Letter Bee

Dawn of The Coming Storm (Co-GMed with Eklispe this time!)

Sry bout that, but we have begun planning out what to do. However, we have not figured out how to put that plan into action just yet.

And by that, I mean I'm being a lazy sob and I should really get to working on a post.

@Scarifar

It's all right.

Worlds Apart

Ascot looked at Anni, taking some time to process her words and look at her, truly look at her, for the first time since the group had met. He smiled, floating over to her, wings flapping. Then he spoke, "The answer to that is...yes. The Ghost Girl needs people and isn't picky over who she needs. That is why she gave powers to us, seemingly at random. But that doesn't mean we can trust her. For all we know, she may want us for a cause that would be destructive or against our morals or both." He was a little worried by his own words, then continued, "For now, she has all the cards. For now."

His smile then grew wider, before he said, sheepishly: "You know, I like girls too. But few of them are so outspoken, yet kind. Assertive, yet gentle. Feminine, yet with steel under that silk." He blushed. "And, well, let's just say that I never noticed those attributes in you before; I am sorry."

Ascot floated down, turning back into a human for a brief few seconds, wanting to see Anni as 'himself', as his original black-haired and awkward and sort-of weak self.

Then, the light shone through him again, and he resumed his Angelic form. As his wings manifested once more, they began fluttering once more, like with Saffron. He would then say, "I will not throw myself at you like I did with Saffron. But, if you like, perhaps we can have Tristan make us a place to have a mini-date in? I noticed him talking about being able to grow fruits, structures, and gardens..."

A look at where Tristan and Tabitha were canoodling, and a kind smirk towards the former. He would then turn back to Anni and say:

"So, a mini-date in a rose garden, if you, Tristan, and Tabitha agree?" His smile was even now more shining than ever.

@Etranger@Mammon@Redward@Viatos@jdh97@Ceta de Cloyes@TaroAndSelia@Scarescrow

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<Snipped quote by Letter Bee>

@Vilageidiotx

I was thinking of the Celtic spells of luck and mental compulsion, but yeah.

Precipice of War: The Reboot Bugaloo

GEASS - Grand Empowering Association of Supportive States.

Dawn of The Coming Storm (Co-GMed with Eklispe this time!)

@Scarifar, perhaps Alia can strategize?

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@Dinh AaronMk, @Mihndar, I think we should stop arguing; I might be paranoid, but things might get heated...

And I don't think the Germans will go Nazi this time?

@Shyri

Worlds Apart

Ascot would have said that it was actions, not powers, that made one a monster. But Michael Keahi had managed to tackle Odepius' arguments from another angle. Nevertheless, the boy would look at the Police officer and give a few moments of thought to his request.

He didn't like the idea of the serial killer giving more inane speeches and distracting them from work that needed to be done. If he were honest with himself, Ascot had an ego that Odepius had wounded, but to surrender to that...would be to prove the deranged man right. So the boy looked at Michael, giving a brief series of nods.

"All right, officer," Ascot said, "we will leave him ungagged." I can just ignore him. "But I am still tightening his restraints until we go to Silverbrook, after which we will try for more lasting means of restraint and surveillance."

And with that, the cocoon encasing Odepius tightened and thickened, before the young man would continue to say, "Officer...sorry for further questions, but your mask, what powers does that give you? Do you feel anything inside yourself?" He then looked at where Tabitha and Tristan were having a 'shippy' moment, smiling.

Then, his stomach rumbled. He then looked at Michael, then Anni, before saying, "Oh, do you guys have some food? If not, we might want to resume the trip to Lightbridge in...five minutes."

@Etranger@Mammon@Redward@Viatos@jdh97@Ceta de Cloyes@TaroAndSelia@Scarescrow

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@ClocktowerEchos, Hey, willing to receive an embassy from me? I am sending someone to both you and China.

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@The Spectre, I can smuggle you some ripoff Mosin-Nagants...

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Nation: The Federal Republic of the Philippines

Leader: Priscilla Aglipay-Rizal

History: The Philippines was colonized by Spain, whose oppression welded together the disaprate peoples of the Islands into one nation, nay, one civilization. When the Philippines rose up in revolt, America then stepped in to help, then betray the rebels and make common cause with the rich landowners to undermine the revolution and set up a new colony that served its interests. That said, there were constructive elements to the US Occupation, such as in education and health care, as well as infrastructure. And credit where credit is due, the US did try and prepare the Philippines for Independence, acknowledging the skills of some of its people. Nevertheless, the Colonial Government's alliance with the rich landowners, who acquired estates larger than major cities under the American's tutelage, led to an unjust economic arrangement.

And when America went into civil war in the 30s, just after the end of the Great War, the people who were discontented with this state of things began to organize, led by one Gregorio Aglipay*, a former Catholic Priest who broke from the Vatican to establish his own Church, the Iglesia Filipina Independente (this was in the 1910s). Aglipay had Socialist and Communist leanings despite the two ideologies' hostility to religion, but rejected them to form his own ideology of 'Anti-Monopolism', which stated that smallholder farmers and networks of small worker-owned businesses were the best organization of society, but that a strong, federally-organized government with a substantial armed force was needed to ensure the destruction of monopolies and the even distribution of largeese. This central government, however, would be elected bottom-up by the people and locally-organized councils.

Aglipay was also a married man (just like in the IRL Timeline, but earlier) due to his Church rejecting clerical celibacy and moving closer to Episcopalian and 'Old Catholic' theology. He had a wife, and through her, a daugther, Priscilla Aglipay, who in turn married one Manuel Rizal (both Priscilla and Manuel did not exist IRL), son of Paciano Rizal, brother of Jose Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines. Priscilla was a finely educated woman, and also, to her father's surprise, physically strong and naturally assertive. Thus, she had been taken into his confidence and even taught how to use weapons and ride a horse and drive motorcars in her youth, and her new husband encouraged such things. And later on, she and Manuel joined Gregorio in founding the Second Katipunan, or Pangalawang Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan (PKKK).

The Second Katipunan was a revolutionary organization founded upon the rules of Anti-Monopolism, which meant overthrowing the landed estates and over-mighty corporations that were supported by the Americans, just as said support was weakening. This organization, founded on a network of cells with strong rules of secrecy, spread like wildfire as the United States withdrew the last of its troops due to its internal conflict. As the landed classes were divided on whether to declare their own 'Republic', seek Japanese 'tutelage', or do both as a protectorate, the Second Katipunan struck in a coordinated revolt. Workers ceased working, soldiers mutinied, and the peasants declared war on their landlords. The rich and powerful tried to resist using mercenary gangs of private militias, but the civil war, though brief and brutal, was won by the PKKK.

But Gregorio Aglipay and Manuel Rizal were not there to see it, having lost their lives in the conflict. Priscilla Aglipay-Rizal, however, did, having found herself the most powerful woman in the Philippines. But instead of setting herself up as a dictator like she could have done, she instead set up free and fair elections that included her last remaining opponents; this enabled her to legitimately win the title of 'Lady President'. She then began the process of dismantling the landed estates, supporting the smallholders left behind, creating networks of worker-owned businesses, and establishing 'necessary' state-owned enterprises in areas where economies of scale were important, such as arms production, mining, and shipbuilding. Not merely that, but she also began establishing fellow Anti-Monopolist movements in other post-colonial nations.

Other: The Philippine Military is made up of a 'regular army' of 40,000 men and women, and reservists and paramilitaries numbering 200,000 men and women (including independent women's units).

The Navy is composed of various ships 'left behind' by the US Asiatic Fleet during the final stages of the American Withdrawal and the Second Philippine Revolution:

- 4 Destroyers and 1 Destroyer Tender
- 9 Submarines (later powered through Ethanol)
- 1 Submarine Tender
- 3 Gunboats
- 2 Tankers
- 1 Tugboat
- 6 Torpedo Boats

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_Aglipay

@Dinh AaronMk@Byrd Man[@Villageidiotx]