“They say they are here to help, they say they rule with the approval of god. They say they rule for the people, who love them, and wish them good fortune. A good country must always have a strong and capable ruler, a king, is what they also say. But, without the people’s choosing them, how do they know they are for the best? How do they know that their rule is supported? How do they know that the people will fight for their country? They don’t. The people of this country are not living a life of luxury like the royals say; the people don’t even support them. So why has no one overthrow them yet, why has no one establish a true dictatorship of the people yet? Do you know why, Hans?"
Joe Eisen was leaning on the railing on a balcony, looking over the occupied city of Saarbrücken, in the occupied Saar region. He had a cigar in his mouth, was wearing a factory worker’s uniform and on his collar, a pin shaped like a five pointed star that was a bright red, sat. As he was talking he seemed to gesture out into to the city, as if the answers were right in front of him. Behind him stood a man who was considerably younger, but dressed in a uniform like Joe. He also had the red pin on his collar, and was leaning on the wall of the house listening to Joe.
The young man, Hans, walked forward and leaned on the railing by Joe, and answered, “Because they need a leader, a person to rally too. At this moment there is none, no one to ensure the people get what they deserve.”
Eisen smiled, and replied, “Good, you have learned. One more question, why haven’t we risen up? Why hasn’t the Red Star Society risen?”
Hans seemed to think for a moment, unsure of what to say. Eisen just watched him and finally the young man said, “I don’t know.”
Eisen then smiled, as if that is what he expected. “Here, come inside. We don’t want people overhearing us.”
Joe Eisen casually walked to the door, glanced one more time back at the city, before opening it and holding it open for Hans. Hans however looked at the night sky over Saarbrücken, wondering about what is going to happen. He then got up, and walked to the door, thanked Eisen and walked inside. The room was a moderate size living room, with a couch and a chair in front of a fireplace, with a bookshelf on the wall. To the right was a door that leads down a hall and to the left was the stairs that lead downstairs.
“Here, sit down, and read a book. I need to go do something real quick, and get some drinks.” Eisen turned and walked down the stairs, leaving Hans alone in the room.
Hans watched Eisen leave the room before heading over to the bookshelf. There were a lot of books there, so he picked one at random. The book cover was pure black, and the title read, The Post-Revolutionary World and the Rise There Of. He looked at it in suspicion, and walked over to the chair, and sat. He opened the book slowly, and on the first page the title was repeated. He gave no other names, not even the author’s. However, under the title was a flag. The flag for the most part was pure black, with a hand holding a hammer in the center of a white circle. In the top-left corner a red star was there. Underneath the circle, was words written in Cyrillic that Hans could not understand.
The Post-Revolutionary World and the Rise There Of.
Hans flipped the page, and saw the title of the first chapter, “About the Rise of the Revolution”. He started reading the book, and for the most part it was interesting. He detailed out was it needed for a revolution to start and succeed, going on about war tactics, how to gain popular support, and so on. He was barely down the second page when Eisen walked into the room, and glanced down at Hans.
“You need to go, the Royal Guards are searching through the neighborhood, and you need to get home. And take the book with you, it will spare you the talk I was going to give you.” Eisen said as he took off the red star on his collar and shoved into his pocket.
Hans got up and took of his red star as well, and hid the book in the sack he was carrying, and replied, “Thank you.”
He then turned and left, leaving Eisen in the room by himself.
“And thus, the revolution gets a new member.”