(Today is Lowlight's birthday.)
As a Catastrophe Messenger, Eyjafjalla was no stranger to Contingency Contract.
Catastrophes. At some point, they had begun occurring with increasing frequency, tearing the land apart.
People hid within the wisdom of their predecessors, building nests of concrete and metal to shelter from Catastrophes, calling them mobile cities.
Yet Catastrophes continued to mercilessly hunt every living thing on the ground, creating suffering far greater than the disasters themselves.
Someone had to stop the disasters from spreading. Someone had to find a balance between cities that hated and crushed one another.
And so, several far-sighted Catastrophe Messengers who wished to save lives worked together to establish a platform called Contingency Contract.
Contingency Contract stood independent of any political entity known to them, functioning much like an independent intelligence exchange network. It accepted special assignments issued by various organizations or individuals, then passed them on to those capable of completing them.
As far as Bai Ye knew, Rhodes Island had once obtained supplies sufficient to sustain its operations by completing Contingency Contract assignments. It could be said that Contingency Contract was an important partner of Rhodes Island.
Because of the conflicts caused by the Reunion Movement, contact between Rhodes Island and Contingency Contract had once been cut off. However, through the efforts of the Messenger operators, channels of exchange had ultimately been reestablished.
"Everything is for more lives."
That was the creed and oath of Contingency Contract.
Eyjafjalla could not possibly mistake that symbol. It was formed by twelve intersecting straight lines, six long and six short.
"CONTINGENCY CONTRACT"
"No matter what unprecedented disaster comes next, 'Contingency Contract' will continue to hold up an unseen net in the darkness."
That was why Contingency Contract's symbol resembled a net.
Yet what shocked Eyjafjalla was why people from Contingency Contract