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Neyde sat sullenly in her room. Another hazy day. The sunlight glared through the unwanted gap in the curtain, brightening up the dust and dryness around her. She hadn't been out in a while, so much to do, so many plans that had just come up to nothing. Now the Autumn was coming, still no transport reservations, still no work with the fairies, the historical book hadn't even been started. It all felt empty.

"Is this what you wanted?" a husky voice asked from across the room
"Oh piss off you," Neyde sighed, heaving over the bed to get a glass of water. She hadn't been drinking enough that day.
"Is this what you wanted?" it repeated itself, sounding as dried out as a dead insect "try try try, always saying you'll do this or do that. and nothing. why? too lazy?"
Neyde tried her best to ignore whatever the thing was, waving her arms like a tired butterfly. Tiredly, she sat up on the bed and reached for a packet of crisps.
"Its not my fault. I'm not very well at the moment."
"But what happened to all those outlets?" the voice seemed to be touching her shoulders now "all those stories you wanted to write, all the changes you wanted to make to help others out. The song contest? all gone down the drain. and for what?"
"Maybe i just don't want this anymore..." Neyde sighed suddenly. Her eyes felt heavy.

She flopped back onto the bed "all those dreams i had when i was little, maybe its time to just give them up. They always say follow your dreams or whatevs but at the end of the day its all the same sappy bollocks. I can't do it anymore, what's the use?"
The thing seemed to smile then "leave" it whispered. "Leave this place, don't tell anyone, don't make a show of it. Just close the door and don't ever look back. No use now." its dry voiced soothed out "its never for ever; you move on, people forget about you. you don't need to keep forcing it. just leave."

Neyde sat still for a second, then she smiled and she shook her head. "you're right. things do move on. But not this." She stood up then, not looking strong, not defiant, but calm. "I might not be able to do everything i wanted to do right now, but that doesn't mean I'll never do it right?" The voice drew back, stuttering.
"No, i get to talk now" Neyde paced up to her mirror, fitting on her old lipstick. It was dry, she hadn't worn it in a while, but she didn't care, "Its not set in stone, it never is, now if you'd leave me alone now, I'm trying to have a little rest."
She expected a response, but none came. Smiling, she headed back to her bed, and this time she made sure the curtains were closed. Closing her eyes, she remembered a story she had made up for her teddy bears as a little girl, but she had never had time to finish it.
"Now then..." she whispered softly to herself, as she slowly drifted off into a dream.

OOC: Alright here we go stupid excuse

IC: After years of Isolation and completely ignoring international events the Republic of Iarthar finally comes out of its nuclear shelters to see what the hell has been going on for the years that it was silent.

[Preview note: This message is only applicable to those that desire to be part of the Dunova Arc]

People of Corlenia...

Like it or not, we are back. We have been waiting for our chance to come back and reclaim what was originally ours when there was no Corlenia. We do not wish to bring chaos to your streets nor to your people, but we will do so if you and your people do not follow our orders by the book.
Life will return to the way it was long before Corlenia entered our territory, against our will. Those of you who we hold a belief could turn against us will be brought in for questioning, then released. Your soldiers who once held a monopoly on our grand militias and prevented our culture from flourishing again by acting as an occupying force will be removed forcefully from our borders, and all infrastructure they once held will be deconstructed.
Before your little deal shattered our economy and ruined our cities, we would have asked all citizens of your bordering cities to leave, but now, because of what your brainless elders have done to us, we have no choice but to occupy and officially annex them. It is only fair that we, the oppressed minority, take back what was once ours.
Finally, the entirety of Ronovod will be brought under our watchful eyes as a client state, and the rest of the Corlenian provinces are to officially disband, paying us a total of thirty million neekoes to rebuild our nation.
We hope you and your government make whatever decision you think will end the lives of fewer people.

Your future allies,
The Free Dunovan Front

Politics, International Reports, And More

Corlenian-Dunova Crisis

After being asked many questions and request to announce his stance on the situation in Corlenia. Head Councilor Christopher Stargazer decides to speak to the populace, and announce the nations stance in the Crisis.

HC Christopher Stargazer: "As many of you know currently the nation of Colenia is in crisis, the nation is on the brink of Civil War and it seems that if the fires of war are lit it will be devastating." He pauses for the journalist to finish and the information to be taken in. "And I will say this, North Electrica will NOT get involved." Many people are surprised by this statement. "We already have Electrican military forces and civilians in the continent of Warsaru, and to prevent a possible political disaster we cannot deploy any more troops. We may have gotten involved with other nations internal struggles, but I would rather not start a cross continental war."

He would then continue on "Now of course we will set up civilian safe zones if civil war is to occur, and if not we will be around to support those in need financially. That is all." Reports come forward to ask questions but the Head Councilor was already speeding away on his wheelchair.

20 Year Run Coming to an Eng?

It is now that time again. It happened over 20 years ago on this day, and 2 times before that. This day marked V.O.E. Day, or Victory over the Empire, the day when families come together and celebrate their freedom, and afterwards a week of remembrance and honouring the dead of both sides.

But in the government it means that in the next 10 months there will be a political race for a new Head Councilor. Or Christopher Stargazer may break the system and have a second run, allowing his children more time to grow up before he kicks the bucket and either his son Abraham or Daughter Jasmine.

We shall see where this road takes us.

Rossendam, 3rd September 2020.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Commonwealth of Arwindom hereby reaches out to the Foreign Ministry of United brennia with the purpose of establishing official diplomatic relations between our two nations.

We have conducted an inquiry into the cultural, military and economical situation in your nation and have decided that as time goes on you may become a valuable strategical partner to the Commonwealth. With this, we kindly ask you to perhaps have our representatives meet either in Brennia or in Arwindom for negotiations to discuss establishing embassies or consulates in our nations and possibly even signing one of The Pacts.

If you end up deciding that perhaps aligning with Arwindom isn't in your best interests may we wish you the best of luck and fair wind to blow into your sails! Should you require any assistance from our nation do not hesitate to ask and we will reach out to you with a helping hand.

Signed,

Head of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps
Dr. Nolan Ackerley.

Jezabelstien wrote:

Cavernous and cold, a tunnel of militarized metal stretching towards ends unseen... Lily could feel the waters edge, the only way was through the all-consuming dark.
With her heart racing and purpose set, she pulled herself into the embrace of the silent shaft... there was no measure of time within her long dive, her breathing tensing as air ran short.
Meter by meter she drifted... before the agonizing voyage stopped short as she collided clumsily with the finality of the tunnel, its opposing end a painful if welcome sensation.
Slipping within the belly of the station through the un-watched heart, a deft drift of a dozen meters through the dark red-lit fields of coolant capillaries and other piping of unknown purpose...
Shouts echoed around, distant and closing... her intrusion noticed, but far too late... the heavy bulkhead sliding aside with a gently push, the empty heart sitting and begging for her presence.
Arriving at the empty chamber, its mechanical limbs accepting her body as needles drove deep into her arms... a flush of fluids filling the void as the capsule sealed shut.

Lily stood above the water... the placid surface mirroring the utopian surface below, unconcerned and unaware... the cracking chitter of the growing plant seemed deafening, its putrid purple form flailing and festering upon the shattered sky.
With a determined stamp upon the now solid surface, she pulled her golden lance from the air...

The long silent weapons platform surged to life as thrusters fired, the blue streams shunting its bulk to bring the barrel to bear upon the distant Bahram, flurries of panicked transmissions echoed across Utopia's orbit as time seemed to still... a brilliant white light lanced off into the void, the sheer blinding fury easily visible to the naked eye for those upon Utopia's surface.

Its target, the returning N-7, cut its engine immediately... the plasma plume diffusing to nothing just before the energetic light seared its metal surface, two shuttles departed from the stricken vessel before the second annihilating beam caught it dead center, evaporating the upper levels and setting the wreck spinning upon its now terminal flight.
The first of the bulky Jericho shuttles came in far too steep, burning away in the atmosphere in a brilliant streak as the carcass of its mother-ship bore down upon the fields of Old Kandory.
Wreckage spilled out over dozens of kilometers before the final metal bulk slammed into the dirt, carving a crater hundreds of meters wide as a dirty plume shot forth into the sky.

The lone surviving shuttle settled into a shallow dive, gliding over the oceans to come crashing down within a secluded valley in North Electrica... crashing through dense trees and rocks, arriving in a swampy ditch where it slowly settled into the mud.

Lunbassa Valley

After the strange craft crash landed in the Valley of Lunabassa, Electran Guard and Sentinels where sent to investigate the situation. Whatever crash landed released ridiculous amounts of radiation so Sentinels secured the crash site first before Androids came in and began to make dig in defenses and inspect the craft with equipment.

Later a few modules buildings and barbed wire electrical fences surrounded the area, hans with rad suits began to come in via aircraft as pieced of the craft was being collected and inspected in makeshift labs. Observations has shown that the engines are highly dangerous and contained to prevent injuries or damages, on the right side of the craft a machine has been set up to cut into it for any possible survivors or dead.

Main Building

Man: "What can you call us about this UFO?"

Android Man: "Well from what we know it is not of Valrassari or the other race design. And it seems to have a more bulky design than the Meridian Commonwealth."

Woman: "So that gives us the Lake of Perseverance. A new alien race. Or that nation that sent multiple craft into space some years ago?" She was referring to the many craft sent into space observed by Electran satellites, also one of the two reasons why NESDEC is developing future technologies.

Android Man 2: "Besides that, our men are ready to cut into and inspect the interior of the craft, you give the order and we'll move in."

Woman 2: "Are you insane! We don't know what that would do to the surrounding area, what if these strange disease or possibly a bomb stronger than a nuke inside!"

Man: "She is true, there are many risk in opening the craft, outside alone the crashed ship has released a tremendous amount of radiation, forcing an entire town to be evacuated. What could possibly be waiting inside?"

Android Man: "But there could be great rewards for doing so! Technology! Sciences! Maybe even information! I believe the benefits outway the risk."

Woman: "Even so, it all comes down to what the leaders of NESDEC, the Head Councilor, and High Command say. We'll have to wait and see what they decide." And with that they sit in silence while the base moves along woth their duties.

The Grand Senate, Buda, Hungary. President Jason Coro-Coro had called his parliament for a special meeting - it was usually called twice a month, however needs must and it would have to be called a third time on this occasion. He was going over his notes for his speech - he knew it had to be perfect, otherwise parliament wouldn’t support him; and despite having worked on it for over a month, he had constant nagging doubts that it was terrible.
There was no more time for that, however, as a few moments after he’d finished going over his lines for the sixth time, the huge double doors at the front of the building creaked open slowly and two lines of politicians cams in single file - on the left, the government made up of the Christian Socialist part; the right, the opposition, the led by the farmer-labourer party, along with numerous other small parties.
As the members of parliament took their seats, Jason took to the stage in between the two sets of benches, cleared his throat, then began his speech.
“Fellow Hungarians: eighty-six years ago, the Hungarian economy collapsed, our nation brought to the brink of ruin by excessive spending and budget mismanagement. In our hour of the need, the Kingdom of Svalbard came to our aid, giving us a bailout and allowing our fledgling republic to survive - but not only this, they also leased the territory of Svarizia; the home of their people, an inarguably important symbolic and economic region, to us. They entrusted us with their most prized possession as a motion of trust and solidarity: and now it is time for us to return the favour.
After Jason had finished his speech, the following csőcselék (the Magyar word for parliamentary discussion) was absolute chaos. Regarded, it usually wasn’t exactly the epitome of orderliness, but today it was especially bad; everyone spoke as if their main goal was to out-shout everyone else - worryingly for Jason, this was not just across the floor, but members of his own party were having screaming contests at each other, even on the front bench. Some of these fights even began to become violent as people of opposing views starting throwing punches at each other. Some senators against the return of Svarizia starting calling for Coro-Coro to fight them, however he had already reclusively dipped from the senate and left in his car.
He knew the motion was bound to be controversial, however he had hoped it may go down a little more smoothly than that; but regardless, the coming days were going to be full of strife.

THE NU VISION AUTUMN COLOURS EDITION VOTING HAS COMMENCED

with several fabulous entries, NU vision is back with a blast. You may vote whether you entered a song or not, so no worries there!

the entered songs can be found here ---> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMATiKRygYDzDuw-1aLej_S3huNcdzFHV

the voting form here ---> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflyG9qJsroiPTzAlYVnl2B8O11H3J3_czNfvckvcihrVIHFg/viewform?usp=sf_link

remember the rules (No voting for yourself especially!) and have fun :D

Election Day

9:00 AM

Polls are open across the entire country as people begin to file in to cast their vote for the next leader of Australia. The candidates have been preparing for what could be a very close election, as early exit polls show a dog fight across the country. To make matters even more complicated, Independent candidates are polling just as high as party candidates, meaning this election could very close, it will certainly be a long night for all. President Williams voted first thing this morning in his home town, while UFP candidate, Thomas Westmoreland voted alongside his wife just a few minutes ago. ACP candidate William McAvoy said he will spend the day campaigning, a last ditch effort to reach some undecideds.

1:30 PM
Exit Poll Update: (Not the final tally)

Westmoreland/Baker (UFP)- 209,716
McAvoy/Hurst (ACP)- 225,684
Meko Haze (IND)- 400,012
Howard Stackhouse (IND)- 133,588

Lower House
UFP- Chances of majority- 58%
ACP- Chances of majority- 41%

Upper House
ACP- Chances of majority- 50%
UFP- Chances of majority- 50%

9:30 PM

Polls are now closed across the country as the hard task now moves to counting each and every vote. UFP candidate Thomas Westmoreland has shown a strong lead throughout the day with ACP candidate William McAvoy falling behind. While there is still a long way to go before declaring a winner, it is clear to see Westmoreland is in a comfortable postion. Howard Stackhouse, meanwhile, is leading with the Independent vote, however still far behind either of the party candidates. Stackhouse has so far recieved more votes than any other independent candidate in the nation's history. Stackhouse is polling very high with young voters, up 14% from the last election.

President Elect Stackhouse

Howard Stackhouse has just been declared the winner of the Australian election, breaking many firsts. Stackhouse will not only be the oldest person to hold office, but he will be the first Independent to hold elected office. President Elect Howard Stackhouse was polling behind most of the candidates for a majority of the election, but began recieving a last minute surge, likely picking up most, if not all, of the 8% of undecided voters.

"My father was a mechanic, and my mother a domestic servant, and I never dreamed I'd have this chance to serve so many people in so many ways. It would be easy for me to stand here a declare a sweeping mandate for this term, but I can't do that. This was a razor thin election. I've got a lot of reaching out to do. I am more thankful than I can ever say, that you have given me an opportunity that comes to few people, perhaps fewer are worthy of it."

NU VISION WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

After much delay the NU vision winner will finally be announced! We only received 5 voters which is slightly annoying BUT we did have a close race!

Finishing last with no points, sadly United Kingdom of Miotia-Candor didn't manage to gain favour this edition
In joint second to last, The Soviet state of Svalbard and Thanedom of jon finish with 15 points each.
And lastly in the lower half, New Republic of Frontera's slimey entry garnered 20 points, which has caused great annoyance amongst the smile population.

Moving on however, things got really close with our top four!
Arwindom finished with a very strong 45 points, getting the most points at the start, and no wonder with the fantastic song they entered.
SO this leaves us with the final three: Corlenia Kjanu and somehow us. Two of these nations finished with 50 points each, but one edged out the win with 55 points.

and
the
winner is..........

Kjanu!!!
Congratulations! You slightly odd folk have won for the second straight time with a fantastic song! For your reward you get a large supply of Pumpkins, some Autumnal spiced candles and a free WMD of your choice!

So that's it for this edition, stay tuned for our Winter NU vision in December!