Advent of Disaster

A parade of officers lined the roads between castle and city. The hill climb thought of as the fictitious stairway to heaven, dulled into what seemed rows of lined fences. The air breathed crisply. Guests of honors, envoys from the Wracian Empire, had made their way onto Hidros. It was a first, and considering the event – media outlets were quick on the scene. Clicks of the camera – the hastened pace of a reporter, the shyness of young journalists – the think shielded car rode as if a turtle. Flashes and heightened noise – the tainted windows shielded most – rendered a quiet and docile interior. Riaz threw his unimpressed gaze outward; at brief intervals would gaze at the rear-view mirror, casting an air of suspect upon the driver.