[b]Union of Kor[/b] [b]Slums Outside A City[/b] It was inside a rowdy slum bar. The place was just packed with tari workers enjoying themselves after a hard days work. A jukebox like device was blaring music and a crowd was gathered around a tube television watching a sporting match where two tari were punching each other. The bartender a flat face sporting a eye patch and a cheap prosthetic claw to replace his hand was busy cleaning a glass when his phone would ring. He would go to pick up the phone then quickly dropped it. Bartender Bui "Oi! Jar! Cut the music! An tell those watching big screen quite down!" The bartender would duck down to grab a radio of questionable origin. It looked like it had been ripped out of a vehicle at one point. While the Bartender was busy fiddling with radio a tari wearing a tattered military jacket went to unplug the jukebox which caused a uproar from those listening. Jar "Bui said to turn it off! Now shut up! You betting on the fight! Quiet too!" Bui "Alright! Now that we can actually hear it. Got word that big broadcast. Looks to be conflict erupting." A group of tari in military jackets that all shared the same emblem, clearly from a mercenary company would cheer. The bartender would glare at them, shaking his claw hand at them. Bui "Oi! I said quiet down! It's one." The bar would grow quieter, was still background chatter but radio would crackle. Majority of tari still had radios instead of actual televisions so all important broadcasts were generally done on radio. After about a minute of static and Bui fiddling with radio some more a voice came on. Tari Radio Voice "...thus the Union of Kor has decided to recognize the sovereignty of the People's Republic of Cindorya. The Union of Kor acknowledgement of the PRC does not come with a change in neutral stance, the Union of Kor will continue its neutral sta-" Sound of radio would be drowned out by arguing that would erupt. Bartender shaking his head as he went to put the radio away and Jar would go to plug the jukebox back on. Bartender muttering a few curses under his breath. Jar "Too bad, just a bore peace is. I long for the thrill of battle." Bui "Jar your a idiot." Jar "Hey! Just because I got a battery on my belt I got to keep charged. Doesn't-" Bui "Idiot! Where you gonna find a plug to charge that in a war? Jar... your a lucky idiot, government giving you that artificial heart to replace old one." Jar "Ha! They paying me just to stay alive, some test about how long I'll live." Bui "That reminds me... pay your tab or work it off!" The bartender would chuck a mop at Jar who would go fetch a bucket and get to working off his tab. Reactions in general among the populace of the Union of Kor were mixed with the whole announcement though in general the most common denominator was a dislike for having a neutral stance. The world just was too peaceful, tari mercenaries had to settle for whatever work they could get. Despite having two wars within the 46 years, War of the Fangs in 2010 and Void War in 2034. Tari always bounced back hard from war losses though it also meant that Union of Kor had suffered rampant overpopulation.