And so, as said, here's the latest update. Sorry for not having updated this one for over four years, but I kinda forgot this thing, and life got in the way and such. Hopefully this will be the start of the RP again.
September 15th, 1926: Vasiliy Zaganov is still busy trying to get the Marseille soap back to life, but is crippling from severe health issues. The soap making isn't hard on his body, but it's the fallout when he comes back home... He begins to see that the death of his wife was much harsher than he would've thought... He drinks, eats and smokes the memories of his wife away, but what he's eating, isn't healthy to say the least. His friend, Elias, tries to help him to get over it, but it's to no use... For the time being, he's still alive, but he's gaining weight. When Elias met him back in 1904, he was 194 pounds. Now, when he was turning 65, he was a tub of lard of around 297! Doctors say to him that he won't have to life long if he keeps doing what he is doing now...
November 9th, 1926: Walt and Yuri haven't rested on their success with getting three of the first Oscars in history, and are busy making the biggest gamble their small studio has undertaken yet. The project has been covered in secrecy, and the secret is better guarded than the state secrets of the US. With that, Walt and Yuri keep close eyes on the workers of the company as well, having fired a worker on this very day. Steven Scullers, a writer on the team, was going to a dinner date with his girlfriend and his sisters to the restaurant called The Hillsman Diner, a very popular joint in Sacramento at the time. The four girls and man were having a livid conversation about what they were doing for work and other things, where Steven, having drank a couple of beers, began to tell that he was part of the Disney's Studio's. Of course, the girls were elated as he was one of the persons responsible for creating Lucky and his pals. They then began to tell that they loved Disney, and one girl even said that that Russian friend of Disney, Zaganov as she could remember, looked so dreamy... Despite that, the conversation then continued.
But, as the night went on, one asked if Disney was working on a new project. He knew that Walt and Yuri had told the company workers that absolute silence was to be upheld, that they couldn't tell the company secret to not even their wives... But, Steven, having drank too much beers at this point, told the girls that they were working on something big... Something that would shatter the world... The rest of the evening continued without any further incidents, but when Steven got back to work the next day, he was called to the office of Disney. When he entered, he got the news that he was fired. Disney didn't took kindly to loose lips, not on this gamble, he wouldn't...
Steven, however, wouldn't dissapear into the mists of history, however... He would leave his mark, but on another project...
December 25th, 1926: Vasiliy Zaganov is now hard at work finding the soap, but is fitnissing as well. During the month of October, Elias Disney had cornered Vasiliy at work, and told him an ultimatum. He had to stop eating and drinking and smoking, or otherwise Yuri would loose his last remaining parent and he would lose a friend. And he also asked him if Maria would've liked to see him die of something so lowly. Of course, he then was crying that he missed his Maria so much, that he couldn't understand why Jaweh took her and not him! He was getting to 65! He would be retiring soon! And so, Elias then calmed him down by saying that it was all right... That they both were going to retire soon, and were going to appoint some promising youngsters to follow in their footsteps. And so, he then promised to Elias and God that he would retire as a wealthy and healthy man. So, now that it was Christmas, he was celebrating it with his son at Walt's and Amanda's place. Vasiliy had returned to somewhat of his former posterior, now weighing in at 242 Pounds. Walt then told his parents that he and Yuri were planning on something big, something shocking... But, he didn't said what was coming down the pipe.
And so, with that, they all celebrated a warm, loving and happy Christmas!
February 9th, 1927: Disney/Zaganov Soap Ltd. suffers it's worst tragedy yet. In Utrecht, the Dutch holding, there was an accident. In the early hours of February 9th, 1927, there was a fire in the animal fat storage room, and the firemen were trying desperately to control the flames. However, the fire was gaining momentum fast, and before they knew it, it then crossed into the vegetable oil vats. The firemen try to control the flames as well, but then the heat grows and it's all too late. The resulting explosion then caused a shock wave, big enough to destroy all surrounding buildings in a 100 yard vicinity. The eventual toll? Over 1,200 people dead and two times more wounded. The investigation then found out that the fire was caused due to a couple of workers were smoking a cigarette on a break. They didn't stamped the fire out good enough, and so, with that, it then sparked a small fire in the animal fat storage room. Because the owners of the factory weren't in code with the Dutch Safety Regulations of the time, the fire wasn't put down via the automatic watering systems and the fire could go rampant. Elias and Vasiliy were cut free, but the one that was devastated the most, wasn't Vasiliy, but Elias.
He had gotten the ownership of the factory because he worked good enough, and that the previous owners were getting old. He had always made sure that all of his factories were up and clear with the regulations in every country, and in Utrecht, he wasn't. And those things caused the biggest disaster in the Netherlands yet! He couldn't get over it, and went through a deep depression that looked endless..
April 2nd, 1927: The Chinese Mann Theater was rampant and busy this cold April night again, because Walt and Yuri finally revealed their secret project they've been talking about in mystery and shrouds for the whole year now. And the theater was in controlled chaos as they were greeted by hostesses and other members of the Hollywood Chiq. After a quick interview with Walt and Yuri, they then walked over to the main hall, and then it was revealed. Walt simply said, before the movie was to begin, that this wasn't just any normal cartoon that he and Zaganov were working on.No, this one was far more bigger. He and Yuri had been working on an actual movie! The first animated movie! The crowd gasped, this couldn't be! Disney then quelled the crowd, telling a story. He always wanted to make an full on animated movie from the very first moment that he was making comics with his friend. So, with that, he and his friend were working on this plan for over a year. They were originally planning to have this movie come out on March 30th, his birthday, but that couldn't go through, as the theater wasn't free on that day. So, with that, he then told the crowd to enjoy the movie. A applause then came from the crowd, and the movie started.
That was how the first screening of Disney's first real film went through. And it was an instant success, as all his films were. The next day, all the papers were writing reviews over the movie, and so, Reynard And The Magic Voyage went on all over the country, and all over the world. Reynard And The Magic Voyage was based off the old Medieval folk tales of Reynard the Fox. In this movie, we meet Reynard and his plucky band of fellow thieves and vagrants. But, instead of being villains, they stole from the rich, and gave to the poor. But, in this movie, they then robbed the wrong person at a point in the beginning. They stole the money of the villain of the movie Sergeant de Montelpuy, the captain of the Royal Guard and an evil German Shepherd. He was an evil man, not too keen on killing persons for his own gains and stealing from the poor as well, as there were scenes in the movie where he stole from a blind beggar and laughed in his face, saying 'I would 'Watch Out' for thieves, Blind Man! They steal you when you're 'Not Looking'.' And so, when Reynard and his men stole from him, he wanted nothing more than to see Reynard hang for his crimes. But, the nun of the castle, Madame De Sacrecoeur, a vixen, wanted Reynard and his men repent for his crimes, and save his life. Reynard then asked, 'What do I have to do, oh fair lady?' For which she then said that he and his men had to take a pilgrimage to Rome, to meet the Pope and ask for forgiveness. He would forgive him of his sins. And so, that's what he then did with his men. Setting out for Rome. Of course, Sergeant de Montelpuy didn't wanted this to happen, so, he and HIS men were following Reynard to make sure 'that he would never get to Rome'... These scenes were wonderful as Reynard traveled through the entirety of Europe, and helping people along the way. But, there were also tense and creepy scenes with Sergeant de Montelpuy, such as where Reynard had to cross a bridge, but where Sergeant de Montelpuy's men had cut the bridge so that when one would step onto it, it would collapse and taking the traveler to an terrible demise into the valley. But, Reynard saw this, and with the faith of God,- and a quick adjustment with some rope he had gotten from a baker -they could safely cross.
The movie then reached to a tense climax, when Reynard was reaching Rome, but just before he could enter the gates of the Eternal City, he was captured by Sergeant de Montelpuy who then decided that he would hang him himself! Sergeant de Montelpuy had gone insane from all the attempts on Reynard's life, and that all of them had failed. He then decided that he would do the job himself, which then results in a battle where Reynard and Sergeant de Montelpuy fight it out with swords during a thunderstorm. The tree where Sergeant de Montelpuy wants to hang Reynard then catches fire, and Reynard is then pushed to the tree. There is then a creepy shot where Sergeant de Montelpuy looks to a cornered Reynard with an insane grin, lighted by the fire, where he insanely uttered, 'Any last words, Reynard?!' To which he then says, 'That you may burn in Hell for YOUR sins!' And he then pushed Sergeant de Montelpuy into the fire of the tree. You don't see him burn to death, you only see that he's pushed into the fire, and that he then screams from the pain. And the scene then ends as the thunder ends, and the rain comes, dousing the fire. Reynard's men then come to check if he's all right, by which he then laughs, saying the iconic line of the movie. 'Rejoice, my friends! For we have struck on riches!' And they then walk over to Rome, where Reynard then meets the pope, and, to his surprise, stands Madame Se Sacrecoer! The Pope forgives him of his and his men's sins, and tells him that he is a free man now. He takes Madame De Sacrecoer in his arms, and he, Madame De Sacrecoer and his men walk outside of the church, into the sunset, under loud cheers of the people of Rome, and so, with the iconic song, The Voyage Is Long and Wonderful, the movie ends.
Walt and Disney go under the biggest standing ovation they have ever received up to that point!