>>5327479>>5327474>>5327353>>5327296{Photo: Silambam - Dhakshna's Martial Arts}
With the cliff and creek at your back, you announce your choice.
“Great Fleet of The Island. I have asked much of you, and you always delivered. Even when it is hard. But this crossing is too dangerous. I will not ask, I will not [i:lit]command[/i:lit] anyone to cross. I will do my duty alone if need be.
As you kneel to grab your gear a chorus rumbles through the hills.
[blue]Ratu Adil. Ratu Adil. Ratu Adil.[/blue]
Volunteers swarm to cross the creek until every crewmember and pilgrim you brought with you stands ready to go. It’s enough to make you cry, but you still take only two squads as a safety measure. The others earned their rest.
The hike up the creek was bloody, tiring, and irritating but you made it through with no casualties or injuries. Your smaller group moved quickly through the Ponni grasslands, giving your tribute to the Muli rafting downriver. One of their trading boats has dire news.
[green] The city is burning.[/green]
Each group you meet says the same thing, but no one has more details. Is this what Agana needed you for? You and the squads hurry towards the city.
[red][i:lit]Cutantirattiṟkāka![/i:lit][/red]
A squad of Ponni raiders surrounds you, led by...Kasi?!
“Kasi, what are you doing?!”
[red]Looking out for my people, captain.[/red]
They say that last word with weight and complexity.
“So am I. Here!”
You nod and have Nizax toss the raiders a small bag of Anyaten material.
“I give what’s owed to [b:lit]my[/b:lit] people. Which is [b:lit]everyone[/b:lit] on the Island. Please, just don't take the treasure meant for others.”
Kasi takes the sack and opens it.
[red]We’re not bandits of greed. We’re freedom fighters. Here to take what is needed but not supplied.[/red]
“Everyone, weapons down. We can talk this out.”
Your guard drop their arms and the raiders do the same.
“I heard the city is burning.”
[red] A youth in [i:lit]Neykōṭaṉ[/i:lit][/red] collapsed in the heat when they working in the mud fields. Their overseer beat them so they would work again, and they died.[/red]
“Kasi, I’m so sorry.”
[red]Ponni, Muli, Nupuri. We can only take so much abuse. We thought The Great Peace would be an end to the violence from the other tribes, but spear and ax have been traded for whip and workhouse. The laborers of the city are united. No work done until justice is served. [/red]
>I’ll talk with Agana and see if we can work something out.(No changes)
>This cause is just, I will join the movement.(Ponni+, Nupuri+, Muli+, Taya-, Ahi-, Chantou-, Illa-)
>This chaos needs to stop, law and order must prevail.(Ponni-, Nupuri-, Muli-, Taya+, Ahi+, Chantou+, Illa+)
>Write-in(Propose it and I will tell you it's tribal approval, then let you pick it as an option.)
