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2023-03-05
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Travellers of the Rune (an imperiosa au)

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Chapter 1: Prologue: The Bar

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(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

The Gunman sighed as he sat, just waiting for the sweet, sweet release of death.

In a bar…

“IT HAS BEEN TWO HOURS, IF YOU DON’T FUCKIN’ GET SOMETHING, I’LL KICK YOU OUT, WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PRECIOUS GUN IN YOUR HANDS!” The bartender took a breath, waiting for the Gunman to reply with a snarky remark about her hair. When it never came she sighed, feeling a little bit guilty about shouting at the lonely looking Gunman.

“Look. I’ll get you a shot of rice wine. Plenty of alcohol. Imported straight from China. But you better pay, alright?” The bartender narrowed her eyes as she looked at the lonely man.

“...Fine.” The Gunman uttered out.

“How old are ya anyways? I didn’t get to ask the last few times we’ve met.”

“16 this year, and don’t go soft on me. Gimme the rice wine. The service here is as terrible as always…” The Gunman muttered out the last part.

“So what happened to the crew? Did you all disband after what happened?” The bartender asked as she poured the shot, ignoring what he just muttered.

The Gunman grimaced as he thought about all the memories.

“No. I don’t want to talk about it. What is done is done. There is no changing the past.”

“Hey hey hey. Don’t think like that.”

“You are a year too late, Miss.” The Gunman drank the shot and slammed the shot glass on the table, signalling for another. Suddenly, without explanation, his eyes welled up with tears.

“Mierda, my decisions. They were bad ones weren’t they.”

The bartender took five minutes to answer the Gunman, thinking about it really hard.

“Yes. They were.”

Notes:

Special thanks to Nero and Spoof for helping with the writing process. If they didn't it would have taken another month.

Also my English teacher for looking at my work.

I'm also gonna post the summary here since apparently the summary is too long or something:
In a world where magic is rare even amongst the people, the three main countries existed in harmony. Until recently. The three are Noctemyrian, Terra Soleil and Fullcrest, all representing the night, the sun and the moon. They had all been closely affiliated, on friendly terms, until something happened 4 years ago.

After a small scuffle breaks out, King Kevin and Prince Nate of Fullcrest are both killed trying to resolve the situation. Word of corruption spreading within Fullcrest about the king’s misdeeds reaches the ears of the other countries, and with the continued favouritism to the young and corrupt princess Loreto, civil war threatens to destroy the city. Tensions arise between the countries as Loreto becomes Empress of Fullcrest. She raises a barrier around Fullcrest, preventing anyone from entering and exiting beyond a selected few.

4 years after this happens, one of Empress Loreto’s advisors, blinded by greed, embezzles funds from the royal vault. This is the final straw for Loreto, her mental state already deteriorated from her ego to the point of psychosis. She decides to wage war on the other two countries. This forces King Lux of Noctemyrian to get directly involved, which ends us up at the beginning of our story, with our main character Percy standing outside a small cottage.

Cheers.
-lego