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Precipice Of War: The Reboot of a Reboot

Kingdom of the Netherlands

June, 1955

Wilhelminahaven te Rotterdam

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The organized footsteps of a troop of soldiers marched through the harbor of port Wilhelmina in Rotterdam, fresh-faced recruits all, but with a determined tread in their step. These were not the men of France, of Britain, of Germany, marching to a certain doom in the Great War years prior. These were not the frenzied marches of the Japanese, desperately trying to cut out a piece of the great Chinese tiger. Nor were these the legions of Russia, facing off against Bolsheviks in a pace that would later come to destroy Russia. These were the determined steps of men of the Netherlands, young men, men that were prepared to lay down their lives.

This was perhaps the giveaway that these were not career soldiers. They had not seen the Great War, they had not become shellshocked from second-hand war trauma, peering out into the smoke and fire, seeing only death and suffering in the trenches. These were men that had been convinced – by none other than the Queen – that it was not just their duty to expel the Japanese from Indonesia, it was their god-given task to ensure that not a single square meter in Indonesia would ever be home to a Japanese ever again.

In a rousing speech just a month prior, queen Wilhelmina had backed down from the vague promises of peace and reconciliation uttered by the cabinet that had been in charge at the start of the war and the 7 years after that – cabinet Herremans II and III – and she had acknowledged that the war had taken a turn for the worse under the leadership of cabinet Broodmans I. But with an unprecedented return to a true monarchy and a return of the power of the queen herself, she had hoped to rein in these mistakes and repair the damages. After all, Wilhelmina was not yet prepared to give up the crown jewel of the Dutch crown to the Japanese after ten years of war. “Indië wacht!” she had proclaimed, a rallying cry that would soon be taken over by many, leading to a surge in volunteers for the KNIL – where previously a single boat worth of troops was sent each month or two, now there were three boats worth of volunteers, prepared to fight. It seemed all they had needed to push them over the edge was the firm hand of a 75 year old woman who was fit of mind, angry, but unfortunately also ailing and ill frequently.

Princess Juliana – heiress to the throne – and her remarkable, strange and interesting husband prince Bernhard, who was originally from the German empire, hailing from Thüringen, frequently took over the duties of the queen, acting as her mouthpiece when she was unable to instruct her people herself, a phenomenon that was becoming more and more frequent as the years passed.

The situation in Indonesia was worsening, despite her interventions, and by now she had placed her final hopes in the city of Batavia – a city that, over the last ten years of the war, had been turned from a rich port city into a fortified stronghold that even the Japanese would struggle to besiege.

In another unusual move, the Noordzeevloot, traditionally the fleet that protected the North Sea and the Netherlands itself, had been ordered to set sail for Indonesia – to aid the colonial naval presence. This fleet – a rather impressive one compared to what one might have expected from a small country like the Netherlands – was headed by the Hare Majesteit (Hr. Ms.) Wilhelmina, the flagship of admiral van Doorn, who had been placed in charge of the entire naval offensive. He was given an impossible amount of freedom, given only the order “to eradicate the Japanese presence in the Indonesian sea through any means necessary,” giving him carte blanche to approach the situation as he saw fit.

While the war effort by the Dutch had thus far been lackluster, it would soon become clear to the Japanese occupying forces in Indonesia that, while they had been facing colonial garrisons and a small naval presence, they would soon have the full force of the Royal Dutch Navy bearing down on them, and the presence of many eager young men ready to defend their territories – or, rather, what was left of it.

Whether it would all be for naught was to be seen still – but to give all this up without a fight.. that would never happen.

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_{Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, late June 1955}

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The quick tread of prince Bernhard was followed by a quicker, but more light set of steps – the hallmark of Juliana and Bernhard moving together through the royal palace Het Loo, alerting everyone that they were on their way to queen Wilhelmina herself. The prince was dressed in his finest military suit – oh, how he loved to flaunt the fact that he was the supreme commander of the Dutch armed forces – and his wife, the princess, was dressed in a long blue dress with a white folded piece of fabric, made to look like a flower, on her heart. Then followed three resounding knocks, before the couple entered the room together, and then the door slammed shut.

Inside, the queen was laid on her bed, her hands folded together – even in bed, ill as she could be, she looked royal, and her posture was no different. She looked upon her two favorite members of the royal house – and, perhaps, the only ones she could count on.

“They asked us to give you this,” prince Bernhard said, handing the queen a single page of paper, summarizing a much more detailed intelligence report that he had received from the intelligence agencies of each individual part of the armed forces – a rather burdensome affair, as far as Bernhard was concerned, that would consume time he’d rather have spent in a plane. The man had smarts, and a certain charm – that could not be denied – but he was a bit of a daredevil, and quite rash. The perfect tool, however, for generating public support. Not a man could claim to dislike the prince.

The queen looked at the paper for a moment, squinting her eyes then enlarging them again, before throwing the paper onto her legs and looking at the couple before her. “God’s sake, you, just tell me what I need to know!”

“Ah, yes, well, the LAMID and LUID have found records that indicate that there is, in fact, a man that still has a valid claim to the throne in Korea – and in fact, should be emperor of Korea right now. His name is Jee Gee.. gee-yon?”

The queen remained silent, her eyes trained on the prince, before her eyes shifted to her daughter. “Tell me what this jester is trying to tell me?”

“LAMID believes we might be able to fund independence movements in Korea if we use this Yi Geon as a prop. LUID is not so assured – they believe that this prince lives in Japan currently, and is perhaps not as eager to take the throne.”

“Yes--,.. yes, well, if the LA.. LAM- those people believes it, we shall do so. Whatever it takes, I suppose. I’ll begin drafting a letter to the Czarina of Russia to ask for funds – I believe me and her are close enough that she might be willing to support a fellow monarch.”

Prince Bernhard raised a finger, interjecting that “Japan has a monarch too,” but this only earned him a death stare from the queen, who did indeed love him dearly.

“Do not strain yourself so, mother,” Juliana hushed, stepping closer and straightening the blanket that covered the woman’s body, before stepping back, “we discussed this. You need rest.”

“Well,” the old small woman suddenly said, her voice booming in a way one might have never expected from a woman like her – although many an oma has been known to be quite capable of raising their voice – “how am I meant to rest when every second I am reminded that those Japanese are taking what is rightfully ours?”

“We know, mother, we know. We also had another proposition. Bernhard believes it may be beneficial if he visits Thailand and meets with the king.”

The queen hummed for a moment, considering her options, before slowly nodding in agreement. Bernhard was, perhaps, just charismatic enough to get something done. “Very well – but this will be a 2-day diplomatic trip. We need him here to coordinate the war efforts.”

And just like that the old queen lied through her teeth – Bernhard was often more of a nuisance at the meetings that determined the course of the war, his rash and brazen attitude often leading to strategical decisions that were.. questionable at best. And while occasionally his rather brave attitude lead to resounding victories that surprised not just the Japanese, but also the Dutch, it was quite clear to everyone involved that he was a great public figure, but an awful general.

And so Bernhard left for Thailand aboard one of the military vessels that would make their way there – transferring to the Hr. Ms. Wilhelmina along the way, since it was outfitted with a scout plane catapult and could launch him into the air before they reached Indonesia, so that he may fly to Thailand himself. Ofcourse, that part had not been communicated to Wilhelmina, and Bernhard may have convinced Juliana that he would simply make the fleet port in Thailand.

But, truth be told, a prince flying in in a plane would be far more impressive, would it not?

Naruto: Fire From Ember (open/accepting)

Uragiri Sakana

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✖ ‖ N a m e

Uragiri Sakana

✖ ‖ A g e / B i r t h d a y

18 / 18 April

✖ ‖ G e n d e r

Male

✖ ‖ B o d y T y p e

Tall (6'1") for his age; average to slender build with well defined muscle mass.

✖ ‖ V i l l a g e

Konohagakure no Sato

✖ ‖ C l a n

Uragiri-ichizoku

Uragiri-ichizoku

The Uragiri clan consists mainly of civilians, and a few shinobi -- although they are not of any specific quality. Unlike the Hyuga, they do not provide 'the finest', and unlike the Nara, they do not provide 'the brightest' and unlike the Sarutobi, they do not provide 'leaders'. Rather, they provide.. people.

They started out in the lands of Kirigakure, but that was a long time ago. Only a fool would consider them Kirigakure shinobi. From Kirigakure, they traveled to Kumogakure, then to Iwagakure, and from there to the borders of Sunagakure, from which they went to Konohagakure.

They were perhaps the clan that wandered the most before they settled down in Konohagakure. From then on they named themselves the Uragiri clan, where as beforehand they had been nameless. Their clan name, meaning 'Traitorous' is often misinterpreted as referring to themselves as traitorous people. This is not true, but many Uragiri have simply accepted that people would never understand. They are, after all, not Uragiri.

The truth is that the name comes from their story - in Kirigakure they were used for their money, and then hunted. This was back when there was no real Kirigakure village, only wandering clans, during the warring clans era. They escaped to Kumogakure, where they were then hunted for their strange appearance. That happened after they were betrayed by a Kumogakure shinobi, who promised them that they'd be able to earn some money if they performed some jobs for him.

Turned out that they were framed for murder, which was only added to the pile of accusations. They escaped towards Iwagakure, where they were once again betrayed, being promised a safe passage towards Sunagakure, but instead being assaulted because people thought they were wielders of a powerful Dojutsu due to their eyes.

After losing many lives in Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure, they had thought to find salvation in Sunagakure, but upon entrance in the deserts, they were met with shinobi who barred them entrance, explaining that 'their kind was not welcome' due to the fact that they had been chased for so long by the other countries. It was simply assumed they were criminals.

Being denied entrance to Sunagakure, the clan proceeded to wander the desert as a wandering clan for many years, slowly but surely making their way to Konohagakure, their last hope, who accepted them, as the hokage seemed receptive towards any clan, no matter who they were, as long as they proved to be valuable and honest assets to the Will of Fire. This was only ten years ago, making the Uragiri clan one of the least established and youngest clans in Konohagakure.

The clan is primarily (90%) just pure civilians that mostly work in shops or the industry. The remaining 10% are shinobi, like Sakana. And, while they are good at what they do, they are typically not very well renowned - not because nobody likes them or so, but just because they are pretty average all together. For that, Sakana is pretty much the one exception. In doing so, he has also become the clans' pride, more or less. That in and of itself isn't saying much, because even being above-average would make you a point of pride in the Uragiri clan.

The pride and prize of the family is their extremely large koi-ponds that line the walls around their small clan estate. Unlike the Hyuga or Uchiha clans, they do not have a large manor that houses the clan, and instead simply have a small estate that they use for clan meetings, as well as providing the grounds upon which they breed their expensive, and prized, koi fish.

✖ ‖ F a m i l y

Father:

• Uragiri Kingyo, teacher at the Konohagakure shinobi academy

Mother:

• Uragiri Same, medical-nin at the hospital

Siblings:

• Uragiri Unagi, younger sister (12), student in her final year at the academy -- entirely uninterested in becoming a shinobi and would prefer to work at the family koi breedery
• Uragiri Masu, youngest sister (1), baby. Poops her pants, cries for mama, stuff like that.

✖ ‖ R a n k

Jonin // team unknown

✖ ‖ T a i l e d B e a s t

None.

✖ ‖ S p e c i a l S t a t u s

None.

✖ ‖ T i t l e s / N i c k n a m e s

Black-eye.

✖ ‖ P e r s o n a l i t y

Sakana's first and primary personality trait is that he believes and worships the Sage of the Six Path as if he were a prophet of ninjutsu. He believes that the Sage is responsible for determining the start, middle and end of everyone's lives, and as such believes that everyone has a fate that they are destined for. As such, he also thinks there is no sense fighting against your own fate, as everything is as it should be.

Sakana's over-reliance on fate to guide him means that he is brave to the point of stupidity, often jumping in and relying on his innate abilities to see him through. This is not to say he is without tactic or strategy, more so than that once he has made a plan, he will put his 100% into that plan, and see it through no matter what. He is also reckless; easily perceived as a more fitting word for 'stupid bravery,' Sakana can be rather reckless in his pursuit of success and doesn't shy away from injury (or death if need be) to achieve his goals.

Sakana isn't one to be subtle in what he means or thinks and will bluntly state what he believes, allowing him to transfer his ideas easily and without much hassle in trying to cushion things or beat around the bush. The same straight-forwardness also means that at time he can say things that are perceived as rude, mean or both.

At times, Sakana can be seen as greedy. He has the mentality of 'I take what is mine, and then I take some more' when he is allowed to -- rummaging through dead shinobi's pockets for trinkets and other goods isn't uncommon to him. Not entirely negative (if he killed something, he deserves the spoils.. right?) it does leave a sort of stain on his reputation -- if he were ever to become better known internationally, they would no doubt frown at this habit.

✖ ‖ L i k e s

✖ - Fish
✖ - The thrill and risk of combat
✖ - Complete, total silence, to the point where it is so silent that you can hear your blood coursing through your ears
✖ - The Sage of the Six Paths -- and more specifically, his worship of that man
✖ - Winning (nobody likes losing) to a fault

✖ ‖ D i s l i k e s

✖ - Motormouths -- people who speak too much
✖ - People who believe that they can overcome any challenge by sheer power and hard work alone
✖ - Somehow dislikes both arrogance and people who are too humble all at the same time
✖ - Being treated like a kid
✖ - People who go through life, never doing as they are told and getting away with everything, treating life like a game

✖ ‖ N i n d o

Manaita no ue no koi, a carp on the cutting board.

✖ ‖ B i o g r a p h y

There is only so much that can be said about Sakana; he is an excellent shinobi and a cutthroat at that. Despite his clan's decisiveness in being average, he is the exact opposite and has excelled in most fields at a very young age. Make no mistake, however. While he is a young prodigy of the Uragiri clan, he is not exactly shinobi god material quite yet. He is a prodigy the likes of which you only see once a decade in a clan.

Born to two average shinobi -- neither of which accomplishing much more than what was expected of them to begin with -- it was something of a miracle that he became as good as he was as quickly as he did. However, being a Uragiri, it wasn't like everyone was suddenly interested in him -- being a prodigy of the Uragiri clan was something like being the best loser.

Partially that was because Sakana had a natural drive to improve. He was a natural at being a shinobi too and in the academy did rather well for himself, finishing in the top 10%. As a genin he did standard genin jobs for that time and saw some action, and was promoted to chunin after an incident in which he was forced to take over a leadership role after their jonin had been caught in a particularly nasty genjutsu. Although the mission failed and the targets got away with the loot, Sakana was praised for getting the jonin out of there and preventing the genjutsu from taking hold on his team. Not a particularly heroic story all things considered, but all in all a decent reason for promotion.

After this he was allowed to partake in the chunin exams and -- unsurprisingly -- passed it, finally finding a real challenge in the combat against other shinobi. Just two years later he was recognized for his talent and leadership during clandestine missions into foreign territory, and was promoted to be a jonin, and given the "pleasure" of leading his own team.

✖ ‖ K e k k e i G e n k a i

None.

✖ ‖ N a t u r e s

Katon

Suiton

Doton

✖ ‖ T a l e n t s

Sakana excels at ninjutsu -- and has impressive chakra control and chakra pool for his age and level of experience. He is also skilled at close quarters combat, such as knives/kunai and taijutsu.

✖ ‖ J u t s u

Katon: Karyūdan -- a standard fire jutsu where the user inhales and then exhales, breathing out a stream of fire.

Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku -- chakra kneaded inside the body is converted into fire, and then expelled from the mouth and shaped into a literal sea of flames that reaches further the more control and chakra the user has and puts into the jutsu.

Suiton: Ja no Kuchi -- the user generates a spinning column of water which takes the form of a snake with a gaping jaw. This snake can twist and follow its targets and swallow them. After it has swallowed them, it turns into a river that carries the targets away.

Doton: Doryū Jōheki -- this technique makes a gigantic rampart rise up beneath the user's feet, by shaping the ground and increasing the amount of earth with chakra. Depending on what the user imagines, the shape of the rampart can be anything from level ground to a steep, needle-like mountain.

Fūinjutsu: Atsui! atsui! atsui! -- a sealing technique where the user seals (or gets sealed by others) three seals on his tongue that allow him to unseal by focusing chakra on the seals and immediately use a great fireball technique at will.

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The user seals or gets sealed 3 seals on their tongue, namely the characters for 'atsui' (熱い) meaning 'hot'. These seals contain fire jutsu up to the B rank Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku (can contain smaller ones like the regular Gōkakyū no Jutsu). Due to the small size of the seals, the jutsu are not quite as large as your average great fire annihilation, but the flames burn just as hot.

The technique is easily hidden and it'd require some real good eyesight to see these seals. Similarly, because the jutsu uses a standard jutsu, it is not quite apparent that they're using sealing to be used, and it's easy to mistake these for a jutsu being used without handseals. As such, finding out that seals are used in this technique will be extremely hard for anyone that doesn't have specifically good eyesight. The seals are activated by flowing jutsu to them to 'unfurl' them, and then allows the user to spew out the technique.

The three seals are aligned from front to back saying, hot! hot! hot!

Adequately dodging the technique is easier the further away from you Sakana is -- the technique is still a simple Great Fireball Technique, so there are no additional things to account for except for the very sudden ability to summon the fireball. This technique will likely catch the opponent off guard -- which is what the difficulty is. Adequate response is still possible. Water also works well.

Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu -- a more powerful katon jutsu, where the user kneads chakra in their stomach and inhales, before exhaling and creating either a) a large ball of fire that they can then shoot or b) a continuous stream of jet-fire.

Sūpu-jutsu: Bōru -- This Doton technique forms the basis of a three-nature combination. The Bowl jutsu causes the target to be encased in a dome of earth around them, which then lifts up off of the earth on four earthen pillars. The jutsu is simple. There really isn't much to it - it doesn't kill, damage, or harm you, it just traps you inside the dome. That's bad, right?

Sūpu-jutsu: Sūpu mizu -- This Suiton based jutsu is the next step. Thought being trapped in a dome of earth was bad enough? WRONG! Through a hole in the top of the dome that briefly opens at the command of the user, the user then spews water into the 'soup bowl' until it's full of water. Congratulations, you'll now be drowning!

Sūpu-jutsu: Sutōbu ​​o tentō -- The final step in the three jutsu combo. True to it's name, this is the step that probably is the most dangerous for whomever gets trapped. Using the Katon nature, the user lights a fire underneath the earthen soup bowl/dome that they created, beginning to boil it at an alarming and dangerous rate for whomever is inside. Drown in the soup made of your own body! Muahaha! Ahem. There is no real defence for this step, if you are trapped. Your own fault for letting Sakana use three jutsu's in a row, huh? Someone outside the bowl can surely help you if you need some help, though!

✖ ‖ W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s

Besides the standard shinobi tools, like shuriken and kunai, Sakana also carries two straight edged, corded daggers. They're black, but do not have any special qualities other than being able to flow chakra with the Hien technique. They have an average length, and they're slung over Sakana's shoulders, going with both of them coming over his right shoulder.

✖ ‖ F i g h t i n g S t y l e

Sakana prefers to fight at a close range distance, to engage in hand to hand combat while utilizing ninjutsu at the same time to force the opponent into a corner. His style is aggressive and oppressing -- he does not offer his opponents much chance to get an attack of their own in, and is constantly on the offensive, unable to take a defending role or play as a support to his teammates beyond giving them ninjutsu support if he has to.

✖ ‖ T h e m e S o n g

Maru Nara - Amatol

✖ ‖ P l a y e d B y

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Sakamachi Sadako

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✖ ‖ N a m e

Sakamachi Sadako

✖ ‖ A g e / B i r t h d a y

14 // February 21

✖ ‖ G e n d e r

Female

✖ ‖ B o d y T y p e

Short (5'3") but with well defined and toned muscles, especially in her midriff.

✖ ‖ V i l l a g e

Konohagakure

✖ ‖ C l a n

Sakamachi-ichizoku, although it is not exactly a clan. It has exactly one member, and that is Sadako. Her ancestry is unknown, as are her parents; in short, she is an orphan and as such does not belong to a clan. She simply chose a surname for herself and it stuck.

✖ ‖ F a m i l y

No family to speak of.

✖ ‖ R a n k

Genin // unknown team.

✖ ‖ T a i l e d B e a s t

None.

✖ ‖ S p e c i a l S t a t u s

None.

✖ ‖ T i t l e s / N i c k n a m e s

N-nicknames are something your friends gives you right?

✖ ‖ P e r s o n a l i t y

During her search for an identity, she has poured over records upon records to find out if there were any more people like her. While unfruitful, it has imprinted a historical knowledge into her that is unrivalled among her peers.

Although she doesn't perceive it as such, she essentially is on a self-imposed exile. She retreats from social situations where she doesn't feel comfortable as she is afraid she doesn't fit in -- even her own friend group ultimately saw Sadako retreat due to this.

Her desire to prove herself -- to herself, her peers, and her superiors -- means that she is diligent and will always work hard -- and not just work hard, but also work first. As she says, dumplings over flowers -- utility before form.

Sadako can be rather obsessive, with identity and social issues but also in her labour, which is an extent of her search for an identity and her desire to fit in. Training is healthy, but she is obsessive about it in her attempts to prove herself to her peers, straining herself in the process and doing more damage than good in all likelihood. Furthermore, lacking an identity.. lacking a clan with status.. and believing that you are not good enough are all part of a cocktail that results in a low self-image.

Sadako is not entirely sure about her capabilities and even if she were, she thinks she is sub-par and not good enough, resulting in a humble demeanor where she prefers to stay quiet -- if someone questions her strength, she is more likely to turn her head and agree in silence than to convince them otherwise. Her proof of strength she hopes to show through practice -- not speech.

Her desire to fit in means that she is accepting of everyone, from the lowest misfit to the most arrogant nobleman. This has it's limits (typically limited by time before she withdraws due to not fitting in) but overall she is capable of accepting everyone.

Sadako tends to always assume the worst, questions everything and everyone's motives, and believes that everyone has ulterior motives. While this may be true sometimes, it makes her hard to deal with when it comes to teamwork.

What drives Sadako the most is her desire to be someone, no matter what that is. The pursuit of an identity and someone to be pushes her further in everything she does, not realizing that being 'Sadako' is enough. The potential to be a 'good' person is in her, but it doesn't get to come out simply because she is pushing herself so hard with other things that she doesn't have time to be good.

✖ ‖ L i k e s

✖ - Insert likes in a list, you don't have to fill them all out, but some would be nice.
✖ - People with a big heart
✖ - Chunins and jonins (her role models), as well as the Hokage
✖ - The feeling of watching a child and their parent, or two siblings, who get along well
✖ - Seeing the face of a happy person after completing a mission

✖ ‖ D i s l i k e s

✖ - Feeling lonely (who doesn't?)
✖ - The feeling that, when she's done watching a child/parent or two siblings who get along well, that she has nobody to come home to
✖ - Parting ways with her team for the day after a successful mission
✖ - Feeling like she lets her team and their sensei down
✖ - Feeling like a speck of dust in the presence of greater shinobi, like chunin, jonins or hokages

✖ ‖ N i n d o

She doesn't have one -- yet -- though it is her greatest wish to find a nindo that she can call her own.

✖ ‖ B i o g r a p h y

The circumstances of Sadako's birth and early childhood are a mystery to everyone in Konohagakure, which is easily explained by the fact that she was in fact not from Konohagakure, or even the land of fire, but in fact is from Amegakure. Nobody -- not even Sadako -- is intrinsically aware of this fact however. Her earliest memories are being a young child in a "city of metal pipes" before she somehow ended up in Konohagakure at age 7. She was taken in -- seemingly on her own -- and given a cheap way to earn a living; enroll in the academy, and your living expenses would be paid for. An easy choice to make for a young child that was hungry and soaking wet from the rain. She enrolled the next year.

During her initial training in the academy it became apparent that Sadako was -- besides being a bit strange -- a gifted student, excelling in the more academic pursuits of the training such as shinobi history, chakra studies, and so on and so forth, as well as the physical aspects of it. For the most part she performed admirably, especially in taijutsu and ninjutsu -- but sensei's remarked year after year that she was holding herself back by being shy and solitary.

That was not to say she had no friends -- this isn't a sob story of an orphan -- but rather, she made friends easily and quickly, but then exiled herself by slowly withdrawing from the group. Sensei's mused that this might be because of her insecurities and low self-esteem, but her inability to talk to them about these things meant that there was never quite a conclusive answer.

During her fourth year in the academy she discovered her kekkei genkai (or hiden, who knows, there's no bloodline to trace the kekkei genkai to), although she ostracized herself for it and hid it from others to avoid standing out.

Being a late student she graduated two years later than most, at age 14, in the top percentile of her class. While her final exam went very well, sensei's expressed worry about her mental status and psychological profile, noting that she spent a lot of time researching history and bloodlines to look for who her parents could have been and what clan she could have belonged to, to the point that it was obsessive. She continued her solitary lifestyle and stayed away from others, feeling inadequate, though being open and friendly when forced to.

✖ ‖ K e k k e i G e n k a i

Gudōton (Truth-Seeking Release) alternatively known as Kuroibōton (Black Rod Release).

Gudōton

Although it is less a kekkei genkai (having no notable family to speak of, much less shinobi) and also not quite a hiden, it certainly seems to fit the bill of either of those two. Sadako seems to possess an innate ability to copy the creation of these black rods or black weapons, making them appear from her wrist through the skin after which her skin seals itself immediately. She can grab, and snap, the weapons too when they have reached the required length.

These are known by different names depending on which historical figures used them, but ultimately they are the same, whether it is the chakra disruption blade, the chakra receiver, or the black receiver.
The black weapons are made of an extremely resilient material and require extremely strong tools to even scrape off some small dust of the material. As such, it cannot be broken by conventional tools or weaponry such as katana, kunai, or the likes, and in fact, the material is more than likely strong enough to break those items.

Beyond this, the material is conductive to chakra and has the capability to disrupt chakra of those that get stabbed by the weapon, disrupting their ability to flow chakra to the area in question and, if used in several body parts, suppressing chakra to such a degree that no chakra flow away from the reserves are possible at all.

Contrary to that, the user is capable of sending chakra to these rods remotely, allowing them to perform numerous jutsu this way.

However, the rods are also extremely attuned to the users chakra. If any pure (not elemental, like katon chakra) chakra courses through the material, it will be much easier to use that and break the material, for example using a jutsu from the Hyuga palm style.

✖ ‖ N a t u r e s

Fūton

Raiton, not unlocked

Katon, not unlocked

✖ ‖ T a l e n t s

Sadako has an affinity for close quarter combat using her kekkei genkai or fists, and can stand her own using ninjutsu -- she has no real affinity for using weapons that aren't of her own making and as such can only perform basic throws or moves with kunai and shuriken, and can't wield a conventional sword or weapon well (yet).

✖ ‖ J u t s u

Fūton: Reppūshō -- a futon technique where the user either increases their velocity (allowing them to move forward at an incredible speed), or by the user clasping their hands together, wind is compressed and transformed into a powerful gale, which has enough force to knock over a person. Using this technique, it is possible to make thrown weapons move even faster, although it is impossible to use this technique and then immediately throw a shuriken or kunai (so her teammates will have to do that).

Chakura Yokusei no Jutsu -- simply put a chakra suppression technique that allows the user to hide the chakra of themselves or their friends. A downside is that, during the usage of this technique, it is not possible to use ninjutsu without giving away your position instantly, as it takes time to prepare the technique.

Gudōton: Tengoku no Suijaku (Heavenly Debilitation) -- the user impales their target with the truth-seeking rods, and then channels chakra through them to inflict an incredible amount of pain.

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After the victim has been impaled by at least one, and preferably more chakra receivers, the user will form the snake seal followed by the horse seal, and hold it there. This will send chakra into the black rods, which will then heat up slightly (not enough to cause pain) as the chakra is sent through the receivers, before they cause a painful sensation in the area around the receiver. This is best used on areas like the arms or legs, but can also be used elsewhere -- the pain is strong enough to debilitate an opponent, and from 2 chakra receivers onwards, it is unlikely that the target will be able to stand up.

The way this jutsu works makes it extremely susceptible to chakra disruption one way or another. While the chakra stream itself will be hard to stop (it transfers near instantly for as long as the seal is maintained), preventing the user from holding the seal will stop the jutsu. Removal of the chakra receiver one way or another would also work -- for example breaking them or removing them.

Gudōton: Tenkū no Sakushi (Heavenly Illusion) -- after impaling the victim with the truth-seeking rods, the user channels their chakra through the rods not to inflict pain but rather put them into a genjutsu -- although the genjutsu is very simple and depending on how much chakra/receivers are used, can reverse the input from eye to brain, to warping the sense of smell, down to inducing a heavy headache and vomiting.

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After the victim has been impaled by at least one, and preferably more chakra receivers, the user will form the snake seal and then extend their hands forwards towards the target -- as if they are pushing an object away. As their chakra flows into the rods, and transfers to the victim, they will be cast under a genjutsu that disorients the target greatly, and reverses all intake of senses -- things that are on the left move slightly to the right, smells don't smell the same anymore, hearing is warped or completely changed.

The more chakra receivers are impaled in the enemy, the stronger the effects and, because of this, the more warped certain senses get (hearing goes from scrambled but audible hearing to straight up hearing different sentences, for example). If this effect is great enough, one may even induce vomiting from pure sensory overload and confusion.

Although the jutsu functions the same as the Heavenly Debilitation technique, there are some key differences, as this involves a genjutsu. Because of this, stopping the chakra flow will only work if the genjutsu is maintained constantly (by the user continuing to have their hands outstretched towards the victim). But this will not take the person out of the genjutsu. Destroying the receivers, dealing pain to the victim (like a squeeze or punch) or killing the user of the technique would result in the end of the genjutsu, but if the receivers are not removed, the jutsu can simply be recast.

✖ ‖ W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s

No tools besides the standard shinobi gear; shuriken and kunai and some ninja wire.

✖ ‖ F i g h t i n g S t y l e

Sadako prefers to get up close and personal to use her kekkei genkai, only to break away from the fight to use her ninjutsu and put the opponent out of the fight. In a teamfight, she is useful as the aggressive engage who goes in first, who can then lock a single (or, when she is stronger, multiple) opponents out of the fight by using her specialized ninjutsu.

Her flaw is that she doesn't have any strong finishing moves that can put an enemy permanently out of the fight besides simply killing them with her fists.

✖ ‖ T h e m e S o n g

"The Will of Fire"

✖ ‖ P l a y e d B y

Odin

Naruto: Fire From Ember (open/accepting)

Both characters accepted and moved to here.

Naruto: Fire From Ember (open/accepting)

Does anyone have an empty CS that I can use, to forego the effort of having to delete entries from another CS?

Nevermind, I'm an idiot and thought I was on page 1 of the CS tab, when in fact I was on page 2. It's been a long time since I roleplayed guys pls cut me some slack

Precipice Of War: The Reboot of a Reboot

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At the advent of the Great War, the kingdom of the Netherlands stood before a harsh choice; to join arms with the French, the British, or the Germans -- they were caught in a position with seemingly no escape. Troops were evenly divided across the borders -- the western coast, the southern border with Belgium, and the north and western coast and border with Germany. During this time, the parliament decided on neutrality politics, appeasing every side of the conflict that would take a scale that was larger than life. To this end, general Snijders was selected to fulfill the role of supreme commander of the Dutch armed forces. Immediately this caused tension; Snijders was of the opinion that an attack by the Germans was undefeatable, and advised that the Netherlands should form an alliance with -- and fight on the side of -- the German empire.

This tension rose throughout the entire war, and parliament tried to relieve him from his position many times only to find their attempts thwarted by the queen Wilhelmina, who shared Snijders' opinion in no small part due to her blood ties to the German crown. Due to this, and despite Snijders' offers to resign, disallowed by the queen, Snijders remained in charge of the armed forces of the Netherlands throughout the Great War.

The Great War saw much activity for the Netherlands who, inadvertently, profited greatly off of the Great War through contracting with the warring nations, providing an access port for domestic trade -- and occasionally a safe harbor to repair military vessels in for both sides -- through it's ports. The ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam expanded exponentially during this time, as the Netherlands was one of the few neutral nations in northern Europe that provided access routes to areas that were otherwise inaccessible.

Moreover, the Great War also displaced a great many people who moved to the Netherlands as refugees -- from France and Belgium primarily, and later on from Germany too. Although these refugees originally had intended to return to their homelands, it soon became apparent that the war would not come to an end any time soon. By the time the war was over in 1927, these people had built up new lives in the Netherlands, and not many were willing to give this all up to return to a country that would still be war-torn and offered few chances for them. The influx of refugees -- who, by then, were as much citizens as anyone else -- provided the Netherlands with a large population growth of all classes -- whether it be labourers, intelligentsia, or otherwise.

By 1921, it had become obvious that the Great War was lasting too long: the refugees that had been assumed would go home in fact did not end up going home. As more and more refugees from Belgium, France and Germany flooded the Netherlands, it soon became obvious that this could go on no further. It's own population of roughly 6.9 million in 1921 meant that they could utilize all of the country -- and then have room to spare. Housing, feeding and generally making space for an influx of some 2-3 million refugees from 1914 to 1921, however, was a challenge that the Dutch government had been ill prepared for.

In January 1921 this "issue" of the refugees became a furious argument in parliament; this culminated in a physical argument between Paul de Groot of the Communistische Partij Holland and Roelof Kranenburg of the Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond that was stopped just before it came to blows by other members of parliament. From henceforth onwards, the refugees became a true political issue in the Netherlands that came to be known as the Refugee Question.

In April that same year, when the first ceasefires were written up, the Dutch member of parliament Age Buma put forth a motion to ask for the research on whether it was possible to drain the Zuiderzee. Normally such a request would have been met with stern disagreement, but in the past 3 months the Refugee Question had turned from just another issue into the only issue that was currently plaguing the Netherlands. Buma proposed, in his motion, that the land made available by the drainages would be enough to house the refugees, and by developing agricultural investments in the area, feed them too.

While the flames of war were fanned around the Netherlands, it turned inwards, towards its own. Age Buma created a research team spearheaded by Cornelis Lely.

Several old plans were revisited, and it was decided that the 1866 plan "Stieltjes" would be used as a blueprint for the project that would be dubbed Zuiderzeewerken.

^{Plan Stieltjes}

Queen Wilhelmina gave the project her stamp of approval and openly supported the project once she became aware of it, calling it a "great project of ingenuity that will make the Netherlands into the prosperous nation we all want it to be." While there were great conflicts between Wilhelmina and parliament -- most importantly over the axis-aligned supreme commander Snijders -- she enjoyed the popular support of not just the Dutch people, but also the refugees that now lived in the Netherlands; due to this, it was hard for the politicians of parliament to change their minds on the project.

The Zuiderzeewerken were finally proposed to parliament in October 1922, and approved. A year later preparations were complete, and construction was started on a large dam across the sea between Noord-Holland and Friesland. This construction was simple enough on it's own if it were to function like an actual dam, but there were several requirements from an engineering perspective that made the project much harder. First of all, the depth of the sea fluctuated heavily, from 4 meters to 20 meters. An optimal route had to be charted, performed by Cornelis Lely himself (aided by mathematicians and field measurement equipment, of course) during the preparations.

A secondary challenge was that the dam had to be able to open and close; ship traffic to ports -- most importantly Amsterdam -- could not be impeded.

It took four years -- to 1926 -- to create this dam. During this time the polders for the land reclamation projects were also started, creating the basis for the actual land reclamation process. Construction on the polders (and the prerequisite equipment to begin reclaiming land) was complete by 1927, and the process to take water out of the polders begun.

From 1914 to 1927, Snijders never wavered from his duties as the supreme commander of the Dutch armed forces, but it was not a surprise when he was fired from his position in 1927, after the war ended, the reason being cited as defeatism. Queen Wilhelmina gave up her support for Snijders at this time, as the war was over and her (and Snijders) opinions on Germany were no longer relevant.

Snijders accepted the outcome of his service and was commemorated later that year with a plaque showcasing his face, lined with the text "een leven in dienst van zijn Land en zijn Volk," placed in Scheveningen, and paid for by the queen herself. He went on to take part in the authoritarian right-wing political party Verbond voor Nationaal Herstel but ultimately gave up his seat in parliament.

As one of the few countries in Europe that had managed to remain neutral throughout the conflict, the peace that followed the Great War was signed in Rotterdam -- a city that, despite the war around it, had managed to become Amsterdam's rival. It was apparent that neutrality and peace had done the Netherlands much good -- and queen Wilhelmina, albeit silently, wished that this would convince the other powers in Europe to fare a similar course.

With the end of the war, however, the Refugee Question became even more pressing -- the obvious truth now became simply a truth, and many of the refugees indeed did not feel much for moving back home to their war torn countries. For example, Amsterdam now knew not only the Jodenbuurt, but also the Duitsenkwartier and the Franse Wijk, where many of these people had settled in the years prior. These areas were, at the time, impoverished and intended to be temporary housing that had slowly managed to become permanent.

The Flemish Belgians settled massively in Noord Brabant, a region they were intimately familiar with for the most part -- having lived in Southern Brabant and surrounding regions themselves. They were well received in the region, sharing a language and parts of a culture, and had no trouble finding a new home in the region. Most of them took up jobs at local farms, others settled in the cities and found employment quickly. The Wallonians, on the other hand, settled in cities further north, often taking up residence in the French neighborhoods in Den Haag, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

In and of itself this was not a problem -- the Dutch prided themselves on their (misplaced) notions of tolerance -- but it became more and more obvious that there was simply a lack of housing, and agricultural production was unable to keep up, leading to a massive decrease in agricultural exports, which ended up hurting the Dutch economy.

But the Zuiderzeewerken would need time and effort to be able to be completed -- time and effort that, unfortunately, would outlast the creator of the plan, Cornelis Lely. In 1929 he passes away, leaving behind a legacy that would inspire future generations of Dutchmen -- but, at the time, it seemed like a hollow sacrifice in the face of a lack of housing and space -- the polders had begun emptying the polders two years before, and process had been slow, slower than anticipated. The water was slowly draining, but not fast enough to make a difference in the difficult refugee situation.

Come 1930 and that situation had worsened considerably. With the communist uprising in Germany so close to their homes, many people began to worry that another war was soon upon them. The flood of new refugees from the east only furthered this worry, as rich German aristocrats began arriving daily. Many of these aristocrats settled in Amsterdam -- albeit not in the Duitsenkwartier -- and Den Haag, often close to universities and other well-off areas. They did not fit into the Dutch system, where the aristocrats were aristocrats, but otherwise simply people. Rich people -- often times, very rich people -- but people all the same.

Their arrival could not have been more ill-timed. Following their arrival, people took to the streets in the Hague, marching to the Malieveld to express their discontent at the arrival of even more refugees -- much more so rich aristocrats who felt, according to the Dutch, like they were god's gift to the Dutch.

Willem Albarda of the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij saw his chance in the uproar, and expecting support from the eastern neighbors in Germany, declared that in five days time there would be a revolution if parliament did not secede to his demands. He declared such in the middle of the large gathering and received mixed responses then and there, but he continued his speech;

Nemen wij het initiatief niet, dan nemen anderen het. Er zijn redenen om het spoedig te doen en het hier te doen; de stemming onder de arbeiders is er gunstig voor; morgen moeten wij het doen, anders houden wij de beweging niet in handen.

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If we do not take the initiative, others will take it. There are reasons enough to do it soon and to do it here; the mood under the laborers is good for it; tomorrow we have to do it, otherwise we cannot keep the movement contained.

Demands of the SDAP spearheaded by Willem Albarda

Afschaffing van de Eerste Kamer
Invoering van staatspensionering op 60-jarige leeftijd
Onmiddellijke demobilisatie
Onmiddellijke invoering van het algemeen vrouwenkiesrecht
Onverwijlde invoering van de wettelijke achturendag
Snelle en afdoende voorziening in de woningnood
Socialisatie van alle bedrijven die daarvoor in aanmerking kwamen
Volledige werklozenzorg

The next days were uneventful; the speech had roused a response from the government that had begun arming the local police departments with carbines, and attached an extra cavalry detachment to the Amsterdam police department to contain any threat in the capital, but otherwise did not seriously respond to the threats or the list of demands that was delivered to them.

Meeting with his organization, Albarda once more delivered a speech;

Hier noch elders woonde ik ooit een avond bij van zo grote, historische betekenis als deze: wij komen hier om te spreken op het ogenblik, dat ook ons, de arbeidersklasse, de macht in handen zal geven! [...] Bezoedelt deze grote tijd niet door onwaardige daden; laat er eenmaal worden gezegd: het Nederlandse proletariaat toonde zich berekend voor zijn taak, de Nederlandse proletarische revolutie is geweest het gloriepunt in de geschiedenis van Nederland!

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Here nor elsewhere have I ever been to a night of such big, historical importance as this night: we come here to speak in the moment, that will give us too, the laborer-class, the power in our hands! [...] Do not tarnish this great time with unworthy deeds; let it be said once: the Dutch proletariat showed itself prepared for its task, the Dutch proletarian revolution has been the glory-point in the history of the Netherlands!

The attendants -- those close to Albarda, mostly -- left the meeting feeling roused, but calm. The next day the "storm" would break loose. They would wake to affidavits stuck to the walls in every city, reading:

Tegenover de aankondiging, dat eene minderheid naar de macht zal grijpen, heeft de Regeering besloten in het belang van de rechten en vrijheden van het gansche volk, het gezag en de orde te handhaven.

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Against the announcement, that a minority shall seize control, has the government decided in favor of the rights and freedoms of the entire populace, to maintain law and order.

The revolution -- much like its lead-up -- was uneventful. There were more contra revolutionaries than revolutionaries, and in light of this the government decided to suspend the Landstorm and instructed the police to continue their normal duties. Later on, Albada made apologies, saying he did not speak the word revolution once.

It became apparent that many of the people in the Netherlands were perfectly happy with the situation as it was following the peaceful survival of the Great War -- a glance to the east, west and south made apparent to all that lived in the Netherlands that things were not quite so bad, and even the proletariat was in agreement that a revolution would not make matters better -- most socialist parties agreed that from henceforth socialist ideals would be furthered in the democratic process. The SDAP boycotted any debate about this topic to save themselves from embarrassment.

With the communist uprising averted and the Zuiderzeewerken in full swing, the Netherlands entered a period of relative quiet and comfort, and the Zuiderzeewerken were completed in 1932, although much of the lands in the Flevopolder had already been taken into use five years prior to that, developed by parliament and occupied by farmers looking to expand on new and cheap agricultural lands. The Markerpolders, or at least the areas close to Amsterdam, were turned into a mixture of industrial and residential areas with small-scale agriculture, to provide a peripherie to Amsterdam. The straight-lined canals that ran through the reclaimed land area were perfect for an increase in size for the Amsterdam ports, and in the long term, this provided Amsterdam with an edge it needed to once again jump ahead of Rotterdam as 'the port of Europe.'

This passive attitude of investment and life-improvement would continue in the Netherlands, even as eyes in Indonesia began to turn to the Sino-Japanese conflict when it arose. When this war ended in 1944, eyes averted once more; some with relief, some with anger. It was an open secret that a large portion of Indonesians were slowly becoming tired of the Dutch, and the only thing that had been keeping them in check was the KNIL -- which had seen a surge of reinforcements from the continent back home during the years in which there was a housing shortage -- living in warm, sweaty Indonesia where half the locals hate you was still preferable over living in a cramped space in the Netherlands, especially when the KNIL command fed you and kept a roof (or tent) over your head.

And so, the Indonesians' eyes averted with anger -- anger that the Japanese had not continued their conflict and seized control of Indonesia like they had Vietnam and given them their "freedom" under a military government. And the KNIL averted their eyes with relief that they did not need to fight the trained war machine of the Japanese empire.

April 3rd, 1945 would be the date ingrained into the memory of every soldier in the KNIL, however. While the declaration of war was quick to arrive in the Netherlands, news did not travel so quickly across a multitude of oceans and continents back, and while the Dutch government was still gathering itself, the KNIL was already fighting the Japanese imperial forces, unaware that war had even been declared. By then, however, it was more than obvious.

The first invasions were swift -- caught off guard in positions that were poorly fortified, the Japanese overran most of the border regions in areas of Indonesia that had been deemed "strategically unimportant" to the Dutch. For the most part, these were regions that provided little to no actual monetary gains to them. But these routs quickly cascaded, and as one region fell, many of the KNIL soldiers trapped behind enemy lines and aware of what happened to POW's from what had happened in the Chinese-Japanese war, the next would quickly fall too, it's defenses not bolstered by the men that the Indonesian command had expected to arrive as part of the retreat.

The saving grace of the KNIL forces that were essentially trapped on Indonesia was the navy, and while it could not rival the Japanese navy in size nor poundage, it made effective use of it's tools, and hindered the Japanese invasions where possible. It was this naval aid that allowed the KNIL to regroup in key positions, such as Batavia and Surabaya.

From here on out, it was a losing battle, marred by the occasional outbreak or victory, but mostly marred by a bitter sense of dread -- it became more apparent as the years dragged on that British help was out of the question, and the Australians no longer had any interest in helping the Commonwealth and, in turn, the Dutch.

Surabaya, one of the most important trade hubs in Indonesia, fell to the Japanese after a bitter fight in 1954 -- a bitter fight in which it had to be said that the KNIL made the Japanese pay for every step they set inside of their city. The situation, however, wasn't tenable, and the command was given all the way from the Netherlands by queen Wilhelmina herself to "abandon this reckless attempt at heroism and save your selves, that you may fight to defend the crown jewel another time."

The North Sumatra 1st Garrison battalion, 2nd Garrison battalion and the Sabang detachment began preparing for a massive evacuation from Surabaya while the fighting was raging, during which the Japanese saw the destruction of the entire North Sumatra 1st Garrison, who sacrificed their lives to hold the line against the Japanese. By the time the Japanese broke through, preparations were only halfway complete, and the 2nd Garrison turned to fight the Japanese, offering the Sabang detachment a chance to continue preparations. Over half the 2nd Garrison battalion lost their lives before the evacuation order was given. Under constant fire, the men of the KNIL abandoned the city -- a city that would soon fly Japanese colors, but would always be a Dutch territory.

Among the men of the Sabang detachment was cpl. Setiawan Krisna, an otherwise indistinguishable Indonesian soldier who, among the giants of the Netherlands, looks like a dwarf. Despite this, his senior officers claimed he fought off an entire house worth of Japanese soldiers while the rest of his men prepared a small boat for the evacuation.

^{Bottom, 2nd to left; Setiawan Krisna}

Embellished or not, the Dutch were aware of their lacking support among the Indonesians, as they only enjoyed Indonesian support in the larger cities that had been "enriched" by the Dutch presence, and not the countryside province that had mostly enjoyed a lack of representation and the disdain of the Dutch who saw them as little more than rice-growing savages.

To this end they provided Setiawan Krisna with a knighting as a knight 4th class in the Militaire Willems-Orde. Immediately, they began spreading news of this among the few locations they still held in Indonesia; propping up Setiawan Krisna as an Indonesian war hero who did his part in the fight against Japanese imperialists.

But the Japanese are not the only threat. The Partai Komunis Indonesia has recently reared it's head, and they do not care whether it is a Dutchman, an Indonesian, or a Japanese head on the Indonesian snake; what matters is their alignment to the cause of the proletariat. Thus far, faced with a far more credible and present threat, the Dutch have not made any large steps in eradicating or pacifying the PKI, and while queen Wilhelmina has not actively flirted with communism yet, she has also not been outspoken against it -- there are yet chances for rapprochement, though the windows of opportunity are closing fast.

Despite the war, elections in the Netherlands have continued as they always have; the current leading party is the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij who have, with a coalition of likeminded center-christian parties, taken over the position of the government. The prime minister, Rody Broodman, was elected under vague promises of military reform to aid the situation in Indonesia, but has thus far not performed much and seems to be happy to let the situation ride the course it rides.

Queen Wilhelmina, bitter about being forced to lose her "crown jewel" Indonesia, has petitioned aid from the first and second chamber of parliament, in a request to hand over control of the country to her under a provisional arrangement in which the prime minister and her temporarily switch roles -- she will determine the course the Netherlands fares for the duration of the war, and the prime minister will temporarily take the role of ratifier, the man who will approve all these actions.

The proposal was pushed through -- with approval and encouragement of Rody Broodman himself, who was seemingly far less equipped to handle the war than he originally thought -- with a thin 66% to 34% margin in the second chamber, and an even thinner 58% to 42% margin in the first chamber, which was still held by a liberal and democratic majority. The deciding factor therein was that queen Wilhelmina was eager to face the Japanese emperor, whereas Rody Broodman was, quite simply put, not.

But, besides for her willingness to face off against the emperor of Japan, the queen has also recently vented frustrations about Great Britain and it's unwillingness to participate in the conflict. While a token force of soldiers has been sent by the Brits, continued support from the Brits has remained out, and it has come down to the Dutch and only the Dutch to stop the Japanese war-machine. With oil and rubber production being not just threatened, but downright taken over by the Japanese, Wilhelmina seeks to act fast - and perhaps do so with the aid of a broken Russia. It is clear that, should Great Britain stay the course, Wilhelmina will be none too pleased and will potentially even blame any negative outcome of the Japanese-Dutch wars on the Brits.

Apart from her ties to Russia, she has also expressed interest to her close confidante's that she is interested in pursuing closer ties with the Chinese if Russian aid is not enough. There currently exist no diplomatic channels -- but it is possible that Wilhelmina seeks to open more channels in the future.

Lastly, she has called upon the restoration of the once positive Japanese-Dutch relations during the times in which the Dutch were the only European power allowed to trade with Japan on the artificial island of Dejima. She recounted the fact that once the ties had been "so good" -- glossing over the many conflicts that arose in this time -- that there were even Dutch studies (a phenomenon known to the Japanese as Rangaku).

His name went unmentioned by Wilhelmina personally, but when she said "Japanese, call upon your emperor to stop this madness, that we might become friends motivated by mutual profit and investment," it was quite clear she was referring to the many candidates for the prime ministership of Japan, petitioning them to call for an end to this war.

Myling says hi!

@Myling we had a clown on RPG before.. his tale ended tragically, hoho. Welcome to RPG.

Naruto: Fire From Ember (open/accepting)

@Odin
What were you thinking of making? :)

@DoomFlavored

I'm looking at the characters as they are and I am still a little confused on whether I am meant to make a genin, chunin or jonin. Realistically I want to re-work Uragiri Sakana into a character here, but I think that any of those three characters could reasonably be re-worked and made different/less powerful to put into this RP. Some (all?) of them would require approval from @Desdamin since they're all very customized and have specific hiden or traits that either need to be approved or removed.

What do you guys think would be the best role for me to fill, at this moment?

Precipice Of War: The Reboot of a Reboot

Moved here.