Three years after the battle with darkness, the kingdom of Alial stands taller than it ever has. The town's streets are now filled with people of different shapes and colors, and the buildings erect high unto the deep horizon. And standing in the middle of the kingdom is a grand castle, a tall and huge white and bold structure with tall white and gold pillars erecting from the middle. 

    The kingdom has never looked better. But on the inside the people are suffering, and with rumors of a war starting up, wide spread paranoia has ensued. A man steps out of an apartment complex. He wears a black leather jacket with gold buttons, that's worn open revealing a light purple shirt underneath. He wears black jeans and has black messy hair, White skin and green eyes. 

    He heads to a small little shop in the city. The shop is made of wood, has a blue roof and a sign that says get your meats, and a bigger one that says BUTTERS BUTCHES!.

The guy scoffs a little and walks in. He's greeted by a man in a butcher's garb who has brown hair and a beard.

     "Ah Zephyr long time no see!" The man in the butcher's garb says to the man Walking in. "Indeed it has been Butters!" Zephyr says waving his hand "so what exactly did you need me for?" He adds. Butters smile scoffs into a clearly negative expression. "Zephyr let go!" The man says as the room fades into a black void. "What!" Zephyr responds in a scared manner. 

     "Let go!" Butters says again his eyes now a bright white and suddenly. *BEEP BEEP!*

Zephyr wakes up gasping in a cold sweat. He turns off the alarm and gets dressed. That nightmare has been playing through his mind for over a month now. Butters was his friend who ran a butcher shop down the road. He was a kind soul who took part in a few protests against the government revolving Around military funding.

      A few days later his shop was raided and Butters was killed in an act of brutality. When Zephyr walked in His friends body was mangled and deformed. The event has haunted Zephyr for a while now. But in the end it's all the same to him, it's not the first traumatic experience he's had and it won't be the last. Zephyr after getting dressed eats a small breakfast and heads off to work 

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      Zephyr works at a supermarket just a walk away from his house, he goes in does his job and then starts his walk home. On the way he hears a loud voice "STEP RIGHT UP ONE AND ALL AND WATCH THE GREAT AND POWERFUL MARRIEOCT!" A person screams standing on a podium. The person wears a black magician's cloak, and a black top hat with a gold line on its rim.  They have black pants, Black shoes and Pink gloves on, and are wearing a fancy shirt under the cloak. 

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They keep yelling while waving a black staff topped with an orange crystal ball. Zephyr decides to investigate further but as he gets closer he realizes that the magician doesn't have any face. As Zephyr walks up the magician has clearly given up on trying to get people to watch his show. 

       "Slow day?" Zephyr asks them. "Yes it has been!" Marrieoct says in a light and ungendered voice. "Well have this then!" Zephyr says, throwing a Few coins at them.

"Why thank you kind sir is there anyway I can repay you!" Marrieoct says in a delighted tone. "Ah don't sweat it I didn't need those coins anyways!" Zephyr says preparing to leave.

"How about a drink does that sound like a good idea?!" Marrieoct asks boisterfully.

        Zephyr then turns around "that sounds like a wonderful idea!" The two then head off to a bar. That's bustling with people. Some are dancing to the band on stage and others 

Are eating and talking. The two sit down and order some beer and food. Zephyr orders a hamburger and Marrieoct orders a plate of salmon and rice.

        The two eat and begin to talk when suddenly the door bursts open. Two beings made of pure light enter, they wear ninja-yoroi made of pure light and hold two swords made of pure light shaped like katanas. Their green glowing eyes stare angrily at the bartender. "EVERYONE OUT!" They demand forcing everyone out violently.

        As Zephyr and Marrieoct rush out they can hear a slam of the table. "What do you think that was for?" Marrieoct asks "someone probably said he didn't believe in the light goddess." Zephyr mutters to Marrieoct. The two walk away to get as far away from the situation as possible. As they walk they can hear the faint sounds of screaming. 

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      Once the two get away, the two decide to go to Zephyr's place since he has beer in his fridge, and they didn't get to finish drinking last time. The two are pretty peeved by having their drink interrupted still but gotta get used to tyrannical regimes in this world. As they walk to Zephyr's house, they see some protesters that are bound to be killed at some point.

      They get inside Zephyr's apartment. It's a nice apartment with brown walls and 4 rooms, a small kitchen, a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom.   The living room is a decent size with a small TV and a Brown couch sitting on some carpets. The bathroom is a standard bathroom, (I'm sure you can imagine a standard bathroom!") The kitchen is small and has a stove, dishwasher, sink and fridge slammed together, and the bedroom has a red carpet, a dresser and a small twin bed in the corner. Zephyr gets beer and the two drink until they pass out.