Neotopia part 4: War

[q99]

In Part 3 of the Neotopia posts, war was beginning.



Mathenia had called up it's forces, and Prince Atkorm had called in his allies from neighboring Pallas.

Meanwhile, Nalyn was getting a little *too* used to giving orders in Nydia's name (even jumping the gun a little and taking big bro Atkorm's line once)

Nydia is not pleased and wants Stunt Double out of that uniform and back in servants cloths.



There is some trouble due to the fact *martial arts practice* is one of the main things Nydia uses Nalyn to get out of, but never let it be said the Grand Duchess is unwilling to get her hands dirty.





Brmm? What brmm?





The Krossos fleet has gotten the jump on them. Things go from bad to worse when their Pallas allies stay out of the way- Atkorm made a deal with Pallas so he could claim the throne, and Pallas did the rest, getting him in deeper than he hoped.

In short, their fleet is getting rolled over. Nalyn does what she can, but the ship they're on, the huge Majestic Voyager (all Royal Flagships are Majestic X), gets boarded and an evacuation is signaled. Nalyn tries to get the Grand Duchess out, but she tries to bring her jewelry and such along with her, so she literally gets booted in the bum to get her moving and so Nalyn can sell herself as the Duchess to the crew and save who she can.




And the Majestic Voyager is no more.







No longer just Stunt Double- she is now GRAND DUCHESS Stunt Double!


Next episode: Sky Pirates


Part 3
Part 2
Part 1


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creator: ron espinosa
publisher: antarctic press
title: neotopia

Comments

[psychopathicus_rex]

Whoa - so the original is now dead? Or am I reading too much into this? Either way, the plot thickens.

[q99]

Well, she definitely *looks* dead, being on the ship that exploded and all.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Meh - happens to the Joker all the time.

[q99]

Though Nydia's not exactly the Joker :)

[psychopathicus_rex]

True enough. Still, anything's possible.