[Fortunately for Tiamaris and Flandre's hopes of remaining inconspicuous, no one seemed to be very concerned about them whatsoever. The panicked civilians ran right around and past them, far more worried about getting away from whatever was going on down the street than about a few mutant kids.]
[As Alric got up higher, it wouldn't be too hard to spot the source of the commotion. Outside a white marble building -- some sort of government building, perhaps? -- about half a dozen men and women stood with rifles in their hands, shouting something in a language none of the students know (threats?) at any onlookers who got too close. Behind them, some sort of humanoid machine about four times the height of a human was busily at work, tearing down walls to barricade the streets around the occupied building without much in the way of concern about who might be in the buildings getting torn down.]
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[As Alric got up higher, it wouldn't be too hard to spot the source of the commotion. Outside a white marble building -- some sort of government building, perhaps? -- about half a dozen men and women stood with rifles in their hands, shouting something in a language none of the students know (threats?) at any onlookers who got too close. Behind them, some sort of humanoid machine about four times the height of a human was busily at work, tearing down walls to barricade the streets around the occupied building without much in the way of concern about who might be in the buildings getting torn down.]