Note: New Bath Scene is up!
As a reminder, the government poll will be closing on 3/26. So if you're interested in voting make sure to cast your vote before. If you cannot vote in the poll then you can vote in a comment before 3/26 and I will count it towards the final total. Here is the poll:
What sort of government should Nagarea have after the war?
- Republic
- Kingdom
- Queendom
- Federation
- less-radicalized Theocracy
- Other
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Part Five
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Beauty and the Beast
The Cast
Beauty: Viki
Beast: Yuber
Beauty's Father: Pesmerga
Sister 1: Luciano
Sister 2: Gizli
Prince: Hero
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"This isn't going to end well," Allise mused as she read her program.
"I guess Nāṭaka woke up this morning and decided "Hey, I'm going to put on the worst production possible"," Roen said.
"She certainly looks like she thinks this is going to be a good production," Daunte said. Indeed, Nāṭaka was all smiles clutching her rolled-up copy of the script as the stage lights came up. Pesmerga stood to at right centerstage and Viki, Luciano, and Gizli stood at left centerstage. As per the production there was a backdrop of a white castle in the background and a rose garden in the foreground, and there were fake rose bushes on either side of the stage.
"..." Pesmerga said. From prior productions of Beauty and the Beast the audience knew that Pesmerga was supposed to have lines to open the play. But he didn't say anything and simply stared at the other three people onstage in silence. "Pesmerga!" Nāṭaka hissed at him. "Say your line!"
Pesmerga either didn't hear her or didn't care as he continued to remain silent.
"Oh, um, hi," Viki said instead of her own line. She looked visibly confused. "Um...where are we again?" she asked Pesmerga.
"Father!" Luciano shouted dramatically, startling the people in the front row. "How could you be so foolish as to fall at the hand of a Beast?"
"Yeah you're an idiot," Gizli said in a deadpan voice.
"Heh," Pesmerga responded. There was no humor in his laugh.
"Pesmerga!" Nāṭaka hissed louder, stomping her foot. Behind her the audience began conversing amongst themselves.
"Ah...do you need me to teleport you?" Viki asked cluelessly.
"No," Pesmerga said bluntly, his tone emotionless.
"I will not growl like an animal," Yuber called from offstage stage right.
"..." Pesmerga respond. But despite reciting not a single one of his lines, he did act the motions of the play and hurried to stand behind his "daughters".
Yuber stormed onto the stage in his Black Armor. He looked highly annoyed. "I thought I told you to stop casting me in this garbage," he spat.
"Ohhhhhhh!" Luciano screamed, swooning on his feet. "It's a monster!"
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Suikoden VI
Fanfiction**New cover image** IS 478. On the Southern Continent in the country of Nagarea, the isolated civilization has begun a steady downward spiral of corruption and darkness. For Daunte, his main concerns are survival and the wellbeing of his little brot...
