Cold Strike 2

Chapter 9 - 35: Displacement

Nation: Embria

Location: The Embrian Kingdom (Peasant Camp)

As Scorch and Sapphira are getting ready to go to the portal chamber, The Furian Shuttle makes it to it's destination. But over where one hundred and forty thousand poor people live.

The People took notice of the shuttle making a landing on one empty space away from the tents and build in shacks. As they were looking, they were expecting the worse.

They thought that M.L.R. Troops came to evict them all from their location. But when the door opens, They were met with a surprise. It was Winter Snowflake, walking out of the shuttle. Alongside her came Derek the Advisor and Black Ice, Who the people do not know.

Citizens were chattering about Winter being here and her riding The Furian Shuttle. She heard this, knowing that they were gonna want answers. One big question their asking themselves is: What is she doing in Embria?

The chattering goes silent when Winter began to speak.

Winter: "Um...Hello! If you people are wondering, We disguised ourselves as Furian Soldiers to take the shuttle. We're just borrowing it, We had no intent to steal it..."

Embrian Citizen (Male Pig): "Oh, that makes sense."

Winter: "And the reason why we're here is-well, we can't tell you exactly why we're here but, We landed because I've noticed all of you are in camps. That normally isn't the case for civilians."

?????: "That's because they've displaced all of us."

Winter: "Hmm?"

?????: "They said that they moved us to make our lives better. In reality, They threw out of our homes to please the rich and corrupt..."

Winter: "Who're you, Mister?"

The crowd moves aside to reveal a jacket sitting on a chair next to his tent.

He wore a brown jacket with red long sleeves underneath, blue pants, black beanie, and brown boots. And he introduces himself to the Princess.

Baran: "I'm Baran, Former General of the Embrian Army. Don't ask why, I rather not talk about it..."

Winter: "Fine with me."

Baran: "One of you pull up a chair, I'm gonna tell her why we're living like this."

One of his colleagues came and brought another chair in for Winter to sit on.

The Princess looked at both Derek and Black Ice, then approaches it till she got close enough to sit on it. She turns and lays her rear flat on the seat.

Winter: "Wow! It's pretty comfy!"

Baran: "The reason we live here is because they've displaced us into poor, underdeveloped areas like this one. How they do this is a rich noble buys the region and raises the rent prices to a the point where we can't afford it. And since we can't, They evict us out of our homes and we are forced to live homeless. After that, they tear down the houses and make them all luxurious for the Nobility..."

Black Ice: "Gentrification."

Winter: "Huh?"

Black Ice: "What their doing is called Gentrification. It's a process of urban development in which a city neighborhood develops rapidly for a short time. It changes from low value to high value. They Improve housing for the wealthier people and attract new businesses. In the process, they are displacing low income families from their homes."

Baran: "And they've been doing this for years."

Derek, feeling a little frustrated about this, asked Baran why they didn't protest against this. One of his colleagues came and told him that they've tried to do it before, They wouldn't listen. And every time they do, They place restrictions on the peasants.