Unrest becomes uprising in New Moscow, but this government is prepared in ways that the Illinois Arten’s government was not.
144.
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— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 9, 2019
"Alright, everyone, this is what we planned for. Get into your uniforms and form up. Squads 1-6 will converge on the government building. Your leaders have your specific orders. Squads 7-10, get out there and make the real police look bad.
"Go!"#microfiction#scifi
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145.
"Almost tomb-like. You believe they called triple patrols for this?"
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 9, 2019
"Can't be too careful. Never know what the bastards'll try to pull next."
"Yeah, after the-"
Gleb cut off as the knife plunged into his chest.
"Sleep now, and dream of the revolution."#microfiction#scifi
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146.
"Maybe they were seizing the rebels' money."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 11, 2019
"During the lockdown? Why not wait for the bank to open tomorrow?"
"Maybe they're dissolving the banks to give the government greater control."
"And they won't let anyone leave! I think New Moscow is failing."#microfiction#scifi
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147.
"I don't know, but our officers are nervous. They can't tell friend from foe."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 13, 2019
"Call all the officers you trust most and assign them to defend the HQ. Have the rest go to their stations. I don't want to lose any more to friendly fire out on the street."#microfiction#scifi
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148.
Did they not imagine that we prepared for this?
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 14, 2019
Did they think we'd just fall like that Arten in the US?
No.
The secret cave system below this building was created and stocked for this eventuality.
We can withstand their siege forever, if necessary.#microfiction#scifi
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149.
It's frustrating, but what has resulted is a sort of uneasy truce; we leave them alone in there, they leave us alone to run the rest of the Arten.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 16, 2019
Still, we maintain the siege; they can't hold out forever in there.
At some point, they'll try to break out.#microfiction#scifi
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150.
So we'll let them keep the Arten… at least for now.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) September 17, 2019
We will outlast them.
Eventually, their attempts at a more lax government will fail.
Then, they'll either beg us to come back, or be so disorganized that we can take it.
For now, we watch. And wait.#microfiction#scifi
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