Chapter 4: The Conference
Aryll awoke to the sun that shined through her yellow curtains. The room lit up with golden pigments in the sunlight. She got out of the comfortable bed. She walked around the room taking in all of the art and the table of gold with breakfast on it. The food looked to be a rendition of the food she ate home but it but it was a bit bland, but she was starving and decided to eat it anyways.
There was a knock at the door and Aryll walked over to open the door. Paige stood with a cheery smile. "May I come in?" she asked.
"Oh yes, of course." Aryll quickly said.
"How did you sleep?"
"Fine." Aryll wondered what she was getting at.
"Look I'm not good at small talk so I'll get right to the point. Today a conference between the cities in Mirphyte will be held. Each of the governors will state their situation and then we decide on our next action plan. What I'm really asking is if you're still going to fight in this war.
"Oh course I'm still going to fight!"
"Aryll, I'm worried about you. You don't have any experience, you don't have to fight, you could die, and yet you still insist on going."
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The conference room was a large room with a long rectangular glass table. There were several people sitting around it. The King sat at the head of the table. Paige, Link, and Aryll sat near him.
King Adan stood up as soon as everyone seated. "I'm sorry this meeting is running late but we're still waiting for word from Azurite."
There was silence for a moment as each person kept an emotionless face. Link whispered to Paige, "What's going on?"
"This is a meeting usually held during a crisis. Each person is here to represent his or her city in Mirphyte. There is usually one ruler, or as we call them governors, per city because it is hard for a king to keep control of each city so he must appoint a governor for each city. Of course King Adan has complete control over all the cities but this is an easier way to keep everything running smoothly."
"This is insane!" shouted a female governor with short curly back hair from across the table. "We need to stop talking about this war and take serious action. We're losing land left and right all up north."
"She's right!" another said as he stood from his chair. "If we don't do anything now the Cidvacs will become too strong and we won't stand a chance. I don't know about any of you but I'm not about to bow down to them"
A castle guard then barged in on the meeting. He was out of breath and tried to talk as clearly as possible. "Sir a representative from Azurite has arrived."
"Well, bring them in."
"I'm sorry sir but I'm afraid I can't."
"And why not?"
"She came here in pretty bad shape. She is now located in the hospital wing."
"How bad of shape is she in?"
"I doubt she'll live through the day. She has a broken leg and she was shot with an arrow in the back. By the time she made it here she was practically dead from the blood loss."
Adan looked how in exhaustion and disbelief "You are dismissed" with that the guard quickly walked away.
"King Adan!" a governor stood up to put in his idea. "You have heard of all of the devastation. People cannot be made with these people. We need to send more armies up north and fight for our people. We are losing cities one by one. We must put a stop to the madness."
"Fine then. Each city gather an army and we'll move north. We're going to get our cities back!" King Adan stood up feeling confident and dismissed everyone. "Paige stay here"
After everyone had left Paige stayed behind along with Link and Aryll.
"Paige I want you to lead my army."
"I'd be honored, sir"
"I also want you to equip these two" Adan gestured toward Link and Aryll. "They will need to have the proper weapons"
Aryll awoke to the sun that shined through her yellow curtains. The room lit up with golden pigments in the sunlight. She got out of the comfortable bed. She walked around the room taking in all of the art and the table of gold with breakfast on it. The food looked to be a rendition of the food she ate home but it but it was a bit bland, but she was starving and decided to eat it anyways.
There was a knock at the door and Aryll walked over to open the door. Paige stood with a cheery smile. "May I come in?" she asked.
"Oh yes, of course." Aryll quickly said.
"How did you sleep?"
"Fine." Aryll wondered what she was getting at.
"Look I'm not good at small talk so I'll get right to the point. Today a conference between the cities in Mirphyte will be held. Each of the governors will state their situation and then we decide on our next action plan. What I'm really asking is if you're still going to fight in this war.
"Oh course I'm still going to fight!"
"Aryll, I'm worried about you. You don't have any experience, you don't have to fight, you could die, and yet you still insist on going."
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The conference room was a large room with a long rectangular glass table. There were several people sitting around it. The King sat at the head of the table. Paige, Link, and Aryll sat near him.
King Adan stood up as soon as everyone seated. "I'm sorry this meeting is running late but we're still waiting for word from Azurite."
There was silence for a moment as each person kept an emotionless face. Link whispered to Paige, "What's going on?"
"This is a meeting usually held during a crisis. Each person is here to represent his or her city in Mirphyte. There is usually one ruler, or as we call them governors, per city because it is hard for a king to keep control of each city so he must appoint a governor for each city. Of course King Adan has complete control over all the cities but this is an easier way to keep everything running smoothly."
"This is insane!" shouted a female governor with short curly back hair from across the table. "We need to stop talking about this war and take serious action. We're losing land left and right all up north."
"She's right!" another said as he stood from his chair. "If we don't do anything now the Cidvacs will become too strong and we won't stand a chance. I don't know about any of you but I'm not about to bow down to them"
A castle guard then barged in on the meeting. He was out of breath and tried to talk as clearly as possible. "Sir a representative from Azurite has arrived."
"Well, bring them in."
"I'm sorry sir but I'm afraid I can't."
"And why not?"
"She came here in pretty bad shape. She is now located in the hospital wing."
"How bad of shape is she in?"
"I doubt she'll live through the day. She has a broken leg and she was shot with an arrow in the back. By the time she made it here she was practically dead from the blood loss."
Adan looked how in exhaustion and disbelief "You are dismissed" with that the guard quickly walked away.
"King Adan!" a governor stood up to put in his idea. "You have heard of all of the devastation. People cannot be made with these people. We need to send more armies up north and fight for our people. We are losing cities one by one. We must put a stop to the madness."
"Fine then. Each city gather an army and we'll move north. We're going to get our cities back!" King Adan stood up feeling confident and dismissed everyone. "Paige stay here"
After everyone had left Paige stayed behind along with Link and Aryll.
"Paige I want you to lead my army."
"I'd be honored, sir"
"I also want you to equip these two" Adan gestured toward Link and Aryll. "They will need to have the proper weapons"