Author: Ravox
Standing on the shores of Nasdaqar I was staring at the rough cliffs at the horizon, which once were the gateway to a rising culture. However, Federal orders came, and the island had to be abandoned again. All that was left were ruins shattered across the island, and its founder, after which the island is named, Franklin Ibisha, disappeared along with the abandonment. Franklin once had great dreams about a new expanding culture, with its own standards and values.
The few expeditions that were organized in order to discover new ways of use for the island after the abandonment meant the beginning of a legend. Several members of the team would have seen Franklin, mumbling to himself, wandering across the ruins. When being asked about it openly, they just nodded their heads with a sad look in their eyes. According to the Federal Governement and the CBI Franklin Ibisha went missing during one of the eruptions of the volcano.
As I was pondering over this, an idea came to me, as a wave rolling gently into the shore. The mysterious volcano that had been spreading disaster time and again always made every citizen of the entire federation flee, leaving everything in dense layers of ashes. But what if it was true that Franklin still lived there? How did he survive the burst of the volcano? Perhaps, surrounded by the ocean, and protected by its high cliffs, Ibisha was standing up high and proud against the terrifying volcano. Could it be possible there is a safe harbor inside the borders of our Federation? Would it be able to house the thousands of people fleeing to foreign countries? And if so, then why would the Federal Government keep it a secret?
Here’s what I think about the legends and the rumors. If Franklin is still alive, the expedition teams must’ve found out. They probably spoke to him, and found a man lost in shattered dreams. But there’s a reason he stayed there, living as an outcast. I’d think, probably, he discoverer wants to die alone in peace, escaping in his dreams, and disputing civilization forever. He offered his discovery to the Federation, hoping they would help him establish a new country. But the capitalist Federal Government didn’t show gratitude at all and ordered the upcoming culture to be destroyed again, moving the citizens to cities across Virtua to stimulate the economy so they would become even wealthier.
But the Federal Government or the CBI must’ve heard about the rumors too, and went to inspect the island themselves and indeed found Franklin alive. I think the Federal leaders, greedy as they are, are crawling back to Franklin on their knees now they found out about the unique possibility of Ibisha. But would he welcome them with open arms, letting his beloved island become a temporary shelter, home to chaos and capitalism? He offered the island once, twice is too often. But if the Federal leaders would be capable of pursuing him somehow, it might be cause to a great improvement to all its citizens. As the volcano would become a threat again, they would just have to sail to Ibisha. There cultures would meet and people would live together in the best possible way. Maybe if all countries accept to live under the laws that Franklin states, and they respect them, he just might accept it.
And for sure he would be grateful to those that remained loyal to Ibisha; its ex-citizens and those who still shared an interest after it ceased to be inhabitable. New citizens could sail towards the Federation all of the time, not being stopped at the borders due to the horrible conditions. And after a while, when the countries would become safe again, the citizens could sail back to their homes. The island would be too small to house all of those people, but if just temporarily; it might be possible, giving the island a chance to recover. And leaving Franklin to its own for a while, as he surely isn’t capable anymore of being around others all of the time, being the mysterious legend that he is.