Gold in Life as in Death

Snowy Fondness

Galis and Varro sat in the old broken down war mech atop a cold mountain, it was night, the stars danced and flashed in the sky Galis was lost in them, while Varro was lost looking at the city below. The city was long and twisty and the walls, the walls were a sight to behold large granite and iron walls with scars and Mark's that could tell a thousand storys, but Varro was interested in what was inside, "Hey" Varro said aloud "wha?" Galis replied through muffled thick mask, Varro then stood and said "accepting hours are almost up, let's hurry on in there I dont want to sleep in this cold" Galis then sat up and said "but Varro the stars!, look at them" Varro smiled abit and said with a laugh "when we get rich enough, I'll to you to a Telescope center, and we'll look at all the stars we can, now hurry we dont want to be late" Galis stood up and grabbed her bag that was set aside her, Varro slide his bag on and looked at Galis, "you've got your card right?" Galis held it up "if course I do!" Varro smiled "great, and now we go" the two hiked down the mountain, Galis said "Varro?" Varro simply responded with "hm?" Galis fiddled with her hands "why'd we leave Dzartsi?" Varro sighed "because the work wasnt paying enough ,and it wasnt safe there anymore", Galis looked at the ground a bit sad, Varro noticed "you miss your mom?" Varro spoke, Galis nodded "I-I do" Varro grabbed her shoulder and said "what's in the past, is in the past now come on, cheer up you've got me and I was your dads best freind" Galis got out of her melancholy mood and said "that's right Uncle Varro, it is the past" Varro smiled at her. after crossing through trees, and shrubbery, finally they saw the wall, the massive unbreakable, wall Varro walked to the front check point people, they wore gas masks, blue trench coats, had auto rifles, and a Black helmet with a little gold skull on it. The front man said "Cards please" Varro pulled it out and scanned it, he read the scanner and said "Dzartzi, huh? What made you leave?" Varro spoke "there wasn't alot of good jobs, and crime went up" the front man nodded, and said "alright you two can enter" , he looked up at another watchman and made a hand signal, the doors opened up and and the frontman said "you two take care now" Varro spoke back "uh, yeah you to". The city was quiet and a little busy there were soup shops, winter clothe shops and supply shops, Varro said to Galis "let's find a place to stay for the night", Galis nodded, after some searching around many corners places, and buildings they found a place called "the rest stop" Varro entered and was immediately relived by warm air of the building. There was an old bald man behind the counter with a blue turtleneck and a bronze chest plate, "oh hello!" He said "I'm Harim" he said in a raspy voice, he then said aloud, "how long are you staying?" Varro spoke "about 2 nights" the old man lifted up a piece of paper, and put on some homemade glasses he then said aloud "ehh. . . 20 IC" Varro knowing that his money limited said "how about 18?" The old man started "uh no I. . . You have a kid with you?" Varro stood in front of Galis and said "yes I do" the old man said "well in that case I'll take 10 IC you, dont see alotta youngins these days" Varro was relieved he went to the counter, and set his coins on the table, the old man said "thank you" and they headed upstairs, Varro opened the door and set his things down and took off his jackets, his Ski mask, his beanie, and his gloves. Galis did the same and Varro sat down on the lumpy bead, he looked at Galis and said "hey, we made it" Galis looked up and smiled at him "we did it" she yawned and said "Varro" Varro responded "hm?" She spoke again "can I hear a story?" Varro said "sure why not" he cleared his throat and began "do you want to hear a story of when I was in the Scholera: Iquisitus?" Galis nodded, Varro smiled "ok here we go, it was hot, and swampy and musty as all hell, me and 4 others were deployed to fight a few Shash'ova soldiers, we snuck up we aimed our weapons and BOOM!!" Varro clapped his hands together "I get swung so fast and so high my helmet flew off and I lost my Weapon" Galis laughed, Varro started again "so there I am, about a mile off the ground, no helmet and no real weapon getting swung around like a rope, and you wanna know what's funny?" Galis smiled and asked "what was so funny?" Varro smiled "it was a trap I set" and Galis busted with laughter and she said "that was funny Varro", Varro rubbed his neck "oh it was but holy heck was I yelled at by my superior" a quiet slowly settled down on the two and Varro said I think we should get some rest, Galis said "Varro" Varro replied "hm?" Galis said quietly "what were my parents like?" Varro got a bit sad "well they were two really cool, people who loved you, but I uh . . . I uh" Galis looked at him  "but what? She said" Varro looked at her "But they gave you to me cause they lost their way, they loved you so much they decided to give you to me" Galis looked abit puzzled and said "okay, Varro goodnight" Varro smiled at her "Alright Galis sleep well" and they both fell asleep in the dreary silence of the town