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THE DREAD GAZEEBO HAS EVOLVED AND BECOME MOBILE

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I always knew I’d be a political refugee

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May 23, 2020.

My mother and I just spent an hour crying in the kitchen because our city’s freedoms are being literally put on the executioner’s block

China is capitalising on the fact that most western democracies are focusing on their domestic control of the virus right now to quietly introduce a bill that would “Ban sedition, secession, and subversion of the central government of Beijing”. They’re bypassing the city’s own independent legislative body. This is basically saying HK’s lawmakers have no power and the mainland government can put down any laws they want.

After last year’s protests for greater democracy in HK, the mainland government has been quietly moving to quash small-scale continued democratic movement in the city. There is a ban on gatherings of more than 8 people in Hong Kong due to the virus, but the police have used this as an excuse to violently arrest and pepper spray people for “violating” the ban, many of whom were only passing by in shopping malls or were journalists covering protests.

This new law will be the death knell for Hong Kong. It contravenes the agreement between the UK and China when Hong Kong was handed over in 1997. This is an article from 2017, on the 20th anniversary of the handover, where the last British governor, Chris Patten, comments with regret on China’s increasing breach of the agreement which stated China would allow HK autonomy until at least 2047.

This new law bans sedition, secession, and subversion of the central government in Beijing. This means even posting an anti-mainland-government post on tumblr as I am now or on Facebook, or one in favour of democracy, will soon lead to arrest.

I could be writing to you from prison in a year’s time, or less.

Mainland China as a government is horrifying. Mass concentration camps in Xinjiang for ethnic Muslims. Tearing down of catholic and christian churches all across China. Jailing of democratic dissidents or lawyers. Near-worship of their leader Xi Jinping.

I was born in 1995, two years before the handover. I recall walking in the 2003 protest against Article 23, as a seven year old along with my twin and our younger sister, and our parents telling us that when we were older and married with children we might have to leave HK at some point due to the decreasing freedoms and oppression of the mainland government.

In a way we always knew we would be political refugees.

Roughly when we were 40, we thought.

I’m 24. It’s happening now, and faster than we ever thought it would.
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(cont) previously unknown family, determined to love and help them. Noctis, for one, is going to be - somewhat embarrassed that his dad and honorary Uncles saw All That, but also relieved that he doesn’t have to figure out HOW to explain to his dad that he has another son. Let alone a clone. And a long-lost brother, because - jeez, in his *head* it sounds unbelievable. (Meanwhile, Ardyn might be busily packing up Nox, because even without knowing about Crystal-vision, he knows Noctis Will Talk.

Me: Glad you enjoyed! This was fun. And yea, so much bogglement. So much possessiveness once it sinks in. And Regis- the crystal vision is a fun thought to add because Regis will be able to SEE how Ardyn acts when it’s just his nephews and contrast it to how snappish and sharp-tongued he is when Regis is around. It breaks his heart.

Noctis is both embarrassed and grateful, but also a bit of a panic because Nox and Ardyn aren’t there and where are they and WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS-.

Ardyn is already in full on retreat mode. He loves his darling nephews, both of them, but he KNOWS Noctis will talk. He knows. And he is … afraid. He knows he has no reason to be, Regis will love Nox and treasure him but … Ardyn is the former Chancellor. What if Regis tries to keep Ardyn away from Nox. Ardyn would NOT tolerate that, but he also doesn’t want to fight Regis (Nox would never forgive him if Ardyn accidentally killed his father, and Ardyn does not want more blood of family on his hands).
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do it titus, yeet the scientist titus. honestly i bet there's been at least one fight where besithia

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“Yeet the scientist Titus” is now my new favorite catch phrase XD.

And yes, Titus randomly picking up and yeeting the sharpshooter made scientist has in fact won them a few critical fights. It’s a good thing Besithia knows how to shoot in mid-air and is highly adaptable to sudden changes in altitude.

Ardyn: Titus stop throwing Besithia!

Titus: Shan’t!

Besithia: *screaming furiously in mid-air as he shoots the monster’s weak point repeatedly on his way down*

Glaucus, under his breath: Good job Titus. Yeet the scientist.
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