News from Japan (formerly known as the "Japan, end of 1907..." thread)

[Walter]

National and International Security and Intelligence Service Headquarters.
January 3, 1918

"You sent for me, Lady Souma?"

Souma looked up from her paperwork and frowned. "Emilio? I thought I sent for Ernst."

"He has gone to a family reunion and won't be back for another two weeks," Emilio told. "I'll be keeping an eye on things until his return."

"O-kay... I sent a report from Colonel Olrik to him. Have you by any chance read it?"

Emilio nodded. "Yes, and I assume it is becoming a nuisance, right?"

"Indeed. It has been deemed to be quite bothersome and we are expected to do something about it."

"I shall send our people to work on it."

[Walter]

Zemni castle. January 5, 1918

There was a soft knock on the door and Bishamonten looked up. "Yo! the door is open," he called out.

The door opened and a pair of amber eyes glared into the hall.

Bishamonten recognized the Empress as she entered the hall. "Your majesty! What a surprise!"

Empress Kaguya looked around as she walked through the hall. "Where is Taishakuten?"

"Well... he... he had to go... you know... Nature called."

Taishakuten then entered the hall. "Bishamonten, make note that we are running out of toilet pa..." He then spotted the Empress. "Your majesty! What a surprise!"

"So I have heard," Kaguya replied.

"How was the holiday?"

"Well, everything was good until I got back. I have heard that you have been a bit... rowdy again when it comes to diplomacy... right after my departure as well."

"Yes. I warned him that it would be a bad idea to..." Bishamonten began.

"Bishamonten!" Taishakuten snapped.

"Yes, Lord Taishakuten?"

"Shut up!"

"Yes, Lord Taishakuten!"

"Good." Taishakuten then turned to Kaguya. "Well, you know that we made a deal with the Americans, right?"

Kaguya nodded. "Yes. That was before I left."

"Right. Now, everything had been done. Paperwork filled in and signed and we were ready for it and then they suddenly cancelled everything."

"That's not very nice of them."

"I thought so, too."

"But no doubt they had a reason for that, right?"

"Yes. I told him that there was no doubt a reason that..." Bishamonten said but was interupted.

"Bishamonten!" Taishakuten glared at the general.

"Yes, Lord Taishakuten?"

"Shut up!"

"Yes, Lord Taishakuten!"

"Good... Now reason or no reason, that they did this is a great insult and..."

Kaguya held up her hand "... and you kicked out the ambassador." She shook her head. "Don't you think that you were slightly overreacting there?"

"Yes. I told him that he..." Bishamonten stopped as he saw Taishakuten and Kaguya looking at him.

"Shut up!" the two said in unison.

"I'll... I'll just leave for a while." Bishamonten got up and left the hall.

Kaguya waited until the general had left. "So..."

"So..." Taishakuten echoed.

"What do you plan to do about this?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?"

"Well, they're the ones who broke off the deal. So they're the ones who should be making the first move."

"First move?!" Kaguya groaned. "We should not wait for them! We should be the ones to take action, even if what they did was not right. In my eyes, it is childish behavior on our part to do what we did regarding such a trivial matter."

"Yes, but..."

"Just do something about it."

Taishakuten sighed. "I'll see what I can do to clear up this mess."

"You know, it's amazing you and Saishi ever got married. That you ever met each other."

The door opened and Bishamonten stuck his head around the corner. "That is what I have told him many times. Amazing. A miracle." He was gone before Taishakuten or Kaguya could say something.

"Is he always like this?" Kaguya asked.

"Always," Taishakuten replied. "I think all the paperwork is getting too much for him."

"Give him some time off."

"I will."

"Better yet, just let someone else help you out." The empress then left, leaving Taishakuten behind with a pen and a sheet of paper.

[Kaiser Kirk]

Just
:D

[Tanthalas]

well atleast she didnt give him an office with a view.

[Walter]

Zemni castle. January 9, 1918

Taishakuten: "Bishamonten?"

Bishamonten: "Yes, Lord Taishakuten?"

T: "You're fired."

B: "What?!"

T: "Yes, you're just a General now. No more paperwork."

B: "YES!!! Uhm... I mean. OH NO!!! How terrible! Without me here, how can you survive all this paperwork? Who's brave enough to help you?"

T: "I'll find someone."

B: "Excellent! Laterz dude!" *leaves*

[Walter]

January 12, 1918


Commodore Shirase Nobu was sitting in his chair near the heater in the hut. As usual, it was cold outside despite the fact that it was light during the entire day.

Nobu had come and gone to Antarctica for numerous years now and he was working on expanding his knowledge on this frigid wasteland. For that he needed more equipment and supplies here and it was quite apparent that the small Kainan Maru alone was not enough for this.

Right now, his ship was en route to Japan to pick up more goods as well as delivering a letter to Taishakuten, not only requesting for more funds to finance the Terra Nova Expedition but also an additional vessel that could assist the Kainan Maru with the transport of goods to Antarctica.

Nobu still had some time left before he and his men would get back outside to work so he stuffed anonther log into the heater, grabbed his logbook and began to leaf through it.

[Borys]

OOC
He could buy coal from the Habsburg mines in Patagonia. But that depends on where the Japanese station is located ... maybe the DKB or Orange or Maoria would be a closer supplier ...

[Walter]

January 24, 1918

"So, this is what we can use against possioble enemies?" Taishakuten asked as he handed the report back to Fu Manchu.

"Yes," Fu Manchu replied. "And my department is working on various other things as well. Improved stuff thanks to some Gran Columbian information we'll be working with."

"Excellent. Keep up the good work."

"Do you think we will ever need to use it."

"In a world like this, you never know."

[Walter]

January 25, 1918

"We should make some preparations for when President Alizandro comes to visit the Empire," the Empress informed.

"Fear not, Your Majesty. There is plenty of time for us to make arrangements on Hainan for the visit," Taishakuten told.

"Plenty of arrangements must be made in order to be ready before June."

"Sounds like you have big plans."

"Yes. After all, I expect that a lot of important citizens will be there to welcome President Alizandro."

Taishakuten frowned. "Expect?"

"There will be a lot of important citizens there."

"That's more like it. So who will we be expecting?"

The Empress handed over a notebook with names.

Having looked through it, Taishakuten said: "We'd better get started then."

[Walter]

January 31, 1918

"Lord Taishakuten, we have received a message from Shirase jima."

Taishakuten accepted the message from the messenger and read it. "Good. Send word to the Navy to prepare to accept a special order when possible. It will probably be later in the year when Shirase's back in Japan."

"Yes, sir."

"In the mean time, I will need to make some arrangements for some additional fundings of  Shirase's expedition."

(OOC: Added funding to the report)

[Walter]

February 1, 1918
Send to various people of importance in the Empire.

Sir/Madam

As you may have heard, Rey Enrico Alizandro, President of Gran Columbia, and his family will be visiting the Greater Empire of Japan in June.

Due to the tight schedule of President Alizandro, it was decided that Hainan would be the location of the visit so there is no need for the President to make a long journey even longer.

It is believed that the President and his traveling party will arrive on 5 June, 1918 and Her Majesty would greatly appreciate it if you were to be present at Haikou Harbor to welcome President Alizandro and his travelling companions.

Taishakuten

[Walter]

Iwo Message Intercept and Communications Station, Iwo Jima. Late July, 1918

"Sir, I just got this message from one of our ships," the private called out, holding up a piece of paper.

Iwo's station captain walked over to the private with his cup of coffee in his left hand. "Thanks," he said as he took the paper. Walking over to his desk, he sat down and looked at the message.

DDDD 0440 2050 0350 2000 5020 0030 3400 2550 5042 2252 5232 3430 0012 5224 1035 5412 3433 0234 0202 3252 1234 0452 2053 4050 5000 0049 0939 0909 5929 0949 0909 0909 2909 0909 2929 4929 2929 0909 2929 4929 0949 2929 4929 0929 2949 2929 2929 0909 4909 2909 4909 0929 0929 5929 5959 2929 5959 0909 4929 5939 3939 3909 0959 5939 3929 2949 0919 0959 3909 3919 3939 1909 0939 2959 2929 2959 5900 5050 2050 4035 0000 2422 5024 3020 5353 0233 0012 3414 5025 3412 2034 5202 3430 2234 5532 3402 3032 3330 2020 0050 3420 0022 4255 0502 4505 0425 0500 0022 2022 0505 0551 4535 0020 2225 2420 0145 2220 0322 2523 2224 4142 2105 2325 4505 0502 5500 0245 03

The captain frowned slightly when he saw the four D's. He grabbed several books and a pen. After crossing out the four D's , he began to decode the message.

[Walter]

Iwo Message Intercept and Communications Station, Iwo Jima. An hour later.

"The message is here, Captain."

"Good write it down and then send it on to headquarters."

[Walter]

Osaka May 4, 1918

Today the construction began on the Horwolooh building. Once completed, this
69 floor building will become the home of a number of companies as well as the Silver Dragon Hotel and Casino.

[Borys]

I'm waiting for the Horiwood cinemamaking complex ...
Borys