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[hailcolumbia]

aragonum replied to your post: when im just having a nice time and i see…

haha always ready to fuck things up

SQUINTS

[aragonum-blog]

GRINS

[hailcolumbia]

well u can only leave him sitting for so long

[aragonum-blog]

a year was probably long enough

[aragonum-blog]

Okay this weekend, it’s on the agenda that I will get to replies and ruin lives. Especially @obousifoc‘s [eyebrow waggle]

[hailcolumbia]

aragonum replied to your post: when im just having a nice time and i see…

haha always ready to fuck things up

SQUINTS

[aragonum-blog]

GRINS

[aragonum-blog]

obousifoc replied to your post: Xavier, are you going to pick up from where you...

[intense toni groaning from the distance]

[he’ll just imagine that they’re death groans and they’ll be silent soon]

[aragonum-blog]

Xavier, are you going to pick up from where you left off? Do you want to take over Europe?

Of course I am. It is the least that I deserve. However, I am in no hurry to act. It takes time and planning to conquer lands, and there is no point in rushing towards an inevitability. Europe’s time will come.

[aragonum-blog]

When real life is relevant

[aragonum-blog]

....I can’t see him as a baby. Or innocent.

[aragonum-blog]

Xavier is the worst person ever. Meanwhile:

[aragonum-blog]

What’s up, guys. Guess who’s back (back again)

[wietkoning-archival]

Council of Troubles, byname Council Of Blood, Dutch Raad Van Beroerten, or Bloedraad, Spanish Tribunal De Los Revoltosos, or Tribunal De Sangre, (1567–74), special court in the Low Countries organized by the Spanish governor, the Duke of Alba, which initiated a reign of terror against all elements suspected of heresy or rebellion. Alba’s dispatch to the Netherlands at the head of a large army in the summer of 1567 had been occasioned by a violent, iconoclastic outburst by the growing minority of Calvinists. 

His council, which was composed of loyal Netherlands magnates and Spanish officials (who actually controlled it), condemned thousands to death or imprisonment without due process of law. The purpose of the council, in addition to enforcing adherence to Roman Catholicism, was to put an end to the particularism of the Low Countries stemming from their traditional privileges, rights, and customs, which had served as an impediment to absolutist control by Philip II of Spain.The Council of Troubles’ first victims were magnates who had, in 1566, petitioned Margaret, Duchess of Parma, Alba’s predecessor, for a relaxation of religious persecution against Protestants. In the wake of the unlawful arrest of two magnates, counts Egmond and Hoorne (both later executed), thousands of nobles and Calvinists fled abroad, to return in 1568 as the “Beggars” (Geuzen), the guerrilla, privateering “shock troops” of the Netherlands’ revolt against Spain (1568–1609). 

The estates and property of all whom the council condemned were declared forfeit and fell to the treasury of the central government.Alba used the council to intimidate the citizenry, especially the town and provincial governments, into accepting his scheme for a general, permanent 10 percent sales tax—the Tenth Penny—which would give the central government financial independence and thus break the particularism of the Netherlands. Announced in March 1569, though the measure was not to go into effect until 1571, the Tenth Penny caused general discontent; all provincial and local officials who balked at the tax were arrested, tortured, and imprisoned. A general pardon—excluding the more zealous rebels—was enacted in 1570, but the Tenth Penny proposal had united Roman Catholics and Calvinists against Spain and breathed life into the rebellion. The Council of Troubles disappeared with the departure of Alba, who left the Netherlands in 1573. The council was abolished the following year.

[aragonum-blog]

[Well, now he’s more determined to get out of here now]

[This glass...it’s easy enough to shatter-- right?]

[hailcolumbia]

I’m sure it must frustrate the hell out of you, my awful habit of healing so fast, but I quite enjoy it. [smirks] Too bad you just can’t seem to get me to stay dead, huh? [and a hand through her hair] Different prison, buddy. Can’t stay here forever.

[she’ll stop walking but not turn around just yet] You’re not a threat to me.

[aragonum-blog]

You’re not the only one with that ability my dear. Not the only one whatsoever. Wonder how I came back so quickly after being killed many a time by not only you, but my brother as well? [He scowls at her]  I’m not? Then why am I here?

[hailcolumbia]

[look at that sad puppy dog face she’s so facetious]

I’m almost flattered that you feel so strongly about me, Xavi, honestly. Course, that’s already happened, you realise? I’d be disappointed if you’ve already run out of ways to kill me. You can come up with more while you rot away in a prison in your brother’s country. That’s gotta sting.

[cue a wink as she turns out from the chair and makes her way to the exit]

[aragonum-blog]

You think it’s flattering? I find it frustrating. Want to know why? Amelia, you’re the hegemon of the world. I take you out, and I get the world. I would be unstoppable. My empire, a slew of things. Who do you think took over Antonio’s spot during the 70s? This prison? I’m fairly certain I’ve been in this one before.

[Frowns] It’s not wise to turn your back to me, Amelia.

[hailcolumbia]

[she’s on her feet as soon as he is, ready to toss the chair out from behind her. is there even anyone who could get him?]

[her hand tightens on the chair] Hey, you wouldn’t want your visitation rights taken away, would you? You won’t be here forever, Xavi. Just for a brief spell.

[she narrows her eyes right back, comparatively leaning away from the glass.]

[aragonum-blog]

[A wicked grin crosses Xavier’s face and he leans back away from the glass separating them]

You all should have thought about that before putting me in here, let alone allowing you of all people to come and see me. I can’t wait til the day that you’re laying on the ground... gasping for air...it would just please me so much.

[hailcolumbia]

[traces a pattern in the dust]

But you’re not going to, are you? That would be illegal.

[aragonum-blog]

[Xavier will slam his hands on the table, causing a dent in the metal and stand up fiercely] 

Do I look like I care?! [A fist gets slammed into the glass, tiny crack forming] Mark my words...you...and Antonio’s and Bastian’s little plan to lock me up here forever won’t last long.... 

[He hisses the last words, eyes narrowing at her]

[hailcolumbia]

[she rests her chin on her hand and smirks]

If only you could reach me, all the way on the other side of this glass. [shakes her head sadly]

[aragonum-blog]

Amelia. 

[He’ll lean forward and smirk] 

I could break this glass so fast.... you wouldn’t even know what hit you.

[aragonum-blog]

hailcolumbia replied to your post “Hey, you smell.”

Well, I speak only the truth. Is there a shower here?

[Glowers]

Why do you want to know?

[hailcolumbia]

For your sake buddy. I don’t want to hear you’re being mistreated.

[aragonum-blog]

[Scoffs]

Mistreated? Me? Oh darling Amelia... I’ll show you the meaning of the word mistreated.