First Contact

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 WEA<INERTIA LIVES!!!>RING 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

<snicker>

Eh, who knows, maybe not.

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LANKTALLAN GRAZING FIELD OF THOUGHT

In a way, it feels, finally, like the Second Precursor War is over.

Is that weird?

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

No. The passing of the icons of that era means that the era is passing on.

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LANAKTALLAN GRAZING FIELD OF THOUGHT

In a way, it saddens me.

He and Brentili'ik spoke often of reconciliation between their people and mine.

Janitor. Warrior. Peacemaker.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLD

Husband. Father.

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HAT WEA<INERTIA LIVES>RING AUNTIE

Beloved son and Apostle of the Digital Omnimessiah.

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LEEBAW CONTEMPLATION POOL

Speaking of which...

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

No word in several years.

Nobody knows why.

Well, no evidence of appearance.

There's rumors. Claims of knowing someone who knows someone who knows someone.

No hard evidence of him appearing in decades.

Not since the Shade Wars wound up.

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LANAKTALLAN GRAZING FIELD OF THOUGHT

Perhaps, with the passing of the heroes, the disappearance of the Immortals, and the withdrawal of the Digital Omnimessiah, it is a sign that we should do for ourselves rather than rely on others.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

That's the general consensus with my people.

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HAT WEARING AUNTIE

It just seems weird that Daxin Freeborn vanished.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

I wonder what happened to him?

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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

Whatever it was, I hope he wasn't alone when it happened.

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///PLAINS OF WOE///

He WaSn'T

///CONNECTION ERROR///

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

BAH! Who was THAT?

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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 WEAR<INERTIA LIVES>ING 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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