private FRACTURED FUTURES: Under Empire

GoldieS · December 4, 2017

Quarts was waiting... relatively patiently... to see her Imperial Majesty. The diamond dog was tapping her paw on the floor impatiently, holding a number of papers and files in her arms. She was extra clean today of course, it wasn't often one was given the task of presenting such information to the Queen Empress herself. Quarts was more accustom to speaking to her precinct's police chief... that was about the highest authority she'd dealt with.

The canine, a more typical grey diamond dog, not quite as tall or burly as most of her kind, had a more elongated and narrow snout. She had long ears that folded over halfway up, and of course a stubby spiked tail. An officer of the law, she was a criminalist, a specialized investigator that knew her craft inside and out. Hopefully, her pressed and cleaned white long sleeved shirt and black pants portrayed some form of professionalism today.

The guards stood on either side of the walkway through the hall to the audience hall. A blue carpet lead up to the giant double doors, every light in the place reflecting off of the perfectly polished solid crystal walls. Quarts stopped at the door, where the heavily armored ponies sporting pikes slowly opened the giant things for the dog to enter into.

Quarts gulped as she stepped forward, walking through the columns of the main chamber to approach the dais sporting the most regally uncomfortable chair she had ever seen. Atop that, Queen Empress Flurry sat.

Quarts bowed respectfully.

"Your majesty!" She accidentally yelled, blushing as a result. "I have an urgent report regarding district seventeen precinct... we presented our findings to the counsel, and they've deemed it pertinent enough for your attention... if you're uhm... interested in hearing?"

Brobot · December 4, 2017

Flurry heart had a million things going things going through her head...what time should i visit mom and dad....what time is the meeting with head of security....."empress a diamond dog named quartz is here to see you"said one of her elite guard clad in almost indestruable diamond armor.Flurry sight and out stretched her huge pink wings "what are these good for if I'm underground all the time" she thought as she trotted her way to the to the audience hall and that in that horrible chair.She adjusted her crown and raised her hoof as a signal to the guards to let the visitor in....she listened to her request and smiled hoping to ease the nervous diamond dogs mind...."please let her about his urgent report. i hope nothing....regrettable has happened

GoldieS · December 4, 2017

Quartz did indeed perk up a little bit, put at ease by Flurry's relatively kind and disarming demeanor. Then again, what could she have expected? This was the Empress after all, that's what she was known for.

"Oh well, ma'am- err, your majesty, we found evidence to suggest someone has breached the safety of the city by creating some sort of passage to the over-world. We conducted a raid on a suspected drug house, but it turned out to be..." she lowered her voice, the term still carrying a dangerous connotation to it. "Contraband... from the outside! We called in a hazardous materials team to secure the evidence. Unfortunately, the perpetrators weren't present during the raid, we believe one of our officers tipped them off. At this time internal affairs is investigating the possibility."

She raised the folders of paper to partially hide her face, expecting some horrific unhinged reaction from Flurry. She'd heard rumors... not that they were anything more than that. Everyone wanted to have some kind of conspiracy theory under their belt.

Brobot · December 7, 2017

Flurry heart immediately dropped her smile but then realized that the poor dimmound dog was cowering behind her papers,it would be unprofessional to smile after receiving new like this so she decided to talking in a calmer voice then before and hope the diamond dog didn’t misunderstand her tone and find that she is being sarcastic,it the diamond digs how with there help allowed for the empire to expand underground

“first in for most....please find the so called officer who had tipped of these criminals and......Flurry trailed off she remembered that it would take time to reseal the breach or at least seal it with thick crystal “your name was Quartz right,you seem smart enough”flurry then cracked another smile “ I think that we should crated a fake wall of sorts until we have the time to properly seal off the breach....what do you think?

GoldieS · December 7, 2017

Quartz was relieved to see the measured response. How could she have thought any different of the Queen Empress? Perhaps it was just her nerves getting to her... quite frankly, she was embarrassed to have even thought the outcome would have been any different.

"Yes your grace, we're proceeding with the internal review as we speak! At the moment we've been keeping our suspicions quiet, with the hopes the officer in question doesn't realize we're aware of their activities. I'll make the arrangements with my department to begin work on concealing the entrance from both the inside and outside." She paused, hesitating a little bit as she seemed to recall something more.

"Ma'am, I apologies, there is another concern. While investigating the scene, along with contaminated foodstuffs from the overworld being loose in the city, there was also evidence to suggest a second breach somewhere." Quartz added. "We've notified other precincts but... I'm not sure they're taking the threat seriously. It's possible those we weren't able to catch have fled into the overworld and plan to return via this second breach."

Brobot · December 7, 2017

@GoldieS

Flurry gave a big sigh and shifted uncomfortably in her chair"I suppose we should leave at least one of the breaches open,it might be just a troublesome citizen trying to get a glimpse of the outside and well......we can't just lock one of our own outside the safety of there kingdom, send the elite guard to be sentries at the breach and tell then to capture the first pony they see and if they resist"Flurry decide that she didn't have to go on

Send the Hazmat team to confiscated all consumable items from the overworked and quarantine any pony who has come into contact with it,Furry heaved her shoulders,she knew that these thing will not go unnoticed by the general populatice and that she will have to give a statement to her subjects soon

"About this concern that my law enforement are not taking this seriously...this is all very troubling"then flurry though "what am i doing about this,just sitting in a uncomfortable chair and complaining,no this is important". Flurry stood up and stretched her wings "Quartz,can i intrust these remaing problems to you"Flurry flew down in front of the diamond dog,she was a good 3 inches taller then her,she put her hoof on her shoulder and said"don't worry i will pronely check your progress regularly and I'm here if you need help" she smiled at the diamond dog,her mom said that her smile was just like her aunt,she value remembers a purple pony who would play with her and her baby dragon...her name was Twilight sparkle....whoever she is if she's outside she's probably dead flurry thought.....

Edited December 7, 2017 by woodchunks66

GoldieS · December 10, 2017

"Yes of course your grace!" Quartz bowed respectfully in response.

The canine was finally put at ease around the Queen Empress. For whatever reason, most were still a little timid and afraid around her. Not that her mother was a tyrant, or she herself. It was the position of power, the authority both held, if nothing else the pure magnitude of their title. It didn't help that most of the Imperial Guard were a bit more stern than the rest of the legion. They were quite thorough when screening those who would see and speak with her.

"I'll have a 24 hour heavy guard on the current entrance and we'll find the second, if there is one. I mean... if we look for it here in the city... I imagine it would be much easier to spot it from the overworld. If it wasn't contaminated of course!" She chuckled nervously. "I mean, I'm sure our Evo commandos could handle it, but why take unnecessary risks."

She looked up at Flurry hopefully. It was an exciting prospect after all... to see the outside. Few could actually grasp what it was like out there, since most alive nowadays had never seen anything outside of the giant city cavern and the adjoining underways. Though, she wasn't going to say so directly of course...