A Diligence Of Messengers

A puny village of historical insignificance finds itself under siege. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Behind the crumbling walls of this feeble little village, more a trash heap than a city really, we find A Diligence Of Messengers. ⁣⁣ The Messengers race to the royal crypt, procure the history tablet, give it a collective smooch, then tie it to the interstellar dirigible and cut the cord. The Messengers gaze with awe as the last spacecraft on earth disappears beyond the firmament.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The dirigible floats upward, through the stratosphere, through the piercing clutter of orbital debris, and into the warm black pool of space, bound towards the constellation of Camelopardalis.

Miles below, Goblin sappers breach the walls of our puny little village. The Messengers are caught, tortured, tarred and feathered, and dumped in the village bog where they are most certainly devoured by ravenous crocodiles. ⁣⁣