Chapter 7: New Discoveries
[Presidential POV]
The occupation of Arkham was a success, and the city is now a puppet of our state. Soon, we'll be annexing it. The Joker's rule was…interesting, to say the least. He was trying to turn it into some kind of casino. We looked at his plans, and I have to admit that it was a pretty cool idea, one worth continuing.
However, the Joker was a sadist, and it shows. He had a lottery where he would select a person to be dragged off and murdered (sometimes humanely, sometimes not). The Jokerz would often harass the people surrounding the area.
Despite this, we're using some of the vestiges of the Jokerz as "Casino Security" to protect the city. We're keeping them on a very short leash. We're also losing the "Clown" aesthetic, and going for a more typical Mafia theme.
With the Jokerz gone for good, our island appears safe from all threats. Relations with Gotham are doing well. Apparently, some still fear "GUN Militarism", but by and large they recognize that we're here to help.
We sent out ships to try and scout out the nearby islands. Despite there being no sign of Polygons on our own island, they seem rather common in places far from civilization. You'll come across deserted islands entirely covered in Polygons. They wait, perfectly still, for some poor sap to walk on shore. It's a downright unsettling thing to look at, I'm told.
To our north, we've discovered a place called "Aperture Science", it's a group of laboratories and factories, run by an AI known as Glados. She shouts death threats at anyone who comes near. The laboratories contain significantly more advanced technology than anything we've ever seen.
To our west is a donut-shaped island. It has three nations on it. They are:
Hyrule, a society resembling medieval Europe. Its inhabitants are Elven in appearance. We believe the Cataclysm may have caused this alteration in some manner. Their ruler is a woman named Princess Peach.
To Hyrule's North is a land called Mobius. It contains…talking anthropomorphic animals. There's not a lot of leadership over them. They seem pretty chill. Our scouts, however, noticed a statue of a hedgehog. They call him "Sonic".
And, to Mobius's Northwest is a land called the Eggman Empire. It's an Empire of robots built by a Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. He claims, officially, that his eventual goal is world domination. He's been at war with Mobius for years now.
Currently, Mobius has occupied a city called Metropolis, formerly owned by Eggman. A Mobian named Tails has reprogrammed and repainted the Eggbots there, so that they're now "Tails Bots". Instead of Orange and Red, they're now Blue and Yellow colored.
But the strangest thing we found was a land to the north of Aperture: It's called the "Great Valley". It's a land where Dinosaurs not only still roam, but can talk. Their de facto ruler is an Apatosaurus nicknamed "Grandpa Longneck".
It seems we've entered a very strange world indeed.
