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By midnight—

Altdorf sounds desperate.

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Music crashes through rain-soaked streets.

Taverns overflow.

Crowds push through mud and lantern light like they’re afraid to stop moving.

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Eljara:
“This city is afraid of stopping.”

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Sean watches drunken workers singing marching songs out of rhythm.

One nearly collapses laughing.

Another keeps him standing.

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Sean:
“Most exhausted places are.”

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Fire-eaters perform for screaming children.

Musicians play too fast.

People drink too hard.

Nobody stays quiet for long.

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A burst of cheering erupts from another tavern.

Too loud.

Too immediate.

Gone too quickly.

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Sean:
“You know what cities learn eventually?”

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Eljara looks at him.

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Sean:
“They learn noise is easier than healing.”

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The streets keep moving.

Ale.

Music.

Parades.

Fireworks exploding over crowded rooftops.

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Temporary relief.

Distributed everywhere.

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Not enough to heal people.

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Only enough to keep them functioning.

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Children run through the crowds wearing carnival masks.

One pretends to stab another dramatically.

Both laugh.

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Eljara:
“They’re learning it already.”

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Sean watches them carefully.

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Sean:
“How to survive exhaustion.”

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Silence almost settles for one brief moment after a song ends.

People immediately start shouting for another.

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The city cannot tolerate stillness.

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Because stillness creates awareness.

Awareness creates grief.

And grief—

fully felt—

might crack the Empire apart.

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A fight breaks out near a gambling stall.

The crowd cheers instead of panicking.

Moments later—

music starts again.

Nothing stops.

Nothing pauses.

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The city converts everything into stimulation.

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Eljara:
“That’s the worst part.”

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Rain runs down Sean’s beard as he watches the streets pulse with forced life.

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Sean:
“It’s human.”

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And somewhere beneath the music,
beneath the taverns,
beneath the endless celebration—

Altdorf sounds less like a thriving city…

and more like something terrified of becoming quiet.

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⚒️ Month 5 — Sacrifice & Belief

⚒️ Week 2 — The Loud City

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying Game — The Old World

Sigmar suffered for the Empire himself.

Later generations discovered it was easier to ask others to suffer in his place.

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Or keep missing it.

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