Levity Before the Storm

= Levity before the storm = Posted by : Winteroak on Apr 10, 2018, 9:20pm

Dusk - 20th August - The Steamworks, The Silken Mill - Afternoon

"Better take that hankie with you mate, you gonna need it later..." someone shouted from the crowd to more roars of obscene laughter. "Ya supposed to wash ya hands afterwards..." someone else pipped.

But not all laughed. You could only poke the bear so many times before the bear mauled you back. Nestor and the rest of the picket line braced themselves for the coming confrontation. Deep down they always knew this would happen. Most had nothing to loose. That is why they had volunteered. Some had no families left, lost to accidents in the Silken Mill, others were loners by nature, preferring to dedicate themselves to the cause rather than have children live into the depressing life that Dusk had to offer to most workers.

An armoured machine with cannons and 30 militia men against 150 oddly armed workers. It was going to be slaughter. Even if the crowd took their side it was going to be a bloodbath. It was the dawn of revolution or yet another day beneath the booted heel. The strikers with their back to the factory hid behind makeshift barricades. They did have some surprises up their sleeves but Nestor hope it did not come to that. A thought crossed his mind and his fingers twitched. What if they killed the First Citizen? For someone who was about to die he felt more alive than ever before...