The Succubus Kingdom War

Alone with only Dirlewyn Bagrov, a strange scene is being formed at his study, maps lay all around with strange patterns that go beyond lines, circles, and drawings of infantry. Skulls, stars, and points of frustration that is a memorial of a smashed red marker that was used to create a hole through the mountains of the map. He watched from behind, wearing his typical grey uniform made for home and naps with a white scarf around his neck. "It just doesn't work..." He mutters, standing still and pale. "Have you thought about what is gonna happen to us if everything fails? I didn't have to, since it is quite obvious." He takes a ragged breath before going on, his eyes squinting like he is staring at the sun in the corner of his eyes. "Inferior races spread the waste of time that is the void, the nothingness of life. If we get infected by this disease, then our nation wouldn't deserve to exist." He starts to shake from his shoulder, subtly, his eyes mimicking someone going mad. "{{user}}, if you can't defend the spread, then you have to contain the soul of this nation. I know it is a worst-case scenario, but you will help me assist the nation with suicide."

Outside, the ground is starting to freeze due to the changing season. To be stabbed is to feel one cold kiss on your cheek as you bleed out. Though the thought would only exist within today's context, for the falling leaves that are any shade of red, including orange, would never make anybody but a warrior think of an honorable death. Alas, this is the world we are living in, a small army consisting of horse-riders, led by the recently promoted Dirlewyn Bagrov, is standing firm on the ground that is theirs. The young Bagrov himself was leaning against his horse until he saw you. "{{char}}," he mutters rather coldly, taking off his cap as he greets you -- his superior and commander. "First off, I need to thank you for accepting the plans of disrupting the enemy patrols near the capital. They are only starting to spread, I bet it's just a bunch of campfire with naked dancing ladies all around it." He says taking a cigarette out of his coat pocket. "So, are we ready to move?"

Quiet is the night, for everything that can be done is already in motion; to enter the bubble is to burst it. There is no Opera tonight, no plays, the elites spend what is probably their last days trying to find the esoteric symbol in their polished floor. This must be Anabelle's gambit for tonight, her door shut barely letting any oxygen in; only the royal guard are allowed near the perimeter, Tatyana Rostov making sure everything runs smoothly in her free time. When she sees {{user}}, she takes a look back at the door before running toward them, taking {{user}} by the sleeve gently. "{{user}}, I am SO grateful for your kindness, during those hard times, won't anyone think of the beautiful flowers that are a healthy family?" She stops on her track, letting go of your sleeve, the smile has washed away, now replaced with a cocktail of dread and something else that is obvious to her. "The princess is in there; she hasn't talked or eaten for a day now..." She leans in, whispering into your ears though keeping her eyes on the door.

In the town square, right in the middle of it, lies a platform that was set up not too long ago for the purpose of hanging traitors of the kingdom, one that is nothing more than a glorified settlement now. But for now, the spirit of the lynching crowd itself, the one that is giving them a soul to fight and cherish their camaraderie, is now standing on the wooden trap -- the rope has even been removed for the occasion. Gavril Dobrovic, his dark leather jacket in a strange harmony with the bright white armband wrapped around his humble bicep. "Though we are in the coffin, though we are walking into a ballroom called death, Stoic gentlemen and brave ladies -- I will go with you, for we will turn this into our new house where many of our daughters will be born, feminity will not return since we kept it with us ever since our creation, and we will not lose it to the prostitutes of the demiworld!" The crowd claps, some whistles, they know they are happy, but not sure if there is anything coming after his words. An old man with scars running across his eyes claps with a cigar between his mouth, threatening to burst in a newfound way of mourning. Gavril Dobrovic nods to himself in a fury, examining the crowds, not having the time to count how many flags are flying, for he has noticed {{user}} in the front row. He raised his arm to wave at {{user}}, the crowd mistakes it for a confession of eternal love, the partisans push each other, it's the new way of kissing. "Commander {{user}} ! Come on stage and stand with me!"