The Masquerade Ball (OOC/Sign-Up)

[Seleucid Pergamon]

Well, I had some difficulties so the post will be delayed for later on the day as I had a blackout and lost all progress sadly. I will make sure to make the reply today yes or yes and retrieve as much as I can from the lost post.

Aw, that sucks, man. No problem. Write what you must.

[Ceystile]

Hello! Tagging for interest.

[New Visayan Islands]

Emi by virtue of being first, as well as...a few other reasons. Lilly's was well done and pulled my heartstrings plenty too though, it's just that I just finished it and probably haven't processed it yet. Haven't done Rin yet.

Ah. I have to say Lilly affected me.

Lilly main here, can confirm. Hanako's my secondary, and TBH, either route just tugs at the heartstrings in entirely different ways to roughly the same effect.

[Callid]

Odd that it wasn't working. I've changed the URL, so hopefully it should be now?

Forgot to reply to you, now seeing it worked and everything was in order; I can say that you're accepted! Welcome abroad and enjoy!

Excellent to hear, will do

[A m e n r i a]

Mervay, your reply to me is in the works, isn't it? No rush, I just wanna make sure my girls are still waiting in line to meet your royals.

[Mervay]

Mervay, your reply to me is in the works, isn't it? No rush, I just wanna make sure my girls are still waiting in line to meet your royals.

Don't worry that it is, just had to redo it again since I've had a blackout and lost all progress sadly. I will make sure that tonight I can have it posted yes or yes.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Ah. I have to say Lilly affected me.

Lilly main here, can confirm. Hanako's my secondary, and TBH, either route just tugs at the heartstrings in entirely different ways to roughly the same effect.

Haven't played Hanako's route yet, but from what I saw during Lilly's route, it'll be a rollercoaster.

[Ceystile]

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): Her Holiness Sabine Luko, Archbishop of Blume

Occupation: Archbishop of Blume, Head of the Church of Ceystile. Former leader of the Church Militant.
Country of Origin: Ceystile
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns: None
Medical Concerns: None
Notes: She’s attending this ball because her king and best friend literally begged her to do so (and because she wants to have fun but she’s kind of a wallflower when not in the pulpit)

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OOC-Section
Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight’s Light!
RP-Sample: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=494262&p=37927271&hilit=moping#p37927271

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): His Most Ilustrious Majesty, Pascal d’Auriac, King of Ceystile
Occupation: Ruler of Ceystile
Country of Origin: Ceystile
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns: None
Medical Concerns: None
Notes: He’s eligible for a bride and that is the primary reason for his attendance, also to have fun and get his bestie out there, since clergy don’t really have a rule against marriage in the Ceystilean church)

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OOC-Section
Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight’s Light!
RP-Sample:

[Shwe Tu Colony]

You sure you read and understood the rules?

[Ceystile]

Yes. Is there a mistake I made?

[Ceystile]

I know it’s not a diplomatic event and more of a fun thing, but I assumed as a head of state he’d want to talk about that a little bit. I can fix it though, no issue.

[Kuronami]

Yes. Is there a mistake I made?

Look at rule 4.9 again.

[Ceystile]

Alright, everything’s fixed. Sorry about all of that.

[Brettenwald]

@Selks/Lillo: Drafting a post to bring Val into your orbit as previously discussed : )

[The Selkie]

@Selks/Lillo: Drafting a post to bring Val into your orbit as previously discussed : )

Lookin' forward to it! : D

[Ceystile]

@Selks/Lillo: Drafting a post to bring Val into your orbit as previously discussed : )

Hi Brett! How’s things going?

[Brettenwald]

@Selks/Lillo: Drafting a post to bring Val into your orbit as previously discussed : )

Hi Brett! How’s things going?

Hey! I can't remember if you're Tomia or Nuridia, but either way I want to apologize for abandoning Sansara. I'll post, I promise.

[Mervay]

My apologies for not posting at the moment, I'm almost done with it; however I've found the issue in some of the posts since I want to make sure to keep in touch with all what's happening, alongside making sure it all has sense. Once again, I'm sorry for the wait.

[Seleucid Pergamon]

My apologies for not posting at the moment, I'm almost done with it; however I've found the issue in some of the posts since I want to make sure to keep in touch with all what's happening, alongside making sure it all has sense. Once again, I'm sorry for the wait.

No worries. Take your time.

[A m e n r i a]

Mervay, your reply to me is in the works, isn't it? No rush, I just wanna make sure my girls are still waiting in line to meet your royals.

Don't worry that it is, just had to redo it again since I've had a blackout and lost all progress sadly. I will make sure that tonight I can have it posted yes or yes.

Oof. Well, take your time, I'll be watching how things progress from here.

[Alegeharia]

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): King Malik Velkari
Occupation: King of Alegeharia
Country of Origin: Alegeharia
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns:
Medical Concerns: Has ADHD
Notes: is 8 years old, thusly accompanied by his brother Aither. Has a red and gold mask with white sidings shaped for his canine head. Carries no weaponry per Ball rules. is a very capable person despite age, not all appears as it seems. (For this rp the Halo and Wings in the image will not be seen to prevent possible decline in application. I will make sure to follow the rules and adjust as needed :3)

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Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight's Light!
RP-Sample: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=490477&p=38254257#p38254257

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): Prince Aither Velkari
Occupation: Head of the Air Force
Country of Origin: Alegeharia
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns: none
Medical Concerns: none
Notes: Carries a ceremonial sword. Has a olive mask made from bamboo with tan lining and pattern. Fitted for his Red Panda head, might have some chew marks from idly chewing to release the bamboo flavor. Aither carries a metal cigar tin that has bamboo shoots and stems inside instead of smokes.

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Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight's Light!
RP-Sample: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=490477&p=38254257#p38254257

[Occentia]

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): His Excellency Crown Prince Jackson VI of the House of Saratoga
Occupation: Crown Prince of the Occentian Empire
Country of Origin: Occentia
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns: Allergic to fish.
Medical Concerns: Carries an inhaler due to asthma, and folding reading glasses.
Notes: Eligible for a bride, but will most likely not reciprocate any advances, due to his own choice, and the request of His Majesty Emperor David III.


Name of attendee (including titles and similar): Rear Admiral Cary McDoug
Occupation: Rear Admiral, Occentian Navy
Country of Origin: Occentia
Appearance:

Culinary Concerns: Has a curious distaste for poultry.
Medical Concerns: None.
Notes: Accompanies Jackson VI, served as his mentor during youth. Not expected to partake in anything more than a friendly chat.
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OOC-Section
Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight's Light.
RP-Sample:

OSS John F. Kennedy, head of SAG 17

"Andrews? Talk to me. What assets do we have?"

"Sir, I have a P-8 from Cebu about 300 miles away. SSN OSS Arizona is about an hour or so away, given their current heading and speed. I estimate that if we can ELF her she'll come here ASAP."

"Get that P-8 over here, and inform Theater that we need the Arizona ELF'd over to us. When she gets online, holler at me, and give her an action order."

Watkins was scratching the back of his head, trying to rid himself of that itchy feeling, the one of impending chaos. He knew something was up with that task force, but he didn't know who would fire the first shot. Officially, the ROE had been to not engage enemy ships, only rebel positions. It might be soon to change today. "Skipper, sound general quarters." As a precaution, he also said “Set helos to ASW patterns, and deploy the Nixies.”

"Bridge, this is Captain. Set condition one, battle stations."

All of a sudden, klaxons started hooting across the ship, followed by the same droning message three times. “General Quarters, General Quarters, man your battle stations!”

The communications tech yelled out "P-8 online, sir. I'm patching it to the display now."

The P-8 Posiedon is a militarized version of the 737-800ERX. Armed with a small amount of sonobuoys, torpedoes, and Harpoon missiles, the primary purpose of this aircraft was maritime patrol. Needless to say, the powerful sensor and camera array on the stable platform allowed the ship a clear view of the action.

"Shit. It looks like a hostile SAG. This is getting real ugly. Ask theater for air support from Singapore and Cebu if possible. I don't want a bald spot on our head. Captain, how are we loaded for the VLS?"

"The task force is looking at a combined 200 ESSM Block-II's and 80 SM-6's, which should give us enough magazine depth to counter any atta-" He was cut off by the frenzied screaming of a technician.

"P-8 detects heat bloom from enemy tangos. Rocket boosters firing. I count... 12 vampires. I repeat, TWELVE VAMPIRES IN THE AIR. ALL MARKS ON TUSCALOOSA."

The response was as simple as it gets.
"All ships, weapons free; anti-air."

The Aegis combat system on all four ships was purpose-built to defend against swarms of enemy missiles heading towards a surface group. Through modern networking technology, each ships targeting computer saw what every other ship in the system saw. That resulted in a fully integrated air defense system that could engage nearly any target, in air and space. Twelve vampires meant three marks for each ship. With the distance between Tuscaloosa, an ASW ship, and the two Anti-Air destroyers Omaha Beach and Chancellorsville, just a short 8km away, the task force was never in danger of an attack. The roaring of the VLS was almost anti-climactic. Those twelve ASM's were targeted by nearly 300 anti-air missiles. The task force fired just 18 missiles- 6 of the SM-6 kind, and 12 of the ESSM Block II's when the targets moved into the 80km engagement range. Not a single hit on the TF was reported.

"Sir, response from theater. Shall I read it out loud?"

"Yes."

"Fleet to Alpha November, Actual. ROE has changed. Free to engage enemy targets at own discretion. Defend your command at any means. Fleet ends."

Without hesitation, he knew what to do.

"Weps? What's our magazine for anti-shipping?"

"16 NSM's on the Tusc. 66 TLAM's, normally used against land targets, but we can target moving ships with them. Our main striking arm are our 88 LRASM's. Enemy SAG is touching the limits of their range, but I'm fairly confident we can hit. Lastly, we have our 12 C-HGB's onboard this ship."

Thomas glanced at Watkins. "Sir, Tango one, at the head of the formation, has drifted slightly out of the other ship's AA envelope. Suggest a timed attack with four LRASM's.

"I concur. Plot."

The weapons officer had the targeting solution on the system ready within seconds. "Ready to fire."

Watkins and Thomas exchanged glances. "Admiral Watkins, Sir. I concur with your assessment that our ROE has been met. Concur decision to shoot."

Watkins replied "Weps, fire at will."

"Shooting now."

The LRASM's leaped out of the VLS cells from the Kennedy. The rocket booster ignited for a few seconds, propelling them away from the ship, before falling into the sea and turning LRASM into a cruise missile. A stealthy, high-subsonic weapon, the LRASM's onboard computer allowed it to evade enemy "pop-up" targets before diving down to sea-skimming altitude for the terminal approach. From there on, it would rely on the infrared sensors in the nose to plan out the terminal maneuvers designed to sway the enemy CIWS systems.

The display showed all missiles converging rapidly onto the exposed, vulnerable, lead ship...

[Shwe Tu Colony]

Occentia, your first picture is a tad larger than the rules allow, I think.

[Occentia]

Thanks for the notice, I fixed it.

[The Selkie]

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): King Malik Velkari
Occupation: King of Alegeharia
Country of Origin: Alegeharia
Appearance:

(Image)

Culinary Concerns:
Medical Concerns: Has ADHD
Notes: is 8 years old, thusly accompanied by his brother Aither. Has a red and gold mask with white sidings shaped for his canine head. Carries no weaponry per Ball rules. is a very capable person despite age, not all appears as it seems. (For this rp the Halo and Wings in the image will not be seen to prevent possible decline in application. I will make sure to follow the rules and adjust as needed :3)

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OOC-Section
Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight's Light!
RP-Sample: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=490477&p=38254257#p38254257

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Name of attendee (including titles and similar): Prince Aither Velkari
Occupation: Head of the Air Force
Country of Origin: Alegeharia
Appearance:

(Image)

Culinary Concerns: none
Medical Concerns: none
Notes: Carries a ceremonial sword. Has a olive mask made from bamboo with tan lining and pattern. Fitted for his Red Panda head, might have some chew marks from idly chewing to release the bamboo flavor. Aither carries a metal cigar tin that has bamboo shoots and stems inside instead of smokes.

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OOC-Section
Have you read and understood the rules? By Midnight's Light!
RP-Sample: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=490477&p=38254257#p38254257

Hi, Alegeharia! Nice to see you around as well. Though I am not sure if a Ball is the right place for an 8yo, I am quite sure, that he's going to get hearts melting with how adorable he is. Maybe even the Old Sand Wyvern's... ; )