The Path to New Babylon

[Sasuke Uchiha]

The roaring and booming alarms sounds, that had been ringing throughout the course of this invasion, had all but deserted most of the marketplace, save for a few straggling merchants, members of New Babylon, and one Demetri Malius

Demetri Malius was done. He had ventured as far as his talents could take him, and he was happy about it. Sure, there would be no debriefing of battlefield victories to his headmaster, but that wasn’t his chosen employment anyhow, no, and in that regard, Demetri had attained a wealth of knowledge that would certainly satisfy the Institute. Only time would tell how this new found information would play a role for the citizens of Nippur. Until then, Demetri would await his punishment in the bowels of the palace’s dungeon, a place where King Gilgamesh’s cruel, malevolent imagination dominated the inhabitants.

“So, what are the charges?” the thief questioned as he passively submitted to his adversaries.

“Assault, for starters…” Sasuke spat as he stood between the steam captain and Demetri, “…Destruction of property, resisting arrest, and the conspiracy to commit acts of war against New Babylon. Guards, remove this prisoner from my presence. Place him in the infirmary and see that his wounds are tended to. He’ll need his health in order to repay his debt to Nippur and its people.” As the king’s hand ordered, so it was; the guards swooped Demetri up, locking their elbows with his, and began to carry him off.

“NOW WAIT A DANG’ON MINUTE!!!...” the steam captain bellowed, his frustration expressed by the plumes of steam wafting from his ears, “Just what the hell is going on around here?!”

Sasuke turned to face and reply to the cankerous, old codger, “Oh, right, as for you…” pausing only for a moment, allowing his Sharingan powered eye’s to gleam the captain’s threat level and ability, “Stand down this instance and you will not be charged with acts of war against Nippur. We will allow you commerce… and protection within our walls, however, you will be charged with destruction of property. A debt you will repay with the sweat of your brow, repairing the damage you have caused here.” As the youth finished his retort, he used his index finger to indicate the crater made by Donnel, followed by a nearby workbench, which was conveniently equipped with shovels and the like, necessary for the job.”

Stephan Donnel scowled in response.

“It’s an immensely better option than the alternative.” Sasuke smirked, and as the king’s hand’s words left his lips, the surrounding Nippur City guards readied their weapons and fell in line behind their leader; present New Babylon members did the same.

"Yea, yea, yea, but what about you lot? We're trying to conduct business here! Damn kids breakin' up all the goods and we're just s'pose to take it?! Just look at--" as Donnel pointed towards the stand Sasuke had clobbered Demetri into, he found a neatly standing booth with all of it's equipment and supplies intact. The guards must have taken to sorting the matter out amidst the chaos. "Well, shoot..."

Demetri will be hauled off to New Babylon's medical bay to treat his wounds, then tossed in the dungeon. This is a prime made dungeon, so, have fun depicting it and what is in it as you wish. Please do so in a new thread. (I like "The Tale of New Babylon: A Theif's Redemption" but you are free to title it however you like as well ^_^)

Stephan, you may surrender and if you do so, we'll only make ya do some petty, manual labor for firing your canon off inside the walls. Otherwise, you may continue with the fight. Proceed at your own discretion.