Setting
This is the main citadel of Haven. With the advanced technology here, the elite here live in luxury. It's not just the wealthy - the top military candidates also live in this area.
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Sanctuary is a part of 
Haven.
4 Places in Sanctuary:
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Hopscotch [210] Sweet, naive... and with enough strength to shatter several buildings.
Count Fredrich von Amsel [207] Sorceror and detective. But not much of a count.
Princess Parasoul Renoir [176] Leader of the Canopy Kingdom and Black Egrets commander.
Ignacious [161] "The great Ignacious will melt you down, use the remains as a fertilizer to grow plants, and then burn them down, TOO!"
Ninjacker [126] Formerly evil scientist. Now just a jerk scientist.
General Maven Ashbury [76] One of the top and most well-respected figures in Haven's military.
Theano [36] The whispering cleric of ancient Haven.
Slayer [23] You are a corpse who does not know it is dead.
Sir Steel (V2) [1] 'Sup, suckas?
Cloud Strife [0] Guardian of the Lifestream.
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Cole, Rita, and Tempo looked over the evidence they managed to gather, which turned up few results. The only definitive thing they could find is that comparing the inside of the ship Rita saw in Ingenium to the inside of the ship Cole and Tempo saw in Sanctuary meant that they couldn't have come from the same place.
"It's not much, but maybe it'll be enough to keep things from going in the wrong direction." Cole said. "This has to be a set-up for something."
"Like what? Some kind kind of excuse to go to war with Coronach?" Tempo said, half-jokingly. Cole and Rita just stared at him as the pieces fit together.
"I don't know what's scarier, what he said or the fact that he said it." Rita remarked.
"That actually sounds right. A case of 'they bombed us, so we're bombing back'." Cole said. "And who's to say whoever did this won't pull the same stunt with any of the other continents?"
"So what're we gonna do?" Tempo asked.
Cole thought for a moment and said, "Rita, how fast can you print out pictures of the insides of those ships? We need to show these to someone before things get out of hand."
"It's not much, but maybe it'll be enough to keep things from going in the wrong direction." Cole said. "This has to be a set-up for something."
"Like what? Some kind kind of excuse to go to war with Coronach?" Tempo said, half-jokingly. Cole and Rita just stared at him as the pieces fit together.
"I don't know what's scarier, what he said or the fact that he said it." Rita remarked.
"That actually sounds right. A case of 'they bombed us, so we're bombing back'." Cole said. "And who's to say whoever did this won't pull the same stunt with any of the other continents?"
"So what're we gonna do?" Tempo asked.
Cole thought for a moment and said, "Rita, how fast can you print out pictures of the insides of those ships? We need to show these to someone before things get out of hand."
Rita was working on a sort of flyer that compared to two pictures. One half showed the picture of insides of the regular ship with a caption that read "A Coronach airship." The other half had a picture from inside of the ship Cole and Tempo were on with a caption that read "Whatever the !%@& that thing was over Sanctuary." A final caption at the bottom read "Notice a difference?" Rita's sense of humor aside, she managed to find a link to a printer in the hotel lobby and sent a command to print out the flyers. Tempo exited the room to pick them up.
Meanwhile...
"Hey, man!" shouts a shady-looking man from a back alley near Riley. "I bet you're feeling pretty vulnerable after all of that craziness, huh?"
"Hey, man!" shouts a shady-looking man from a back alley near Riley. "I bet you're feeling pretty vulnerable after all of that craziness, huh?"
"Well, have I got the stuff just for you!" exclaims the man. "Some 100% authentic W-Gas! After you take a snort of this stuff, ain't no one gonna be able to hurt you!"
W-Gas? It sounded disturbingly similar to Grimace Gas. If his formula was so public that a common street punk could get his hands on it, something must have gone terribly wrong since Riley fell asleep.
"Where did you get this gas?" asked Riley.
"Where did you get this gas?" asked Riley.
Riley grabs the man and shoves him against a wall, taking a knife out of his lab coat and putting it to the man's neck.
"Oblige me," said Riley.
"Oblige me," said Riley.
"GAH!" cries out the man. "FUCKIN' CRAZY... all right, all right! These weird-lookin' guys are spreading the stuff all over Haven, telling me and other dealers to sell as much as we can to as many people! They're promising us even more cash in return, and I think they've got plans to spread to the other regions!"
"D-Demos!" stutters the man. "There's a guy there that we're supposed to talk to when we run out of the gas! Honest!"
Adel approached the downed punk. "Well, if you're done here, I think we should find you a cell to nap in."
The cloaked lady paused for a moment, looking back at the group.
"..."
The cloaked lady paused for a moment, looking back at the group.
"..."
Tempo came back to the room with the flyers and gave them to Cole, who nodded as he looked over them. "A'ight, I got an idea. We gotta get the word out about this." Cole began. "I'll take some o' these and go to Eden. I hear that's where the big bosses are. Maybe they'll listen. Tempo, you take the rest and post them anywhere you think a lot of people'll see 'em."
"I got ya," Tempo said, taking a bunch of flyers.
"Rita, you got the easy part. Post that flyer online to any place you can. See what kinda attention you can drum up." Cole said to Rita. "If anything happens, and knowing this place, somethin' might, you're our backup. Pack up your gear and try to meet up with one of us."
"Okay, let's go!" Cole said as he and Tempo left the room. They both exited the hotel and went in different directions. Cole went towards Eden while Tempo went down a random street, posting the flyers wherever looked like a good spot. Meanwhile, Rita stayed on her computer to post the flyer to whatever websites she could.
"I got ya," Tempo said, taking a bunch of flyers.
"Rita, you got the easy part. Post that flyer online to any place you can. See what kinda attention you can drum up." Cole said to Rita. "If anything happens, and knowing this place, somethin' might, you're our backup. Pack up your gear and try to meet up with one of us."
"Okay, let's go!" Cole said as he and Tempo left the room. They both exited the hotel and went in different directions. Cole went towards Eden while Tempo went down a random street, posting the flyers wherever looked like a good spot. Meanwhile, Rita stayed on her computer to post the flyer to whatever websites she could.
The punk is naturally rendered unconscious.
...
Count Amsel and Hopscotch finally reach the front of the line to the bus out of Haven, and the guard eyes them suspiciously.
"You folks aren't super-powered, are you?" he asks.
"Of course not, my good sir!" replies Amsel. "What possible reason could you have to think that?! You don't see us breathing fire or shooting lasers, do you?!"
"Yeah, why are you being mean to us for no reason?!" barks Hopscotch.
"All right, all right!" sighs the guard. "Get aboard, please."
Amsel and Hopscotch immediately do so, breathing sighs of relief. A few moments later, the bus heads out of Sanctuary.
...
Count Amsel and Hopscotch finally reach the front of the line to the bus out of Haven, and the guard eyes them suspiciously.
"You folks aren't super-powered, are you?" he asks.
"Of course not, my good sir!" replies Amsel. "What possible reason could you have to think that?! You don't see us breathing fire or shooting lasers, do you?!"
"Yeah, why are you being mean to us for no reason?!" barks Hopscotch.
"All right, all right!" sighs the guard. "Get aboard, please."
Amsel and Hopscotch immediately do so, breathing sighs of relief. A few moments later, the bus heads out of Sanctuary.
Tempo reached the bus station and zoomed around the people that were trying to board buses out of Haven. He was posting the flyers that compared pictures of the insides of the two ships all over the place.
So Adel hauled the punk off to the prison.
"I have his testimony recorded in full, master," Nemea told him.
"Oh? I didn't know you had that feature," Adel said.
"It is impertinent to recount everything I witness."
The cloaked woman continued on her way toward Eden.
"?" Andy couldn't help but find something...nostalgic about this woman.
"I have his testimony recorded in full, master," Nemea told him.
"Oh? I didn't know you had that feature," Adel said.
"It is impertinent to recount everything I witness."
The cloaked woman continued on her way toward Eden.
"?" Andy couldn't help but find something...nostalgic about this woman.
Tempo was on his way back to the hotel, skating slowly so that he wouldn't spill the bottle of soda that he was drinking from. He had just posted the last of the flyers a few minutes ago and was now rewarding himself with a cold drink.
Meanwhile, Rita had posted the pictures online just about anyplace she could find and was now on her music player with loud rock music blaring in her earphones.
Meanwhile, Rita had posted the pictures online just about anyplace she could find and was now on her music player with loud rock music blaring in her earphones.
Tempo was skating by a place with a TV displaying a news broadcast. Right now, they were reporting on the flyers that he posted all over Sanctuary. He smiled proudly and nodded his head as he took a big sip of his drink... only to choke on it and spit it out in surprise upon hearing that reporters were saying that the pictures might have been fake.
"What...*cough cough cough* the hell?!" Tempo said between coughs.
Back at the hotel, Rita decided to check places online to see what people were saying about the pictures that were posted. While she expected a few people to try to say they were fake, she didn't expect a news report saying that the pictures were fake.
"Aww no way. This can't be good." Rita said, palming her forehead and shaking her head. She quickly brought her phone back out. If Tempo and Cole didn't know about this, they needed to.
"What...*cough cough cough* the hell?!" Tempo said between coughs.
Back at the hotel, Rita decided to check places online to see what people were saying about the pictures that were posted. While she expected a few people to try to say they were fake, she didn't expect a news report saying that the pictures were fake.
"Aww no way. This can't be good." Rita said, palming her forehead and shaking her head. She quickly brought her phone back out. If Tempo and Cole didn't know about this, they needed to.
After a while, Cole got back to the hotel room in Sanctuary, where he was looking at the text he got from Rita. It was a freeze-frame of the newscast talking about the flyers that Tempo posted all over Sanctuary, saying that they may have been fake. Just above the picture was a sentence from Rita that read, Houston, we have a problem.
He also had a similar text from Tempo. Different picture, same newscast. Though the sentence he typed out with the picture simply said, Uh oh. Not good.
"Well, we tried going to the head honchos here. That didn't work. We tried posting these on the streets to get the people's attention. That didn't work." Cole said, going over the events in his head.
"This is definitely not like back home." Tempo said.
"Well, are we done here? We've seen how far we're getting with these guys." Rita said.
"Not just yet." Cole said. "I think I got one more thing we might try."
"Well what is it?" Rita asked.
"Just sit tight. He should be on his way here." Cole answered.
He also had a similar text from Tempo. Different picture, same newscast. Though the sentence he typed out with the picture simply said, Uh oh. Not good.
"Well, we tried going to the head honchos here. That didn't work. We tried posting these on the streets to get the people's attention. That didn't work." Cole said, going over the events in his head.
"This is definitely not like back home." Tempo said.
"Well, are we done here? We've seen how far we're getting with these guys." Rita said.
"Not just yet." Cole said. "I think I got one more thing we might try."
"Well what is it?" Rita asked.
"Just sit tight. He should be on his way here." Cole answered.
The three of them heard someone knocking at the door.
"That must be him. I got it," Cole said. He got up from the bed he was sitting on and walked over to the door. He opened it up to see Andy and Kaia. "Good to see you could make it. Come on in. There's some chairs at the table in the back."
"That must be him. I got it," Cole said. He got up from the bed he was sitting on and walked over to the door. He opened it up to see Andy and Kaia. "Good to see you could make it. Come on in. There's some chairs at the table in the back."