10-29-2023, 05:02 AM
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A rising pitch of chaos cut unceremoniously toward silence.
There were many strange things to be seen and heard in Aphros, in those leading hours. Unrealistic phenomena meddled with the viscerally realistic despairs of a people dreading the end of their days. To some, it may have been the oracular decision that no defense should be offered for that so-dubbed Sacred State rendered to a desolate state that proved the strangest. A scarce few of the more cavalier Aphrosi natives would defy such decree, but what is the outsider to see? A land beaten to the point where the debate of whether there is anything to be done for itself is posed. Its leader should say "No.", and find more concurrence than defiance. A battle against a detestable foe, perhaps, if only it were not set upon such a pointless quagmire. So says the voice of Aphros itself, that no one should save it. It becomes clear, that there may be nothing to gain in fighting and dying over a place destined for nowhere.
There were many strange things to be seen and heard in Aphros, in those leading hours. Unrealistic phenomena meddled with the viscerally realistic despairs of a people dreading the end of their days. To some, it may have been the oracular decision that no defense should be offered for that so-dubbed Sacred State rendered to a desolate state that proved the strangest. A scarce few of the more cavalier Aphrosi natives would defy such decree, but what is the outsider to see? A land beaten to the point where the debate of whether there is anything to be done for itself is posed. Its leader should say "No.", and find more concurrence than defiance. A battle against a detestable foe, perhaps, if only it were not set upon such a pointless quagmire. So says the voice of Aphros itself, that no one should save it. It becomes clear, that there may be nothing to gain in fighting and dying over a place destined for nowhere.
It is terribly quiet now, in that city which once reigned a nation of its same name. The populace have made their decision, be it to flee for what brighter pastures still exist within Meranthe, or huddle closely to that absence of light at the city's heart. The contingents of the Elzara once sent to stand alongside the Bastion against long odds now simply listen to the
surreal silence as they prepare their march home. The silence speaks nonetheless, and it is clear: "Why are you still here?"
surreal silence as they prepare their march home. The silence speaks nonetheless, and it is clear: "Why are you still here?"
Whatever hope that ominous aberration of reality thrumming throughout and electrifying the air is expected to pose, it is not one any Delphinan has business whisking themselves away in. When the encroaching night over all Meranthe should come to ask much in the way of blood and sacrifice, the final moments of Aphros would be neither the time or place to pay that price for those of Delphina. Not even the Aphrosi will pay it, after all.
With a glance behind, you wonder if it is even there.
Delphina withdraws its support for the non-existent defense of "Aphros".
With a glance behind, you wonder if it is even there.
Delphina withdraws its support for the non-existent defense of "Aphros".