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I just assumed the commonly used copper/silver/gold coin system. Now lets see about getting a post out before bed :P
As will I, haha. Mon/Tues is my weekend :P
Scarlet does not approve to your suggestion that he even think about staying behind :P
This is a nightmare

The day had gone from a perfectly normal routine to an apocalypse setting faster than Scarlet could blink. People were running around in a frenzy almost as if their heads have been cut off. Looters were smashing and grabbing anything that wasn't bolted down, and the city guards were trying their absolute hardest to protect all of these citizens yet each and every one of them meant nothing compared to the real nightmares that dropped down into the city from the top of the wall like it was nothing. They screeched as they burned and ran into whatever they could without a care for the fire that has engulfed them. Scarlet has seen some of the worst Enn had to offer in some of the darkest corners but this was something far more frightening. The image of the burning, screeching tree demon as it collapsed with its dying breath on a family of three trying to escape their blazing home would be forever etched into his mind.

All the chaos around him was so distracting he never even noticed stopping as the women of the group pried off the manhole in the road and his attention was only torn away from his surroundings when the woman who had his hand in her grip let go and began speaking to him.

She released the boy's hand, turning to him. "You can come with us if you want... but... well, I was going to say it'll probably be dangerous, but it looks like we're in the middle of a whole lot of danger. I'll try my best to get you to safety and then..." She looked at they boy. He was obviously homeless, bandaged, bruised, dirty. He didn't have parents to go back to, at least Emma didn't think so. "Well, you can decide what to do." She nodded at him, turning to the manhole cover, descending into the depths of the sewers.
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Scarlet watched with a blank face as she left him there all by himself in the middle of all the chaos. After a second he glared at the hole in the ground and growled as he climbed down and dragged the manhole cover with all his might back over the hole with to the best of his ability.

"Don't you fuckin' leave me there in all of that mess! It'll be dangerous my ass!" He shouted as he descended into the sewers, "You dragged me into this mess I ought to see I get my rightful compensation from ya."

Now that his mind was cleared of the nightmare above he began to brainstorm as quickly as he could thinking of anything that may just save his hide later down the road. As far as he knew there was no way out of the city through the sewers as he's tried often enough to do it himself. Being able to get in and out of the city without being branded as a Traveler could have its perks is what his young childish mind thought up. As he caught up to the two women he managed to hear a snippet of what they were talking about.

"Heh outside may not be any safer but do ya really think a city so sealed away from the outside like it is will have anythin' to stronghold yerself in. Not like havin' walls would help ya any against whatever the hell those were. On the other hand there ain't any way out in these sewers. Anyways I think it's about time I got that explanation ya owe me, eh?"
I'm really bad at this whole posting when I say I will thing :V
Okay I lied. My post will be up tonight lol :P
I'll be posting (most likely, hopefully) after work tonight. :P
8/10 OST vids like these will almost always be high on my love list :P

This can't be it. There has to be a way out. Somehow, please, let there be a way out of this!

Scarlet was no stranger to life threatening situations. In fact he faces such situations almost daily. However this was of a much, much larger scale. A thick crowd of angry near-rabid people all shouting themselves hoarse were starting to grow less and less fearful of the weapons meant to keep them at bay. A wall of flesh, noise, and hate proceeded to press further and further inwards forcing Scarlet to scoot back in fear as the crowd forced the hostile guards closer to him. Frantically Scarlet's eyes darted in every direction but the crowd was far too thick to try and charge through and he didn't want to test his luck against the trigger-happy guards. He was going to be shot that was a guarantee. He had come all this way for a fistful of coin and a musket-ball feast. Suddenly the skies seemed to fill with nothing but the sounds of gunfire that drowned out even the deafening noise of the rabid crowd.

Is the world ending what is going on? Did those Travelers cause all this? Regardless I refuse to let this become my grave. If I can't go forward then I have to go backwards through the door while everyone is distracted.

His eyes shining with newly formed confidence Scarlet quickly rose to his feet and turned towards the door. It was just a simple wooden door. Even if it was locked he was sure he could break something like a wooden door. Scarlet grasped the door latch and pulled only for his hand to slip right off when the door didn't even budge an inch. Gritting his teeth Scarlet grasped the latch with both hands and tugged on it as hard as he could to no avail. Over and over he yanked on the latch but no matter what the barred door refused to open.

"Oi! Get away from the door! Now, before I shoot!"

One of the guards had noticed the flurry of movement behind him as the small boy dressed in rags on the ground was now attempting to force his way through the door he was supposed to be guarding. Scarlet, ignoring the shouts from the guard as insignificant they were compared to the gunfire above, proceeded to ram his shoulder into the door repeatedly tears welling up as his shoulder bruised from the repeated bashing.

"Open, damn you, open! Open!"

With one final shove against the door Scarlet fell to his knees and pounded on the door with his fist. The brief moment of confidence he had was now shattered. Slumping fully to the ground he sat down and put his back up against the door and looked up into the sky one last time.

Well this is it I guess. I can't go anywhere from here and my only way out is completely blocked. Blocked by a feeble wooden door. What a great end to this slum rat. I wonder what'll get me first? Whatever is on the other side of this wall or what's already on this side. The skies sure are clear today. I wonder what it'd be like to fly up there right now. Just look down on this shit hole and laugh. That'd be swee--

His thoughts were abruptly interrupted when the door behind him suddenly lurched inwards. Scarlet managed to scramble to his feet just quick enough to get grabbed and thrown by the panicked guard that had unlocked the door in the first place. He groaned as he crashed heavily into another person and landed on his bruised shoulder. Rolling off of the person he landed on Scarlet picked himself up and looked out at the newly opened door and grinned widely with a snort of laughter.

"Fuck yeah I got through! I'm still alive ya fuckers! Today sure ain't the day ya kill me off--"

Scarlet nearly choked on his own spit as he turned towards the noise behind him and saw the door leading to the outside undulating as roots burrowed their way in and out of the door.

"Oh come o--Ach!"

Once more he was interrupted. This time by a woman he had never seen before who decided it was best to run back into the city and get away from whatever was at the door as possible with both him and the other mystery person in tow.

"Who in the hell are you? Who is this, and what the hell were those!?"

He shouted as he tried to keep himself from collapsing as he kept up with the woman's pace.
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