"This is not the time to be fighting."
"Tsk."
The leaders of several factions who had been at each other's throats for months ultimately agreed to a ceasefire.
Regardless of their differences, they understood that continuing their internal disputes would accomplish nothing under the current circumstances.
Indeed, this was not the time to fight one another.
There was a mutual enemy whose actions threatened the interests of every citizen involved. No matter how deeply divided they were politically, ideologically, or socially, all of them had been forced to acknowledge the same reality.
Those who fought for democracy sat at the same table as those who wished to preserve their noble titles.
Those who advocated for a parliament to succeed the throne now found themselves cooperating with those who had remained loyal to the late Emperor Franz until his final moments.
Under normal circumstances, such a gathering would have been impossible.
Yet these were not normal circumstances.
