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The Backstory

"Thank you for joining me tonight, Globbular. I felt as if it would be easier if I spoke with you instead of Tomtaru on the subject at hand," Palmo gazed over the balcony and crossed his arms. "Don't you think that around here we're not getting the respect that we deserve? I mean, don't you ever think what we do around here isn't worth what we receive?"

At first I gave him this look that said 'Yeah, I think you're right', but then I pondered over the situation more and didn't think it was that big of a deal. "I see what you're getting at, but honestly, it's not like we're royalty, we get what we deserve and I'm grateful I don't live like a plebeian on the outskirts of the kingdom!" I responded with emotion.

"I'm just saying, we're the one who pretty much decide what goes in the kingdom, and we live like servants."

"I still don't see what you're getting at, but go on..."

"I want you to help me take over the throne."

From the very moment he said that, I gave him a very serious look that told him I thought he was crazy, and I made sure of that. "You want to what?!"

"I'm telling you, you and I could run this world like never before, I already have an attack set for tomorrow launched against Tom, but if you're willing to you can also be part of this revolution."

I knew that when he said you and I could run the kingdom, he really meant he could do it. Alone. If he were to actually value my existence, he would have said something along the lines of, you will have your own place, but telling me he wants to run it with me, I know that his ego is too large to share a position as great as this. Palmo thinks he has me in the palm of his hands, but I'm not as stupid as he thinks I am.

In the beginning, when Palmo was first assigned to his position to co-adviser, I was not so happy about it being that I had secured that position for a while now and had to share it with someone. Though as time went on I learned that Palmo wasn't such a bad guy, yes, he was very cocky as well as strongly opinionated, but he was very genuine in his works.

Regardless, one night I had seen him drop something from his satchel on the way out the door; I was going to hand it to him, but he was already too far gone. I kept that letter awaiting for his re-entry, but to no avail, he didn't come back that night. So, just as I was about to go rest, I opened it upon and was shocked to read what it had said. In the letter it had talked about how Tom was unfit for his position and asked the receiver to join him. It didn't look formal what so ever; it looked like he copied it from some template. I didn't think much of it at the time though, as it was late and I thought of it as part of a piece of prose he may have been working on. For now, though, I think it'll be better to play along. "Sure, when should I be ready by?"

"Meet me in the central chamber by dusk, and be ready to fight."

...

Later that day, knowing that his crew was too large for any of the guards to handle, I gathered my most trusted friends, Sid, Tom's right hand man, and Vin, a guard who has helped me out a lot throughout the years.

I told them of the plan Palmo was planning to put forth the next day, and they agreed that they would help me to escape Center City before it all happened. We continued talking until we all met up to the front doors of Tom's room in the castle. Giant wooden doors trimmed with silver engraved with some ancient writing that is illegible to my eyes, and the seal of Destiny branded into both doors, a snowcapped mountain overlooking a very large lake.

I asked Sid to knock on the door and ask for entry. "Hello? Tom? I would like to have a word with you," Sid announced.

"Ah, Sid, come right in, the doors are unlocked," A drowsy sounding Tom answers back to him.

As we opened the doors, we struggled a bit using the strength of all three of in order to open the gargantuan doors that opened to his chamber. The inside was a very white room, exploiting marble usage at almost every square inch. The room was shaped like an oval with Tom's bed residing at the very back. All of us walk down closer to Tom so we could have a better word with him, down a red velvet carpet ending on each side with a golden frill of plaits.

"You didn't tell me you had company, Sid, but I guess it is the more the merrier."

"This is a very serious situation, Tom," I chip in. "I'm afraid Palmo is conspiring to overthrow you in your position."

"What? How dare you come in here and accuse him of this? Palmo is one of my most trusted men!"

"I'm sorry to say this, sir, but this evening he called me out to meet him on his balcony where he told me of his plans. This is why I had gathered Sid and Vin in here to talk with you."

"Well, if this is true, when is this alleged coercion supposed to take place?"

"If my sources are correct, tomorrow morning," I solemnly remarked.

Tom hung his head in acknowledgement as if knowing that he would not be able to withstand such a blow.

"But listen, we are planning on leaving tonight, on a mission to get help. I'm sure you're well acquainted with the other world on Phoenix, Chaos, well anyways, we were going to leave tonight and be on our way to get to the portal that links the two worlds together in hopes of obtaining help from their world to assist us in reclaiming what was rightfully ours in the first place."

"And you expect me to do all of this with you? I may be nice and all but I'm still a king and I can't be doing all this dirty work."

"I figured you might have said this, and even if you hadn't I would have sent you to another holding place for a while."

"What might this place be, exactly?"

"It's one of my friend's place, she has a name, but most people address her as Miss. She has a place just on the outskirts of the kingdom, but let me assure you, it isn't all that shabby. I even head there sometimes to stay for an overnight visit."

"Alright, well, I guess we should get going then," Vin surmised.

With the guards consent, we left the castle saying that Tom had some duties to fulfill. And once we were far away enough we ran into the forest out of their sight, not to be seen again for unknown to them would be a long time. I felt bad for leaving the Kingdom to crumble in the hands of Palmo, but for now, it was the best I could do. Before continuing on even further, I took one last look at the castle, inhaled deeply, and moved forward.

That night we found a small abandoned hut that we fixed up a little and slept in for the night, resting for the long walk we would have to make tomorrow. The hut only had one bed in it, so, being the greatest of us all, hierarchically, we let Tom sleep in it. Whereas Sid, Vin, and I slept on the floor, not even a wooden floor, a dirt floor. But, I'll get over it, forgetting about it completely in due time.

That morning, none of us bothered to freshen up whatsoever, being as there was no water or anything to clean up with. So we just moved on. Advancing forward, nothing eventful happened, which was a perfect time for me to assess the situation in which I had so quickly flung myself into.

Even if I were to gather help, would that be enough to reclaim what had been taken away from us? And while we're out here, doing almost nothing besides just standing around, everyone in Center City is being taken under submission by that of Palmo and his crew. Honestly, I just hope someone has a better plan than mine somewhere along the way because I'm not even sure if this'll work out in the end.

While I pondered on those thoughts, unaware to me, we had reached Miss' house. It was a very nice house for being in the middle of nowhere. A two story house with a nice stone base and a wooden bedroom fit for one, which I'm assuming she'll let Tom sleep in.

"Knock, knock," I shout as I tap on the door.

"Oh, Glob! It's so nice to see you! I see you brought company; why don't you all come in." Miss said with some surprise to her voice. "So, what brings you here? I don't see much of you anymore."

"I gesture towards the king and tell her,"There is a terrible situation arising in Center City. As it turns out Palmo, whom I'm sure I have ranted about a lot on my visits here has planned to take over the throne. Hearing of this news, I quickly gathered the king and two of my closest companions."

"...And what exactly do you want me to do about it?" she said with contempt.

"I need you to take care of the king for me, I don't want him getting into any issues as we continue on our journey," I tell her.

"Wow. I don't know what to say about this, but if it's for the good of the nation, I'm sure I can be of assistance."

"Just make some of those cookies of yours and I'm sure he'll be just fine,"I assured her with a big grin.

And with that said, we left the house with some cheerful 'farewells' and 'good lucks', and a little bit of food for the go, then picked up our adventure towards the portal that links the two worlds.