Recognition of Presence

by Misshallery

An impassioned journalist. An old guard. The revolutionaries. A ditzy crook. A dead daughter. A hopeful traveller. A pair of lovers. A restless woman. A weary officer. A new life. Ten stories from the Grestin Border.

3. Chapter 3: The Venom

File: Body text from unauthorised propaganda, distributed by the group 'EZIC' or 'Order of the EZIC Star'.

ARSTOTZKA IS A BEAST, GLUTTONOUS AND EVIL. IT HOARDS ITS PEOPLE AND HIDES THEM AWAY FROM THE WORLD WHILE THE GREEDY, THE PUPPET MASTERS, PROSPER.

MANY DESPAIR OVER THIS REALITY, BUT SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL A BEAST SO LARGE.

THE ORDER OF THE EZIC STAR DISAGREES.

WHEN YOU ALLOW THE VENOM OF REVOLUTION TO PIERCE A GIANT'S VEINS, NO ANTIDOTE ON EARTH CAN QUELL SOMETHING SO POTENT. EZIC IS THIS VENOM, THE SUBSTANCE THE PEOPLE OF ARSTOTZKA NEED SO DEARLY. JOIN OUR RANKS AND WE SHALL SLAY THE BEAST, OVERTHROW IT AND LET THE PEOPLE BE FREE.

GLORY TO THE NEW ARSTOTZKA. THE ONE THAT SHALL BLOOM ONE DAY SOON.