Post by derpdederpii on Apr 25, 2011 21:01:49 GMT
The world is like a mirror you see? smile and your friends smile back.
- Famous Zen Saying
- Famous Zen Saying
• N I H O N - K O K U
Name ---
Kiku Honda
Nation ---
Nihon-Koku
Aliases ---
AncientWa - Only China would remember and he prefers it not to be used.
Yamato - A proto-Japan, extremely out of date.
Dai Nippon - Great Japan, used occasionally out of great respect.
LocalNihon-Koku - Preferred, used mainly by his people.
Nippon-Koku - Also preferred, used by his people.
Nihon - Not fond of people using this unless they are someone he knows personally or he considers high ranking, the emperor or other countries for example.
Japan - Responds to most easily, prefers this over all other names.
Land of the Rising Sun - Preferred, used by his people and on formal occasions.
Japanese Empire - Common among his people.
ForeignJap - Never to be used in front of him, extremely offensive.
State of Japan - Semi-Offensive, this name was only used during the American occupation and awhile afterward.
Nicknames儿子(Érzi, Son) - Humiliating and only used by China, offensive to him.
お兄さん/兄 (Oniisan, Ani, brother) - Bittersweet for him, only Taiwan may use it without him getting offended.
Kiku - Only acceptable with those he is in an intimate relationship or incredibly close with.
Honda - Offensive unless there is a Sir or Mister preceding it.
Apparent age ---
23
Actual age ---
B.C. - 35,000
A.C. - 1,909
Modern - 143
Total - 37,052
Gender
Male
|-|-The External-|-|
Eye color ---
Very dark brown, almost black.
Hair color ---
Jet black with a few silver hairs.
Height ---
5' 4"
Weight ---
124 lbs
Skin tone ---
Incredibly pale with a slightly golden tinge to it.
Defining features ---
Despite the fact that Japan has been isolated for the majority of his life he has had his fair share of wars and scuffles. Obviously, his biggest scars are from Fat Man and Little Man. He has various slightly darker skin patches around his inner left thigh and lower right leg. For many years after they were dropped he had a slight limp because of the damage to his right leg although he has trained it out of himself as the radiation and damage was slowly fixed. He has very tiny scars along his left arm from ancient battles with Mongolia. Both of the Sino-Japanese wars have resulted in many relatively fresh scars along his chest and shoulder, not because they are recent enough but because they refuse to properly heal due to the continuing conflict with China. The Russo-Japanese war has left him with more damage to his back and chest and these once again are proving difficult to heal especially because of the Kuril Islands conflict.
Moving away from damage done to his body, he does have a very small rock tattooed on his upper left arm. Although it may seem like a silly thing to have (how could a rock possibly have any significance?) it is considered a very powerful symbol to his people and to himself. His national anthem even praises it saying that the Japanese nation will stand tall and proud through all weather completely impervious to damage. He received it in the Heian period as the samurai culture emerged.
Additional features ---
Unlike many of the more powerful countries around him, he is not visibly strong. Most of his strength resides in his arms and shoulders left over from his feudalistic days and thousands of years of farming and sword fighting. For the most part, his strength is in his grace and flexibility left over from times when war was an honorable and romanticized activity. Recently he has been attempting to gain more brute strength vs. the more tactful violence he is used to resulting in a slight muscles mass increase.
To the public eye he is always seen in either traditional military uniform decorated with ribbons, medals, heavy epaulettes, and a ceremonial sword or thick and impecably pressed suits. In his private quarters he prefers wool and silk kimonos depending on the season. He rarely wears them as during the American occupation of Japan he wore suits as a diplomatic effort to comply with the Western wishes. He considers the more cultural side of his country more private and so tries to appear as Westernized as possible.
|-|-The Internal-|-|
Personality ---
At a first glance Japan would seem like a very simple and unintelligent person because of his quite attitude and tendency to agree with whatever anyone has to say. This extends from basic Japanese manners in which one appears humble and unintelligent to get what they want. It works very well as the listener is often fooled into thinking that they have actually gained from the agreements made. Manners are law for Japan and any bad manners on the part of anyone else are taken as a personal affront.
The interests of his people are always first in his mind even if it means breaking the trust of those he has the utmost respect and love for. This has caused many difficulties in the past and sometimes turned around and caused damage to those same people. His desire to become a recognized and powerful country over all of the other Asian countries led him to the Sino-Japanese Wars and desire to claim Korea and Taiwan. Often successful in his conquests, his people became blinded with the feelings that their nation was all powerful and could succeed at anything. This feeling lodged itself deep in Japan's heart. Recently he has come to doubt his abilities because of his brutal defeat during World War II.
Japan dislikes being disobeyed or tricked, he takes it as a blow to his honor and a personal insult. Countries acting this way towards him has often led to severe acts of violence that border on insanity. The combination of utter isolation and a sudden throw into the modern world has not necessarily made him mentally unstable, but very confused and vulnerable. Some of the decisions he has made have been based entirely off of the desire to wound others as deeply as possible for revenge and the pleasure he takes in seeing them weakened. Very rarely does he act like this as correct decorum and manners have been nailed so heavily into him. He wishes to suppress the violent intentions and resentful feelings he harbors. It is this bottling of feelings that can often lead to his bipolar like actions.
When Japan is not being unstable or overly polite, he is comparable to an old and wise shriveled up Japanese man. He takes pleasure in the quite and simplicity paired with beauty. He is very vain and is meticulous about his appearance even if it means using some Cover Girl or the Japanese equivalent, Kate. He has immense respect for those above him and for nature. Religion is still a strong force in his daily life, mainly Shintoism and Buddhism.
Even farther underneath his calm exterior is the willful teenager and little boy within him. He loves festivals and drinking with his friends and relatives he still gets along with. He rarely cuts loose and enjoys himself for fear of getting hurt. He judges himself harshly when he looks back on times when he has cut loose and enjoyed himself, especially when there were drugs or alcohol involved. He has a fear that he could end up like China during the Opium Wars with a huge portion of his population not in their sober minds.
Japan is extremely creative and clever with his hands. He is also highly intelligent and has recieved high levels of education. His culture revolves around those who are able to make something out of themselves and he strives to make himself that something out of himself better every day. He looks up to various countries for their military feats or their intelligence and will often imitate them in an effort to advance himself. In all of these creative and intelligent aspects he is extremely disciplined and will often slow himself down before he gets ahead of himself.
As far as feelings of affection go, he tries to stay away from it as much as possible. Too many times in the past has he grown fond of a certain country and had them either taken away from him or the trust between them completely shattered. Love is incredibly difficult for him to produce as well as he fears for its destructive qualities when it ends. This is not to say he is not faithful or caring, he is the pillar of both. It is generally his partner that will falter and he will take the blame upon himself. All of this plus his extremely conservative nature adds up to a very uptight lover.
Likes ---
• Beauty -- Especially the beauty found in nature or in a person.
• Animals -- Mainly small ones like rabbits and foxes.
• Weapons -- A very boy-ish like, he enjoys collecting swords and firearms.
• Reading
• Doing math -- He enjoys how universal it is, his computations can be understood by anyone else in the world.
• Naps
• Simplicity
• Straight lines -- Just a little bit OCD. Just a little.
• Instruments -- Although he considers the European countries to be the true masters of music, he enjoys playing around with his own and has become quite good at the cello and piano.
• Drawing
• Video games, manga, sewing, drawing, shopping... -- Although he would deny almost every single one of them.
• Salt and Sugar -- Terrible for his health but so good.
• Cigarettes -- Despite the fact that he knows they are incredibly bad for him, he can't deny the fact that he enjoys their ability to calm one down a bit. He has tried many times to quit and now allows himself only one in a great while.
• Germany and Prussia -- He respects these two immensely for their discipline and great honor. He even went insofar as imitating the Prussian army.
• Airplanes and boats
Dislikes ---
• Drugs -- They scare him immensely, he fears for his brain turning into a pile of senseless mush.
• Bad manners
• The unintelligent -- He has no pity for those who cannot access the knowledge that is readily available to them.
• Dragging up the past -- What country doesn't dislike this?
• Public affection
• Affection in general
• Touching -- He honestly can't say why. The closest he can come to describing it is that it feels like a violation of his country as a whole. Almost a betrayal to his people.
• People correcting him -- His confidence in himself is unmatched and he does not like to be told otherwise.
• Women -- Sexism is very very prevalent in his people and himself. They make him feel uncomfortable to no end.
• Shit disturbers -- Just, no.
Fears ---
• Disappearing -- His fear of being unhealthy is matched only by his fear of disappearing as a country completely.
• Being seen as a non-militaristic threat or as a world power -- He's fought hard to get where he is and refuses to let that position slip.
• Love -- The entire concept frightens him as so many things can go wrong with it.
• Groups of People -- He is relatively claustrophobic and gets uncomfortable in large groups especially if it is not a controlled environment.
• The disapproval of others -- Although he is one of the oldest countries out there, he fears their judgment.
Lesser known facts ---
• He enjoys mingling with his people especially the creative and royal.
• Although he may not show it, his love for his friends is fierce and a frightening force to reckon with.
• He believes strongly in The Powers That Be and luck.
• He is an excellent ice skater and gymnast although he would die of embarrassment if anyone found out. Honestly, he is very good at almost all sports and loves baseball.
• He wears contacts in public as he is almost blind as a bat and wears glasses around his house.
Goals ---
• Become part of the top three strongest countries.
• Make peace with China and renew his bonds with both South and North Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
• Pay off all debts to other countries.
• Deep in the darkest part of his heart, he wants to get back at those who harmed him during any and all wars specifically America.
• Work on the preservation of his past.
• Advance as far as possible in medical knowledge.
|-|-The Past-|-|
History ---
Symbol Guide:
Because Japan had so many periods and I'm still trying to sort out when Japan really matured as a country, I'm going to stick with naming the periods as they were.
Proto-Japan;
• The Paleolithic Era of Japan goes from 50,000 to 12,000 B.C.
Ancient Japan;
• Jōmon period• Rudimentary hunter-gatherer lifestyle
• Pit houses and very simple agricultural techniques
• Weaving was still unknown, most things were braided or clay
• Yayoi period• A mixture of Jōmon culture and that of those who lived on Honshu
• Permanent farming villages
• Weaving and textiles
• Kofun period• Known for the burial mounds found made for the ruling class
• Ruled by Yamato hegemony
• Yamato polity emerges -- Many strong clans have patriarch leaders
• Yamato rulers become all powerful and become synonymous with all of Japan
• Accepted Korean and Chinese immigrants
• Classical Japan;
Asuka period• The Yamato polity becomes a clear cut centralized government
• What was once "Wa" officially becomes "Nihon"
• 538 -- The Soga clan is introduced to Buddhism by King Seong of Baekje
• 587 -- The Soga clan marries into the Yamato hegemony
• 574 -- Prince Regent Shōtoku Taishi comes into power to establish the Shōtoku rule
• The Chinese calendar, Confucian ideas, and Mandate of Heaven policy are adopted by the Prince
• 645 -- Prince Naka no Ōe and Nakatomi no Kamatari lead a military coup against the Soga clan, succeed, and introduce the Taika Reform
• 668 -- Ritsuryō system comes into play, a Confucian system of punishment and order
• Nara period• 710 -- Japan moves its capital to Nara in imitation of the Chinese capital
• 712-788 -- Various religious monuments and literary achievements are made including The Great Buddha and Man'yōshū
• Heian period• 737 -- Emperor Kammu comes to power and moves the capital twice
• 806 -- The monk Kūkai introduces the Tantric religion to Japan
• 838 -- The Chinese begin prosecuting Buddhists, Japan looses respect for China and begins isolating itself
• 858 -- Emperor Seiwa begins the rule of the Fujiwara clan
• 895 -- Sugawara Michizane stops all imperial embassies from travelling to China
• 1050 -- The samurai begin to come into power
• 1068 -- Emperor Go-Sanjo overthrows the Fujiwara clan in an attempt to bring power back to the personal choice of the emperor
• 1156 -- Taira no Kiyomori overthrows this emperor in an attempt to bring back the Fujiwara way of government and revive the practice of sons being placed on the imperial throne
• 1185 -- Tairo is defeated in the Gempei War by Minamoto Yoritomo and his followers. Minamoto becomes the first shogun to rule.
• 1191 -- The monk Eisai introduces Renzai Zen Buddhism which becomes popular with the samurai and shogun
Feudal Japan
• Kamakura period• 1207 -- Hōnen, the founder of Pure Land Buddhism, is exiled from Japan and many of his followers are executed
• 1221 -- The Kamakura clan defeats the imperial Japanese army making the Kamakura shogunate more powerful than the emperor
• 1227 -- Sōtō Zen Buddhism is introduced by Dōgen Zenji
• 1232 -- Jōei Shikimoku puts forth a set of laws to bring more power to the Kamakura clan
• 1274 -- The Mongols led by Kublai Khan attempt to invade
• 1293 -- A 7.0 earthquake hits Japan
Kemmu restoration (1333–1336);• A three year period during which Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to bring power back to the nobility and emperor
• Civil war breaks out between the two opposing political parties with Ashikaga Takauji coming out on top reestablishing the shogunate
Muromachi period;• 1392 -- A small section of the court in the southern area of Japan surrenders to the new power reunifying the Japanese Empire
• 1467 -- The Ōnin War breaks out. Peasants revolt against the shogunate and find that they need their protection. Amid the turmoil new daimyō build massive castle-like forts and later force the peasants into permanent serf-dom in exchange for protection.
• 1542 -- Shipwrecked Portugese introduce firearms to the Japanese
• 1549 -- Catholic missionary Saint Xavier begins preaching
• 1560-1575 -- Many battles break out in a struggle for land and power culminating in Oda Nobunaga taking power. Battles after he comes to power are the first involving firearms
Sengoku period• 1583 -- Nobunaga is betrayed by his general, Akechi Mitsuhide. Nobunaga makes his heir Toyotomi Hideyoshi instead of Mitsuhide.
• 1592 -- Hideyoshi sends 200,000 troops to Korea and is defeated.
• 1597 -- Hideyoshi sends a second campaign and is defeated once again because of heavy Chinese interference.
• 1598 -- Hideyoshi dies without an heir to the throne. Japan is thrown into political turmoil once again.
• Ieyasu comes on top through all of this and establishes the last line of shogunate until the Meiji restoration.
• Azuchi-Momoyama period• 1590 -- Ieyasu succesfully completes the military reunification of Japan.
• Edo period
• 1603 -- The emperor appoints Ieyasu as shogun which ushers in the Tokugawa dynasty
• 1605 -- Ieyasu is succeeded by his son Tokugawa Hidetada.
• 1614 -- Ieyasu bans Christianity.
• 1615 -- Ieyasu destroys Osaka castle ridding the government of the threat of the Toyotomi family.
• 1616 -- Ieyasu dies.
• 1623 -- Tokugawa Iemitsu becomes the third shogun.
• 1633 -- He forbids traveling to foreign countries and reading foreign books.
• 1637 -- Shimabara Rebellion started by the overtaxed underclass.
• 1638 -- Iemitsu forbids ship building.
• 1639 -- National seclusion comes into effect, no European countries are allowed to enter Japan except for the Dutch.
• 1641 -- Iemitsu only allows Chinese, Japanese, and Dutch to live in Japan.
• 1650 -- With the peace comes a new way of life, bushido, or way of the warrior.
• 1657 -- The Great Fire of Meireki destroys most of Edo.
• 1700 -- Kabuki becomes popular.
• 1707 -- Mount Fuji erupts.
• 1787 -- Matsudaira Sadanobu makes the Kansei Reforms. Previous laws become slightly more liberal and the foreign peoples policy is relaxed.
• 1792 -- Adam Laxman, a Russian envoy, visits Japan.
• 1804 -- Nikolai Rezanov, another Russian, reaches Nagasaki and succesfully establishes trade with Japan.
• 1837 -- Oshio Heihachiro begins a rebellion against the moral corruption of the government.
• 1841 -- Tenpō Reforms comes into play, they are a set of rules that hopefully would fix perceived problems with the military and economy.
• 1854 -- Japan is forced into an open trade agreement with America and once again becomes open to foreign trade after two centuries.
• 1855 -- Japan and Russia establish diplomatic relations.
• 1864 -- British, French, Dutch and American warships bombard various Japanese ports until they accept foreign trade.
• 1868 -- Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigns ending the Tokugawa dynasty.
Empire of Japan
• Meiji Restoration
• 1871 -- All daimyo's lands are reclaimed by the emperor.
• 1873 -- Japan attempts to build a formidable army by commanding all males to join it. Samurai were no longer allowed to walk through the streets with a sword or anything to show their rank.
• 1876 -- Samurai are taxed and are forced to turn their stipends into government bonds.
• 1894 -- First Sino-Japanese WarBegins as the Qing Dynasty and Meiji Japan fight for control of Korea. The French assisted Japan and Japan turned towards the Prussian army as an example of what their army should be like. Japan wins the war by storming Seoul and capturing the Korean emperor. They break all Sino-Korean agreements and gain the right to dispel all Chinese troops from Seoul. A pro-Japanese government is established.
• 1898 -- Boxer RebellionChina wishes to remain a strictly Asian country with little to no Western influence. It results in brief fights against foreign missionaries. Urged by the Boxers, Empress Dowager Cixi declares war against foreign powers. An eight-nation alliance was formed to fight back. It consisted of (in order of contribution), Japan, Russia, England, France, America, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Japanese soldiers are shocked by the atrocities committed by the other members of the alliance. In an attempt to stop the wave of rape, Japanese prostitutes are sent to China.
• 1902 -- The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is suggested by England in an attempt to band together the two countries who were a threat to Russia and Germany.
• 1904 -- Russo-Japanese War.Fought for control over Manchuria and Korea. The Russians also sought a summer port for trade. They chose Port Arthur where most of the war was fought. This was the first war in which trench tactics were used and more advanced weaponry was used. Although the tragedies on the Japanese front were much higher than the Russians, they won the war through what was originally going to be Japan defending with its tiny Navy against a massive Russian fleet, to the Russian fleet being almost entirely destroyed and Japan with few ships destroyed.
• 1905 -- Japan comes to the peak of its military authority.
• 1914 -- World War IJapan entered this war on England's side because of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Japan mainly fights as a naval force along the German coast. During this war, Hitler was beginning to hatch his ideas for the German Nationalist Party. He was extremely impressed by the Japanese form of propaganda and fighting style.
• 1929 -- The Great Depression hits Japan with an 8% economy shrinkage. Japan quickly jumps back.
• 1937 -- Second Sino-Japanese WarIn 1915, Japan made the Twenty-One Demands, a list of demands that would bring China further under Japan's influence. After World War I, Japan acquired the German range of influence over China. In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria to acquire the miles of raw materials there. 1932 brought a brief war between China and Japan over this invasion. In 1933 Japan attacked China along its Great Wall region. 1937 brought forth the full scale war between both countries. Shanghai proved an easy victory for Japan and led to the capture of Nanking. During the six-week period that this city was captured, the Nanking Massacre occured. 20,000-80,000 women and children were raped and murdered by the Imperial Army. A safety zone was established by Westerners who had stayed in Nanking. It was 3.4 miles and centered around the American embassy. John Rabe, a member of the German Nazi Party, became leader of this zone and saved nearly 20,000-50,000 lives. In 1938, Japanese troops began to weaken with Chinese troops refusing to withdraw. The Japanese launched the first full-scale air and naval attack system against the major cities of China. By 1940 Japan was having a difficult time keeping control of the areas they had captured. From 1938-1941 the Chinese army attempted to drag out the war as long as possible hoping that the Japanese army would eventually have all of their resources exhausted. Although Germany did assist China, they withdrew support in 1938 as the hoped to ally with Japan against Russia. The Russians entered the war as an excuse to hinder the Japanese from invading Siberia. The Western Allies entered the war after the American public's opinion quickly swung against Japan because of the Nanking Massacre. The war ended in 1945 with an extremely confused Japanese public. They lost faith in their contries ability to fight as they had gone from winning every battle they entered to a humiliating defeat against a country they had already won against once before.
• World War IIIn 1939 Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, a document into which Italy would shortly join that stated how all three countries would seek to destroy Communism. At the time, Japan had control of Mongolia and was slowly pushing its border farther into Russian territory. In 1939, Russia signed a non-aggression pact with Japan. During this time, Japan attempted to capture the Chinese city of Changsha. In 1940 as the rest of the Axis powers began pressing borders, Japan continued to blockade China. America embargoed several materials that Japan could use to make weapons. In 1940 the Tripartite Pact sealed the alliance between Japan, Germany, and Italy. In 1940, Japan took control of southern Indochina in response to a potential Western threat. In captured areas, The Three Alls was issued, a series of rules that oppressed all communists under Japanese rule. Success by the German army encouraged Japan to pressure some European governments resulting in the Dutch agreeing to supply Japan with oil in exchange for Japan not taking control of the Dutch Indochinese colonies. France on the other hand handed the colonies over. England and America responded to this by freezing all Japanese assests in the West. Japan had to chose between ending all ambitions in Asia or take control of more oil supplies by force. The Japanese decided to quickly cease as many English and American colonies as possible, resulting in the attack on Pearl Harbor. This led to a formal declaration of war on Japan by the majority of the Allies. By the end of 1942, Japan and Thailand had conquered almost all of Burma, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Rabaul resulting in severe troop losses for the allies. Although these victories were an easy win for Japan, it left may troops overdrawn. Japan proceeded to attempt to draw American naval forces into battle. Unfortunately, American leaders had already discovered the traps Japan planned to lead them into and avoided the conflict altogether. Guadalcanal then became an island of interest for Japan. Although they did capture it, they were quickly defeated and forced off the island again. Concern by the West of Japanese bases on Madgascar cause England to invade in 1942. In 1943, Allied troops began banding against Japan in the Pacific. A pact was drawn up by Western forces to return all territory to Japan that was originally theirs. Russia declared war on Japan two months after this decision ending all of those plans. Japan was forced to enter a lengthy and costly battle with China. Japan attempted to claim English colonies in India but were swiftly driven back. The Allies finally began relieving China of the constant attacks by Japan. Japan was driven back both on the Chinese permiter but also in the Pacific. This was followed by a heavy air force bombing campaign against heavily populated Japanese cities. Japan was driven out of Burma and pushed by even farther by American troops. The Allies called for an unconditional surrender by Japan. Japan refused resulting in the dropping of Fat Man and Little Man on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. America then invaded and occupied Japan and its government. Japan was given a temporary democratic government. The Kuril Islands were annexed by Russia and most of Korea also given to Russia. Although most of the world was in economic ruin, Japan went through an economic boom.
• 1995 -- The Great Hanshin Earthquake strikes Japan.
|-|-The Style-|-|
Roleplay example ---
593 A.D.
Japan lay with his arms at rest next to his icy cold body. With great effort he placed his hands on top of the thick blanket, palms up. Each movement caused a sharp ache in his joints and his face was twisted in an unfortunate grimace. He closed his eyes and took two deep calming breaths. He could feel them rattle down his throat and sit in the center of his lungs, unwilling to travel to his heart. Pushing his tongue forcefully against the roof of his mouth he willed himself not to cry. He could not bear the knowledge that in just a couple of minutes a servant would burst through the door disrupting the quite of his simple room and talk in urgent tones. Two more deep breaths. These traveled slowly to his heart but Japan still felt dead inside.
Just as predicted, the sliding rice paper door was hastily dragged open and a servant quickly bowed. Japan opened his eyes and rolled his head in the direction of the door.
"Yes?" It was really pointless to ask what the matter was. He knew what had happened, he felt it through every vein in his body.
"Emperor Sushun has died. You are asked to please come to his chambers." Japan rolled his head back to the ceiling and licked his dry lips.
"Of course. I will dress myself." The servant gave another hasty bow and scurried down the corridor. Sitting upright, Japan placed a cool palm over his eyes. He caught the hot tear that spilled from them and watched as the tear rolled around his smooth hand and slowly dried. And he breathed. As long as he could breathe.
But a month later a new emperor was crowned. Japan did not know if he could possibly appreciate or respect this one. It was Empress Suiko, a woman, a vessel for birth and a trickster. How could he possibly come to love one who was so different? She was pale as the moon and her eyes stayed lowered as all of the court bowed to her. He bowed resentfully. An alien in his court, it was his land and he could not tolerate such an atrocity in his Imperial Palace. Emperor Sushun had sat in that throne, that holy throne. But he touched his nose down to the floor in respect for her and breathed.
Later that day he was ushered into her rooms. He had been excited the last time this had happened. This time he was only filled with a sick feeling. Gritting his teeth together he bowed to the Empress and then straightened himself, toying with the clasp on his fan. The Empress tilted her head to the side and blinked slow tired blinks.
"Why have they brought you here?" Her voice was beautiful, silky and soft and full of power.
"You are to be told of a national secret." She raised a hand so full of grace and beauty to cover her mouth, and she giggled. A sweet tinkling giggle like the first stirrings of a Tibetan tea bowl.
"Then please, I desire to know this secret." Japan bowed once again, still resentful, still scared. He shuffled forward, his toes the only thing leaving the ground. He stopped in front of her throne and bowed again. Her feet were tiny and tucked so delicately beneath her robe. They were like two tiny chrysanthemums that floated gently in a still pool. He straightened himself and tried to hold back the tiniest smile.
"Great Empress, I am the Imperial Country of the Rising Sun." Her eyes stretched wide, each separate lash hanging over her pupil. She was frightening, so gentle and beautiful and yet full of such strength. For the first time since entering the room, Japan allowed himself to breath.
|-|-The Player-|-|
Username --- Japan
Age --- 17
Time zone --- GMT +9
