Pero Diaz is a city of two, the Above and the Under. Few know about the Under, for the Esoteric Order Of Ataxia maintains a secret rule over it and interferes not with the Above. All in the Under obey the Order and they are not to be trifled with. The Above is the place where there is law and order and the Under can be compared to as a criminal underworld. There are six beings in the Order, each an embodiment of negative states.
"The Above's authorities are starting to get pissed off with our Under, how shall we educate them on these matters, hmm?" Kas asked.
Ana replied, "A quick spell? Or we could stage a famine by buying all grain and foodstock."
Dan said, "An ethereal jaunt spell on members of the government?"
Dis said, "Create an epidemic?"
Ero spoke up, "Screw up their logistics? Maybe take out the entire sewage system and place it in a pocket dimension. Then we could threaten them."
Mal simply kept quiet.
Kas pondered these suggestions.
"No, they wouldn't work. We can't let the Order become common knowledge. Mal, you didn't say anything. Any ideas?"
"Blackmail."
Everyone thought about it.
"I could probably incriminate them in the recent increase in drug dealing." Ana said, "But how can we convince them enough?"
Kas was, by this time, absolutely frustrated. "Look, we're the Esoteric Order Of Ataxia, I am Chaos, Ana's Anarchy, Dan is Dante, Dis is Disorder, Ero's entropy and Mal is Malevolent, we're the living embodiment of negative things, surely we can come up with something! I say we just go and threaten to return the Above to barbaric culture by means of non-government."
The Order murmured appreciatively.
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The next day, the government continued about its activities and the phrase "Esoteric Order Of Ataxia" was never uttered again.
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