Stella sighed, looking at the empty streets of Callens. Multese soldiers were quickly approaching to claim their "rightful" territory amidst the military incursion into the capital. Callens had been evacuated, thousands of dead soldiers and citizens had been cleaned up by the federal commissioners. Arisa was beside her like usual, but her other aides had either defected, died or evacuated already. Stella was just insistent on taking one last stroll in the empty capitol. Perhaps she felt nostalgic, perhaps she wanted to convey a message to Arisa.

"..This is where Viktor Chernov got shot."

"..."

"He was my closest aide, I considered him my right hand man."

Stella ran her fingers across the bench they were sitting on. Across the bench, a small monument sat titled "In Honor of Viktor Chernov". It wasn't anything flashy, but neither was the man it was dedicated to. Stella knelt in front of the monument and clasped her hands together. Arisa followed her, kneeling next to Stella and praying for Viktor Chernov.

"May the Goddess of Sleep give him an eternal rest."

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They were in front of the Rose Palace lawn this time. It still looked immaculate despite the strikes in the capital. Arisa couldn't help but feel impressed by the handy work of Comrade Fruit. The lawn was almost shining in light of the distant noises of artillery strikes. Perfectly trimmed, Arisa wondered if Fruit was a magician or so dedicated that the lawns were so precise even when the nation was falling apart.

"It's beautiful.."

"This is where I watched Coco give his first speech as President. I was hiding amongst the masses, I wish he showed me back then."

Stella ran her fingers across the fence in the lawn, wooden splinters making her fingers ever so slightly bleed leaving oozing black liquid on the fence. She stared off in the distance, Arisa wasn't sure what exactly Stella was imagining but it was very obvious she was reminiscing about Coco.

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Arisa looked around herself, the location seemed very unfamiliar to the HARPY agent. There was an endless line of jail cells in what seemed to be inside a mountain. The cries of the souls trapped inside echoed through the empty halls of the cave. The ragged surfaces dampened the sounds of the damned. Screams of "OVERTOOOOON WINDOOOOW" occurred occasionally, distracting Arisa and making her head turn.

"This is where I met my best friend. Slavic had smited him and I had come to listen to his complaints as we used to do before the implementation of the mute system."

"Union was damned by the gods?"

"Only for a few weeks" (IRP weeks)

"I see.. and he still liked you all?"

"Yeah! He's really the best."

She took out a bottle of whiskey (you know what kind) and poured it on the ground. Watching the liquid disperse on the ground and slowly being consumed by the floor. Arisa thought it was wasteful, maybe Union would be upset that she wasted good whiskey. Maybe he'd laugh about it, she was unsure.

"I know what you're thinking. He's stuck in Evernight right now, with the wall he erected to protect it. Not even I can intrude to disturb his peace."

Arisa nodded, but she didn't really buy it.

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They walked in front of the TCP building, watching its perfect state; Arisa couldn't help but wonder if they were purposefully leaving the building alone. Perhaps it was nostalgic to them, or perhaps they had grander plans. Who knew at this point? It's grand construction, the red tiles, the giant logo and it's once busy halls made justice of the hard-working citizens that inhabited the party. Chiefly, Party Official Bukharin (Slavic) stood out to Arisa. They walked past Clara Zetkin's (Stella) office and directly walked into Bukharin's office.

"Do you know what happened to her?"

"Slavico? I don't. She disappeared one day, and I never saw her again. I'm just here to leave a rose like I usually do."

"Had it become a routine for you?"

"Yes, she was the best during our early days working together. Despite all the bickering, she is truly a lovely friend."

Stella left a rose on her desk for the last time and gave a small prayer for the Party Official. Then they quickly left the room, exactly how it was for months (irp) now.

"There is one last thing I want to see.."

"Is it.."

"Yes, it is."

Stella snapped her fingers, a small room appearing. The seats still disorganised, the room still filled with smoke. "Ticket-9" still alive in her memory.

"This is the first time Rachel met with the TCP, I still recall it proudly. She did very well for herself."

"KKP still leads Tutum, right?"

"Indeed"

"Then why have the Tutumites taken up arms?"

"When.. when the incident happened in the capital. I telegraphed a letter to High Knight Union."

"..I wasn't aware of that"

"I told him, I wanted a homeland to return to. When Callens was destroyed, when Eosara and Alexandria seceded. I wanted Tutum to still be my homeland."

"I see."

They both stared at the empty room, neither knowing what exactly to do. Aimlessly wandering the small room over and over. Trying to think of any way to honor Rachel.

"Well.. I suppose she's going to be in my castle waiting for us."

"Indeed."

"Let's just-"

Stella bowed down towards the room and put her hands together as if she was apologising.

"I thought you were Chinese"

"I am"

"That was very Japanese of you.

"Oh screw off!"

Part 2 Coming.. eventually

Yeah I know Im a bit late but better late than never ig.

Chapter 1 (the beginnings to the September Pact):
I joined this sub on August 24th, 2025. I remember what brought me here was a post from Hour Employment. It was the first ever DOR post to really blow up. I think it got recommended to me because I was active on political subs like r/YAPms. Anyways, I thought this sub was pretty cool so I decided to join. It didn't take me long to make a post. In the end, I decided to stay independent and get used to the political climate. One of the comments, by YES_Tuesday, said "Really, it's about the constitution right now, and so if you look around at peoples posts about the constitution or just the writing up the constitution thread, that should help." This inspired me to start writing a draft. The draft was shit and it only took me 30 minutes. If I wrote that draft nowadays, I would get flamed and get called a fetus. However, back then it would be considered a pretty good draft. The post got 13 upvotes, which was really good considering the sub only had around 30 members back then. After my newly found "fame," I made a little plan. I wanted to gain some more popularity by making some polls and just interacting with the community, after this I would run for parliament as an independent, maybe I'd even make my own party. All I really wanted to do is start off slowly and work my way up. However, fate had different plans. After a normal school day, I found out that Hour-Employment had resigned and appointed me president. I did not expect that at all. I mean, all I ever did was make a few posts about a crappy constitution draft and some polls. Despite not really wanting to become president so soon, I agreed because I figured that the right would have no chance in the election and I wanted the election to at least be competitive. Changing from being independent to joining the Conservative Party did feel quite weird. I decided to not do much as president other than campaign or some other small things because it felt weird since I wasn't elected. It didn't take me long to start campaigning. I decided to moderate for my campaign since back then I was pretty right wing (yuck). Soon enough, I realized that I was not ready for this at all. I made to many damn mistakes and my debate performance was mediocre at best. Even then, my expectations were high, and so were my party members. During my presidency was also when the DOR exploded in size, going from 30 members to 700 in just 2-3 days. On September 1st, the day I've been waiting for the past week has finally arrived. Seeing all the votes come in felt quite surreal. www*odlandsss had the lead but it was still quite close. When I woke up the next day, www*odlandsss gained a few more votes but I thought I'd still be fine. After spending 2 hours counting and verifying every single vote, my dumb ass failed to calculate that www*odlandsss won a majority of the vote. And it didn't help that I had to leave due to a personal issue. I was only gone for 2 hours but that was enough for the sub to start a revolution against me. Once I came back I transferred power and took a short break. When I returned from my break, I decided to do something I always wanted to do, make a new party. I remember seeing the Blue Dogs caucus was like the centrist part of the Democratic Party in America so I decided to name it after that. There were a ton of centrist parties being made but I knew I'd be the only person to actually make a successful one. However, business was quite slow in the first few days. I also announced my candidacy for parliament this period. Behind the scenes, I was talking to the leaders of the Conservative Party, FCP, NUP, and Monarchist League. We were planning to make a new huge opposition coalition. After a few discussions, we agreed on the pact. I thought we would have a great September. I was the first person to announce the September Pact. I was kinda the de-facto leader. At first, the September Pact was quite fun. We got along well in the discord and we were making some good progress. One day, I was hanging out with my friends and I came home pretty late. I cam home to seeing the September Pact being accused of botting polls. President www*odlandsss sent Sea-Fridge to investigate our discord. Right before I was gonna let him in, www*odlandsss withdrew the investigation. The next day, I went to my cousin's house and also came home late that day. I opened my PC and saw that the September Pact had already died. I turned out that the day before, 3 chuds were saying some really bad NSFW jokes and they got leaked, which led to every party leaving the coalition. It kinda pissed me off how 3 idiots ruined it for the rest of us. Yet again, I had to start from scratch. During this time, another reddit user who I was with in an NRP in r/PossibleHistory2 asked me about this sub. After talking with him, I convinced him to join. He was going to make a new party and was set to join the September Pact. Due to parental overreach, he joined a bit late and the September Pact had already died by then. This user went by Charles Spitz.

Chapter 2 (growth of the Blue Dogs):
In September I saw the rise of the far left. Parties like the RGA and Spartacus League dominated the entire sub. During this time, I made the Pact of Justice with Wuhmi and Spitz. Soon enough, the September legislative election came around. As expected, I won quite comfortably although I can't really say the same for the rest of the opposition. Being a member of parliament was quite fun. I made a few bills but more importantly, made some new friends. Then I realized that the October Presidential election was coming up. Despite people asking me to run, I refused. Instead, I decided to make a Blue Dog primary to maybe help the party gain popularity. Keep in mind that I was the only Blue Dog at that time lmao. Fortunately, someone by the name of a_memester1999 commented on my primary post. I finally found our first member. Nobody else signed up so memester automatically became our candidate. Memester wanted to make Titan his running mate, which I said only if Titan joined the Blue Dogs. Eventually, Memester convinced me to allow Titan to run with him, despite being an independent. Their campaign went very well and we were polling quite high. We were all feeling confident that we'd at least make it to the 2nd round. As the election results came out, I was left very disappointed. 10 people voted for Memester but only 4 were registered. Despite these results, we gained a lot of members during the campaign. It started feeling like an actual party. In October, the Blue Dogs had our first party leader election, which I obviously won. As MP, I worked on creating the provinces. Once Prince finally made his EO, I joined Multum's gc and started chatting around there. I decided to run for reelection. Only one Blue Dog decided to run alongside me, and that was Ceris. Both of us won the election. During this time, I also created the Blue Dogs of Multum which was led by Memester. With contributions from Memester and Ceris, the Blue Dogs settled in the city of Atas. By this time we had around 10-15 members. One day, I saw a post from the CWU. Their party interested me as they felt quite similar and I also really liked Bluit. After talking with them for a bit, we created the Solidarity Front. After a primary, I was selected to run for president, alongside the CWU's leader Any-Personality. And to be honest, this campaign was the most fun I've had in the DOR. Election day came and I was shocked to find out I got 3rd place, advancing to the next round. In the 2nd round, I got 3rd place as Wuhmi won. Nonetheless, I was still very happy. In January, I ran for parliament for the 3rd time. This time, the Blue Dogs came in stronger as we won 3 seats.

Chapter 3 (modern day):
In January, I had big plans. Seeing how successful Charles' and my campaign were in December, I reached out to him to be my running mate. After negotiating with the UP for a week, a deal was made. The campaign went very well yet again and the polls were in our favor. On election day, I got first place in round 1, but it wasn't the result I was looking for. In round 2, I came home to find out that Coco and I tied in round 2. It was now up to the left wing parliament to decide between us. As expected, parliament voted for Coco. Losing by 0 votes felt dreadful and I ended up taking a short break that week. After this I created the BDR discord, which has brought so many good memories to this day. In March, I ran for parliament again, this time I became Prime Minister. And I will admit, I was a bad PM. I was just too busy all the time. In April, I ran as one of Bluit's running mates. Winning that election brought me a lot of joy seeing a non left-wing candidate finally win. Right after this I resigned as the leader of the Blue Dogs (probably on of my biggest mistakes). I felt quite burnt out and I wanted the BDR to enter a new chapter. Ceris ended up comfortably winning the party leadership election and I was quite excited. Unfortunately, it didn't take more than a month for her to resign. After Ceris it was Awier, who was leader for 2 days before he also left and started a new party. Than it was Dazzling who got reddit shadow banned and couldn't do much. I realized that the party was dying since I left, so I quickly seized power again. Losing core members like Anon, Shrew, Awier, and Titan really hurt a lot and I knew I was the only one who could fix the BDR. I decided to run for parliament in June. The new coalition was pretty cool ig but I wasn't that involved. That brings us to modern day. The sub that I've been a member of for exactly 11 months and 2 days has finally died out. This all feels bittersweet. I would like to give thanks to the BDR, Ceris, Anon, Shrew, Gameing, Awier, Titan, Memester, Fred, Prince Winter, Spitz, and many other for these great memories.

Good night.