A Christmas in Neo-Manila [OPEN][SIGN-UP HERE][OOC]

[Pan-Asiatic States]

A CHRISTMAS IN NEO-MANILA
A Slice of Life Roleplay set in Metropolitan Neo-Manila, Pan-Asiatic States
This is the OOC thread. Click here to go to the IC thread.

WHAT IS THIS RP?

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• This is a slice-of-life RP where you can send one or more character(s) from various backgrounds to visit Metropolitan Neo-Manila, the capital of the Pan-Asiatic States, for any reason whatsoever. You can roleplay as any kind of person from your country: an ambassador, a businessman, a tourist, an exchange student, a member of a criminal syndicate, and anything in between.

RULES

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1. My word is final.
2. Sign-up via the Out-Of-Character Thread, and wait for your application to be approved, before posting on the In-Character Thread.
3. Please follow site rules.
4. No sexually or graphically explicit content.
5. Please keep responses civil and realistic.
6. I reserve the right to refuse to recognize something as canon in PAS lore if particular actions are not realistic.
7. No non-human nations may participate in this RP, though if your main nation is one composed of non-humans, you may still apply to join as a human character.
8. Direct all chatter not written from an in-character perspective to the OOC thread posted above.
9. The boundary of this RP is essentially the IRL administrative boundary of Manila.
10. Don't be so serious! This isn't a war RP, or an international incident. We're all just here to have fun.

CITY INFORMATION

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Note: If you have any other questions regarding the city's characteristics, please contact me via the OOC Thread.

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BASIC INFORMATION
Location: Tagalog Soviet Socialist Republic, Pan-Asiatic States
Population: 13.5 million people
Density: 21,000/km2 (54,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s): English: Manilan;
Spanish: manilense,[a] manileño(-a)
Tagalog: Manileño(-a), Manilenyo(-a), Taga-Maynila[/size]
Public Transportation: Trains, Jeepneys, Buses
Languages/Dialect: Tagalog, Chinese, English (Most people speak English)
Payment Options: Labor Vouchers (Exchange foreign currency at a remittance center)

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Metropolitan Neo-Manila (/məˈnɪlə/; Filipino: Maynilà, pronounced [majˈnilaʔ] or [majniˈla]), officially Metropolitan Neo-Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynilà [luŋˈsod nɐŋ majˈnilaʔ]), formerly known as simply Manila, is the official capital of the Pan-Asiatic States, and the official state-capital of the Tagalog Soviet Socialist Republic. Settlement in the region has been known to have existed since before written record, even before the arrival of the Malayans and the era of Spanish colonization. The city was destroyed by Soviet nuclear weapons during the Second World War, leaving much of its old heritage sites completely destroyed. It was rechristened with the name Neo-Manila, and was designated as the capital of the Federation of Pan-Asiatic States for its strategic ports and geographic location. It is now the seat of Pan-Asiatic government and is one of the three defined metropolitan areas of the Tagalog region of the Pan-Asiatic States.

The Metropolitan itself is composed of 16, large Districts namely: the District of Maynila (Or, Capital District), Laurel District, Caloocan District, Las Piñas District, Makati District, Malabon District, Mandaluyong District, Marikina District, Muntinlupa District, Navotas District, Parañaque District, Pasay District, Pasig District, San Juan District, Taguig District, and Valenzuela District, as well as the municipality of Pateros. Each District is a city in its own right, and their close, merging proximity with each other forms the entirety of Metropolitan Neo-Manila. The Metropolitan's capital district is the country's second largest city.

Metropolitan Neo-Manila, alongside Mexico City and Madrid are considered the world's original set of Global Cities due to its commercial networks being the first to traverse the Pacific Ocean, thus connecting Asia with the Spanish Americas, marking the first time in world history when an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circled the planet. This trade continues to flourish until today, and is attributed as a primer for the city's burgeoning growth rate. Neo-Manila has been damaged by and rebuilt from wars more times than the famed city of Troy and it is also the most natural disaster afflicted capital city in the world, yet it is simultaneously among the most populous and most wealthy cities in Southeast Asia.

POINTS OF INTEREST

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Note: The list of locations here are just suggested places that your characters can visit. If you would like to ask about other, more specific locations that fit your roleplaying needs, please ask me in the OOC Thread. Also this list is a work-in-progress. New locations will be added as the RP requires it.

• Operation hours: Tours are open between 7am-7pm
• Highlight(s): Catch a glimpse of the city's main tourist attraction!
• Insider info: Read the inscription on the plaque at the base of the memorial

Located in the Capital District, the Great Pacific Revolution Memorial is an enormous park devoted to remembrance of the fallen of the Great Pacific Revolution, the term used to refer to the pro-Communist uprisings that occurred in the years that led to, happened during, and were instigated after the Second World War. The Memorial is roughly the size of eight city blocks. At the center is a massive statue of a Red Army soldier carrying a young Filipino man, looking Eastward. North of the statue is a solid concrete block with the inscription "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!", or "Proletarians of All Countries, Unite!"; the state-motto of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the famous Marxist catchphrase at the end of the Communist Manifesto. Just across the street, a hallowed veteran's burial ground is visited regularly by those who lost friends or family members to the Great Pacific Revolution.

"Patriotic" shops are known to surround the area, which, ironically, sell retail souvenirs like dummy Red Army helmets, copycat Mutual Assistance Bloc army officer caps, assorted magnets, and other items that a tourist would want to purchase. The Pan-Asiatic States Armed Forces conducts marches in the area from 2AM to 6PM. The memorial itself is open from 7PM to 8 PM. Once every two months, Air Shows and military parades are also hosted here.

• Operation hours: The museum is open between 10am-6pm
• Highlight(s): Tour the Tagalog Soviet Socialist Republic's largest museum!
• Insider info: You probably won't be able to tour the entire museum in one day, so choose only a few of the many exhibits to tour

The Museum of Philippine Revolution is a museum erected to commemorate the "national struggle" of the indigenous Tagalog Peoples in their creation of the New Philippine state. The Museum is the country's fifth largest museum, and is a bunker-like structure, built mostly underground. The first floor serves as the lobby and directory. The first basement is dedicated to pre-Hispanic Philippine history, while the final basement explores contemporary history, such as the 1995 Cultural Revolution; the rest of the museum is built in this chronologically-organized manner. The museum has over 165 different exhibits, and houses national treasures like the original copy of Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) and El Filibusterismo (The Filibuster).

Two of the most popular exhibits in the museum is the Exhibit for Early Philippine Proletariat Culture, and the Exhibit for the Legacy of Resistance Against the Japanese Occupation.

If you've come to Neo-Manila solely for rest and relaxation, no worries, the Laurel District has you covered. Honorably named after President Jose P. Laurel, first President of the short-lived Second Philippine Republic, for his heroic deeds as a Nationalist who actively tried to protect the Tagalog peoples even while under foreign occupation during the Pacific Wars, the Laurel District is the most recently developed District of the entire Metropolitan, and as such, is the go-to commercial District for mall-lovers and tech-savy urban explorers. Very few people know the accolades this city holds. Regardless, it remains on the periphery of both local and foreign sojourners because other districts to the South boast of a more cosmopolitan atmosphere.

But if you can find the time, why not drop by the Laurel District and experience the fun for yourself?

• Operation hours: 10am-9pm
• Highlight(s): Complete with all the shopping essentials, Little Moscow is an easy one stop shop for all your needs.
• Insider info: The Markov Rail Transportation terminal is connected to the mall for easy commuter access.

Come to the Little Moscow Mall located along Kalangitan Avenue, in the Laurel District of Neo-Manila. There’s always something happening on the ground floor’s Activity Plaza—from celebrity endorsement launches to trade fairs, and even food festivals. You can stroll through or relax at the mall’s beautifully landscaped outdoor area.

There’s also a movie house, open garden, and arcade at the top floor. The easiest way to come here is by taking a Markov Rail Transportation ride and hopping off at the North Avenue station – which is connected to the mall proper.

• Operation hours: 11am-9pm
• Highlight(s): The mall has numerous restaurants and cafes to choose from.
• Insider info: Laurel District Center stands on what used to be the grounds of the Myo Myung-Hee Korean Academy of the Sciences.

On the other side of the Laurel District, near the Tagalog State University (TSU), the Laurel District Center is another relatively new development, with restaurants and clothing outlets that are perfect for families. The fastest way to get here is by taking a jeep headed towards the Tagalog State University campus. There’s also a wide open space right in the middle of the complex, where you can people-watch to your heart’s content.

• Operation hours: 11am-9pm
• Highlight(s): Catch a glimpse of the highly instagrammable Gerry’s Jeepney and try out their Filipino menu.
• Insider info: Luzviminda Street is actually a part of a small compound owned by State-Company Feng Ltd., called New Tagalog Village, with its streets being named after places in the Tagalog Soviet Socialist Republic.

Luzviminda Street is a portmanteau of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (the three primary groups of provinces that compose the Tagalog Soviet Socialist Republic), and is one of the cultural arteries of the Laurel District of Neo-Manila. Many Facebook posts have been dedicated to this bustling gastronomic nucleus. Luzviminda Street traverses Alunsina Street and the Professor's Village, surrounding the Tagalog State University's campus. The street itself is far-away from the nearest railway station, but part of the experience is taking a journey via jeepney, discovering hidden hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and sharing the find on social media.

RP REGISTRATION SHEET

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[b]Reason For Travel:[/b]
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[Pan-Asiatic States]

CURRENT DAY (ICly)
December 20, 2021 GMT+8
NOTE: You may only post about events that happen during the current IC day (flashbacks are permitted though). This is to keep RP cohesion. Only I hold the power to move the date forward.

[Zeloria]

Character Name: Eric Schmidt
Nation of Origin: REAL: Zeloria, COVER: Austria
Physical Description: Caucasian male with short blonde hair, wears a sunhat, sunglasses, a Hawaii shirt, short pants and sandals.
Reason For Travel: REAL: Study of alternate dimensions, COVER: just a simple tourist, nothing else.
Other Notes: Eric is secretly a Zelorian dimensionaut studying Pan-Asiatic culture, he does his best to keep his real identity a secret to prevent cultural contamination.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Character Name: Eric Schmidt
Nation of Origin: REAL: Zeloria, COVER: Austria
Physical Description: Caucasian male with short blonde hair, wears a sunhat, sunglasses, a Hawaii shirt, short pants and sandals.
Reason For Travel: REAL: Study of alternate dimensions, COVER: just a simple tourist, nothing else.
Other Notes: Eric is secretly a Zelorian dimensionaut studying Pan-Asiatic culture, he does his best to keep his real identity a secret to prevent cultural contamination.

Alright, you're set to post!

[Pan-Asiatic States]

I should also probably mention that you guys can apply for multiple characters.

[Kergstan]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Onaira Kauan
Nation of Origin: Socialist Republic of Kergstan
Physical Description: 20 years old, pardo boy with green eyes and curly black hair, slim and 1,79m tall.
Reason For Travel: Son of the ambassador of Kergstan to PAS
Other Notes: None atm

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Onaira Kauan
Nation of Origin: Socialist Republic of Kergstan
Physical Description: 20 years old, pardo boy with green eyes and curly black hair, slim and 1,79m tall.
Reason For Travel: Son of the ambassador of Kergstan to PAS
Other Notes: None atm

[Pan-Asiatic States]

/bump

[Katase]

I'm interested but I do have a question before I sign up, my angle would be to send a class of young students and a few teachers. So would I need to apply for every single character I intend to send along or would a blanket app cover everything? Want to be sure.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

I'm interested but I do have a question before I sign up, my angle would be to send a class of young students and a few teachers. So would I need to apply for every single character I intend to send along or would a blanket app cover everything? Want to be sure.

I mean, yes, I'd prefer to have a list of the students' names and like 1 sentence descriptions of them but ig if it's too much then maybe just submit sheets for the major characters.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Sorry for the delay in replying, everyone. My laptop broke and it's hard to do it on my phone.

[Exsorcial]

Sorry for the delay in replying, everyone. My laptop broke and it's hard to do it on my phone.

Exsorcial is at war with Pan-Asiatic States. Exsorcial has ALWAYS been at war with Pan-Asiatic States. Anybody who disagrees is ungoodbellyfeel Goldstein.

Seriously though, bookmarking for interest.

[A m e n r i a]

Welcome back, PAS! How have you been? That's a nice looking thread you got there.

[Sky Reavers]

Hope that laptop of your's gonna be fixed soon, partner.

Character Name: Ian Suarez
Nation of Origin: Sky Reavers
Physical Description: A white tall male with long red hair. Has a scorpion tattoo on his right arm. Wears sunglasses, black tank top, cargo pants with some subtle grease stains, sandals and a steampunk style gear neckalce.
Reason For Travel: Explore a new place, get drunk on local stuff, and of course find some adventures.
Other Notes: None.

[Katase]

This is a small private middle school from Katase, Ikeda Middle is exclusively female. This trip is to enrich a handful of students in this and that of the world by getting to visit a foreign nation and take in sights, history and cultural facts. The students are accompanied by three teachers who are their chaperones and guides. Beyond that, nothing too fancy about these young ladies, they all come from a variety of family backgrounds and social status, from working class to military tradition.

Character Name Katou, Asuka
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Young woman, late 20s, longer auburn hair, brown eyes, small stature
Reason For Travel: School teacher/chaperone
Other Notes: Part of a middle school class on a trip.

Character Name Yano, Shirayuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description:
Reason For Travel: Young woman, late 20s, dark brown hair, amber eyes
Other Notes: School chaperone/teacher

Character Name Nagato, Ichika
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Young woman, late 20s, short hair
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes: Teacher/chaperone

Character Name: Yuna Yuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Short girl at middle school age, dark hair, brown eyes
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

Character Name Souma Harukaze
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: A smidge taller than her classmate, Yuki, usually wear glasses or red contact lenses and curled hair.
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

Character Name: Shijou Yuzuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: She stand about the same as her two other classmates above, long sandy brown hair, blue eyes
Reason For Travel: Class field trip
Other Notes:

Character Name: Fukube, Fumie
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Taller than most of the girls she's attending with, standing at 155 cm, short black hair and grey eyes.
Reason For Travel: Class field trip.
Other Notes:

Character Name: Matsumoto, Tanya A.
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Also fairly tall at 150 cm
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes: She's actually biracial, born and raised in Katase with a Katase father and Abetton mother. Flaxen hair, blue eyes.

Character Name Mitsuki, Madoka
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: a head taller than Souma, Shijou, Yuna but shorter than Matsumoto and Fukube. Long light brown hair and green eyes.
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Hope that laptop of your's gonna be fixed soon, partner.

Character Name: Ian Suarez
Nation of Origin: Sky Reavers
Physical Description: A white tall male with long red hair. Has a scorpion tattoo on his right arm. Wears sunglasses, black tank top, cargo pants with some subtle grease stains, sandals and a steampunk style gear neckalce.
Reason For Travel: Explore a new place, get drunk on local stuff, and of course find some adventures.
Other Notes: None.

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Would have loved to take in a character from Skyhooked though since we have pre-existing relations with them. But in any case.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

This is a small private middle school from Katase, Ikeda Middle is exclusively female. This trip is to enrich a handful of students in this and that of the world by getting to visit a foreign nation and take in sights, history and cultural facts. The students are accompanied by three teachers who are their chaperones and guides. Beyond that, nothing too fancy about these young ladies, they all come from a variety of family backgrounds and social status, from working class to military tradition.

Character Name Katou, Asuka
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Young woman, late 20s, longer auburn hair, brown eyes, small stature
Reason For Travel: School teacher/chaperone
Other Notes: Part of a middle school class on a trip.

Character Name Yano, Shirayuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description:
Reason For Travel: Young woman, late 20s, dark brown hair, amber eyes
Other Notes: School chaperone/teacher

Character Name Nagato, Ichika
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Young woman, late 20s, short hair
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes: Teacher/chaperone

Character Name: Yuna Yuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Short girl at middle school age, dark hair, brown eyes
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

Character Name Souma Harukaze
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: A smidge taller than her classmate, Yuki, usually wear glasses or red contact lenses and curled hair.
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

Character Name: Shijou Yuzuki
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: She stand about the same as her two other classmates above, long sandy brown hair, blue eyes
Reason For Travel: Class field trip
Other Notes:

Character Name: Fukube, Fumie
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Taller than most of the girls she's attending with, standing at 155 cm, short black hair and grey eyes.
Reason For Travel: Class field trip.
Other Notes:

Character Name: Matsumoto, Tanya A.
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: Also fairly tall at 150 cm
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes: She's actually biracial, born and raised in Katase with a Katase father and Abetton mother. Flaxen hair, blue eyes.

Character Name Mitsuki, Madoka
Nation of Origin: Katase
Physical Description: a head taller than Souma, Shijou, Yuna but shorter than Matsumoto and Fukube. Long light brown hair and green eyes.
Reason For Travel: Class trip
Other Notes:

Cool!

[Pan-Asiatic States]

To new registrants: please post your opening posts when you can. To those who are still waiting for responses, please just give me some time. My new charger will hopefully arrive within the week.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Welcome back, PAS! How have you been? That's a nice looking thread you got there.

Thanks, Amenria. I'm good rn and am ready to continue RPing.

[Sky Reavers]

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Would have loved to take in a character from Skyhooked though since we have pre-existing relations with them. But in any case.

Sky Reavers are Skyhooked, just renamed. Hell, this was even stated in sig.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

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Would have loved to take in a character from Skyhooked though since we have pre-existing relations with them. But in any case.

Sky Reavers are Skyhooked, just renamed. Hell, this was even stated in sig.

Oh, I thought the sig was speaking metaphorically lol.

[Zhouran]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Beiyuelun Tieshun
Nation of Origin: Zhouran
Physical Description: 190.4 cm tall wide-bodied Kangyuli male, tanned bronze complexion, muscular, large-framed, shaved head, dark-brown walrus moustache, thick bushy dark-brown eyebrows, light-brown sharp almond-shaped eyes
Reason For Travel: A retired soldier who is working as a foreign correspondent for the politically-hardline Shenlunluo–Haxikang Workers' Daily, Beiyuelun Tieshun travels to Neo-Manila to report on life in the city ever since the establishment of the Pan-Asiatic States
Other Notes: Beiyuelun will definitely go around interviewing the residents of Neo-Manila and ask them about life ever since the creation of the Pan-Asiatic States

[Bengal and Assam]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Suyeon, Nancy
Nation of Origin: British Kawa (Bengal)
Physical Description: 164cm tall, slim bodied, female, fair complexion, brown hair, thick light eyebrows, black eyes
Reason For Travel: Employment by the Ministry of Foreign Affaris - East Asian Relations PR Division. Will survey the people of Neo-Manilla for their opinions regarding Bengal and the Commonwealth, will encourage people to people, and cultural(pop and traditional) relations.
Other Notes:

Mandatory Military Service=Finished, Batch of 2014, Queen's Funamori Reserves Corps

OOC: Regarding the passport. The nengo in the "Date of Expire" is left empty coz u never know when the Queen might kick the bucket.
And its supposed to be "Date of Expiration. Do excuse me for that.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Beiyuelun Tieshun
Nation of Origin: Zhouran
Physical Description: 190.4 cm tall wide-bodied Kangyuli male, tanned bronze complexion, muscular, large-framed, shaved head, dark-brown walrus moustache, thick bushy dark-brown eyebrows, light-brown sharp almond-shaped eyes
Reason For Travel: A retired soldier who is working as a foreign correspondent for the politically-hardline Shenlunluo–Haxikang Workers' Daily, Beiyuelun Tieshun travels to Neo-Manila to report on life in the city ever since the establishment of the Pan-Asiatic States
Other Notes: Beiyuelun will definitely go around interviewing the residents of Neo-Manila and ask them about life ever since the creation of the Pan-Asiatic States

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Character Name (LAST NAME, Given Name, Middle Initial): Suyeon, Nancy
Nation of Origin: British Kawa (Bengal)
Physical Description: 164cm tall, slim bodied, female, fair complexion, brown hair, thick light eyebrows, black eyes
Reason For Travel: Employment by the Ministry of Foreign Affaris - East Asian Relations PR Division. Will survey the people of Neo-Manilla for their opinions regarding Bengal and the Commonwealth, will encourage people to people, and cultural(pop and traditional) relations.
Other Notes:

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Mandatory Military Service=Finished, Batch of 2014, Queen's Funamori Reserves Corps

OOC: Regarding the passport. The nengo in the "Date of Expire" is left empty coz u never know when the Queen might kick the bucket.
And its supposed to be "Date of Expiration. Do excuse me for that.