The Tower - Part I (618 hits)
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Submitted by <rolusdeplorium.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2004-08-24 20:41:58 EDT
"Look at yourselves! Fighting amongst each other, like buffoons! We are faced with a serious problem, and what do you do? Yell and fight like children! We must unite, if we are going to live through this." A man behind a podium announced. A crowd lay ahead of him. It was a rather large gathering of people, and many of them had crude weapons; pitchforks, sickles, and anything else they could get their hands on.
"What do you expect us to do, Argin?" A man in the front of the crowd shouted. "Each day, the creature comes to our town and kills. Every night, we are afraid to sleep because we know, deep in our hearts, that we are doomed. There is nothing we can do against it. Me and my family have seen it fly from its tower and grab one of us. My own cousin was torn apart by it! All we can do is wait for help."
"I expect," Argin began, "For us to fight and regain what we have lost. We deserve revenge on this abomination, and that is what we shall receive. If we fight with all we have, we can defeat what lies before us. There is nothing that can stop us with anger in our hearts, and a weapon in our hands.
"My entire family, including my unborn son, were destroyed at the hands of this beast. I wounded him, stabbed him with my spear that was given to me by my grandfather. I vowed revenge that night. And this day, I shall receive my revenge. Who is with me?"
The crowd talked amongst themselves. After a time, the foremost member of the crowd stepped forward.
"Very well," he stated. "We will fight. We don't have many weapons, but we will use what we can; pitchforks, knives, torches, cross-bows, anything. This isn't a well advised idea, but we will attack with all we have. We can only hope that is enough."
"Thank you, Vince," Argin said, with a smile. "We will leave at noon. We will attack The Tower with all we have. You cross-bowers, I want you at the back of the line. Fire at any window you see, or, if you see something move, shoot the hell out of it. I want that bastard riddled with arrows."
The crowd dispersed, slowly at first, but soon everyone went home to get what rest they could. Argin stood back, behind the podium for a while, then turned to look up at The Tower. It was a desolate building, very tall and run down. There were bats constantly flying around the highest tower, and the sky above it was never blue. Sometimes, kids would tell stories that if you listened closely near The Tower, you could hear the screams of many damned souls.
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Sitting atop The Tower, was a man. He was dressed in a favorable black robe. He was adorned with many jewels. Hanging around his neck, however, was a wire of iron shaped into a heart, holding a shiny, blood red ruby.
"Heh," the man chuckled to himself. From his seat on The Tower, he was watching the mob of people yell and bicker at themselves. He watched as the man behind the podium tried to get peace, and shouted an announcement.
"They plan to besiege me, eh? Well, their outcome will be a rather... unfortunate one." He chuckled, and, sweeping his cloak, jumped from the top of The Tower.
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Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2004-08-25 04:28:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'd tune in for installment 2.
Submitted by RolusD (user info) at 2004-08-24 21:32:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
lol, I was wondering about that... you say: Good for a start, but give it a -2? That made me wonder... Thanks.
Submitted by SullyThePirate (user info) at 2004-08-24 21:12:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry I meant +2.
Submitted by SullyThePirate (user info) at 2004-08-24 20:51:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Good start for a story I guess.