Prologue
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So here I was, 23, tired, and all of the other things a 23 year old should be. I didn't quite know where I was, as everything was dark....and I wasn't very comfortable. In fact, the space I was sitting in was only the size of a ventilation shaft in the large high-rises of Tolbi...but that's because it was. What was I doing? I was listening in on the ruler of New Tolbi discuss the future of Weyard with Babi, ruler of Old Tolbi. But my mission was spying. I couldn't make a noise, not even the smallest wheeze.
They couldn't see me, I could see them. They were definitely plotting something, with the maps of Weyard strewn about on the table so. Various towns were encircled in red ink, and the leaders would stare at one another at points in their conversations...
Had I been caught? I thought so for a moment, but then, my saving grace, the secretary, entered the room and called both leaders to the other room. I had to escape from this shaft...but without making a noise. That meant no Psynergy, no Djinn, just stealth at its finest. But how would I go about something like that, with the leaders of the two largest cities in Gondowan so close? I'd be imprisoned for sure...
So somehow, miraculously, I managed to crawl to the end to the end of this shaft, to where the large exhaust fan whirred. I'd never make it out alive it I went that way... So I lay on my back and unscrewed the maintenance vent...and crawled out through the top of the building. The view from sixty stories up was spectacular. Gleams of golden sunlight could be seen for miles, the lighthouses were prominent even in broad daylight. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, and called my headquarters, in the town of Sumera, near my hometown. My grandfather established it, and left me to use it as I pleased. I enlisted in a local spy organization, to protect Weyard from any environmental harm...
And that's why I am now on top of the largest building in Tolbi, the presidential mansion complex. What to do? I walked to the edge, looked down, and jumped...and landed on the wing of my airship, the Shadow Fire. I climbed into the (pie)pit, and flew skyward. My radio transmission began to ring, so I turned it on. The warm voice of Jenna came over the waves, and she began to inform me of my next mission. I promptly snapped, as I had just finished a third consecutive mission without sleeping for 36 hours. She was taken aback, and then ... the line went dead. I flew on towards Sumera...and saw dark smoke clouds on the horizon. At that moment, I stopped flying (enabling Hover) and gaped at the awful sight. My town...my beloved town...was on fire... all because of our spy organization...
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So here I was, 23, tired, and all of the other things a 23 year old should be. I didn't quite know where I was, as everything was dark....and I wasn't very comfortable. In fact, the space I was sitting in was only the size of a ventilation shaft in the large high-rises of Tolbi...but that's because it was. What was I doing? I was listening in on the ruler of New Tolbi discuss the future of Weyard with Babi, ruler of Old Tolbi. But my mission was spying. I couldn't make a noise, not even the smallest wheeze.
They couldn't see me, I could see them. They were definitely plotting something, with the maps of Weyard strewn about on the table so. Various towns were encircled in red ink, and the leaders would stare at one another at points in their conversations...
Had I been caught? I thought so for a moment, but then, my saving grace, the secretary, entered the room and called both leaders to the other room. I had to escape from this shaft...but without making a noise. That meant no Psynergy, no Djinn, just stealth at its finest. But how would I go about something like that, with the leaders of the two largest cities in Gondowan so close? I'd be imprisoned for sure...
So somehow, miraculously, I managed to crawl to the end to the end of this shaft, to where the large exhaust fan whirred. I'd never make it out alive it I went that way... So I lay on my back and unscrewed the maintenance vent...and crawled out through the top of the building. The view from sixty stories up was spectacular. Gleams of golden sunlight could be seen for miles, the lighthouses were prominent even in broad daylight. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, and called my headquarters, in the town of Sumera, near my hometown. My grandfather established it, and left me to use it as I pleased. I enlisted in a local spy organization, to protect Weyard from any environmental harm...
And that's why I am now on top of the largest building in Tolbi, the presidential mansion complex. What to do? I walked to the edge, looked down, and jumped...and landed on the wing of my airship, the Shadow Fire. I climbed into the (pie)pit, and flew skyward. My radio transmission began to ring, so I turned it on. The warm voice of Jenna came over the waves, and she began to inform me of my next mission. I promptly snapped, as I had just finished a third consecutive mission without sleeping for 36 hours. She was taken aback, and then ... the line went dead. I flew on towards Sumera...and saw dark smoke clouds on the horizon. At that moment, I stopped flying (enabling Hover) and gaped at the awful sight. My town...my beloved town...was on fire... all because of our spy organization...