Ederios

Soul of Ink - Part 1

Yaon moves through the crowds of people, hood up, eyes down.
Throngs of people line the alleys to see her, the ruler of their city.
Silent, she pushes past the bustling and murmuring idiots until a wooden platform appears before her.

Yaon looks to her left, atop a rooftop lay Lei and Yind, both having their bows drawn.
What we're trying to get away with is crazy, how the hell can we pull this off?  she whispers.
In a matter of moments the stage would be gone, chaos would be everywhere.

She appears, clothes in black robes, hair worn tightly in a bun. Sinister, cold, dark eyes.
Everyone in the audience tenses, even Yaon. Who the hell was this?

She stands still upon the stage, eyes wide, scanning the audience as if looking for something.
"People of Hijekinshyna, I am Soulanz. I am here to discuss pressing matters involving the Empire. There is unrest in the city, and everyone can sense it."

Whispers erupt all around, people tense more than last.
"We are speaking, of course, of the rebels who think they can overthrow their Empire. They are idiotic, and I send a message to them. You have no chance, we are your rulers, there will be no fall of us. Your petty attempts to take us down have failed a number of times. You will never succeed your unreachable goal."

Her eyes scan the audience one more, until they finally rest upon Yaon.
"Shit." she whispers, "Oh, shit." turning around, her back faces the stage which the beast with the endless voids for eyes watch her.

"Run, cowards. Leave."

Yaon turns, her hood falls revealing her blue hair blowing with the silent wind, her sword unsheathed, "Enough," she yells, "shut up."

The monster upon the stage smiles wickedly, "Idiot, guards, fire."
Bullets fire simultaneously at Yaon, she easily deflects them with her katana, people run screaming.
"I'm the idiot, Soulanz? You let it go right under your nose, easy."
"Whatever did I miss?" she replies.
"The thing crawling right under your fucking stage." Yaon smiles.
"SHIT! GUARDS, GET ME OU-" The ground underneath the woman explodes into fire and ash. Yaon runs from the rubble flying around the clearing.

She enters an alley left of the stage, bounds up a wooden crate of wool and leaps onto the roof of a shack. She sprints as the tiles beneath her slip from her touch, explosions set off by Jin blow the house behind her. Fire bolts shower the skies as more explosions appear from beneath the now-dissipated stage. Yaon runs, jumping from roof to roof, faster from each step.

Finally, to where she knows the explosions will stop, Yaon jumps from the roof as the house behind her explodes, just in time. She blocks fire with the shining katana in her left hand. She turns right down Alomna Avenue and runs down the cobblestone estate.

~To be continued.