CitizenThe rioter backs away. "What the—? We just can't catch a break... Come on, people, all we're getting here is our brains splattered!"
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Entry point 2 of 3
Citizen"You can't scare us! We'll take your knives and your guns and sell them to feed our kids! Get 'em, lads!"
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Kibellah"You will, will you?" Kibellah pulls a dagger out of her sleeve, the weapon's edge still damp with blood — either her own or someone else's. "What about this blade, which has opened the throats of more heretics than you have lived years — will you take it too?"
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Guard"Right, I've had enough of you scum."
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Entry point 3 of 3
Citizen"Open your larders! Give us all you've got! Or else we'll just take it ourselves!"
Guard"Yeah, right! Run back to your holes, rats. If you've nothing to eat, it's not my problem!"
YOU"What is going on here?"
Guard"Please, Your Lordship/Ladyship, I'm not to blame for any of this! This riffraff wants to rob the bar! They say they got nothing to eat!" The guard spits.
YOU"What is going on here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Brandish your weapon] "Hunger won't kill you this instant. But this might!"
YOU"Stop! I will have food delivered from my ship to the Shadow Quarters to be handed out. There is no need for violence!"
CitizenThe rioter stares at you in disbelief for a whole minute. "R-really? You'll help? The Emperor must have heard us, He must have! Please, send the food soon. Our whole neighbourhood is starving!"
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AbelardAbelard shakes his head. "Old Danrok will have a fit..."
Idira"I think he's got a few scraps to spare. Come to think of it, it's about time someone cut HIS rations — the High Factotum's trousers go up a size every year."
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Guard"Found someone to beg from, did you? Now shove off! Quickly now, before I hurry you up with a bullet in the back."
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YOU[Do not interfere]
Guard"Right, I've had enough of you scum."continues where this line first appears above
Guard"Just some riffraff what wants to rob the bar. They got nothing to eat, they say! Come over here, sir/ma'am — have a bit of fun with us, we'll shoot 'em full of holes!" The guard points his weapon at the crowd.
YOU"What is going on here?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Brandish your weapon] "Hunger won't kill you this instant. But this might!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Stop! I will have food delivered from my ship to the Shadow Quarters to be handed out. There is no need for violence!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Do not interfere]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Brandish your weapon] "Hunger won't kill you this instant. But this might!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Stop! I will have food delivered from my ship to the Shadow Quarters to be handed out. There is no need for violence!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Do not interfere]continues where this line first appears above
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IdiraIdira observes the rabble dismally. "Back when I was a kid on my home planet, a whole district was left without rations, so we tried to pull this kind of stunt on a local shop... The owners just started shooting, no questions asked. Hah. Never took Footfall's wardens for pushovers..."
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Cassia"These peasants are engulfed in flames of maroon and yellow. In a few moments, despair and hunger will overwhelm them, burn them from within, smother their fear of death... and become a storm of grimy crimson."