorika]

Archduchess Lilija Kristjánsdóttir (ᛚᛁᛚᛁᚤᛆ ᚴᚱᛁᛌᛐᚤᛆᚿᛌᛑᚮᛐᛐᛁᚱ) (19 years old)
City of Vádea Airport

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Another woman approached. ""Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Empress Akichi Hachirou, Empress of the Empire of Higher Japan."

"Ah yes, welcome Ak-itchy! Please, follow us, we will be heading out just right now."

"I cannot wait for the banquet, because i feel it's going to be a good event." Nogova remarked, taking off his hat and fervently scratching his scalp.

"Err about that..." Lilija chuckled, leading the group out of the terminal, "there is no banquet per say."

The group approached an odd looking vehicle parked outside the terminal.

"This is an overlanding expedition vehicle. It is capable of traversing the extreme terrains of desolate central Eyjan, and is stocked with enough supplies to allow for several weeks worth of exploring. Come, let's head inside."

Lilija opened the door leading to the cabin. The interior was cozy, subdivided into several sections including a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and sitting area. "Granted this isn't the largest of spaces, though I'm sure we can make do with the number of people we have. There is only one bed, but we have tents and stuff we can use to set up camp."

[Ezhara]

OOC: Operation weird begins. :v

Another woman approached. ""Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Empress Akichi Hachirou, Empress of the Empire of Higher Japan..."

"Then... why call it a banquet?" Elois asked as she glanced over the vehicle before entering it. "& it's nice that we have something to ride in, but do you really think that thing'll fit all of us comfortably until we get to our, um... camp site?"
"Well, I'm sure if we put Quon into the cabinet—" Raymond teased.
"I am not going into any closets!" His brother looked back at him with an arrogantly-raised eyebrow, then lowered it as he glanced at Lilija.
"As our host already said," he began as he climbed into the vehicle behind her, "there ought to be enough space, anyway." Giving a tilt of her head, Elois thought about it for a moment, & eventually decided to enter with Quon just behind her, with her follower glancing at the sofa for a moment. He took a step towards it, but then decided to stand at the side with his brother, his music still blasting through his headphones, whereas Elois stood near a window. "Oh, would you look at that?" she began, a smile beginning to creep onto her face. "A... a raven..." She muttered to herself as she looked away from the window with a fading smile, only to blink & turn back to it with a grin, as though whatever qualm within her had been suddenly dispelled.

Somewhere in the Forest
Something's not right.
Amanda Sarana awoke with a start, relieved to see the orange flame hair of her friend, Darius Bieran, still on the other side of their shared tent,with most of his blanket piled atop of the pillow they were using as a barrier. Something's not right! I have to wake him up, but if do, won't he get mad? Maybe I could wake up Kafka, but... no, he has insomnia, I can't just do that to him! But Darius won't like it either, & what if I say the wrong thing, I don't want to bother him! Her thoughts were interrupted by him suddenly grumbling awake, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as he arose, half-sitting, & looked towards Amanda. "Oi, you thinkin' bout somethin?" he asked, squinting in concern. "You don' look too well."
"Wh— n-no, not... not at all, I'm fine!" she gibbered out, nodding to dissuade further prodding.
"If you say so," Darius said, shrugging as he got all the way up & put on his vest & a longer pair of pants. "Anyway, we should start getting ready. Qualif's prolly going ta come by anytime soon, once he wakes up Anthony."
"Right... but don't you...?" she looked to him for reassurance, for something gentle to move her on, but received only a stare, one that she thought was filled with contempt.

"You going to spit it out?"
A pause. "E-er... nevermind," she said, tying her messy hair back into its usual muffin bun. She fumbled with her own pair of wilderness clothes at the side. "Just, u-um... gi-give me a moment, please!" she said, her head twitching between Darius & her clothes. Please don't get mad, please don't get mad...
"Roigh'. Oi'll be ou'side, then," he said, opening the tent & finding Kafka & Anthony, both already dressed — & Anthony twiddling with a kitchen knife at his side.
"You're really putting on an apron, here?" Kafka asked, one hand between his brunette hair & the dark rings around his left eye & the other holding a flashlight. "Out in the wilderness?"
"Always wear an apron, Kefka!" Anthony retorted, glancing down at his kitchen knife as Darius closed the tent, leaving Amanda, who listened to the conversation outside as she got dressed.
"Well, I guess... but it'll get damaged if it catches on anything. It's not made for hiking or anything like that."

"Hmph. Don't worry for me, doctor."
"It's not worry, it's altruism," Amanda peeked her head out from her tent, & Kafka turned to face her, his sleep-deprived face trying to render as pleasant of a smile as it could. "Ah, Amanda! You're done. Come on, then, let's get moving." Anthony rolled his eyes as the other man began walking down the path, then followed him as Darius gave a reassuring nod to Amanda, whose hand drifted, perhaps out of instinct, near his, then backed away. As the other two Ezharans moved away, Darius took a step forward, & then looked back at the still Amanda. "Come on, remember what Kafka told you t' ge' over your anxiety," he smiled as she took a shaky step towards him. She breathed in, & out, & faced Darius, who pointed towards his eye.
"H-how are you?" she said, blinking for a little too long as she held a sheepish hand out to Darius.
"Oi'm good, if a few ways toiyad," he replied, shaking her limp hand. "Come on, let's go."
A few steps later, & he turned to her. "You know, if you wanna sing..." he tilted his head as he made his offer. Both stood still as Amanda breathed in, & out.
Hallo!

Her meek voice grew stronger, yet remained soft for the song, & as the two Ezharans walked towards Anthony & Qualif, both men paused for a moment, surprised as to the source of the singing, & continued onward not far ahead of Darius & Amanda, whose voice drifted through the forest, as though some mournful spirit left to wander & left to wonder. Perhaps, eventually, the banqueters would hear it as they neared their campsite, where a strange other-worldliness seemed to be present, what with the strange bulge within one of the trees...
The deer-thing from earlier had chosen a very, very bad spot to hide.