NationStates Jolt Archive

UPDATE: I REALLY need some one to let me dock up in their nation, very soon. Please if you are willing to voulenteer, do.


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"Hello world my name is Catalina Asturias, I am 16 years old and I come from a small costal town in western Grande Turquesa Isla, and I am going to sail around the world. I come from a long line of fishers, and sailors, so it shouldn't be a problem for me. My goal is to bring attention to our small nation, and maybe give my home town a boost with charity money. We could use a few new things, new school supplies, more up-to-date medical facilities, heck even better boats. Now my parent's aren't too excited about this, both are scared to death, but this is my choice and I want to do this. This is a map, I know no state of the art editing or special effects, just a simple map. I am starting here, I will be going through the Pacific, the Atlantic, into Xanadou Sea, and into 1000 island then 10000 islands, and back here. It will be long, at least 6-8 months, providing my motor works the whole time. If that fails, I will have to rely on wind power. I hope my video blog will catch the attention of many and hope some will be of assitance to me even. Untill then I will sign off."

And the camera cut. The tan latina girl, hit the send-button on her computer, and resumed packing, a lot of clothes, swim-wear, and her storm gear. She was in for the long hal, it wasn't going to be easy, but she loved attention.

OOC: Say, does your nation have good beaches? A nice warm climate? Any useful resources? Peace loving? And more importantly, do you intend to stay on NS for the indefinant future?

OOC: Err, where exactly is your country? Because it sounds like you won't be hitting my location for awhile.

yes to all the questions, and I'm in Great Green Federation

Her tiny boat set sail into the open waters. She stood at the front of her deck, the wind blowing her long brown hair back. Sailing into the wind, she had plotted her course perfectly, making enough stops but not too many.
She started rolling the tape again.

"Well I have left my home port, I am sailing to the north of it. The seas are calm, the sun is out. I am a little lonely already, so I'll just have to keep my senses together for a while. Mommy, Daddy, I love you. The rest of my Famlia I love you too, I promise I'll be very careful."

She turned the camera off and sang Spanish Sea songs to keep herself occupied, songs she belived to ward off storms, and give her safe passage. Night had fallen, she anchored down for some rest. She lied in a hammoc, looking at the picture of her mother and father. She missed them already, she was a coupled hundred miles into her journey. She grabbed her personal bible, and read some highlighted verses that gave her encouragment.

The next day it was sunny with some clouds. She aimed the camera at the sky and sea.

"Well the weather is calm, but thoes clouds are definatley thunder clouds, so I could be in for a storm soon. But I'm praying for safe passage, and it's only another day till the nearest port, and if it doesn't storm, I should make it there by mid morning tomorrow. Well for now I'm signing off, for now."

She went about buisness swabing the decks, and tailing the mast. Some minor rips developed. But it wasn't long before her predictions came true. The sky grew dark and the seas choppy. She put on her rain gear and turned the camera back on.

"Hey everyone." She said in a still cheerful tone. "Well I can't talk long becuase it's sure getting stormy, so I will go up and piolit me through the storm."

Thunder crashed. She shut off the camera and went up above to the wheel. The seas we're strong and wicked. The sky dark and menacing. She barley could keep her balance.

"Deus o pai, senhor merciful poderoso acima de mim, guie-me através desta tempestade. Guie-me com segurança, e força." She prayed out loud.

"A través de la lluvia y de la tormenta, esté con mí siempre y siempre."

Thunder and lightning crashed She crossed her self. "Na chuva ou no brilho, Camine al lado de mí, Dios del Oh el padre eterno."

She was scared to death. The storm seemed to get rougher and rougher, but she just prayed lounder and harder. She could barely keep grip of the weel, water was tumbling ontop of her, flashes of light keep her aware. It was the jagged lightning, over the top of the waves. It was scary, too scary...

OOC: You're in the Pacific no? My nation consists of four continents and several islands in the Pacific taking up roughly 50% of the Pacific Ocean. You can dock there.

You can come visit me if you want to

It was a long while but the storm finally cleard. She turned the camera back on

"Hey everyone, it's me. Well here I am in the flesh, I made it through the storm, I'm sure glad it wasn't a hurricane or anything. Well I am on the edge of the atlantic, and nearing the pacific. My first nation I'll visit is Blainesville, then onto Maraque. Frankley I'm a little nervous about docking up in Maraque because I know it's a secular nation, and I'm a devout Catholic. So thoes in Maraque, I sure hope your freindly because I'm a really freindly person. I will dock up for about a day in each nation, get rest, maybe see some sights, then hit the water again. Well, signing off."

She shut off the camera, and went back up. She was already comming up on the nation of Blainesville, and the weather was perfect again. She was always awestruck at the ways of nature. A furiocious storm one moment, a frightful calm the next.

Go ahead and dock in Neo-Erusea. We are at Voyska PVO 4 (State of War) so don't come within 200m of any warships. Just a heads up.

OOC: come to Spit Break once you pass one of are island fortresses that protect the main land you will get escorted in

OOC: Kanami awaits your arrival in our country. You'll hit Gryffindore shortly after Maraque

She had a nice time in Blainsiville but she had to get ready to go again. Now she was one her way to Maraque.

OOC: once in Kanami you can make your way to the tropical southern shores of Spit Break and get to pick some tropical fruit for your self

OOC: You are more than welcome to make a stop at any of the major ports in my nation (Le grande porte, porte del honouer, etc.), but be advised: my nation is a tad land hungry right now, though the populance is (in additon to being excessivley armed), rather nice.

OOC: When you land in Maraque there'll be some police to... make sure you don't get ambushed by crazy secularists (although my nation is tolerant of all religions, there are some loonies)

By the next morning she had hit a mild storm. It was mostly rain, and a little choppy waters. Nothing compared to the storm she went through days before. She could see the Maraque docks dead ahead, and she finally docked up. Before exiting, she turned her video diary back on.

"Well I am now in Maraque, it's poring rain, hence my raincoat, but it's still better than a big scary storm. I will stock up here, and see a few things, and head out first thing in the morning. Tomorrow I'll show you around the boat some more so you can see everything. Well adios."

She shut the camera off, and went above. The grand city seemed to be coverd up by the misty rain. She hopped off and down the piere, looking for the customs office. She passed a few street preachers only they weren't preaching "Come to God." They were preaching more about why secular life is the life, why there is no God and so on. She felt a tad uneasy being devout Catholic, but a few people walking past her gave her a hello with a smile, making her feel better.

"Customs, customs, excuse me." She said squeezing pass a few people "Customs." She walked into the office and up the desk. "Hello, my passport."

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"Welcome to Maraque," the woman at the desk said, while going through the proper procedures.

"I've heard all about you on the news, and everything. I hope your journey has been well and I hope your time in Maraque is a very pleasant one." The woman said. "Now if you'd just follow me..."

The woman led her to an outside area in the back of the building near the beach, with two plain clothed police officers waiting. "These two fine gentlemen will show you around, you'll have great fun, I assure you."

The two police officers showed her around the city, looking at the various landmarks including the Imperial Palace, Emerald Park and the Super City International Zoo, which featured exotic animals exclusive to the country itself. After that she was introduced to fine Maraquean cuisine and then where ever she wanted to go next, they took her.

She had a very enjoyable time in Maraque. So many people were freindly, some even asked her to comment in their papers or magazines. She went back to the boat to retire for the night.

"Hey everyone, well I've toured around Maraque, what an amazing country I tell you every place I've been has been amazing. Well my next place is Kanami, and I've heard a lot of things about this nation, good and bad. I can't wait, I heard that's a very freindly and tolerant country with a lot of religious people there. Anyway, it may be some time before I get back on the video, there are several storm warnings posted, and I'll be pretty tied up. I'll try to leave very early tomorrow, to get ahead of the storms, because it's a long ways to Kanami. So signing off."

As soon as she shut it off thunder crashed. She lied down and listend to the storm. It reminded her of home. Her small cottage by the sea. She even has a freind who lives in a light house. She fell asleep, but hardly had pleasnt dreams. They were mostly home sick dreams, some of her potential doom at sea.

When she awoke the next morning, it was still raniging. She just flipped on her coat and shipped out. It was partially rough, and she ocasionally hit massive storms with waves pouring down on her, and lightning streaking down from the sky. But it finally cleard up mostly.

"Hey, well 14 days from Maraque towards Kanami. The weather is finally calming down, and rember I'm going virtually blind here. I really don't have radar, or any other weather detection equpiment. Just me and my instincicts. I am a little homesick, but I'll manage. Well untill futher notice, I'm off."

Office 2
1217 Government Way
Balkan City, 85546
Druid Province, United Democratic Empire of Asgarnieu

TO: Catalina Asturias
FROM: Vice President Michael St. Aubin
SUBJECT: Trip Around The World

Greetings. We admire your great courage and ambition. If you find yourself in the area (10000 Islands), you can stop anywhere in Asgarnieu. We are also giving you exclusive rights to stop and re-supply in any of our protectorates, regions, claims, or colonies. When you are in the Pacific, and if you are near the Equator, you can dock in our Calyph Islands colony. You can re-supply anwhere in the Democratic Empire for free. Good luck with your incredible voyage. God speed.

Respectfully,

Michael St. Aubin
Vice President of The United Democratic Empire of Asgarnieu

Kanami was dead ahead. She was excited. Following Kanami she would go to Spit Break, and then into Xanadou. She wasn't looking forward to Xanadou. It was a very rough region, the seas were very stormy often, Kurona and M.S. were the only nations in the region. Kurona was an island, but that was simple, but M.S. was a cotinante (sort of) She would have to sail all the way south and go north till she hit the equator, and get into the 10000 islands. Her first stop from there would be Asgarnieu, whom offerd to see her through the whole region. She felt very secure with the large clusters. And Aqua Anu was excited to have her, come.

She docked up and was converged on by customs. They were very freindly,and showed her to the port station.

"welcome to Kanami, we hope you enjoy your self."

"Catalina Asturias? I though that was you. Hi I'm Michiko, I'll be showing you around Kanami. This is my freind Alexia."

"Boy I'm jellous, you have the best tan skin I've seen."

"Alexia don't scare her off."

"What I was just saying."

"Anyway, we hope you like it here."

"WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT A LOT" Alexia said loudly.

"Uh Alexia she's foreign not deaf."

Elsewhere...

"She's going around the whole world you say?"
"Yes, and her name is Catalina Asturias. She sails from place to place."
"What if she gets lost at sea?"
"Well, then we'll just have to show her the magick flying continent of Ri-an, and then send her on her way in the direction of another port city."

"Oh, well then, we must keep an eye on her. If she comes accross our path, as we fly through the skies around the world, then, perhaps we could talk her into a visit."

"I just said that."

OOC: In other words, I too would like to give you a tour of my country. Just mention something about looking for the Mysterious Flying Continent that appeared in recent months. I'll come get you.

(OOC: Sure after I leave Kanami I can get caught in a violent storm and you rescue me.)'


She laughed at the people. "It's okay I speak good English. Not good enough but good. And I'm delighted to be here, and I'm glad you like my skin."

"come on. We'll show you around, even give you a few souvineers."

They hopped on the bullet train, and headed to the Capital of Carmina Gadalica. First they took her out to lunch.

She wanted to try everything that was new to her.

"Slow down, I said we'd buy you lunch not 10 lunches."

"mm I know but I can't stop. It's all so good. I mean of course I've had burgers, but your meat so much more rich and juicy. And these Oreiental dishes, wow. I'm sorry, I'll take it easy."

She sipped a large soda.

"Well we do have plenty of money and she did come all this way, the hard way." Alexia said.

"True. Well Catalina, I want you to expereince everything Kanami has to offer. From our culture to our food. Eat on."

OOC:
(Funny enough, that's actually a sign of the approach of the continent. Hey, now it can like be all my fault you get caught in the really bad storm.)

(heh how funny)

She ate on, then she was full. "So what's next? Uh if I may make a request, could I go shopping?"

They both grinned. "Oh you bet. Alexia is a shopahollic"

"Hey."

"Well it's true. Come on, let's head out."


They walked out on the street and into the shops. One was a clothing shop where she tried on fancy dresses, Kimono's, and casual clothes. Even clothes for sailors. They also took her to a few souvinner shops and got her some merahandise to decorate her room with. Then they walked by the movie theater, they figured why not show her a movie.

"Let's see what to see. That looks good.

She looked down the list. Strange very diffrent ratings than her country.

"Ah Gisela that such a good movie. Anyway, maybe I should chose a short flick, I have to get to the docks by night fall."

"You've seen that? We haven't seen it. We can't untill we're 18."

"My dad says he'll buy it for me." Alexia said.

"Yeah you see that next to it, that's the rating, NC-17 means we can't go in. Frankley I think they should let us in with you, you're sailing around the world. But it's long, so we'll chose a shorter comedy."

The ravages of war spread across the tiny island of Flaming Ninja Death. It's spiritual leaders had given up, and the fanatical military was waning in it's power. From here on out it was destined to be the lone naval port for the Mercenary State of Nation of Fortune. Word got out of a lone woman travelling across the world on a boat. They would love to get word of their powerful military strength out to newer nations. A land of mercenaries could offer protection to such a small nation, although for a price.

Kiley Nessa was in charge of the assault on this island, and once it had been taken over she would be in charge the NoF's naval power. She sent word to this woman via her live journal.

"Catalina Asturias, we humbly invite you to visit the island of Flaming Ninja Death, a colony of the illustrious Mercenary State of Nation of Fortune.

I, Kiley Nessa, hope you could stop by our island and visit us."

Kiley clicked send, and stroked the head of the black leapord that was at her side.

"Wow, diffrent from where I come from. But you right it should be short. That looks funny, I've wanted to see it but it hasn't opend in GTI yet."

And they all went inside.

After the movie they came back out side. They brought Catalina to Kanami's biggest attraction, the jet fountain. "Stand right here. 3,2,1!" And water shot up and down. They played dodge the jets for a while before heading back to the dock. They were met with a large crowd, everyone including the Prime Minister, the R.S. Party Leader, and head of the WYC

"Young Catalina," Elenore said. "It's a pleasure to meet you. You are a very inspirational young lady, truly wonderful. You've faced a lot of parell, and triumphs. I'd like to introduce you to Lucill Allen, head of the World Youth Council."

"Thank you Elenore. Nice to meet you Catalina, I hope you have much luck. Your video blog caught my attention, and so the WYC has forward a check in your name back to your home. No one but you can touch it, and spend it as you desire. I wish you the best of luck from here on out."

Many others greeted her, Christian, Catholic, Mormon, Christao, New Age, all sorts of generious preachers giving a little bit of money for her goals, and wishing her their best wishes, and that she will be in their prayers.

She was given inspirational quotes from religious and non-religious.

Catalina was overwhelmed. She hadn't seen so much support. Everyone was so freindly and gave her so many gifts. The next morning she set sail under rather darkening skies. She really couldn't stay in Kanami longer than needed. She turned the camera on.

"Well I just departed from Kanami, but it looks like it's going to storm any moment. You can see the clouds, thoes don't look good to me, thoes look really stormy." She was interupted by a violent list. "Woah, well I guess the storm is here, I have to sign off." She didn't quite shut the camera off, it was still taping. She put on her raincoat and went up to controll the boat. The storm was growing increasingly violent. She barley could catch her breath to utter any prayer for safe passage. She struggled to balance on the tossing boat, she slipped and fell on a number of occasions. She wasn't sure if she could make this one. She could utter one phrase and it wasn't much of a prayer "Help me Lord."

Catalina was overwhelmed. She hadn't seen so much support. Everyone was so freindly and gave her so many gifts. The next morning she set sail under rather darkening skies. She really couldn't stay in Kanami longer than needed. She turned the camera on.

"Well I just departed from Kanami, but it looks like it's going to storm any moment. You can see the clouds, thoes don't look good to me, thoes look really stormy." She was interupted by a violent list. "Woah, well I guess the storm is here, I have to sign off." She didn't quite shut the camera off, it was still taping. She put on her raincoat and went up to controll the boat. The storm was growing increasingly violent. She barley could catch her breath to utter any prayer for safe passage. She struggled to balance on the tossing boat, she slipped and fell on a number of occasions. She wasn't sure if she could make this one. She could utter one phrase and it wasn't much of a prayer "Help me Lord."
OOC: Here i Go.

IC:

"Our approach has caught her."
"Without intervention she will die."
"Yes, but will the mother okay it?"
"She wouldn't have us do anything less."

Catalina would hear a woosh, and feel her boat being carried.

If she looked up, she would see something that defied explaination. They didn't exist, there was no possible way, yet, here it was, a Red Dragon was carrying her boat upwards, its strong claws carrying her craft. It carried her upwards, above the storm, where Catalina would see a wonderous sight indeed, an entire Continent Flying in the Sky! This surely was an event worthy of capture on camera.

"My names Garthox. I'm a red Dragon. I live on this continent. But it was another that had me rescue you from the storm. They are the ones I fly you to." Garthox said.

(Nation of Fortune, thanks but the storm was plan for Ri-an to pick me up and woosh me away to their cotinent)

Catalina was mistified. She was on the rough seas a moment ago now she was in the sky and faced with a strange land. "Th-thank you." she said catching her breath.

(Nation of Fortune, thanks but the storm was plan for Ri-an to pick me up and woosh me away to their cotinent)

Catalina was mistified. She was on the rough seas a moment ago now she was in the sky and faced with a strange land. "Th-thank you." she said catching her breath.

Garthox decended upon the continenent. in one location, she could spy dinosaurs of all things. A large bird tried to snatch Catalina from her boat, but Gathox shot it down with a fireball. He released her boat and flew off. But her boat gently decended instead of immediatly dropping.

A strange woman in odd robes stood waiting for her.

"Welcome to the Ri-anese magick flying continent, Catalina. We have been tracking your progress. How fortunate we crossed paths. I just regret our storms caused you problems." said the woman. She had white skin, red lips, but black hair, black eyes, and black robes. she snapped, and her robes tritched becoming a live accurate map of the earth. A red line ran accross the map, Catalina would recognise it as the places she had visited.

Meanwhile...

Anyone tracking her progress would find it was as though she had disappeared, as suddenly and as mysteriously as Amelia Airhart once had. Had she sank beneath the waves in the storm?

Back on the continent...
"But come, come, let us not stand around. My name is Laet. I am the Ri-an Sorceress of Space magic. while your here, why don't we show you around?" she asked, indicating the eight others around her, wearing robes as remarkable as Laet's

"Thank you ma'am. This place is really bueatiful."

"Thank you ma'am. This place is really bueatiful."

"First, the capitol. Elru." said Laet. A Metal Platform formed beneath them.

"Forget not your camera." Laet said. She waited for Catalina to grab her camera and join them. Then the platform lifted and flew into a tunnel. On the otherside, Catalina would see a beautiful grand city. Shops of all kinds could be seen everywhere. strange flying vehicles could be seen going about, as well as odd creatures going about the city. Most impressive of all, was a massive Palace in the center, made entirely from a coral Reef.

"Welcome to Elru, Capitol of the world of Ri-an." said Laet.

OOC: note, she said World, not continent, not land, world, as in a planet other than Earth. Don't worry, you'll be back on course in no time.

Everything looked so lovely and grand. It was nothing like she saw before.

"Umm ma'am should I keep this a secret? I'm not used to such mysterious circumstances of going to another place and all. And wow...This place I've never seen anything like it before it's so lovely."

Everything looked so lovely and grand. It was nothing like she saw before.

"Umm ma'am should I keep this a secret? I'm not used to such mysterious circumstances of going to another place and all. And wow...This place I've never seen anything like it before it's so lovely."

"We don't mind if you tell. Why do you think I said grab your camera. Let us decend, upon the shops." Laet said. The platform decended upon the shops. There, Catalina would see more variety in one place then on Amazon.com, Ebay, Overstock, and the rest of the internet combined.

"Whatever you want, its on the house, courtesy of the Prefecture of The Aquamarinian Government, and The ministry of Lady Ri-an."

So much stuff, it was incredible. She filmed the mass stock of items. She had never seen so much stuff. "This must be every shop in GTI times a trillion." Maybe a bit of an exaduration, but there was a lot of stuff, and she could pick what ever she wanted. She picked a few things for her family and freinds, even stuff for the local schools in her small town. And finally just a few items for her self.

OOC: oh by the way when you come to spit break the main city in the south is Tasel its a large tourist city many attractions from mountains to SCUBA diving and so on.

So much stuff, it was incredible. She filmed the mass stock of items. She had never seen so much stuff. "This must be every shop in GTI times a trillion." Maybe a bit of an exaduration, but there was a lot of stuff, and she could pick what ever she wanted. She picked a few things for her family and freinds, even stuff for the local schools in her small town. And finally just a few items for her self.

It was all put in a deceptivly small bag.

"Bags like these are valuble outside nations such as ours, therefore, I suggest that, elsewhere, you kep that inside your craft. While being small on the outside, inside it is very big indeed, and is called a bag of holding. Just don't let anything sharp puncture the bag, or else the enchantment will end, and your gonna have a mess everywhere." said Laet.

Another Octopus creature crawled by.

"Greetings." it said.

"That's an Aquamarininan, they come from far away, and are 100% real genuine aliens. These ones are aquatic based, and live in water, but have the know-how to survive on land. I'd give you a thorough lesson on them, but that would take a very long time indeed, time is short, and there is much to see."Laet said. She covered Catrina's eyes, then pulled her hand away.

"Do not leave my grip, and you will have air. The world below you is not Earth, it is Ri-an. The Continent came from there, from beneath the waves. Look at the constellation behind the world, it is called Arachnia, because it looks like a spider. Follow the leg with the red star, and it points to a tiny dot of light in the sky. That dot is the Milky Way Galaxy, from which we came. This, is The Galaxy Andromeda" Laet said.

She let catalina see the sight awhile longer, then they returned the same way they came.

She got a tour of the Coral Palace, and then was taken back to The Flying Continent, where she was shone real live dinosaurs previously thought extinct, such as the fearsome T-rex.

Finally, it was time to go.

OOC: Before I actually let you go, where are you heading next?

(I'll be off to Spitbreak)

The word Aliens rang clear as a bell. "I knew they were out there. I just knew it." A strong beliver in Supernatural and UFO's, this place mistified her. Everything was so amazing, things she never could imagin seeing in her natural life time.

(OOC: When you come to Kurona, you'll stay over night on a farm, if you don't mind)

(OOC: Cool with me, that would be fun)

(I'll be off to Spitbreak)

The word Aliens rang clear as a bell. "I knew they were out there. I just knew it." A strong beliver in Supernatural and UFO's, this place mistified her. Everything was so amazing, things she never could imagin seeing in her natural life time.

"They will be beneath the waves of the oceans while you complete your journey. You never need fear another storm or anything else again. And now that we've had closer contact, if you ever want to come back for a visit. Just call for the Flying Continent of Ri-an, with all your heart and soul. we'll hear you. Oh, and the Aquamarinians, and Schotty, Sorcerer of Science looked at your craft. For reasons I'm sure you understand, it hasn't been upgraded, but, it will carry you the rest of your journey. It was kinda neccessary, The dragon left Claw marks." Laet said.

She levitated Catalina into her boat, and then picked it up, and carried it to the edge of the continent. Another Sorcerer had a massive Geyser going up to the continent.

"Oh yes, The continent has been flying, and now, if you follow the wind, you'll end up in the country of Spit Break. I believe they have a city called Tasel that will fit your touring needs not to far from our location. Remember, your never really alone, as long as you believe." Laet said.

The Geyser decended, and soon, Catalina was sailing on the ocean again. She could feel the wind. An aquamarinian poked its head out of the water, winked, and then disappeared.

She gave a thank you as everything faded. She was now in the port of Tassel, with the calm weather and sunshine. The storm had passed with the help of the Ri-an Leaders. She took off her raincoat, and hung it up on her coat rack. "Wow amazing place." Her camera was back on it's tri pod. She had to rewind the tape just to make sure it wasn't a dream. It was all real. The camera never lies.

"Wow, well hey everyone. Amazing the ways of nature. One moment I was in this furocious storm and the next in a land of magic. So incredible. Well I'm here in Spit Break, much faster, I have to thank the good Lady of the Ri-an world, for so much help and for rescuing and taking me to their bueatiful world. Well I so shall contiune my world journey."

And she shut the Camera off. It was hot, so she removed the rest of her rain gear, and changed into denim shorts and tank top. Her brown hair flutterd in the wind.

Near were she stopped there was a tourist office a man walked out and turned to her "Are you new to town?" he asked her as he restocked the shelfs of tourist panflits.

"Yes I am. I'm from Grande Turquesa Isla."

"Ah well there are free tours avalible here if your interested it goes around the entire area" the man said as he stood up

"Well great, I'd love to take one."

"Well come on in and we can get on that you got us at a good time a tourist ship just left yesterday and another isn't coming in for a couple days" he said

"I am really lucky aren't I?"

"In Spit Break there alot of luck so i would call it good timing" he said

She followed him inside

He walked over to a table and opened a folder and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen "sign this please, its a general waver that states you are under are general supervision and that if you wonder off any thing that happens to you is not in any way are fault" he said "after that we can get going"

She singed away, and handed the pen back.

"There you go senor."

"Alright then lets get on the tour, follow me to the jeep" he said as he walked though a door to where the jeeps were.

She followed him and hopped in the back of a jeep.

He started the jeep and they quickly left the city and began going on off road trails he then stopped and turned "if you look over there, thats plant falls it was named y a man named Louis Laplante translating his last name from french you get the plant he gave it the name plant for the naturally large trees around it and all the wild life, they say theres a rainbow to be seen once every month" he said

She took several pictures

He then continued driving they then entered a pass "This is the Chinnook pass we call it that because of all the chinnook archs that pass through it also has the large river to are right flowing along it you can't see it well due to the thick trees but you can hear it, we should be coming up on a spot where we can stop and checking it out if you want to check it out? after all this is your tour"

"Sure, why not?"

The jeep came up on the area were they could stop he then pulled over and got out "its right down this path here" he said as he went down the path coming up on a river with tiny water falls and rapids.

"Wow it's so amazing. Mezmerizing too."

"This area will be a official national park in a few week just to keep it this way" he paused "this river meets up with a marge larger river that goes all the way to the capital if you go up stream"

"Incredible. This place is so lovely, wow the world is just amazing. I don't mean to rush, but I really must be heading back, I'll be leaving first thing in the morning."

"alright lets head back then we'll put you up in a hotal on us" he said as he started walking back to the jeep he then jumped in and started it up. He then sat there waiting for her to get in.

tag, wanna post here later <.<

"Oh no need to go to all the trouble, I can stay on the boat."

"alight then miss, then lets get going" he said as he stated the jeep and put it in gear.

She returned to the boat later that night. She plotted where she was on the map, and drew a long line. It sounded like a storm was moving in so she was glad she was staying in port for the night. She was dealing with her home sickness. Her next stop was Kurona, she wasn't looking forward to going into the Xanadouien Sea, it had a notiorius rep for being on of the stormiest seas of them all. You never need fear another storm or anything else again She rememberd, does that mean she won't have to worry about the weather because of the grace of the Ri-an people. She trusted it, she went to bed, to rest up for her departure tomorrow.

She returned to the boat later that night. She plotted where she was on the map, and drew a long line. It sounded like a storm was moving in so she was glad she was staying in port for the night. She was dealing with her home sickness. Her next stop was Kurona, she wasn't looking forward to going into the Xanadouien Sea, it had a notiorius rep for being on of the stormiest seas of them all. She rememberd, does that mean she won't have to worry about the weather because of the grace of the Ri-an people. She trusted it, she went to bed, to rest up for her departure tomorrow.

OOC: That's up to you.

She departed off the next morning under clear blue skies and calm seas. Perfect day for sailing.

"Well everyone, I have just departed spit break and it's a bueatiful day, hot and sunny, the way I like it. My next stop is The Principality of Kurona, which I don't know much about really. Uh I don't know about the weather when I hit Xanadou, because it's known to have really stormy seas. But I'll keep you up to post, till then, later."

She shut the camera off. It would be a few days till her arrival in Kurona. Between then she went through a few small rainstorms, and was in total fog.

"Well I've got good news and bad news, good news is, yeah I'm wearing my raincoat, but it's only fog. Fog is the bad news, it's thick and I can't see anything, so I just have to stay put untill it clears. So I'll sign off.

The fog cleared much later, and she now enterd into Xanadou it was mildly choppy, but conditions were clear. Kurona was due dead straight another hundred miles. When she finally arrived everything looked old fassiond. There weren't a lot of ships, at least big iron ships. Mostly small boats.

She tied up, and showed her passports, and looked around.

A lovely carriage pulled up into the dock. Two guards stepped off, and outstretched their hands. Princess Tomoyo exited.

"You must be Catalina." She said in accented English. "Do you understand English?"

She had some problems getting through the Princess' dialect. Of course she didn't quite know she was a princess, even with the very odd dress.

"Yes I do."

"Ah good. I am Princess Tomoyo Mikanu, ruling Princess of Kurona."

Catalina's heart skipped a beat. She didn't bow. "Oh your Majesty, it is an honor, thank you for welcoming me to your nation."

"No, thank you for coming. A young lady such as your self doing this, you must be quite frightend."

Catalina was amazed, Tomoyo didn't look much older than her.

"Well I am a little. It can get a little scary out there."

"I should imagin. I would invite you to stay within the royal palace, but it's far east and it's a very long trip, to long if you want to stay on track and get out in due time. But I've requested you get in a host family for the day. I wish you the best of luck on your trip Ms. Catalina." She bowed and departed. A young blond girl wearing faded overalls, came up.

"So you are Catalina are you? Hi I'm Heather, you'll be staying with my family while you are hear in Kurona."

"Thank you ma'am."

She turned to the girl and responded "Yes I am. It's nice to meet you Heather, so I'll be staying with you? Then, show the way."

Heather took her hand and led her to her family's small farm.

"Mom, were here.

"Hello, you must be Catalina, we have heard a lot about you, you are a very special young lady."

"Uh mom, can I take her for a ride?"

"Well sure, but at least show her around the farm a little."

"Mama she's not here to see our farm."

[OOC: Wanna visit Questers next stop?]

(OOC: sure)

"No that's quite all right, I'd be happy to take a tour."

"Come with me."

She showed her around. She expected Catalina to be amazed by the lack of machinery. It was like living in an Amish world, only far less. "I know it's strange but it's our life. I'm not sure why we never modernized, maybe because we were isolationist for so long, or maybe because were a rather poor county I'm not sure. So come on, you've ever ridden before?"

"Wow, amazing, I've never known a nation to live like this. But I've never riddden before."

"No worries, just hop on and hold on tight." She took her and rode around for a little while, untill finally comming home just as dark fell.

They walked inside talking, thunder and lighting crashed.

"Boy you girls got home in time, looks like a storm is blowing in."

"Oh no I was suppose to head back to the boat tonight."

"Well I wouldn't, it's pretty stormy out there, and if you stay on the boat, you'll be tossing and turning all night. It would be very rough. "

Thunder crashed.

"Why don't you just stay with us. I want to know more about your adventures."

"Sure. I would like to have a bath, and I can tell you more."

"Sure come on." she took her to the bath room, turned the water. She began to undress. "I'm really excited to meet you. I really want to hear all your stories, so I figured we could have a bath together. It's quite common to do it in Kurona. Unless you don't want to, I'll understand."

Thunder crashed.

Catalina was a tad uneasy. But she couldn't be rude. She undressed and got in the bath with Heather.

"So you really want to hear my stories? Well I've been through some very big storms, very scary."

She recounted. Heather seemed to enjoy it. She washed her self as she talked

"Amazing. Were you scared at all?"

"Yeah often."

OOC: I might be interested in this, although Coredia's in the Atlantic...

"Well.." she stood up, "Time for bed. We've been soaking for ages."

She got out of the tub "You know you have really nice tan skin. I would kill to have a tan like that."

"Uhh thanks." She didn't say another word and went off to bed. the next morning she was seen back to the dock to sail off once again.

((OOC:Where are you off to next?))

PG 652, Port Hood

The patrol boat cruised along at a leisurely eight knots. The three young sailors onboard were bored, since they'd been doing this routine run for almost six hours and the cabin provided little comfort from the snapping wind.

'Hey, what the hell's that?'

The sailor on watch, wearing two coats and a fur hat, squinted over the calm seas to see a small motor boat ahead of him. It looked somewhat lost, coming this far and following the directions to Port Hood the poor thing probably had no idea where it was. It wasn't flying a jack either, not a civilian or military or trade jack.

He called the other two to take a look, and they decided to accelerate and pull over the small motor boat.

The sea was calm and the sun was shining. Catalina was humming mariley to her self. But suddenly the mottor went out. "Oh no, not now."

She began to tinker with it and attempted to fix it. She had a nice time in Kurona, but had to think about that girl. She seemed attracted to Catalina, and Catalina wasn't that kind of Girl. But the Princess was very nice, and the people seemed to like her a lot.

She kept thinking and thinking as she attempted to fix the mottor

The sea was calm and the sun was shining. Catalina was humming mariley to her self. But suddenly the mottor went out. "Oh no, not now."

She began to tinker with it and attempted to fix it. She had a nice time in Kurona, but had to think about that girl. She seemed attracted to Catalina, and Catalina wasn't that kind of Girl. But the Princess was very nice, and the people seemed to like her a lot.

She kept thinking and thinking as she attempted to fix the mottor

Two Aquamarinians surface out of the water.

"It was promised that the government of Ri-an would see you safely around the world. Allow us now to see that promise kept. Relax, we will pull you to the nearest nation." They said.

OOC: Their pulling you to that Boat Questers mentioned on the previous page. I figure you can get your boat repaired there easily.

"Ah thank you, your all so kind."

"Ah thank you, your all so kind."

The Aquamarinians let go so that her boat would drift into the Questers patrol boat.

The surfaced.

"Remember, we will be watching. If your in trouble, you will see us again." Said one.

The other one gestured at the Patrol Boat.

"They can assist you from here. I'm sure you will enjoy visiting their land for a day or two while your boat is repaired." The other one said.

They disappeared beneath the waves.

PG 652, Port Hood

The patrol boat cruised along at a leisurely eight knots. The three young sailors onboard were bored, since they'd been doing this routine run for almost six hours and the cabin provided little comfort from the snapping wind.

'Hey, what the hell's that?'

The sailor on watch, wearing two coats and a fur hat, squinted over the calm seas to see a small motor boat ahead of him. It looked somewhat lost, coming this far and following the directions to Port Hood the poor thing probably had no idea where it was. It wasn't flying a jack either, not a civilian or military or trade jack.

He called the other two to take a look, and they decided to accelerate and pull over the small motor boat.
OOC:
Reposted for Questers to speed things along.

OK, I'm here.

"Thank you." She called as they left.

bump

Gahh I spaced out. Anyway I was hoping you would come to me after Kurona as we are next door neighbors. So if Questers doesn't respond soon you can just come with me. Or otherwise after him, I can snatch you back with us for a short while and let you be on your way

Sure M.S.

PG 652 pulled alongside the small motorboat and the sailors onboard squinted at its cargo. A young woman frustratedly trying to rev her engines motor.

'Y'alright miss? Would you like a hand with that?'

One of them shouted over.

"Yes, I think I'll need a little help to get to port. I'm on my way to Questers."

One of the sailors sniggered, but quietened down when the others glanced at him.

'Well Miss.' the first sailor chuckled. 'You're in luck. This is PG652, Royal Questarian Navy, and you are six kilometres from the Questarian port of Port Hood.'

The other sailor bowed. 'Would you like to get on our boat? I'm sure you can get a new one in Port Hood.'

"Oh no no, I can't possibly buy a new boat. This is the only vessle for me. She may not look like much but she's carried me through some tough storms. I just need a new engin. So if you desire you can towe me to shore."

'You sure?' one of the sailors shrugged. 'Alright then' another said, and hooked a rope over the back of the young womans little boat, and pulled her up onto PG-652 while they tugged the boat at twenty knots through the harbour. As they came round the cape, the sight was amazing. Hundreds of boats, from cargo ships to aircraft carriers to battleship sat in neat rows across the harbour, with the giant city and the magnificent mountains dropping against the city. Across the cliff that covers Port Hood from outside view, missile batteries and coastal forts stared out into the distance.

'Welcome to Port Hood.' one of the sailors said. They manevoured their patrol boat slowly down the bay, next to the giant warships of the Royal Navy. They certainly looked intimidating, and showed Questers militarism right from the start.

She was awed at the sight of the formidable battle ships.

"Amazing." It was all she could utter

'Mmm.' One of the sailors mumbled. 'Some people say it'd be better spent on welfare.' He shrugged. 'They usually end up in prison.' he said, slowing the boat down.

PG-652 pulled into the dock next to a row of similar boats and submarines, on a port bustling with activity.

'Right. We have to go see the Station Chief. Just make sure you stay riiiiiight behind us else you might get lost, and that'd suck.'

'Yeah, fuck that.' The sailor blushed momentarily. 'Sorry about the language.'

"Sure, and yes I do get offended by Language so please do not. I don't want to be rude or anything."
She followed closely behind

One of the sailors chuckled, and getting up onto the dock, making sure she was following him. They weaved through the dock, and sometimes there was a little confusion and a few misplaced winks, but eventually they arrived at a building. Opening the doors and explaining to a few soldiers, they finally reached the Station Chief's door. Knocking on it, a voice from inside beckoned them to come in.

A majestic oak desk lay at the end of the room, a giant union jack hanging behind it. Sitting at the desk was Rear Admiral Fraser, Station Chief of Port Hood, as he introduced himself.

'And who may you be?' he asked Catalina.

"Catalina Asturias."

((OOC: Do you mind stopping at my nation next? I won't be on these forums for much longer before I go away for a long time.))

(OOC: Sure)

(Hmm, maybe I should just move on)

yea, count me out, too busy, sorry

OOC: Remember, Granade, you can call upon me ICly, and I'll warp you back to me. Its a get out of jail free card, if you will. It sounds great for a situation like this. I'll drop you off within five sailing hours of your next visit, unless its Magic Sorcery. MS and I know each other, then I'll just fly over Magic sorcery with the Continent, leaving you there for your journey.

(Well I guess if you have to pass on Questars, you can head to me next, just say you found a letter and didn't realize, then you can call Ri-an to take you from there)

(OOC: Okay with me)

After leaving Questers, she wasn't sure where she was going to next, and it was a long way to port, she looked over the map, but it looked like it was going to be a long trip to the next port. She knew she could call upon the Ri-an people, but she didn't want to be a bother. She later contiuned pondering under the shower, the ship listed, causing her to fall right out. Thunder rumbled, it sounded like a mild storm was brewing. She decided to call it a night, give a blog and sleep it out. She had no clean and dry clothes so she just wrapped a towle around her self so she would be decent for her blog "Hey, well, I left Questers, with a brand new motor." Thunder and lightning crashed "Ooh, well I'm going to ride out the storm tonight, I'm rather tired, and it's a pretty mild one anyway. To be expetced even with all the great weather I've had since leaving Ri-an. Well good night."

She shut the camera off, and realized, she needed a new tape, she was down to her last minute. "Okay things to buy in the next nation, spare clothes, new tapes, and...Doh! Of course how could I forget."

She dug through the unlimited bag of gifts from Ri-an.

"Just as I thought, silly Catalina."

She pulled out a fresh set of clothes, including a night gown. Not only were they nice and dry, they were warm just as if they were taken right out of the dryer. She found a piece of paper, it was a letter of request and encouragement, from Magic Sorcery. "Oh no I missed that nation! That's all the way back in Xanadou."

eight great metal tenticles many times the size of her boat rose up in the water around her. Something black and shiny spread out from them, blocking the rain, and the sunlight.

A man that looked like he escaped from the disco era walked from one of the tentacles. His clothes were shiny and changed colors every five steps. He had his hair in an afro. He had purple sunglasses on, his skin was dark, and as he walked one could imagine the Beegee's "Stayin Alive" as his theme song, as gold and silver jewelry could be seen all over. His elevator shoes clicked on the metal of the large ship beneath Catalina.

"Wassup Cat? This storm doggin us all down yo. Listen, I'm Deuce from Ri-an, I'm her son. Anyways, we can't make the storm abate without some serious jive goin down, so we was wondering if we could simply take you to your next spot." he said. The eight tenticles came together at a point, and of all things, a Disco ball hung from them, and light reflected on the walls.

"Or we could just dance the storm away." Deuce said.

((OOC:Oh sure, forget me....))

((OOC:Oh sure, forget me....))

OOC:As the unoffical offical transportation source of miss catalina, I promise she will arrive in a timely manner. Her choice of destinations are her own.

(Sorry, I wasn't sure if you were here. I'll visit you first)

(Sorry, I wasn't sure if you were here. I'll visit you first)

OOC: I can still take you there, its still storming outside.

"Hey thanks, I need to get to Nation of Fortune, then to Magic Sorcery."

"Hey thanks, I need to get to Nation of Fortune, then to Magic Sorcery."

"Funky" was all Catalina heard before everything went black.

She would wake up Dockside somewhere in Nation of Fortune, but just how exactly she got there would be a mystery.

OOC:

I leave it to NoF to determine just where exactly you are. You are in your boat, and you are in the docks in one of his cities.

((OOC:Technically she's in a puppet nation, as the MSoNoF is a land locked nation.))

The dock that Catalina "slept" on was one of the less busy ones in the small island nation that once claimed to be it's own state. The city looked as if it had recently seen the ravages of war. Bullet marks pocked the walls of the buildings, and several had obviously been hit with some form of explosive as they were crumbled. Everywhere military vehicles rumbled back and forth, while many men and women marched with large packs and rifles, the seasonings of war had obviously seeped into every aspect of their lives. Several trucks raced by with loads of large lumpy black bags, and the soldiers marched on like zombies, they knew the spoils of war, and they had all lived for it. Nothing compared to the adrenaline rush of the fight.

A woman leaned on one of the docks pilings. Despite the warm and humid temperature she wore a heavy cloak that obscured her face. Smoke from a cigarrette drifted upwards past the hood, and disipating into the open air. A rifle that looked like it gotten much use was slung on her shoulder. Nearby rested small military jeep. The woman was waiting for this mysterious person to wake up.

Catalina awoke in her next desitnation. Thoes Ri-an's sure worked in mysterious ways. The city looked like a demilitrized zone, and it made her nervous. She didn't really desire to come to an unstable nation when she first started.

"Welcome to Flaming Ninja Death, it has recently come under control of The Mercenary State of Nation of Fortune. I hope you enjoy your.... interesting stay here," once she finished saying this, the woman removed the hood that she wore.

Her face was heavily scarred. The three oldest scars were horizontal across her face. She was wearing an eyepatch that covered her missing eye. The scars on her face seemed to extend down her neck and into her cloak. She held her hand out to shake.

"My name is Kiley Nessa."

"Catalina. Catalina Asturias."

you are welcome to go to Swilatia.

(thanks Swilatia)

((OOC: Sorry, I had grand plans to take you around the 'liberated' island, but I have to deal with life now, and am leaving in a few days for the real military. I had really good plans, but oh well.))

"I apologize, but this island is closed to visitors at the time. We cannot allow for someone uninvolved to become harmed."

Kiley directed her towards her vessel, which had appeared as mysteriously as she had.

(ooh well best of luck)

Catalina was a little dissapointed to have to leave so suddenly, but now she must move on. She set sail once more.

"Your highness, Ms. Catalina is on the move." A young maiden walked into a dark chamber

"Perfect." Sakura said.

"Ma'am why is it so dark in here?"

Sakura turned her chair about face. "I don't know, the lights just went out for some odd reason." She laughed a little. "And I may have fallen asleep."

"Well let's get some light in here shall we?"

She opend the drapes, And Sakura stood up

"Take her from the sea, bring Ms. Catalina to me."


She summond a gate to take Catalina in to M.S.

Catalina was at sea, and heard a bit of a loud boom. "Huh, is it thunder?" She asked aloud looking at the sky. The sky was cloudless, and a gate opend up and took her.

OOC: I'd like to be next after Magic Sorcery.

OOC: You have land on Earth? Cool.

OOC: You have land on Earth? Cool.
OOC: Indeed. It's a crescent-shaped plot of land about a thousand miles long sitting in the Atlantic Ocean. It's ecosystem is straight out of Jurassic Park, hehe!

OOC: Indeed. It's a crescent-shaped plot of land about a thousand miles long sitting in the Atlantic Ocean. It's ecosystem is straight out of Jurassic Park, hehe!

Well, if you read the thread, you already know what I have on Earth.

Catalina's boat was set genetly down in the harbor, while Catalina was teleported to be right with Sakura.

Sakura smiled very brightly. "Hello, Ms. Catalina, I hope I didn't frighten you too badly. I'm Empress Sakura Kinimoto, and welcome to Magic Sorcery."

Catalina found her self in front of another girl who looked to be around her age. My how some of these rulers were young. "Oh your highness, pleasure to meet you. I'm sorry I would have come to you after Kurona, however I wasn't sure how a nation like this would react to outsiders."

OFFICIAL E-MAIL FROM UMVITZ

President Daniel:
Hello, young Catalina. I am the representative, diplomat, and leader of Umvitz.
Your small excursion has brought much attention to you, and our parliament and council are very interested in your little nation.

We the parliament and the people are formerly inviting your to our port-city of Haowitz to represent your country in a meeting with our top officials and diplomats, including me and the council.

We will provide you with rations, supplies and fuel. If all goes well, we're hoping to establish a connection with your government, and set a date with an official meeting with your leader(s).

Enclosed are directions from what our satellites tell us is your current position.

I hope you find Haowitz to be very pleasing.

-President Daniel of Svedethleind, Umvitz.

(Umvitz-Okay, following Core Worlds, I will visit you)

"Oh don't be silly, we love visitors. Now come I have so little to show you and so much time-Wait a minute, strike that reverse it. Oh and while you are here, it's perfectly optional but would you be willing to wear a kimono?"

"I would love to wear one. At least I'll look a little more appropriate."

She put on a very lovely lavander kimono over her shorts and tank top. She let her brown hair lose, seeing as there was no indication that she would need to tie it back.

"Come now let's go." Sakura clapped her hands and no sooner a charriot appeared and whisked them all around the nation, showing the sights, and meeting the locals, who gave gifts and items for her. They returned to the royal palace where Sakura gave her some food that were delcasies. She even played the French Horn for her.

"Well Ms. Catalina, I think I've shown you every aspect of our country, from Magic to non-magic. If you want you can upload all your video to your web blog, in no time flat."

"Oh thank you." She plugged in, and gave a short video.

"Hey long time no see eh? Well it's been a very strange journey thus far, and amazing. And things have been going well. I am in Magic Sorcery right now, very freindly people, have a lot of great gifts. So anyway, I'll sign off, and Mommy, Daddy, don't worry about me, I'm fine, I love you both. "

She shut the camera off.

"Very nice. May I see the boat you are traveling in?"

She was guided to Catalina's vessel it was a little clutterd with so much stuff from other countries. "Oh my, this is a little clutterd. Tell you what, we can send all this bulk home for you, protected by a barrier untill you arrive. That way you won't be weighted down."

"Well all right. Oh and please." She took of the Kimono and folded it nicely.

"I'd hate for this wonderful outfit to get ruined at sea. You can put it with my others that I have from Kanami. It's been a real pleasure meeting you, and I wish I could stay longer but I'm a little behind schedual."

"Ah I understand. Afterall we had to back track you to us. We will send you back to the very spot we took you, and I belive your next destination is Coreworlds. You becareful okay?"

She waved her staff and all the stuff dissappeared.

"Best of luck to you."

She waved her staff again, and in a flash she was back on the open seas.

"I will thank you." Catalina was back at sea. Another amazing trip in another amazing nation. All her souviners were saftley at her home with her parents.

In her tiny costal town it was night, Catalina's mother was sleepless, pacing about the room.

"Mary?" A male voice whispered in the dark. It was Catalina's step father Roberto. He walked into the dim light. He was muscular and tall.

"I can't sleep."

"You haven't slept since Catalina left."

"I'm so worried."

"Her blogs have been showing good progress." Roberto couldn't bear to tell Mary of some of Catalina's horrorfic run-ins with major storms.

Back at sea Catalina was making progress. "Oh, I think I left my camera at M.S. Oh well, I'll either get it back or I'll get a new one."

The only thing that wasn't transported back was money. However it was put in a protective case so niether rain, water, whatever could not damage it.

Catalina looked at the sky, there were a lot of low and dark haning clouds. Looked like a storm and it looked like a bad one. Catalina took a deep breath, she was sure she could get through it all right. She had been through plenty at start of her trip. She would just brace the storm. She didn't have her rain gear on, so it wouldn't be pleasent, but she couldn't leave the sea was already growing rough, to rough to anchor down, and leave the wheel. She turned into the wind, and the gates of hell opend. Thunder, wind, lighting, rain and waves crashed down. She was in this now, she may have over estimated her capablilties, the storm was very strong. Now it was black as night with only lighting flashing light. She couldn't utter a breath to speak and she was focused on keeping the ship steady. The boat was being tossed and turned in the violent waves, and breifley got caught in a whirrle pool. "come on, left left left." But the force was cuasing her to turn right into more treterious waters, water was dumping on her causing her to slip. Her heart flet like it might explode it was beating so fast. Thunder lighting was just going constantly, and the wind was very strong, her mast cracked under the preasure, and her motor was ripped right off the stern. Her whole ship was falling apart, which wasn't good in the middle of a storm like this. She couldn't hold much longer either she was going to die, be rescued or if she was semi-fortunate, shipwreck aboard some island, or at least make it through the storm damaged. Lightning flashed again. Catalina never felt so frightend. And suddenly there was a large wave comming right at her She tried to ride up and over, but the wave came tumbling down on her tiny boat.

Later on the storm cleared, the sky was blue again, Catalina awoke, alive but disoriented. She was clining to a small section of what remained of her boat.
"Oh my horrible storm. Now where am I?" She was in the middle of the ocean, drifting, no land in sight, could there be sharks. She hoped not. She tried to pull her self onto the piece, but it wasn't big enough to support her. She clung and waited

OOC: posted this before I saw last post, if you want, Catalina can wash up on my shores. . .*hint hint*


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Lodge Message:

From: OrsiniEmperor@nimail.com

Buongiorno Catalina Asturias, from Nueve Italia! You're excursions around the world have caught the eye of many, including the attention of the people of Isola Dorata. We would be honored to host you in our nation, free of expense, of course.

We wish for you to be able to broaden your horizons even further by experiencing our culture, and we would also like to learn from your people and nation as well. We will provide docking for you at Cítta di Sol, one of our major ports, and you will have the status of an Imperial protectorate while in our nation, allowing you to come and go as you please throughout the land.

We hope to see you soon on the shores of the Holy Imperial Republic! I've attached a map to this email based upon GPS tracking of a rough route to our nation from your current position, and feel free to contact me at this address at anytime. I myself am Antonio Orsini Gori, Emperor of Nueve Italia. Buon fortuna nei suoi viaggi!
_____

Attachment-
GPS Tracking Map

(Well CoreWorlds is lined up, then Umvitz, then I can come to you. It will likely be Ri-an will rescue me, so thanks for your offer)

OOC: alrighty then, if you need any additional information on my country for later, just telegram me

OOC: Mind if I get in after Nueve Italia?

Sure

OOC: True to my word, here I am.

IC:

Rahegalhoff, defender of the weak and innocent, appeared in a flash of Glory.

"You need help. Let me help you, I am a friend of the Ri-ans, and every person who truely follows the path of good." Rahegalhoff said.

Starfire, his pure white War Alicorn, a Unicorn with Pegasus wings, dipped his wings.

Rahegalhoff leaned over and held down a hand to Catalina.

Catalina outstretched her hand to grab his.

Starfire flew over water and over land.

Some time later...

"Based on your heading, I believe this was your destination." Rahegalhoff said, landing in a random port that Coreworlds controlled, which was of course, her destination.

He helped Catalina down.

"You may have lost your money, but I believe Gold still retains value. Take a pouch." Rahegalhoff said, handing her a sack full of gold.

He turned Starfire, and flew away, leaving her with enough money to buy a new boat and equipment and supplies.

"thank you. If it weren't for you, I might have been drifting for days."

She saw him disappear. There was nothing left to do, but try to convince the citizens of the nation she was in now, that she had perfectly legitimate reasons for suddenly appearing in their port, and finding the supplies to go on.

There was a port off the eastern coast of Coreworlds known as Atlantis. Kind of a easy name to name a port town, but the hospitality of the Coredians is well known.

An old woman passed by, walking down the street in a fashion not exactly one would consider old. She saw a young girl, tattered and bruised and looked like she's seen a lot. "Hello there, young one. You look like you've gone through quite a storm! Come with me and let this old woman fix you up!"

The old woman lead her to a small but comfortable house and they entered, greeted by a small dragon. "There's a refresher -our word for bathroom- up the stairs to your left to clean up. Don't mind Little Drake, he likes visitors. I'll bring you some fresh clothes."

"Thank you." She said. She went into the bathroom, she soaked under hot water and cleaned her hair. There was a box of bandages on the counter for her, she put some on over her small cuts and bruises. "That was one awful storm, but you survied Catalina. You survived."

The old woman came to her with some clothes, jean skirt and a shirt. "My granddaughter is about your age, so these clothes should fit you."

A kettle screamed somewhere downstairs. "Oh, that must be the tea. I'll fix that right up for you. Come down when you're ready, dearie."

The old woman headed down to fix up some tea and scones for Catalina.

((Excellent... is it all right that my nation is slightly PMT? Although we could change to modern for the sake of the RP.))

((Excellent... is it all right that my nation is slightly PMT? Although we could change to modern for the sake of the RP.))

OOC: Tech doesn't seem to matter, as long as one doesn't go overboard.

I myself am FT and Magic, and she visited me without problems. Coreworlds is FT. I'm sure others have been PMT.

((Excellent... is it all right that my nation is slightly PMT? Although we could change to modern for the sake of the RP.))

Tech level doesn't matter. I've already visited two Fantasy Nations, so naturally I'm quite fine with PMT. Just as long as I get a Modern Boat, I'm fine with it.


Catalina changed into the fresh clothes. She was glad she had sent her stuff home, otherwise it would have been gone in the wreckage. She went down stairs, the smell of fresh scones and tea was very inticing to Catalina.

"Oh smells wonderful."

"It is, my dear. And the scones are my secret recipe, involving fruit picked from the Green Plains." The old woman smiled and gave her a cup of tea and poured herself one. "I sense the aura of an adventurer about you, young one. Who are you and where did you come from?"

"Well My name is Catalina Asturias, I am 16 years old. I came from a small costal town in Granade Turquesa Isla., my home country. I've been sailing around the world."

"Sailing around the world and at your age? My my!" The old woman exclaimed. "My name is Selena and this is the port city of Atlantis, of the Republic of Coredia. Let me hear of your travels so far! And don't leave out any details! I want to hear everything!"

((Excellent, I will prpare then.))

"Okay." Catalina recalled the many things she's had on her trip, of all the nations she has visited, the things she has recived the people she has met Including her recent run in with the mighty storm that lead her here.

"You have gone through much and have met many people on your journey, and yet you still have more to go." Selena replied with a knowing smile after Catalina retold her story. "The Force is indeed with you, my dear."

"Yes, I know I have a long way to go. But I set out to do this trip, and that's what I am going to do, finish it."

"That is all any one of us, old and young, can do." Old Selena smiled again. "Let me tell you a little about Coredia. It is a land of many contrasts, rolling plains and towering mountains ruled by a wise and powerful President-King. His name is Sarinon, by the way. A handsome King but unfortunately taken. Our claim to fame is the fact that we're one of the few nations to have a ecosystem populated by dinosaurian animals. You'll find your herds and packs of dinosaurs large and small everywhere in Coredia. If you're lucky, you might even see pterasaurs catching fish on the seashore."
Little Drake nuzzled up to the old woman, who laughed. "And how can I forget the Dragons? A prominent sentient species, they are very wise and their hearts of gold know much kindness. Little Drake here is a dragonlet, a popular pet in Coredia."
"Now that you know a little of Coredia, I would suppose you'd need a little help in moving on. What will you do next?"

"Well first I need a new boat, then after I tour here a little, I'll be off to Umvitz."

"Well, this is a port town, so there is likely to be many boats for sale." Selena smiled. "Not to mention someone may be available to help you on your tour."

"Well that's great. I was given a good amount of gold by the Ri-an's when I was rescued and brought here."

"Gold is always redeemable even in Coredia. Check a bank to make sure, though." The old woman nodded. "You'll want to look for Kythena's One Stop Sailin' Shop for your boating needs and for a tour, there's a Dragonrider tour business, just opened up a few weeks ago. I'll tell you what. I'll hail a taxi and give the driver some money. Don't worry about repaying, for this old woman has more money than she needs in her retirement."

The old woman chuckled and went to a phone, dialing a reputable taxi service. "Hello. Randy's Taxi Service? Yes. A young girl by the name of Catalina Asturias--oh, you have heard of the name? Good, good. Yes. I'd like one right away. Thank you! Bye-bye."

"A taxi will be here in five minutes." Selena assured the girl.

"Thanks. If it wasn't for your kindness I'd still be wondering the streats batterd and alone."

OOC: Granade Turquesa Isla, check your TGs.

"Thanks. If it wasn't for your kindness I'd still be wondering the streats batterd and alone."
"Not a problem." The old woman smiled. Then a honk came from outside. "Oh, that must be the taxi."

The old woman lead her to the front door, where a funny-looking taxi waited outside. The taxi was funny-looking because it didn't have any wheels but was suspended by an antigravity device called a repulsarlift. It was still yellow with the Taxi sign on its roof. A young man came out of the driver's seat and opened the back door like some limo chaffeur.

"Good luck my dear, and may the Force be with you!" Selena said to Catalina.

"Thank you." She stepped into the taxi and settled back

"Hi, Catalina!" The taxi driver smiled as he got in the driver's seat. The taxi driver was little more than a teenager with a job and the lad was lucky to pull the job of taking a minor celebrity around on the tour. "My name is Billy Watsan, Taxi Driver. Where do you want to go first?"

"Well first I would like to get a boat. So please take me to Kythena's One Stop Sailin' Shop, thank you."

"All right! We'll be there in a jiffy!" Said Billy and then goosed the engine. The taxi soon sped on its way to Kythena's Sailing Shop.

It was basically a large floating house on a long pier with numerous sailing boats floating next to the pier. Big, small, and of all types of designs. The only thing missing are the names, for they are either given by the owners or selected by a random name selector inside.

"Here we are! I'll wait for you!" Billy said to Catalina.

Catalina would walk inside to see a beautiful woman with hair the color and consistency of flowing seaweed and eyes the color of the sea itself. There was a power and age within the woman that belied her youthful looks. She was humming something about the sea as she moved around her equipment with a graceful ease...

"Thanks." She exited the cab and walked inside. So much to chose from.

As Catalina entered, the woman continued to work in her store. "Come in dearie! I have heard much of your exploits, Catalina. And if you're wondering how I know you, well, I have my ways."

She turned around with a smile. "What can I do to help you?"

"Well I need a good boat. Reliable, and enduring. Must be able to weather the harshest of storms and still be capable of being a home-away-from-home if you catch my drift."

"Hmm." Kythena thought about it for a minute. "I might have something...come around back with me."

Kythena went to the back and went through the rows of sailboats until she stopped at a 30-footer with a strong fiberhull. "This here boat survived Hurricane Francis when it came through Coredia a few years ago. It was a Cat 4 if I recall correctly, so it should be what you are looking for. All it needs is a name."

"Well a catagory 4 hurricane isn't easy to survive. I think I would like to take a look around inside."

Catalina acended the latter and looked. The wheel was a good firm one with a good sight distance. There was even a rack to hang her raincoat up, and place her boots. Inside it was pretty homey. She spent a lot of time on boats so they needed a cozy atmosphere. She tested the water from the sink and shower, hot and cold. "I'll take it. I'll call it O Shaker do trovão

"Ah, and what does that name mean?" Kythena asked kindly. "By the way, boats like this cost quite a lot. How will you pay for it?"

"It's name means The Shaker of Thunder. And I do have money, it's gold and I'm sure you could convert it or sell it off at a nice price."

"The Shaker of Thunder. Not a bad name." Kythena smiled. "About the gold, let me see how much you have."

Catalina handed her the poutch of Gold.

OOC: She'll have enough to cover her needs, but only just barely.

Catalina handed her the poutch of Gold.
Kythena counted off the gold coins, each one clattering in her hand, none falling off. She inspected the pile with a practiced eye. "This is enough."

The pouch was significantly lighter when Kythena gave it back to Catalina, but there was still enough for her to do what she needs to do in Coredia.

"Wow cleaned me out. But I have to do this. Thanks a lot. So now how can I get this to port?"

"I'll help you with that." Kythena said as the gold disappeared into a coffer somewhere for use on the exchange markets. She tossed her an ignition capacitor, otherwise known as a fancy key. "That should help you get started. I'll untie the ropes and then guide you out of the pier. Oh yes..."

She clapped her hand twice and the storefront now said "Closed! Be back in a few!"

She then began untying the ropes and jumped onto the boat to help Catalina through the pier and to the port itself.

Catalina untied the rest of the ropes and started it up. They guided it right into port smooth and easily. "Thanks a bunch."

"Anytime. Now run along and do what you need to do. Your boat will be safe with me." Kythena smiled.

"Sure. Thanks again." She ran off to tour the nation she had come to. She also would need some new items, clothes, food and likely a new camera. She lost a lot of things in the storm but fortunatley non of the gifts.

The Dragon Tours was on the other side of town, but that was a little way away. Fortunately, the young taxi driver Billy puttered up to Catalina.

"Hey there, Catalina! Care for a ride?" The young man asked, unlocking the doors.

"Oh I'd love one." She enterd the cab and sat back

Back at home Catalinas parents were very worried. There was news that remains of a boat were found drifiting in the sea, including the name of Cat's other boat [i]El Santo del mar[i] But no one had found a body and no one could confirm its orgin was Turquesan.

"Likely a large storm is responsible for wrecking this boat.."

"It must be Cat's boat. " her mother said nervously

"They haven't found a body."

"Oh come on a body can sink especially if it was waited down. Remember it happend to my previous husband."

"This is very diffrent. Catalina is strong and willfull, I'm sure she's all right."

"Oh I'd love one." She enterd the cab and sat back
"Where to this time?" Billy asked, driving through a green light.

"Well I would like to have a tour of the country."

"Well I would like to have a tour of the country."

OOC: Would you like one of my characters to step in and reassure your parents so they don't worry? I noticed a single post about them beginning to worry about your whereabouts.

It'd be easy to, first, I take a bit of your essence, left behind on Ri-an when you visited, use that to back track you to your parents, using one spell, then, using another, go to where they are currently, and give them a little reassurance that your currently alive and well.

(yes Ri-an that would be great)

(yes Ri-an that would be great)

Laet was watching Catalina via a mirror on the wall.

"A crash, HE saved her, but I imagine her parents must be upset." she said.

Shron stood up.

"Essences are absorbed daily, but there's still some of hers left in the city." Shron said.

He held his hand out. He stood at a window overlooking the shops. a faint energy lifted up from the streets, and in his hand stood a small glowing figurine of Catalina. It was what was left of her essence on Ri-an.

"Show us her parents and their actions for the past few days." he said.

A little while later, after reviewing everything her parents had to say about Catalina...

"Yes, they are upset." Shron said.

"Then don'ty you think something should be done?" Lady Ri-an asked, having snuck up behind Shron without meaning to.

"A-Y-A!" Shron screamed in sudden fright.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. Do you still have their home?" Lady Ri-an asked.

"Yes, Lady Ri-an."

Lady Ri-an stepped through the Mirror.

At Catalina's parents house.

A glowing Nimbus of energy appeared out of nowhere.

All Plants and trees within three Miles suddenly became very healthy.

Then Lady Ri-an appeared.

"Greetings. As current Guardian of your Daughter, I bring you word of her continued well-being." Lady Ri-an said as she finished becoming solid.

"A tour of the country? Then your best best is the Dragon Tours. Not only are the mounts fast, they're also wide-ranging. I'll take you there, then."

Fifteen or so minutes later, the taxi reached a large airfield like many dotted around the world. But the airfield was different in that instead of planes and helicopters, it was filled with the most powerful sentient species on Earth.

Dragons.

But not the firebreathing visions of doom that plagued villages centuries ago. These dragons of all shapes, sizes and colors intermingled freely with the humans, talking, laughing, sharing stories and ideals. There's even a Dragon Senator to represent their interests. These dragons and humans were merchants, hawking wares and providing tourist amusements for those who come to Atlantis, Coredia.

Tours of the nation on dragonback was one of the most popular amusements and the businesses that sprung up raked in the cash that was generated, proving handsome profits to the financially-minded reptilians.

They still loved their hordes of gold after all.

Catalina's taxi now stopped at the entrance to the airfield.

"Well, here we are. Have fun!" Billy grinned to Catalina.

"Greetings. As current Guardian of your Daughter, I bring you word of her continued well-being." Lady Ri-an said as she finished becoming solid.

"Who...are you?" Mary had to ask. She never wanted to come off as rude, but this mystefied her.

"Mary I think..." Roberto just walked into the room seeing the mythical person formate right in his living room.


"You said you bring news of our daughter? You know my little one, my Catalina?"

"A tour of the country? Then your best best is the Dragon Tours. Not only are the mounts fast, they're also wide-ranging. I'll take you there, then."

Fifteen or so minutes later, the taxi reached a large airfield like many dotted around the world. But the airfield was different in that instead of planes and helicopters, it was filled with the most powerful sentient species on Earth.

Dragons.

But not the firebreathing visions of doom that plagued villages centuries ago. These dragons of all shapes, sizes and colors intermingled freely with the humans, talking, laughing, sharing stories and ideals. There's even a Dragon Senator to represent their interests. These dragons and humans were merchants, hawking wares and providing tourist amusements for those who come to Atlantis, Coredia.

Tours of the nation on dragonback was one of the most popular amusements and the businesses that sprung up raked in the cash that was generated, proving handsome profits to the financially-minded reptilians.

They still loved their hordes of gold after all.

Catalina's taxi now stopped at the entrance to the airfield.

"Well, here we are. Have fun!" Billy grinned to Catalina.


"Thanks!"

Dragons real dragons, they mistified her. She has seen some truly amazing things on this trip. One lowerd it's head and allowed her to pet it. "Wow well you are just a gental giant, aren't you?"

The dragon seemed to rumble in a chuckle. He spoke to Catalina in a language that was something of a mixture of telepathy and Latin speech. "I am indeed. How may I help you, little one?"

"Oh you talk. Well I would love to see the nation, and I was told you give tours."

"Ahh. You have come to the right place, then. You will want to speak with one of the tour guides in that building." The dragon pointed to one of the buildings of the airfield.

"Oh thanks a bunch." She left for the building and walked inside, she rang the bell for service

"Who...are you?" Mary had to ask. She never wanted to come off as rude, but this mystefied her.

"Mary I think..." Roberto just walked into the room seeing the mythical person formate right in his living room.


"You said you bring news of our daughter? You know my little one, my Catalina?"

"I am Lady Ri-an, spirit of an entire world, located in Andromeda. I watch your daughter's journey, and shield her from the dangers. There was a very bad storm. This is true, and undeniable. What is also true, is that your daughter's boat was completly destroyed, and all belongings on it, destroyed.

What is also true, is that your daughter lives, for I had a great Knight fly on a winged horse to rescue her. Currently, she tours Coredia. To allow her to continue, she has been given enough gold to fetch her self a new boat, and supplies. Nothing more.

See for yourself." Lady Ri-an said.

She pointed at their T.V. It suddenly gained a new channel, in between 3 and 4. This one was marked with a C. And at any time of the day, they could flip to that channel, and check up on their daughter's progress.

"I watch her progress, and will allow her to have an exciting journey. But Promise you, she shall return home safe and sound. When your Daughter next steps foot inside this house, Your T.V. shall no longer be able to obtain this channel. If the set is on this Channel, it shall immediatly flip on channel up." Lady Ri-an stepped aside, remaining, incase they had questions.

"Oh my goodness, well..." She had to take it all in, she recived shock followed by instnat relife. She was happy Catalina was safe and being watched over.

"Well thank you for looking out for my child. Words can't express how much as a mother that really means to me."

"Can we offer you anything, something for our gratitude?"

"Oh my goodness, well..." She had to take it all in, she recived shock followed by instnat relife. She was happy Catalina was safe and being watched over.

"Well thank you for looking out for my child. Words can't express how much as a mother that really means to me."

"Can we offer you anything, something for our gratitude?"

"I am a spirit. What earthly item could I possibly use? I do appreciate the thought, but all I need, is my Planet that is my real body. And I understand what you mean, I too, am a Mother. A mother to every wild creature and every person that lives upon my world, and more so, I have a son, and I too would want someone to be there to guide his steps, where he to embark on a similar journey. But now, I must return, I can only be off my soil and out of my body for so long, before this one just fades away.

Take care." she said. She simply faded.

"Goodbye and thank you."

"Oh thanks a bunch." She left for the building and walked inside, she rang the bell for service
"Hey, hey! We have a new customer!" One of the tour guides said, then yelled for someone. "Conrad!"

"Huh? Oh, right!" A brown-haired man with a small red dragon on his shoulders walked over. He and the dragon bowed. "My name is Conrad and this is Wolfram. It is my pleasure to meet you, Miss! What is your name and how can I help you?"

"My name is Catalina Asturias, and I'm here for a tour."

"Catalina? So you're the girl that's been on the news lately." Conrad smiled. "The tour will be ten credits."

"I smell gold." Wolfram the dragon replied.

"Or one gold piece." Conrad stroked his chin. "Yes, that's enough. Hunter! Grab me two goggles and two flight suits and clear my schedule! I'm going up!"

"Okay!" Another man replied and headed off to do as instructed.

"Well, let's get ready as soon as you have the gold piece." Conrad smiled.

She handed over the gold piece.

"Ah, thank you." Conrad gave the piece to a register-droid that floated around and then the other man came back with two flightsuits and two goggles.

"Here they are. Self-warming flight suits and goggles to protect your skin and eyes from the downsides of dragonflight. There's a changing room over there." Conrad said, pointing to a series of changing stalls.

Catalina moved over to the changing room, stipping down her clothes and changing into the flight suite. She looked like an old piolt. She came out "I'm ready to fly."

Conrad had his own flightsuit on by the time she exited. "All right. Let's go."

He lead her outside to a clearing. "Wolfram!"

"Finally!" The red dragon flew off his shoulders and a sudden flash of red light and waves of windy smoke occurred. At last, a great dragon many meters long appeared from the light and smoke. Wings flapped and the dragon lowered itself to the ground. He spoke in a deeper voice, more majestic. "Climb on, my dear!"

She climbed aboard and prepared for take off

"Hold on tight!" Wolfram ordered and lept into the sky, his wings catching the wind and raising the large dragon into the sky. The Dragon headed south, towards the Demonic Deserts. With the wind preventing speech, he resorted to telepathy for the duration of the tour. We are now approaching the Demonic Deserts. You can see a number of bone-like objects from up here. That is the graveyard of an airship invasion force from the nation of Axis Nova. There are also a number of species of sand demons living in the area as well as the city of Tatoo in the center of the desert.

"Wow." She looked down at the landscape

OOC: It would help if you put some detail into your posts. Make every effort to turn each post you make into a part of the larger story of Catalina's journey.

IC:
The Dragon turned north-northwest, heading towards the Great Starry Plains. Several cities were passed, among them Geonos, Kessel, Toronto and Borelias. Soon, the dragon neared a huge lake and in the center of the lake was the Capital, Coredia City itself.

We are now approaching Lake Dragoon, the largest lake in the nation. As you can see, Coredia City, our capital, is at the center of the lake on that large island over there.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Ahto_city.jpg

(Well I don't know what your landscape looks like, not much I can really post)

Catalina snapped several photos with her small disposable camera. "Can you go lower?"

The dragon complied and performed a descending circle around the capital.

OOC:
If it would be possible, please TG me when you decide on when you want Catalina to come visit the Dark Empire of Shazbotdom, like you said she would in my Embasy Exchange thread a while back. Thanks.

"Incrediable." She said breathlessly. She was enjoying the thrill of flying in the open. She actually had only been on a plane once in her life. Flying was very expensive. Unless you were well...Dragon Flying.

"How long did it take to build this city?"