TALES FROM THE DYNASTY II - VULTURES
The local tv glows with the same 24 hour news cycle. the same old stories. someone died, someone got rich quick, new expansion to the kingdom. Nothing of note.
Suddenly, A large alert comes on screen, blaring an alarm. at this hour?
"OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO AVOID THE SIDE ROADS OF THE MARKET DISTRICT."
It looks like its near the mining collective. you go there often. you tune in, and turn it up.
"DUE TO WHAT IS ASSUMED TO BE A "MASS EXTERMINATION" OF THE LOCAL CRIMINAL CHAPTER OF THE BLACK MARKET BY AN UNKNOWN MILITARY FORCE."
"CASUALTIES ARE STILL BEING COUNTED BY THE NEWLY APPOINTED KING'S GUARD, BUT MULTIPLE BIG NAMES PREVIOUSLY WANTED FOR MULTIPLE CRIMES WERE AMONG THOSE SLAIN."
A list of counted names come on the screen. People you don't recognize, but have heard whispers of. Faces of people you brushed against on the road.
It cuts to a shot that was taken of inside one of the ships. A stasis chamber that was used for genetic modification, and a poor soul who fell victim to the slaughter. It puts a pit in your stomach, that was you a year ago.
the report continues-
"Included in the casualties are inhuman amalgamates, suspended in an unknown liquid. Any attempt to resuscitate the bodies has proven insufficient. The KING'S GUARD has decided not to bury the bodies. The local church has agreed to burn the remains."
"inhuman amalgamates." is all that you and your friends have been diluted to. You try to contact your friends, people who may have been there. No response. the entire city is glued to their screens.
The report cuts to another scene. You wince and turn away. when you look back, someone you met the other day, getting their intestines eaten by a vulture.
it continues.
"Any other remains have been claimed by a new population of vultures. May the Ancients guide them to peace."
The report ends, going back to its average advertising, as if the world wasn't just shown the untimely end of men, women, and children.
you turn off the television. A few minutes pass, you get multiple phone calls, messages, and chats. Friends who thought that was you in the chamber. checking on you.
What a night...
~*~
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