by New Aeyariss » Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:02 am
Inyourfaceistan wrote:You didn't know that Cusc is actually a 4-armed cyborg genius commander and skillful warrior created in secret by a cabal of rich capitalist financiers built to lead and army of drones and other renegades against and overbearing socialist regime?
Psalms 144:1 wrote:Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
by The Selkie » Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:32 am
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[GNN] Check [hyperlink blocked] for further instructions or [frequency blocked]. /// Finland holds off Russian advance, Baltic sea turned into a "bathtub from hell". /// Strange signals from space, likely a dysfunctional probe /// New body armor rolling off the line, onto Gonswanzan soldiers /// Canada declares war against the US after a bloody coup. /// Japan deploys infantry to Korea, post-unification.
by Hispania Major » Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:30 am
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[GNN] Check [hyperlink blocked] for further instructions or [frequency blocked]. /// Finland holds off Russian advance, Baltic sea turned into a "bathtub from hell". /// Strange signals from space, likely a dysfunctional probe /// New body armor rolling off the line, onto Gonswanzan soldiers /// Canada declares war against the US after a bloody coup. /// Japan deploys infantry to Korea, post-unification.
by Grussland » Mon Aug 30, 2021 3:41 pm
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by Brettenwald » Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:31 pm
The Selkie wrote:Mona Colaícht of the Tribe of Sligo.
I had send off Nolly mere seconds before someone called out: "¡Hola amigas! My name's Lucía. How ya doing?"
Lucía, as it turned out, had addressed me and... by Rhiannon's left tit - by sheer coincidence, I had veered close to Valentine Teissedre. As in, the CEO of the Teissedre Group.
One of Brettenwald's largest industrial groups and about as apolitical as the Kyrenaian Movement for a Change in the Law of Marriage. But still - Valentine Teissedre!
Faye would never belive me!
I quickly composed myself, beat back my inner fangirl with extreme prejudice and put on a winning smile. Turning to Lucía, I replied: "And a good evening to you, Miss...?"
I really had no idea about who she was.
Hispania Major wrote:Being the peppy and outgoing person I was, I immediately went over to introduce myself and strike up a conversation with the lovely ladies, ignoring the others. "¡Hola amigas!", I greeted them. "My name's Lucía. How ya doing?"
by Hispania Major » Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:07 pm
The Selkie wrote:Mona Colaícht of the Tribe of Sligo.
I had send off Nolly mere seconds before someone called out: "¡Hola amigas! My name's Lucía. How ya doing?"
Lucía, as it turned out, had addressed me and... by Rhiannon's left tit - by sheer coincidence, I had veered close to Valentine Teissedre. As in, the CEO of the Teissedre Group.
One of Brettenwald's largest industrial groups and about as apolitical as the Kyrenaian Movement for a Change in the Law of Marriage. But still - Valentine Teissedre!
Faye would never belive me!
I quickly composed myself, beat back my inner fangirl with extreme prejudice and put on a winning smile. Turning to Lucía, I replied: "And a good evening to you, Miss...?"
I really had no idea about who she was.
Brettenwald wrote:Val took a split second to flip through a long and illustrious list of names and faces in her mental copy of World Peerage & Nobility before- ah, yes, Princess Lucía of Asturias, Hispania Major.
"Very well, thank you. It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness," she replied. "Valentine Teissedre, Teissedre Group," making her addition sound as casual as though she were head of an estate agency and not the single largest corporate entity in the Empire.
Then again, that tended to intimidate people (not that she would necessarily have objected to that outside of a social occasion like this), so that was the point to a certain extent.
"Just call me Val, everyone does. I must admit, I hadn't expected to get invited, seeing as how-" a delicate yet meaningful *ahem* referring to a knockout brunette who wasn't here and a tastefully obvious wedding ring that was -"anyway, I suppose the Nifonese are either trying to bury the hatchet with the greater world or desperate. Or both." The Kangs were inbound, she noticed. Between the five of them: herself, the Kangs, the Princess, and the as yet unknown to her Mona, they would soon have quite a few conversations to juggle.
by Brettenwald » Mon Aug 30, 2021 9:51 pm
Hispania Major wrote:Just as I was about to introduce myself to the blonde lady in the suit and ask who she was, she introduced herself first as Valentine Teissedre, the head of a company with the same name as her surname. In addition, judging by how she addressed me, she was already familiar with who I was, which was to be expected, given that I was the daughter of the Spanish Emperor. But not the other way around—I'd never heard of this "Teissedre Group" until now. Was it a law firm? A media company? A chain of supermarkets? Only one way to find out.
"Nice to meet ya, Val!" I replied. "And I'm fine with Lucía, I'm not big on formality either." Then I asked about what her company did, as well as her reason for attending the dinner. "So what do you do, and what brings you here today? Me, I came here mostly for the food and the scenery. And the chance to meet new people, there's that too."
by New Kowloon Bay » Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:18 am
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by New Aeyariss » Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:17 am
Inyourfaceistan wrote:You didn't know that Cusc is actually a 4-armed cyborg genius commander and skillful warrior created in secret by a cabal of rich capitalist financiers built to lead and army of drones and other renegades against and overbearing socialist regime?
Psalms 144:1 wrote:Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
by New Kowloon Bay » Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:30 am
New Aeyariss wrote:OOC: In travel for one day, and already ten posts O_O?
Feel free to continue mingling; I can only respond to so many people at once. Also, read this.
The arriving guests were carefully led inside by the servicing staff, then sat in front of the table according to the diplomatic protocol. The most highest ranked guests were sat closest to the front of the table, where dual seats were made for Her Augustness and shogun himself. They could see her in front of the table. She was a stunning beauty, with raven like silky flowing hair, wearing multiple layers of formal clothing resembling an onion. Those familiar with Nifonese politics knew however that neither she - nor her husband, who though a foreigner was a protege of Kojiro - had much interest in Nifonese domestic politics, leaving it all for Kojiro and the party.
"Good evening to you, Lucia-ojo!" she was addressed by no one but the Empress herself "I am glad to welcome you to the Empire of Greater Nifon. How did you enjoy the land of cranes so far?"
The businessmen part of the guests, as protocol demanded, were sat behind the royalty - which also gave better access to various Nifonese businessmen and party elders who shared the same side. They could easily see someone very important sitting there too. Baishou Gin, in his glasses, dressed in an expensive smoking sat there too, carefully observing the coming guests.
"Good evening!" he addressed president of New Kowloon Bay, smiling "I am humbled to meet your excellency here. I take that the journey was pleasant?"
Meanwhile the Kangs had another person address them. He instantly distinguished himself from other Nifonese VIPs by being taller and bulkier than them. Yet only when a part of the man's tattoos emerged from below his sleeves - a tattoo of blue dragon coiled around a katana - could Kangs know who addressed them. Kazama Tenryu, aka dragon of Karamuncho, was officially a rich industrialist and owner of a large construction company - unofficially one of most important figures in Nifonese underworld. Bribing party officials evidently gave him enough connections to get in here.
"Kang-san it is an honour to greet you here!" the Nifonese man smiled.
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by New Aeyariss » Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:05 am
Inyourfaceistan wrote:You didn't know that Cusc is actually a 4-armed cyborg genius commander and skillful warrior created in secret by a cabal of rich capitalist financiers built to lead and army of drones and other renegades against and overbearing socialist regime?
Psalms 144:1 wrote:Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
by Hispania Major » Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:24 am
Brettenwald wrote:"I see. Personally, I find myself here purely for business reasons. I am, let us say, not enamored with our host and his country for various personal-slash-political reasons, but I do try not to mix business and personal matters and I trust any Nifonese I may end up dealing with to do the same. As for what I do, I expected that becoming CEO after my father retired would involve less answering of emails and more personal involvement in day-to-day operations, though those expectations are likely just his leadership style rubbing off. That's what I do, but the corporation itself is active in the following sectors:
cybersecurity, cyberdefense, cloud computing and artificial intelligence,
super and quantum computing,
electrical and mechanical engineering as umbrella disciplines with particular foci on nanotechnology, robotics, and systems engineering,
and smaller-scale activities in air and ground-based weapons systems and autonomous vehicle research and development..."
A blush.
"My apologies, I tend to get somewhat didactic where work is concerned. I hope I didn't drone on too much, my wife would never forgive- ah, shit. I just said that, didn't I? Oh, well, not like it's not public knowledge and they invited me anyway, so-" She shrugged. "At least if I get put in front of a firing squad or something they'll have hell to pay afterwards. It'll be fun to die knowing my existence caused a major diplomatic incident." A little deadpan humor never hurt anyone.
New Aeyariss wrote:"Good evening to you, Lucia-ojo!" she was addressed by no one but the Empress herself "I am glad to welcome you to the Empire of Greater Nifon. How did you enjoy the land of cranes so far?"
The businessmen part of the guests, as protocol demanded, were sat behind the royalty - which also gave better access to various Nifonese businessmen and party elders who shared the same side. They could easily see someone very important sitting there too. Baishou Gin, in his glasses, dressed in an expensive smoking sat there too, carefully observing the coming guests.
by New Kowloon Bay » Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:51 am
New Aeyariss wrote:The empire of greater appeared on the outside as a model Christian nation. The social order was based on three principles - Christian faith, teachings of the ancient Chu sages and Nifonese warrior code. Everything went well; the society functioned as a highly oiled mechanism under the watchful eye of the Imperial Reverence Party. "Dangerous gaijin ideas" like socialism, liberalism, communism and feminism did not take hold, and each and every Nifonese lived a joyous life.
It was true that the economy was booming. Nifon dominated the whole area of Southern Furukuran Sea, forcing it's peoples to provide resources the land of cranes needed. Should they decline, Imperial Nifonese Army paid them a visit and deliveries resumed, usually under the leadership of a new government. Wenchuan - the country with largest potential - was split among squabbling warlords, whom Nifon graciously provided with arms, carefully watching hat none of them become too powerful to unite the country. Nifonese electronics and digital market was booming, with success of Amrita being a perfect example.
Yet not all was well. That night was the first time many foreign guests were exposed to reality of Nifon.
Kojiro, to gain power and rule the country, needed power. To gain power he needed alliances. People with whom he allied weren't as idealistic as him. Some didn't care about religion at all, seeing it as merely a tool to manipulate the masses. Others did believe, but their faith was the kind of nightmares of normal people.
Fast forward twenty years, despite it's dominance over the region, Nifon was rotting on the inside. In 20 years of his reign, the Shogun saw the new elite grow as corrupt as the one he toppled... and wondered how did it happen,
Tenryu merely smiled:
"The pleasure is all mine" he continued "How is the buisness going? For me it is all good. I even purchased five percent of shares in AmritaLabs this month. Heard they are readying a major upgrade of their network as the previous system couldn't handle the demand!"
For him, this was an once in the lifetime chance. Truth was, Tenryu cared little about anything else but money, having grown up in Karamuncho. Called "Ishikawa's rear" the district was a stain on Nifon's reputation as Kirishitan nation, housing poverty, crime and plenty of brothels which the government couldn't remove despite repeated attempts. Usually, Kojiro kept him on a short leash; viewing him with suspicion, but lacking willingness to attack him when more pressing threats lurked in the party... like Baishou Gin.
To be truthful, Gin saw the president of New Kowloon Bay as an idiot.
The president, if by some mind control trick he got to read Gin's thoughts, would likely known that there were very few people that Gin wasn't seeing as idiots. Usually this list was restricted to himself, Ito Suzaku and their closest associates in the party. The party elder in Nifon despised equally all who believed in freedom and democracy, thinking himself superior to them.
After all, what was democracy if just a filler for textbooks, to con people into thinking they have a choice, while the real leaders - of whom he of course was greatest and smartest - quietly led from behind, giving masses exactly what they wanted. Be it democracy... or religion.
"Your excellency, by all standards of politeness your excellency is a proper term in diplomatic protocol to refer to a president" he once again entered his persona of Baishou Gin - the humble, religious party elder who would have given his life for Iesu Krishtou no Mikoto "I am Baishou Gin, member of the party standing committee at your service. I have been called here, even if Kojiro-sama and me... don't always share the same views, even if I share the same faith as him."
That was an understatement. The two men bitterly fought for control of the party, and at this moment, the forces were equal. Gin had more backers in the imperial diet, using a careful network of alliances with other party elders; but Kojiro had the military under his control. Gin had to proceed wisely in fear of potential retaliation - he knew all too well that should Kojiro get serious, rule of law won't be respected at all.
In the end, despite it's president being an idiot in Gin's eyes, Kowloon bay was resource rich. Securing a contract could increase Gin's prestige, and thus his prestige in the party. Finally he would topple Kojiro and then turn Nifon into a proper empire stretching from Palmyrion to Mirsk, all under quiet rule of the worthy - a testament to his greatness.
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by The Selkie » Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:56 am
Hispania Major wrote:"I see. Personally, I find myself here purely for business reasons. I am, let us say, not enamored with our host and his country for various personal-slash-political reasons, but I do try not to mix business and personal matters and I trust any Nifonese I may end up dealing with to do the same. As for what I do, I expected that becoming CEO after my father retired would involve less answering of emails and more personal involvement in day-to-day operations, though those expectations are likely just his leadership style rubbing off. That's what I do, but the corporation itself is active in the following sectors:
cybersecurity, cyberdefense, cloud computing and artificial intelligence,
super and quantum computing,
electrical and mechanical engineering as umbrella disciplines with particular foci on nanotechnology, robotics, and systems engineering,
and smaller-scale activities in air and ground-based weapons systems and autonomous vehicle research and development..."
A blush.
"My apologies, I tend to get somewhat didactic where work is concerned. I hope I didn't drone on too much, my wife would never forgive- ah, shit. I just said that, didn't I? Oh, well, not like it's not public knowledge and they invited me anyway, so-" She shrugged. "At least if I get put in front of a firing squad or something they'll have hell to pay afterwards. It'll be fun to die knowing my existence caused a major diplomatic incident." A little deadpan humor never hurt anyone.
New Aeyariss wrote:"Good evening to you, Lucia-ojo!" she was addressed by no one but the Empress herself "I am glad to welcome you to the Empire of Greater Nifon. How did you enjoy the land of cranes so far?"
The businessmen part of the guests, as protocol demanded, were sat behind the royalty - which also gave better access to various Nifonese businessmen and party elders who shared the same side. They could easily see someone very important sitting there too. Baishou Gin, in his glasses, dressed in an expensive smoking sat there too, carefully observing the coming guests.
I play PT, MT and a bit FT. I am into character-RPs.
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