A ferry arrives in Light

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A ferry arrives in Light

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"HLS Barbary this is Light Harbour, welcome back to the Holy Grand Empire. You are scheduled to dock at quay 2. Please report any inconsistencies."

"Light Harbour, this is HLS Barbary, we have one traveller who is travelling with a ticket for Tapfer but who seems to have taken this ferry in error. Please advise."

"HLS Barbary, this is Light Harbour, is that everything you have to report?"

"Light Harbour, this is HLS Barbary, there are no other violations of protocol to report."

As the HLS Barbary docked at quay 2 in the harbour of Light, several patrol cars of the border police had turned up. They checked the passports, visa and tickets of all that left the ship. When all normal travellers had left the ship, they boarded it to search for the fare dodger. In the back of the ship he was being pinned down by two sailors, in a foreign accent, the fare dodger pleaded to be treated in a more gentle way and claimed he shouldn't be treated like a criminal because he just had made a mistake.

Officer Tao Xing turned red and he cursed when he heard the foreigner claiming he wasn't a criminal.

"You godforsaken rotten apple, you miserable worm! How can you claim not to be a criminal when you buy a ticket to go to one place and then go somewhere else! It is fraud, it is trespassing into the Holy Grand Empire and it is using services you have not paid for... You call it a mistake but you have committed three crimes! And who are we to say that one crime is worse than the other. Humans need to learn complete obedience to the Heavenly Light and straying from the path is always wrong. I will not judge if it is better to murder or to dodge fares, that is up to the court!"

The foreign traveller pleaded some more, but nothing of it was understandable. Officer Tao Xing reported that he first thought the foreign traveller was pleading for mercy, but he then decided that could not be the case. It was not part of his job to show mercy to those who disobey the rules and regulations of the Holy Grand Empire and the foreigner would know this.

The foreign traveller was escorted to the police station of Zibolerhafen where he was allowed some food and a refreshing shower before he was interviewed. Officer Tao Xing turned the recording equipment on and started to interrogate the suspect.

"This is officer Tao Xing with a so-far unknown suspect of fraud, territorial rape and theft. I will know ask the suspect to his name, your nationality, titles and profession and to give a description of the facts of this case. Suspect, please tell me your name, titles and profession and tell me exactly what happened today from the moment you woke up."

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a so-far unknown suspect of fraud, territorial rape and theft.
Heh, this should become the basic charge against foreigners. =p
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Jonathan had attempted to take the boat from Walstadt to Tapfer. In Walstadt, he had attended a meeting of the nobles to discuss infrastructure. Despite his attempts to end the airplane quarantine, nothing came about it. So he had to take the ferry to Mehlville, from where he'd fly to Lindstrom.

But now, as the past few hours had indicated, he had gone west rather than east. He'd come to the land of his mortal enemies, those who had been active in the genocide of his people in Hurmu, those who had killed his very own father, and his uncle Elijah, those who wanted nothing else but evil on this world.

To be frank, Jonathan was terrified. The ship's captain had told him that it was because of too much ice in the water that they had to turn for Light rather than back to Walstadt or go to Tapfer. Something felt completely wrong here.

"My name is Mirza Jonathan Merlingsson Ayreon-Kalirion, Prince of the Lakes, Emir of Sathrati, Prince of Elwynn, Duke of New Aquitane. I am the High Justiciar of Stormark. You will let me ashore, and let me access any plane that would take me to Alexandria, Natopia or Stormark. Even Shireroth would do. But you will not hold me here. I am the High Justiciar of Stormark, entrusted to lead the government of His Royal and Imperial Majesty the High King of Stormark and Their Most Sacred Majesties the Sacred Ladies Divine, Ladies Freyja, Frigg and Idun, with whom the High King is in marriage. You will not apprehend me. I will not subject myself to interrogation. You will let me go in the name of the law of the nations."

Jonathan was firm. Being firm was the only thing these devil-worshippers understood. One could not play nice with them.
Prince Jonathan
MIRZA JONATHAN MERLINGSSON AYREON-KALIRION

[spoiler]Emir of Sathrati
Prince of Natopia
Prince among the Lakes
Duke of New Aquitane
Duke of Haven
Count Shishin
Count of Northshire
Count of Arietta
Count of Cape Farewell
Count of Ransenar
Lord of Andelarion
Jarl of Frostarike
Baig of Upasāgara
Scion of the King of Kings[/spoiler]

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Officer Tao Xing took his pen and wrote down what Jonathan said. He could not understand half of it because of Jonathan's weird accent.

"Very well, so you want a plane to Shireroth, Stormark, Alexandria and Natopia? That's not difficult to arrange actually..."

The policeman left the interrogation room for a while and then came back with four Styrofoam boxes. He took his whaling knife and sharpened it, whistling a song from his childhood.

"You foreigners always have such peculiar wishes... But who am I to reject them? I will just write down that you admitted your error and offered to undergo a voluntary death sentence. That makes both of us happy, you see a few countries and I have less paperwork."

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As Tao Xing was speaking, Jonathan felt relieved. Everything would work out. That was until Officer Tao came to the last bit of his speech, when he spoke of "voluntary death sentence". Jonathan felt apprehensive. Despite being in the evilest country on the planet, he could not still believe it was completely true. Maybe it was a joke. Still, he felt nervous.

"What...? I am sorry? What?"
Prince Jonathan
MIRZA JONATHAN MERLINGSSON AYREON-KALIRION

[spoiler]Emir of Sathrati
Prince of Natopia
Prince among the Lakes
Duke of New Aquitane
Duke of Haven
Count Shishin
Count of Northshire
Count of Arietta
Count of Cape Farewell
Count of Ransenar
Lord of Andelarion
Jarl of Frostarike
Baig of Upasāgara
Scion of the King of Kings[/spoiler]

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Jonathan wrote:Despite being in the evilest country on the planet
What...? I am sorry? What? :geek:
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Tao Xing walked up towards Jonathan, his knife in his right hand. He motioned two guards to press Jonathan against the wall with his arms and legs spread. Jonathan looked frightened, Tao Xing thought but then he pushed away that thought and focused on his duty again.

"So... what shall we send to Stormark?"

The officer took one of the smaller Styrofoam boxes and then smiled. He put his knife in Jonathan's clothing and cut them from his body.

"I need to see where I am cutting, sorry for the lack of privacy..."

Xing then placed his knife in Jonathan's groin and started to separate his genitals from the rest of his body. Jonathan was still alive at this point and was screaming like a pig at the slaughterhouse. After a minute of cutting the genitals fell to the floor, Xing picked them up and placed them inside the Styrofoam box. He cleaned his hands and then wrote "Stormark" on the box. Jonathan was still panting when Xing put the knife against Jonathan's throat.

"Any last words?" he asked. Jonathan tried to say something but Xing slit his throat. "Not interested..." he added as he cut off the head. Like the genitals before the head fell on the floor and Xing placed it in one of the boxes. He washed his hands again and as he wanted to write a destination on the box the phone rang.

"Yes, hello, I am kind of busy now."

"The head... send it to Takano Myksos, he wanted a gift for the Kaiseress, this is it."

"Who is this?"

"..."

"Why did I bother to ask... But when the Tègong wants me to send it to Takano, who am I to disagree? I'm just a simple officer in a far away part of the empire! Ready to do as I am told, as always."

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In his last moments of existence, time seemed to go so slowly. His senses were heightened. Every smell, every light, every shadow, every sound, he consumed them all. He did not think so much about death itself, he just regretted that it would come so soon. He thought of his small little brothers, how he would no longer be there to guide them in life, about how they would not be open for corruption and evil... He could no longer protect them. He thought of his fiancée who had waited so long for a marriage... and now she would never have it. Perhaps, she would have a better man now.

And as the soul left him to go to the hereafter, he placed his spirit in the hands of Bous. He heard the buttery angels sing him that hymn that so often comforted him.

We'll find the place which He for us prepared,
all the way through His rest;
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the fools will be blessed.
We'll milk the bull, our bodies sing,
Shout praises to our god and king;
Above the rest these words we'll tell:
All is well! All is well!
Prince Jonathan
MIRZA JONATHAN MERLINGSSON AYREON-KALIRION

[spoiler]Emir of Sathrati
Prince of Natopia
Prince among the Lakes
Duke of New Aquitane
Duke of Haven
Count Shishin
Count of Northshire
Count of Arietta
Count of Cape Farewell
Count of Ransenar
Lord of Andelarion
Jarl of Frostarike
Baig of Upasāgara
Scion of the King of Kings[/spoiler]

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As they were cleaning up the mess, Tao Xing came across Jonathan's diary. He read the last entrance:
Jonathan wrote:Things I hate:

- Inefficient bureaucracy
- Corruption
- Growing older
"I love days like these, really making a difference..."

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