Continent: Terrafide
Location: Mount Lock
Running into the tent, I say, “GENERAL MARIA.”
Throwing a shield at me, she says, “WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SHOUTING.”
Getting up from the floor, I see the general is leaning back on a chair while putting her feet on the table. “General there has been an issue.”
“Can’t you handle it, isn’t that your job as third seat.”
“It has gotten out of hand.”
“Not my business, go handle it. I need some sleep.”
Suddenly, shouts ring throughout the area. “General, by gotten out of hand, I mean they are right in front of this tent.”
Annoyed, Maria gets up and walks outside her tent, while saying, “I can’t ever get some rest.”
Φ As I leave my tent, I come face to face with a group of people who look very annoyed. When I meet them, Koa behind me says, “ANNOUNCE YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY.”
Hearing this they all greet me one by one saying:
“Four-seat Antoine Lambert, Commander of 2000 men.”
“Four-seat Mathieu Caudal, Commander of 2000 men.”
“Fifth seat Sylvie Dupont, Commander of 1000 men.”
“Sixth seat Nicolas de Léon, Commander of 500 men.”
“Third seat Gardienne Valentine, Commander of 5000 men.”
Koa then places a seat in front of me which I sit down in, then I say, “Second seat Maria Scheffer, commander of this WHOLE FUCKING ARMY. Now, can you idiots, tell me why you have interrupted my rest, and it better fucking be good.”
Standing up Gardienne says, “Why haven’t we attacked sky dust yet? We have countless solder here, and we even have some wonderbeasts for traversing rocky terrain.”
“Didn’t I tell all of you to hold your positions around the mountain, I am sure you all know this is insubordination and I don’t tolerate that on any level. Do I make myself clear?”
Φ All the commanders in front of Maria look scared and who can blame them? Her reputation as one of the sternest Generals is incredibly widespread, if these idiots know what’s good for them they will back down.
“I am sorry, but we can’t comply with that without an explanation.”
With the eyes of a beast, Maria says, “What was that?”
Even though the commanders are visibly scared, Gardienne continues and says, “We know for a fact that man is currently in the Lock mountains, and every second we waste here is another second he gets to breathe. The very idea that man is enjoying life after everything he did to us, makes all of us and our men seethe with rage.”
Looking at them, Maria says, “I just remember where I recognize you from; you’re all soldiers of the deceased second seat, General Louis.”
“Yes we are, and until we take the head of the man who ended our beloved general's life we won’t rest, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO CLIMB THIS PERILOUS MOUNTAIN AND LAY DOWN OUR LIVES WE SHALL TAKE HIS HEAD THAT IS THE EXTENT OF OUR RESOLVE.”
Walking up to them the commander says, “Do you mean that?”
In unison they all shout, “YES!”
Maria walks away then in less than a second turns around and hits all five of them before they can react. With all of them on the floor, she says, “Extent of your resolve my ass it just sounds like you’re are all suicidal bastards who want to die.”
I don’t know how things worked back in the Louis army, but in the Maria army we always choose the path with the least casualties, so I refuse to let you go. But today I vow to god, that no matter what, that bastard who has killed General Louis of the holy nation of Gevurah will meet his end, have no doubts in your hearts about that.”
Standing up they all say, “Thank you.”
It seems just like me they have become captives of our General Maria. “Now it is time to stuff some horse shit up your noses. You guys didn’t think I was going to let that insubordination go.”
As they start freaking out all I can do is facepalm. Maria, you were so close.
Right before Maria gets started with their punishments, I hear a large screech. Looking over at the origin of the sound I see a large number of gryphons headed our way.
Φ Commanders look like you all lucked out, reinforcements are here. “EVERYONE CLEAR A PATH!”
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Walking up to the landed Griffons, the person riding the head gryphon jumps down and says, “Seventh seat Carolina Sowind, Commander of 100 men, and with me, I bring fifty of the wonderbeast Peak Gryphon.”
“Yes, about that, didn’t I request seventy-five Griffons.”
Panicking she says, “You see we had some bad luck and ran into an Alpha Gryphon. Due to that twenty-five of the griffons, we brought with us were kited away by it.”
Koa says to me, “Isn’t that bad, those griffons could cause damage.”
Carolina says, “Don’t worry about that, griffons tend to only hunt in high places, so unless there is someone flying through the sky above, those groyphons should be harmless.”
“Well, you here the expert. Commanders call your most loyal men and come grab a gryphon each, we will be flying to sky dust at the top of the mountain.”
“RIGHT!”
-Break-
While on the ship I stare straight out into the open sky and start to freak out, “It really is so pretty out here, we are so high up, I love it.”
“Stop freaking out you big baby, we were higher up in Elpída this is no big deal.”
“You say that but you can’t even look at the sky without a smile on your face, you phoney.”
“That’s because I haven’t ever seen the sky before so, of course, I would be excited. You have seen it all the time.”
“So, what that doesn’t make it any less fun. So stop being a baby and just give in to the fun of it.” I say jumping into the air.
Following my lead, Iancu jumps up, but when his feet stop touching the ship, his legacy on it deactivates and the ship starts to fall. I immediately throw him back down to the ship.
When I land, I say, “That was close.”
But then as Iancu gets up, a hand grabs him by the face, it is Elia. With a smile on her face, she says, “Oh please Enlighten me, why you would do something so stupid, especially, WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU TO KEEP CONTACT WITH THE SHIP.”
Sweating Iancu says, “It was Orb's fault.”
“You snake.”
Coming close to me Elia puts her hands on my face which causes me to freeze up. Then slowly, she pushes my body until I am by the guard rail keeping me on the ship, and then she tells me. “Hey Orb, do you want to know what it is like to hit the ground at terminal velocity.”
“No.”
“THEN KEEP IANCU ON THE SHIP YOU MORON. While walking away she says, “Yellow hair, fear, I like it.”
As she walks away, I hear Iancu mutter, “Harlot,” under his breath. But immediately she turns around and beats Iancu up.
“Next time you insult your big sister, I will show you true pain.”
“I don’t remember my mom birthing you.”
“We are soul siblings, so stop being rude, or I will show you true pain,” She says with a pretty smile.
As she walks away the lumped-up Iancu asks me, “Orb do you have a younger sibling?”
“I do have one called Maple.”
“Make sure to treat her nice, unlike how that CUNT TREATS ME.” Iancu with the speed of a waptor runs behind me instantly.
Elia comes back and tries to hit Iancu, but this time she is stopped by the three idiots. Enraged, Elia says, “SAY THAT AGAIN I DARE YOU!”
“Elia if you beat on him anymore, he might fall unconscious then where all dead.”
While cowering behind me Iancu says, “Giving up so soon. Is that all you had in you?”
Hearing this Elia calms down, then says, “You know what I am telling Avram,” then she starts running over to where he is.
Iancu starts to freak out, then runs over at top speed as well. I follow close behind.
As they both erratically run through the corridor, I just watch with amazement at the stupidity going on behind me. They bust through the door where Avram is, and then they both start saying screaming at Avram.
“Iancu called me a bad word.”
“Elia was picking on me again.”
“He almost crashed the ship.”
“No, I didn’t she is overreacting.”
“Don’t tell me I am overreacting to you, Nincompoop.”
“Be quiet poopoo head.”
“Your mom’s a poopoo head.”
“My mom’s dead.”
“With a son like you, I wonder why.”
Tears fall down Iancu's face as he says, “Shut up,” while starting a fight with her.
Avram seeing this has a tired look on his face. He punches Iancu in the face and says, “Don’t hit girls.”
“Haha,” Elia says.
Avram puts his hands on her cheeks, then throws her by her face into the wall. “You took it too far Elia.”
“But dad she started it.”
“Doesn’t matter who started it, the fight ends now. Both of you hug and makeup immediately.”
Getting on their feet, they both get close to each other and give the most passive-aggressive hug I have ever seen. So, to try and ease the mood I start to clap and say, “What a beautiful relationship.”
They both look at each other and then smile. “It was all Orb’s fault!” They say in unison.
“He threw me into the air.”
“Then he started insulting me.”
“So, in summation, he is the cause of everything.” They say in unison.
“You backstabbing duo. Let me tell you the real story.”
Before I can continue my story, I am hit with a double lariat from the duo, which sends me into a curtain. “Iancu did you hear anything?”
“Not a single thing sis. Must have been crickets.”
As I recompose myself, only murder runs through my mind, but I am quickly distracted by something. I see directly above from where I landed, the bodies of the two robots I fought, “What the hell!”
Name: Peak Griffons
Height: 350 cm
Type: Wonderbeast. Omnivore
Description: It is a white or blue wonderbeast, which has a lion's body, two hind legs and a tail, and with the head, and talons on the two front legs of an Eagle. Its scream is capable of sending shockwaves that stun animals that come in contact with them.
Fact: They tend to love to high places and refuse to go near the ground unless they are tamed.
Seat Rankings: It is a form of military hierarchy. it was popularized by a famous stagiest as a way of forming a military and has been widely used ever since. It divides all officers into 10 seats who are all allowed to command a certain number of men. The seats are as follows:
1st seats: A special fighting force of a country who are free to wage warfare as they please(Traditionally). They can take full control of any army of a seat under them. They usually all have personal armies led by a 2nd seat.
2nd seats: The Generals of a country. Any war campaign is led by a general. They can have up to 20,000 men in their own personal armies, but also maintain the right to command any lower ranking seats armies to assist them.
3rd seats: Can command anywhere between 3,000-5,000 men. All 3rd seats and below can have their own private units or command men under a general.
4th seats: Can command anywhere up to 2,000 men.
5th seats: Can command anywhere up to 1,000 men.
6th seats: Can command anywhere up to 500 men.
7th seats: Can command anywhere up to 100 men.
8th seats: Can command anywhere up to 50 men.
9th seats: Can command anywhere up to 10 men.
10th seats: Foot soldiers.
Seats are traditionally given under a meritocracy but may differ depending on the country.