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Cermiersians say the same thing, though instead of the night sky they always see Moramia’s stiletto engraving itself on their foreheads.
Clouds? We just have one cloud.
The joke is there's a massive cloud blocking the sky
Pathonia and Cermiersia
*pokes cloud*
[drowns in acid rain]
Yep. It checks out.
Cermiersia and Maxifaer
The Ministry of Diplomatic Affairs responds simply by indicating that they had been sending G.S.S security with both Snowrose & Augusta in response to the simple reality that both are under the protection of the Federal Government; if they don't like it, perhaps they would do well to fix the I.S.S? Or would they rather continue to ignore the issues that wrought the situation they're complaining about?
It's up to them to figure that out. Not the Municipalities.
Apology or not, the reality is, she will have to take time to regain Cetiri's trust. She can't simply mess about like that anymore; she has better things she should be doing, no?
Due to their complete lack of discretion and tact, this individual finds themselves discretely marked for suspicious activity almost as soon as he arrives deeper in Hii, as the only way he was ever going to start looking for information on the G.S.S would be to head into the city and towards one of the district government offices.
Given that he was already slightly suspicious given his demeanour and body language, he now finds himself under watch by MISA, this is likely to result in eventual action on his apparent dead-set intent to look into the G.S.S & its members.
Luckily for the G.S.S, information security is taken at least somewhat seriously; trying to find information on each individual member isn't as simple as asking, or opening a dossier, the only individual to not be afforded this level of security is the Director, Eosiko Ollens. As he is the face of the G.S.S.
Finding his location, however, is not easy either... in fact, that is one of the things that A.M.S.I.O keeps very close to their chest, not that this man would realize.
Oopsie-daisy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Moramia’s personal The Cermiersian intelligence agency would like to take notes.
It would perhaps help if they weren't corrupt?
She sounds like a benevolent dictator with no context, but given the fact that Augusta typically slips away from her own bodyguards in Pathonia, those restrictions seem pretty reasonable.
She'll test if it's poisoned or laced with sleeping drugs first. If that's cleared, she will proceed to eat the whole thing.
Taxes on bribes are 54% of royal household income. Of that, 73% come from the Scrys of Alvaainca. Kinda hard to hide foreign bribes in a country where no one has anything, so the intelligence agency just sends to Moramia pockets the money.
If anything, a government institution making four times the income put in is a net benefit to Cermiersia.
*unsatisfied muttering*
You got them there.
They can't risk furthering the parley without looking like a Gravelnost-grade buffoon.
Hmmm..
Better things?
Yeah, probably. Such as distracting herself from losing Cetiri's trust. Maybe by continuing to express herself via 'podcast' or indulging in reading some of those Arthro-Books.
Quite frustrated at this *incredible* presence of security, as well as the wretched dry cold (he'd prefer the swampy jungle bits of Kegirtogten, and he normally has a less than great opinion on thost places-), the man looks to go to the only other place where he might find answers to his query; the living quarters of Augusta, for the individual he seeks was with her not more than a day ago. On his way to that place though, he'd take a long break within some sort of restaurant to warm up.
His expression, initially from *panic* on trying to find the individual with haste, now had turned to immense disappointment with the prospect that he might just never find them.
Nevertheless, he'd persist, and would make sure to compile a list of questions to find the individual in particular or this peculiar "Ollens" character.
:0
She wouldn't find any poisons or sleeping drugs, but she would find a tiny airborne bee-sized camera robot observing her the moment she touched the container.
It may be that Drumtile wishes to acquire footage of an individual from bug-land eating crab.
Stickacia, Arthropyria, Cermiersia, and Maxifaer
Perhaps how she's meant to sound is quite intentional?
Who said anything about external bribery anyway?
Nonetheless, that perception that bribery and corruption is just sort of- normal, is part of the problem-
Mesa go Homeworka now.
Unless I ain't got much.
Then back to this.
If Cermiersia only had public ways of compensating its elites, they would prefer riches in autocracy to placating the population. Corruption, even as a public secret, is the very thing that allows Cermiersia to even transition to democratic rule.
Corruption is integral to a modern Cermiersia.
Depending on how far it is from her, she'll probably try to snip at it. If she doesn't catch it, she'll likely shrug it off, but will put it on her list of suspicious things going on.
Also, I'm guessing that Drumtile doesn't know about cannibalism in Arthropyria being legal (though technically crab and scorpion are two very different species).
TLDR: No one cares about arthropods eating other arthropods lol
That makes no sense ._.
Pathonia and Cermiersia
I don't like to get political.
Couple of drinks later: https://youtu.be/QeJHVpmP38I?si=hVrBGXl2EzbPQvaR&t=90
That is to their benefit, at the very least they realize that they can't win here. They can win another time, perhaps... but not here, not right now. Throwing stones in glass homes has never worked.
The man is not interrupted exactly during his stop-over in the restaurant, a member of staff briefly approaches him, though after acertaining that he wasn't here to order anything or find a table, they left him alone, and moved on to handle matters that were more relevant to them, such as handling tables presently occupied, plenty of them at this late hour.
However... trying to reach the Hii Central Institute for Wellness and Safety, the man is finally stopped short of reaching it. Given the temperature outside and the distances involved, the man had no choice but to take public transit after his break at the restaurant. As a result... it perhaps becomes apparent that his situation isn't exactly ideal, when the bus stops at one of its assigned stations prior to the Institute, and is boarded by four individuals, clad in the official police attire of the City of Hii, maroon, much like the G.S.S' uniforms, though theirs are far more simplistic.
It doesn't matter, however, as they speak briefly to the bus driver, before approaching the man himself.
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(You know, by now you would think the average Pathonian would realize the MoA is an ardent bastion of integrity and would stop trying to scheme within the MoA's borders...)
Arthropyria, Pathonia, and Cermiersia
Think Same, Open for 4 and a half more days
So, how does one play Think Same?
At the bottom of this post will be a link to a Google form, which you will fill out according to an hono(u)r system. The goal is to answer the same way as your comrades, and particularly those in your team. You will receive a number of points equal to the number of people who answered the same as you for each question- provided the answer is correct. The most popular answer is called the SHEEP.
Now, suppose you give an incorrect answer. You then receive negative points equivalent to the number of people who answered that wrong answer. So, let's say six people are asked to name something that normally lives in the ocean. Three people say "Shark"; that is the SHEEP answer and they receive 3 points each. One person each respond with "kelp" and "squid" and receive one point each. One person responds with "Werewolf" and receives -1 points for giving a wrong answer. Each question works the same way.
In this edition, there will be teams with simple, but handy perks, from which you may choose one. In their simplicity, they can still be very helpful.
Renaissance: The rediscovery of arts and crafts coming from all the way back of ancient times, which included music. Effect: Get SHEEP points on one question.
Baroque: When it comes to classical music, most musical pieces come from this era. Ironic to the name of the succeeding era. Effect: On 2 questions, get your points doubled.
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Romantic: Rounding up the era in which orchestral and composed music was the most popular music, the Romantic offered a strong focus on love and the sweeter things in life, just until shortly before the World Wars caused a few cultural revolutions. Effect: If you made no more than 5 wrong answers in the whole game, get 8 points added to your final score.
Bonus: There is a reference hidden in this entire game. Anyone who can find it will get 10 points added to their final score.
The Honour Pledge!
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Jar Wattinree and Strala
Literally the definition of insanity. Trying the same thing and expecting different results.
(I suppose they think they'll eventually tire the government out. But if anything they're giving Cetiri more cause to continue working as hard as she can to stop them-)
Arthropyria, Pathonia, and Cermiersia
Cermiersian: “Why didn’t the Pathonians pay their legal convert action tax to Empress Oltasina? Are they stupid?”
It's remarkably funny how the Cermiersian mind works.
I wonder if it would break their understanding of things if they realized the MoA has no legal pathway for such taxes to be handed off to the "Empress"?
Hi guys
They would no doubt keep on bribing people down the chain until after handing off 300 Credits to the newborn twin infants of impoverished college students living on noodles they would realize that Antarctica is fundamentally several times better than Cermiersia and immigrate there.
Would you like an embassy with an international diplomatic pariah?
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