True Detective

A brawny man with short brown hair, brown beard, blue eyes was walking the hallways of the military headquarters. His medals made a sound every time he took a step and every time he took a step people made way for him like he was a high ranking officer or a dangerous person, he was both.

This brawny man's name was "Harold von Harbinger" He was also a baron of a small village in the north and also a major general in the kingdom's army. Today, the spring was at its peak, the sun was up, the weather was perfect and kids were playing outside but Harold had an angry expression on his scary face.

He was going to take a vacation but then he was suddenly called into a high command meeting, he arrived in front of a big door with two guards, they saluted him and opened the door for him. The other generals stopped talking after seeing him and he sat on his chair like nothing was happening.

There were all kinds of generals, the army officers wore a white uniform with golden attachments, the airforce officers wore a green uniform with black attachments and the navy officers wore a blue uniform with golden attachments and there were two chairs empty from the army's side.

As Harold was waiting for meeting to start, he noticed every general in the room wore a new medal, it was a symbol of a snowstorm, he turned to a general near him and asked him about the new medal.

"Oh, those are given to people who fought in the winter campaign." He was surprised that he didn't get any medals, he was one of the main generals who fought in the winter campaign and there were other generals that didn't even participate in the winter campaign and still got medals. He wasn't going to object to it because he already had many medals and then the doors opened.

A bald old man with a walrus mustache walked into the room. He wore a white uniform, white military hat with a golden eagle on it and circle glasses. This old man had more medals than Harold and everyone stood up when he entered the room, this man was the grand general. He sat down and removed his hat.

"We shall start now." The grand general said with a very friendly smile. The grand general was the type of man that would spend his time playing with children instead of doing military work. Basically a super grandfather. But something was wrong Harold looked around in surprise and saw nobody talking about the last empty chair, he raised his hand to speak.

"Yes, Major General Harold?"

"Where is Major General Floria?" The great general said and looked around, one of the army generals answered the grand general's question.

"She is down with the cold, sir."

"Ah, I also have a running nose." The grand general smiled and started the meeting, the meeting was about a military parade and Harold didn't really care about it but one thing bothered him.

"I am sorry but removing every soldier in the north? We just beat the rebels and now we are removing our garrisons?!"

"Well, I am taking no sides on this issue. Let's put it to a vote then. Does anyone support Major General's idea, raise your hand if you support it." Not one person in the meeting raised their hands, Harold was angry but he wasn't able to do anything against the high command's vote and so the meeting finished, the grand general stood up and picked his hat, he was about to leave but Harold noticed he didn't have the winter campaign medal on him.

Now, something was really wrong. The commander of the whole military didn't get a medal but his subordinates did? Harold needed to talk about this with a person he trusted and that person was Floria.

True Detective Season Two

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Harold was headed towards Floria's apartment, he normally used carriages but this time he wanted to walk to her home. After all, their homes were close and he feared something would happen to him.

When Harold arrived at Floria's apartment he saw five royal carriages outside her home and not to mention hundreds of guards outside her home, someone important was in her mansion and he walked to her home until he was stopped by a royal guard.

"Sorry, but you can't pass." At that moment Floria's door opened and a handsome young man with long golden hair, blue eyes and a chest full of medals walked out, this person was the first prince of the kingdom, he noticed Harold but didn't greet him, he simply went inside his carriage and the guards followed him. Harold noticed something as well, the prince wore the winter campaign medal even though he didn't even have a military background.

There were still guards left outside Floria's home but that was normal for a major general, this time he wasn't stopped by the other guards because all of them knew who Harold was. He climbed the steps and rang the doorbell.

The door was opened by a young woman that would be easily considered a beauty but she really looked sick, her long dark hair was messy, her dark red eyes had bags under them, her nose was also red like a tomato, her whole face was like a tomato but she wore a dark nightwear that revealed most parts of her body even a strict man like Harold was aroused by her body.

"Harold?"

"Well, you look like shit. I think I should come later."

"No, no it's fine. Come in." And Harold went inside, Harold sat on a couch.

"Let me get a wine." She went into the kitchen, Harold noticed there were files on the table, one of the titles was "City Management System." He almost opened the file but Floria arrived, she hat across him and poured wine into his glass.

"I don't think you should be drinking wine when you are this sick."

"Well, I don't think you should be looking at other people's files." Harold was surprised for a moment.

"Your eyes are still good."

"I am still twenty."

"Are they confidential?"

"They are but you should be fine with your rank. Though it is nothing really, just a dead man's switch. When everything goes to shit we will use this but they are probably being paranoid, look at this." She picked up a file and started to read it.

"Case Frozen World, In the case of this event happening. Every fire mage will get paired with an important person called 'Governor' and they will settle on a city, they will keep humanity alive and keep the hopes up."

"That sounds like a long shot."

"I know right? This is bullshit but I still gotta do paperwork because the prince wants it." She gulped her glass in one-go and poured more.

"What did you need? You look nervous Harold."

"Did you hear the high command's decision to remove every soldier in the north?"

"North!? Pft! Did the grand general abstain on the vote?"

"Yeah, he did why?"

"Then somethings up, probably a couple of nobles will gain land with the old way."

"You mean fighting?"

"Yeah, they are removing soldiers because of it. The Grand General looks like a friendly old man but he knows his stuff."

"I was also going to ask about the winter campaign medal."

"Winter campaign medal? What's that?"

"You don't know about it?"

"If something like that existed I would be the first one to know. I fucking led our army during the campaign." Floria was drunk and Harold noticed this.

"So, you don't know."

"Yeah, I don't but wait a second. How many people have that medal?" She asked

"Except me, the grand general and you." She instantly stood up, her wine spilled on her nightwear and her drunkness disappeared, she had a worried look on her face.

"Fuck! Those medals are like membership medals, they must be planning a coup."

"A coup!? Wait, removing every soldier from the north so they could take the second capital!"

"God, I will make some calls but everyone is sleeping at this hour. Let's talk about this tomorrow okay?"

"Yeah, that seems to be the better option." Harold stood up and left the apartment. The guards saluted Harold and so he started to walk to his home, after walking for a while he found himself in a dark street with no people.

There was only one light on that street and that light kept going on and off. At that moment Harold noticed a figure under the light, a man's figure with a top hat. The man with a top hat tipped with his hat and the lights went off and when the light came on, the man was gone.

After seeing this Harold upped his pace and went back to his guarded home.

Winter Soldier

Floria picked up the files from the table and went upstairs, she opened the door to her office and put the files down on her table, there was a small box standing on the table with a note on it.

She picked the note up and started to read it. .After reading the note opened the small box and there was a gold medal inside the small box. This gold medal was shaped like a snowstorm, a smile appeared on her face.

"I guess, I can turn a blind eye to this."