First Contact

Chapter 994 - Nightfall

TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Goodnight, Sweet Prince. Rest in the arms of your princess...

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

Are you OK?

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Our entire population is in mourning.

So many of us believed he would reappear, or that he would arise again, wrapped in immortality.

One of the Younger Biological Apostles.

It seems strange that he died, of old age, asleep, on the front porch of his little house in the country.

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PUBVIAN DOMINION

That is a good way to go.

And rare for a warrior.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

One of his friends put his boots on him.

There's rumor the other Biological Apostles were there, along with the Detainee and the Digital Omnimessiah.

No proof, though. Not that anyone's going to ask the Ringerbreaker Patron.

The Ringerbreaker Patron and the Biological Apostles supposedly just buried him in his backyard, next to his wife, with a shovel.

We had to have a big ceremony and 'bury' him in the tomb that we had built for his wife.

Some people feel resentful about that.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

He was a big deal to your culture. They feel like part of him was stolen from them.

It's normal.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Older Telkan understand it.

It's the younger ones and the politicians that feel like something was stolen from them.

It's weird.

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

Life and death are strange, sweetie.

We heard Inertia was there.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

He left with the Ringerbreak Patron.

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

At least we have a confirmed sighting of him.

That'll have the greenies in an uproar.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Eh, who knows, maybe not.

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LANKTALLAN GRAZING FIELD OF THOUGHT

HAT WEARING AUNTIE

Hello?

Can you elaborate?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

OK, that was weird.

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HAMAROOSAN PINCHING FESTIVAL

That was about as frightening as the Crusade yelling at everyone.

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>>CRUSADE OF WRATH HAS LOGGED ON

CRUSADE

I DEMAND MOVIE NIGHT!

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

Something weird happened.

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CRUSADE

I DO NOT CARE! I DEMAND TO WATCH AUDIO VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT!

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

One of our cultural heroes died.

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CRUSADE

THEN WE MUST HONOR THEM BY LIVING LIFE JOYOUSLY!

LET US WATCH AUDIOVISUAL ENTERTAINMENT!

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

All right.

What do you want to watch?

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CRUSADE

FROM MOP BUCKET TO WARSTEEL!

I DEMAND THIS TO HONOR THE FALLEN FOR THEY ARE THE DIGITAL OMNIMESSIAH'S MOST CHERISHED!

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

You OK with that?

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Yeah, I think I am.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

I'll get the popcorn.

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