Hathian’s Blue Stop A Tide of Red
The ocean is often a place of calm with soothing waves that beat against the shores in rhythmic lullabies. It’s azure and grey tides (Ed: – Hathian Water isn’t usually this poetic) bring a sense of normalcy for many and a conveyor of business for others. Despite this, the waters surrounding Hathian can hold dark secrets and horrors hidden beneath the dark sargassum below. Last night it was a place of terror for a few.
This reporter was making her way to the pier past the Slim Goodies to watch the lapping waves, something she lacked in her hometown in Montana. Stepping through the thick brush that exists to keep the beaches entrenched, unyielding to nature’s majesty by utilizing the very essence of her power, this reporter heard it… A gunshot rang out from a powerful figure before me. What were they firing at? This reporter will admit she was terrified, absolutely shaken to the very core of the essence God granted us. At first, she had no idea what was going on or what impact on the innocent bystanders nearby.
What went down was a brutal struggle between a few brave and armed civilians attempting to rescue a classic damsel in distress from the deviant assault of two individuals armed with guns. A barbarian of a woman cut a stunning figure versus the deviant who just moments ago was committing a sexual assault upon a poor victim. The ally of this tall and lovely being, a person in a suit who was small in figure yet undeterred by such fact, took on the female assailant assisting in some way in that horrid act. (Ed – Nyx and Z? I think I saw something about a hospital visit from Z)
Shots rang out and bodies melded in battle like the great warriors of the Coliseum of Rome. Even this young reporter tried to stave off the committers of rapine by throwing her own camera at an assailant. This reporter, in over her head, realized one person had been shot before her arrival. Despite not knowing the woman’s side, this reporter did all she could to keep the gunshot victim alive as the battle ensued.
Eventually, as many lay shot and unconscious or incapable of moving at least, the brave men and women of the HPD arrived. Say what you will of the HPD (and this reporter knows you all will), but when they arrive? To this scared reporter, they are God-sent angels of justice.
Lieutenant Fyre took control with the aid of his fellow officers and saw to it that medical attention was called. Within moments two of the familiar saviours of Hathian, Captain Messmer and Chief Warrhol, were on the scene to treat villains and good samaritans alike. Both the suited figure and the gorgeous tall beauty of a woman who so bravely fought for the safety of the victim were treated and sent straight to HGH first, along with the victim they aided. The two assailants were on the next ambulance under careful police observation it seemed.
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This reporter has trauma to work through, but thanks to the kindness of Lieutenant Fyre, the horror feels just a little less weighty on her soul. If you have information on the shooting that took place yesterday at the pier near Slim Goodies, please contact reporter Alia Nelson ((IM DamselflyLOD)) at the Observer. This reporter looks forward to any possible follow-ups to this story you wish to provide or just to hear soap-boxes on the subject.
God Bless and Safe Journeys,
Alia C. Nelson
