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2 September 2002
1:02 pm
On a Monday
Býkonsviði, Prydania
Kaleb Stahl made his way to the office of Jannik Leiftur, passing workers who were tirelessly chipping away at reliefs of stags etched into the stone of the walls of the halls of the Alþingi Building. He paid them no mind, occasionally tipping his head and offering a respectable "comrade" if they offered him one first. It wasn't that he purposefully ignored them. It was just that when the Secretary of Internal Affairs rang, you answered as quickly as possible.
"Comrade" Stahl said briskly, finally reaching the Internal Affairs office.
"The Comrade Secretary is expecting you" the guard replied matter-of-factly. Stahl merely smiled and nodded, hoping the guard's reaction wasn't a sign that Leiftur found him running late. Those fears, however, were dashed when the Internal Affairs Secretary rose from his desk as Stahl entered, smiling.
"Kaleb, so good to see you! Come in, come in! Sit!"
"Comrade Secretary" Stahl responded, somewhat relived as he took his seat.
"Don't worry about revolutionary formalities" Leiftur insisted with a jolly grin. "No need to stand on them when there's business to attend to."
Stahl nodded "yes, the summons I received was seemed quite urgent. I trust things are..." he asked, not wanting to say what was on his mind. Still, an unsure look from Leiftur forced it out of him.
"I trust that the new government isn't in danger."
"No" Leiftur replied assuredly. "The incident with the Stormhaven was regrettable, but we've managed to overcome any overt threat to our control of the country. The government isn't in danger. Not yet anyway."
"Oh?" Stahl replied, shifting in his seat.
"What do you know of the Revolutionary Guard's storming of Absalon's Palace?" Leiftur asked, his tone becoming deadly serious.
"I know that Prince Tobias escaped the roundup of the Royal family. Aided by Royalist sympathizers. That's about all."
"Royalist sympathizers...more like sympathizer" Leiftur remarked, with more than a hint of disgust on his lips.
"You're in Military Intelligence. Does the name Axle Skov mean anything to you?"
"His name and reputation" Stahl replied, sinking back into his chair at the mention of Skov's name. Last he'd heard he was retired. Hell, he could have been dead for all he knew.
"Axle Skov was at Absalon's Palace. He incapacitated seven Revolutionary Guards and absconded with the Prince. We've been searching all over the capital for weeks, and we've found nothing. Whereabouts of either the Prince or Skov are unknown."
Stahl nodded as Leiftur spoke, feeling a sense of dread wash over him.
"We have most of the Royal family in our custody. By Wednesday they'll all be dead. It's the collective and unanimous decision of the Syndicalist Presidium that the continued freedom of the Prince will undermine our right to govern" Leiftur continued.
"But we govern on behalf of the workers. The common man. That's all the right we need" Stahl replied as he continued to adjust in his chair.
"That may be Caleb, but there are certain wrong-thinking peoples in this country still, pockets of reactionary and frankly medieval thought, that will view this child's existence as a sign of the Crown's continued preeminence. Tobias Loðbrók may only be seven years old, but he will be the heir to the Crown of Prydania following Wednesday's executions. He'll be the last of the direct line. If we are truly going to kill off that wretched institution? The child needs to die."
Stahl knew exactly what this meant, but he was loathed to accept it. Instead he would rather have Leiftur come out with it.
"The Presidium's agreed to this, unanimously, you've said?" he asked despite knowing the answer.
"Yes" Leiftur replied coldly. "And we want you to do it. Track down the Prince. Kill him. By any means necessary."
"Forgive me" Stahl said, breathing deep, "but he's only a child. Not even ten. He's done nothing wrong."
"I know that the prospect of hunting down and killing a child is bothersome" Leiftur replied, "but he's guilty by proxy every time a Royalist terrorist kills in his name. Every time our attempts to bring equality and economic justice to this country are undermined, the child is guilty because he inspires those acts. This hasn't happened yet Caleb, but Skov and the Prince aren't the only two who have gone missing. William Aubyn has vanished as well. A war is coming, and we need you to cut the head off of the Loðbrók snake if we're going to survive. Otherwise all of our struggle is for nothing." Leiftur's voice grew tired and cracked, almost as if the thought of what he was saying was too much.
"I'll need access. All of it. I'll need to be able to commandeer Military Intelligence, the Political Officers, units that I may deem useful. I'll need to be able to move freely if I'm going to do this."
"You'll have the full backing the Presidium" Leiftur replied with a warm smile and a nod. "And you're authorized to do anything, absolutely anything, you need to do to end this."
"Thank you Comrade Secretary" Stahl replied, standing with a salute.
"Of course, Comrade Captain" Leiftur replied, referencing Stahl's recently obtained rank.
Stahl turned, leaving as quickly as he could while still seeming professional. Was he loyal? Of course he was loyal! Children though...what had he gotten himself into?
Whatever it was, it would have to wait. He needed a drink.
.....................
Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, 3:07
2 September 2002
1:02 pm
On a Monday
Býkonsviði, Prydania
Kaleb Stahl made his way to the office of Jannik Leiftur, passing workers who were tirelessly chipping away at reliefs of stags etched into the stone of the walls of the halls of the Alþingi Building. He paid them no mind, occasionally tipping his head and offering a respectable "comrade" if they offered him one first. It wasn't that he purposefully ignored them. It was just that when the Secretary of Internal Affairs rang, you answered as quickly as possible.
"Comrade" Stahl said briskly, finally reaching the Internal Affairs office.
"The Comrade Secretary is expecting you" the guard replied matter-of-factly. Stahl merely smiled and nodded, hoping the guard's reaction wasn't a sign that Leiftur found him running late. Those fears, however, were dashed when the Internal Affairs Secretary rose from his desk as Stahl entered, smiling.
"Kaleb, so good to see you! Come in, come in! Sit!"
"Comrade Secretary" Stahl responded, somewhat relived as he took his seat.
"Don't worry about revolutionary formalities" Leiftur insisted with a jolly grin. "No need to stand on them when there's business to attend to."
Stahl nodded "yes, the summons I received was seemed quite urgent. I trust things are..." he asked, not wanting to say what was on his mind. Still, an unsure look from Leiftur forced it out of him.
"I trust that the new government isn't in danger."
"No" Leiftur replied assuredly. "The incident with the Stormhaven was regrettable, but we've managed to overcome any overt threat to our control of the country. The government isn't in danger. Not yet anyway."
"Oh?" Stahl replied, shifting in his seat.
"What do you know of the Revolutionary Guard's storming of Absalon's Palace?" Leiftur asked, his tone becoming deadly serious.
"I know that Prince Tobias escaped the roundup of the Royal family. Aided by Royalist sympathizers. That's about all."
"Royalist sympathizers...more like sympathizer" Leiftur remarked, with more than a hint of disgust on his lips.
"You're in Military Intelligence. Does the name Axle Skov mean anything to you?"
"His name and reputation" Stahl replied, sinking back into his chair at the mention of Skov's name. Last he'd heard he was retired. Hell, he could have been dead for all he knew.
"Axle Skov was at Absalon's Palace. He incapacitated seven Revolutionary Guards and absconded with the Prince. We've been searching all over the capital for weeks, and we've found nothing. Whereabouts of either the Prince or Skov are unknown."
Stahl nodded as Leiftur spoke, feeling a sense of dread wash over him.
"We have most of the Royal family in our custody. By Wednesday they'll all be dead. It's the collective and unanimous decision of the Syndicalist Presidium that the continued freedom of the Prince will undermine our right to govern" Leiftur continued.
"But we govern on behalf of the workers. The common man. That's all the right we need" Stahl replied as he continued to adjust in his chair.
"That may be Caleb, but there are certain wrong-thinking peoples in this country still, pockets of reactionary and frankly medieval thought, that will view this child's existence as a sign of the Crown's continued preeminence. Tobias Loðbrók may only be seven years old, but he will be the heir to the Crown of Prydania following Wednesday's executions. He'll be the last of the direct line. If we are truly going to kill off that wretched institution? The child needs to die."
Stahl knew exactly what this meant, but he was loathed to accept it. Instead he would rather have Leiftur come out with it.
"The Presidium's agreed to this, unanimously, you've said?" he asked despite knowing the answer.
"Yes" Leiftur replied coldly. "And we want you to do it. Track down the Prince. Kill him. By any means necessary."
"Forgive me" Stahl said, breathing deep, "but he's only a child. Not even ten. He's done nothing wrong."
"I know that the prospect of hunting down and killing a child is bothersome" Leiftur replied, "but he's guilty by proxy every time a Royalist terrorist kills in his name. Every time our attempts to bring equality and economic justice to this country are undermined, the child is guilty because he inspires those acts. This hasn't happened yet Caleb, but Skov and the Prince aren't the only two who have gone missing. William Aubyn has vanished as well. A war is coming, and we need you to cut the head off of the Loðbrók snake if we're going to survive. Otherwise all of our struggle is for nothing." Leiftur's voice grew tired and cracked, almost as if the thought of what he was saying was too much.
"I'll need access. All of it. I'll need to be able to commandeer Military Intelligence, the Political Officers, units that I may deem useful. I'll need to be able to move freely if I'm going to do this."
"You'll have the full backing the Presidium" Leiftur replied with a warm smile and a nod. "And you're authorized to do anything, absolutely anything, you need to do to end this."
"Thank you Comrade Secretary" Stahl replied, standing with a salute.
"Of course, Comrade Captain" Leiftur replied, referencing Stahl's recently obtained rank.
Stahl turned, leaving as quickly as he could while still seeming professional. Was he loyal? Of course he was loyal! Children though...what had he gotten himself into?
Whatever it was, it would have to wait. He needed a drink.
.....................
Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, 3:07
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