Official Account of the Military Operations in China 1900-1901 :: E. W. M. Norie

Official Account of the Military Operations in China 1900-1901 :: E. W. M. Norie

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1902 Port Arthur, gunboat Koreyets

"Korean" He served in the Far East, where he moved from the Baltic. In 1895-1900, he carried out stationary service in Japanese, Korean and Chinese ports. In 1900, as part of the international squadron, he took part in the suppression of the Boxer rebellion. On May 16, Koreets left Port Arthur with Admiral Veselago's detachment, and on May 18, she took part in combat operations. On June 4, Koreets, together with allied gunboats, shelled the Taku forts, while receiving 6 shell hits and losses: 9 killed and 20 wounded. For valor in this battle, "Koreets" was awarded the St. George silver horn. The Chinese destroyer captured at Taku was named after Lieutenant E. N. Burakov, a gunboat officer killed in action.

Before the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, together with the 1st-rank armored cruiser Varyag (commander — captain of the 1st rank V. F. Rudnev), she was in the Korean port of Chemulpo (now Incheon) in order to protect Russian interests. On February 8, 1904, the Korean was sent to Port Arthur with an urgent dispatch to the governor, but the Japanese squadron of Rear Admiral S. Uriu, blocking Chemulpo, blocked its path. According to some reports, after the commander of the" Korean " captain 2nd rank GP Belyaev turned back, the Japanese destroyers fired three torpedoes at the gunboat, two of which passed by, and the third sank a few meters from the side. On the "Korean" was given the signal "reflection of a mine attack" and immediately, as the boat entered a neutral roadstead, "stand down". But after this signal, the gunner of the aft 37-mm gun accidentally fired 2 grenades at the enemy. On February 9, 1904, "Varyag" and "Korean" left Chemulpo and at 11:45 engaged the Japanese squadron, which lasted about an hour. Before the battle, the masts were shortened with axes, and largely due to this, the Japanese could not get into the "Korean"in any way. The battle wasn't too far away, but the gunboat's outdated eight-inch shells didn't reach the enemy. Japanese shells, on the other hand, mostly flew without causing any damage to the boat. And yet it was they who covered the "Varyag" with their fire during the withdrawal. One explosion and fire were detected on an enemy cruiser. During the battle, the ship fired 52 projectiles of different calibers at the enemy. The only damage to the submarine was the ramming compartment penetrated by a fragment of a Japanese shell. There were no losses.

✩ 𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 / 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 ✩

𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥

Read this before requesting to prevent confusion if I deny

Name: Layla any pronouns(genderfluid)

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Hello there! I’m Layla! This is an information post about requests and what you are able to do. Let’s get to it<3

『 𝕋𝕪𝕡𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥: 』

LGBTQ! characters/readers(being part of the community myself I have no problem with it<3)

POC! reader(I am a person of color myself <3)

Chubby/plus sized!reader(also me <3)

Female/male/gender neutral!reader

NSFW(my forte)

Fluff(I love comfort posts)

Angst(I’m not good at it but I’ll try)

『 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕗 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥: 』

R4pe

Pedophilia/child porn(if the character is aged up then it’s okay)

Incest / Stepcest / Pseudo-cest

Trans Male/ Trans Female (I am not trans and I don’t know how it feels. I don’t want to offend anyone by spreading misinformation about how it works)

Vomit/ Piss/ Scat (wtf-weirdos…)

Characters x OCs

Reader with disabilities(I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable or spread misinformation about it.)

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.───

✩ 『 𝔽𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕤 𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 』 ✩

My hero acedemia

Demon slayer

Danganronpa (all except ultra despair girls)

Haikyuu! (I’m just starting it so I might not know some characters)

Genshin Impact(only some characters lol)

Yandere Simulator

✩ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 absolutely 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 ✩

Any characters that are not on the lists I will write about unless stated otherwise

Class 1 A: izuku midorya, Katsuki Bakgou, Shoto todoroki, Denki Kaminari, Momo yaoyorozu, Mina Ashido, Kyoka jirou, Hanta Sero, Tenya Iida, ocho uraraka,eijiro kirishima

Class 1B: Neito Monoma, Hitoshi Shinsou

Pro hero’s: Shouta aizawa, Keigo takami(hawks) mirko, ms joke, midnight, mt lady

Villains: Touya todoroki(dabi)

Extra characters: Mirio togata, tamaki amajiki

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Kamaboko squad: tanjiro kamado, zenitsu agatsuma, inosuke hashibira

Hashira: rengoku, giyu tomioka, gyomei himejima, Sanemi shinazugawa,mitsuri kanroji, Tengen Uzui (and his wives ofc)

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Trigger happy havoc: mondo Owada, Leon kuwata, aoi asahina, Byakuya Togami, Celestia Ludenburg, yasuhiro hagkure, sayoko maizono

Goodbye despair: nagito komaeda, Hajime hinata,ibuki mioda, Gundham Tanaka, Akane owari, Milan tsmiki, Sonia nevermind

Killing harmony: Rantaro Amami, shuichi saihara, Miu iruma,Kiibo, Tenko chabashira, maki harukawa, Gonta gakuhara

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(I’m just started watching this anime so sorry if there aren’t a lot of characters to chose from)

Karasuno: Shoyo hinata, Tobio kageyama, kei tsukishima, yuu nishinoya,ryunosuke tanaka

Nekoma: kuroo tetsuro, Kenna kozume

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Genshin Impact: Keaya Alberich, Childe Tartaglia, shikanoin heizou, Aether, Zhongli, Dilluc

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Yandere Simulator: Budo Masuta, Umeji kizuguchi, Shoku Tsuburaya, Osaka Najimi, most 1980’s characters

✩ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℕ𝕆𝕋 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 ✩

Class 1 A: Rikado Sato, koji koda, Fumikage tokoyami,Mashirao ojiro, Mezou shoji, Tooru hagakure, minoru mineta, Tsuyu asui, yuga aoyama

Pro heroes: all might, present mic, endeavor, Mickey Mouse lookin ahh principal

Villains: kurogiri, Himiko toga, twice, tomura shigaraki, all for one, the ficking lizard dude

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Kamaboko squad: nezuko(sorry my soul just can’t)

Hashira: iguro obonai, shinobu kocho

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Trigger happy havoc:NO MONOKUMA,toko fukawa(or genocide syo),Sakura ogami, kyoko kirigiri, makoto naegi, Hifumi yamada, chihiro fujisaki, Sayaka Maizono, kyotaka ishimaru,

Goodbye despair: NO MONOMI, teruteru hanamura, l nekomaru nidai, Peko pekoyama, Byakuya Twogami, kazuichi soda, mahiru koizumi

Killing harmony: NO MONOKUBS, kokichi oma, Himiko yumeno, Angie yonaga,Korekiyo shinguji

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Yandere simulator: Gema taku, ayano aishi

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.───

A list of wars and conflicts conducted exclusively in foreign territories is given below:

1622 – attack on Indians in Jamestown.

1635-1636 – War with the Algokine Indians in New England.

1675-1676 – the Indian War, which ended with the destruction of almost half of the cities in Massachusetts.

1792 – the War for the capture of Kentucky.

1796 – the War for the capture of Tennessee.

1797-1800 – pirate attacks on French civilian ships.

1800 – Slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser in Virginia. About a thousand people were hanged, including Prosser himself. The slaves themselves did not kill a single person.

1803 – the War for the capture of Ohio.

1803 – the War for the capture of Louisiana.

1805-1815 – the war in Africa for the right of the United States to distribute drugs in the world.

1806 – attempted American invasion of the Rio Grande (then a Spanish possession).

1810 - invasion of Spanish West Florida.

1812-1814 – war with England, invasion of Canada.

1812 – the occupation of the west by the Spanish.

1813 – capture of the Spanish Bay of Mobile, occupation of the Marquesas Islands.

1814 – occupation of Spanish Pensacola.

1816 – attack on Fort Nichols in Spanish Florida.

1817-1819 – occupation of East Florida.

1824 – invasion of the Puerto Rican city of Fajardo.

1824 – the landing of the American troops in Cuba.

1833 – invasion of Argentina.

1835 – capture of Mexican Texas.

1835 – Invasion of Peru.

1840 – Invasion of Fiji.

1841 – genocide on Upolu Island (Drummond).

1843 – invasion of China.

1846-1848 – the war with Mexico.

1846 – aggression against New Granada (Colombia).

1849 – shelling of Indochina.

1852 – invasion of Argentina.

1853-1856 – invasion of China.

1853 – invasion of Argentina and Nicaragua.

1854 – the destruction of the Nicaraguan city of San Juan del Norte.

1854 – attempt to capture the Hawaiian Islands.

1855 – invasion and coup in Nicaragua.

1855 – invasion of Fiji and Uruguay.

1856 – invasion of Panama.

1858 – intervention in Fiji, genocide.

1858 – invasion of Uruguay.

1859 – attack on the Japanese fort Taku.

1859 – invasion of Angola.

1860 –....

Events 6.17

653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. 1397 – The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark. 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. 1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. 1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. 1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. 1601–1900 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. 1665 – Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War. 1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. 1767 – Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. 1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. 1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. 1794 – Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom. 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic. 1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. 1843 – The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia. 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign. 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. 1901–present 1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. 1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. 1922 – Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. 1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. 1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law. 1932 – Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. 1933 – Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. 1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. 1940 – World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster. 1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. 1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. 1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. 1948 – United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. 1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land. 1953 – Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. 1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. 1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. 1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. 1967 – Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. 1971 – U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process. 1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. 1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct. 1989 – Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. 1991 – Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. 1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). 1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. 2015 – Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. 2017 – A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. 2021 – Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Official Intro Post

Hey, it's me! I am Mysta, and I like music! I also like to make music, though I struggle with it (lyrics especially), but I feel I'm doing really well with music production, which is the job field I want to be in. Despite having Vocaloid 5 since Christmas 2018, it took me until seeing Circus-P's video on Vocaloid 6 back when I first got V6 in Christmas 2022 to even know what parameters were, and my world changed forever. I made a cover of Bug in January, moved it to a new channel since I wanted it to be under an actual email in March, and have been working on covers of songs I like since March/April.

I use both Vocaloid and Synthesizer V. My favorite vocal synth is Meiko. Since a lot of the music I listened to until now has been rock, I kinda got used to the crunch a lot of rock vocalists have, and I like to have something similar when I tune the synths, so I end up using the Growl parameter a lot. I wish SynthV had a growl parameter...

Vocal Synths I have used in official uploads so far: Meiko V3, Miku V4, Gumi V6, Mance Nana English V4, Haruka, Eleanor Forte AI, Sarah, Kyo V6, Una V6, Wil V6, Mai, Ninezero, Fuiro, Yuu V6, Stardust Infinity, Haruno Sora, Po Uta, Teto, Maika, Cheng Xiao, Len V4, Leon, Sakura, Shion, Rose, Popy, Kaito V3

Vocal Synths I have not used in official uploads yet but want to: Sonika, Tonio, Prima, Avanna, Gumi English V3, Dex, Daina, Amy, Chris, Kaori, Ken, Akito, Allen, Rin V4, Luka V4, Chifuyu Hanakuma, Saros, Ahasi, Taku, Gumi SV, Michelle, Lucas

I'll be linking all the stuff I've done so far in a pack, then upload any I do in the future. Maybe I should also link the cool music I find that I put in every description since Faceless.

“A Long Day Across The Board” Eighty Years Ago, Today (Monday) December 14th, 1942: It’s a long day for both sides across the seas. 195 miles southeast of Durban, Africa, U-177 (Type IXD2) gets the Dutch steamer “SS Sawahloento” (Photo 1) with 53 dead and 19 survivors. 660 miles northeast of Barbados, U-105 (Type IXB) picks off the British steamer “SS Orfor” (No Photo) Some survivors will be in the boats for 11 days. 22 Dead, 39 Survivors. 932 miles northeast of Barbados, the very neutral Swedish steamer “SS Etna” (Photo 2) is sunk by U-217 (VIID) due to Allied diplomatic mail being found on board; all 27 men survive after 8 days in the boats. Meanwhile, it’s a wild day in the Mediterranean. 44 miles northwest of Oran, the British steamer “SS Edencrag” (no photo), part of Convoy TE-9, is sunk by U-443 (VIIC). 13 Dead, 11 Survivors. The British light-cruiser HMS Argonaut (Photo 3, Dido-Class) finds herself on the receiving end of a torpedo attack from the Italian submarine “Mocinego” (Marcello Class, Photo 4). Two torpedoes hit, killing three men, but inflicting severe damage. (Photo 5). After temporary repairs in Oran, she heads to New York, and will be out of the fight until November, 1943. The British Royal Navy returns the favor – in spades. The submarine HMS Unruffled (U-Class, Photo 6) sinks the Italian freighter “SS Castle Verde;” 15 Dead, 248 Survivors. British planes also pick off the Italian freighter “Caucaso” (No photo, casualties unspecified). Two more British subs draw blood as well – HMS Taku (T-Class, Photo 7) sinks the Italian tanker “SS Delfin” (No Photo) 2 and half miles off the Greek coast, and HMS Sahib (S-Class, Photo 8) gets the freighter “SS Honestas” (No Photo) Rounding out the losses is U-626 (Type VIIC). Back in September, during training off Pillau, in the Baltic, she survived a collision with U-222, which sank killing 42 Men. She is now on her first - and last - patrol. She reports her position as 345 miles due south of Iceland. She vanishes without a trace and is never heard from again. All Hands – 47 Officers and Men – are assumed perished with her in the Fog of War. Just another day... (at Fort Hancock, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmLU3CjM5Za/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Kot , shum kot

Kur asigja nuk shkon si don ne jeten tane

Pret plot me trishtim 3 muj me rralle dashnin e jets per me e taku por kto muj te zymta spaskan fund as mas takimit me te

Ne mendjen teme thuri plane , mendoj e po imagjinoj te ardhmen teme se si du me ken e si kam dadht gjithmone me perjetu dashnin

Por kot , shum kot

Po mkapin nervat se asgja spo shkon si kam imagjinu, si cdo femen qe don pak romanc ne jeten e vet, don mi tregu mashkulli sesa vlen , me ja percjell dashnin e jo vetem ne shtrat

Nji shkembim trupash plot epsh sikur 2 qirinj qe shndrisin aq fort bashke , fiken . Po fiken dhe ca mbet asht asgja dhe fillon Ndihesh i perdorun . A ka faj bota jeme e gjan plot andrra e imagjinate apo ashtu asht realiteti ?!

Shum pytje qe sdi me kthy pergjigje , shum dilema , shum plane , shum andrra……

A kan faj netet qe rri tu mendu , tu veshtru dritaren ne erresine , sikur po andrron me sy hap sepse ajo errsin po pasqyron shpirtin e mendjen teme ?!

Plot pse , si , perca qe po me zijne nshpirt e spo di me ju dhan drejtim. Kujt ti drejtohem , kush do tme pergjigjet per gjanat qe nuk shkojne sic du vet , kush mi ka fajet , kujt duhet me ja than e me kerku sqarim kujt mi majt hater ?! Por prit se as vet spo kam faj

A mos asht faji jem se un po andrroj e po imagjinoj ?!

A nuk asht kjo cka kena msu tan jeten , se me dit se ca dona ?!

Po prit , a mos kam faj se nuk me kan mesu sesi me vepru kur ca po du un spo me realizohet ?! Pse sme kan mesu me u sjell kur dicka smund ta marr ?!

Ca du mas shumti ?! A mos duhet mi kategorizu andrrat e mija simas randsis ?! Por , andrrat e mija jane te randsishme tetana .

Ashtu si asht e randsishme me gjet nji tdashtun , qe ban gjestet ma tlezetshme e tban me dashuru cdo sekond , nji tdashtun qe te dedikon kange e po e ndjen kangen ne cdo varg , e du me nigju kyt kang e mu perceth trupi si kokrra orizi

A sasht kjo dashnia ?

Me kcy me mu , me prek trupin tem me delilates e me u humb nsyt e mi kur kcen , me pas vemendjen tek un gjithmone,

A pooo night dates

Nji nat bashk , dikund qe sna njeh askush , ku tjesh i rrethum nga aq shum njerz por ndjen prezencen e vetem zemres qe rreh per ty

Nji dashni qe asht gati me tmrojt e jo me kerku drejtsi se dashnia ska drejtsi

E nese kerkojme drejtsi ?! A speshon kandari jem ma pak ?!

A spo shkon njisoj ?! E pse ?! Jo!

Duhet me ec pergjate fajit e me lan me kalu cdo pengese , por kjo duhet nga te dy .

Apo krenaria spo len me ec pergjate fanit e gabimit ?! E nese eci vec un a spo randohet shum peshorja ne at ane ?!

Jo , prit ! Andrrat !

A po kerkoj shum ca dite bashke , dikund larg e me shiju njeni tjetrin per aq kohe qe jena bashke ?! Jo ! Sdu askend ! I du tan por du ty ! Du me shiju cdo sekond pa e kthy kryt a po kam dikend me mpa , a po baj dicka gabim . Jo sasht gabim tjesh nji trup por a duhet tjet vec mes nesh ?!

Po sakrifikon mu , qe tjem un mir ?!

Felice Beato.  Exterior of North Taku Fort on Peiho River, Showing the English and French Entrance, August 21, 1860.  

"The moon looks beautiful tonight, huh. It takes two to tango. Shall we, Jade?" 🌙🌹🍃

Apogee

Warning(s): gender neutral reader but they are wearing a dress, established relationship between Jade and the reader albeit they’re in the early stages, brief mention of death (only used as figurative language; no character death is featured in this scenario), mention of choking (on sobs)

A/N: Thank you for requesting, Taku! It honestly means a lot. I appreciate your support~ I wrote you a little something that highlighted Jade's indifference, a trait of his that I find often overlooked in favor of his shrewdness. I hope you like it! I had a lot of fun writing it ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

A/N²: This piece was inspired by the word "apogee" (hence the title). For reference, apogee has two meanings. The first meaning of apogee is the point in the moon's orbit where it is furthest from the earth. The second meaning is "the highest point in development". The first meaning correlates with distance yet the second one is associated with progress, moving towards something e.g. the development of a relationship. Ironic, don't you think?

You pursed your lips as you plucked dainty white petals from the daisy’s pistil. It shook violently in your fist, swaying back and forth as you continued to tug on the flower. One by one, its petals littered the hem of your dress with its suffocating fragrance. The more you stared at your feet, the more the petals began to resemble discarded tissues. The night was alive. People danced. People dined. They had a grand old time. Their laughter echoed throughout the ballroom, audible from even the lonely rose garden– occupied by you and only you. Your eyes were blurry with tears albeit they have not fallen from your eyes just yet.

He loves me.

He loves me not.

He loves me. 

Your eyes shouldered the weight of the world as you dropped the weed onto the lawn. Its petals flounced into the air, dancing their last dance before falling onto their deaths. You glared at the daisy. Jade didn’t love you.

Perhaps love was a strong word. You liked him. You liked him an awful lot– so much that you actually worked up the courage to ask him to the dance. To your surprise, he said yes. You were already a couple, but you figured school dances weren’t his forte. Nevertheless, you were excited. It was a first for the both of you, the first time you attended a dance together as Jade and (y/n), the first dance as a couple.

It would have been a first if he had actually shown up. The night was young, but he was nowhere to be found. You had grown tired of hosting yourself a pity party, tired of tagging along with your friends and their own dates. Three was a charm, but it was also a crowd. You were the seventh wheel– worse than a third wheel. You tagged along multiple couples. They didn’t mind. They were your friends, but it was their night not yours. Your night was meant to be with Jade.

Eventually, you had given up. There was no use waiting for him. You excused yourself from the crowds, the whispers, and retreated to a vacant rose garden. A daisy, a feeble weed, had become your victim of the night.

You sighed as you glanced up at the moon. It was bright and round, smiling upon the rose garden, upon you. It was beautiful, perfect for a clandestine waltz. Its silvery glow embraced you. You basked in the moonlight.

“The moon is beautiful isn’t it?”

A twig snapped.

You turned your head, coming face to face with the last person you wanted to see tonight. Jade smiled at you. You scooted over as he made himself comfortable on the wooden bench. You eyed the bouquet of soft pink roses in his hands.

“These are for you,” he said.

“You’re late.”

“I know.”

“Are you not sorry?”

“Pardon?”

“You’re late, Jade,” you repeated.

He tucked his hair behind his hair. It was as if that single strand was impeding his hearing. He brought the flowers closer to his lips.

Jade sighed, “My apologies, dearest. Thank you for waiting for me.”

You huffed.

“I am here now. The night is still young. The ball ends at midnight,” Jade mused as he rose from his seat.

He held his hand out: “Shall we?”

You stared at him, unable to contain your tears for any longer. His eyes widened. They returned back to their original shape in a matter of seconds.

“‘The night is still young,’ he says. Jade, the ball started at six in the evening. It’s eight thirty now. Where were you for the past two hours? I thought you stood me up.”

The warmth of his hands ghosted your shoulder. They fell to his sides. No answer.

“Jade. Please,” you pleaded.

You were dying to know. What took him so long? 

Jade had a knack for schemes. While he had never played with your feelings, you hadn’t ruled out the possibility. He once told you that he initially accepted your confessions a few months ago due to his own amusement. You were so... reactive, full of emotions. You were a spitfire. He adored you for that. In other words, he liked to tease you for a reaction. You were aware that your love for each other, despite dating for a few months, ran deeper than that, but there were occasions where Jade took things a little too far. Today was one of those instances. 

“...It is customary to gift one’s date with a bouquet of flowers. I wanted to get fresh flowers for you,” he said, gesturing to the bouquet, “Unfortunately,  flower shops also closed around this time so I spent most of my time finding a shop that was still open. I arrived around seven fifty yet you were nowhere to be found. I spent the remaining time looking for you.”

“You’re joking.”

“I would never lie to you, would I?,” he beamed, placing a hand on his chin, pondering.

Regrettably, he was right. You sniffled, shaking, scolding yourself for overacting and assuming the worst.

“The moon is beautiful tonight,” Jade commented once more, turning his gaze to the celestial body.

You wiped your tears, choking on your own sobs. It was hard to get a hold of yourself. He was so… calm. It angered you. He wasn’t upset that you were cursing him for being late nor was he fazed when you burst into tears. He just stood there, watching you miserably recollect yourself. You wanted that sort of composure, you wanted to hide your feelings a little better than whatever you were doing now. His hands loomed over your shoulder yet they were far from touching you.

The eel sighed as he draped his coat jacket over you. You perked your head up and he placed a hand on your head, stroking it softly. While he was touching you this time around, it was gentle. It was as if he was holding himself back. He kissed your forehead. You yelped, earning a chuckle from the vice prefect. He peppered your face with soft butterfly kisses, following the trails of your tears.

You placed a hand on his chest, pushing him back. He smirked at you, knowing you felt better already. He was genuine with this particular gesture. You would like to think he was genuine. He got you flowers after all. He went through all that trouble for you. He was doing his best to console you even now. Physical affection and comforting others was still foreign to him as much as it was to you. You supposed… you could forgive him for being late. He raised an eyebrow as you giggled in his chest.  As he said, the night was young. You had till midnight. He was here now. That was all that mattered. 

“May I have this dance?” you asked.

He took your hand without hesitation, whisking you away beneath the moonlight. 

He loves me.

Bonus:

“Sorry about all of that,” you cooed, hugging him close as you two swayed in the serene rose garden.

“All of what?” he asked, spinning you around.

You stepped on his toes. He smiled, trying not to grimace.

“You know what.”

16–17 June 1900 The Battle of Taku or Dagu Forts was a battle during the Boxer Rebellion between the Chinese military and allied Western and Japanese naval forces. The Allies captured the forts after a brief but bloody battle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Taku_Forts_(1900)

Dragon Ball - songs that I associate with characters:

Son Goku

The Score - Stronger

Vegeta

Hollywood Undead - Whatever It Takes

Gohan

Fort Minor - Remember The Name

Future Gohan

Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott - Hero

Piccolo

Starset - My Demons

(Future) Trunks

Linkin Park - In The End

Goku Black

Watt White - Eye Of The Storm

Bulma

Miyu Inoue - Boogie Back

Vegito

Taku Iwasaki - Overdrive

Gogeta

Daichi Miura - Blizzard

(Bonus) Shallot

Simon Curtis - Superhero

I hope that you guys enjoyed this little something. I know that some people may disagree with some of the choices but then again It's my opinion and you don't have to agree with it.

Would you guys want another part? If so, then which characters? It also can be from another series.

Tibetan Sword & Sword Belt ca. 1750–ca. 1850 This belt, and its matching sword and scabbard (2014.262.1a–c) were reportedly taken by Lieutenant Edmund Henry Lenon (1838–1893) in China at the battle of North Taku Fort on August 21, 1860. Lieutenant Lenon, a member of the 67th Regiment of Foot, was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1862 for his actions on that day. Tibetan swords and scabbards with original, matching sword belts are very rare. The belt is made of pale red leather edged along its entire length top and bottom with light green leather piping. It is fitted with five decorated mounts, a buckle at each end, and a leather thong attached to one buckle. There is one short suspension strap, now detached. The other strap is missing. The front of each mount has a pierced and chiseled rectangular iron panel decorated with an undulating dragon amid scrolling foliage and damascened overall in gold. Each panel is set in a notched or lobed frame made of iron on the top and bottom and copper alloy on either side. The mounts at either end of the belt taper towards the outer edge and end in a hinge for the buckle; both the hinges and the buckles are copper alloy. The other three mounts are rectangular; one is fixed in place and the other two can slide along the belt. The two moveable mounts have a pivoted plain iron D-ring hanging from the bottom edge for straps that would attach to the sword scabbard. Each mount is attached to the belt on the reverse by a plain copper alloy band. The remaining suspension strap is made of a narrow strip of leather doubled over on itself and stitched together to form a narrow band with a loop at either end. It is decorated with seven pyramidal studs, alternating in gilt copper and silver. Each stud is secured by a central iron rivet that engages a square iron washer on the reverse. Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/651998

Lapis: We made pillow fort cities~!!!! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

Hunter: Did you now? How was it

Katina: It was huge. I’ll tell you that

Taku: It’s true! I’m the leader of the south side with Juniper and River’s the leader of the north side with Cordelia

Events 6.17

653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. 1128 – Geoffrey V of Anjou, known as Plantagenet, marries Matilda, daughter of Henry I, King of England, and widow of the Emperor Henry V. 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris. 1397 – The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark. 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack at Târgovişte), forcing him to retreat from Wallachia. 1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof. 1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shōgun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru. 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England. 1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. 1665 – Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Restoration War. 1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course. 1767 – Samuel Wallis, a British sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island. 1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. 1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. 1794 – Foundation of Anglo-Corsican Kingdom. 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic. 1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result. 1843 – The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place. 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia. 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign. 1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established. 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China. 1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. 1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight. 1922 – Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. 1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster. 1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law. 1932 – Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. 1933 – Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash. 1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. 1940 – World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster. 1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. 1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. 1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. 1948 – United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. 1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land. 1953 – Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. 1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others. 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty. 1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools. 1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed. 1967 – Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. 1971 – U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. 1972 – Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee during an attempt by members of the administration of President Richard M. Nixon to illegally wiretap the political opposition as part of a broader campaign to subvert the democratic process. 1985 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. 1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct. 1991 – Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth. 1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). 1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. 2015 – Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. 2017 – A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. 2021 – Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

Bodies strewn on the rampart of the North Taku Fort near Tianjin, China, after its capture by the British and French in the Second Opium War (1860) [4076x3346] Check this blog!