EVE Burns
The City of EVE is aflame. Buildings burn and crackle, the light from their fires throwing up huge monstrous shadows. In dark side alleys small gangs run rampant shouting and laughing as they loot and pillage. The sound of breaking glass, small fights and scuffles.
Closer in the main square is a battle ground. Placards rise above the baying mob, anger writ upon their faces. They’re chanting and howling. On the steps of the once beautiful Cathedral of CCP – Pann, god of shepherds and flocks, tries to subdue them with pleas for patience and parley. The crowds protests drown her out. She pleads that she will not sacrifice her friends to the masses to be torn apart but even as she glances nervously over her shoulder the few cheers are swamped by greater jeering. A bottle flies through the air and smashes at Pann’s feet. Another and then yet more follow. She retreats back behind the barricades of corrugated iron and barbed wire that surround the Cathedral to howls of derision.
One protester burns a CCP flag. Another hoists a pony flag to howls of laughter. All are wearing monocles. Top hats abound.
On the margins of the crowd sit others, there faces ashen – not a few with tear filled eyes. They talk of NGE’s and broken promises. A few try to remonstrate with the protesters, to rally support for the Authorities but their cause seems hopeless.
“GREED IS GOOD!!” scream the mob, hurling vitriol and venom from their mouths. Security forces deploy around the Cathedral steps, dressed all in black riot shield and batons in hand. One crazed rioter throws a placard through the air shouting ‘DIAF!’ and with that the guards surge forward grabbing the culprit and hauling him from the mob. Later he will be questioned, given a brief chance to plead his case then he will suffer his punishment – banishment from the city; forever.
Inside the Cathedral? No one knows. Perhaps they are locked in frantic meetings to find a solution, a chance no matter how slim to placate the anger pressing onto the walls outside. No doubt they will see Pann stumble in covered in soot and ash from the flames outside. Some will feel fear. Others anger. Those ungrateful plebs – for whom they have worked so tirelessly! Others will do nothing, they will sit and twiddle their thumbs. Meanwhile outside…
EVE burns.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Nicely written!
June 24, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Thank you Sir.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Wow, that was just awesome
June 24, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Cheers.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 1:45 pm
I loved it! Now if only we could get a response from the Cathedral…
June 24, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Excellent!
June 24, 2011 at 2:39 pm
🙂
C.
June 24, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Thar was perfect. Images, setting, everything. Very well done
m
June 24, 2011 at 2:43 pm
That is a brilliant post. Utterly briliant.
June 24, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Thank you Mynxee, your comments are much appreciated.
June 24, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Excellent! Awesome in the real sense and not in the CCP sense.
June 24, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Cheers Bomb. Cool name too.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Very well spoken…
June 24, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Thanks Hiram.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 2:54 pm
An absolutely amazing and moment capturing post. You’ve summarized the mood of the community with eloquent perfection.
June 24, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Thanks for your kind comments Arydanika, much appreciated.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Love it! Thanks, it really shows a vision of what the EVE Online Community is going through right now!
June 24, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Glad you liked it Adam. 🙂
C.
June 24, 2011 at 3:30 pm
This is really good.
JCA-Noir
June 24, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Thank you JCA.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Will no one think of the kittens? *sniff*
June 24, 2011 at 4:21 pm
That sir, was beautiful, epic and poetic. I am moved.
June 24, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Thanks Seismic!
June 24, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Incredibly well written. The images provoked capture the “Rome is Burning” feel of the CCP debacle impressively.
June 24, 2011 at 5:03 pm
God you’re a pack of moaning bitches aren’t you?
June 24, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Excellent post, made me chuckle. Might I suggest a brief edit to correct a couple of spelling errors? ‘CPP’ -> ‘CCP’, ‘barb wire’ -> ‘barbed wire’, etc?
I love ‘all are wearing monocles, top hats abound’. 🙂
June 24, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Ah thanks for spotting those – was written furtively at work so I didn’t have much time to edit it.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Nicely done. A true depiction of the “Days of Rage.”
June 24, 2011 at 9:55 pm
I´m just speechless, though all words needed to put, you’ve already put. Thrills and shivers are mine right now. Well done!
June 24, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Very well said :).
June 24, 2011 at 10:20 pm
I’ve to ask how Zulu’s devblog adds to the story.
June 24, 2011 at 10:55 pm
I havent written that piece. Not sure I will but most likely it will involve something like a full scale riot.
C.
June 24, 2011 at 10:31 pm
that was very well done good sir. you have a talent for writing.
June 24, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Many thanks, Im glad you think so. Ironically I was turned down for a volunteer (ISC) writing post with CCP.
C.
June 25, 2011 at 2:03 am
Well done….
June 25, 2011 at 2:16 am
Thanks WTM.
July 4, 2011 at 9:52 pm
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