Part 3 Out of the Ashes

*After what seemed like the longest night in St Romovna's history, the city is still in shock. Pieces of colorful banners still wave in the streets, but the feeling a celebration that filled the city is gone. In it's place is fear, anger, and grief. Nobody knows for sure exactly what took place last night, except that it will haunt their memories forever.*

*Now, the fires have all been put out and the death toll counted. The King and his family are prisoners of the rebellion, and Erik Verraten has a good part of the city rallied around him. It is time for the city of St Romovna to rebuild, to rise up from it's ashes and back to it's former glory.*

### The Morning After

**Maria** wakes up, holding onto **Charlotte** and **Alexandra.**

**Charlotte** is already up.

**La** watches the city and had found her friend dead from the explosions, she cries and screams.

**Erik** sits outside of **The Palace** and decides that last night would be called **The Night of Fire.** He walks back tot **The Slums** with **Bear** and order him to do something with the footage. He enters **The Shack** and asks the girls how they are doing.

**La** watches **Erik** enter **The Shack** and she says she has to talk with him.

**Maria** looks at **Erik** with anger. She spits on his shoes.

**Charlotte** watches **Maria** and shakes her head at her.

**Erik** shoves her shoe in her face and asked who **La** is.

**La** said she wants to talk and has a deal. If you let the **Petrovna's** go she will tell who started the fires.

**Maria** buries her face in **Charlotte's** shoulder.

**Charlotte** tells her it's okat.

**Erik** asks **The Royals** if their father leave anyone in charge of **The Palace.** Then he looks at **La** and asks if she would have told him who's responsible if the rebels weren't alive.

**Maria** doesn't answer and cries.

**Lisbeth** walks with **Lilly** in the streets.

**Tommy** sees **Lilly** and **Lisbeth** and tells **Lilly** being an orphan isn't that bad.

**Charlotte** tells **Maria** everything will be find.

**Erik** tells them **Frederick** abandoned them and **Nikolai** is in a separate shack.

**Charlotte** says he is lying.

**La** asks if **Erik** agrees.

**Lilly** sees **Tommy** and hugs him and asks him how he is.

**Tommy** tells her he is sad and angry and says they have room in **The Orphanage.**

**Erik** tells **Charlotte** to shut up and told **La** he is considering it and asks what could he gain by letting them go.

**La** said letting them go wouldn't hurt them and says if he doesn't want the name she will leaves and starts to leave.

**Erik** is not going to let them go. **Erik** kills both of his guards and unties **The Royals** and says he can't have any witnesses and asks for the name.

**La** says let them go and she will tell along with **Nikolai.**

**Erik** says that **Nikolai** stays with him. He pushes **Charlotte** and **Maria** thorough the door and into the snow and asks for the name,

**La** and says it was **Juste** and says starts to leaves.

**Erik** says he will get vengeance.

**La** asks how he knew her name.

**Tommy** pulls away from **Lilly**  and gives her directions to **The Orpahange.** He ran to **The Shack** and sees **Erik.** He says hi to **Erik.**

**Erik** asked him how he is doing and introduced **La.** He told **La** it was easy as a spy had been spying on her for some time.

**La** asks if **Tommy** is his real son.

**Lisbeth** smiles at **Tommy** as he runs off.

**Tommy** tells **La** that he's adopted.

**Erik** says he took him off the streets after **The Massacre in the Palace Courtyard** a month ago.

**La** asks what his purpose was.

**Tommy** said **Erik** did save him and that there's no purpose.

**Erik** says he purpose is to be adorable and his purpose is to run the country.

**La** tells **Erik** to stop murdering people and will continue to support the king until he does. She kicks up dirt and leaves and leaves toward the bridge and she jumps and dives in.

(I feel like she would have died from that?)

**Tommy** asks **Erik** to put him down and to exile the **Royal Family.**

**Erik** laughs and says they are putting them under house arrest until the people decide what to do with them. He tells **Charlotte** and **Maria** to get back into the hut.

**Tommy** says he must publicly announce their exile.

**Maria** stands there uncertain.

**Charlotte** looks at **Maria.**

**Erik** says they will have a trial and says he will shoot **Charlotte and Maria** if they run.

**Tommy** pleads his case and tells him to keep **Frederick.** He says sorry to **Maria and Charlotte.**

**Charlotte** gives **Tommy** a small smile.

**Maria** lets go of **Charlotte's** hand and goes inside.

**Erik** says that the girls can go but **Alexandra** stays and says she will put on trial with her husband and son. He tells the girls they have two days to leave the country or they will be executed.

**Charlotte** grabs **Maria's** hand and runs.

**Tommy** pulls out a candy bar.

**Maria** runs with **Charlotte** and tells her they can't leave.

**Lisbeth** takes **Lilly** and tells her she is going to **The Orphanage**

**Lilly** says she isn't going and then **Lisbeth** says fine and goes to a pastry shop.

**Charlotte** says she doesn't know.

**Erik** asks **Alexandra** where **Frederik** is and he will let **Nikolai** go if she does.

**Tommy** says he will make sure **Erik** keeps his promises.

**Alexandra** asks how can he control an entire country if he can't even control one man (Tell him Alix!)

**Maria** says they can't just leave **Alexandra** and **Nikolai** and asks how they are going to get out of the country.

**Erik** slaps **Alexandra** and tells her to shut up and says he let **Frederik** go and if she wants her son free.

**Tommy** grabs **Eriks** hand.

**Alexandra** says they have only taken a city and says to check the palace.

**Erik** leaves

**Tommy** goes with **Erik**

**Charlotte** doesn't know what to do and cries

**Maria** hugs her says they can make it to the train to **Tsarskoe** or stay in **St.Romanova**

**Charlotte** hugs her and says they need to get to **The Orphanage**

**Tuck** is in **The Orphanage**

**Lisbeth** with **Lilly** goes up to **Maria** and **Charlotte** and notices they let them go.

**Maria** agrees and tells **Lisbeth** yes

**Tuck** is in **The Orphanage**

**Lisbeth** tells them good luck sarcastically and spits on them. **Lilly** scowls at them.

**Maria** asks if **Charlotte** has any idea where **The Orphanage** is.

**Tuck** watches **Lilly** and **Lisbeth**

**La** crawls out of the river and calls for help and goes to **The Orphanage** near the river.

**Charlotte** says no where around here.

**Tuck** helps **La**

**Maria** says they need to look around and change.

**La** thanks **Tuck**

**Tuck** tells her its no problem.

**Charlotte** asks where they are supposed to find clothes.

**Lisbeth** eats biscuits with **Lilly** and she sleeps on **Lisbeth's** lap.

**La** asks where she is and asks **Tuck** if he's in charge.

**Tuck** tells **La** she is in **The Orphanage** and says **Tommy** is in charge and if she is staying.

**Maria** says she doesn't know but they need an idea.

**La** says maybe and thanks **Tuck**

**Charlotte** says there might be clothes at **The Orphanage** and to go there first.

**Tuck** tells her its not a problem.

**Maria** said the city gets poorer the farther south from the river you go and points to where **The Orphanage** might be.

**Charlotte** and they make their way to **The Orphanage** and knocks on the wooden door.

**Tuck** answers and asks for ages and says there is no violence tolerated and they are people of peace and detest all rulers not for the people and must respect the people and tell no one about **The Orphanage** and not be scared of breaking the law.

**Maria** says that she is 16 and **Charlotte** is 19 (lie) and she agrees.

**Tuck** opens the door and says he will get them some spare clothing, warm sweaters and pants (tho it would be skirts for women to be HA) and says he will get them something to eat and there is no stealing.

**Maria** and **Charlotte** go inside and agree.

**Charlotte** tells **Tuck** thank you and asks for his name.

**Tuck** says his name and gives them clothes and says he wants to ask them some questions.

**Maria** tells **Tuck** its nice to meet him and takes the clothes.

**Tuck** asks how good they are at pick pocketing.

**Maria** tells him good enough to not get caught.

**Tuck** tells them more rules of **The Orphanage** and then asks for their names.

**Charlotte** agrees.

**Maria** says her name is Katya and **Charlotte's is** Olga.

**Justin** is fixing people in the makeshift triage near the bridge.

**Tuck** says they are on kitchen duty and asks if they know how to cook and says he will help.

**Lisbeth** watches people walking around and wraps a cloak around **Lilly**

**La** says thank you to the kids and starts to leave when she sees **Maria** and **Charlotte** and asks if she can help.

**Maria** pretends like everything is fine.

**Charlotte** says yes

**Tuck** leads them to the kitchen and calls out orders.

**Lisbeth** watches the infirmary.

**Justin** asks **Lisbeth** for the bottle of whiskey.

**Lisbeth** gives him the bottle.

**Justin** thanks her and helps a woman and then asks **Lisbeth** if she knows anyone who sews.

**Maria** goes to boil water.

**Lisbeth** says she can sew.

(Pretty much every woman in 1907 knew how to sew to repair clothes and making your own clothes was cheaper than buying them)

**Tuck** cuts a chicken.

**Justin** tells **Lisbeth** to follow him and gives her a suture kit.

**Erik** agrees with **Tommy**

**Lisbeth** goes to help a woman and then asks **Justin** if he knew who did this.

**Tommy** hugs **Erik**

**Charlotte** asks **Maria** if she needs help.

**Maria** declines

**Justin** says it doesn't matter and people need help. But three doctors were killed by rebels and they were killed because they were wearing military coats.

**Erik** says he just needs to find the Petrovna's and send them away.

**Tuck** asks **Charlotte** to get bowls

**Lisbeth** tells **Justin** that that's not right and asks if it was Erik's people that killed them.

(I don't know why, but I feel like people should call him by his last name Verraten?????? People really didn't call people by their first names unless they were close???? Idk it feels weird to just call him Erik)

**Tommy** says he likes **Eriks** ideas.

**Justin** is there was another rebellion. He says those that killed the doctors were killed.

**Erik** comes across the bridge and asks **Lisbeth** what's going on.

(why is this city so small)

**Lisbeth** is upset.

**Tommy** looks at the dead bodies.

**Charlotte** gets the bowls.

(I was such a bad Rper at the start of this story my GOD. I mean I still am but not as bad)

**Justin** asks **Erik** unknowingly to help with the wounded.

**Erik** asks **Justin** his name.

**Anya** watches the destruction in her neighborhood and goes to the bridge.

(I'm not gonna lie, i'm more scared of Anya than I've ever been of Erik)

**Lisbeth** and tells **Lilly** to get supplies and asks **Erik** if he killed the guards or if **Juste** did. (I don't think Lisbeth knows it was Juste, I think only Erik knows)

**Tommy** goes to **Lilly**  and asks her how she is doing.

**Lilly** grabs supplies and says she is good and about him.

**Erik** says it's most likely his men.

**Justin** says his name is **Tombs,** Sargent and goes to the end of the bridge with a stretcher and tells a man to find more supplies and asks **Lilly** if she is all right.

**Lisbeth** grabs the supplies and begins helping.

**Tommy** says he's fine and says she is still welcome at **The Orphanage.**

**Erik** asks **Tommy** to get medical supplies from **The Shack** and bring **Bear** and tells **Justin** that he should be able to help.

(I feel like Justin would have figured who Erik is by know because they were not whispering to each other)

**Lilly** follows **Tommy** to **The Shack**

**Justin** goes to help another person.

**Tommy** goes to the **The Shack**

**Lisbeth** works on a royal guard.

**Bear** sits in **The Shack**

**Tommy** goes into the **The Shack** and tells **Bear** they need him.

**Lilly** follows **Bear** and **Tommy.**

**Anya** goes into **The Shack** and says that the East Side had the most damage.

**Lilly** looks at **Anya**

**Tommy** snaps at **Anya** to help.

**Bear** gets his supplies and goes.

**Tommy** goes after him.

**Lilly** follows.

**Bear** runs and sings

**Anya** runs after them.

**Lilly** giggles at **Bear**

**Lisbeth** helps more

**Tommy** keeps running.

**Bear** arrives at **The Bridge** and helps fix people.

**Anya** makes it to the bridge

**Tommy** is really upset.

**Lilly** walks to **Lisbeth** and recognizes the man she is speaking to.

**Justin** asks **Bear** if he is a doctor and says they need to setup a field hospital.

**Bear** asks the **Justin** to get a woman to the inn.

**Lisbeth** goes to help someone else.

**Anya** asks **Tommy** if he's all right.

**Erik** asks **Tommy** what's wrong.

**Tommy** ignores.

**Lilly** holds a baby.

**Anya** asks **Erik** if he wants her to get **Tommy** out of there.

**Erik** says no and leds **Tommy** away to **The Shack** and lies down.

**Justin** fixes a woman's leg.

**Bear** helps more people.

**Tommy** and goes to sleep.

**Erik** falls asleep.

**Justin** helps people.

**Tommy** wakes up and goes back to sleep.

**Lisbeth** keeps helping.

**Justin** keeps helping and thinks about the past and future.

**Lisbeth** rests

### December 23, 1907 St.Romovna

**Maria** wakes up in **The Orphanage** and buries her head in **Charlotte's** shoulder.

**Erik** wakes up and gets dressed and goes outside.

**Justin** makes tea and walks over to **Lisbeth** and tells her good work.

**Bear** tells **Justin** he's done and drinks coffee.

**Tommy** gets dressed and goes outside and goes to **Erik.**

**Erik** says he will investigate the palace today and take **Frederick** prisoner.

**Justin** reads a list of supplies and sees cries and screaming inside the Inn.

**Tommy** says that winning the heart of the military is key.

**Erik** agrees.

**Tommy** tells him to become king quickly.

**Erik** says they need to convince the military.

**Tommy** wants to check on **The Orphanage** and asks **Erik** if he wants to go.

**Erik** asks how long he would need to wait outside.

**Tommy** goes to **The Orphanage** and tells **Tuck** to keep an eye on the new girls **(Charlotte and Maria)** and leaves.

**Justin** hands doctors a list of the rest of supplies and goes outside and carrying the fallen doctors up a hill to be buried. He stops and gets his sword that fell and looks over **The Slums**

**Erik** complements how he runs **The Opranage**

**Tommy** says its teamwork.

**Erik** wants a list of the names of the kids in **The Opranage.**

**Tommy** says he keeps track himself and they will cross that bridge when they get to it gets mad at **Erik** and marches away.

**Erik** pulls **Tommy** back over to him and yells at him.

**Tommy** apologizes.

**Frederick** is at his office in **The Palace** staring out the window at the city. A solider says that the legions ordered are a few miles out of **St.Romovna** and should arrive any hour now and **Fredrik** asks if the **Grigovichs** have responded who he requested aid to and he sent an aid to **Corcisca.** The soldier says that the **Grigovich's** troops have just crossed the border and should arrive in a few days.

**Erik** says his father was **Count Vladimir Verraten** also known as **Skinner** in the history books and did many bad things to him.

**Charlotte** wakes up and tells **Maria** good morning and asks where they should go now and that they should go to **The Palace** to find **Frederik** or to the train.

**Tommy** tells **Erik** he's not too bad.

**Tuck** enters **Maria** and **Charlotte** and tells them to get up and says **Tommy** will meet them when they can.

**Erik** said he killed his father and faked his death and fled to **The Slums.** Says that **Frederick** visited at times and saw his bruises and did nothing. (Last time I checked the you went to the King the King didn't come to you) and says they are going to **The Palace** right now to get **Frederick.**

**Tommy** follows.

**Erik** walks to **The Palace** with a 100-1,000 people ~~somehow~~ and gets to **The Palace** and the guards at the gate join him ~~for some reason~~. A few guards are killed and he asks **Tommy** if he wishes to continue.

**Tommy** says yes and follows.

**Lisbeth** goes to the bridge.

**Erik** enters **The Palace** and kills more guards. The followers loot **The Palace** and damage it. He goes to **Frederick's** study and shoots two guards. (How did he know he was in that room specifically?)

**Lisbeth** watched **The Palace** in the distance.

**Tommy** quietly sings.

**Fredrick** hears his guards call out for rebels. He says he left orders for **General Mendoza** and he knows where they are.

**Erik** says today is the day that the people decide your punishment and asks for **Frederik's** surrender.

**Frederik** asks **Erik** to sit.

**Tommy** says he should surrender if he cares about **Karoleva**.

**Erik** takes a seat and says he is a poor king, to surrender, and says **Frederik's** wife and son will die if he sent reinforcements.

**Lisbeth** gets shot and sits up by soldiers. (I feel like she wouldn't be able to do that)

**Justin** drags **Lisbeth** into an alleyway and helps her.

**Lisbeth** says that he is letting them get away.

**Charlotte** nods at **Tuck** and asks **Maria** what they should do.

**Justin** says he is saying **Lisbeth's** life.

**Bear** signals for his men to fire at the guards.

**Lisbeth** asks how bad it is.

**Bear** kills for guards and bites one.

**Frederik** asks where **Maria** and **Charlotte** are.

**Erik** said he gave them two days to flee the country or be executed and the same with happen with his wife if **Frederick** doesn't surrender.

**Bear** kills more guards.

**Tommy** points a gun and sings.

**Evani** walks to **The Slums** and kills rebels.

**Justin** says bad enough and lifts her and goes and find a table and lays her down.

**Evani** shoots more rebels and goes to **The Palace**  and shoots more rebels.

**Lisbeth** says she hates legions.

**Frederik** says **Erik** can't get rid of all of them and says he has a meeting to go to.

**Tommy** shoots **Frederik** in the foot.

**Erik** says he will shoot him if he walks more and grabs **Frederik.**

**Evani** is in the courtyard.

**Frederik** walks with **Erik**

**Justin** pours **Bourbon** on the .ound and tells her to swallow something.

**Evani** is in **The Palace.**

**Tommy** follows and makes a speech and gets shot.

**Erik** walks and fires at a chandelier and it falls and says if they don't let them out **Frederik** dies and so will **Alexandra and Nikolai** and continues walking. He shots the man who shot **Tommy** and gives **Frederik** to **Bear** and runs to **The Slums** and **Erik** picks **Tommy** up and runs.

**Tommy** is with them.

**Lisbeth** sticks her tounge out.

**Lilly** wakes up alone and gets a knife.

**Bear** runs with **Frederik**

**Erik** runs.

**Justin** rubs gunpowder on **Lisbeth's** tounge and tells her to bite down on fabric and tends to the wound.

**Tommy** presses his hand against the wound and asks if **Erik** would be a good ruler.

( I feel like Tommy would have passed out from blood loss by now)

**Lisbeth** bits on the rag and screams.

**Lilly** steps outside.

**Erik** tells **Tommy** to stay alive.

**Evani** rolls away from the chandelier and shoots at **Bear** and **Erik** as they run away and she is shoot at.

**Tommy** says sorry about **Erik's** jacket.

**Erik** says it's all right.

**Lilly** passes **Erik** but a lady stops her from running.

**Bear** yanks **Lilly** away from the lady and takes her with.

**Lilly** hugs onto **Bear** and asks if **The King** is still alive.

**Tommy** is bleeding out.

**Justin** fixes **Lisbeth**

**Bear** spits in **Fredericks** hair and says **Erik** wants to have a trial for him.

**Lisbeth** screams.

**Evani** shoots more rebels.

**Lilly** runs with **Bear**

**Erik** gets near **The Shack**

**Bear** enters the **The Shack** and tells **Lilly** to get a med bag. He knocks **Frederik** out and puts him in a closet.

**Justin** finishes and sits her up and says he will take her home.

**Lilly** gets supplies.

**Lisbeth** thanks him.

**Tommy** is on the table.

**Carter** was shot and now is in the snow

**Evani** leaves and looks around and sees her brother.

**Carter** sees **Evani** but **Evani** doesn't help him.

**Erik** tells **Bear** to fix him.

**Bear** fixes him.

**Lily** gets some bottles of whiskey.

**Tommy** loses consciousness

**Bear** works on **Tommy**

**Lilly** sits near **Erik**

**Erik** watches.

**Bear** works on him.

**Lilly** lays against a wall.

**Tommy** is passed out,

**Bear** notices **Tommy** spot breathing.

**Erik** grabs **Tommy** and tells him to wake up.

**Juste** is in the noble's cemetery and puts flower pots on the stone and a dozen roses on the grave of **Mira Renon**. A rebel comes up behind him and grabs him by the neck and out of the cemetery and kills him.

**Lilly** cries

**Tommy** wakes up.

**Justin** walks outside and tells her which way to go.

**Bear** tells **Erik** that **Tommy** is alive.

**Erik** cradles **Tommy's** head and says he is glad he isn't dead.

(I'm not gonna lie. This was a sweet moment)

**Evani** walks into the cemetery and goes to her mother's grave.

**Tommy** says he is too.

**Lisbeth** tells him it's down the bridge and to **The Shack** in **The Slums.** (I feel like there is more than one shack in the city)

**Lilly** hugs **Bear.**

**Erik** dresses **Tommy** and takes him to the bedroom and asks what getting shot feels like.

**Bear** says she is welcome.

**Tommy** it's bad.

**Justin** goes down to the bridge. He notices that **The Legion** at the bridge and reaches **The Slums** and asks for directions.

**Maria** says they need to go to **The Palace** and if that doesn't work the train.

**Erik** asks if he wants to talk or sleep.

**Tommy** says he can't sleep so they need to talk.

**Charlotte** says they might find **Frederik** or a soldier to help.

**Erik** says he is preparing **Frederik** for the trial.

**Tommy** cries and thanks **Erik**

**Maria** says they will help the poor once everything is sorted out.

**Erik** says he is welcome.

**Tommy** drifts off the sleep.

**Charlotte** says she ready to go.

**Maria** takes **Charlotte's** hand and start heading toward the bridge. She asks if they will let her into **The Palace.**

**Charlotte** says she doesn't know but there has to be guards on their side there and says she could fix **Frederiks** wrongs.

**Maria** wished she could stop **Alexi** and **Alexander** from getting on the train.

**Charlotte** says they should go to **The Palace** first.

**Maria** says palace first and if they find **Frederik** he will get **Alexandra and Nikolai** and they can go to **Tsarskoe.** If not they will leave by tomorrow.

**Charlotte** says she is scared.

**Maria** says she is too and they will get through this.

**Charlotte** sees **The Palace** gates.

**Lisbeth** leads him toward **The Shack.**

**Tommy** wakes up in the middle of the night.

**Lilly** is asleep in the corner.

**Justin** says they need to hurry.

**Lisbeth** tells **Justin** he's right and sees **The Shack.**

**Erik** goes to **Tommy** and asks what he was doing.

**Evani** stands on the steps of **The Palace** watching the soldiers.

**Justin** sees the car that the **Petrovna's** were in as they get closer to **The Shack.**

**Tommy** says he is getting ready

**Lisbeth** tells him its the building up there.

**Juste** is in the halls of **The Palace** and walks around. He sits at **The King's** desk. He picks up the **royal seal** and starts to leave.

**Justin** asks for her name.

**Lisbeth** tells **Justin** her name and that she is rebel.

**Justin** tells his name and that he is a Sargent in the King's Army.

**Lisbeth** says she doesn't care and thanks him.

**Maria** walks towards the unlocked gates and says she doesn't like this.

**Justin** asks who decides who is right and wrong and says he hopes they meet in better times and steps back into the street.

**Lisbeth** says he's right and goes to **Lilly** and says sorry.

**Erik** tells **Tommy** he needs to bathe.

**Justin** goes back to the bridge and is met with an army and asks permission to cross and joins the line.

**Tommy** refueses.

(So I think things got messed up. Because the timeline is messed up and some characters are in Christmas Eve and some are in the day before but it's all happening at the same time. )

**Lilly** hugs **Lisbeth**

**Justin** is asked questions by a colonel. He says he swore and oath and is not a traitor. He woke up after he was punched by the colonel. He puts on a coat and gets into uniform.

**Charlotte** says she isn't either.

**Erik** tells him fine.

**Lisbeth** asks **Erik** how capturing **Frederik** went and asks **Tommy** if he was hurt.

**Juste** walks in the audience chamber.

**Erik** says **Frederik** is in the closet and that **The Legion** pushed the rebels into the slums.

**Tommy** gets excited for Christmas Eve and tells everyone they should come to **The Orpahnage.**

**Erik** agrees.

**Tommy** takes a shower.

**Erik** does nothing of note.

**Tommy** does nothing of note.

**Lisbeth** asks **Bear** how its going.

**Lilly** waits for **Tommy**

**Erik** asks **Tommy** when he plans on going shopping.

**Bear** offers **Lisbeth** candy corn.

**Lisbeth** thanks him

**Tommy** says midday.

**Bear** redresses **Tommy's** wounds.

**Tommy** gets his wounds re dressed.

**Erik** tells **Bear** to hurry up.

**Tommy** says he's going.

**Erik** says he's going with him.

**Lisbeth** says she is shopping on her own if they take **Lilly**

**Tommy** says its fine.

**Lisbeth** tells **Lilly** to be good and asks if **Tommy** wants a hug.

**Erik** says he will and goes outside.

**Tommy** hugs **Lisbeth**

**Lilly** follows **Tommy**

**Tommy** goes to the **Orphanage**

**Erik** follows **Tommy**

**Lisbeth** goes to a shop to buy gifts.

**Tommy** gets to **The Orpahange** to be greeted by his followers and all pull names out of a cauldron.

**Lilly** thanks **Tommy**

**Lisbeth** got two bottles of whiskey and one of wine.

**Erik** stands back and watches

**Tommy** does nothing of note.

**Tuck** is uneasy around **Erik**

**Lilly** draws a name.

**Lisbeth** goes back to **The Shack** and wraps gifts

**Erik** watches **Tuck**

**Bear** asks **Lisbeth** what she got for him.

**Lis** aks him to re dress a wound.

**Bear** agrees.

**Tommy** offers to go to the rich part of town.

**Lis** lets **Bear** fix her bandadages

**Lilly** follows **Tommy** and asks who she got.

**Erik** tells them to go to **Duke Remington's.**

**Bear** fixes the wound.

**Lisbeth** thanks him.

**Tommy** tells her who she got and agrees to **Erik's** idea.

**Lilly** does nothing of note

**Lisbeth** enters her friends house and washes her hait.

**Erik** tells them where the Duke's house is.

**Tommy** says he's ready and follows **Erik**

**Lilly** follows.

**Justin** gets a promotion to Lieutenant and orders him to lead a group of 200 into **The Slums** to find the rebel base and get **Frederik** and tells his Sargent to get ready.

**Maria** goes inside and inside **The Palace.**

**Charlotte** follows.

**Maria** goes upstairs and **Charlotte** follows.

**Charlotte** hears someone behind her and sees **Juste** and asks for his name (OOPS I forgot to copy a post over)

**Juste** kneels and says he serves **The Petrovna's** and he is a soldier who survived the massacres and is looking for survivors.

**Maria** recognizes him and asks if **Frederik** is around.

**Lisbeth** is walking.

**Juste** says no. He's been searching for him and asks if they are unharmed.

**Maria** shakes her head.

**Juste** asks if he can take them anywhere.

**Maria** asks if **Juste** could get them to the train station.

**Juste** agrees and tells them to find valuables to look like looters.

**Maria** says there are things upstaris they could take.

**Juste** agrees and asks if they are planning to go to **Tsarskoe.**

**Justin** looks at **The Slums** through a scope.

**Maria** walks up stairs and nods.

**Erik** gets to the Duke's house.

**Tommy** stays

**Erik** kills the Duke

**Lilly** goes inside the house.

**Tommy** goes inside.

**Lilly** starts looting.

**Charlotte** follows **Maria.**

**Erik** does nothing of note.

**Lilly** keeps looting.

**Tommy** finds jewels and money.

A boy grabs **Lilly** by the throat.

**Tommy** goes to **Lilly**

**Lilly** screams and the boy backs away.

**Tommy** sees the abused kid and asks if he had parents.

The boy says no body.

**Tommy** introduces himself and asks him to join them.

The boy says he is Phillip and he will join

**Erik** asks the boy if he is okay.

**Tommy** tells them they are going looting.

**Justin** orders his men to fix bayonets and march.

**Juste** asks **Charlotte** if she is all right.

**Lilly** does nothing of note.

**Tommy** does nothing of note.

**Charlotte** says she is fine and asks if those are drums.

**Justin** sees the first squad break when they hit the bridge. First platoon splits into collums. The second takes the main road. 4th follows the river. **Justin** leads the second platoon and go into **The Slums** and door to door searches begin and search each house.

**Lilly** does nothing of note

**Juste** says it is and that the Royal Army is advancing. The rebellion won't be defeated in a day but the army will give them hell.

**Bear** fights the royal army.

**Erik** says he is ready to go.

**Lisbeth** grabs her sword and prepares to fight

**Tommy** tells **Lilly** they are leaving.

**Erik** knocks a log out of the fireplace and the house catches on fire and lead the children out of the house.

**Justin's** platoon's drummers and flag bearers take a hit and the rest fire,

**Tommy** and say to meet up in the plaza.

**Bear** tells his men to get the pigs ready.

**Erik** agrees and tells them to get going.

**Justin's** first row fires and the next etc.

**Bear** unleashes pigs with dynamite and explode.

**Tommy** reaches the plaza and tells **Erik** to come with him to the black market. (I'm pretty sure that the black market as we know it today did not exist)

**Justin's** second platoon is blown by the blasts and signals the third to form a barricade so they can fall back.

**Erik** reaches the black market and says to start stealing.

**Evani** watches.

**Bear's** men move from alley to alley and firing from the roof.

**Justin** grabs **Evani's** arm and tells her to find the king. (Evani would not be in that army)

**Justin** shouts to charge and they charge the streets.

**Evani** nods and looks

**Lilly** gives a bag to **Tommy**

**Lisbeth** runs into the soldiers with her sword drawn.

**Bear** goes into the closet and beats up **Frederik.**

**Matt** fires at the army.

**Tommy** gives each group of kids money and they go by stuff.

**Justin** slashes a rebel down and fights.

**Evani** sees **Bear** and knows **Frederick** is in there

**Lisbeth** keeps fighting

**Justin** keeps fighting and fires his flare.

**Maria** gets to the top of the stairs to the private rooms.

**Evani** picks up a pig and prepares to throw

**Lisbeth** walks away from the battle.

**Erik** walks around the black market.

**Bear** goes to get a drink

**Juste** follows

**Lisbeth** walks into the shack

The flare that **Justin** shot is seen by the first and forth platoons so the first platoon start their march

**Charlotte** helps search for things under the floorboards.

**Juste** hears a church bell ring in the rich district and prays.

**Maria** says that **Fredrick** must have sent telegrams to **Aunt Xenia** and she looks for the loose floorboards. She says they will move to **Tsarskoe** for some time and maybe **Frederik** would take them sailing again and tells a story. She grabs gold candlestick holders from the floor

**Tommy** skips around town and buys tuff.

**Juste** gives **Maria** a handkercheif

**Erik** goes to buy stuff.

**Justin** notices the battle slow but 60 men still stand.

**Maria** tells **Juste** to call her **Maria.**

**Tommy** talks to his kids.

**Evani** throws a pig in the window.

**Charlotte** finds a locket and puts it on and tells **Maria** it will be okay.

**Juste** tells **Charlotte** they must be swift.

**Bear** throws the pig back out. He gets his gun and guards the door.

**Lisbeth** lights a cigar

**Evani** goes to the roof of the building and shoots into the window and shoots with the help of a solider.

**Lilly** goes shopping

**Justin** is in a stalemate and then he reloads and fires

**Lisbeth** notices the gunshots

**Ra'jir** runs into **Lilly**

**Bear** fires at the ceiling and **Evani** runs off

**Lilly** says thank you to **Ra'jir**

**Lisbeth** gets whiskey.

The roof collapsed down into **Alix.**

**Ra'jir** asks why **Lilly** is out by herself and says he will take her where she needs to go,

**Lilly** says she's not alone and says he can escort her.

**Evani** kneeled and untied **Alix** and snuck her out

**Justin** sees **Evani** lead **Alix** out. The sound of bells chime signals that it's **Christmas**

(That mean it's midnight??? How can people see anything?)

### 25 December 1905

**Juste** notices it's midnight

**Tommy** tells his kids to get to bed.

**Ra'Jir** does nothing of note.

**Bear** drinks eggnog and goes to sleep.

**Matt** asks **Justin** if he wants to truce.

(Hey dude you want to postpone this major civil war????? ))

**Lisbeth** sits down.

**Tommy** shouts into the army it's Christmas and he goes to get bear.

**Lisbeth** follows **Tommy**

**Justin** looks at his lines and agrees to have a truce and cross back over the bridge.

(Oh my goooooddddd this part is so loooooonnnnnggggg fuckkkkkkkk)

**Ra'jir** sleeps on the roof of **The Orphanage**

**Lilly** is in **The Orphanage**

**Ra'jir** stands in front of **The Orphanage door.**

**Tommy** runs to **The Orphanage**

**Lisbeth** follows **Tommy**

**Ra'jir** turns away and sits on stairs.

**Tommy** points a gun at **Ra'jir**

**Lisbeth** tells **Tommy** to break it up and asks **Ra'jir** who he is.

**Erik** slams **Ra'jir against** a wall and asks who he is.

**Lilly** screams for them to stop.

**Tommy** tells his kids to let **Ra'Jir** go

**Ra'Jir** says his name and and says he means no harm.

**Lilly** says sorry to **Ra'jir**

**Lisbeth** says everyone is on edge

**Tommy** calls everyone inside **The Orphanage**

**Erik** goes inside.

**Lisbeth** goes inside

**Lilly** gets a pastry.

**Tommy** watches all the kids and everyone opens gifts

**Bear** goes in and opens gifts.

(God this is so tedious fuck)

**Ra'jir** sits back on the steps.

**Lily** thanks **TOmmy**

**Erik** is in the **Orpahange**

 **Ra'Jir**

**Tommy** is opening gifts.

**Ra'jir** does nothing of note

**Lisbeth** is opening presents

**Lilly** opens presents

**Bear** opens presents

**Erik** opens presents

**Lisbeth** opens presetns

**Tommy** opens presents

**Lisbeth** gives **Lilly** a presents

**Ra'jir** is at **The Orphanage**

**Bear** opens presents

**Lisbeth** does nothing of note

**Tommy** gives presents.

**Bear** gives presents

**Lisbeth** is there

**Tommy** gives presents

**Charlotte** tells **Maria** merry Christmas.

**Erik** gives presents

**Lisbeth** gives presents

**Lilly** gives presents

**Tommy** gets presents

**Lisbeth** gives **Lilly** a present

**Maria** says merry Christmas and say they need to leave.

**Erik** hugs **Tommy**

**Bear** gives a present

**Tommy** is there

**Juste** agrees

**Maria** grabs two coats before they go and gives one to **Charlotte** and follows **Juste**

**Bear** does nothing of note

**Tommy** does nothing of note

**Lisbeth** does nothing of note

**Tommy** opens a present

**Lisbeth** gives a present

**Lilly** gives a present

**Vaas** kicks in the doorlooks for **Ra'jir**

**Ra'jir** asks what he wants.

**Lilly** stands behind **Ra'Jir**

**Erik** gives presents

**Tommy** blocks off the entrance

**Lisbeth** pulls a knife

**Erik** tells **Vaas** to get out

**Ra'jir** says he has to leave

**Lisbeth** hugs **Lilly**

**TOmmy** goes back inside

**Tommy** watches **Vaas** and **Ra'jir** leave

**Erik** opens his present

**Lisbeth** says today was great.

**Tommy** does nothing of note.

**Ra'jir** leaves and goes back

**Lisbeth** gives a present

**Tommy** tells **Ra'jir** to get out.

**Erik** does nothing of note

**Ra'jir** sits next to **Lilly**

**Tommy** wants to sleep

**Erik** says its time for bed.

**Tommy** talks about bed placement

**Erik** asks asks what the beds are made of.

**Tommy** says hay and cotton

**Erik** asked about bed bugs

**Tommy** does nothing of note

**Erik** lays down.

**Anya** sits around **The Shack.**

**Tommy** lays down.

**Maria** hurries through town to the train station. She grabs **Charlotte's** hand.

**Matt** asks who **Maria** and **Charlotte** are.

**Erik** asked if **Tommy** had a good day.

**Tommy** says yes

**Charlotte** gets into the cart that **Juste** pointed out (damn I forgot to copy another post)

**Erik** agrees

**Lisbeth** lays down.

**Juste** hears **Matt**

**Maria** tells **Matt** good morning

**Matt** mistakes **Charlotte** and **Maria** prostitues

**Juste** knocks him out.

**Maria** hits **Matt** over the head with a golden candlestick (I like this one better(

**Charlotte** says no amount.

**Tommy** is laying down.

**Matt** passes out.

**Erik** tells **Tommy** goodnight

**Tommy** says goodnight and sleeps.

**Juste** tells **Maria** and **Charlotte** to go

**Erik** sleeps.

**Maria** gets in the cart

**Juste** says it's okay and they need to get to the irrigation resiviour

**Tommy** wakes up and falls asleep again.

**Charlotte** gets into the cart and holds **Maria's** hand

**Tommy** tells **Erik** he is sorry for waking him

**Maria** goes into the cart.

**Tommy** is laying down

**Erik** is laying down

**Juste** drives the cart.

**Tommy** sleeps.

**Erik** sleeps

**Tommy** sleeps

**Juste** leads the cart to intake pumps for the irrigation system and help **Maria** and **Charlotte** down

**Maria** helps **Charlotte**

**Juste** says they are taking the river to the station.

**Erik** wakes up.

**Charlotte** gets off the cart.

**Maria** says the train station is fine

**Tommy** asks for the time.

**Erik** asks **TOmmy** if he wants to play soccer.

**Juste** steps into the boat and says they will go to the train station.

**Lisbeth** wakes up.

**Maria** gets into the boat and sits down.

**Juste** hands **Maria and Charlotte a** blanket and tells them to bundle up.

**Tommy** agrees

**Charlotte** puts the blanket over her and **Maria.**

**Lisbeth** gets up.

**Erik** gets dressed and tells **Tommy** to go.

**Maria** holds **Charlotte's** hand.

(I miss when Maria and Charlotte were normal)

**Tommy** does nothing of note

**Charlotte** squeezes **Maria's** hand.

**Erik** picks up **Tommy**

**Lisbeth** says good afternoon .

**Maria** tells her it's okay.

**Tommy** plays soccer

**Bear** plays

**Lisbeth** wants to play.

**Lilly** watches

**Juste** sails.

**Charlotte** says he hopes he pays.

**Tommy** plays.

**Juste** reaches the train station bridge.

**Chalotte** sees the train station.

**Juste** hops off the boat and helps them off.

**Maria** gets out.

**Charlotte** get of the boat.

**Juste** leads **Charlotte** and **Maria** to the station.

**Maria** goes into the station

**Juste** tells **Maria** to walk with her shoulders down and to drag her foot and **Charlotte** to put her arm in a sling to make her arm look broken and hold onto **Maria. Juste** puts a bloody bandage around his head.

**Charlotte** does what he says

**Maria** does what he says and holds onto **Charlotte.**

**Juste** crosses the train station with a slight limp keeping **Charlotte** and **Maria** close and they get inside the train.

**Charlotte** gets inside the train with **Maria** .

**Juste** leads **Charlotte** and **Maria** to a private room in the back and the train starts moving.

**Charlotte** walks with **Maria** to the room.

**Juste** tells them his name and watches the city move out of sight. He pulls out a journal and starts writing a letter.

**Justin** sits at a table at command HQ and looks at a map of the city.

**Lisbeth** gives a package to a solider to give to **Justin.**

'*Justin **is outside when he receives the package. He opens it on a bench and reads the note that says '*****Now we wait until after Christmas. The fighting begins again**

**Ra'jir** walks out of **The Orphanage** and onto the roof.

**Lilly** watches **Ra'jir**

**Justin** laughs and goes into the HQ and pours the wine bottle into a cup.

**Vaas** sees **Justiin** and asks what he's drinking to.

**Justin** says he's drinking to a friend and looks over at the cannons neat the bridge.

**Juste** writes several letters and the train moves.

**Charlotte** lays her head on **Maria's** shoulder.

**Maria** holds **Charlotte's** hand and asks **Charlotte** if things could go back the way they were; if it's possible for life to be normal agian.

**Charlotte** says she doesn't know.

**Maria** says they have to see how the next few days go and maybe **Frederick** and **Alexandra** will join them.

**Lisbeth** walks through the streets wearing her new red dress.

**Justin** feels something wrong.

**Lisbeth** looks up at **The Palace.**

**Juste** notices the train stop and finishes the last of the letters and seals them. He sees the **Kathrin** palace from the tracks and wakes **Maria** and **Charlotte** up and tells them they arrived.

**Charlotte** wakes **Maria** up.

**Juste** goes with them and go to the **Kathrine Palace** and to the **5th and 19th** legions that guard it.

**Lisbeth** stops at the bridge and and the blood stained river.

**Justin** sits near a bench by the bridge.

**Lisbeth** sees **Justin** on the bench.

**Justin** sees **Lisbeth** and tells her merry Christmas and if she wants a drink

**Lisbeth** agrees and sits beside him and tells him merry Christmas.

**Justin** pours her a cup and asks how the holiday is in **The Slums** and hears the bells.

**Lisbeth** says its going well but there will be bloodshed to.

**Charlotte** sees the **Kathrine Palace** and holds **Maria's** hand.

**Justin** says its the world they live in. He sees the red cross over the inn and and an idea hits him.

**Juste** tells **Charlotte** to take the two letters in his hand and notices mounted soldiers riding out to them.

**Lisbeth** finishes her drink and watches him.

**Justin** if she wants to try to have dinner and motions towards the inn.

**Lisbeth** agrees and walks with him to the Inn.

**Justin** walks in and sets up a table and tries to find a chair.

**Lisbeth** watches by the fire.

**Charlotte** asks what the letters are.

**Juste** says one is addressed to **Victor dan Renon** and the other is for **Charlotte** and to open it after he is gone. The second one containing the King's Seal. **Juste** steps ahead and pulls out a legion banner to the coming soldiers. He tells them he got **Maria** and **Charlotte** from the capitol and are seeking refuge.

**Justin** finds a bottle of rum and sets it on the table with glasses and goes to rummage through the pantry.

**Lisbeth** watches

**Justin** finds pickles, bread, and cheese.

**Lisbeth** laughs and talks with **Justin.**

**Charlotte** asks **Juste** how she can repay him.

**Juste** says to remember his name and that he always wasn't who he is now. He bows and tosses **Charlotte** a pair of dogtags and tells her to place those on the grave mentioned in the letter.

**Justin** drinks and eats with **Lisbeth**

**Charlotte** catches the dogtages and tells **Maria** to go inside.

**Juste** goes back to the train station and finds an empty cart and loads it with three covered iron tubes, secured with bands on iron and nails. Along with military supplies with coal dust, absinthe, oil. He tells a courier and to deliver it to a large group in the forest. He goes back to **St.Romnova.**