Re: CEPHEUS
[ and it is all over. From your vantage point the flames stretch for blocks around, eating through most of the old factories and warehouses that once sat derelict in this part of the city... and already the fire begins to reach beyond that, burning debris wafting on the winds and lighting on--- you recognize those aged terraces to the distant east, they're where the slums begin, where some of the poorest of the city's people reside-- ]
[ below, the civilians are either fleeing the danger or staying to give what help they can; few pause to look at the strange light above their heads. Two fire engines are already present, their harnessed orvis shifting uneasily in the blistering heat as the firefighters try to push the fire line back, the steam-propelled jets of water from their hoses making progress, if slow. ]