Colombio I - B2

§0 §0§l Colombio§0 §0§l Part I§0 §0 §0 §0 Book II§0 §0 §0 §0 §0§o by§0 §0 §0 SomethingSaucy§0

“The little known§0 §0attempted AnCap coup§0 §0of Lazuli was an event§0 §0during the years of§0 §0Saucy the Founder in§0 §0which an ancap, Toshibi§0 §0Maru, attempted to§0 §0seize control of the§0 §0Republic and dissolve§0 §0the government,§0 §0effectively rendering§0 §0the cities of Lazuli

into§0 §0

anarchy and§0 §0spreading the§0 §0influence of§0 §0Anarcho-capitalismˮ§0 §0Ugh, Jimmy thought, this§0 §0is painful. The history§0 §0channel already has§0 §0plenty of this shit, why§0 §0was Richard reading§0 §0this? Before he could§0 §0answer his own§0 §0question, the phone§0 §0rang.§0

“What?ˮ§0 §0“Yeah I found out who§0 §0matches that MO from§0 §0the Hamilton murderˮ§0 §0“Who? You got a§0 §0name?ˮ§0 §0“Yeah but good luck§0 §0finding him. He's a§0 §0wanted fugitive from§0 §0Rome. Maurelius. We got§0 §0about 3 murders in the§0 §0last year with the two§0 §0gunshots to the

back§0 §0of the§0

head, like Hamilton’s§0 §0wounds. One of them§0 §0had several§0 §0eyewitnesses who§0 §0pinned the murder on§0 §0Maurelius. But we have§0 §0yet to detain him. And§0 §0that was the last time§0 §0he had been in§0 §0Columbia.”§0 §0“Alright thanks,§0 §0Arnold.” It wasn’t§0 §0uncommon for the§0

Romans to join§0 §0Columbian criminal§0 §0organizations,§0 §0especially if they got§0 §0to kill other§0 §0Columbians. Romans§0 §0and Columbians never§0 §0got along. Jimmy left§0 §0his apartment and§0 §0headed to the subway,§0 §0bound for Kizantium.§0 §0Maybe on the two hour§0 §0ride§0

he could get some§0 §0shut eye.§0 §0Awaking with a§0 §0headache, Jimmy got§0 §0off the subway.§0 §0Instead of sleeping he§0 §0had drank more. But it§0 §0was one of those§0 §0days. He could stop§0 §0whenever he wanted§0 §0to. He made it topside§0 §0and was greeted by§0 §0the§0

sand stone structures§0 §0of Kizantium, which§0 §0dotted the countryside§0 §0of Rome. Jimmy had a§0 §0friend in Rome,§0 §0someone with intimate§0 §0knowledge of many of§0 §0the criminals of Rome.§0 §0Jimmy was to meet him§0 §0in the bar. He went and§0 §0checked into a hotel§0 §0and then§0

made for the bar.§0 §0Jimmy met Daxius at the§0 §0bar a few hours later.§0 §0The two friends§0 §0shared a couple of§0 §0laughs before getting§0 §0down to business.§0 §0“Do you know a§0 §0Maurelius? Hitman, did§0 §0some jobs in Columbia,”§0 §0Jimmy asked.§0

§0“Doesn’t sound familiar.§0 §0But then again,§0 §0Maurelius is a very§0 §0common name for§0 §0Romans. It’s probable§0 §0that he chose a fake§0 §0one.” Daxius answered.§0 §0“Well what about his§0 §0MO? Recognize that?”§0 §0“Now that does sound§0 §0familiar. I knew a§0 §0hitman a few

years§0

ago named Mars who§0 §0took to shooting his§0 §0contracts twice in the§0 §0head. But he’s believed§0 §0to be dead.”§0 §0“Believed?” Jimmy§0 §0smiled. He was getting§0 §0somewhere.§0 §0“Exactly. I hear the§0 §0way you can get into§0 §0contact with him is§0 §0through a bar in§0 §0Barnabie§0

Beaches.”§0 §0“Damn, that shithole?”§0 §0“Hey now, don’t damage§0 §0my Roman pride,§0 §0McAdams! Just head to§0 §0that bar and talk to§0 §0the owner, an§0 §0Augustan named§0 §0Charlie. Then come§0 §0back and let me know§0 §0what you found.”§0 §0“Thanks Daxius.” Jimmy§0 §0made his way§0

towards Barnabie§0 §0Beaches.§0 §0When he got there, it§0 §0was nearly 3 o’ clock.§0 §0Still hadn’t slept. Jimmy§0 §0walked into the smoky§0 §0bar and made his way§0 §0to the bar.§0 §0“What’ll ya have,§0 §0stranger?” The§0 §0bartender asked.§0 §0“I need to speak to§0

Charlie. Detective Jim§0 §0McAdams, CPD.” That§0 §0one got Jimmy a few§0 §0crooked looks from§0 §0the patrons of the§0 §0rundown bar.§0 §0“Well I’m Charlie. What§0 §0do you need exactly?”§0 §0“Looking for a hitman.§0 §0Marcus. Goes by§0 §0Maurelius sometimes.”§0 §0“And why would I§0

tell you any info on an§0 §0assassin? You’re a§0 §0cop. And a Columbian,§0 §0no less.”§0 §0“I’m not here to arrest§0 §0him,” Jimmy lied, “I’m§0 §0here for his§0 §0services.”§0 §0Charlie looked him up§0 §0and down, “They ain’t§0 §0lyin when they say§0 §0youse Columbian cops§0 §0are dirty. I’ll

ring§0

him for ya.” But then§0 §0Richard slipped. His§0 §0gaze blinked from§0 §0Jimmy to the corner of§0 §0the bar. Just for one§0 §0second. It was all§0 §0Jimmy needed. He§0 §0immediately turned in§0 §0time to see a dark§0 §0haired Roman leap up§0 §0from his table and§0 §0head towards the§0 §0door. Jimmy

ran after him, chasing§0 §0him through the§0 §0streets of Barnabie.§0 §0Jimmy caught up to him§0 §0and slammed him to the§0 §0ground.§0 §0“Marcus? Or§0 §0Maerelius? Which would§0 §0you refer on your§0 §0tombstone?” Jimmy§0 §0quirked.§0 §0“Stupid fuck. Rome will§0 §0never extradite§0

me. They’d try me for§0 §0themselves. And I’ll§0 §0just be out in a few§0 §0years.” Marcus§0 §0retorted.§0 §0“Who hired you to kill§0 §0Richard?”§0 §0“Richard? Which one§0 §0was that?”§0 §0“The old guy. Killed§0 §0last night.”§0 §0Marcus laughed. “You§0 §0best stay out of§0

that one, little guy”§0 §0Jimmy punched him in§0 §0the face, right as the§0 §0Roman Guard arrived.§0 §0They threw Jimmy off§0 §0and roughed him up a§0 §0bit. “Why the fuck is a§0 §0Columbian cop here§0 §0arresting Roman§0 §0citizens?”§0 §0“I’m not arresting§0 §0anyone. Just riling§0

up an old friend.”§0 §0Jimmy made his way§0 §0back to Kizantium. It§0 §0was late and he§0 §0decided to retire to§0 §0his hotel room before§0 §0meeting up with Daxius§0 §0and telling him what he§0 §0found. The hotel room§0 §0was dark and quiet.§0 §0The faint sound of§0 §0Legionnaires patrolling§0

the streets below§0 §0echoed throughout the§0 §0empty room. But Jimmy§0 §0wasn’t tired. He had§0 §0just chased a Roman§0 §0through the streets§0 §0of Barnabie and was§0 §0going to have a§0 §0goddamn drink. But§0 §0before he made it out§0 §0the door, he was§0 §0knocked out. §0

§0 §0§o Copy by§0 §0 §0 §0§lMaester Flaminius§0 §0§o of§0 §0§l The Assembly§0 §0 §0§o on§0 §0 §0 February 13th§0 §0 §0 2014§0

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