Much like Galya, the public couldn\u2019t believe that the accident that took her father\u2019s life WAS just an accident, not after the sabotage. The media lapped the story up, practically reveling in the fact that someone had died. But, in one of life\u2019s little ironies, the media sensationalism was what ended the ordeal. After her dad\u2019s funeral, Galya walked the streets alone, giving herself time to think. She deliberately didn\u2019t look at the headlines and kept herself deaf to the news broadcasts. As she was concentrating on giving her attention only to the walk home, a hushed whisper entered her ears. \u201cDidn\u2019t you see today\u2019s paper?!\u201d hissed a man. \u201cThere\u2019s no way they\u2019ll believe we didn\u2019t cause that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat will change with time, won\u2019t it, Mr. Tuurk?\u201d asked another man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed, Mr. Talair,\u201d agreed a third man. \u201cWe simply need to lay low for a while.\u201d Galya\u2019s ears twitched as she recognized those names AND the voices. She hid below the window of the warehouse the men\u2019s voices came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe this!\u201d hissed the first man. \u201cI wanted revenge against Mechanicas and the public\u2019s out for blood!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll get revenge, we promise,\u201d said the second man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnce the machines accept their place,\u201d continued the third man, \u201cproductivity can return to its original status and violence against machines will stop.\u201d Galya took her hat off and set it and her cane down near the building. She then looked through the windows to see a disheveled Tuurk and Talair talking to an Elf she remembered seeing during the Mechanica Trial. She couldn\u2019t remember the name, but his face could be recognized over the comms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right, but we need to change locations,\u201d urged the Elf. \u201cWe can\u2019t risk being spotted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToo late for that,\u201d thought Galya. She retrieved her hat and cane and tore down the street to the nearest public comms. She found the crystal ball sitting there unused and chanted for the operator. A human woman appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGrand Under-comms,\u201d greeted the woman. \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa\u2019am, I need you to call the Endeavor<\/em>,\u201d explained Galya. \u201cSecurity Clearance Omega Nine Seven Tango, Galya Gronsar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat high a priority, hm?\u201d asked the woman. \u201cAll right, connecting now.\u201d Galya had to wait a few minutes. \u201c\u2026Arsha\u2019s taking the call in her ready room. Your call will be monitored for security purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFine,\u201d said Galya. The woman\u2019s face was replaced with Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDame Gronsar!\u201d she greeted. \u201cWhat can I do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI have a lead on the sabotage case!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTuurk and Talair?!\u201d yelped Calandra once Arsha told her, Elmar, and Furnaf of what Galya overheard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd the Elf she described was Transhell Ulndrar,\u201d replied Arsha, \u201ca former Engineer aboard the Endeavor<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe left us while we were celebrating our victory in the Mechanica Rights Trial,\u201d explained Elmar. \u201cWe haven\u2019t heard about him since then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDo you have any images of those three?\u201d Furnaf asked Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a matter of fact, yes,\u201d confirmed Arsha. \u201cYou need them for the wanted posters?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt would help the public watch out for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll have the pictures sent over right away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you, Captain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cArsha, you\u2019re still pulling off miracles,\u201d praised Elmar. \u201cI\u2019m glad that didn\u2019t change with my leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJust fighting for justice as usual,\u201d replied Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not long after their wanted posters were spread all over the kingdom, Transhell, Tuurk, and Talair were found and arrested for sabotage. During the trial, very disturbing details were revealed about what happened after their original losses. For Transhell, after he left the Endeavor <\/em>in protest of Endea gaining equal rights, he went back not to his wife, but to his mistress. He had an affair with a Succubus and his Elf wife found out, divorcing him. The Succubus, initially thinking that he was unmarried, left him alone. Last he heard, both women had a stable relationship with each other, their other twelve wives, and their husband on the Morgonthor Trenches Minimum Railway, one of the Underwater Railways in operation and boasting Mechanicas of their own. Transhell blamed Mechanicas for his downfall and wanted revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuurk and Talair, the former heads of the Realmfleet Financial Board, also had a beef with Endea. They were trying to get rid of her in the month before the last Under-union Festival, but Realmfleet, in anticipation of the Final War breaking out, shot down their goals as they needed all in-service ships to be overhauled. After begrudgingly setting aside the funds needed for Endea\u2019s overhaul and repairs, they asked Gorfanth\u2019s brother Tornoth for assistance, since they learned he didn\u2019t like Realmfleet as he thought they were taking his delivery jobs. After Tornoth was caught, he was bait for a trap set by Realmfleet to arrest Tuurk and Talair. The results of the trial sentenced the two men to life in prison and their wives divorced them on the spot. Like Transhell, they blamed Mechanicas for their downfall and wanted revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The three eventually met when Tuurk and Talair were released from prison on the condition that they would fight for Realmfleet in the Final War. They took orders from the Ship-type Mechanica Captain of the Steamwind<\/em>, Steawin. They all hated having to take orders from a machine but couldn\u2019t say anything as they liked their freedom too much. They really hated how Steawin endlessly talked about his future with his lover, Endea. They decided that any area where the ship was would suffer their wrath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The three devised plans for each kingdom that had Mechanicas and waited until the Final War was over to enact them. They learned where the Endeavor<\/em> was docked and set about enacting their Galdredan Rail Plan. Having worked as a signalman in his youth, Tuurk would be the one to sabotage the points. Talair was the best when it came to casting the invisibility spell, especially over multiple people, and Transhell was very important in infiltration operations during the Final War, so his mastery of the camera scattering spell was most welcome. Talair and Transhell were most useful in procuring the mana barrel from the refinery and Tuurk knew where to puncture the barrel to have it spill all over the tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once they were caught and found guilty, the trio were sent to Realmfleet Max, boasting tighter security and greater countermeasures against a breakout after Remsu led the one that freed Reb and Melgem. Arsha sat in her quarters alone after the whole debacle. She was glad that the fiasco was over but saddened that someone lost their life before the Eternal Age of Unity really got going. \u2026There was also something in the back of her mind that made her sad. She looked at the duty roster and made the necessary assignments for the ship and the area. She then heard the door chime. \u201cCome in,\u201d she called. Malnar and Gorfanth entered the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, Foxy,\u201d said Malnar. Arsha stood up and hugged Malnar and Gorfanth, confusing the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Not that I mind, but wha-?\u201d asked Gorfanth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen I leave the Under-realm, you two won\u2019t be with me,\u201d mumbled Arsha. The two Under-realmers then understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cArsha, we\u2019ll see each other again,\u201d soothed Malnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDo we even know when you\u2019ll be crowned Queen?\u201d asked Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe announcement\u2019s coming tomorrow.\u201d Malnar ended the embrace. \u201cNow, all the rulers of the Under-realm are needed, but you guys are certainly invited. I wouldn\u2019t want you to miss it.\u201d Arsha smiled. It was both a sad one and a happy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Much like Galya, the public couldn\u2019t believe that the accident that took her father\u2019s life WAS just an accident, not after the sabotage. 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