NORTHERN MARKETS
Episode 65: To Perion

[“….over the events that further destabilized the region. Last night around 5:00 PM, the Justice Arrow dispatched its forces who lead a direct assault against the Kerning City regional Police headquarters buildings. Five of the seven centers were destroyed during the night… local gangs, one known as the Veamoth Troupe, an alledged enemy of the Justice Arrow, attacked and robbed one of the weapons storage facilities….”]– Maple Radio Kerning City

[“…destruction of the Sangdem Evangelical Church is likely the co-ordinated efforts of many feral security and police personnel and the local street gangs. Using stolen weapons and explosives, they created a bomb that levelled the building in a powerful explosion that rocked the south Edmonds area…”]– KWLF Radio

[“…in it’s former glory, the building, hence named the South Edmonds Universal Worship Center, was not shut down due to action on the evangelical front. Police records indicate the members of the administration of the church were killed by enemies not involved with the PLEU nor the NVAL. Representitives from Henesys also deny the allegations of any part in the SEUWC’s undoing. The building and property were siezed by the city after the admin declared bankruptcy, and was sold through the Swamp Realty Co. to the Evangelical Union. Taking over the church and changing it back into a proper worship center, as it should be, is a huge milestone of progress in the righteous campaign…”]–KLON News Network

[“…death toll is expected to be high. Upon carrying out their attacks, the bowmen showed no mercy to any of the police or other people present in the buildings. This evidence emerges from the sheer destruction of the North Kerning headquarters. Representatives have denied there being any key persons [enemy or ally] being held in police custody at the time of their attack…”]– Naples Strait Times

[“..as a result of the ongoing crisis up in Kerning, the Victoria-wide meeting among governing administrations for all of the regions in the territory is not expected to go well,’ says councilman Durst at a press conference this morning. Durst, who is also in charge of media control, has stated that at the upcoming annual summit intown next week, the talks between Kerning City council and the Equitas Party. When we asked if any members of the Justice Arrow will be present, Durst said likely so, and he went on to say that senior officers from the Kerning City Police will also be present at the meeting in Lith Harbor. He says there might be security men on site during the question period when members of the JA and the KCP especially, will be demanding answers and explanations from eachother. The summit is expected to take place in exactly a week’s time and will last for four days…”]–LTRP Radio, Lith Harbor

3:15 AM. Middlegate District, Edmonds.
Meeko groaned as the sound of rambling on the TV roused her from her short sleep. She was sweating and her head ached, and she felt like she was gonna cry. She felt so drained and week and she did not want to move. The big blanket ontop of her weight more than a ton as it pinned her heavily to the bed.
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Swifter Staff…what a joke! Meeka thought bitterly. Her uncle had one, and the blasted thing exploded and fried his ass. He was burnt to a crisp when the powercrystal shattered.
A guy came into the room and shook her gently by the shoulder. “Come on! Get up, it’s time to go! Where’s the kid?”
“Wha…?”
“Where is your baby?! We gotta go!”

Chuck pulled the blanket off the young magician as she sat up and he helped to her feet.
Meeka said nothing as he threw a coat around her and led her out of the apartment. The lights in the hallways were blinding and she had to squint.
Rusty walked out past her carrying a sportsbag. “Yo, one of the Permanoobs’ got her kid.”
Meeka showed the cop which door belonged to the crazy lady and her stoner boyfriend. She knocked. Nothing.
“Hah! it’s not even closed!” Chuck said, pushing the door open slowly.
Meeka gagged on the smell of pot and flowers and crap. She threw a hand to her mouth and a tear came out as her eyes burned. She did not want to go in, so Cop Boy’s friend went in first, and beamed his flashlight around the dark apartment. He waved for her to come in and she did.

“Oh my god!” Meeka cried in shock. The Permanoob woman was passed out and almost leaning forward on the baby who Meeka feared for a second was dead.
“Chill!” Chuck hissed as he gently pushed the sleeping woman back onto her back. The baby was curled up, wrapped by her arm. Chuck picked up the child and put his ear to the baby’s chest.
“Heart’s beating. let’s go!”

Outside the Alf’s Building Maintenance Co. van was idling in the parking lot; Rusty Miller threw his sportsbag in the back. He checked it again to make sure his desert eagle handgun and staff (couple things he pinched from work and reported as destroyed). Some other random people came up and tossed their sleeping bags into the van, which was now free of all the equipment and supplies. Joe Doe sat nervously in the driver seat, hands gripping the steering wheel.
It was extremely dangerous out right now. The gangs could spot them at any second.

Meeka’s coat stretched down to her feet; it was so big. It was the kind of winter sportswear that would fit a fat guy.
“Everybody in! LEt’s go! We only got one shot at this!”
“Yeah, we gotta get out of town before the Sun comes up!”
“Relax! We got about 4 hours!”
Meeka climbed in and got nestled into one of the giant army sleeping bags up on one of the bunks with some other magician kids. The baby gurgled and groaned and went back to sleep; nestled up against her.
The bunk was a sheet of flashing metal tied to the wall and ceiling 4 feet off the floor of the van.
Rusty and the guys took up spots on the floor. Couple kids played their gameboys and stuff.
“We all ready to go?”
“Yeah, come on already!”
Chuck sat in the passenger seat and looked at Rusty. “Let’s go, 6itch! Unless you want those psycho Vehiimoth gangsters to come back!”
Without another word, Joe pulled out of the parking lot and drove along Edmonds st, till he found the nearest road that took them to the freeway.
One on the Victoria Freeway, the van sped through the night, breaking almost every speed limit to get away from Kerning City.

11:07 AM
Perion Domain [West]

[This is PHO-6 96.6 fm, and your host this morning is DJ Roddy Smith. “Hey, yall. just got back from the store. damn it is freezing out. So much for that warm break we were expecting, anyways time for the 11am news update, brought to you by Rocko Storage Co. Perion’s number one storage for all your Free Market goods. Up on the corner of Boulder and Rumble; you can’t miss it. Sign up today and get a free day-pass into the FM. If there’s anybody who is pondering on going to Kerning City, the travel office is urging you to cancel out; going there is NOT a good idea, the big turf war and conflicts hit an all time high last night when heavilly equipped terrorists blew up several big police stations, and last night, some gangs blew up a whole bunch of places belonging to church groups including the local universal worship center, which I just found out was taken over by a racist rightwing group called the evangelico something union.
Its so bad over there that the travel agency has suspended all bus ticket sales to Kerning City indefinately. Town chief Dances-with-Balrog-IV will be going down to Lith Harbor next week in the Vic-wide summit. He and the town council are among the neutral few who will see the heads of Henesys and Kerning and Ellinia clash at the summit. DWB4’s concern is the JA’s guys presence here in town. Locals and even visitors have left the area around the free market gate and are steering clear of the John B Hotel and Red Rock Grill where the bowmen sleep and eat. DWB4 plans to address the Justice Arrow’s superior officers on the effect of their presence here in town and wants to ask them to help create a social plan that will ease locals’ fears about the JA. Despite the JA’s political position, he wants us to not be afraid of them. That’s all for the news update, and now for soft rock- this is ‘Horse with No name right here on PHO-6….”]

The Badlands hadn’t seen any new snow in over a week and the winds has blown most of it clear to reveal the brown rocky texture of the land. The van cruised at a fast but stead speed of over a hundred miles an hour. The gas in the tanks was all used up and now the van was running on magic from the two power crystals spinning below the engine.
The radio had been playing old classic American rock music since Joe turned on the radio 20 minutes ago. He had to wear sunglasses so he wouldn’t go blind from the Sun. It was a clear sky, and despite it was almost 20 below zero, the Sun’s rays seemed to warm up the van.

Joe looked at the power gages of the crystals. There were two spare ones; enough to get to Ellinia.
“Damn, I thought you couldn’t drive long!” Chuck said as he woke up staring at the open road and Badlands beyond.
“Uhh, its alright now. Actually I feel alot better now. It was really just nerve racking back in the city.”
“I sort of expected you to pull over at the county line and sleep.”
“No way! I wasn’t going to stop anywhere near town, and I ain’t stopping now!”
“Hey, look! Perion’s only 15 miles away!” one of the women in the back said excitedly.
The sign screaming [PERION CITY 15 MI- HP/MP/PETROL FUEL STOP/ FREE MARKET GATE]
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#$!@#ing damn commercials and news keep taking up space on here!
imma sue those bastards.
To spam them and tell them to #@!@ off with their crap:
Maple Radio Kerning City: 2195 Naora Ave N. or PO Box 7878. ph:604-1800-2395 or on ur messenger chat /MapleRadioKC-1
Lith Harbor Tropical Radio: 34 Coco Road, Lith Harbor, VIC. Phone: 180-1253-1882 or /LTRPtakescallshere
KLON Complaints line: 604-1808-7777 or /KLON
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LMFAO jk jk if u actually tried to call them im gonna laugh my ### off LOL