“Since dah time’s of maximus an’ bewbet, dewe had awways been one monawch gibin’ theiw bwessin’ to dewe heiw. Dis am cawwed dah etewnaw chain, an’ it am what unites dah cwown, an’ dah nation itsewf.”
[Excerpt from a Breadbasket teacher]
For the next few day’s after the whole tavern “Incident” we spent just inside the gate. I knew Soon Gusto was going to announce Enoch’s existence and things were going to change, but I just didn’t know when. That was until we went to the mess hall on 4 day’s after the incident when we were given conformation. We looked to see a poster with plain simple test “Our Nation Going forward. GrandPriest Gusto speech tomorrow afternoon.” Than looking to the button there was more smaller text. “Any associates connected to Gusto or to the Doe family are to report to there designated locations tomorrow morning.” After reading myself, I could see Dar take a moment to look at the poster before speaking.
“Next mownin’ huh?”
I remember the rest of the day going by pretty fast, we have been on break for a good while that to me the thought of now was both good (Finally done sitting around) and a bit bad (Who knows what’s going to happen when this announcement spreads across) Now it was the next day, and we left the gate in our full gear heading to Gusto.
As we walked I looked to see that the poster in the mess hall was now all over the streets, with the only difference being that instead of it saying tomorrow, the text was marked out and today replaced it. There were also lot’s of posters that I would describe as… “StrongWing propaganda” Poster’s depicting Tullos StrongWing as King, some depicting him as a great hero defending Motor from Tribal’s and one that made my blood boil a bit, being Tullos looking to the ghosts of Soul and Monica and speaking “how 'ou wescued Motow fwom dah owdew, tuwwos wiww wecue it fwom itsewf.” I felt compelled to rip that poster right off, but stopped myself for I didn’t want to cause a scene. Now at the door we knock before a guard comes and opens it, allowing us in a few moments later.
Being the last in I saw the others in my unit with faces of confusion and Ix speaking.
“Who is this?”
Getting myself a better look I see what she was talking about. Inside the room I saw Gusto sitting and having a drink with Tethius and reverend sitting by on the ground. Gusto turns his head to see us, speaking less than a second later.
“Ah, gud am hewe. dah pewson besides me am Tethius, fwuffy used to be an adbisow fo’ Maximus dah iv an’ Wiwian. Buh am nao teachah an’ phiwosophah at dah obsewbatowy distwict. He knew about an’ has offewed himsewf to hewp Enoch.”
Tethius approaches Charles first and begins shaking each of our hooves until eventually he comes to me speaking quietly as he shakes my hoove.
“Did 'ou teww them?”
I shake my head and Tethius gives a slight nod as he heads back to the place he was sitting. And Gusto goes to another room speaking for a bit before coming back out, with someone else.
Coming out with him we all saw Enoch, with him no longer wearing the rags I remember him wearing, but a nice looking tunic. Me, my unit, and reverend all go to kneel before him and Enoch speaks sounding a bit awkward.
“It’s otay’ nu nee’ to do that…”
We all start getting up and Enoch turns to Tethius with a smile, speaking to him.
“Tethius it’s gud to see 'ou again! Enoch thought about what ‘ou said yestewday an’ it weawwy stwuck a chowd… Fank 'ou.”
Enoch and Tethius give each other a warm embrace as Gusto looks at us and speaks.
“Gusto wan’‘s ‘ou standin’ by fwuffy whiwe fwuffy gib dah speech. An’ den once Enoch am bwought out stand by him.”
than Gusto speaks to us again, silencing his voice.
“Wook awso dewe’s dis othah thin’ Gusto wan’‘s to tawk to ‘ou about, aftah dah speech. I’ww say dis, Tuwwos StwongWing, Gusto doesn’t see him bein’ fwee by dah spwin’.”
I pretend to be confused alongside everyone else, with Charles speaking.
“What?”
Gusto is about to speak to us, but a guard comes in looking at Gusto and speaking.
“Gwandpwiest, dah cwowd has fowmed, dey am waitin’ fo’ 'ou.”
Gusto Takes a deep breath, and looking at us give the signal to follow and we do. following him to the crowds.
[1 Hour Later]
Well things could have gone far worse… When we first came out there was a mixture of confusion and excitement in the crowd, thinking that Gusto was about to officially give Tullos the invitation to become king. That was until Gusto started talking… At first things seemed ok with Gusto just talking about the history of Motor and it’s resilience against all challenges, than there came the first major shock when Gusto exposed Lilian’s and Willow’s relationship and when he spoke shouting and cursing could be heard. Now came the next shock as Gusto officially announced the existence of Enoch by first talking about Willow’s pregnancy, than after that he talked about Willow’s and Enoch’s moving to Nickel city and his return to Motor. Than with that Enoch presented himself to the crowd, with us right beside him as he tried to build up the courage to speak only to be drowned out by the quickly growing animosity. It was when Gusto saw the guards on the ground trying to hold back the crowds that he decided the speech was saying lastly that to expect the coronation by summer. Now quickly it was decided for the safety of the King and his family, that it would be best to head out of the city for awhile and go to one of the Doe estates. Quickly getting a carriage for the King and his family and a wagon for the rest of us we began to move out, heading to the gate. And as we traveled throughout the city it was …holy shit. full blown riots had broken out across 4 districts, with guards trying there very best to stop the enraged crowd with them chanting about the “Fake King” and “Usurper” and even some calling Gusto a traitor. Now exiting Stablelot it seemed we weren’t followed and we stopped for a moment, stopping at a quiet road we got out. as I walked to the carriage I now could see Tethius comforting a crying Roxy and Jasmine. and a disheveled Enoch speaking to Gusto by a stump. Just then I notice something, one of Gusto’s Anuian guards was looking at them and started approaching slowly. Putting my hoove on my sword I begin to walk over to the guard, going from 0 to 100 the guard started charging at Enoch with his weapon drawn. Shouting as he did.
“I DIE FO’ HOUSE STWONGWING!” Fin
Thank you for reading my story! I hope to have the next part done in a few day’s to a week, and of course constructive criticism is appreciated. May you have a good day!