Fletcher was a typical northern town. Before the Age of Discovery it consisted of a castle picked over a single town square.
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Since the discovery of a ruin in has undergone a drastic change. The town expanded thousands fold and is now a thriving metropolis.
This being said, this was a still typical northern town in regards to architecture. Fletcher itself however was anything but typical.
Fletcher is a melting pot of culture and race. The fact that it's still called a town is only to maintain the identity of the old Fletcher. Many original inhabitants became lords when the town was acquired by the Empire.
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Fletcher was run by 6 elders.
1 Finance
2 Hunting & Security
3 Development
4 Civil
5 Judicial
6 Information
These 6 elders ran Fletcher.
To prevent any bad blood, many years later the Empire raised every resident of Fletcher to lowest rank nobles and the elders to the lowest high rank nobles. The elders will head their respective committees that that they're responsible for. The citizens of Fletcher could choose to partake in any one of these committees. They just had to choose.
Now it runs like a Senate. There are now 7 committees run by 7 elders. The added 7th committee was responsible for Ruin Technology. This was run by an Elder that came from the empire.
His name was Emenuel Ruark. He was a tall elderly man covered in old armor. He had a double braid in his grey hair and had a face that could brake stone. He looked like a Norths man, but that's because he was. 50 years ago he abandoned Fletcher for the Empire and now he's back to rule it. He's not very popular in Fletcher and dark rumors and gossip surround him.
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This was the man who found Tesla.
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8 years ago
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While exploring Deadwood's Tree of Death his artifact on his right hand started to resonate. Emenuel was already a renowned scholar who had much power. He immediately knew what that ment. He soon realized that the resonance was leading him to the famed Tree of Death.
Encased in it's roots was a single painting. It dipicted a vast beautiful landscape. He immediately recognized the painting as an artifact. He put the painting in his spacious bag and left for the empire.
670 kilometers away from the Empire he set up camp and went to sleep.
Later that night.......
'Waaahhh! waaahhh! waaaahhhh!'
Emenuel: 'What the fuck is that!?...a baby?'
He quickly found the source.
Emenuel: 'The bag.....how in the world?'
His large bag wich had the painting was moving like there's something in it.
(Got to be careful....it's probably a Mimic)
Mimics are shape shifting magical beasts. They can turn into any object or thing. It's a class 5 magical beast. They are extremely fast and strong but they can't use magic.
He took a magic dagger out of his cloak and slowly eased to his bag.
Ever so slowly he reach toward the bag. 'There!'
He opened the bag as fast as possible while readying for the attack.
Baby: 'Bwahaha' the baby laughed at the old man's awkward pose
Emenuel recovered from his startlement of the sudden cute baby laugh
Emenuel: 'It really is a baby...' 'How'd he get in there'
Emenuel quickly felt unease.
(Crap, I hope no one's missing their baby.....my rep is already bad as it is........better ask around in the next town....Can't let any more bad rumors spread...)
Town of Fletcher
Emenuel: (Didn't want to come back to this dump...)
After asking around it seams like the child didn't belong to anyone. This town was the only one for miles and Emenuel himself spend 8 months in Deadwood. It made no sense
(I'll just drop him off at an orphanage)
He took out a tomato
'Hey little baby, you hungry?' Emenuel tried to be as unaposing as possible.
Baby: 'Buuggabba..ba'
'Here you go' Emenuel handed the tomato to the baby as he started eating the other one
Baby: 'heyababa'
(Too cute) Emenuel though to himseld. He was feeling giddy
Little girl: 'Momy! That old man carrying a baby is making a perverted face..."
Mother: 'Shh, honey....don't look'
The Mother grabbed the little girl's pointing hand while she hurried her away
Emenuel: 'No, you got it wrong'
Emenuel panicked. Some tomato juice leaked out of his mouth
Splaaatt!
Woman: 'Kyaaa! The baby's hand! It's covered in blood
Another woman noticed some red on the corner of Emenuel's mouth and a cold chill went up her spine. (D-dont tell me he ate the baby's hand....)
'Y-you monster!' She cried out. 'Y-You ate the b-baby's hand!'
Emenuel: 'Please; it's not what it looks like'
Woman 1: 'Shut you're moth you filthy pig!'
Woman 2: 'Monster!'
Woman 3: 'You killed the poor baby!'
Emenuel: 'Listen!' Emenuel implored. His frantic words cause more of the red liquid to spill out his mouth.
Woman 1: 'Kyaa..Y-you dare lie even as you feast on the baby's flesh'
Emenuel: 'No!..I mean the baby isn't even dead'
Then aloud voice erupted
Lord Bane: 'What's the commotion over there'
Woman 3: That scary looking old man just killed that baby.a..and now h...he's Eating him! The woman started to cry....the poor baby
Lord Bane immediately recognized the culprit
Lord Bane: 'L-lord Ruark?'
Emenuel: 'Oh thank god! Lord Bane you have to help me explain to everyone that this is just a misunderstanding!'
2yo Alice: ' Daddy...[teary eyes]..Look at all that blood..' She said as clung to her dad's sleave
Bane immediately notices bright red liquid around the baby's arm and Lord Ruark's mouth
Lord Bane's Judging eyes filled with disbelief and pitty
(I always knew you were fucked up....but this...this is too much...)
Emenuel quickly realized that there was no way to talk himself out of this situation which was quickly deteriorating.
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'Fuck' Emenuel grimaced. He turned around and ran as fast as he could out of Fletcher
To the onlookers; at that moment his face wich could break even stone became truely frightening.This caused people to faint left and right. Even Lord Bane became a little woozy.
Lord Bane(Oh my gosh is that a demons 'Mind Attack'....Lord Ruark....you've dabbled in demonic arts?)
Alice soon caught his eye. She was saying back and forth before....
'Alice!....' Bane's Cry mirrored his face wich was filled with grief and worry. He quickly caught Alice before she hit that ground
Lord Bane: 'That MONSTER!'
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5 years later Town of Fletcher
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In large house near the town square, up in the attic a boy with gleeming red eyes was staring at a painting. He was drawn to it and mesmerized by its beauty
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(***** *** ***** *******)
A faint whisper could be heard emanating out of the painting. The longer he stared at the painting the more drawn to it he got
(*************)
'Ohhhh, Teeesslllaa!'
Tesla snapped out if his trance
Tesla: 'Alice...'
Soon footsteps could be heard getting louder each step drove a pin pick of annoyance down into Tesla. Tesla covered up the painting in a rush
By the time Alice opened the door Tesla's top was about to blow.
He forcefully composed him self
'Alice, why are you in others people's house without permission' you could hear Tesla say over the grinding of his teath.
Alice: [teary eyes] 'Tesla....even after last night.....I though we're going out. YOU BRUTE!'
Alice started to cry
Telsa: Brute?..Wait I didn't mean it like tha-Hey, what do you mean last night?'
'Never mind that's not even the point here. Stop you're crying I know it isn't real you witch!'
Alice: 'Hehe' a mischievous grin spread across Alice's face 'You're so meeaan...' She slowly blinked her large eyes and put on a cute adorable stare.
Tesla: '..[Blush]...Stop it with that'
Alice who turned 7 last month had dark burgundy hair assorted in a bowl type. Wher bangls where evenly lined up over the eyes and had two bang hanging near hear ears. Her hair near the neck was trimmed shirt and the exces hair was tied up in a messy fasion. Her eyes was a greed golden hue and her eyebrows made her seem like a fairy.
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Present day Alice . 10 yo
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Alice: 'Why? You're so fun' She giggled
Tesla 'Just get out....You only like to play pranks and bring nothing but trouble' Tesla sighed
Tesla started to walk Alice out. At the front door she suddenly screamed
Alice: 'Help! Someone! The demon is trying to abduct me!'
Alice grabbed Tesla's hand as she pretended to struggle to break free.
Tesla: 'You B-'
'Stop! what you're doing! Trying to harm an innocent girl? Don't you know any shame!!' Boy 1 yelled. He was 13 years old and dressed fancy. He had 3 friend with him. 1 the same age and 2 1 year younger.
Alice quickly let go and ran toward the kid who spoke.
Tesla: (Is he the leader?)Hey you! You're being played for a fool! Don't believe that Jester
Boy 1: 'F-fool?' Do you know just who're talking too? My father is-'
Tesla: 'I don't give a shit about your father. You-'
A big vain poped out of kid 1's forehead
Kid 1: 'Kill him! Re-education this brat just so he knows who exactly he's talking to. I'm the son of Tra-'
Suddenly loud ear cringing sound interrupted him. The 3 kids looked in unison at the source of that stomach turning sound what they saw changed them for the rest of their lives
A foot connected to the rich kids mouth. Shater! In slow motion the ones around saw the specticle. First crack. The jaw poped out of the socket, elongating the kids mouth. The foot went deeper. 2nd crack the dislocated jaw cracked to pieces.....then shater. The foot drove further in his mouth and most of the teeth went along with it. They floated in the air spinning while the rich kid was slowly flying away from the force of the kick.
Crash!
The time lapse ended and the rich kid flew at an incredible spead, smashing the stall far behind him....'clank'clanck,clanck' The teeth fell to the ground by Tesla's feet.
The kids who just noticed Tesla standing where their friend used to.
Tesla: 'I told you I don't give a shit!' Tesla roared.
All 3 kids clasped
Tesla: 'If you don't get him to a hospital then he might die'
That caused the kids to snap out of their stupor.
Kid 3: 'W-we'll remember this!'
Slap! The sound rung out through the air
Kid 3: 'L-Lenard?'
Kid 2: 'Please excuse my friends rude behavior' He made a apoplectic gesture with a fox like smile'
Lenard looked keen
Telsa: (Why is someone like him hanging with that trash?)
Kid 3: 'W-What the mea-' 'Owww' Kid 3 got caugh off by a chop. He rubbed his head from the pain. 'What was that for!'
Lenard: 'Are dumb or just plain brain dead! This boy just 1 hit KO Eliad!..You hear!? E-l-i-a-d!'
Kid 3 just realized the significance behind this. Eliad was trained since 3 years old by his father Omar Travister who was the head of security. Elder Omar had a personality of a the earth. Immovable. He's not the type to take it easy, even on his own son.
3 months ago he has reached rank 3 wich is unheard of for anyone that age. Eliad was considered a prodigy that comes once every 400 years. His father Omar was a 7th rank warrior and a 4th rank mage.
Some one like Eliad got nearly killed by a child of 5 years old.
Kid 3 was speechless. 'Monster...'
Lenard: 'As I said, please excuse my friend. We'll take your advice and take Eliad to a hospital' He made a prompt bow and scurried away with other 2 with Lenard supported in between.
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Present day 2 years later...........
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