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Speaker 3: Welcome to Battalian thirteen the podcast, Episode six. Jake and
Madeleine tore through the streets of Baltic City, gasping for
air as they ran. They stopped for a second to
slow and catch their breath. Madelene dug into her pack,
searching for something, while Jake drank deeply from his canteen.
Mid gulp, a vampire grabbed Jake by the waist, bearing
its fangs and griding Jake to drop the canteen to
the ground. Madeleine reacted swiftly, fluidly, removing a stake from
the belt in her side and sinking it deep into
the creature's chest. They began racing again. Madeleine looked behind
an army.
Speaker 4: Of leather clad vampire soldiers paced after them.
Speaker 3: As she turned her head back forward, she saw the
potholo on the concrete. A moment too late, her foot
caught the lip of it and Madeleine tripped, falling roughly
to the ground. Jake heard her cry out and turned
to see her collapsed and a vampire with long ethereal
white hair approached her. He quickly ducked behind a nearby
wall and watched as the vampire pulled Madeline up by
her leg and then dragged her along the gravel. Jake
knew that if he didn't act now, Madeline was done for.
There was no time for hesitation or doubt. He charged
the vampire, landing a powerful jumping kick directly in his chest.
It lost the scrip on Mattie, and Jake pulled her
back to her feet, setting her to run while he
brought up his crossbow, firing the bolt toward its midsection.
He then took after Mattie, not even waiting to see
the effectiveness of the shot. As he approached an overpass,
Mattie softly caught out to him, and he joined her
and taking cover.
Speaker 4: There under some trunks of debris.
Speaker 3: They could hear the vampires approaching, and they lay as
motionless as possible, stifling their breathing. A few tens moments later,
they heard the sound of a portal opening, and Jake
braved a glance to see the vampires disappearing through it.
After the threat had passed, Jake and Madeline began looking
for shelter. They were forced to make a quick decision.
When the rapid darkness to say upon them, Jake and
Madeline took shelter in the penthouse of an abandoned apartment building,
surrounded by a security gate. The gate would provide extra
protection from vampires and other threats. The sky was an
abyss of darkness, as if someone had blocked out the sun,
the moon, at every star in between.
Speaker 5: It should be around noon right now, but I can't
see a thing outside. No lights or fires. Keep everything
dark just in case. We don't want the vamps to
spot us again.
Speaker 3: Oh, splintering, searing, burning, hot bolts of tenderness and pain
shot from her wrist all the way through her shoulder joint.
Moving with her right arm wouldn't be possible today. Her
mouth was parched with cotton mouth of the worst variety.
It was slightly eased by the soup warm liquid she
drank for the signing water bottle. Thud, thud, thud was
the only sound that overrode the crickets and cicadas. As
she reviewed her body, itching and commenced. Deep granules of
dirt were embedded in crevices, of which skins selling for
things seemed small. Maybe a look in the mirror Madeline.
Darian awoke immediately after screaming his sister's name, finding himself
fully upright in bed. The jolt of a sudden movement
woke Christen with a start.
Speaker 6: What's going on?
Speaker 3: I can't handle the shit anymore. I just had another
crazy dream, another one with Maddie. But she was a warrior,
a starving, sore, vampire killing warrior.
Speaker 6: I know we don't know him that well yet, but
maybe it's time we got some advice from your brother
about all this.
Speaker 3: Darien pulled Kristin tight to his arms. He then rested
his head on her chest for comfort. I don't think
I want to go to sleep anymore, Chris. I always
see apocalyublic events and there's nothing I can do about it.
Speaker 6: We are here in the one of the most amazing
and unbelievable military operations that has ever existed. We are
in the right place. They even understand magic. Here we
will find the answers. I just know it.
Speaker 3: Later that day, the cadets began the tasks that would
serve as they're punished and for misuse of the Alice
flower instruct.
Speaker 7: So here's our supply closet. As you can see, it's
full of items that are enhanced to.
Speaker 3: Help us do this.
Speaker 6: It's not that bad, Fred. With your help, we can
do this.
Speaker 3: It's not that.
Speaker 8: I'm just so relieved and you'll get to stay here.
Speaker 9: Sam could have kicked us all out, at least me.
Speaker 2: So let's make the best of the Shelley.
Speaker 3: Ethan grabbed an automatic wall shrubber, set it on the
painted concrete wall.
Speaker 6: Let's wish it to bengodish Ah, isn't that so cute?
Tours are so fun here? Ethan's right, let's go have
some fun.
Speaker 10: I don't know what you guys deemed fun. Remember my
specials sign cleaning inside the walls?
Speaker 4: Who knows what kind of gross shit is holed up
in there.
Speaker 7: Maybe there's a way to take one of us with you.
Let's all use this as an opportunity to explore the
use of our powers. You know, a spoonful of sugar and.
Speaker 6: All that jazz.
Speaker 11: Alrighty, then thirteen dorm buildings to clean.
Speaker 2: Let's do this.
Speaker 3: Here, Let's say it all together for motivation.
Speaker 2: Let's do this.
Speaker 3: Max and Kristen always seemed to have a song for
every situation, and soon everyone else joined in.
Speaker 6: At the can and me.
Speaker 10: You'll never want to.
Speaker 3: Leave Darien, Max, Kristen, Ethan, and Fred manufactured themselves into
an ais montage of cleaning and goofing off. Throughout the day.
They found all sorts of dead verminin bugs that had
to be buried in the academy gardens. Max got really
good at bringing his friends through the floors and levels
and worked with Darien as he flew the supplies to
destinations where they were needed.
Speaker 10: Most Hey, guys, stop what you're doing right now, You've
got to see this.
Speaker 3: Max sent a message through his communicator to have everyone
meet him in his current location.
Speaker 10: Check this out.
Speaker 3: Max showed them a very yellowed spiral notebook with glary
more markings titled the Akashak Academy Coven.
Speaker 12: Well open it already, doubt is the enemy of magic.
Use this new maiden moon for new beginnings. Cut through
the midst of the Kaishak Library. Eugene, Eddie and Andrea
friends forever, Dude, this is about your mom and dad
and some dude named Eddie.
Speaker 3: Well, that's Bedie.
Speaker 11: Maybe Trenton knows about the Sikashak Library. He is the
librarian after all.
Speaker 7: Actually, you're at the Akashak Academy. This academy is the
Akashak Academy, and Eddie is Edward Mahague. He was Slash
is a very close friend of your parents. You may
want to respect their privacy and return this loss relic
to them.
Speaker 6: Fred's right. We should ask them about it. I'm sure
they will share it with us, but it wouldn't be
right to violate their privacy.
Speaker 3: Great idea, Fred, Fred's knowledge of the academy organized them
well enough that there was no backtracking. Ethan enjoyed cleaning
the dorms of the alien cadets. Their energies fascinated his psyche.
It added dimensions and nuanced to his abilities emotions he
had never felt before. Fred was feeling much more confident
as a leader after guiding them through the tasks of
the day. Kristen and Darien enjoyed being able to spend
the entire day together doing simple domestic chores. It was
a nice change of pace and felt normal after all
the craziness they had been experiencing. But by the end
of the day all they wanted was to go back
to their dorms to shower and sleep. Jake stood across
from Christin and Cynthia on a sparring mat in an
auxiliary room with the gym set aside for that purpose.
They all wore protective impact absorbent suits.
Speaker 5: Are you ready, I guess, don't worry.
Speaker 3: I'll start out slow. Jake threw the first punch with
his right arm. Kristin bluckeda had easily with her shield.
By this time, she figured out that just having the
amethyst in her pocket let her bring the shield up
any time, and gave her a little more confidence. Jake
threw another punch and it was deflected. He began striking
a little faster, but she still managed to block his strikes.
It was time for a shift in tactics. He asked
Cynthia to step in.
Speaker 5: Cynthia, take this amethyst spear. I want you to focus
your energy through the spear. Think about sending crystal waves
of amethyst energy towards Kristin. The spear should send out
tiny blasts of kinetic energy that Christin can block with
her shield. Okay, Cynthia, I want you to attack Kristin
and Kristin I want you to defend yourself without getting
too violent. Just fend off the attack.
Speaker 6: Okay.
Speaker 3: Cynthia turned her body for maximum aim and shot off
few amethysts crystals toward Kristin. Just then, the crystals turned
a bright white and began to illuminate with electromagnetic energy.
Lightning and thunder sounds cracked up throughout the Greek style auditorium.
Seeing this, Kristin panicked for a moment. She instinctly threw
up her arms and a crystal last force field was
suddenly protecting her. It turned an amethyst color in the
area where the lightning hit. She felt more confident knowing
that she had this shield for protection. Maybe she could
even learn how to use it to protect those she
cared about. Just then, Cynthia lost control and lightning became
a whirlwind storm above her head. Thunderbolts came shooting out
of her eyes and began bouncing off the marble columns.
A cycling was beginning to form in the corner of
the gym. Jake ran over to Cynthia with a hematite
leaded blanket and wrapped her up the cappurino. Christen crouched
and huddled behind her shield. Christen began meditative breathing while
Jake began to hum to Cynthia in a soothing, dream
like tone.
Speaker 5: Great job, ladies. You never know when your powers will
build exponentially. Let's stop for today, Cynthia, We're gonna have
to work on a smaller scale to hone your electrocnesis.
You're one of the most powerful I've ever seen. That
type of power unchecked could be quite dangerous. I'm quite
glad you're on our side.
Speaker 13: So Denise, tell me what have you learned while watching
the view screens at the UAD.
Speaker 8: Well, there is a lot going on, that's for sure.
Something is attacking immortals. Not sure if that's new, but
it seems pretty consistent about one every night. A female
leader took down a city in Italy that was having
a Teddy Bear festival.
Speaker 3: That was pretty weird.
Speaker 8: Cities are getting blocked out of sunlight so that vampires
can travel during the day. Not sure if that all
of these are related. The cadets seem to be getting
into trouble but are learning some of their psionic abilities.
Speaker 13: It seems you have captured the gist of it. Let's
look at the replay on that female leader.
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Speaker 13: Does she have any powers of her own?
Speaker 8: She is, it seemed to but she had her own
army of demon foot soldiers.
Speaker 13: Very good. Keep an eye on her if you can.
We don't know much about the Renegades, but we had
thought that they had a male leader. We may be
dealing with a new threat.
Speaker 8: So how exactly will I help my friends?
Speaker 3: Now?
Speaker 13: Just keep doing what you're doing, and soon they will
graduate from the academy.
Speaker 8: John, how am I supposed to keep track of what's
what here? There's so many dimensions. It's hard to sort
all the information out.
Speaker 13: You're the brain here, You figure it out. I'm taking
the night off. You should too. We all need a
rest after such an intense day.
Speaker 8: One more thing, Yes, the woman she was spouting Bible versus.
I look them up. They're from Leviticus does that help
it all?
Speaker 13: Nothing I can think of at the moment. You know,
these villain types, they get something in their heads and
they twist it around until it makes sense to them.
Doesn't matter what the origin of the meeting was.
Speaker 3: We will need to.
Speaker 13: Find out what the verses mean to her. Was she
scared by them somehow? Was there some sort of trauma?
It's all very psychol Good luck then, Denise, remember take
the night off.
Speaker 2: Goodbye.
Speaker 3: A blur hurtled through the air at the outskirts of
the campus. Jake watched him down below astride his Yamaha
motorcycle so he could follow it from the ground. That's it, Darien.
Speaker 5: I think you've got it. A few false starts, but
you're really starting to fly quickly now.
Speaker 3: Darien was bulleting across the sky as jake'sworths transmitted into
his earpiece. It was exhilarating, but for all the speed,
he didn't have much control. I'm gonna try to slow down.
I can't maneuver very well at the speed very well.
Go ahead, Darien attended to slow himself, then realized he
hadn't given any thought as to how he would slow
down before. Now he pushed his hands out in front
of him, as if he was going to push off
against something invisible to help him reversus momentum. Nothing happened.
He was coming up on the force field to protected
the island fast. He had to do.
Speaker 5: Something, Darien, what's wrong. It doesn't look like you're slowing down.
Speaker 3: I don't know how I Darien narrowly avoided l me
into a particularly tall tree. He was out of time now.
He hit the force field in seconds. He pulled up.
Maybe going against gravity would slow him down. It seems
to be working. I think I figured it out. I
just have to He slammed into the force field hard.
It flashed in the sky and what looked like a
crack was projected in the sky. Darien was falling. Jake
saw everything as he plummeted toward the ground. Instinctively, Jake
rode his motorcycle toward him, though he knew he'd arrive
too late.
Speaker 5: You have to levitate, Darien.
Speaker 3: Don't let yourself hit the ground at full force. There
was no response from Darien. Jake continued to ride. Suddenly,
a burst of air hit Jake, and he skidded bike
to a just up ahead. He could see Darien, hovering
just a few feet above the ground. Oh man, that
was intense. Darien noticed that Jake seemed to be looking
past him.
Speaker 5: Jake's arm pointed Darien, You're gonna need to take care
of that.
Speaker 3: Darien turned to look and saw a stinging possumutle ramming
again for the ground. Just as he looked, it burst through.
Speaker 5: The shield was self repair, just needs a few minutes.
But that beetle could hurt someone. You need to fly
up after it.
Speaker 3: But I still don't really know how to slow down.
No choice.
Speaker 5: I don't see anyone else with flight capabilities here, and
by the time we find someone, we'll have no clue
what happened to that beetle.
Speaker 3: Go Darien didn't hesitate any longer. He launched back up
into the air and tried to keep his speed at
a reasonable level. He gave chase to the beetle as
itzigged and zagged through the air trying to elude him.
He first matched his speed and then incrementally sped up.
He tried to match the beetle's movements and soon found
that he seemed to be able to manipulate the airflow
around him for greater maneuverability much in the same way
that he was able to hover. Maybe it would work
for slowing down as well. The beetle continued to elude him,
and so he decided he was going to go for
the kill. All he had on him was a small
hunting knife, so he drew it and rocking him straight
toward the beetle, he grabbed it and stabbed directly into
its head. It struggled, but Darien managed to maintain control
and keep the stinger from hitting him. After some further convulsion,
it became still. An attempts to put on the brakes again,
the air behind him was thrust forward, refreshing in my
magic and slowing him down. He slowly lowered himself to
the ground. Jake was waiting there for him.
Speaker 5: Well how about that you managed to stop it from
hurting anyone.
Speaker 3: Good job, thanks, Chad, Cynthia and Christian walked out to
the courtyard for botany.
Speaker 8: Miss Harvey. Why don't we ever work in a classroom
like we do in other classes? No textbooks, no papers,
no research, no tests. It's a bit abnormal odd.
Speaker 2: See.
Speaker 9: I believe that a class about living things requires experience,
requires a hands on experience and requires actual visuals. To me,
pictures and words don't truly do this class justice. Also,
textbooks are punishment. No one wants to do a research
report only using the textbook, right, No one cares, No
one thinks, no one learns. There's no retention because there's
no enjoyment. It just becomes a matter spitting back out
whatever I tell you and then forgetting every word until
a final appears where you need it, and then you
forget it once again. I'd rather have a fun jog
through the woods instead of making you sit at a
desk and listen to me drone on and on about
the one thing I love most, and in the end
you won't understand anything because it's not real to you.
Do you have a problem with this method?
Speaker 8: No, absolutely not, ma'am. I was just wondering, but what
if one of us gets injured in this process of
obtaining this experience?
Speaker 9: Again, it's a learning and experience. If you poison yourself, sure,
I'll help you with an antidote, But will you do
it again? Probably not, And now you'll know firsthand that
the plant is deadly. Also, it's been a great help
to me as I study each plant and its effects.
Speaker 14: How do we cure the poisons if we don't have antidotes,
and how do we know what they are? If you
have them?
Speaker 3: All?
Speaker 9: Well, mister Ender, ma'am, mister Ender, you may find a
cure anywhere you see. It's all about experimentation. You'll never
know until you try it out.
Speaker 3: For example, Alicia picked up a small blue flower that
like a ladybug until the stem and leaves underneath could
be seen.
Speaker 9: The powder that can be attained from the stem and
leaves of this flower. When diluted and carbonated water or
water that has a lot of air pockets in it,
like rushing river water, it can create an antidote to
the poison suckle. Sometimes with antidotes you have to just
get lucky. And if I'm unable to help it all,
you can read the stupid seven hundred and sixty two
page textbook. There is a chapter on antidotes. However, there's
a lot of them, and for some reason, the writer
has decided to make all the procedures sound extremely complicated.
It's a pretty useless tool.
Speaker 14: Why do you say that procedures are complicated?
Speaker 3: Man?
Speaker 9: They tell you things like grab a vial of this,
or use a bunch of burner under this to filter
blah blah blah. It doesn't help you in the real
world at all, unless you're one of the most impractical
and bizarre people.
Speaker 3: Ever.
Speaker 9: I found tons of ways to make antidotes without all
that equipment, and they've had the same effects as the
ones in the textbook. If you need an antidote, just
get creative with making it. Use your brain. Some are
very finicky, yes, but most are simple. Ah. Here we
are today. We'll be heading into a cave, so everyone
take a headlamp from this bag and follow me.
Speaker 3: Alicia stopped in front of a hole in the side
of a hill. She tacked a bag to a tree
and pulled out a flashlight with a band on it.
The entrance to the cave was covered densely with leafy
vines and edged with tall grass. The sounds of rushing
water could be heard not too far beyond the trees,
and even some parts of the ground were slightly damp,
despite the lack of any recent rainfall. The air felt
heavy and humid, as if one were standing in a
war shower and breathing in the steam directly through a straw.
As Alicia parted the vines. A total darkness peered through
each leaf. As she stepped inside, she hugged the wall
of the cave, then turned on her head. Every student
followed suit, taking a headlamp from the bag posted The
little redhaired girl, though, didn't seem to notice and walked
straight in. A small cry left her voice as she
disappeared from sight. Ah Chad tried to go back, but
Alicia called.
Speaker 9: Out, mister ender, I wouldn't do that. If you step forward,
you will suffer the same fate. The plants down there
have a neutral alignment. She'll be fine.
Speaker 3: In a moment, Chad hesitated and then reluctantly kept moving on.
Alicia stepped to the side and onto less treacherous ground.
The groundskeeper reached his hand down into the hole, as
if he was beckoning whatever was down there to stretch
and reach toward him. The little redhead girl took his hand,
pulled herself out of the hole, and rejoined the group.
Alicia shone a flashlight into the hole and showed the
class what looked like an enormous medieval spike trap. Christian
looked confused and betwixt the girl in the hole. She
didn't understand why her injuries weren't more severe.
Speaker 9: Everyone, don't be alarmed. This is called the tickle plant,
namely for the tickling sensation it gives off when it's
small parasitic projections attached to its toast. On the outside
of the plant, it has small projections which behave similar
to tick just extending and waiting for a toast to
come by and touch them. The big difference between this
and the common path a parasite tic is that it
only drains one individual blood cell from its host at
a time per projection, and only once every few hours
or so. As a cave dwelling plant, it surprisingly doesn't
need water or sunlight to grow and reproduce, though that
may be its own survival instinct. For safety reasons, we
have called them back into places like these and forced
them to live here against their will. We actually have
domesticated versions of these plants in the school greenhouse, and
some people tend to keep them as houseplants. Think of
them as cacti vampiric cacti.
Speaker 6: This clearly looks evil. Why do you say it has
a neutral alignment?
Speaker 9: Kristin. The tickle plant may look evil, but really it
won't hurt you. If you get caught in one, it
won't kill you, at least not very quickly anyway. And
it looks sinister, but think about it. It's not hurting anyone.
It's trying to live, and it's mostly harmless. How many
things on this plane of existence have you seen that
seem to have one type of disposition but end up
being another.
Speaker 3: Christian reflect and thought about the deathly poison suckle and
they even deadlier.
Speaker 9: Alice Flower, You're right, I guess don't such a book
by its cover. That's something that I've learned to be
exceptionally true here. Something that could be dangerous could be
the sweetest thing in the world, And something that could
seem perfectly harmless could be lethal. That's why you should
take the time to learn about it and learn what
it really is.
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Speaker 9: Just saying that it's pretty and harmless.
Speaker 6: How would one even take care of a plant like that?
Speaker 9: You feel it like an Audrey too from the Tarawe
movie Little Shop Before. Simply just touch it for a
second and it'll be fed. Also when handling it, use
rubber gloves. By the way, I have noticed that if
you keep it fed well, it blooms beautifully for several
weeks until it dies.
Speaker 3: The group marched deeper and deeper into the cave as
soon the sounds of slow running water it could be heard,
with little plinks of droplets falling into larger pools in
their foreground. Strong arcs of light fired off, frightening everyone
except Alicia in the groundskeeper. Alicia took a black trash
bag and some heavy duty scissors as she moved forward,
stepping into the water. Chad and Kristin stepped forward and
held Alicia's arms to try to pull her back to safety.
Speaker 9: It's all right once I'm in the water. I'm safe.
Speaker 6: That doesn't make sense. You're gonna get killed.
Speaker 9: Just trust me.
Speaker 3: Alicia put the biggest smile on her face. Chad let go,
letting Alicia slowly drag Kristen into the water after.
Speaker 6: Her Chad, help me out here, Kristin, has she ever
been wrong before?
Speaker 4: Just let her go.
Speaker 3: Christenly reluctantly let go. Alicia began shouting from some way
deep water, barely audible over the lightning.
Speaker 9: This is the blinten ost or lightning branch in German.
Germans discovered this a long time ago and misnamed it.
It's really a vine that grows in the cracks of
wet places, such as the walls of this cave. It
can generate its own electricity. As you can see from
these arcs, this lightning serves as a small source of
light for photosynthesis to some plants. It's also a defense
mechanism against predators, shocking any and all who come into
contact with it. However, we have discovered that because it
grows in damp areas, when it is submerged in water,
the lightning is neutralized and harmless.
Speaker 3: Watch slowly it started to function past when it was
not submerged. Rings of lightning came off the top of
the plant, traveling down the sides and then shorted out
once it touched the water. It like it has the
coil too, giving off a low hum.
Speaker 9: This is the vine the blitz in ost. I want
everyone to grab a bag and some scissors from the
groundskeeper and collect a couple of samples from the river.
We'll up a section of the vine, cut it in
the water, and then scoop it up with some of
the water. One sample is about two feet of vine.
Be extremely careful.
Speaker 3: Everyone collected their supplies and got to work. After a
couple of minutes, the sound of a snap electrical current
could be heard, followed by the little red coat of
the string. The groundskeeper came running out. He scooped up
the girl and brought her to the shore, where Alesha
treated her with annointment.
Speaker 9: She needs to go to the infirmary, take her back
to the academy. Keep her still and quiet, Chad ran
towards the scene.
Speaker 14: Is there any way I can help?
Speaker 3: Yes? I want you to carry her while I make
a straight path for the academy and park the trees.
Keep her still and don't jostle her too much. Chad
noted the large electrical burns that blistered her slightly tanned skin,
arcing up her forearm and around her try some. He
also noticed a small arc traveling off her face, as
well as many small dots from the earlier encounter with
a table plant. He scoops her up and the two
men ran out of the cave. Everyone continued to harvest
the vine for the next couple of minutes, and then
left along the trail back towards the academy. Some of
the trees now looked as if they'd been pushed out
of the way, and several plants parted sections of the river,
all in a straight path towards the academy.
Speaker 8: Miss Harvey, why would we harvest this vine if it's
so dangerous?
Speaker 9: Well, I figured our research team would be delighted to
have some. We can use these vines to generate electricity
and power the facility if we ever encountered a blackout. Besides,
it can't hurt to have extra pieces for further experimentation.
Speaker 6: Will the girl be all right?
Speaker 9: Maybe she will have a scar for the rest of
her life, but I think she'll be fine. This doesn't
usually happen, so I'll be hearing it from missus Madison
for sure tonight, but she'll be fine and I'll have
a mountain of paperwork to fill it as a result.
I think it was worth the effort, don't.
Speaker 3: You, Alicia winked at Kristen. The students then dropped off
their bags at the base of the fountain and returned
to their dorms for the night, still sopping wet from
waiting in a river. It was the end of another
dream walking class. Everyone had left for their next class,
everyone except Darien. Darien wanted an opportunity to talk to
Sean about his dreams, in particular the one he'd just
had where Maddie was a dark version of herself, but
he wouldn't mention that now. He simply wanted clarification on
his brother's interpretation as the dream walking instructor, and maybe
Sean could give that to him. Sean, I needed to
talk to you about some dreams I've been having. I
thought maybe you could help me translate them. They make
no sense to me and are the worst nightmares I've
ever had.
Speaker 4: Sure thing, tell me what's going on in your dreams?
Speaker 3: Darien was still a bit trepidacious because of the dream
he'd just had about his sister, but decided to proceed
with his concerns. I've been having a lot of end
of the world dreams. In these nightmares, I don't have
any powers to affect anything or interact with anyone. It's
like I'm a ghost or something.
Speaker 4: Well. Having under the world type dreams are common enough,
especially for people like you. People like me, Yes, protectors.
You've often told me about times where you were forced
to kill vampires to save people on our earth, Tarawan, Right, yeah.
Speaker 3: But vampires are common on our earth.
Speaker 4: Ah, but the Protectors are not as common. You have
the weight of the world on your shoulders, my brother.
There aren't that many of you out there, and I'm
certain that these dreams are just a product of the
innate fears that you have as a protector. Nothing more.
Speaker 3: That may explain the ones from before I got here.
But the dreams have gotten more frequent, They've gotten weirder
and darker. Last night, I dreamt of madmen, or at
least she looked like Maddie, but she was dirty and
scared and running for her life. She was with Jake,
our brother in law, but he was different too. I
wonder if I'm seeing something that's happening in a different reality.
Sean had a puzzled look on his face. Then he
had an idea.
Speaker 4: It is POSSI the only person that can tell you
for sure if what you're seeing in your dreams is real.
Perhaps by combing through dimensional windows is Sam. She understands
that stuff a lot better than I do, and she's
really good at opening windows and portals to other worlds.
Speaker 3: I don't know. I think she's pretty piss at me
right now. I'm not sure she wouldn't even want to
help with us. I'm kind of on porbation for participating
in the Alislawer incident.
Speaker 4: Nonsense, She's still our sister. I'm certain she'll want to help.
The conversation may reveal many things to us. It may
uncover someone that needs saving, or it may uncover that
all of this is just fine and you just have
an overactive imagination. Hey, that also runs in our family.
But sometimes dreams turn out to be true. Let me
call her up and see if she can stop.
Speaker 3: By Sean tapped a spot under his.
Speaker 4: Rightwa Samantha Madison.
Speaker 3: Samantha was working on a development plan for Denise in
her office at the academy when she heard the communicator
under her ear chart with a message from her brother.
Speaker 4: Yes, Hey, Sam, I have Darien here and I know
you too aren't on the best of terms right now,
but he needs her help.
Speaker 17: What does he need my help with?
Speaker 4: Well, it's kind of a lot to go over on
the comms. Any chance you can stop by my house tonight.
We can have a nice family dinner and then you
and Darien can talk about his dreams.
Speaker 17: I suppose it has been a while since we shared
a meal together. What time do you want me there?
Speaker 4: Eighteen hundred. I would love to see Jake. I will
invite Kristin too.
Speaker 17: Sounds like a plan. I'll let Jake know.
Speaker 4: Good, it's been too long since we did this. I'll
let Alicia know, and I'll tell Darien to let Kristen know.
See to that.
Speaker 3: Sean was enthusiastic and eger for the event. It had
been a very long time since they shared a meal
together like a family.
Speaker 4: This would be fun. A sign from your business with Sam.
Speaker 3: That is Darien grimmis is the thought of asking Sam
for a favor after just recently pissing her off. He
would soon learn more about his older sister and the
extent of her grudges. Darien and Kristen arrived at eighteen
oh five and proceeded to enter without knocking. After all,
it was now the family home. Since everyone was probably
already there, they figured they could just walk in. Sean
was in the kitchen cooking and Alicia was helping. At
the table sat Samantha and Jake. They were holding hands
and talking about how familiar the house looked. Just then
they noticed Darien and Kristen walking in.
Speaker 17: Hey, guys, come sit down so we can talk. I
promised I won't bite. I'm not a vampire.
Speaker 3: Darien and Kristen sat down across the table from Jake
and Samantha.
Speaker 17: Darien Kristen, I want to say we need to move
past what happened last week. I know this place is
strange and you guys didn't know the full danger of
the alice flower extract. Luckily no one got hurt. Unfortunately
this is on all of your permanent records. Please exuercize
better judgment. That is all I am going to say
about it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I says, we are so sorry we cause you
all that trouble. I promise nothing like that will ever
happen again.
Speaker 6: I wish I had known what it was. I never
would have drank that punch if I had known. Alicia
told my class all about that flower. If I had only.
Speaker 17: Don't worry about it now. Worrying does nothing but stretch
you out. You have all been punished and it's time.
Speaker 11: To move on.
Speaker 3: Samantha then shifted her attention to Darien.
Speaker 17: So I understand that you've been having some strange dreams.
Let's talk about that justice.
Speaker 3: Darien was about to speak, Sean and Alicia came into
the room with a tray full of food. It was
another type of bug that was big enough for the
whole family to enjoy. Darien recognized it from the hunt
they had been on the previous weekend.
Speaker 4: Dinner is served no sense in talking about anything on
an empty stomach. This meal is seasoned with lemon, thyme,
and butter, lots of squashes to round out the juiciness
of the roast beast.
Speaker 3: Alicia scooped out the meat and veggies for each person,
d them their plates. They all began eating, and about
fifteen minutes later, most everyone was satisfied.
Speaker 17: Well, Darien, tell me about your dreams.
Speaker 3: Okay, Well, these started a while back. A few months ago,
in the morning of my high school graduation, I dreamt
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Speaker 3: I was powerless to stop it, and then someone spoke
to me, and I couldn't recognize the voice of the time,
but now that I think about it, it sounded an
awful lot like Sean. Sean was visibly taken aback by this.
Speaker 4: What did I say?
Speaker 3: You said, isn't this the way you thought it would
turn out?
Speaker 4: And this happened the morning of your graduation.
Speaker 3: Yes, at the time it felt a little menacing, but
it could have easily just been a random memory.
Speaker 17: Of you or something that is strange I'm not sure
what to make of that one yet.
Speaker 3: Tell us the one about Madeleine right, Well, that one
was different. I don't think it was our Mattie. She
was in a bad place, surrounded by vampires. Jake, you
were there, really?
Speaker 17: What was he doing?
Speaker 3: Jake? You were helping her. You both looked like you'd
been through hell, but you fought together, like you had
been through the whole thing together. You protected each other.
But Mattie was tired and began making mistakes. She actually
got bit at one point, but Jake put some sort
of healing bandage on her.
Speaker 17: What makes you think that she's not our Madeline.
Speaker 3: Because she was with Jake and he was definitely not
our Jake. I'm really concerned about what this poor version
of Mattie is going through. Another thing to mention is
the fact that she was the exact same age that
she is now, but she was not wearing any goth clothes,
and her hair was red like it had never been dyed.
She was dirty like sand and dirt was scrubbed into
her skin, and hungry, so hungry, and all she had
to eat was a small can of tuna. And the
world she was in at least from what we've learned
about the different classes of worlds, I'm pretty sure it
wasn't them sitting in the classroom.
Speaker 17: There may be a reason you're seeing this. Maybe we
need to open a window to that world. I'll need
your help, Darien. I want to put you in a
meditative state and see if you can help me locate
the world you saw her in. Or maybe it's simply
a dream. We shall see.
Speaker 3: Okay, what do I need to do.
Speaker 17: Let's go sit on the couch in the living room.
It'll be more comfortable. Everyone else should stay here, but
please keep the noise down, as any noise could disrupt
what we're trying to do. It's a very sensitive process.
Speaker 3: Darien and Samantha moved into the living room. Samantha motions
for Darien to lay on the couch.
Speaker 17: I want you to clear your mind and focus on
the sound of my voice.
Speaker 3: Samantha guided Darien into a meditative state using the calm
of her voice and that script she had memorized a
while ago during her extensive academy training. It was the
same script she read internally when she got into the
meditative state for the interdimensional channeling that she did a
week ago. Once Darien was in a deep meditation, Samantha began.
Speaker 17: I want you to remember the dream that you had
about Madeleine. Think back to when you had the dream
and focus on her surroundings. Do you have it?
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 17: Now, I am going to reach into your mind and
use it to see if we can open a viewing
window into that world. If this was simply a random
dream and this version of Madeleine doesn't exist, there will
be no window.
Speaker 3: Samantha concentrated by pulling the energy through her third eye
chakra from Darien's third eye chakra, and then she focused
clearly on what Darien's mind was seeing from the memory
of a stream. She put her hands in the air
and began to form a window. Much to her surprise,
it worked. She could see a world that was mostly destroyed.
It looked like the work of the Renegades, but she
couldn't be sure. It was definitely an Obsidian class world
as Darian had described. She looked around and moved the
window so that she could see different perspectives. There was
no sign of Madeline or Jake there, but Darien had
tapped into an apocalyptic dimension.
Speaker 17: Darien count to five in your head and As you count,
you will become more awake and aware. When you reach five,
you will be completely awake.
Speaker 3: Darien did what Psmitha said, and once he reached five,
he opened his eyes and stared at the window sam
had just created it. Wow, that's the exact spot where
I saw her in my dream. This means my dreams
you're real. But where's Maddie?
Speaker 17: Not all of them, but yes, that one was real.
You must be connected with the Madeline of that earth.
What we are looking at is tara Io. It used
to be a lot like tara Ie, but now it
seems an attack has changed this dimension for the worst.
Speaker 3: Should we go and see if we can find her?
Samantha closed her eyes and concentrated.
Speaker 17: She's gone from that world. I don't sense her or
Jake there, and since we have no way of tracking her,
we will have to wait until you have another dream
about her next time. Contact me as soon as you
wake up. I want to get a move on this
as soon as possible.
Speaker 3: Okay. Darien and Samantha went back into the dining room
and sat down.
Speaker 17: Any luck, Yes and no, the world he dreamt of
was real, but there was no sign of anyone in
the location we saw through the window.
Speaker 9: Hmm, well, there's anything I can do to help you
find them.
Speaker 3: Let me know.
Speaker 6: So your dreams are real.
Speaker 3: Some of them.
Speaker 6: What about the one you told me about that involved
your brother matt This.
Speaker 3: Got Sam's attention. Do tell not sure that was exactly
a dream. It seemed more like a memory. It told
the story of how Sean got his scars and Maddie
got hurt too. It was back when I was like twelve.
Speaker 17: I remember what happened that night, Sean. You told me
about it when I got home from my date. I
remember Mom and Dad were livid.
Speaker 3: I saw more than just my own memories. I saw
what I think actually happened that night. But at this
point it's all a bit fuzzy go on. I think
matt was possessed by something evil. He made him grow
uneven claws, and when Mattie asked to go home, he
struck her and knocked her out.
Speaker 17: Wow, well, that seems to be the most likely explanation
I've heard.
Speaker 4: I have an idea the night's turned out to be
a bit of a stress fest recounting old wounds and mistakes.
How about a board game to try and help us
relax a little. There's nothing we can do for the
other Mattie right now. Let's just try to have a
good time for a little while. It'll do us all
a little good.
Speaker 3: Darien looked at everyone and for once he realized that
he didn't have to decide anything for them. He nodded,
that sounds like a great idea Mom always had, that
we can act out of love or fear in this situation.
Let's not be afraid. Let's act out of love and
enjoy this rare moment with our family. As Darien and
Kristen entered the dorm, Chad stood up and decided that
he was just too exhausted.
Speaker 14: I'm going to bed. I can't stay awake. In another moment,
good night, guys.
Speaker 6: Good night Chad.
Speaker 3: Chad made his way to the elevator and up to
this dorm room, where he quickly showered and changed into
boxers and a T shirt. Before he knew it, he
was dreaming about walking the Academy gardens with Cynthia.
Speaker 8: I missed you today. We didn't have any classes together.
Speaker 14: It's okay, we're here now.
Speaker 3: He kissed her softly on the mouth and brought her
in close. All at once Chad realized that Cynthia's kiss
felt too real.
Speaker 14: Are we dream walking?
Speaker 8: I think so? I felt super tired and went to bedterly.
Before I knew it, we were here together. It feels
more real than a dream.
Speaker 14: I wasn't meaning to bring you in. I mean, it's
totally cool, but now what I intended?
Speaker 3: Kiss me again?
Speaker 14: I mean, if you want to.
Speaker 3: They kissed again and were transported to a high class
hotel room with candles, champagne, and a hot tub.
Speaker 8: This is more like it.
Speaker 3: Where are we?
Speaker 14: I have no idea. Let's just go with it.
Speaker 9: Oh, make the room purple.
Speaker 3: Chad closed his eyes and nibbled on Cynthia's ear, and
the decor of the room changed to a soft lavender hue.
Purple flowers of all varieties appeared in vases throughout the room.
The couple turned their attentions toward one another, enjoying all
there was to feel. Or were quickly spent. Chad thought
about gourmet chocolates, and soon they appeared.
Speaker 8: These tastes real, like I'm really eating chocolate. I've never
had a dream feel so vivid. I wonder what else
you could conjure.
Speaker 3: Chad looked around the room as the walls began to
peel and drip, so he quickly imagined them back in
the academy woods, holding hands once more.
Speaker 14: I think the place I created was only temporary. We're
safe now, thank Do you know how to get back?
Should I walk you back?
Speaker 3: Chad woke from his slumber, very thirsty? Is there? A
huge gulp of water? He picked up his tablet PC
he pressed the spot under his right ear where the commune.
Speaker 14: Was local Cynthia Drask. Yes, hi, Cinthia, his Chad?
Speaker 3: Is everything okay? Yeah?
Speaker 14: Funny question. Were you dreaming of me at all?
Speaker 3: White chats? Yeah?
Speaker 8: I think I was, but some sort of purple hotel room.
Speaker 3: Can we talk tomorrow?
Speaker 4: I'm really tired?
Speaker 14: Yeah, no problem.
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their secrets were well guarded. Many for good reason. Immortality
would be seen as unnatural in the time of their infamy.
In fact, even in modern society it could cause problems.
Speaker 13: Do you have any examples the whould we recognize?
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Speaker 3: I don't know, Sean Connery hegg raised his eyebrows. Cynthion
eric with giggling a bit.
Speaker 20: Clever button out, at least not outside the realm of fiction.
Are there any serious guesses?
Speaker 3: Cynthia, felt inspired by Chad's wick, made an attempt to
match his with equipment from her.
Speaker 8: Elvis Presley, surely the king would be an immortal. It
must be why there's so many sightings after his death.
Speaker 20: You may find it humorous, but despite your best efforts
to not be serious, you've actually guessed correctly. Elvis Presley
was and indeed is an immortal, though he no longer
goes by that moniker.
Speaker 3: Cynthia looked a bit taken aback. The mood of the
class had changed. Now serious.
Speaker 8: Oh wow, I guess there's something to it after all.
Speaker 20: Then anyone else, Maybe someone you know from history.
Speaker 13: Socrates, maybe he's sort of gave birth to all of
our modern philosophy. Who seems to me like that could
only come from someone who had lived several lifetimes.
Speaker 5: That makes sense to me. How else could somebody come
up with those theories at a time when no one
else could.
Speaker 20: Brilliant reasoning and an excellent guess, and you're absolutely right.
When he reached what would have been the end of
a natural life, he faded into obscurity, but continued to
train his apprentice in secret.
Speaker 13: I thought Socrates was put to death.
Speaker 20: Yes, that is what he chose to present to the world.
His ideas were offensive to many in his day, and
so he suffered for it. In the end, he took
the poison and allowed them to think him dead. He
spent many years hiding in obscurity before moving on once
he felt sufficient impact had been made.
Speaker 5: That's pretty incredible. Is that sort of thing typical? How
many of the influential people in history have been immortals?
Speaker 20: There we have it. Yes, you will find that a
great many of the more notable and influential figures in
history were immortals. Not all, to be sure, but a
fairly significant percentage they existed, particularly in royal lines. King
Richard the Lion Heart, for example, Emperor Jimmu of the
Japanese Royal dynasty. Other great or notable leaders like Benjamin
Franklin or Winston Churchill are also examples of immortals. Of course,
not all were good. In fact, some were quite bad.
Adolf Hitler was also an immortal. Rumors that he was
not truly killed were in fact correct, at least for
a time, but he has been dealt with now. A
long life can give some great hatred.
Speaker 3: As Cynthia and Chad left class, Cynthia put her hand
into Chad's leaned over to whisper in his ear.
Speaker 8: So last night was fun, Let's do it again tonight.
Speaker 3: Destroyer led James to a broken down church. The walls
had caved in on the surface, which exposed all the
skeletal structure of the building and made it hardly identifiable.
Smashed glass decorated the pavement, and overgrown plants cascaded over
the entire building. Only the entrance was uncovered. Plants and
wooden boards were haphazardly broken apart in the shape of
an archway. James was led inside, where he saw the
pews were strewn waste from each other, as if an
explosion had occurred before the pod, where a preacher would
have preached before the building fell into disuse, and yet
almost nothing inside was broken. A small man dangled from
a cross on the back wall. It was obvious that
he wasn't in one piece half of the cross, and
his person was missing, as was his head. The podium
had been uprooted and moved in front of an altar.
A stone slash in the middle of the clearing had
been moved to reveal a staircase that fell deep into
the darkness, not revealing what else could have been down below.
Another man sat like a delinquent atop the podium. He
had long white hair pulled back into a loose ponytail,
and wore a tight fitting black tank top. His arms
had some muscle and were whiter than angelic light. He
seemed to be luturing some followers who were seated at
neatly lined tables with limbs on top. The blood wasn't
dry yet, signifying that this was a fresh kill.
Speaker 5: Emerson, I have a new arrival. Nightmare told me to
bring him to you.
Speaker 3: You know what to do. Destroyer then turned around and
quickly left. The man called Emerson then dismounted from the
podium and looked James dead in the eye. His bloody
and deep red colored bright eye bore into James's soul,
seemingly trying to dissect him or dismember him for his
afternoon snack. His left eye the color of lavender flowers
on steroids seemed dead and emotionless, while his arched eyebrow
above it displayed contemplation. His features were sharp and also
a bit feminine, and his body was lanky yet slightly built.
With his black tacktop, he wore forest green camera pants
and shiny black combat boots to match. A single silver
cross dangled around his neck. After studying James thoroughly, he
clapped his hands and smiled. His eyes became light and happy.
His question went from cold to friendly. His smile showed
two gaps where the canines should be.
Speaker 10: Hello, comrade, I see you are youngling. Do not be afraid.
I am father Emerson, neither a vampires. I am no priest.
I am paternal figure of this group.
Speaker 3: He approached James, who wrapped his arm around his shoulders
as if they were old friends.
Speaker 10: Come you sit at table. We have a drink with others. Here,
here's a good time.
Speaker 3: Yes. James nodded in confirmation and smiled back, showing the
two long fangs that dangled in his own mouth. He
sat at the table and Emerson stood before him. Emerson
tossed him a hand and took one for himself, then
addressed everyone seated.
Speaker 10: To our young lyings who luckily made their way here
and have reached salvation.
Speaker 3: Everyone bit into their drinks except James, whose head was
quickly slammed in the table.
Speaker 10: Answer me, this new blood.
Speaker 3: Who are you? Emerson sounded like he was speaking from
behind him and gripped his head tightly.
Speaker 4: James, James, what do you think? First rule is?
Speaker 3: James?
Speaker 10: What was that?
Speaker 4: No clue?
Speaker 10: We beat crap out of you in order to test
if you are worth anything.
Speaker 3: He lifted james head so he could whisper in his ear.
Speaker 10: So let's see if this young only has balls that touched.
Speaker 3: He then slung James across the room as if he
were a frisbee. James slammed into one of the two
seats and slid down to the floor, his whole spinal
column snapping and cracking from the impact. He looked up
at Emerson, a blurred image before him. The only clear
thing was that Emerson had this cold, unfeeling stare with
a vibrant smile strapped to his face.
Speaker 10: Come now, get up.
Speaker 3: Emerson walked towards James and loomed over him. He then
began harshly planting his foot in the James' stomach, as
if trying to antagonize him. One of the youngling females
came over to him and clung to his arm.
Speaker 7: Emerson, stop, you don't have to kill him.
Speaker 3: He then spat on James's face and turned his back
to him, walking away.
Speaker 10: You're all right, world, we'll kill him anyway.
Speaker 3: James then rose to his feet, suddenly feeling rejuvenated with rage.
He quickly ran up to Emerson and made an attempt
to drive his fist into his back. Unfortunately, his attempt
was futile, as Emerson sidestepped him faster than James could process.
Speaker 10: Oh so he does have balls, No matter, you will
still see defeat.
Speaker 3: Emerson then quickly planted his fist into James' stomach, knocking
him back and tripping him. Emerson then sat on him
as if he were a human chair. James then flung
Emerson off and straddled him, planting a fist into Emerson's
perfect smug face. During one of James's punches, Emerson unhinged
his jaw and bit into James's hand. James noticed that
the gaps in Emerson's teeth were missing. Now there were
two long ivory fangs seemingly chiseled with strange symbols. James
could feel his fingers start to rip off around the knuckles,
and he tried to pull his hand out with no luck.
He then tried to punch Emerson again, but this punch
was caught. Emerson then released James and flipped him onto
his back, keeping a hold of his arm. He then
began to pull james arm back in such a way
that it could have torn his arm completely off at
the shoulder joint.
Speaker 10: So you'll seriously think you can be a feat to
me with such pathetic punches, Well, I will say this much.
Speaker 3: He let James go.
Speaker 10: I am lover, not welcome, James. You have earned your drink.
Speaker 3: He then offered James's hand, which James brushed off aggressively
in response, and then sat back down at the table
and began to drink his side hand.
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mostly of my past. Sorry if this bores you, but
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Then one day, strange woman coming to one of my
mother's parties.
Speaker 3: At our manner.
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Instead she bited me, sunk her teeth in, and I
was a changed man. Little did I know that later
on I wasn't just lover, but now bite her my
first woman. After that I kill. I expressed too much
passion and accidentally bit woman to heart. After one taste,
I kept drinking.
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Speaker 10: After that, I never laid teeth into another living woman
unless she asked first, he was great fun playing with
blood in our hideout. You'll find several sluts in wholees
who'll be happy to give you drink from them. But
I have several marks for myself, so don't touch these ones.
Want to be like my last encounter. Lucky for you,
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Speaker 3: Emerson began to zone out, staring off into the distance.
James and the other younglings began looking around to see
what he was focusing on, and found a small cluster
of flowers. The flowers were small, but many in number,
and they were a mix of pastel colors. They waited
for Emerson to come back to them and talk more,
but he remained fixated on the flowers, like a child
looking at the clearest summer sky for the first time.
One of the younglings coughed as is to try to
bring Emerson back from this lengthy, uncomfortable silence, but Emerson
remained untouching me. After a while, Emerson came back to reality.
Speaker 10: Anyway, you almost be tired to fuddle me.
Speaker 3: Emerson walked down the stairs and led the new bloods
into the dark. Beneath this church sat an entire army
of vampires by the hundreds, mixed in with some humans
being treated like cattle, only they were smiling and happy
to be stuped. They were all packed into a room
the shape of the sewers, stone bricks lining the walls upwards.
The tents were pitched for privacy and were in lines
along the walls. Emerson smiled and gestured to the place.
Speaker 10: Welcome home, young ones. Make yourself comfortable, grab tent, grab drink,
enjoy yourselves, and James, hope you'd learned something from sparring.
Let's do again some day.
Speaker 3: He smiled cheekily as he walked away, with a slight
skip in his step. James rolled his eyes and decided
to try to sleep. He found an isolated and vacant
tent and laid down inside. Although he tried to rest,
he couldn't help feeling on edge until a bout of
insomnia and restlessness overtook him. Jesse was excited about advanced robotics.
When he first got into the classroom, he noticed that
there weren't that many people in the class. He didn't
recognize anyone at first, but then he spotted John Matthews.
Speaker 13: Hey, John, I didn't know you were interested in robotics.
Speaker 4: Well, I guess I'm just full of surprises.
Speaker 3: As they were talking, the teacher arrived. He was about
five foot ten inches tall, very thin and bald. He
was wearing a white lab coat and black pants.
Speaker 11: Good afternoon, everyone, I am doctor Thomas Carson. Today we
will be going over the basics for programming the microcomputers
that controlled these servos and motors in these robots.
Speaker 3: Here he pointed a few small drone like robots that
were sitting on a table next to the windows. It
looked like twelve inch action figures of robots.
Speaker 11: They may look like toys, but they are actually advanced
robots used for surveillance and other covert operations. First we
must learn how to control them.
Speaker 3: Doctor Carson picked up a small computer pad. It was
small than the ones used for the textbooks there, but
it was a little thicker. It had a touchscreen and
was currently locked, requiring a password to access the list
of commands used to control the little robots. The doctor
typed in his password and then his pad screen shows slash.
Speaker 11: If you look at this pad, the first thing you
want to do after putting in your eight digit passcode
is to select which robot you want to control. If
you look at this pad, you'll notice that there are
pictures of the different robots. You simply select which one
you want to control by touching the icon that represents
that particular robot. Today, we will learn about this one here.
Speaker 3: He pointed to the one on the far left.
Speaker 11: This one has no frills. It is simply a walking
drone that can camouflage into any surrounding. Now, I am
going to use a simple algorithm that I designed a
long time ago to control this robot. This algorithm is
saved in each of these pads for later use and
can be used by anyone who has access to this pad.
Speaker 3: Doctor Carson tapped a few spots on the tablet, and
the robot in question came to life, stood up and
began looking around. The robot hopped off of the table
and walked to your cabinet on the other side of
the room. It opened the door and grabbed out a
can of lubertin It then brought the can of lubricant
back to the table and sat down facing the windows.
A small port and its back opened up.
Speaker 11: You see, what I did was tell the robot to
go find this lubricant and to bring it to me
so that I could fill up its lubricant port. This
allows the robots to move silently, rather than making any
type of squeaking or cranking noises. This was a simple
program and it helps them keep up with their maintenance schedules.
I will now simply pour some of this liquid into
its port, and then the robot will return the can
of lubricant back to the cat it where it came from.
Speaker 3: Doctor Carson carefully poured some of the lubricant into the
open port and then closed it. The robot then quickly
stood up and took the can back to the cabinet.
Speaker 11: You see, these robots have a type of artificial intelligence,
but it is a very low intelligence level. They take
commands from these pads. We are developing new robots which
are voice activated, but this may take some time. Any questions,
John's hand shot up.
Speaker 2: Yes, mister John Matthews.
Speaker 4: I was wondering what practical use there is for these
types of small.
Speaker 11: Robots, well other than helping us keep up with their
maintenance schedules. As stated before, this one is good for
covert operations. The others are good for menial tasks in
various fields. Most notably, we used a few of these
to plant explosives at a construction site in order to
clear the site of any plant life that would otherwise
interfere with the development of the site. Uses range from
simple tasks like what I just said, to more complicated
tasks like medical surgery, although we usually leave anything really
delicate to much smaller robots.
Speaker 3: Jesse raised his hand.
Speaker 13: Yes, you there, mister Jesse Barnes. I was wondering if
anyone had ever tried to make a robotic exosuit, maybe
even one that can be controlled remotely.
Speaker 3: Doctor Carson was intrigued by the young man's idea.
Speaker 11: Not at this time, but we are always looking for
new innovations. If you want to take what you learn
in this class and build yourself a robotic exosuit, by
all means, I wouldn't mind assisting you in that project.
Speaker 13: Yes, that sounds amazing. What would you like to start?
Speaker 11: I think the whole class could benefit from this. How
about we start next class?
Speaker 13: Sounds like a plan.
Speaker 3: A sort of adult playground wrapped around the grounds of
each floating door module, swings, climbing logs, benches, and merry
grounds allowed the cadets the ability to blow off steam
and have an outdoor area for relaxation. It was a
night made up of thin air, but it was warm
enough for discussion. Sean, Darien and Chad built a small
fire and a fire pit, which made it feel cozy
and surreal.
Speaker 8: So, Chad, are you going to take me to the
Cadet Bowl?
Speaker 3: Wait? When is that?
Speaker 9: August twenty six Saturday?
Speaker 4: It should be fun. Alicia and I will be there, Darien,
E and Kristen could wear matching costumes.
Speaker 6: What sort of theme? What's the dress code?
Speaker 9: It's quite formal and the theme is Legends through the Ages.
Speaker 8: Oh I get to play dress up?
Speaker 14: Oh dear? How many ways to mess this one up?
Speaker 3: Cynthia scuot it closer to Chad and planted a kiss
on his cheek.
Speaker 8: This is going to be so much fun.
Speaker 6: This could really be our last chance for fun before
things get serious. Life in the military it could be short.
You know. We got to make the best of this.
Speaker 4: Kristen has a point. There's a famous story about lovers
at the academy.
Speaker 9: Ooh, let me tell this one. Javelin came here from
a magenta class dimension. Thought maybe he could spread the
knowledge of his people in some of their practices. They
were very advanced in medical technology. Met a young girl
from a city in class world. Somehow they thought they
could foster an alliance. She taught him how to survive
on almost nothing. He taught her how to trust and love.
When graduation day came and both were assigned to Battalion thirteen,
they were relieved, butin seventy two hours, the entire regiment
was wiped out by renegade vampires. Javelin found esther sucked
drive all her life blood in an alley. The same
vampire that sucked her dry at the breast came behind
him and took advantage of his grief. He didn't even
have a moment to fight back.
Speaker 14: What an absolute tragedy, Cynthia. Instead of Romeo and Juliet,
we could do Javelin.
Speaker 8: No, seriously, great idea. I'll wear a B thirteen uniform
and have a wound above my breast.
Speaker 3: Wow, Cynthia, embracing your goth much.
Speaker 8: Well, they are legends.
Speaker 6: Whatever makes my lady happy, So Darien, any ideas?
Speaker 3: How about Tristan and is Old. They didn't mean to
fall in love and neither did we.
Speaker 4: Well, chosen brother.
Speaker 9: Since tragedy seems to be our theme, let's go for
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Sean. That's such an interesting
story from your earth.
Speaker 4: All right, then it's settled. I'll be your ever devoted John.
I cannot bear a moment without you. Sweet Alicia. Now
come over here and give me a kiss.
Speaker 3: With the crickets chopping loudly and the beatles buzzing by
the night, jasmine began to blue. They extinguished the last
of the burning fire embers. The couples had all begun
to grow sleepy, and walked hand in hand back to
their homes, hopeful that the Cadet Ball would be a
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table during one of his many successful attacks homogenetic class earths.
Simply by directing his thoughts toward the event. In this way,
the mirror would project any desired image. What we need,
Destroyer is an inside man, one they won't be on
the lookout for because they've no cause to distrust him.
One of the new recruits should do nicely, Perhaps one
of those destined for Battalion thirteen getting a hook in
now while they're still weak go a long way in
the future. Any suggestions one of the ones who's not
immortal and hasn't shown any psionic abilities. Such one should
be easily manipulated and shutting off the shield.
Speaker 5: What about Jesse Barnes. He's always messing with some sort
of technology. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch
for him to go into the control room.
Speaker 3: I like the way you think.
Speaker 4: This is why I keep you around.
Speaker 2: So what's next, Dominator, I'll fly.
Speaker 22: In on the dimension cycles with the red beetles, and
because some sort of distraction, I saw that they're planning
some sort of cadet ball.
Speaker 3: Nice.
Speaker 4: Okay, what sort of distraction.
Speaker 22: Well, there are all potential members of Battalion thirteen, so
I figured we'll just a waste to as many of
them as possible. Well, Destroyer sets up the homing beacon.
Speaker 4: Mind dreamed, Yes, this will do nicely. Dominator and Destroyer
go and ready some formidable weapons for the academy attack.
Get Emerson ready with a vampire strike team. We will
attack those weasley little snot nose cadets in place our
homing beacon. You are all dismissed.
Speaker 3: Meanwhile, at the Tara one dorms Ethan popped his head
up from his tablet.
Speaker 11: Hey, guys, I know everyone is going to the ball later,
it's not really my scene. I think I'll just hang
back here.
Speaker 13: I plan to do the same. There's something doctor Carson
and I have been working on, and that's got my
interest for now. I have a lot of studying to do.
Speaker 5: I don't know, guys, I think I'm gonna go. I mean,
who knows what sort of magical mayhem get into. Plus
there will be girls there, girls in dresses, or guys
if that's what you prefer, in other appropriately dressed attire,
or maybe dresses too. I don't know.
Speaker 13: Sorry, guys, there's no convincing me. I'm just not in
large crowds. It's not mandatory either.
Speaker 3: Kristin and Cynthia ran past the guys with dress bags
straight towards the elevator.
Speaker 11: See what I mean, Unless you're already with someone, it's
just not going to be as exciting.
Speaker 5: We could make it exciting. The theme is Legend through
the Ages, right, how about the three of us go
as the three Musketeers.
Speaker 13: Definitely count me out.
Speaker 3: Jesse shouted towards Cynthia and Kristen to hold the elevator
and rode up with them to his dorm.
Speaker 5: What do you say, Ethan Blues Brothers?
Speaker 11: You really want this for some reason, don't you. I
suppose it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Let's go,
But I get to pick the costumes.
Speaker 5: Totally, dude, dude, dude, this is going to be epic.
Speaker 3: The group of eight friends met in the common area
of Tarawan's dorm building. Since it was a special occasion,
they took a floating trolley to the coliseum where the
ball was to be held Today. Floating trolley was decorated
with sturdy, vibrant crimson flowers and leaves that resembled ivy.
There was a slight chill in the air, but everyone
addressed appropriately. We're prought of jacket.
Speaker 9: We're here, sorry, relate. But Sean had to find the
finishing touch. He's such a perfectionist sometimes.
Speaker 4: Do you guys like it? The golden necklace. It really
wraps the whole thing together.
Speaker 3: I like it so much.
Speaker 4: I might just start wearing it every day. By the way,
tonight just call me Sean.
Speaker 3: Looks good, Sean. I'm so glad you decided to come tonight, Ethan.
Tonight wouldn't be the same without you here.
Speaker 14: Oh second, that and great costumes, Eric and Ethan. Eric
you're Bill right from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure of
the movie. And Ethan You're Ted. Bodacious costumes. Guys, Really, you.
Speaker 5: Think with all that magenta class technology they'd come up
with a non offensive way for me to change my
skin color for the night, But honestly, I think I'd
rather just have fun being Bill. We are all human,
after all, well some of us.
Speaker 8: Anyway. Whatever happened to Jean, they haven't seeing him for
a while. I hope he's okay.
Speaker 3: What about Max? Oh?
Speaker 5: I spoke to John earlier. He's going with another group.
They're doing some sort of military theme. He's definitely excelling
at the soldier bit. Max is going with Pharos. Those
two have become really good buds.
Speaker 3: In the distance, they could see the marble towers of
the Colosseum. It was decorated with the same red flowers
that twisted the rails of the drilled fireworks of all
colors that the sky, and sense of cinnamon and pumpkin
fill the air.
Speaker 6: I hope there's snacks there, Cynthia and I forgot to eat.
Speaker 3: Chad and I did too. Darien produced a silver gloved
nighthand and bent to one knee. May I offer the
fine lady a kiss on her hand? Why?
Speaker 6: Certainly?
Speaker 3: Kind Sir Kristen placed her delicate hand into his and
looked into Darien's eyes. Darien then kissed her silk white
gloved hand, Kristen roster her feet, and they began kissing passionately.
Speaker 2: This is why I wanted to stay at home.
Speaker 3: Sorry, Ethan, my wife is just so get over them already.
Speaker 14: Okay, guys, we will have time for this in the
ball right now. Let's just try to respect one another's
personal space and stuff.
Speaker 8: Good because we're here.
Speaker 3: Cynthia pulled Chat up the marble steps. Cynthia's makeup made
her look more like a zombie than a dead cadet.
The uniform was perfect, however, as it was replicated from
the original B thirteen uniform at that time nineteen eighty four,
the same colors of silver and blue, with just a
hint of shoulder pads. Darien and Christian followed them, looking
like a medieval couple from her Innocence Fair. Darien had
replicated an actual night costume, and Kristen's dress made of
the finest white soak she could replicate. Tiny broidered flowers
were sewn along the waist. Eric and eathanis Bill and
Ted came next, followed by Sean and Alicia, as John
Lennon and Yokowana.
Speaker 6: Wow, look at the lights. I can't tell if they're
lightning bugs or mini lights.
Speaker 9: They're small lights with exponential light capability Magenta class science.
Speaker 14: What else can I say, Cynthia, would you like to dance?
Speaker 8: Let's go.
Speaker 3: All of the couples went out on the dance floor.
We had a spiral shaped blue light that spun clockwise.
Near the end of the song, the lights began to
drop from the sky like rain or snowflakes, and then
they readjusted to a static position from the beginning of
the next song.
Speaker 6: I can't think of anything more romantic than being with
you right now.
Speaker 3: I thought you were hungry.
Speaker 6: Thanks for the reminder, Let's go find some grub.
Speaker 3: Meanwhile, Chat had something pressing on his mind.
Speaker 14: Canthia, There's something I've been meaning to tell you. I'm
really starting to care about you. I want you to
know that there were two women in my past, Denise
and Matti, Darien's sister, that I've had a bit of
a hard time getting over, and then you came along
and you made me understand what love really is, what
it could be. It's not an obsession over someone you
can't have. It's not dating someone for a long time
and going through all emotions. It's really feeling that feeling
of trust, like you can be yourself around this person
no matter what's you or they do.
Speaker 8: That makes sense.
Speaker 14: It's just that you're so free like this butterfly, that
I don't catch this beautiful, exotic creature that flew in
my life and trust me enough to land on the
same surface as me for a few moments so that
we could share a loving moment together. And then we're separate,
and that's okay. I miss you when we're apart, and
I cherish times we spend together, and I admire you
as a person, a whole, separate person from me. The
pleasure we feel together is immense, and I feel proud
to be worthy enough to share it with you.
Speaker 8: Gosh, Chad, that's so damn poetic.
Speaker 14: Well, what I'm trying to say is that I'm falling
for you.
Speaker 3: Cent you.
Speaker 14: I love you. You don't have to say it back.
I just want you to know that this is how
I feel. In case anything happens.
Speaker 3: I thought I was the one being dark tonight.
Speaker 8: Let's lighten this up. Okay, maybe go get a drink.
Speaker 3: During this time. Alicia, Sean Kristen Darien, Max John Eric
and Ethan somehow began dancing the macarena.
Speaker 6: Did you know that Tristan and Issoulda had horrible dreams
about the future.
Speaker 3: Sure, maybe they went to the Academy. It would be
worth looking into. Just then, the entire last line of
the macarenad Answers fell into the curtains that hung from
the unending ceiling.
Speaker 10: At least we know it's not the alice flower causing
to calambia this time.
Speaker 6: Word up, it's not us this time.
Speaker 3: The lights in the colosseum began blinking, and the hum
of the Academy shield Genitor stopped, creating a disturbing silence.
Speaker 4: I don't hear the Academy shield that.
Speaker 5: It doesn't make sense to drop it down during the
ball shit.
Speaker 3: I think we might be under attack. Darien looked around
and saw that there was a lot more people in
the colosseum than were there just a few minutes ago,
most prodressing what appeared to be Renaissance gear. Darian thought
he had seen some of them come in little by little.
All of a sudden, Darien noticed that some of the
guests were feeding off other guests. Vampires had gotten into
the colosseum undetected. There were screams coming from all over
the colosseum, and then the main doors burst open and
there stood Dominant Are, surrounded by red beetles. The red
beetle army flanked the students on both sides.
Speaker 17: Kill them all, leave no one alive.
Speaker 20: Yes, Madam Dominator, it shall be done.
Speaker 3: The vampires in the crowd continued to feed off victims
to a large enough were brush separated them.
Speaker 4: From their victims.
Speaker 6: Right as I dare you.
Speaker 3: Cynthia was not the only one ready. Eric had a
fireball in his right hand and he flung it at
one of the vampires. The vampire burst into flame and
turned to ashen.
Speaker 5: But not as defenseless as you think, bitch.
Speaker 3: Darien and Max were floating. Pharaohs was crouched down in
but one of the red beetles, carrying it to pieces,
growling and snarling. The album back. But there were too
many of them.
Speaker 9: Everybody quick run through the forest, the one from our
last class.
Speaker 3: Every student and teacher who had not already been killed,
ran out of the colosseum toward the densely packed forests
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in their tracks by a large fireboat from Eric.
Speaker 5: Stay the fuck away from my friends, you motherfuckers.
Speaker 3: The fireboat both the teachers and students enough time to
reach the forest. Once there, Alicia pointed to a rock
wall and then touched a few spots on the oddly
textured rock. A panel opened up to the right of
the rock wall, and within the alcove were several advanced weapons.
There was a sniper rifle, several plasma guns, and a sword.
Alicia gave the sword to Darien, the sniper rifle to John,
and the plasma guns to Sean and Max. Kirsten extended
her Amateus shield as far as she could in order
to protect as many people as possible.
Speaker 9: Let's show these fuckers who's Boston. White's never a good
idea to attack this school.
Speaker 3: A loud scream came from behind them. Alicia looked over
to see a large stinging possm beetle picking off the
red beetles one by one. By the time it was done,
there were only four red beetles left, along with about
ten vampires. As she fought, Alicia saw several dozen students
slain one after another. Another teacher, Miss Maya Kiiranos, joined
the fray to protect a large group of them, but
she was summarily cut down. The vampires picked off the
students she deducted. As she looked around and saw hundreds
of injured students and teachers, she realized there was no
way to determine if any would become vampires until their
healing began. Back in the forest, the cadets and teachers
had stood their ground.
Speaker 4: I need a good vantage point.
Speaker 3: He pointed at a spot near the top of a
nearby tree there, Darien, can you fly me up there?
Without a word, Darien grabbed John by the elbows and
flew him up to the top of the tree. He
carefully set John down where it was safe.
Speaker 4: This work for you, perfect.
Speaker 3: Darien flew back down, only to see Max facing part
way through one of the Red Beetles and then coming
back into phase while partially inside of him. This killed
him instantly. Max smiled. Got one well, Darien. Max, Eric,
and Ethan fought the vampires in hand to hand combat.
John started zeroing in on the remaining three Red Beetles.
He fired the slent horizon. One of the Red Beatles
collapsed dead. Eric threw another fireball at the vampires and
instantly killed two of them. Dominator, seeing that she was
out manned and out maneuvered, and knowing that Destroyer's mission
was complete, ordered the remaining three Red Beetles to retreat.
They hopped on their dimension cycles and vanished. With the
thread of the Red Beetles and Dominator gone, they only
had five vampires left to kill. Darien, seeing that the
leader of the attack had left, focused his attention on
the remaining vampires, and with the help of Eric, Maxi
Cynthia completed the task. We did it.
Speaker 4: It's not over yet. We need to get the shield
back up.
Speaker 3: Chad.
Speaker 4: Do you know where the shield generator is?
Speaker 14: Yes, I'll head over there now.
Speaker 3: Chad ran toward the shield generator and once there quickly
assessed the situation and, noticing there was nothing physically wrong
with the controls, activated the shield back in the forest.
Darien helped get John down from the tree, and things
began to finally calm down.
Speaker 10: How the hell did this happen? Aren't they supposed to
be safeguards against this type of thing.
Speaker 9: Yes, I'm very surprised that the shield failed. It hasn't
failed the entire time I've been here.
Speaker 3: Chad entered the scene.
Speaker 14: That's because it didn't fail. Somebody turned it off.
Speaker 4: That's a very serious accusation.
Speaker 14: Are you sure positive there were no burned out elements?
I don't understand what happened.
Speaker 4: The shield only ever goes down to allow for dorm
buildings to phase in. Maybe the system got tricked into
thinking that was happening. I can see it's back up,
thanks Chad. Yeah, everyone, let's head back to the Colosseum.
There will be questions that need to be answered by
the authorities. We also need to assess the damage done
by this attack.
Speaker 3: They all headed back to the Colosseum. Once there, and
notice that there were nobodies on the floor. There were
a few blood pools here and there, but no people
dead or alive. I don't understand where did all the
dead bodies go?
Speaker 4: This is quite odd.
Speaker 3: Indeed, Darien and Christian were in bed resting. It had
been a long day.
Speaker 4: Chris, I'm so fucking.
Speaker 6: Tired, me too, and fighting is so exhausting.
Speaker 3: It sure is. I know I missed some classes this
week because of how exhausting my dreams were, rather nightmares
have become. I really don't want to miss any more classes.
To note observer, it may seem like I'm not taking
my classes seriously, but I do. Kristen was brushing her
long hair. She gave him a quick smile.
Speaker 6: Then you need to not miss any more classes. Also,
I really want to find out if I have any
other abilities, but I don't want to have to bug
Jake about it. What if we train on the.
Speaker 4: Side, What do you mean how would we train without Jake?
Speaker 6: Well, your nightmares, at least one of them was real,
and that makes this something really important. Besides, I think
Jake and Sam have a lot on their plates. We
could just use our textbooks on the tablet and find
information about our abilities. That could at least make it
easier for Jake to train us, give us a leg
up on the situation. We could research nightmares and our
abilities after classes.
Speaker 3: That's not a bad idea. What if we look into
that tomorrow. I think that Jake would really appreciate it.
It would show that we are serious about learning our abilities. Plus,
I think something bad is coming, and then more prepared
we are to fight it the better.
Speaker 6: I had another thought too. Last night you talked to
Sam about Matt. I wonder if there is a way
to reach out to him to see if he is
still affected by whatever took him over that night.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I really don't want to use the IDC for that.
I think it woul put whoever we were talking through
at risk. When we get back, I'll make a special
effort to go see him at his reform school. We
can go together. I think if he did attack, your
shield might make a good defense. Christen finished brushing her
hair and put the brush down on her side table.
Speaker 6: What if he can give us some insight on whatever
is coming. Don't we need that sooner rather than later.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but we're in another dimension. There really is no
other way for us to check on him.
Speaker 6: What if I opened a window to wherever he is?
I was taught how we could at least see if
he is acting in a way that would be considered dangerous,
and he wouldn't know we were looking at him.
Speaker 3: Darien pondered that idea for a moment. That's not a
bad idea. Do you have enough energy to do that now?
Or would you rather wait?
Speaker 6: I think we've done enough today. Let's try to remember
to do that tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's get some sleep. We can worry about Matt
another day. He's waited this long to hear from me.
He can wait a little longer. Darien turned off the
lights and laid down. Kristen filed his example, and before
long they were both asleep.
Speaker 23: August twenty eighth, nineteen ninety five. I've got to take
an inventory before I leave this dimension. Eight tiny liquor
bottles for first eight one zima tastes like as but hey,
it's my sleep aid. Fifteen slim gems, two cans of
viasy cheese, thirty water cleaning tablets, ten MREs yum a
granola bars, ten packs of skittles because why not? Not
much to go one, so we'd better supply up. Who
knows when we'll reach another location with fresh food and water.
Been hectic. It's been a while since I had the
chance to write. In hear Jake and I have been
working on my ability to open portals. He said that
he's really impressed because usually earthly dimensions are difficult places
to learn new abilities. He mentioned an academy that I
used to teach at that exists on a national plane.
The academy moves around so that the enemies can't find it.
According to him, it was shut down a while ago,
but because of the fact that we know there are
many alternate worlds, we've decided to attempt to find another
version of this academy. It must still exist somewhere, right
We're getting ready to say a final farewell to this earth,
which Jake says is called Tara too. This makes me
wonder if there's a world where Max, Darien, Kristen and
the rest of my family still exist. I guess I'll
find out soon enough. I almost have the portal ability
to down. I just have to be able to keep
it open long enough for us to go through and
learn how to control where it takes us. Jake also
told me that some people with this sability use remote
control devices to more accurately determine where they are going.
We don't have access to one of those, so I
guess I'm on my own there. I want to see
a world where my family still exists, even if I
can't join them, because I already exist there in some form.
Just knowing that they are alive somewhere would give me
an enormous sense of peace and journal entry.
Speaker 3: Hey babe, looking fine? What's different? Wait?
Speaker 5: Let me guess where's your scar? Did you get it removed?
Speaker 8: No, babe, I'm just trying something new.
Speaker 22: This makeup chick came to the door and she gave
me free makeover. She did such a good job that
I decided to let her go instead of feeding her
to the vampires.
Speaker 5: Wow, you really did like her. Are you guys gonna
be BFFs or something?
Speaker 22: I'm not sure yet. I did place an order with
Sassy Lashes with ash, I suppose I'll follow her and
Magenta class dimensions on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. That way
a confine her in case I change my mind.
Speaker 5: Still, it does look like she gave you a pretty
good hookup on nature inspired products and.
Speaker 2: You look wicked hot.
Speaker 9: Thanks babe.
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