Rubin’s Trail Museum: War Artifacts<\/p>\n
An armored mechanical monstrosity the height of a chicken stood in a frightening pose.\u00a0 Its jetpack and hydraulic limbs promised quick movement.\u00a0 The large cannons on its arms and back promised destruction to whatever came near.\u00a0 It did not more.\u00a0 It could not move.\u00a0 It was merely a display, no ammunition, energy packs, or programming.\u00a0 These days, it was just a heap of machinery to show admirers a piece of what Rubin’s Trail defeated those years ago with the help of a ‘few’ Champions.<\/p>\n
Rubin\u2019s Trail welcomed viewers, for a moderate fee.\u00a0 Champions and citizens alike traveled from around the globe to see the wonders of this museum, this wing in particular.\u00a0 The horror known as the Mech War was still relatively recent.\u00a0 Many changes were made throughout the world to ensure that it never could happen again.<\/p>\n
It was early evening.\u00a0 The last of the guided tours were finishing.\u00a0 The tour guide walked backwards ensuring her group was together, not lingering on one artifact for very long.\u00a0 \u201cAnd now we enter the Mech War portion of the museum,\u201d she spoke loud enough for everyone in her group to hear, a bit louder in fact.\u00a0 Her voice echoed from the walls.<\/p>\n
Immediately she heard the gasps from the guests.\u00a0 The Mech Lord, as they were named by the Champions, was always an attention getter.\u00a0 While recorded history and videos of them were easily accessible.\u00a0 There was no substitute for seeing one up close.<\/p>\n
The surprised looks on the guests faces was all too familiar to the guide.\u00a0 The first time she saw it she had nightmares for weeks.\u00a0 She shook off her fright and continued the tour.\u00a0 She looked at the armored mechanical monstrosity and spoke again, \u201cThis is what is what was known as a Mech Lord.\u00a0 They were dangerous by themselves but were rarely alone.\u00a0 They were often accompanied by at least forty of those smaller machines.\u201d<\/p>\n
She turned around and pointed behind the group.\u00a0 Incased in glass was an assortment of smaller machines.\u00a0 Some looked a bit like them; others seemed to be inspired by flying insects.\u00a0 All of them looked very, very dangerous.\u00a0 Some of them had blades attached to their hands others had guns.\u00a0 Each one of them had a small plaque with a bit of information just below them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mech Lord\u2019s greatest weapon was its size.\u00a0 It would draw all the attention while the smaller machines would attack from hidden openings in the fortress.\u00a0 A Mech Lord wouldn\u2019t have to do a lot of damage even though it was quite capable.\u201d<\/p>\n
She walked them to a far wall where two fist-sized balls of enchanted metal were set.\u00a0 One was a bright red and the other was a light blue.\u00a0 They were connected by a seven centimeter chain.\u00a0 They were encased in glass and further secured by a metal cage.\u00a0 \u201cThese are the actual<\/em> weapons of Aa Dee Seven,\u201d she pointed to the cage and gave each of them a chance to get a good look, \u201cWhen the\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBING\u201d<\/p>\n That was the chime signaling the close of the museum.\u00a0 She had so much more to show them.\u00a0 \u201cIt appears that we have run out of time with this tour.\u00a0 Are there any quick questions?\u201d<\/p>\n A male in the front blurted out a question, \u201cIs it true that Aa Dee Seven was found in the Mech Fortress when it fell?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes she was,\u201d the guide said with a little sadness, \u201cbut she lusted for the power of machines so much that she turned herself into one.\u00a0 By the time they found her, she was unrecognizable as a Crisho.\u00a0 That was the real tragedy,\u201d she said solemnly as the moral of a story. \u201cShe became one of the monsters she created.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat did they do with her,\u201d another voice called out.<\/p>\n \u201cThey keep her in a secured area of the museum.\u00a0 It\u2019s only opened on rare occasions.\u201d\u00a0 The chime sounded again, louder this time.\u00a0 \u201cIt seems we must leave soon,\u201d she said guiding them to the exit, \u201cThis way.\u201d<\/p>\n —————<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deep below the museum, in a chamber only accessible to the highest ranking scientists of Rubin\u2019s Trail, a mechanical body shaped as a young Chisho female stands in a stasis field.\u00a0 Covered in various metals and enchants stolen from champions over decades, it stays motionless.\u00a0 It has been studied by great minds but is alone for the moment.\u00a0 Reassembled and preserved lifeless for nearly ten years.<\/p>\n It awakens.<\/p>\n #1<\/a> –\u00a0Awakening #6<\/a>\u00a0– Awakening #8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rubin’s Trail Museum: War Artifacts An armored mechanical monstrosity the height of a chicken stood in a frightening pose.\u00a0 Its jetpack and hydraulic limbs promised quick movement.\u00a0 The large cannons on its arms and back promised destruction to whatever came near.\u00a0 It did not more.\u00a0 It could not move.\u00a0 It was merely a display, no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,3,22,170],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ad7","tag-champions-of-battle","tag-rubins-trail","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}