Dark-skinned men sat in a circle beating on drums and singing, while shirtless islanders hoisted the bullet-riddled corpses of Dynamo and Shank on intricately-carved pallets, held low as they slowly walked the inside perimiter of the circle, giving everyone a look at the two fallen soldiers.
In an open field north of Cambria's hospital, clad in an airy tanktop and worn combat fatigues, Dagny watched the proceedings with her hands in her pockets, mildly disdainful of all that fell under her gaze. Therefore, she agreed to let the Arulcans hold a funeral according to their own customs. How many otherwise-powerful leaders had fallen by opposing the religious beliefs of the men they ruled? Time enough for that once Deidranna was ousted, she thought. Dagny was wary of allowing a religious ceremony to be conducted under her rule - she didn't want to augment or give credence in any way to the meaningless superstitions of the islanders, but she felt that opposing them too strongly would diminish her support. Ordinarily, Dagny would have left the men to rot in the merciless Arulcan sun, food for the vultures and a feast for the dogs which as of late had taken to roaming the countryside in search of meat, but friends and family of the deceased had insisted on a funeral. And so they slayed the soldiers and dragged back the carcasses of their erstwhile-comrades to Cambria, all under the tireless and violent exhortation of Commander Ira. They came upon Deidranna's men carving vile epithets into the dead men's bodies, and while they were tempted to get in on the fun, Ira realized that the men were likely too far gone to provide much nourishment - better to eat the flesh of the newly-deceased. Team Statutory Rape had been called in to excise the combat zone of Deidranna's troops and to recover the corpses of the fallen. The combined funeral for Breeham 'Shank' Druz and Greg 'Dynamo' Duncan took place two days after their deaths.
Part 12: The Left Testicle of Tiresias: The Battle for Orta
Part 14: The Left Testicle of Tiresias: The Battle for Ortaīrief update for now, I'm still working through Balime.
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