Post by Howl on Aug 17, 2009 21:43:54 GMT -5
George Baffly woke to the sounds of screaming and the town bell being tolled. "What the devil is going on?" He said aloud, angrily. He stormed to his window and flung open the shades. As he looked upon the streets, he saw a horrific sight, robots.
Normally when one sees a robot, they would think nothing of it. These robots, however, were different. They were of the mindless variety, the kind that couldn't think on their own. The residents of Aksum bought them from the Silent Rose and some Sonambulist mechanics in the area. Most of them were strong, their intended use being manual labor and such.
These robots, however, were not doing manual labor. They were chasing and capturing the scampering citizens. George Baffly was baffled by the sight. Aksum was supposed to be one of the safest cities on the planet, sheltered from the wild and free of the war. Then he thought of his wife, on a trip to Sonambulist headquarters, and his daughter. "Marcia!" he exclaimed, and he ran into the hallway towards his daughter's room. There were broken frames and other shattered decor littering the floor leading to his daughter's opened door.
When he entered her room he found his daughter standing straight upright, holding a lamp, and a robot, lying broken in the doorway. "Dad!" Marcia yelled and ran into her father's arms. Their embrace was short, "We have to get out of the city" George told his daughter, "it isn't safe here; we'll come back when it is". He led his daughter downstairs and grabbed a sword and a shield from on top of a now-broken mantle. "Use it well" he handed his daughter the shield. He went into the kitchen and grabbed the sharpest knife he could find. "Don't hurt yourself" he told his daughter as he handed it to her.
He walked through the hole in the front of his house, where a door once stood.
Normally when one sees a robot, they would think nothing of it. These robots, however, were different. They were of the mindless variety, the kind that couldn't think on their own. The residents of Aksum bought them from the Silent Rose and some Sonambulist mechanics in the area. Most of them were strong, their intended use being manual labor and such.
These robots, however, were not doing manual labor. They were chasing and capturing the scampering citizens. George Baffly was baffled by the sight. Aksum was supposed to be one of the safest cities on the planet, sheltered from the wild and free of the war. Then he thought of his wife, on a trip to Sonambulist headquarters, and his daughter. "Marcia!" he exclaimed, and he ran into the hallway towards his daughter's room. There were broken frames and other shattered decor littering the floor leading to his daughter's opened door.
When he entered her room he found his daughter standing straight upright, holding a lamp, and a robot, lying broken in the doorway. "Dad!" Marcia yelled and ran into her father's arms. Their embrace was short, "We have to get out of the city" George told his daughter, "it isn't safe here; we'll come back when it is". He led his daughter downstairs and grabbed a sword and a shield from on top of a now-broken mantle. "Use it well" he handed his daughter the shield. He went into the kitchen and grabbed the sharpest knife he could find. "Don't hurt yourself" he told his daughter as he handed it to her.
He walked through the hole in the front of his house, where a door once stood.