Mao Mao

⌠𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 ╼ 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋⌡

Chris kept on working at the bar while someone decided to check on Nicole in the woman's bathroom. It only took thirty seconds before the woman began to call for help. Chris, the bartender, rushed towards the woman and looked in the bathroom to see Nicole on the ground. He didn't care if anyone was in there or not, he ran towards Nicole as he called out her name several times. The customers began to gather around as they wanted to see what was happening. Some of them got out their phones and began filming it while others left the bar. Chris looked at the crowd and shouted towards them, "Won't someone help me carry her?!"

It wasn't until another man and a woman ran in the bathroom to help. The man got on the other side of Nicole while the woman began to call for an ambulance. On the count of three, they managed to get Nicole from the ground as they carried her out of the bathroom. The customers that had gathered began to move away as the two men tried to set her down on top of the bar counter. The woman, still on the phone, managed to move enough bottles and glasses that Nicole could easily lay down. Chris and the man set her down slowly as the customers were still filming. An ambulance drove pass the bar as its sirens rang out, followed by several police cars. Something crazy was going on.

Everyone was still looking at the ill woman as Chris started to do CPR on her. "Nicole, please don't do this to me. Think about your kids!" he said to her as he kept going. Then, he heard coughing coming from Nicole and he stopped as her mouth began to move. Nicole's eyes weren't open all the way as she managed to wrap her hand around the back of his head. All of a sudden, she forced his head to come down to her mouth and started to bite into his mouth. Despite his mouth covered, he tried to scream out loud as the other man stepped back to see what was happening. The customers were in shock as some of them started to leave while others were too scared to move. The woman began to yell out for help towards her phone as the dispatcher kept telling her that help was going to be there. Chris kept on 'screaming' as Nicole still held on to his mouth. A moment later, the man forced the woman off of him as a piece of the mouth fell out.

Chris was now holding his mouth as he started to cry because of the pain. The woman tried to bite into the other man, but he shoved her against the shelves. Bottles began to fall to the ground as the ill woman hit the shelves and fell to the ground as well. The man looked at the crowd and shouted at them, "Get the hell out!"

The crowd began to leave before the woman could get up and start attacking someone else. They were only caring about themselves as they tried to leave the area. Chris looked at everyone as they started to leave and tried to call out for help, but he couldn't because of the pain. The woman on the phone wanted to help out, but she was dragged out by the man. Nicole was trying to get up from the ground. There was enough time that someone could help the bartender get out of harm's way. Or, it was enough time to get out of harm's way without helping the man. Is someone willing to risk their life to help out a caring bartender.

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Jack Elliott finally got back home as he rushed towards the bathroom and started to throw up. It wasn't something that everyone was used to see every day. He was in the bathroom for two minutes until he finally got out to grab something to drink from the kitchen. The remote to the TV was on the table as he grabbed it and turned it on. He wasn't going to be surprised to hear about the shootings in the same area. He grabbed a bottled water and started to drink it as he heard Fox 31 news anchors talking about the breaking news story. The nation had now heard about the shootings in Baltham and Bainbridge Island. Twitter and other social media sites are blowing up with hashtags like "#Baltham" and "#PrayforBaltham."

Washington's governor, Robin Medina, told everyone in a press conference that government officials are looking into the shootings; however, he wasn't going to issue a state of emergency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a statement that said they were going to take "a closer look as those cases in the coming days." The White House and other government officials haven't commented yet.

Jack watched the television as the anchors kept on talking until his phone rang out. He thought that it was finally Valerie, but it was Dustin. He picked up the phone and walked towards the living room as he placed the remote on the coffee table and answered the call. "Hey, man. How are you doing?" he asked Dustin.

"Shouldn't I ask you that?" Dustin dodged the question.

"Well, I did throw up as soon as I came home. Overall, I am fine now that I drank some water." he answered as he was still watching the news. "Are you watching the news?"

"No, why?" Dustin asked his pal.

"Well, the entire nation knows about the shootings now. Twitter is freaking out as usual and other shit is going on as well." he told Dustin all of that as he started to look at the television. A commercial about the ‘latest phone’ started as Jack was still talking to Dustin. “Yeah, this should blow over soon enough. Why did you call me by the way?”

“I just wanted to see if you were alright.” Dustin quickly said to Jack, “Anyway, I will let you take a nap or whatever you were doing. Call me if something comes up.”

“Will do.” Jack said as they said their goodbyes and hung up as he put his phone on the coffee table. He lay down on the couch and started to take a nap before he began to work on the computer. Maybe Valerie would finally call back once he woke up. He knew that the crazy shit that happened today was finally over with. The government was going to do what they usually do and solve the shootings in the matter of days. He didn’t know what was going to happen, but he was thankful that it was finally over. His eyes shut as he was finally taking a well needed nap.

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

I am finally back in the game! Sorry if it's short, but thankfully I have finally posted. If somebody wants to collab, then they will have to wait until me and Sep do our collab. We can, of course, plan ahead for it.

No Turning Back - Into the Abyss

The meeting between the Admiral and the others were interesting enough as the men soon left the room. The attack on the ship was intense, as it could get. Everyone in the Archives did their job in gathering much information about the Devastators. Madison & Augustyn found as much as information down in the servers while Kevin and the others looked all over the library. Overall, the Archives didn’t suffer too much damage besides a couple books that fell to the ground. A couple of people were hit back the falling books, but didn't suffer any life threatening wounds. And the footage was sent to the local military key while it replayed the footage moments before the attack. He didn't felt good about lying to everyone, but it had to be done.

People wanted into the Archives and Kevin was willing to let them. He even allowed Mr. Karlson to set up an office in the Archives. Kevin needed to tell the rest of the workers about it and maybe bug his office for safety reasons. However, Kevin didn't know what to think of Karlson and Dr. Anderson. Kevin kept on thinking about the meeting as he walked into the Archives. He saw Madison putting away the remaining books into the shelves. Augustyn was most likely checking out the system for any errors in the server room. Kevin walked towards Madison as she looked at him for a moment and then back to the shelves.

"How was the meeting?" she asked.

"Well, we are going to have a new guest with us. Mister Karlson is going to set up office to look up additional information about the Devastators until he finds what he’s looking for.” Kevin answered as she looked at him confused.

“I had to say yes, Madison. Please don’t piss off Karlson. We need him to be on our good side until he leaves. The Admiral was pleased when I gave him an office, but he didn’t say that I couldn’t have it bugged.” Kevin told Madison before she could protest and left to find Augustyn. He walked to the server room and saw Augustyn leaving it as he grabbed the bottle water and started to drink it.

“How are you doing, Aug?” he asked.

"The sever room is alright and didn't suffer any damage during the fight. As for me, I have spent six hours in that room and I feel like shit. But, I am doing fine." Augustyn answered as he threw the empty bottle into the nearby trash can. Kevin watched as he made the shot and smiled as the bottle landed in the trash can.

Kevin walked towards Augustyn and said to him, "Listen, I need you to do me a favor. There's a new guy coming to the Archives and he's taking one of the offices. I need you to bug the office to ensure that he doesn't do something stupid."

Augustyn nodded and gave him a thumbs up as he walked towards his office to get ready before the guest arrived. Kevin walked back to his office and looked around. He walked to his chair and sat down as he began his own work of looking for any info of the Devastators with doing actual work as well. After two hours of working, he decided to contact the Admiral and see if he's willing to talk in private about things that are happening. He sent a message that they 'need to talk about what happened.' Kevin waited for a response to appear. Once it appeared on the computer screen, he got up from his chair and headed towards the meeting location. Things were going to get more interesting.

Age of Nations [Post 1815 to 1915 RP]

Alright, I am done with fixing my orders. Don't read the last part as it doesn't make sense to the order list. I am planning on it or just leaving it like that.

⌠𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 ╼ 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋⌡

@SouffleGirl123, it's fine. I will still post tomorrow, but I will make sure that I am not going too far.

Age of Nations [Post 1815 to 1915 RP]

^{Winter of 1814 ~ October}

_{Millares, Batigefalé}

Since it's foundation in 1330, the capital city of Millares has grown from two villages into the massive city it is known. Castilla Palace stood out as it was the tallest building in the city, made out of limestone. Construction lasted 13 years as hundreds of workers died while building the palace from the ground up. It was finally done in 1465 as the entire palace with inaugurated on King Florinio Castilla's thirty birthday. It included a dome, cloisters, statues of several religious heads, corridors, an inner garden, an infirmary, and a library. The throne room wasn't added to the palace until the Ávila family had the crown in 1730. After the Ávila Revolt ended, the Medellin-Varejão families took over the palace and made it their home. Queen Mariana Varejão-Medellin II and her Ministers usually have their talks in the meeting room on the weekdays. The families make sure to stay away from the Queen's meetings as guards are often posted near the room. Of course, they have been doing this for almost fourteen years since they took the crown away.

"It's pointless. We are already in debt, the people want things to be normal right away. It's impossible to fulfill their request." Rogelio Alvizo told the other ministers as he went to his papers on the situation in Batigefalé. The Batigefalé government was in debt and it work take them seven years to get out of debt with the amount that they are making at the moment. The education of civilians is at all time low as only five percent are educated, despite Mariana offering free education. And the unrest is also growing in all of the provinces. Another revolution could happen if they don't fix the economy among with the education. Alvizo was the Minister of the Interior and a family friend of the Medellin. He kept track of the Medellin's earnings, now he was figuring out a plan to fix the economy.

"Things are also messy in the army. Morale is low and we are limited in guns and cannons. The Queen needs to start fixing her country before it's too late." Maureo Jaquez, the Minister of the Army, said to Alvizo as he looked at Interior's papers. Jaquez was the leader of the rebellion against the Ávila family during the revolt. He led his men to several victories at the start and end of the revolution. The Batigefalé Army had seventy-one thousand soldiers, twelve thousand cazadors, fourteen thousand cavalry, and four cannons on standby with low moral and half of the army was ready for an attack. That is why Jaquez created the Reformation Act of 1816 as a way to increase the preparation and moral of the army. The act would also cut the entire army in half, saving them for debts in the nearby future. It was a big risk to cut the entire army in half, but it would benefit them in the near future.

"I agree with you, Minister. She needs to start fixing her nation's military. The navy is terrible and we don't have any first rates." Iliana Jairo Orantes responded after Jaquez was done talking. Orantes had been in the navy for most of his lifetime and saw how terrible the Ávila family was up close. He joined the rebels as soon as they took Millares and worked with Varejão-Medellin families on ways to fight against the Ávila Navy. Now, the Batigefalé Navy is shameful as it only had twenty-two sloops, fourteen second rates, and twelve frigates. They didn't have any first rates as it was too expensive to build one due to their debts. He managed to look at Jaquez's reformation act and supported it. Orantes hoped that a similar act could be made for the navy as well, but that would have to be for another time.

The three men waited for Queen Mariana Varejão-Medellin II to start the monthly meeting. The double wooden doors opened as Mariana entered the meeting room to see her usual ministers, waiting for their Queen. The guards shut the doors as she entered the room and walked towards her seat. The three men stood up until the Queen took her seat as they waited to present their reports. "Terribly sorry that I was late. My family was keeping me back. I am ready to hear about your findings." she said to the men as she was ready to hear the reports. Alvizo was the first one to speak.

"My Queen, the economy of Batigefalé is slowly growing back. But, we are still in debt and the provinces are growing more unrest. It has been fourteen years since the revolt ended, but the economy is still bad. We must do something before it's too late." Alvizo spoke as he looked at his papers and back at the Queen.

"What do you suggest we do?" she asked.

"We need to establish several trade agreements with other nations immediately. I already have a list of potential countries that would most likely accept our agreement." he said as he grabbed a piece of paper and read the list that ranged from the Kingdom of Dallin to the Kingdom of Aontas. The Queen was interested in his report and suggestions that he offered. Now, it was the Minister of the Army's turn to speak.

"Queen Mariana, I am here to tell you that our army is morally weak and not ready for a possible invasion. We are limited in the size and I don't believe that we are able to handle another revolt in all of the provinces. Unless, you do something about our army, your families' hard work would of been for nothing." Jaquez honestly told the Queen of the situation with the Batigefalé Army. The Queen nodded in agreement as she heard everything that the minister spoke as she was handed the reports.

"Interesting." she said, "And what do you have in mind to fixing our army?"

"I do have something worth your time, my Queen." he answered her question as he pulled out papers on the rough draft of the Reformation Act of 1816. The Queen took a look at it as the Minister explained it to her. "My Queen, this reform act will reshape our army into a fighting force in the matter of a year or two. It would also save us from going into another debt as half of the army will be cut. It will be easier to train fewer groups of men. Of course, things will be changed and moved around before it becomes official. But, I wanted you have a look at it and give your opinions on it."

"Thank you, Jaquez." she said as she handed the papers back to him. "I will go over it with you once I have spoken to the Minister of the Navy."

Orantes nodded as he began to speak about the report until the wooden doors opened, revealing Inquisitor Cuarto La Madrid. He held a letter in one hand and his sword's grip as he walked towards the Queen. The Inquisitor was one scary person as stories of his actions surfaced during and after the revolution. He's the one that knew where Prince Lucero Ávila II was at. La Madrid might be one of the last Inquisitors as the Batigefalé Inquisition is coming to an end. He put one knee on the ground and put his head down as he said, "My Queen, I am sorry for interrupting your meeting. But I have urgent news about the Ávila family. Our spies found them at Gilbradia." Everyone in the room couldn't believe the news as the Queen grabbed the letter and opened it up, interested by the sudden news.

"How did they managed to find them?" she asked the Inquisitor.

"They tracked to a port in Azreka, where the family booked passage to Gilbradia during the war. Mister Lucero wasn't willing to tell me anything about their location, despite me 'asking' for the last several years." he told her as he got up from the ground. "I had my spies sent all over to search for them. It took years, but we finally found them in Gilbradia."

"Thank you for this news, Inquisitor. May we see each other again." Mariana said to the Inquisitor.

The Inquisitor nodded as he said, “I look forward to that.” He walked out of the meeting room as he closed the doors and went back to wherever he came. The Ministers were interested in the news that the Ávila family was finally found. Rogelio Alvizo looked around and finally spoke, “My Queen, you must think about asking Gilbradia before you do something terrible. They are able to wipe our navies and armies in the matter of weeks. If they manage to get their support.”

“Don’t worry, Alvizo. I have this under control.” she ensured Alvizo, “We need to ‘butter them up.’ and then we can ask for the release of the Ávila family. If we have to, then we can bring up their crimes against the people of Batigefalé.”

“Agreed.” all three men said at the same time.

“Alright, let’s get back to the meeting. I believed that Orantes had something to say.” the Queen looked at Orantes as she asked.

“Yes, I do have something about our navy. It also needs reforming into a powerful and respected navy. Our navy only has twenty-two sloops, fourteen second rates, and twelve frigates. It’s laughable at most. We don’t even have first rates and third rates ships. After we reform the army and our economy get better, then we should reform the navy next.” Orantes read off his report to the Queen.

“And what do you have in mind to fixing problems that the navy faces?” Mariana asked the minister.

“I figured that we should wait for both the economy and the army to get better before we worry about the navy. However, I am also working on a reformation act for the navy.” Orantes answered her question as he was the last Minister to speak about his report. The Queen was silent for a moment to figure out which problems the Batigefaléan government will face. She started to write something on a piece of paper for a few minutes. When she was done writing, she looked at the three men and thanked them for providing their reports. Then, she looked at Alvizo and handed him the letter.

“Take this and give it to the Foreign Minister. He will handle the trade agreement with Gilbradia. I am hopeful that they will accept it. There’s also a trade agreement with Dallin. They will for surely accept the agreement. May we see each other again, Minister.” she spoke to Alvizo. He got up and nodded as he left the meeting room and headed back to his office. She stood up and walked towards the two remaining ministers in the room.

“We need to get more money into our pockets and those agreements should be good for now.” she said to them, “We will get to your reform act some day, Jaquez. We are just too much in debt to focus on the army.”

“It’s alright, my Queen.” Jaquez told Mariana as he smiled at her. She smiled back and brushed for a moment before she spoke again towards Orantes.

“Orantes, you must understand why I am ordering all research into naval technology must be limited. This will help out the economy in the long term.” she firmly stated to her minister as he was shocked by the sudden announcement. After he held back his words towards the Queen, Orantes nodded as she smiled and walked towards the doors. She felt the cool handles and walked out of the meeting room, leaving the two men to themselves. Orantes was rightly upset as he was the second person to leave the meeting room, heading back home to bitch about the Queen to his wife. Jaquez was the only one left as he looked around the meeting room and then headed for the inner garden for some peace before going back to work. Queen Mariana Varejão-Medellin II left the room to spend a moment alone before going back to her family, telling them for the news. The monthly meeting was finally over for now.
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Orders
Order 1 → Increase Relations with Principality of Morelli ~ +3 Relations
Order 2 → Increase Relations with Kingdom of Vettucci ~ +3 Relations
Order 3 → Increase Relations with Empire of Gilbradia @Polybius ~ +3 Relations

Military Orders
Batigefaléan "Orange" Fleet → Eleven Sloops, Seven Second Rates, & Six Frigates → Inner Sea ~ Patrol
Batigefaléan Merchant Fleet → Eleven Sloops, Seven Second Rates, & Six Frigates → Inner Sea ~ Merchant Escort

[Demobilization] ♦ [Mobilization]

Research Priorities
Army → Low (0 Economic Rating/Year)
Navy → None (+02 Economic Rating/Year)
Industry → Normal (-02 Economic Rating/Year)
Social Thought → High (-03 Economic Rating/Year)
Economics → Normal (-02 Economic Rating/Year)

⌠𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 ╼ 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋⌡

Yeah, there's still room. I am still working on the post, so I might be able to post it by tomorrow.

Era of Strained Détente

Someone called me?

Inside The Beltway

I personally lost interest in the roleplay. Plus, I am just catching up with other roleplays that I left behind for a couple days. Sorry again, mate.

Age of Nations [Post 1815 to 1915 RP]

𝕭𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖋𝖆𝖑é 𝕰𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊

Nation Name
Batigefalé Empire

Head of State, Age
Queen Mariana Varejão-Medellin II, Thirty-six.

Capital
Millares

City Names
Sobrado, Tarouba, Azia, Sarzedela, Bordonhos, Fagera, Bonete, Tierrachá, Sotoparada, and Tortoles.

Province Names
Cachorrilla, Salillas, Melim, Tanganheira, Jabalina, Escolta and Silvite.

Emphasis
Stability & Education.

Brief History
In the year 1800, the Batigefalé Empire was still in a bloody revolt against the Ávila Royal Family. The revolt was in its seventh year as the Ávilist (supporters of the Ávila crown) slowly pushed back against the farmers and the lower class members. The cities of Sarzedela, Tarouba, Azia, and Tierrachá were still controlled by the rebels, meaning that their last province was Salillas. The smallest province in the empire and the Ávilist military was getting closer to their cities. All of a sudden, the Medellin and Varejão families soon rose against Ávila in the capital city of Millares inside their palace. The siege of the palace lasted for two weeks before the wealthy families managed to enter the family’s master room; however, their had escaped by a secret tunnel. The city of Millares was under the rebel’s control and that caught the Ávilists by surprise.

The province of Salillas among with the cities were saved for the harsh treatment of the Ávilist military and the rebels were finally able to push towards Millares. The heads of the Medellin and Varejão families met together and announced that they were the new rulers of Batigefalé and sided with the rebels. Prince Lucero Ávila II stayed behind to protect his family as they fled to [EMPIRE/KINGDOM NAME HERE]. The Ávila Royal Family lived as Lucero was surrounded and placed under arrest by the newly established, Medellin-Varejão Royal Family. The remaining Ávilists either fled to that [EMPIRE/KINGDOM] or fought against the New Order until their deaths.

The Ávila Revolt was finally over in 1801 as Mariana Varejão-Medellin II took the title, “Queen of the Batigefalé Empire.” The fourteen year recovery was hard for the nation as their military and navy were crushed by both sides of the revolt. Their economy was in ruins to maintain the fighting and the population died for several reasons—they all tie back to the Ávila Revolt. Most thought that the country was going to back up into several smaller nations, but it didn’t for two reasons: Stability & Education.

The stability in the empire was restored as the Varejão-Medellin families took the crown for the Ávila family. Mariana Varejão-Medellin II was the first ever queen in the empire’s history and that caused many to consider her as powerful. And she truly cared for the lower class more as she ensured that schools became public and free to the general public. As she has written to one of the nation’s most well-known writer, “Everyone has the right to know what’s happening all over.” The education improved as Mariana allowed schools to be free. The lower class were able to finally send their children to school without paying for the first time in their lifetimes. Adults, of course, went to school as well to read more and learn about math and science. After they are finished with school (with high grades), they can either attend one of the universities in the country or just go into the workforce. Most went to the work force, but some decided to take that extra step forward.

However, all of that could be taken away as fears of the Ávila family returning to claim their rightful throne once more. If they were to have the support of [EMPIRE/KINGDOM], then things will get bloody. That’s why the Queen is improving relations with several nations before they decide to attack back. If she manages to get enough aid or an alliance with a Great Power, then they could have a fighting chance. In the year of 1815, Mariana Varejão-Medellin II is ready as always to lead her nation into the future.

Additional Info
The Batigefalé Inquisition is coming to an end because of several reasons. The Ávila Revolt was one of the big ones as it accelerated the decline. The Varejão-Medellin families knew how bloody the Inquisition was getting and they wanted to end it to ensure that the country would become more stable. The Old Faith (notCatholic) were still around and being taught as the New Faith (notProtestant) came to existence. Some could say that they were the last nation to practice the Old Faith. The Ávila family planned to 'rid of the Old Faith' before the revolt happened. It was one of the main causes that the lower class revolt. With the fears of Ávila returning, they planned on banning the Old Faith entirety and destroying any copies that proved the Old Faith's existence.

_{Flag was made by Lyniv & Batigefalé Empire is based on the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire}