The city shakes with the sound of each hit of the Empire's assault before her walls are finally being breached. In a corner further away from the walls, sits a dusty house, abandoned when its occupants fled months ago during the time the refugees from Hahn poured in. planks of wood have been flimsily nailed into the house to shut off the windows and door. Inside the house, behind some old furniture sits a trap-door leading to the cellar. The other side of the cellar door has been reinforced by metal. In the cellar, five friends listen to the sounds of destruction.<br/><br/>Three women and two men, they group had expected the Empire to show up ever since the refugees came. They had set up their base in this old house and spent the month fortifying the entrance to the cellar. They knew the town was going to be fucked the moment the Empire showed up so they decided to wait it out in their hide out and stir up a rebellion once the heat died down. Hopefully the inquisition would ignore their house since it looks so abandoned. As a plan B, they had dug a tunnel in the cellar, hidden by a false floor, that connects to the city's sewer system. After they boarded up the house from outside, they used the sewers to enter and leave. If the Empire do search the house, the hidden and fortified cellar door should slow them down long enough for the group of friends to escape into the sewers.<br/><br/>Johnathan had been friends with this group for longer than he cares to remember. When his parents fled, he stayed behind with his friends and helped with the fortifications and the tunnel. After months of preparing and dreading this day, it's finally here. He sits in the cellar with his four other friends and listen to the carnage outside. They group alternates between listening for the empire and have small bouts of conversation to alleviate the tension.