Merely Pawns

OOC: http://www.roleplaygateway.com/post963612.html#p963612

June 11 2021-Downtown, King City Municipality Building

Event: Bridges leading out of King City are out.

Event: Intermittent blackouts lasting 20 minutes to a few hours.

Event: Police indiscriminately arresting males between 16 and 40 years, suspects will be held in custody until further notice.


Around 10:00 A.M. a caravan of 3 black SUVs arrive at the municipality building, this is around the time the major, Adam Weselon arrives at his workplace.

On the way to his office he is greeted by subordinates and other public servants in the hallways, some try to remind him of work related issues or get him to look at some proposals. He salutes his co workers warmly and kindly postpones work for later.

Once in his office he gets comfortable and sets his express coffee machine for a warm mug of caffeine. He sits down and calls in his personal secretary through the intercom. Shortly after, a young woman in her twenties walks into the office as one does into their living room.

"Hey..." She flashes an indecent smile at him.

He ignores her and shoots straight for business. "Did the storm break any bridges?" He asks almost assuming.

The secretary notices she has been rejected, a little surprised she answers. "Uh... Um... Yes sir..." She makes a pause still taken back by the lack of informality. "Thirty miles west on The Katar highway the bridge over Payon river is out." Then she remembers some other information. "Also the power generator was somehow damaged and the power in the city is not constant."

"I know that already... How about Royal Heights? There should be power there."

"I don't know sir, I can check if you want me too."

The major sighs. "Please do that and that list I gave you..." He reminded her and then made a pause to taste his coffee. "Call everyone on the list I gave you yesterday, they should also have constant power." He says in a bored tone.

"Yes Adam." His secretary answers, before proceeding to do what she was ordered.

The major leans back in his chair and turns towards the panoramic window behind him. As he looks at the city around beyond, his thoughts wander to what concerns him the most. He is tired of this secretary of his, she has worked here for almost six months, about the same time they have been secretly seeing each other.

He once thought she was the best woman he ever had but after using and abusing her in every way he can think of he found out she really wasn't that interesting.

"I need a new secretary..." He pointed out the solution to his problem out loud.

A big part of his plan was still not verified, he recalled. He picked up the office phone and dialed on the keypad.

"General Cormorant." The phone answered after a few rings.

"General!" The major said to the phone suddenly changing from bored to a fake smile.

Both "friends" asked how the other was doing and held a small trivial conversation over the phone about their respective families.

"Don't worry about a thing Adam, the streets are going to be clear of any trouble for you, my men are already patrolling and taking the garbage of the streets, were going to keep them away for a day or two until you get the generator fixed as agreed."

"That's what I wanted to hear General, you make a great friend."

"Same to you Adam." The phone answered. "By the way I waned to talk to you about your daughter..."

And the two partners continued to talk away about the terms of their alliance while the actions of these two men they takes effect on the thousands around them.