Game & Narrative Designer
ASTON, A SOLDIER AT HEART
Aston stalked his prey in the woods near his home, basset hounds like him started learning to hunt at an early age to sharpen their senses and maybe get a chance to join the royal army. Indeed, this one was composed of a section of basset hound snipers and all the puppies of the kingdom dreamed to be part of it.
So, every morning Aston got up at dawn to train, he would have given his life to work for the king of Woofy and he wanted to be ready for the next recruitment tests which took place in a few days.
- Notice to the population, the royal army warns all the inhabitants to be very vigilant, a cat has infiltrated our planet, we don't know its intentions yet but it seems to be ready to do anything to reach its goal, if you see a cat with a bluish color, please contact us as soon as possible.
When Aston heard this information on the radio, he couldn't help but want to look for this cat, maybe if he found it he could realize his dream? He sneaked out of his house so that his parents wouldn't notice anything and ran away to look for the slightest clue about the intruder.
What could be the smell of a cat? He had never seen one in real life, let alone smelled one, so he walked randomly in search of the slightest suspicious smell, he knew the surroundings by heart so an unknown trail could quickly be followed.
After ten minutes of relentless running in the woods, he came across the ruins of a ship surrounded by a foul smell, this impure scent could only be that of a cat, so he followed the cat's trail. He detected that he was not the only dog to have passed through here, army troops must have discovered this wreck before him.
He continued on his way until the smell of the cat mixed with what seemed to be blood, his pulse quickened along with his legs, something bad had happened here. Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks, the bodies of two dogs were lying on the ground, one of them a basset hound.
The smell of the cat seemed to be only a few minutes old, so he equipped himself with the weapons of the soldier on the ground and ran as fast as he could to the army headquarters, it was necessary to send as many soldiers as possible before other dogs were killed.
Obviously in the general panic, nobody took the time to notice that Aston was only a puppy and he took advantage of this to infiltrate a troop of snipers.
- We've already sent soldiers to the first guard tower, but under the circumstances we'll reinforce our troops to the second tower, I want everyone on the ground. Let's get this damn cat over with!
The leader of the armies, an imposing greyhound with an almost green coat and a purple jumpsuit, was giving a speech to encourage his troops before going into battle.
Aston was overjoyed, without really wanting to, he was going to take part in a great battle, so with pride in his belly and a smile on his face, he left with the other soldiers to fight the invader.