Vol. 2 Chapter 1: District of the losed ones
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The district of the losed ones, the poor citizen who couldn't reach the land of Khasalit's real place.
The wall, Sagradia. The one which caused them, to live in a camp like settlement. There is a tax to pass througth Sagradia, one Nedlyk. This coin is a 7cm in diagnal, made from thanxluxius metal. It has a really elegant purple color. But sometimes the color of it, became a cold cobald blue. That type of Nedlyk is consider a treasure along the Scrapcity.
In the outer rim, border line of Khasalit. The main currency is Tikru, which are small rusted iron gears. most of the population in the rim has only have couple hundred of Tikru. The most rich persons of the losed ones have 1 or two hossuin. Compared to Khasalit citizen's who's living the other side of the wall. They are living of by Nedlyks 10 or sometimes 30 of it daily.
So why it so devistated the situation of the one's who living in the outer rim. It basicly by how these different currencys are being changed.
To one of the losed one achive their dream of getting even one Nedlyk, they need to gather 2.500.000 Tikru. It impossible for them to even pay the entrance fee for they own city.
This is one of the reason why the Outer rim is "founded". but mostly it just happend. At certain point the city made that place, part of the city.
This is the place where our group has arrived. After a long walk from the Ruinforest. They are all exhausted, suprised and confused about that giant skeleton which weared a black robe. That thing slayed the Kamaitachi with one simple swing of his scythe. Not just the wind demon. The soldiers and the rescue team of Khasalit. There was no survivor, they checked. But all they found there was corpses of the rescue team.
They scavanged the freshly ruined anti-tank.
One was fully wrecked and beyond repair. Not even the framework was remotely fine. It was in little dented pieces. the reactor melted down, the engine is in several part.
The other was a bit better condition. It looked like a former wrecked machine.
Hajiki took the natruxi gatlent. A firearm with 8 bullet capacity. Usually used with nitrix bullet or neulym, but the last one is expensive to just shoot it. But that one gives the bigger punch when colliding with the target. She checked how many bullet is has. It had 3 of the neulym typed bullet.
Reweka took the part of the unworking machine part which can make into money.
three of hestraid-ion batteries, It an advanced version of the ion batteries. The work time was doubled. It could worth around 40 or 50 Nedlyk one piece of it. The sum is 150 Nedlyk. Just only one little problem is, you can't sell the part of the city's military properties. When the city goverment or the military, which is the Scraphunter lookout, find out. They will take it, at instant. This is the best option. In the worst they will accuse you vandalism or reffering you as an enemy.
"Better not sell or even let people take a glance of this." Sayed Reweka.
Despite the fact selling these are equals as declairing war to the city. It still useful, cause they can use for their own devices, or for their own home's electricity needs.
"How is Nadilik?" Asked Hajiki
"Still unconscious. I wonder what happened with her." Answered Gallahed, his answer was filled with sadness and anxiety
"Yeah, me too." Hajiki's statement was no different. She is worried too, of what could have happened with they friend.
"Gallahed do you need help, ... for carring her?" Hajiki saw the struggle of Gallahed, feel the urge to help him. She was tired too, but Gallahed was a bit different, he don't have that much stamina and strenght as her. If herself was tired, she could image how farly tired can Gallahed be.
"Thank you for the help, but i can't accept." Answered Gallahed, but his voice started to be a little shakey.
"Huh, But aren't you tired? Your legs are shaking."
"I can't say that i am not tired. However as i sayed, I want to help Rienyik. I don't want to lose her, and she don't want to lose her friends."
"..."
As they talk in the setting sun, walking toward Khasalit.
The night are falled down to the land. Swallowing all the light what the sun gaved to the land of civilization which are they live in.
After some time, as the group walk. They notice shining point in the closer horizon. Those luminous dots aren't moving, they are stationiery. More and more appeairing as they close the distance.
"Guys look, that's the start of the Outer rim"
"Finally we could sleep out the fatigue when we reached it"
Hajiki and Reweka sayed what was in there mind.
As they reached the rim outest part the Hanabaks which lived there gone out of they house. It was a bit unusually scene.
Normally they not dealing with what happening in the two side's of the rim. Nor if the city is up to something, or something on the wildside is occur to happen.
Now, they are outside, carefully watching the group while they are strolling through the estaliment of tents and metalboxes.
"Reweka don't you find strange this?" Hajiki asked with confusion
"It is strange, there wasn't any event like this. Not when i lived here." Confusion was a companion to Reweka as well.
"Yeah, when i lived here, There wasn't any of it. Only my family welcomed me when i came back. Back in the past." Hajiki's comment on the occuring happenings
This place, the Outer rim for Gallahed, was always an event. A place which by it's atmosfere stole all his words. He couldn't and still can't descripe what is that feeling, when he is there. Seeing all this.
The only thing he can is just silently watch.
"Oh you are arrived. I did not thougth you will came back to us. But we are glad. Welcome home."
A wolf-scorpion Hanabaks welcomed the group. It was around the ends of his fourties. A woman with a one pieced dress. It wasn't the newest piece, it was weared down, torned clothes. But it still keep it's beauty as it could. The Hanabaks fur and hair was a bit greyish.
"Mom, i came back" Welcomed Hajiki her mom with a great smile.
"Guys, come in."
The house was a tent. It had two seperate room. One for the childrens, and one for the adults.
in the tent, 3 children lived and 2 adults. Hajiki's sisters and her mother and grandmother.
"Good evening Hajiki's mom"
"Oh, Reweka you can call me Onkalite"
"Thank you, Onkalite"
Gallahed comes in the tent.
"What happened to your friend?"
"Nadilik? Sadly we don't know. After the meeting of the wind demon she in this state." Answered Hajiki
"At some point she started to float in the air and her clothes changed" Continued Reweka.
"That happend, but still she isn't awake" Replied Hajiki
"I hope she will be fine. I will go to get some dinner for you guys"
With this she goes to one of the metal crates.
"Aghhhh, am tired. I could fall asleep in second"
"Me too"
The group was exhausted.
They ate the dinner, what they got. But they were half asleep at that time. Shortly after that, all of them falled into deeply into the world of dreams.
In the evening somewhere in the Outer rim, a cry with full of fear sounded all over.
"Please, i'm begging you"
A deep voice answered to the cry of help
"Beggin won't help you"
"You only need to run for your life, if you want it so bad"
The sound of the chase echoed throught the so called streets.
*footstep*
"you need to be faster than this if you wan to be live again" The same deep voice filled with bloodlust
*heavy breathing*
"maybe i can hide in here" a silent voice of the victim
"Hiding won't help you"
*Painful cries*
"See, if you have runned, rather than hiding, maybe you have lived. But it is too late for you"
The night is became silent once again. Only the footstep of an unknow murderer, what can be heard.
- Writer
