• Nobles of Null is a forum based roleplay site where sci-fi and magic collide. Here, Earth remains fractured and divided despite humanity reaching out to the stars. Worse still, the trans-human slaves of one major power have escaped, only to establish their own Empire, seething with resentment at abuses of the past. Even the discovery of aliens, though medieval in development, has failed to rally these squabbling children of Earth together with its far darker implications. Worse still, is the discovery of the impossible - magic. Practiced by the alien locals, nearly depleted and therefore rare, its reality warping abilities remains abstract and distant to the general populace. All the while, unseen in the darkness of space, forces from without threaten to press in. For those with eyes opened by insight, it is clear that an era is about to end, and that a new age will dawn.

Dì Liù Bàn Incident

NiceNecromancer

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Above Pacificana Resort
Trumpet Lily Fleet
6th Mercantile Ship View Room.


Starlight pours in through transparent material windows. Floating debris crossing the path of the light casting shadows into the room. The local star's harsh UV Rays tamed by auto tinting and low-e coatings on the inside. Standing in observation of the universal beauty is a Long Necked, Pale, Snake Form Daquin in a white lab coat and jean's taking lengthy pulls from a pen blowing small puffs. No puff takes a specific shape.


A perfect silence is interrupted by a loud alarm from the personal device of the reptile hailing her to return to work. A long sigh in an effort to regain an old composure.


"Let's go see what the left over orders look like." They moved to the door with reluctance. Exiting they leave the benches of the Observation Deck lonely.


Down a long utilitarian hall they march. This ship is one of the Mercantile Fleets the Daquin parades around. Its name is Dì Liù Bàn and it is docked with a large Rotary Station and 5 nearly identical ships above an Ocean Moon resort. It was like one large mobile shopping mall with thousands of Corporate retailers, tourist trap mom and pop spots, luxury stories, and a disgusting number of scams. It was closing day and the Dì Liù Bàn was preparing to leave orbit with its small armed escort and tug ship. Much like any good or service available for pick up ordering Chongwu would be left behind near departure as some people never make their Adoption Appointments. Or in a cruel but common situation they return the product. They leftovers are combed through. Usually found useful and added to the staff after some quick schooling. Sometimes recycled.


The Snake Form stood before the door. On the other side 15 Chongwu waited to be judged. Something that has been traditionally done in a face to face form in this fleet so as to show respect to a people whom so rarely experience it.
 

NiceNecromancer

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One thin, boney hand hovers above the door switch another clutches a clipboard of bad news. 'I'll see some of them around' they think to themselves trying to ease the pain. A unique pain too. One that forms when you can't forget the faces of the dead. When every few months you tell a small group of children and child-minded animals they will be "recycled for biomass". It's a kind of hate that leads you to long smoke breaks you never took before, It leaves you with an appartment of shattered mirrors and stitched up knuckles.

They press the button for the door and the hiss brings real sound back. Cutting through the thoughts they enter the room of Chongwu.
 
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