We zoom in from black, once again showing the High City of Baltimore, several buildings and blocks are destroyed, and the city itself looks like it took a beating, even 6 months after falling out of the sky, once prestigious districts are now rubble, the Clocktower has fallen, the Aquarium Displays broken and fish leaving, glass seeping into shore, The Church that started it all, now missing a leg. Here we pan around the Century Corps guild
It looks like a falling apart mansion, the brick walls holding together, inside Loren and Largo are barely holding it together with tape and some magic, a few beds falling apart. We pan away from the Guild, over to the Dragonspit Tavern, where all of this began, the tavern is in fine shape, but it’s fairly empty, we pan the shot upstairs to show Gladian and Atoll moping upstairs.
Atoll: How Come we haven’t put it all back together
Gladian: Because we can’t always
Atoll: I know things got bad, but I thought by now things would go back to normal
Gladian: A lot of people got hurt, it’s normal for them to be scared, some are homeless now, everyone is doing their best to help people
Atoll: We aren’t Gladian
Gladian: In any case, the other members have said they’ve seen more and more people coming outside, even though a lot of things got destroyed, people got to live their lives
Atoll: Maybe we should live ours
Gladian: What do you mean by that
Atoll: You’ve made us mope in this tavern for 3 days now, why don’t you want to help Gladian?
Gladian: Of Course I want to help, I just have a good reason for why we are staying here
Atoll: No You don’t!!, why can’t you go outside, why can’t you help, why don’t you want to help Gladian?
Gladian looks over to his right and sees a familiar face standing there
Sien: He has a point
Gladian looks away and turns to Atoll
Gladian: If you want to help, we can help
Atoll: Excellent
Gladian turns to see Sien next to him, he motions to Atoll as he is leaving
Gladian: Wait
Atoll: What is it?
Gladian: Before we go
He turns back to Sien
Gladian: Can we have a drink
Atoll: You know I can’t have alcohol.
Gladian: I’ll order you some Water, don’t worry about it
They head downstairs and sit at the bar, the bartender already knows what they will order
Atoll: Why did you make us stay so long anyway?
Gladian: Well I had a friend
Sien looks over at him again
Gladian: And we used to come here all the time
Atoll: Oh
Sien: You didn’t even mention all the fist fights we’d get into Gladian
Gladian: Not yet I haven’t
Atoll: Who are you talking too, There is no one else here besides the Bartender
The Bartender comes near the two, Gladian hands him the usual fare and a tip
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Gladian: Uh..
Gladian looks at Sien again
Gladian: Don’t worry about it
They drink down their drinks and head out the door
They walk down the block, people walking around, mosty heading to work or to their homes
Enter District 9,
Gladian: So how do you want to help people?
Atoll: I don’t know!!, I thought you would know
Gladian: Maybe we could….
Suddenly wild commotion breaks out, some Centennial warriors appear from the alleyway, aggressively guarding something,
Gladian: You wanted to help, let’s send these punks back into the idol
Battle Tutorial begins
Battle Tutorial Ends
???: Feeble Effort, I’ve fought your kind before
Gladian and Atoll look to see Wentus waltzing down the street, glaring at them, he also has some bodyguards with him
Atoll: Hey, he’s still here
Gladian: Wentus, we know what your capable of
Wentus: Knowing what I can do and defeating me are two different things
Advanced Battle Tutorial Begins
Advanced Battle Tutorial Ends, Wentus flees without the object and runs away, some more Centennials also reveal themselves and run away
Atoll: Now that’s what I call helping people
They look to see a Centennial Man helping a another Human dude find his wallet
Gladian: Look Atoll
Atoll: What about that sight
Gladian: They are helping each other
Suddenly, a Centennial in Steel armor ambushes them, but is cut down by an arrow and some magic, Viridian and Cosma wave to Gladian and Atoll from across the street, then they run to them.
Cosma: Nice to see you Gladian and Atoll
Atoll: NIce to see you as well
Viridan: You both have been gone a while, have you been fighting Centennials without us
Atoll: No Gladian wanted to hide from the World in a pub
Gladian: Uh, I have a Good reason
Sien: No You don’t
Gladian: You are right I don’t
Atoll: Who did you respond too
Cosma: Uh, Us kid
Viridian: C’mon let’s go home
Begin District 9, Viridian and Cosma joined your party
End District 9, The Party enters the Guild, and is greeted by Indica, Husk and Shiye, upon seeing Indica, Atoll and Gladian slowly back away, but stop
Indica: Welcome back you two, you were gone for three days without telling anyone
Gladian: Yeah we were
Atoll: How….are you
Indica: I’m ok
Husk: How are you child (Looking at Atoll)
Atoll: I am good, I…
Husk: DID YOU FIND ME MORE FOOD
Atoll: No…..
Husk: Shame
Shiye: Gladian, you really don’t seem well
Gladian: I AM FINE
Indica: Sure you are
Viridan: Ok, let’s take a break and…
Suddenly the alarm goes off, and criminal activity is detected up in the district
Xen: Hey Gladian (He gestures to him)
Gladian: What about me?
Xen: You and Necra, get your teams together and go find out the matter
Necra, Vendil and Oceane walk out from the back to join the seven of them
Necra: Is everyone ready for what might be ahead
Atoll: I AM
Necra: Ok you got the spirit
Oceane: Let’s just be careful, we don’t know what we might find
Indica: Time to knock some heads
Begin District 1
Midway through District 1
Gladian: So these Centennials and Humans working together are wearing a sigil of some kind on their chest
Shiye: Like a crest but not
Cosma: Why would they brand themselves
Vendil: Maybe to stand out
A low grumble from Vendil’s armor is heard
Gorbuch: They gotta get a reputation, they want to be known
Vendil: Yeah, that
Oceane: Still kind of strange
Indica: It isn’t really, I mean we all wear the same armor
Continue District 1
End District 1
Viridian: They are fleeing like rats on a sinking ship
Husk: They are scared
Necra: Or hiding something
Indica: We need to force then out
Necra: Well I know how to flush them out
Gladian: How
Necra: We’ll go down the alleyway
Cosma: Smart
Begin Alleyway 1
Midway Through Alleyway 1
Unknown Orignization Goon: Hey, uh, go away, this ark is ours
Necra: You know that won't be true for long
Indica: Let’s get him
Fight The Goon, after you win, him and the others run away, leaving the Ark behind
Gladian: So what even is this
Atoll: We should take it back
Oceane: I agree, we need to know what is going on
And then a bunch of goons appear
Goon: We have you surrounded
Vendil: Bet
Shiye: We can take them
Begin Time Limitless Battle with a lot of goons
Battle Ends and they leave, bodies of the goons piled on the ground
Indica: We need to take this back
Necra: Ok, I’ll take everyone back, Cosma and Indica stay here to see if any one else appears
Indica: Gotcha
Viridian (Resting Her Hand on Cosma): I’ll see you later
Everyone else leaves, and as those two begin to leave, Indica hears some footsteps
Indica: Hey who are you
The figure gets closer
???: Indica??, Is that you
Cosma reels in shock while Indica gets angrier
Indica: How do you know me?
???: Don’t you remember me,
Indica: I don’t, who are you
Hudson: It’s me, Hudson