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Fashiontopia and La Bain: The Marriage that Lasts
By: Fashiontopia Date: January 14, 2013, 8:51 pm
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From before any living person could remember La Bain and
Fashionland had been in tyranny. From the days before the Common
Era, all attempts at individuality were crushed. Freedom… there
was none. You couldn’t even be a noble and be free - unlike
other tyrannies of history. All the way from the beginning two
mothers, women of pride, women of glory, two women who mothered
two very different races, creeds, and purposes of life.
Down through history violence was always a part of life but
never for freedom. All the prior violence had been wars
conceived by Kings or Queens, or Princes or Princesses or Lord
of chalice and malice. None of these wars were ever intended to
actually bring benefit to any of the individuals breaking their
backs and scrubbing the superior man’s feet. But these wars were
in order to either bring land, sustenance or luxury to the lord
of the land. The man with a plan, the hand with the lamb, the
king of either who could bend his people to follow his orders as
if a super villain with no powers who could control the will of
the strong.
However, those with the broken backs and those with the foot
scrubbers grow frustrated with the smell; not to mention the
lack of chiropractors! Many a century pass and the smell
continue to grow worse. Those who could previously stand the
smell eventually stepped out and yet came back to scrub the feet
again only to find their heads missing. A popular execution of
the time of the 1st through the 10th century A.D. became the
“excavator” – a large boom attached via a workhorse and a bolt
with a large bucket on its end; the bucket included a blade, in
order to execute the damned the executioner would stand atop the
contraption drawing the boom at a 90-120 degree angle depending
on the thickness of the damned man’s neck, he then released the
boom and it swung as is a child’s swing set down via centrifugal
force ripping the victims neck from his/her body and collecting
it in its bucket.
Soon hundreds of men and women seem to forget their heads as
they step out of an excruciatingly thin line which was loosened
or tightened according to their lord’s chalice of malice. This
method is eventually eliminated in Fashionland as instead the
Royal House of Enforcement became fonder of poisoning the
accused without their knowledge.
By the 1700s there was no secret that the Royal House of
Enforcement was not an agency to protect anyone but an agency
which could be corrupted into doing nearly anything from
poisoning all those accused even if the guilty individual was
only one out of a ten man lineup; to confiscating goods from
civilians to bring to the King or offer for export. Soon
criminals became known for starving themselves to avoid being
poisoned by the authorities; and goods being covered with animal
and sometimes human feces to prevent capture by the RoHoE
[row-hoe].
In the late 1790’s, an insurrection in the Carvalho district of
La Bain was crushed brutally by the Ministry of Kings Official
Vigilance or MoKOV [mack-off]. More than even before the
excavator went to work begging for heads on street corners, at
cemeteries and on Church hall steppes. Weddings, funerals,
sermons, market auctions, parties, balls, schools, military
training, and other events were all interrupted by storming
MoKOV Secretaries who brought mobile excavators with them via
horse drawn wagon to allow for quick disposal of the accused.
This eliminated all attempts at La Bainian insurrection for 40
years.
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Re: Fashiontopia and La Bain: The Marriage that Lasts
By: Fashiontopia Date: January 14, 2013, 8:51 pm
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However, a new page was being turned in Fashionland; the potency
of poison used by the RoHoE began to become weaker after the
reserve effect of genetically engineering took the vital part of
the main ingredient used away except in rare exceptions. Yet
since now traditional public executions had been long done away
with due to 500 years of RoHoE poisonings a new method was in
need of creation. The current king, King Salchillas V
[sal-chee-yas] believed that the excavator was too cruel and
unusual he brought in a new law that made death by firing squad
the way of the future.
However, this created a mass uproar which King Salchillas saw as
a direct threat to his time in the saunas of the Magdsden
Gardens in what is now Vikas van de Merve; as he now had to
spend more time at the Crucible making decisions. He decided to
mobilize the Army to disperse any crowds which gathered. Fatal
mistake number one of his tenure as King – not sending troops
with muskets – he instead sent traditional Infantry with the
standard issue swords and blade beveled shields in order to
crowd control; not expecting a major conflict.
Upon arrival in Draytonville, South; Lieutenant Anderson Moore
with his unit encounters a secret compound of skilled swordsmen
who had been experimenting with musket production for the better
part of 5 years. The swordsmen pact called the Villacorta
[vi-yah-core-tah] only 20 strong produced a wall of highly
inaccurate musket fire which initially drove Lt. Moore’s men
back. However, the tactical minded Moore – standing 6’10” nearly
300 pounds with long flowing brown hair and a cleanly edged yet
wildly long and flowing goatee, a monocle of gold trim and
chain, a finely pressed and intensely prestigious
double-breasted frock with brass buttons and a sash of royal
purple, with a demeanor similar to that of modern surfers. He
loops half of his men around to the rear of the Villacorta
fortress where to his surprise stand 40 more sword-armed men who
immediately throw small daggers upon them before commencing a
desperate charge. Lt. Moore then orders a full retreat and an
abandonment of weaponry in order to keep his men from being
chased to their origin.
This small encounter drops the jaw of the King, he is placed in
utter shock that he not only failed to keep order, but has been
defeated by his subjects who he previously viewed as no stronger
than that of which to break their backs and scrub his feet to
his honor. He orders the entire kingdom of Fashionland to be
swept by martial law patrols of all potential threats, all
cracks and crevasses to be searched by a soldier of the House of
the Army or of the House of Enforcement.
But the remote countryside, and the backwoods, and the
grassroots, and the creek dwellers all forced his hand in to a
face palm. Army soldiers were annoyed and ridiculed by ambushes
and booby traps daily; both by urban swordsmen, and country
musketeers. For 20 years this went on to no avail for either
side as no real battles were fought and no real casualties were
lost.
Meanwhile, in 1850 the La Bainian people were growing jealous of
the Fashionlandi progress toward freedom, however, the new
brutal King D’angelo I takes over the throne late in the
calendar year. He reinvigorates the use of the excavator to
scoop the heads of all deemed by the MoKOV as bringing back news
of happenings in Fashionland, as well as those suspected of
plotting against the kingdom. The words and words associated
with “free”, “revolt”, “fashion”, or all types of weaponry,
disobedience, and words used against the king or the kingdom are
erased from dictionaries and made illegal under punishment of
death by D’angelo who holds this principle even down to any
variations of the words banned.
However before D’angelo is able to enact further crushing laws;
he dies of a mysterious disease (later found to be a sexually
transmitted disease which was contracted by a secretly
revolutionary prostitute named Lady Varela – which was sent to
woe leaders of the kingdom, with her long flowing black hair,
her tsunami-like feminine curves, and her seductive grin; she
would give them her disease in order to eliminate them). Once
his son D’angelo II stepped up to take the throne he had already
contracted the same disease from Lady Varela, however, his
immune system being slightly stronger he survived for a short 2
year tenure long enough to realize Lady Varela’s plan and had
her too executed by the excavator.
Later in 1859, King Varelle I – son of King D’angelo I and of
Lady Varela – reversed the laws created by his father regarding
the diction of the populous; he however did not loosen his
father’s love for using the excavator to dig for heads.
Yet in still, by this time in Fashionland the ball for
revolution is still rolling. Revolutionary David Dakar Isaac
Willis of Anastasia City, South began his rise to fame. He
originally was commissioned into the House of the Army as a 2nd
Lieutenant in May 1858 and began upgrading his rank as a matter
of an immediate. However once his head is slammed into the side
of the excavator in October 1858 causing him to lose two teeth
and permanent damage to his upper lip by a superior officer he
is praised temporarily by his subordinates for standing to him
and attempting to protect their rights. The superior officer is
then sent to the excavator to surrender his head to the king for
his actions; meanwhile 2nd Lt. Willis is promoted directly to
Captain to replace the dishonorably executed officer.
Tables turn when in mid 1859, he learns that there are plans to
destroy the government by several people from his family and
millions of others in the nation. He returns to Anastasia City
where he is met by cheers and a parade. He later writes in his
famous book “The Trials of Dakar”: “I had not expected the great
commotion that was bestowed upon me upon arrival, as I had come
initially for heads.” Once a spy who followed him to the
location saw him speaking with a known revolutionary he reported
Cpt. Willis to the Royal House of Enforcement and the Royal
House of the Army. Cpt. Willis was then automatically stripped
of rank and a bounty set on his head for capture. Cpt. Willis
then evaded and went to the heart of the revolution in Anakin
where he joined the Revolutionist Circle of Trust. The Circle of
Trust quickly promoted him to their Captain equivalent and sent
him to command a unit from his home town in Anastasia City.
The leader of the Circle of Trust was then killed weeks later in
a House of the Army led cannon ambush on his train headed for
Vikas van de Merve. The leader Leon Krane wrote a note saying
that on his death the order of replacement would go with Cpt.
Willis in 3rd. However later, the other two who had been before
Cpt. Willis stepped aside; as they felt they were better for the
civilian aspect as Jeniffer Buckland said or the warfare aspect
as Commander in Totality Olwen Stockton said respectively.
By 1861, the Circle of Trust had evolved into the Circle of
Freedom, by which Chairman of the Board of Directors David
Willis then changed the positions’ name to President. At this
point King Salchillas V now sees the building “Circle of Rag
tags” – his term used for it – as a serious threat and repeats
the sweeping of the countryside and the backwoods yet this time
finds nothing but empty factories and churches; as the real
threat with President Willis at the helm has taken refuge in
every willing city, town, and hacienda in the North, South, West
and Western Central.
At this time the war begins in Fashionland.
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Re: Fashiontopia and La Bain: The Marriage that Lasts
By: Fashiontopia Date: January 14, 2013, 8:52 pm
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King Salchillas V now not facing a small insurrection declares
war on the entity. But the men who back him in the House of the
Army are far less loyal to his name than he thinks. Those who
are loyal withdraw from those who are withdrawing for the Circle
of Freedom, and concentrate in retreat after countless losses
and swift defeats over the next five years all the way to the
capital - as if ants from an anthill became confused and went
back to the hill after attack by 1865.
In 1866, the official flag of Fashiontopia – the Libertatem of
Fashiontopia – flies for the first time above the ruins of the
old capital which with the help of the man and woman who would
later be his Presidential cabinet Jeniffer Buckland and Owlen
Stockton as Study of the People and Study of Defensive Integrity
respectively. The new flag, a rising sun was crafted to
represent freedom and turning a page on darkness of tyranny of
previous forms of government. The bottom blue representing land
and the wealth of beauty that is human life and integrity of
duty and service. The top red showing the will and strength that
comes from unity and courage. Lastly, the middle grey represents
the meeting point between ideologies and setting immature and
petty arguments to the side for the greater good of others.
Upon his first speech as President over the new land President
Willis spoke to the public revealing that he had pleaded and
begged the revolutionaries of La Bain who had specialties on
covert operations to help the Fashiontopian effort, yet they all
refused leaving the Fashiontopian dream to fend for itself. This
speech enraged the majority of the population of the nation and
even during the message the crowd present at the time cried out
to abandon them in return. This is precisely what the new
government does, even making original legislation which prevents
any help of the La Bainian people specifically.
Once King Varelle I of La Bain became aware of this speech he
immediately retightened the leash on the beast that is his
subjects, he reenacted the diction laws which were placed by his
father, and even made them even more strict; making a law which
required all first born sons have their vocal chords removed and
began public education programs which indoctrinated the first
born sons into believing that the kingdom is the only way – of
course all banned diction was not omitted from the class
materials.
Fashiontopians finally see freedom. La Bainians can’t even taste
it.
During President Fernando Bertrand’s administration from 1934 to
1939 an economic crisis and spiraling inflation causes riots and
old fashioned gun duals on a new all time high, the Reformed
Liberal Party is ousted in no-confidence vote, and President
Bertrand is thrown out by the Military and Police who bond to
impose temporary martial law. This sparks an immediate outrage
by the citizens who then unite as their ancestors of the 1850’s
and 60’s did against the previous iteration of tyranny; no
government would ever rule the people the same way again. In a
war known as the 10 Years War, General Condo Palatial commanded
the remaining loyal military troops in an attempt to crush the
will of the people. In the end he failed; yet what he did do was
spark interest offensive action on next door neighbor La Bain.
He had conceived a plan to annex La Bain for three reasons; he
recognized the need to new things that the people love which
means new lands, he also saw that resources of La Bain were far
underutilized, so Fashiontopia could use them, and lastly he had
read books on the revolution and saw that it left out the fact
that the people of La Bain are still people too. He saw their
human rights as a reason to overthrow their government. Contrary
to his wishes he was forced to surrender at the end of the 10
Years War to the will of the people. The government was restored
to the free version which the original Revolutionaries truly
believed in.
Upon surrendering the plan for annexation was discovered
miraculously out of a burning building being clinched by Study
of Finance Rutger Deeley – who later died from complications due
to smoke inhalation and a war related bullet wound. The plan was
then incorporated into the revitalized government’s wishes and
the very next President even had to run with it partially on a
front burner. However being juggled by the government like one
of the balls by a clown with a suit, the plan was passed down
between three Presidents as if a story of lore rather than
something of pressing needs like a baby or an insurance bill.
But then Gorton Daniels got elected in 1962, he brought it up
and ordered Parliament to make a decision on it. Like a
grandfather being interrupted from a deep like in his rocker;
the plan goes in one ear and out the other, they pass it in a
nonchalant manner, and then go back to rest.
Once presented to the heads of Delano Corsiba and the other
military companies of the day, they rejected the idea due to
being tired and severely damaged by the encounter in the lands
to the North. None of the companies were prepared for such a
daunting task of taking on the then mighty La Bainian Army. So
again like a broken record the history of the plan repeated
itself, yet another roadblock stopping progress dead in its
tracks. Gorton Daniels then passes down the idea of the plan to
Jack Anderson who becomes wildly unpopular. His administration
becomes seen as a failure and by 1969 his hope for reelection is
as non-existent as a God to atheists; by that meaning highly
debated and controversial, every other political talk and radio
host speaks about his supporters or his haters as if they were
evil. In late 1969 however, King Lemieux I has it up to his ears
with Fashiontopians and decides to make all contact with
Fashiontopians an illegal act, likewise any Fashiontopians
crossing into La Bainian territory are to be destroyed on sight.
By 1970 two planes carrying 129 passengers when put together;
have both been removed from the sky like a mother to an item on
her Black Friday shopping list by hidden anti-air craft flak
cannons.
As weak as ever after being ridiculed to the point of grey hair
he declared war on La Bain – a year after the events already
happened due to indecisiveness. He had missed the point of what
Fashiontopians wanted, it was the last straw. At a speech in
Parliament a Congressman even wittingly called for his
impeachment knowing that the President’s term was nearing its
end anyway. The failed attempt crashed and burned even harder
than the planes 2 years prior; as he was quickly beaten in an
89% vote against him at the election.
“Out with that lame and in with progress;” Presidential
candidate Ferris Strokes’ slogan as he hailed from the South and
used his charisma in the tremendous victory. Running on a
platform of Radical Imperialism, he easily got the attention of
Fashiontopians and took eighty-nine percent of their votes to
the ballot votes. After being sworn in he immediately met with
the heads of the now significantly stronger Delano Corsiba and
other military companies. His relaxed yet poised demeanor easily
won the support of the military company leaders, where he then
came back to change the war to a declaration of annexation upon
La Bain.
Later they again met to discuss the strategy, and fiercely and
with a wrath and a passion in his voice which now rose, he gave
the table a knockout punch, beating his fist down with a
standing shout. “Thunder and lightning, fire and brimstone, eye
for eye, and tooth for tooth, we will march and we will fight! I
want Lemieux’s head in the same bucket those before him used to
oppress their people! A combined assault, a siege comprised of
ground and aerial forces, drill underneath them if we have to!
You make sure you instill a sense of desperation in your troops,
I want them to fight dirty if they can kill them with bullets or
knifes scratch their f*ckin’ eyes out and squeeze their nuts
off!”
Later he passed a Presidential order saying that all soldiers
currently in a combat related branch will serve at least two
six-month or one full-year tour in La Bain. King Lemieux then
calls for his forces to take to the mountains thought being that
majority of their training has been done in mountains;
Fashiontopian Mountains can’t pose as much of a threat. Wrong.
Delano Corsiba allows a large concentration of La Bainian troops
to spend days climbing the Western most mountains of
Fashiontopia where they then set up firing positions and
artillery ranges.
However, Delano Corsiba concentrates in the North and South of
the mountain and invades. They fight fiercely to cut the
supplies of the mountain troops, while the other military
companies take them on. Later facing stiff resistance the
slightly larger force of Fashiontopian troops in Northeast La
Bain come together and assemble. They receive fresh
reinforcements and prepare for a presidentially ordered siege on
the La Bain city of Styles. By now the La Bainian troops on the
Fashiontopian Mountains retreat southwest to Monchoon where they
are met with countless ambushes en route. Severely weakened the
rearward La Bainian reserves in the mountains rain down
artillery weeks on end until they run out of ammunition due to
factory workers who won’t work, or supply cuts.
Once the main armies of the La Bainian reserves are exhausted of
supplies a handful of low ammo charges seal the end of the
fighting as the governmental compound is bombed by Fashiontopian
strategic bombers, later to be moved in on by troops and armored
vehicles.
A quick war only spanning the length of Ferris Strokes’
administration; the will to fight had been lost most quickly
than the war lost. La Bain loses due to believing in the
Fashiontopian cause and losing care for the former kingdom which
ruled them. La Bainian officers towards the end sent their
troops to fight ahead of them on threat of execution for
retreat. They were forced to either kill or be killed by their
superiors. As for those superiors who were deserters they were
killed by other superiors or made it to the Fashiontopian camp
and provided highly useful insight which led to swift
Fashiontopian victories and easy goal meeting. The morale of the
La Bainian soldier hadn’t showed up to fight, therefore neither
did the soldier. The bond between the man and his rifle was
broken by lack of will – therefore instead of a soldier
fighting; it was reduced to a man with a finger to pull a
trigger.
On November 2nd, 1976, the Capital of La Bain went without flag
as its old royal jack had been lowered for the last time.
However later a flag maker by the name of Chantal Perali put
together a flag; the red representing the valor and willpower of
the new La Bainian people, the purple representing frustration
with generation after generation suffering under the crowns that
have come, the blue representing the expertise and newly found
stability of the La Bainian spirit, and the orange border line
representing enthusiasm for new life of freedom, joy and
prosperity.
Upon leaving office for the last time he shot his right thumb to
the sky as if the job had been accomplished. “I’m out,” he said
as he shifted his feet from right to left on the exaggerated
dance yet forward motioning walk out on to the house lawn. Not
declaring for the 1976 election the year earlier he knew that he
had completed the job. He passed the torch on the Rhonda
Patterson the following year; this time the torch would no
longer be talk of a plan, lore of the eighteen hundreds, nor
failed and missed opportunities; but a lifestyle and a future
full of opportunities to build on. Together the Fashiontopians
and La Bainians have grown to love each other and are optimistic
about moving forward. It’s no wonder that Ferris Strokes is one
of the most recognizable presidential names in history along the
lines of David Willis and others who have done great things for
one love, one heart, one life, one land. The Libertatem of
Fashiontopia.
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