Sweet Silver Seduction

Torak knew that this moment would define his reign, clutching the microphone infront of him, he cleared his throat. " Dear citizens of Esporitia, today is the beginning of a new era for us all!" His large, scarred hands were slick with sweat, "I request that you all respect the changes that will be enforced over the coming months and years. Chaos has ruled this kingdom for too long, our previous ruler brought disorder to our stable society. The old ways, when we were matched with those similar to ourselves, living in peace with those like-minded, these ways will be seen once again. No longer will we suffer in isolation, separated from each other except for mating season. I pledge to bring us together once more, with love and shared values at the centre of our society. We will reward those who endeavour to follow each other and those around you and we will punish those who seek the chaos of individualism. For we no longer have the darkness of the emperor among us." He looks into the crowd, all waiting on him with bated breath, " Tomorrow your uniforms will be delivered and we will prepare for the demolition of the world we see around us, in favour of a new way of life, we will build the kingdom from the ground up again. Those who do not wish to follow can come before me this evening, your fate will be decided then. My dear citizens, we will be freed by becoming one again!" Cheering errupts in waves from the clamoring crowd as he turns and leaves through a concealed door. Torak had wanted this moment for as long as he could remember, 15 years under the ruling of the man who tore people from their homes, separated everyone, isolated until insanity took hold. This moment, freeing his people from individualism, would never leave him, would stay just behind his eyelids for the rest of time, accompanied by the look in the emperors eyes when he finally bled the life from him. He can taste the metallic liquid still on his lips, it sprayed his face and he couldn't help but taste it, the taste of freedom, the taste of revenge. The night he had killed the emperor had brought him confusion too, he tried to push it from his mind but the adrenaline from the hunt had left him wholly unsatisfied when he stared upon the slumped and defeated body of the man he once believed to be God. Hatred had overwhelmed him as he dragged the body towards his new home, past the abandoned houses of Galpier, the capital. Everyone had been moved across the Kingdom, so as to always be alone. The emperor had fenced everyone in and climbing the fences only resulted in an electric death. And so there was no one to congratulate him on his kill, except the woman with the bright red eyes, who had escaped during the commotion he caused in the south west of the kingdom and followed, without his knowledge, to the emperors Town, watching with a blood list matching his own, as he ended the reign of terror. She had approached him after that with such gratitude and they had worked together to plan their new system. It genuinely seemed like the peace the world needed after the emperor but Torak and the red lady would kill anyone who strayed from their ideals, creating a world of straight cut clones, they looked individual but acted like one being. To them this was the peace they sought but many would find this their own hell. Those who initially refused to conform had their tongues cut out and either performed tasks for their new leaders, Torak and the red woman, or built the new kingdom under close watch. Torak had hoped for peace but brought about a new form of terror. Power and vengeance corrupts.