Caw And Squabble: Long Live The Aerie

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A tall, powerful looking aerie wanders around, looking calm let surveying around her. Her feathers are white with black markings on her wings, on her tail, and on her thighs. She has long white legs with deadly claws, dark plumage of feathers protruding from her hair, it's silouete like many magestic horns. She has weirdly long eyelashes for an aerie, a deep red face that turns yellow near the front, with a deep gray blue beak. She wears padded leather clothing, fancy yet protective, holding items useful for scribing. Her clothes are dyed a deep black and a deep gold. She carries a brown belt of leather and metal.

 Songbird Arkelia approaches the bird slowly, head high. She slightly brushes the plumage on her neck with her claw, before looking back to the aerie. “Greetings!” She caws. “I am songbird Arkelia. You are?…”

 "Seyliu Willow." She bows her neck, holding out a wing to shake. "I come here to ask you about the ways of being a Songbird."

 She shakes Seyliu’s wing, bowing her neck as well. “Are you seeking to run? The populace will elect practically anyone at this point almost immediately, to get things going again. Or have you just been elected? I will answer any questions you have.”

 "I wish to become a songbird, and wish to know more about being one, incase I do happen to be elected."

 “Come, follow me.” She says, beginning to waddle towards the House of Talons on the west side of the imperial complex.

”what do you already know? To be completely honest, I am willing to spend what little shinies I personally possess to ensure someone gets elected. I am not yet sure we have enough songbirds to form a council of the house.”

 "I understand a few laws, I understand the state of disstress the world is in, and I know the responsibilities... at least some of them." *GTG BRB*

 “The two chief powers of the songbirds are writing and passing laws and budgets, and electing the empress. We are empressless until we have three songbirds to hold a council. It is imperative that we elect an empress soon so that our government’s cogs may again start turning and we can help the common bird.” She pauses, looking to her. “But along with that, we will write and pass laws and edicts to the decree to help our nation and provide a framework for it to grow.”

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

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 Scowling, she nods. “I see. I do suppose we are in need of food while we sort out rebuilding and restarting our grub farms, and our seed stores… can you offer work to the common bird? Most of our infrastructure is destroyed and few employers are still open, and probably will not resume for a season. Work and trade is what we need to begin to revitalize our economy.”

 "both of which we can provide." his ears twitch ponderously. "and if you decide you need to start a war, we can supply soldiers to boost your army, and money to pay your soldiers. if my calculations prove correct, which they almost always do, we could keep your entire army running for six months."

*how is Arkelia everywhere? does she like have five twin sisters? or are all of these happening at different times?*

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 Scowling, she nods. “I see. I do suppose we are in need of food while we sort out rebuilding and restarting our grub farms, and our seed stores… can you offer work to the common bird? Most of our infrastructure is destroyed and few employers are still open, and probably will not resume for a season. Work and trade is what we need to begin to revitalize our economy.”

 "both of which we can provide." his ears twitch ponderously. "and if you decide you need to start a war, we can supply soldiers to boost your army, and money to pay your soldiers. if my calculations prove correct, which they almost always do, we could keep your entire army running for six months."

 She coos. “We are not starting another war. Peace is paramount, and understand that you must maintain peace with us and not drag us into any other wars. Besides, the Republic would be foolish to war with us for not taking our coin.”

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*how is Arkelia everywhere? does she like have five twin sisters? or are all of these happening at different times?*

 *different times, though it doesn’t exactly matter much*

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

 “You are attempting to spread fear. Caution is useful, but fear is dangerous. And we have no money to arm our militia, no money to enforce a draft. In a season. We may, but only if we work on rebuilding economy and infrastructure first.”

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

 “You are attempting to spread fear. Caution is useful, but fear is dangerous. And we have no money to arm our militia, no money to enforce a draft. In a season. We may, but only if we work on rebuilding economy and infrastructure first.”

 “So you want us to be ruled by cats what if they payed you off” (can I roll for fear mongering or something)

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

 “You are attempting to spread fear. Caution is useful, but fear is dangerous. And we have no money to arm our militia, no money to enforce a draft. In a season. We may, but only if we work on rebuilding economy and infrastructure first.”

 “So you want us to be ruled by cats what if they payed you off” (can I roll for fear mongering or something)

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”tell me, how will you raise money to achieve the military dominance we once had, and feed our people, and rebuild almost every major roost? Alone, and isolated. I will not let us be ruled by the cats, but I will let them engage in trade with us. That is all they will do. Offer trade and work to our common birds.”

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 Scowling, she nods. “I see. I do suppose we are in need of food while we sort out rebuilding and restarting our grub farms, and our seed stores… can you offer work to the common bird? Most of our infrastructure is destroyed and few employers are still open, and probably will not resume for a season. Work and trade is what we need to begin to revitalize our economy.”

 "both of which we can provide." his ears twitch ponderously. "and if you decide you need to start a war, we can supply soldiers to boost your army, and money to pay your soldiers. if my calculations prove correct, which they almost always do, we could keep your entire army running for six months."

 She coos. “We are not starting another war. Peace is paramount, and understand that you must maintain peace with us and not drag us into any other wars. Besides, the Republic would be foolish to war with us for not taking our coin.”

 "I'm not saying you have to. but with the resources we could give you, you could. we could help you rebuild your country within say, five months at the latest. also just for your reassurance, this treaty includes a 'no bird eating' paragraph."

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

 “You are attempting to spread fear. Caution is useful, but fear is dangerous. And we have no money to arm our militia, no money to enforce a draft. In a season. We may, but only if we work on rebuilding economy and infrastructure first.”

 “So you want us to be ruled by cats what if they payed you off” (can I roll for fear mongering or something)

 *sure! Persuasion.*

”tell me, how will you raise money to achieve the military dominance we once had, and feed our people, and rebuild almost every major roost? Alone, and isolated. I will not let us be ruled by the cats, but I will let them engage in trade with us. That is all they will do. Offer trade and work to our common birds.”

 *wouldn’t that be intimidation?*

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 Scowling, she nods. “I see. I do suppose we are in need of food while we sort out rebuilding and restarting our grub farms, and our seed stores… can you offer work to the common bird? Most of our infrastructure is destroyed and few employers are still open, and probably will not resume for a season. Work and trade is what we need to begin to revitalize our economy.”

 "both of which we can provide." his ears twitch ponderously. "and if you decide you need to start a war, we can supply soldiers to boost your army, and money to pay your soldiers. if my calculations prove correct, which they almost always do, we could keep your entire army running for six months."

 She coos. “We are not starting another war. Peace is paramount, and understand that you must maintain peace with us and not drag us into any other wars. Besides, the Republic would be foolish to war with us for not taking our coin.”

 "I'm not saying you have to. but with the resources we could give you, you could. we could help you rebuild your country within say, five months at the latest. also just for your reassurance, this treaty includes a 'no bird eating' paragraph."

 She looks at the feline dead in the eyes. “Do not even suggest another war. I have served for the entirety of the third war as a frontline soldier and a lieutenant. I will not subject my people to that without good reason. What you will offer us is trade and work for our people so that we may again produce money. Within less than three seasons, we will shift back to an Aerie-centered economy, with future trade relations to be discussed at the time. That is my proposition, are we clear?”

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“It would seem I was right as I think as I speak cats have entered our kingdom under a “peace mission” and are trying to drag us into war already and that is cause we are weak they think they can bully us but if I’m in charge I will make us the strongest nation ever no one will mush us around they won’t force us into war make me empress I will make us the strongest we have ever been no cats will ever bully us again” 

 Arkelia flutters down once again. “And how will you do that?”

 “I’ll raise our army’s better then ever before then we will use it to gain power over over nations to gain better trade if they refuse we will use it to take what we need by force and no war will ever happen cause we will crush them before it can break out or would you rather be puppets by cats I hear they eat birds”

 She caws. “Raise an army? With what money? And again, you are dragging us towards war! There are efforts we can take to keep a tight leash on our relationships with Felionia. Their coin, at least for a few seasons, may be necessary for us to rebuild. Without Shinies in the treasury, we cannot act.”

 “But they might eat us makes us their puppet then eat us when we can’t do anything sides the army is what drafts are for”

 “You are attempting to spread fear. Caution is useful, but fear is dangerous. And we have no money to arm our militia, no money to enforce a draft. In a season. We may, but only if we work on rebuilding economy and infrastructure first.”

 “So you want us to be ruled by cats what if they payed you off” (can I roll for fear mongering or something)

 *sure! Persuasion.*

”tell me, how will you raise money to achieve the military dominance we once had, and feed our people, and rebuild almost every major roost? Alone, and isolated. I will not let us be ruled by the cats, but I will let them engage in trade with us. That is all they will do. Offer trade and work to our common birds.”

 *wouldn’t that be intimidation?*

 *or intimidation.*

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 The crowd of birds reacts with caws, squawks and gasps at the proposition. It seems to be quite the idea that they may latch on to.

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 The crowd of birds reacts with caws, squawks and gasps at the proposition. It seems to be quite the idea that they may latch on to.

 I point at Amelia “they were talking with the cats so called peace bringer and now are defending them they were bought off to support the cats and probably given protection from being eaten they speak lies that will get our children and families killed I know we don’t need money I know their are many people who are willing to fight for our nation nay for our families for our people we will be stronger than ever then we will never worry again” I raise my wing in triumph “now vote me for empress and let us march to a better future!” 

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Intimidation/fearmongering roll:15

 The crowd of birds reacts with caws, squawks and gasps at the proposition. It seems to be quite the idea that they may latch on to.

 I point at Amelia “they were talking with the cats so called peace bringer and now are defending them they were bought off to support the cats and probably given protection from being eaten they speak lies that will get our children and families killed I know we don’t need money I know their are many people who are willing to fight for our nation nay for our families for our people we will be stronger than ever then we will never worry again” I raise my wing in triumph “now vote me for empress and let us march to a better future!” 

 She scowls, eerily quiet. “How will you feed the soldiers?” She asks simply. “And don’t give me a nothing answer. Give me facts, Sir Fiddles. Of course, you know that I’m one of the Songbirds? Meaning I vote to elect the empress.”

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A tall, powerful looking aerie wanders around, looking calm let surveying around her. Her feathers are white with black markings on her wings, on her tail, and on her thighs. She has long white legs with deadly claws, dark plumage of feathers protruding from her hair, it's silouete like many magestic horns. She has weirdly long eyelashes for an aerie, a deep red face that turns yellow near the front, with a deep gray blue beak. She wears padded leather clothing, fancy yet protective, holding items useful for scribing. Her clothes are dyed a deep black and a deep gold. She carries a brown belt of leather and metal.

 Songbird Arkelia approaches the bird slowly, head high. She slightly brushes the plumage on her neck with her claw, before looking back to the aerie. “Greetings!” She caws. “I am songbird Arkelia. You are?…”

 "Seyliu Willow." She bows her neck, holding out a wing to shake. "I come here to ask you about the ways of being a Songbird."

 She shakes Seyliu’s wing, bowing her neck as well. “Are you seeking to run? The populace will elect practically anyone at this point almost immediately, to get things going again. Or have you just been elected? I will answer any questions you have.”

 "I wish to become a songbird, and wish to know more about being one, incase I do happen to be elected."

 “Come, follow me.” She says, beginning to waddle towards the House of Talons on the west side of the imperial complex.

”what do you already know? To be completely honest, I am willing to spend what little shinies I personally possess to ensure someone gets elected. I am not yet sure we have enough songbirds to form a council of the house.”

 "I understand a few laws, I understand the state of disstress the world is in, and I know the responsibilities... at least some of them." *GTG BRB*

 “The two chief powers of the songbirds are writing and passing laws and budgets, and electing the empress. We are empressless until we have three songbirds to hold a council. It is imperative that we elect an empress soon so that our government’s cogs may again start turning and we can help the common bird.” She pauses, looking to her. “But along with that, we will write and pass laws and edicts to the decree to help our nation and provide a framework for it to grow.”

 She nods, writing down notes in a sheet that seems to be made of a leaf pressed into a rectangle and dyed a whiteish colour. The quill she uses seems to be made of one of her head feathers.