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The Rise of Woensel.
Topic Started: Oct 16 2009, 11:30 AM (1,043 Views)
Aelius
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Maarten van Woensel walked out onto the balcony in his tye-dye robe. It was his first address to his people since he took over the island. He was a very odd man, but then the Dutch could be at times. He greeted the cheering people whom he had unified under one banner... his.

"Hello there, my Kandy people! I hope you all are having a grand day! For those of you who do not know, I am Maarten van Woensel, I have claimed this land as my own. I am King, and you are my subjects.

The crowds murmur in a somewhat alarmed state.

"Now, I hope you don't assume that means I shall be a mean, bad man. I try to have fun, and I hope I can make your existence more interesting. As this is the Kingdom of Kandy, I feel it is necessary to open this nation's creation with... CANDY CORN!"

Woensel gets out a giant sack of what appears to be candy corn and throws some to the crowd. The crowd cheers and begins eating it. A couple of minutes later, the crowd begins to grow ill and each member of the crowd starts to resemble a piece of candy corn, white, yellow, and orange. Some of them begin vomiting, others start running around hysterically.

"Don't worry, those side effects aren't permanent or lethal. They'll wear off in a couple of days. I have kingly things to do now, so for now, Smakelijk eten! Enjoy your meal!"
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Official Statement from King Van Woensel

I would like to invite any leaders from any other kingdom to Kandy for some diplomatic negotiations over pie. Pie is good, especially the kind made from my private chefs. They're some of the best chefs in the world. If they make a pie for me that is unsatisfactory, I kill them. It's a bit harsh, but at least it insures that good pie is created. But I'm getting off topic... yes, all kings, queens and anyone else who wishes to should come visit my grand kingdom and eat some pie. Cheers!
-King Marten Van Woensel I
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OOC: Anyone want to open diplomatic relations with Kandy? I'm waiting for someone to do stuff with. :P
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OCC: I have a bad feeling about this.......

IC:The Republic of The Seventh Era would like to open diplomatic relation with this new, interesting nation. We accept your invitation and most graciously accept your gifts of pie.
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OOC: I am very sorry; I was meaning to post to this one!

IC: Xenophon Kibiris, Foreign Minister of Zeelar, wishes to meet with His Majesty, King Van Woensel. Should relations be well, he also wishes for an eventual Royal visit to occur.
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The Grand Parliament shall establish an embassy in Kandy and welcomes its neighbor to the south.
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OOC: As you should, Att. As you should. :evil:

IC: "Excellent! I look forward to meeting my friends and neighbors. As well as pie, we shall also have CHEESE FONDUE! Hope to meet you soon!"

In preparation for the arrivals of the Welsh, Zeelari and Kasnyian delegations, Van Woensel orders his citizens to paint the entire island turquoise. After painting the island turquoise and realizing that the color blends into the sea too well, Van Woensel, after butchering the citizens who painted it turquoise, orders the island painted maroon.
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Xenophon Kibris was still the Foreign Minister of Zeelar and he would therefore maintain the title until the elections were over. Therefore, he was gifted with the privilege of attending to the Woensel conference. It was a excellent opportunity, and there was probably some good kismet involved considering the estranged nature of the Zeelaran people as it was.

His transport for the occasion was a smaller, semi-rigid airship that glistened against the light of the sky until it began venting gas into the air around it. The body of a giant withered and sunk to the ground as its form shivered and took to the stalls beneath it. A pause was in order for a moment before the mighty craft opened its gondola’s hatch and out emerged the man in question.

Stepping out into the platform, Kibris was shocked at the odd colored land around him. That certainly wasn’t natural…that being said, he was a national representative dressed in skate punk fashion which probably would have been unnatural as well in many countries. It would probably be for the best that two nations that wanted to make life more interesting for people were opening negotiations, as different as their views on how to run a nation might have been.

Walking slowly forwards, he was surprised at the seeming absence of any formal welcoming committee. Under normal conditions it would be seen as quite strange. However, now it might be seen as dangerous. Placing his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket, his eyes peered around for anything that might be a tip off.
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Maarten Von Woensel drove up to the platform with his own ministry in tow in what appeared to be a train-like vehicle, but without the rails. After nearly tipping the vehicle over, Woensel got out of the train/car, dressed in no clothes whatsoever, as was the law he passed on a whim recently, and gregariously shook Kibris's hand, then handed him a small apple pie.

"Greetings! Welcome to the Kingdom of Kandy! I am Maarten Von Woensel, and you must be Xenophon Kibris! I like your outfit. I would wear something similar, but I have recently passed a decree forbidding clothes by my citizens, and I intend to honor my own laws. However, as part of foreign decorum, I shall dress myself if you would request it. Now, let us return to my castle to await the Welsh and Kasnyian representatives."
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“It is truly a pleasure to meet you. I hope that this marks the beginning of cooperation between our two countries in the fullest.” Looking to the pie placed into his hands, perhaps to try and avoid the fact that the other was nude. “I am sure that I will enjoy the pie. I understand that you have a policy of executing pie makers who are not up to snuff – please understand, I am sure I will enjoy this. That is completely unnecessary.”

Smiling at the comment regarding his outfit, he tilted his head a bit and nodded, “Ah, I had no idea that you were into the whole punk scene. Anyways, how shall we get to your castle? I believe it would probably be best if we were to walk, if that is acceptable with you, of course. Is it? Though I…” Once more, he did his best to ignore the fact that the other was undressed.
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Woensel noticed the somewhat disturbed look on his Zeelaran visitor's face. He whispered to his entourage to repeal the law banning nudity as soon as they returned to the castle and made a note of putting on his robe as soon as they returned. "Walking would be fine. I'll have my men return the car to the castle. So, speak tales of your nation as we walk. How did your nation come into existence? Tell me some of the interesting things of your kingdom."
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Kibris turned to him, as they walked, with a brow raised, “You mean you are genuinely wholly unfamiliar with Zeelar? I had understood that my nation was quite famous for its unique governance – we more or less don’t have one. Our government acts really only on occasions like this, and generally stays out of just about everything else. Nominally, we are a constitutional monarchy, but the Monarchy is mainly the military head more than anything. It really does surprise me that you are unfamiliar…though I must assure you that the way that our nation operates is most interesting.”
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"Well, I had some knowledge of your monarchy, but tell me, what specific things make your nation so interesting? How do you operate exactly? The reason I ask is that we are a new nation ourselves. I've only in recent months been able to take leadership of Kandy, after strife, dissent, and an infestation of giant rats. I had to equip some soldiers with a higher armor class for it to work. At any rate, my staff hasn't been able to compile data on many nations yet, that is why I ask."
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Megan Conway and her assistant stepped out onto the colored runway in shock.

"Are we on the right Island?" Asked the assistant.

"I'm not sure."

An obese security guard, who was fully nude except for the body armor on his chest, passed by the two women. The man had recently developed genital warts, was proudly flashing his goods as he too the baggage from the two women. After the vomiting has ceased, the two made their way to the castle.
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OOC: lol, nice imagery, Att. I was making a reference to a law I passed for the real nation on NS with the nudity.

IC: Upon entering the castle and directing the Zeelaran delegate to the main hall, he briefly adjourned to his room and dressed himself in his robe while his security forces quietly ordered the other citizens to do the same. He returned to the main hall just in time for the Welsh delegates to enter. He welcomed them, bowed respectfully, and gave them each a cherry pie.

"Welcome, ladies? I am Maarten Von Woensel. I apologize for not being at the airport to greet you in person, I was escorting our Zeelaran guest back to the castle. I trust your trip was pleasant?"
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OCC: I'll post some more tomorrow, but I have to say, this country is pretty fucking awesome.
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“Giant rats? Well, that’s quite disturbing. I am sorry to hear that. Zeelar is a nation that deeply respects the environment, and therefore, we cannot stand to hear that any mutated species defiles it. Anyways though, you wanted to hear more about what makes our country interesting? Well, the strife, dissent, and such that you mentioned would be welcome in Zeelar. That’s all considered part of life and enjoyed. We don’t have politics or political parties in the way that most other nations understand it. Everyone is permitted, and encouraged, to own weapons. Extreme sports are as common as night and day…how does it sound thus far?”

As they approached the stronghold, he looked over a bit, “I would be in favor of a royal visit sometime, as well as a mutual exchange. I am sure that Woensel could benefit from the use of Zeelaran arms contracting, for instance? Does that sound like an acceptable position, or would you be in favor of something else that I have not yet thought of? You know, you guys have something here I’d appreciate…surfing. Like regular, not on sand.”
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"I'd like to come see Zeelar at some point. I've always wanted to travel; I haven't left this island in years. Some weapons would be good to have to augment some of our own research projects. As it stands now, we're working on zeppelins that drop anvils from the sky, both explosive and simply really, really heavy. Other projects we are working on... well, perhaps I should keep some secrets, eh?"

Von Woensel turned to the Welsh visitors.
"So, my ladies, I assume you had a safe trip? What is your nation like?"
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Message from Kasnyia-

We have zeppelins for your purchase, if you are interested. Hermanstadt Luftschiffwerke is the world's oldest zeppelin buildr.
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Message from King Von Woensel to Kasnyian Foreign Ministry:

I would indeed be interested in purchasing zeppelins. Please inform your zeppelin builder that he may contact me at his earliest convenience. On an unrelated matter, would Kasnyia like to send a delegation to Kandy?
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An embassy has already been established in your country. As for attending your present function, the Kasnyian Diplomatic Corps has been suspended by order of the ICON Special Prosecutor until further notice. As such, we have no one to send to you.

We have contacted HL and they are interested in contracts. Whenever you feel, please put your order through our embassy. Thank you.
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"Yes thank you, we had a very safe, awkward trip. "

"Well, are nation is a Conservative Republic, with a legislative, judicial, and executive branch. While we are quite small, we have undertaken some expansion into other, poorer countries for the betterment of their people. We have currently just annexed what was Northern Germany, and we are working on another project, on this continent actually."
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“Ah, well, admittedly, we use Zeppelins too as you have seen. However, ours are mainly for civilian transportation. We do not employ them as instruments of war. However, we would be happy to arrange for the low-cost sales of weapons to you. We trust that you would enjoy such devices, despite the fact that you clearly possess more interesting solutions than do we.”

Bowing his head as they completely entered the stronghold, Kibris started to remain quiet, not wishing to disturb the further discussions with the remaining individuals. However, he did feel that equally so this was a decent time to speak to some of the other representatives. Nevertheless, it did not seem that they had yet wished to discuss anything with him and thus he remained silent for the time being.
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"So, my friends, would you like some refreshments? More pie, perhaps? Anything else you would like to discuss?"
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"No thank you. I have to say i think there was some hair in my pie. Not the greatest tasting pie, to be honest."

"But never mind that, I think we should start some talk on trade relations."

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