Expanse: The City Reboot (Dark Fantasy Epic) Main Thread (Open, Started)

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - Northern Mountain Pass

"Well of course I did. It's just that, you could of been more open with yourself. I mean, you're sure there wasn't a hidden motive behind it all? That deep down, you actually have feelings for me?" Vergil sneered at The Vessel, hoping to see some anger rise up from her.

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - Northern Mountain Pass

Kids

Scarlett nodded at Telnor in response. Turning around to follow him she shook her head at Vergil and the Vessel and smiled. Those days where long behind her, but still, even with what had happened afterwards she still remembered them fondly. The smile slowly fading into sorrow Scarlett looked at Itsuka and awaited a response to Telnor's question.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - Northern Mountain Pass

"Oh, no no no Vessel, far from it, in fact, this little argument has been quite joyful, not to mention insightful. It seems I have a slightly better understanding of how your mind works, however, it will take many more times to fully reconstruct you in here." Vergil remarked as he tapped his head at that last fact.

"I expected more from you though, there is quite the dazzling intellect in that pretty little head of yours, its a shame you didn't put it to better use."

 

[Korten12]

Itsuka ? Northern Mountain Pass ? Springs

?Oh you?re mistaken. I am not part of Steel Hearts,? she corrected Telnor as they walked. ?While we do have ties with them, we?re not official connected with them. The Ion family did do some operations with them but out of mutual benefits.?

 

[CrazyBlaze]

Telnor- Springs- Northern Mountain Pass

"I see. So what drives you to take down the Upper District? Revenge? Hatred for the injustice? Boredom? A grab for personal power?" Telnor asked. "Sorry if I'm prying to much. I'm just interested in what would drive someone to want to remove something that has stabilized The City for such a long time."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Vergil Crawford - Northern Mountain Pass

"What I meant by reconstructing you, was that I would recreate your personality in my mind, so that, should you ever become lost, or need of assistance, it would be easier to track/find you. A simple enough matter, if one has enough time to do it properly. This has been a valuable learning experience. But enough of me rambling on, we have a journey to complete."

 

[Korten12]

Itsuka ? Northern Mountain Pass ? Springs

?No it?s fine that you?re curious,? she spoke and her tone began to lessen. ?I don?t have the same drive as Velen and Lorel who have been personally affected. Upper District is the reason why I am off the streets. In fact I don?t even know who my parents are, as soon as I was discovered of being a mage, I was hauled off and away. Though whether or not I am grateful for that is something I can?t say. I can only assume that they must have not been Mages or at least, the gene wasn?t as strong in their lines. Some Mages can be born to Normal parents due to lineage Magical DNA.?

She stopped herself. ?Sorry for babbling. Well to finish. While Upper may have raised me. I have seen the horrors of Upper District and realized the ones who I thought were great were in fact the root of all evil. Well at least in recent times.?

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - Northern Mountain Pass

Could she be one of them?

The thought lingered in Scarlett?s mind as she watched Itsuka and listened to her reply, a long time ago Sera had tried to destroy the entire city in the hope of giving birth to a brand new future. A future free from class and oppression. A grand utopia learning from the mistakes of the past. In the end Scarlett had stood up for the living, failing to see Sera?s shining vision of things to come, it might have cost her her family but Scarlett had remained firm that she had chosen the right path. Even if it hurt every single day she continued to breathe.

"And what about the rest of the city? Have you thought about what the fallout from the collapse of the Upper District will do to them?" Scarlett awaited Itsuka's response.

 

[Korten12]

Itsuka ? Northern Mountain Pass ? Springs

Itsuka knew the answer to that. ?We aren?t going to destroy the government per-se. More like remove those in power and put in those who are much more trust worthy.?

 

[CrazyBlaze]

Telnor- Springs- Northern Mountain Pass

"But wouldn't that not really change in the long run? The people would change but eventually we would be back in the same position The City is in now? Eventually the officials would become corrupt and rebels would come back and everything would be the same. We would be stuck in a cycle of experiences were nothing ever changed. Wouldn't it better to complelty alter the way the Upper District works. Perhaps with representatives from every District having a vote,or at least those who have agreed to join.

 

[FinalDream]

Scarlett Verneer - Northern Mountain Pass


Scarlett laughed. ?Really. You think the Upper Class are just going to be complacent in all this? It will lead to war. And then what happens when the new lot of people become as bad as the last like Telnor suggests? In my experience, despite good intentions, a leadership change rarely works out for the better. Same shit. New face.?

Scarlett didn?t put much faith in the idea, and it showed in her tone of voice.

 

[Stalydan]

Halien Ye'ala - Rathen Border - Five days ago

As he spoke with the Southern girl, he was about to leave when she was being quiet to him when from up behind her, accompanied by panicked shouts from the crowd around the gate and up to where they were, one of the men who had been following her had broken through the guard, drawn his sword and stabbed her through the upper half of her back. As she gasped for air she could not receive through the pierced lung, the sword was pulled out as guards ran towards the man. Their numbers were too many for him as he was taken down in seconds.

As the girl collapsed to the ground, Halien grabbed hold of her, carrying to her to a nearby wall. She was bleeding heavily. Halien put his hands over the wound, using his healing powers to try and repair her wounds but it was too much. Her lungs proved difficult to repair alone but the blood loss was too much. At best, he could keep her alive for a few minutes at the most.

"Hi. I'm Halien. What's your name?" he asked.

"Naril. Naril Anioc" she replied, coughing after she spoke.

"So you are a Southerner then" Halien smiled "No doubt about that"

"Could you do me a favor?" she asked.

"Of course. What do you want?" he said.

"Can you take this pendant to friend in Uegan?"

"In the North?"

"Yes, that's not too much to ask is it?"

"No. That's not a problem" he replied.

Northern Pass - Present Day

After obtaining an address from Naril, he waited with her until a coroner arrived to take her body away. His coach arrived shortly after though he gave coach driver new instructions. Within a couple of days, he arrived in Mo where he took the mountain path to Uegan. The air was cold, even for the Northern Mountains. On the way, he had encountered a group of beaten bandits who "offered" him free Kiel.

On the second day of his climb, he saw some people in the distance who seemed to be packing up tents. As he approached their direction, he saw a fairly large group with two people in particular he knew. One he would prefer to only meet alone behind closed doors if it was possible. The other however...

"Vessel?!"

 

[Korten12]

Itsuka ? Northern Mountain Pass ? Springs

?Yes, war will happen. That?s why we?re going to the North to help get an army to rise. And we wouldn?t just install new faces. We would indeed make Districts have more say and vote, but at the same time. The Nobles shall stay just new ones. See Nobles are supposed to be sort of like a council where they vote. But since the start of their time, we have seen that, they didn?t do that instead just abused their power. That is why we would make laws and groups to advise this. Plus we wouldn?t just pick people out of a hat to rule but ones who can show they can. The Dean of the North is an over three hundred year role that and during those many hundreds of years new families have taken over. Yet there has never been a corrupt Dean. To think that power automatically means corruption is very pessimistic.?

 

[CrazyBlaze]

Telnor- Northern Mountain Pass

"I have to disagree. Total power corrupts totally. I'm sure there has been a corrupt Dean, they were just good at covering it up. At any rate as long as they don't try and force me to submit to them then I have no problem as long everything settles down. Governments rarely affect the ever day to day life," Telnor said at they reached the camp. "At any rate I'll help you because I owe you a debt and I always repay my debts. Come on lets get moving before the group leaves us behind."

 

[Korten12]

Itsuka ? Northern Mountain Pass

Itsuka didn't bother to respond to Telnor, not that she didn't want to. But it was his opinion and she had to respect that. She noticed Vessel who had caught up. ?Who gained power any way it doesn?t matter. You don?t join the Nobles by going to any academy. Your family needs a large lineage to be even considered. On the case for regular Upper Class people, we won?t harm them as long as they don?t try to stop us from removing the current Nobles from power.?

Then suddenly they noticed a man who Vessel seemed to recognize.