Refugee City [IC, open, sign ups only]

[Serretes]

Harald turned when he heard the picket guard yell. He saw a black shape moving towards him. His first thought was a low flying fighter plane, until he realized the wings were moving quickly in rhythm. So this was one of the legendary dragons he had heard of. He immediately called for his best shot, and signaled for him to set up his .50 cal rifle. A machine gunner took the safety off his gun, but did nothing else.
When the dragon neared, Harald signaled for it to land at about 100 yards. Then he promptly slid through the wall and approached, hoping he would not be torched.

[Athron]

"Whitaker.....my name is Whitaker,and yes i would be most pleased if you would assist my people with the fortifications." he looked very happy as he watched his people begin to return to their jobs. "and as i was telling Jarruli,i am completely in your debt....." But before he could finish one of his guards ran over to him and said "sir,Yanston has just been brought back by one of the dragons....what how do you wish to deal with him?" Whitaker looked towards the dragons and said "please excuse me,i will be right back...i have something to attend to" he then walked off towards the main building they were using as a makeshift HQ

[Athron]

When Whitaker entered the main room,he saw that Yanston was being held in one of small cells that now replaced some of the other rooms.he walked up to cell door,only to see that Yanston was sleeping.Whitaker motioned for the guard to bang on the door. "HEY WAKE NOW...Mr.Whitaker is here to see you! "Whitaker then opened and entered the cell room. "so how have you been,Yanston...i heard you hurt your hand." when yanston looked up he he responded with "you do know this will back fire,dragons and humans weren't meant to get along...we're just prey to them,nothing else."
Whitaker thought this over then said "no...your wrong this will work..you'll see it will,well actually you won't live long enough to find out."whitaker had a grave look on his face when he said this. "you know what the punishment is for betraying your fellow people." he looked towards his guard "in about 30 minutes i want you to bring him to the camp center,i will prepare the execution for this...traitor."he then walked out of the cell,and began to head outside.

[Lolloh]

Serretian Camp
Hyvar landed at instructed, then patiently waited for the human to walk out. He noticed the menacing gun on a small turret. Hardly a danger for a dragon like him. Hyvar, however, was aware that doing anything wrong would be bad for his kind. When the Serretian came forward, Hyvar bowed corteously, then, as the diplomat, decided to open the conversation. "Hello, Leader of the Serretians. What should I call you?"

Athronian Camp
Before Whitaker left, both Harrim and Jarruli bowed. They then motioned to the rest of the group. "You heard him! You may begin constructing fortifications!" With that, the perimeter of the camp became a bustling noise, as dozens of dragons began digging in foundations and collecting pile upon pile of rock, which they assembled in huge stacks, before blasting repeatedly with scorching heat to melt the rocks together to form a hard, solid fusion between rocks.

[Serretes]

Harald responded to the massive hulk standing in front of him. "Harald Helginson, or Captain Helginson. And what should I call you? I am aware that you came hear to talk. Lay it out before me, what do you want and what do we get?" He signaled for the armed men on the wall to stand down. He stood before the dragon, trying not to let fear and awe take over. He tried to remain as cold and analytic as was able.

[Lolloh]

"My name is Hyvar, Captain Helginson. Since you have asked so bluntly, I will give you the request of my people: In return for providing you food and helping build fortifications against enemies, you will agree to help us and provide aid in return."

[Serretes]

"That seems more then fair. Perhaps. Just what do you wish in return when you say 'aid'? The fortifications are nearly complete, but the food would be more then greatly appreciated. Our alliance will be prosperous, as long as there are not tons of dragons in our camp. I suggest a way of signaling to communicate."

[Lolloh]

Hyvar nodded. "Of course. We can provide you at least a year of food, and by 'aid' I mean a mutual defense treaty. Anybody attacks you, we'll go up in arms, and you'll do likewise if somebody attacks us. We won't particularly have large amounts of my people around here, just minimum staffing. In fact, one dragon would be perfectly fine. And, as to signaling, I've got the perfect idea," said Hyvar, smiling deviously. "Give me an hour, and I'll be back here. Bring an AM radio radio and I'll be ready."

[Serretes]

"That seems reasonable, but the Kirak Militia frequently raids us or tries to. I suggest you let us stop them. Some people in the area are not accepting of your kind. Only on a larger scale will your help be required. The AM radio will be brought soon." With that he turned and called to the man that was near him to get the radio ready for transport.

[Athron]

before Whitaker walked out of the main building,he thought "what have happened to the quarians."He then turn to one of the nearest messengers and said "i am about to head to the Quarian camp,i would like it if you came with me...just in case?" The messenger wondered what this was about,but when he realized that whitaker was still waiting for an answer he responded with "yes sir,i would like that,i always wondered what happened with them...guess we will get to find out,eh" Whitaker then motioned for him to follow,and they quietly walked out of the building,then headed to the main gate.When they arrived there,Whitaker yelled for the gate to be opened.then proceeded to exit the camp followed by one of his messengers.

Sometime later:
right before they reached the Quarian camp,Whitaker turned towards to the messenger and said "look..if any thing happens i need you to run to the camp,and get help,ok?"
the messenger looked at him at responded with "yes sir,you can count on me" they then turned and continued to walk towards the Quarian camp.Whitaker hoped that there were no hard fellings or grudges that they have been holding on to.

[Orthella]

The Athronians were met by two Quarian soldiers patroling the area. "Stop right there!" they pointed their guns at the visitors. "You are trespassing on Quarian territory. State your alleigance and your business."

[Lolloh]

Hyvar nodded. "Very well. Stay inside. I'll be back here as quickly as possible." With that, Hyvar flew off towards camp.

Once at camp, Hyvar got busy. Naturally, dragons can hear noises up to 400.000 Hz, or about 20 times more than what an average human being could hear. What Hyvar now put into his ears were special hearing aids. They greatly magnified sound, so that a dragon could hear up to 2.000.000 Hz. AM radio broadcasts occurred between 565.000 and 1.635.000 Hz. This meant that Hyvar could now tune in to AM radio broadcasts with his ears. The process took less than 15 minutes, including flying back and forth.

Once he arrived back at the Serretian camp, he flew a signal flare, hoping that Helginson would get the message and start broadcasting.

Meanwhile, Hapaka was worried. As a permanent emplacement near the Athronian camp, she was detailed to act as 'insurance' for Whitaker, i.e., trailing him. Hapaka was now in a low cloud bank 1.200m above the earth, looking keenly at the the ant that was Whitaker. She was now becoming worried, as a group of angry people appeared to have accosted Whitaker. She decided that it wouldn't hurt to take a closer look, so went out of the cloud bank and descended to 400m, well within the visible range of any person on the ground.

[Athron]

The Athronians were met by two Quarian soldiers patroling the area. "Stop right there!" they pointed their guns at the visitors. "You are trespassing on Quarian territory. State your alleigance and your business."

Whitaker looked towards the messenger then back towards the guards."well i am Whitaker,new leader of the Athronians and i have come to speak with your leader and i am allied only with myself.now may i enter please and can you please put down yours guns...i wouldn't want anybody to get hurt" he said once he saw the dragon high up in to the sky

[Orthella]

The Quarian with the slightly lower rank glanced at his partner who then spoke, somewhat hesitantly. "Alright. We'll take you to Reegar. I hope for your own sake that you're more trustworthy than your predecessor." With that, they lead the Anthronians to their Admiral.

Meanwhile, a two Kirak Militiamen were gathered in an alleyway just outside the Anthronian part of town.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Of course I'm sure. There's no point in backing out now."
"I suppose you're right. Just make sure you get out safely."
"You don't need to tell me that, Matheus. Do you think I want to die there?"
"Of course not, but this is a dangerous game you're playing."
"I'll be fine."
"Go through the routine."
"Mat, come on. We've been over this fifty times today already."
"Go through it."
"I don't think it's nec..."
"Go through the routine."
"Fine. I set the timer on the explosives here and put them in my backpack. I then move quickly, but innocently to the center of the Anthronian territory. When I get there..."
"Wait. What if someone stops you?"
"I explain that I'm on my to Kirak Community College, which is on the other side of their territory. The reason I'm walking so quickly is that I'm late for class."
"Right. Then what?"
"When I get to the center, I drop the backpack, drawing as little attention as I possibly can. I keep moving, until I'm actually at the college. I then blend in with the students, while the bomb goes off."
"What happens if they don't let you near the center?"
"I make the drop as close as possible and then continue to the college."
"What if they want to search the bag?"
"Hand it over and run."
"Good lad. Now make me proud."

OOC: Athron, I'll let you decide how successful this is.

[Athron]

the Kirak Militiamen had dropped off the bomb near the town center and had already left the camp.
And all was peaceful in the Athronian camp,no one seemed to notice the slight ticking noise that came from the bag that had been hidden near the center of the camp.but all that stopped when the noise became a loud ringing.Everyone stoped to look towards the noise

MEANWHILE:
Whitaker and his messenger had been following the two guards for a short time now.When Whitaker heard a loud explosion coming from somewhere in the city.Whitaker turned to his messenger and said "go,you need to help anyone who was hurt in that explosion....go i will be fine"the messenger looked at him then back towards the smoke and nodded,he then began to run back towards the smoke.Whitaker looked at the guards."well..lets continue,i must speak with your leader right now"

[Serretes]

"This system will work, as long the dragons hold up there end of the deal. Keep building the walls. And weapons must be inspected, and cleaned. The anti armor guns need to be kept on the wall. This is a war, that requires vigilance." He walked off, and continued giving out orders. Eventually they would rise up and destroy the Militia, and revenge the fallen.

[Lolloh]

Athronian Camp
Unsurprisingly, Jarruli had been able to hear the bomb well before anyone else could. He immediately moved to pick it up and dump it somewhere else. However, by bad luck, he was on top of the bomb when it went off. His belly was severely damaged, and the wound was likely to be deadly. With any luck, he might have been able to prevent any serious damage.

OOC What? You think they'll just stand by and let the bomb go off? However, I decided that just dumping it out would be a bit godmod, so you may give the damage of the bomb, based on my dragon blocking it.

Quarian Camp
Hapaka was now buzzing the Quarian camp, keeping a close eye on Whitaker. Her orders after the bomb attack in the Athronian camp were to maintain "absolute vigilance," which meant watching ridiculously close. Hapaka was considering landing next to Whitaker, but decided against it.

From: Harrim, Leader of the Dragons
To: Mayor Maroon of Kirak
We now present you an ultimatum. Do the following or face the consequences:
1. Disband any racist or anti-refugee militias
2. Set local police on tracking and dismantling set groups
3. Bring in the federal government to do likewise
You have 3 days to agree. If you do not, expect hell.

[Orthella]

From: Andreas Maroon, Mayor of Kirak
To: The right and honorable Harrim, leader of the dragons
I would like to request that this letter remain confidential. I don't think either of us would gain much from it becoming public.
I'd like to advise you not to threaten officials of the Orthellan government. You may ask your reported ally, Harald Heliginson what happens to refugees who threaten me. Now, I understand that a dragon, such as yourself, might not see reason to feel threatened by a human army, but rest assured, our arsenal of nuclear and biological weaponry is more than capable of slaying every dragon in this city, should our ground forces fail to do so.
I would like to help you. I agree with you that the Kirak Militia is extremist and aught to be dealt with. But I'm afraid I can't do that, because taking a side with refugees in this city would be political suicide for me. You have to understand that you are not in a leftist part of this country. This is nationalist territory. As for the federal government; if you're not a Trotskyist or fighting our enemies in the British Stratocracy, I doubt they'll bother to help you. You may try contacting them, but I can almost guarantee that your letters will just get lost in the bureaucracy.
Having explained that I cannot help you, I would like to promise to at least not hinder you. As long as you do not cause harm to any person or property not belonging to the milita, and do not severely violate any World Assembly resolutions, you have free reign to deal with the Kirak militia as you please.
Signed,
Andreas Maroon.

[Das Metro]

Leopold led the groupmof refugee's down the alley to city central. The group numbered thirteen in total, small, but Das Metro didn't exactly expell citizens en masse. There was, counting Leopold himself, eleven humans and two Ponies from the city. A father and daught, Stead-Fast and Star Gazer. Leopold had to mind them, the two were untrustworthy. Not the little Foal but the Stallion. He was a little seedy looking. Willing to skirt the law for his little tyke. Admirable, but made for a dangerous person, or in this case, Pony.

One of the Refugee's, a tall man named Wallace strode up beside Leopold, "Leo... what are we going to do. We have no home! No food! We're screwed!"

Leopold looked at him annoyed. He hated when his fellow refugees whined, "Shut up Wallace, I have heard good things about this area. Powerful peoples in this territory. We impress them, they give us holdings."

This did not ease Wallace, "But, but... What about the Pegasus and Unicorn? I know the bastard Pony is untrustable! He could screw this up, what if-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Leopold cut him off. "Damnit, when I say I hear good things I do. You can trust me. Back in Das Metro, who got you that genuine Irish Booze?"

Wallace sighed, defeated and shaken, "You..."

Leopold nodded dominantly, "Damn right. Now come on, they're around here somewhere."

They exited the alley and came to City Central. It wasn't as grand as they thought, but expectations were high anyhow. Leopold turned to the group, split up and look for good looking opportunities. Everyone nodded reluctantly and went in different directions. Stead-Fast and his daughter went their own way and Leopold eyed them. "Wait! I'm going with you two."

Maria was riding on her bike when she saw a man walking with what appeared to be two ponies. She gasped and hurried towards them. "Are you ponies too?" she asked in her newly learned English.

Leopold turned to gaze curiously at the newcomer but Stead-Fast had already taken a step forward and spoken, "Yes, and we're looking for shelter, do you know of such a place?"

[Lolloh]

To: Mayor Maroon
From: Harrim
As you wish, Mayor.

Serretian Camp
Hyak was now flying down to enter the camp. However, he decided instead to land outside the gates and wait for someone to come and get talk to him.

Above Kirak
Hapaka suddenly noticed a few things in a corner of the town. They weren't human. Food? She swooped down, buzzing the city at low speed, to get a better look at what appeared to be some sort of livestock on the street.

OOC I was referring to the ponies. I won't eat them, I promise.

Above Kirak, at the same time
Harrim was floating nervously above the city. He was looking for a federal building of some kind, so that he could land and talk directly to the staff, instead of simply sending letters to them. He was also interested in seeing the town records.

[Athron]

Back at the Athronian camp,although the dragon had absorbed most of the blast saving many lifes,the explosion,still caused alot of damage to the camp and the antronians. when the dragon landed back at the camp ,the camp doctor had been asisting other people who had been caught in the blast.and he was now being led to the dragon.the doctor cautiously approached the dragon

[Lolloh]

Jarruli let the doctor check him. It would make him feel better. He doubted that the doctor would've known the anatomy of a dragon, let alone how to cure one. He let himself into a calm, meditative state, and died peacefully thereafter.

[Athron]

Jarruli let the doctor check him. It would make him feel better. He doubted that the doctor would've known the anatomy of a dragon, let alone how to cure one. He let himself into a calm, meditative state, and died peacefully thereafter.

when the dragon died,the doctor turned towards the closest person and shaked his head.The person then sent a messenger to the dragon camp,for two reasons he did this.one to alert the dragons of his death,and to see what the dragon camp looked like.the doctor then proceeded to clean up his areas.he then got up dug into his pocket,took out two coins,and placed them on the dragons eyes.the doctor did not know what the dragons afterlife looked like,but just in case these coins would help him in the life after death.

[Lolloh]

Dragon Camp
Harrim took the death of his advisor and best friend badly. Which in dragon terms meant clawing several trees to pieces, then burning them to a charcoal. Wisely enough, the messenger was allowed to tour the camp from the perimeter. A moat, 4 meters deep, had been dug around the camp, but otherwise it was just a big, grassy field, with occasional burned spots, cooking areas, and a circular table for council meetings. Harrim continued his grievances. He ordered the body taken back to camp for a proper burial.

[Athron]

THE ATHRONIAN GUARD HQ:

the head guard walked into the large room and stood before the assembled group of guards. "ok men....now we all saw what that bombing did to our camp,and we all know who did it...it was that dang militia"he looked towards a group of about 50 men. "and i know we are all for peace but that was just too much.So what i am saying is that we start our own militia and we build our defences so that no one,will mess with us."and all that,he left the building.the athronians were now going to build their own defence force,just so say could protect them selves