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If I can just make a five-second rant. There has always been one thing that has bugged me about RPing, and that's how to handle the posts of a person who has left or CTEd. The posts are canon but the author is not, and it would not make sense (in my particular case, trying to recap ATPB) to include posts of a person who is no longer in TWI. Yet at the same time I can't remove the posts because there are responses to it which are canon and were written by canon authors. Plus it feels like an insult to the OP to edit their posts posthumously so I'm left stuck as to how to treat these posts.

Haasar

If anyone is wondering about the disappearances in Roendavar, all shall be revealed in time *wink* (although if you're in Discord you probably know already but eh). Just making sure everything is in place before I involve you all.

Let's just say that the pagans are finally up to something.

Athara magarat, Belle ilse en terre, Samudera, and Alteran Republics

Dormill and Stiura wrote:If I can just make a five-second rant. There has always been one thing that has bugged me about RPing, and that's how to handle the posts of a person who has left or CTEd. The posts are canon but the author is not, and it would not make sense (in my particular case, trying to recap ATPB) to include posts of a person who is no longer in TWI. Yet at the same time I can't remove the posts because there are responses to it which are canon and were written by canon authors. Plus it feels like an insult to the OP to edit their posts posthumously so I'm left stuck as to how to treat these posts.

Which posts are these?

Normally my way of handling it is to refer to them as "another nation" without ever defining who that other nation is. If the actions must remain canon to maintain continuity, then that must stand. If it's really needed to retcon in a specific person, it would work to ask someone to fill the role that's needed.

Haasar and Thuzbekistan

Menna shuli wrote:Which posts are these?

Normally my way of handling it is to refer to them as "another nation" without ever defining who that other nation is. If the actions must remain canon to maintain continuity, then that must stand. If it's really needed to retcon in a specific person, it would work to ask someone to fill the role that's needed.

Vibor's posts in the League in particular. But I was speaking more in general thinking on the other instances of canon posts without a canon author.

Dormill and Stiura wrote:Ok, guess it's time for me to grab these posts, reorganize my recap, and make a response.

Also to all posts relating to As the Poppies Bloom, I would like to remind the participants that the policy is that you should be timestamping your posts to avoid confusion about events and when they happen. The encounter between the URS Raphaël Van Horn and TSS Barlow happened on the 14th. That happened almost a week ago, the conversation and response to it would have happened then, not now.

Thats my bad, it was an old post I had drafted right after it happened and I forgot to add a date

Dormill and Stiura wrote:Vibor's posts in the League in particular. But I was speaking more in general thinking on the other instances of canon posts without a canon author.

I know what sunalaya did. I'd rather not repeat it in the name of canon. These concerns are mostly trivial and dealt with in a case by case fashion.

Polar svalbard

Woman with hands handcuffed behind her back "committed suicide" by shooting herself in the head

Cops: "We have investigated ourselves and found no wrong-doing"

Atamari

Polar svalbard wrote:Woman with hands handcuffed behind her back "committed suicide" by shooting herself in the head

Cops: "We have investigated ourselves and found no wrong-doing"

Internal affairs investigations are generally very unbiased. However, they should be more transparent

Welcome one and all to my recap of As the Poppies Bloom! Brought to you by me, Dormill and Stiura, I will do my best to recap the RP and all relevant posts with regards t it from its humble beginnings as a news series up and until the conflict has ultimately ended. Now depending on how long this gets it might be repacked into multiple chapters, but for now we'll start at the beginning with a recap of what's happened, then get to how we started. Enjoy!

Special Note: For the purposes of organizing this, all linked posts will be organized by timestamp at original posting. If you notice some posts that would rather be together but are seperated, don't blame me. I might reorganize these into a more coherent story, but that will be saved for after the RP has ended to avoid confusion. If you believe I've missed a post that is relevant to the RP, do not hesitate to TG me about it.

Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8

Prologue: The San Javier Conflict

It started in 1973, when President Rodrigo Emmanuel Cajillo, remembered as "El Presidente", attempted to tighten his rule at the end of his term as President. His socialist style of government was pushed on the people of San Javier and El Presidente's rivals, mostly vested in the San Javier Unification Party, had been declared illegal. What he wished to be a non-violent transition of power quickly evolved into a country-wide civil war as the San Javier Unification Party, rebranded as the Presidential Republic of San Javier, gained international support. As the fighting escalated throughout the mid-70s, the power of the central government evaporated across the countryside and most importantly Javieran Steppe. The lack of a central government led the more opportunistic to form cartels that seized control of San Javier's poppy production, and cut off the oil fields behind bribes, kickbacks, and general corruption.

In 1979, things turned for the worst as the largest of these cartels, the Anliana Cartel, managed to successfully invade the then capital and oust the communist government. Since then, the conflict has died down as foreign actors pulled out of the dumpster fire it had become. This rendered the formerly dominant communists and their sympathizers alone in the wildernesses of San Javier to fend for themselves as both cartels and the new Presidential Republic hunted them down. The cartels still controlled the Steppe, and the new government did not have the resources to take them on, entering in a tacit agreement to allow the cartels control of the Steppe in exchange for whatever racket they demanded.

Corruption is commonplace across San Javier, with some cases going so extreme as cartel bosses and police chiefs of various towns and villages spending days on end high off opium while police officers and cartel members raid the town of its valuables. For most of the time since the 80s, the only real conflict has been between rival cartels and the few incorruptible police officers that are frequently thrown into the front lines of the quiet war between the Javieran Government and whichever cartel was on the hit list that month.


In mid to late 2016, news broke throughout the international community with governments admitting to taking sides in the original conflict. This spurred a response from most that demanded that these governments right their wrongs and end the conflict they had created. An international coalition led mostly by Vancouvia and Corindia entered San Javier and put an end to what remained of an organized socialist community in the islands. Around the same time, the conflicts between the cartels and the Presidential Republic all but ended outright, a result of foreign motivations on both sides.

The operation ended nearly a year later, its members declaring "Mission Accomplished" and went home. It did not take long from there for the situation to worsen from the state it was in before the intervention. The Presidential Republic fell apart in the immediate months following, what remained of the central government was taken over by a military junta known as the People's Freedom Coalition with General Pedro Fresia at its head as Chairman. Since 2016, the Javierian junta managed to successfully grow and export tobacco crop to compete with the old poppy industry still dominated by the cartels of the steppe, giving the people along the border a reprieve as military forces enacted martial law and removed the corrupted police and cartel bosses from their towns.

However, corruption still runs rampant in both the steppe and in the central government, as unregulated tobacco and opium floods the markets of eastern Argus, most especially Menna Shuli.

Chapter 1: Lights, Stage, Curtains

Things began to turn towards something new when MEK reported on 11 July, 2018 that 'uhitap Aspu Kashaka had succumbed to a stroke, with doctors concluding that its cause was related to a lifetime of smoking causing serious harm to significant amounts of his body. MEK further reported on 17 July that calls were coming to start a mass anti-smoking campaign in response. As revealed by MEK in the same report, "one in every three Mênnan adults is believed to regularly consume tobacco products ... even children are smoking" eventually the report began to pin blame on San Javier, the source of most Mennan tobacco as a root cause of the smoking crisis, and even went as far as to implicate them in "[being] in bed with criminal organizations that smuggle cocaine and other opioids into the country, fuelling our own organized crime concerns".

The response by the Mennan government to the loss of its leader was mixed at best, with the Sâtêp, the Mennan 'Senate', arguing over how to operate in the 'uhitap's absence. This debate began to grow heated, eventually coming to a head when Kivêlâ Hitap Hushkin Kêt challenged Kivêlâ Hitap Kulat Kanshêkitet to 'êsh, a formal duel of honor in Menna Shuli that hasn't been practiced in the Sâtêp for years. The duel eventually ended in the latter's death. Cooler heads eventually prevailed as the Sâtêp voted to appoint Hitap Tatta Ushu as 'uhitap a tempore for six months, until 'uhitap Aspu Kashaka recovered, or a permanent decision could be made if Aspu's conditioned worsened. 'uhitap a tempore Tatta Ushu's first action was to join the condemnation of Thuzbekistan and Samudera for their actions in Orsandia that precipitated the Second Orsandian Civil War. This was followed just over a week later by a decision to consider initiating sanctions against San Javier, as further evidence began to implicate the junta in taking advantage of the brief crisis in Menna Shuli's government to heighten the drug trade. Over this time, the situation in Menna Shuli got worse as terrorist threats were realized throughout the period, culminating in the assassination of 'uhitap a tempore Tatta in their motorcade. After that, Ihwala Luktsha took over as 'uhitap a tempore until Aspu Kashaka woke up in a stable condition several months later.

Posts

  1. MEK 1 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=34333239#p34333239

  2. MEK 2 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=34333239#p34337552

  3. MEK 3 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4325#p34362092

  4. MEK 4 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4325#p34371873

  5. MEK 5 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4325#p34374411

  6. MEK 6 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4350#p34382451

  7. MEK 7 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4375#p34394751

  8. MEK 8 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4400#p34468773

  9. MEK 9 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4500#p34660576

  10. MEK 10 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&start=4700#p35098321

Chapter 2: Wrath of the Mennan Lion

With 'uhitap Aspu Kashaka awake and stable, things began to look up for Menna Shuli again as the father of the nation began his path of recovery, with doctors stating a few days after he woke that most of the damage was focused on his motor functions, leaving him paralyzed for the time being. The Mennan people reacted to this news in a rather strange manner, heightening protests for a Mennan Constitution to address the failure that was the past few months. Fortunately, this was perfectly utilized by 'AT Ihwala who held talks with protest leaders from across Menna Shuli, making deals that includes "workplace safety regulations, union legalization for the vêkivêv'at, loosening of movement restrictions, and potential access to small business licenses to the worker caste" among others. While Mennan Modernists and Diasporists applaud the talks for their progress, Traditionalists view it as subversive for the 'AT to continue to act while the condition of the 'uhitap remains uncertain, especially in what they view as such a radical manner. However, Ihwala assured the people that any final decision will go through the Senate, reaffirming their stance. Around a month later, after the doctors confirmed that Aspu has regained enough of his motor functions to speak clearly, MEK reported he dictated a statement to an aide which was transmitted moments later.

In Aspu's statement, he commended the Senate for acting in his absence and the Mennan people for their continued support. However, he further went on to attack San Javier and Javerian tobacco for the smoking epidemic that faced Menna Shuli, calling for serious regulations on Javerian tobacco as a means to fight the crisis. Under the backing of the 'uhitap, the Senate quickly passed legislation to create and enforce new trade regulations on San Javier, particularly focusing on the establishment of a quota on certain products and mandatory cargo inspections on all Javerian ships entering Mennan ports, an action which has precipitated into a battle of words between the foreign departments of both states over the use and usefulness of such legislation. However, it was revealed a few days later that actual enforcement would be more difficult than what was initially suspected, mostly as a result of Javerians refusing to submit to inspection, while simultaneously uncovering that several Javerian ships had been carrying illicit drugs into Menna Shuli. It is also around now that the Miklanian Coast Guard becomes more active with the Mennan Trade Department in its efforts to bring San Javier to task. Around the same time, Dormill and Stiura launches its own investigation into the affairs of San Javier in their nation in response to the actions in Menna Shuli.

Posts

  1. MEK 11 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35195051#p35195051

  2. MEK 12 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35212673#p35212673

  3. MEK 13 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35281456#p35281456

  4. MEK 14 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35304179#p35304179

  5. MEK 15 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35320878#p35320878

  6. The Dispatch 1 viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337003&p=35325225#p35325225

Read dispatch

Chapter 2 of the Recap is now done, now for the longest chapters so far, most of which involves the League

Athara magarat and Almorea

Agadar wrote:Duck testicles, or 'duck, testicles'?

I too loathe having to dodge low-flying male genitals. A constant menace on the M2.

Agadar and Nights edge

Roendavar wrote:If anyone is wondering about the disappearances in Roendavar, all shall be revealed in time *wink* (although if you're in Discord you probably know already but eh). Just making sure everything is in place before I involve you all.

Let's just say that the pagans are finally up to something.

Ducking pagans.

Post self-deleted by Menna shuli.

Alteran Republics wrote:I too loathe having to dodge low-flying male genitals. A constant menace on the M2.

Anyone else ever played Dodgeballs?

Wellsia, Alteran Republics, and Thuzbekistan

Menna shuli wrote:Anyone else ever played Dodgeballs?

Yeah. It's called the public pool shower as a kid.

Negarakita, Alteran Republics, Almorea, and Atamari

Dormill and Stiura wrote:If I can just make a five-second rant. There has always been one thing that has bugged me about RPing, and that's how to handle the posts of a person who has left or CTEd. The posts are canon but the author is not, and it would not make sense (in my particular case, trying to recap ATPB) to include posts of a person who is no longer in TWI. Yet at the same time I can't remove the posts because there are responses to it which are canon and were written by canon authors. Plus it feels like an insult to the OP to edit their posts posthumously so I'm left stuck as to how to treat these posts.

yeah I haven't really found a good solution to this that covers all of the bases

Enchanta, does your government actually believe it has cleverly disguised itself as a democracy? Didn't your government nearly collapse when Rachel got sick?

Milling over introducing another two airlines. At this rate I'll have more airlines than stable members of government.

Dormill and Stiura and Thuzbekistan

Alteran Republics wrote:Milling over introducing another two airlines. At this rate I'll have more airlines than stable members of government.

This is so Alteran the nation may as well be run by the airline companies like the new Robber Barrons.

Dormill and Stiura wrote:This is so Alteran the nation may as well be run by the airline companies like the new Robber Barrons.

I was going to say "... More airlines than you can shake a stick at" but realised I'd probably be shot by the private internal security forces and branded as a racist Alteran separatist.

Edit: Then have my credit card used to buy many airline tickets, a Conway phone and shares in Horizon Inc.

Dormill and Stiura and Athara magarat

Alteran Republics wrote:Milling over introducing another two airlines. At this rate I'll have more airlines than stable members of government.

are there any TWI alliances?

Menna shuli wrote:Enchanta, does your government actually believe it has cleverly disguised itself as a democracy? Didn't your government nearly collapse when Rachel got sick?

Yes it does, Dormill and Stiura gave me inspiration for this idea. Basically the government is a dictatorship but the citizens believe it's a democracy.

Corindia wrote:are there any TWI alliances?

Airline alliances? There was a !One world someone set up that I think Sterling Airlines is a member of. Can't remember who set it up though.

Alteran Republics wrote:Airline alliances? There was a !One world someone set up that I think Sterling Airlines is a member of. Can't remember who set it up though.

just checkin'

does anyone need some boutique plane exported to them? I'd like a 2 hour activity

Corindia wrote:just checkin'

Was called "Skyler", but I'm sure a new alliance could be forged if there was demand for it.

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