They are more than you can comprehend, so you go mad and accidentally deactivate the attack. And then attack PUM, who is caught utterly off guard and is unable to defend himself.

“Sir, you have a guest. Says it’s urgent.” “Who?” “He didn’t say.” “Let him in.” James looked at the guard who had delivered the news. A young man who, James thought, would sacrifice himself for the King. He stood at the door at attention, keeping his eyes low. He was dressed in perfectly clean, red Watch uniform that looked new. James noticed that the guard looked rather ill and disturbed, and made a mental note to talk to him when he had time. Right now, he had an important guest. The guard opened the door and walked out, and James could hear a faint “Please come in.” A woman walked through the door, and closed it before walking towards the desk in the room. She was dressed in blue Peacewatch uniform that denoted her position as captain of the Watch. In other words, she controlled the city’s police. She smiled mischievously as she watched the look of pleasant surprise on James’ face. “Sarah, you’re alive?!” he managed to exclaim, before standing up and limping towards the woman that stood before his desk. Rather unexpectedly, a hug followed. The woman stood there like stone, an expression of surprise on her face. A second or two later, both of them sat at their respective seats before the metallic desk, cluttered with all sorts of papers. “You haven’t met me this well since… since when? You know, maybe you should close the balcony doors, lest people wonder how on earth the King reconciled with his sister.” “And then you’ll be ousted and arrested on grounds of falsification of identity? Yeah, we have cultivated quite a reputation for hostility. Perhaps we shouldn’t have. Tell me, how’d you survive?” “How’d you get atop the War Palace?” “How’d you know?” “Why have you underestimated me?” “Oh well. I lose. Anyways, what’s the matter?” “We caught Victoria’s murderer.” “Um, what? Didn’t I kill her in the War Palace?” “I’m not sure whether it is that woman. But we did find someone, and we have evidence supporting it.” James took a moment to comprehend this. Then he looked into his coat, and took out a gun, presenting it for the woman to see. “Do you recognize this?” She noticed a word inscribed on the gun. Sarah. “Let me see. That can’t be mine, no. Wait a minute. We found this gun at the scene of Victoria’s assassination. The name, though, I cannot reco- oh. The assassin, Sarah.” “Clan? I presume Deadcliff?” She shook her head. “Time.” Their chat was replaced by an uncomfortable silence, as both pondered on the meaning of it all. At last James broke the silence. “Family?” “We never learnt that.” “So. Sarah, Time. No, Sarah Spark, Time.” “How’d you know?” “So she belongs to the Spark family. Not something I expected, to be honest.” Sarah repeated her question. “How did you know?” “I’m not sure, really. Although I remember that name, maybe from the Hex at the War Palace.” “Hex? So the War Palace has one of those supercomputers too. That’s the third we’ve discovered this year. I'll make sure to question Research about this. I wonder why the history books never mentioned these?” “I have a question. Do you know who the woman I killed at the War Palace was?” “Only two ways to know. Either you pay another visit to the War Palace, and I doubt you’d return from there this time. Or you could seek out whoever controls you, but that would likely need a visit to the Palace too.” “Or I could question Ms. Time.” “May work.” James heard a voice. Female, but not Sarah’s. The assassin. Let her go. She is innocent, and innocents do not deserve punishment. What does this mean? Sarah did not take long to notice that her brother was lost in thought, and was ignoring the existence of the world around him. Which, as she knew, meant that he was worried. “James? What’s happening?” The voice woke James from his thoughts, and rather rudely at that. “What? Oh, it’s nothing. Don’t worry.” “Why should I not worry? What’s happened, James?” “Memories. Voices. According to them, Ms. Time is innocent.” “Did Victoria say that?” James paused for a moment. What would he say? “Yes.”

Simple. MM is the multiplayer standard, and probably was back in 2009 too (note: just a guess). What is actually shocking is the fact that Tanki waited so long before implementing MM. Also, MM makes it easy to get into battles, assuming it works well enough, so I don't see a reason why Tanki wouldn't implement MM.

I'll PM you to explain this, because it appears like I'll have to explain a lot...

Apologies, I laughed at that Anyways. Someone (the dead body in The City of Peace) killed the Queen (the woman in An Attempt on Her Life). It's the Regent who considers James as the King - the latter deduces this from the fact that the Regent isn't wearing a certain ring that only the King and/or Queen are supposed to wear. The Regent may or may not have ordered Victoria's murder. The man who appeared was not the Regent at all - it was someone else. A nobleman whom James apparently wronged, but who may have supported 'the conspiracy' and her murder. The Regent was looking at the city from the Palace's balcony all the time. James held up the gun at the nobleman, but stopped when he realized it is better to think of Peace than revenge (means the nobleman is important for peace in the city) And here I thought this was the simplest of my stories :wacko:

Ooh, so now I'll have to post a timeline over at AWC Discussion, ya know, like Hawaii did. Probably will do then. Tomorrow.

Why do you think his own sister accused him of crime? Why do you think nobody entered the building for 1100 years? :p Also, of course I will explain. Part of it I've already begun to explain (Her Wish, An Attempt on Her Life, The War Palace). Guess I've raised more questions here than I ever imagined I could :wacko:

"Not bad for a first kill. It's in the blood." He felt a gun in his right hand. He raised it, and sure enough, there was a gun. "That gun you hold is one you've held many times before." "I call her Nancy." Not the first story this issue to give Gerald a gun, I think. :p Basically, he can wield weapons.

Condensation has been banned for a week. Reason: spam across the Off-Topic forum.

Has anyone ever even won? Just wondering. Feel free to not like.

Wow, just wow. Sorry for bumping, but wow. Never read a story quite like this. Masterful. I want more!

Something tells me he means Engineer's the least battery-efficient drone. Me? I don't care about drones one bit. Overpriced and largely useless. For me, at least.

Wow, Stars are far easier to get than I initially expected! Means I will participate... :D

It worked - plan worked. Basically, protagonist pretended to be, or perhaps is, the Queen of Peace. But then the Protectors can't be fooled? Again... complicated.

Other stories reveal that yes, the protagonist WAS the king. Sorry, it's more than a bit complicated, might take a long time and many stories to explain it all. Actually, might as well explain as much as I can. Little did they know pretty much assures that the people merely assumed. If you've read carefully, you may note that the protagonist is being forced to jump. Somehow. Also, before questioning how it could be the king or how he could commit suicide, you may want to have questioned why on earth his own sister accused him of (or even had the authority to accuse) crime, or why is he even in an ancient, decaying fortress in the first place, or who the dead body in the room was, or why he personally raided a thief's manor, or what the conspiracy is. Lots o' questions there, no? Basically: it's complicated. :P

We have an idea! Block people by activating infinite load when they log in! ^please, don't take that as serious. Heh. Unfortunately, the Freeze wins.

There, idea for Tanki story. Thanks! :p

Mammoth, Isida? Maf comes to mind, not Flex :huh: Plus, how is a mammoth and isida obscene? (Hint: it isn't)

Good one! That twist at the end surprised me. ;)

Lots o' grammatical errors. Please keep it in third person, past tense. Other than that, not a bad story. As Person said, the dialogue could be improved.

He meant, I think, that you had initially written it as FPS shooters, or First Person Shooter shooters. Idea? You may do better by posting this in Epic Games' forums. :P Could be an alteration, though.

Do I take that as a compliment? Anyways, it's a bit like Hippin's Tankiverse. I write one at a random point in the timeline, then another elsewhere in the timeline, etc. This one, for example, is set 23 years before The City of Peace, and just over 1071 years after The War Palace. As for directly continuing this particular story, I might as well do it. :p

Tbh, I'm not sure either, whether it's a chapter, or the whole story of the Queen's assassination :wacko: Also, thanks a lot, both of you!

Maf is also well known for his sarcasm and jokes, plus all of those who liked are notable forumers who know him well. Just wanted to remind you of that (although the point, I imagine, still stands. Maybe in a different way).

I agree. Want realism? WoT says hello. (Although there are games far more realistic than that)