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Speaker 5: Welcome Dude him thirteen the podcast, Episode five. Darien saw
flashes of destruction and war, demons and vampires, death and destruction.
Justin suddenly materialized in front of him, flashing his fangs
and turning to dusk. Kristin saw the same things. The
darkness was between every dream. It became a frightening yet
welcome break between the horrible visions. There was something else
in the dream, something less disturbing. Darien and Kristen were
in military garb. They were in the navy, surrounded while
it felt like friends and familiar faces. Some of the
faces seemed familiar but were not actually known to them yet.
Speaker 6: Max and Chad were there. Max, Darien, Kristen, Chad, what
are you all doing in my dream? Your dream? Last
I checked, it was my dream? May I make an assumption?
Go ahead, we're all in this dream together.
Speaker 5: Does that mean that the three if you have been
dreaming of all the substruction as well?
Speaker 6: All three nodded.
Speaker 5: They all looked around and saw something rather strange and
blue lights surrounded the robe figure. It came closer to them,
and then they heard a voice, go to.
Speaker 7: The Naval Academy Admittance Building.
Speaker 5: There you will find your destiny. We shall meet again.
As they heard the voice, they began to awaken, and
the echo stayed with them until they were fully awake.
They each opened their eyes slowly. They were relaxed, but
knew what they.
Speaker 6: Had to do next.
Speaker 5: It was confirmed they all had the same dream. They talked,
and they ate. So what do you guys think about
actually following through one what the voice said and signing
up for the Navy.
Speaker 6: I don't know about you all, but I'm game.
Speaker 8: You know, yesterday I was sitting on a bench outside
of school. Was something weird happened. I was not sure
it really happened until I had the dream last night.
That gave me confirmation that I wasn't just having a
day dream. It was just before you and Maddie drove
up for that this orange cat was telling me to
go to the academy.
Speaker 6: Everyone looked at him oddly. That is the strangest thing
I ever heard. Cat told you to do it. Chat
What the hell you've been concocting in that science lab.
Speaker 8: I'm just saying that the messages come through loud and
clear and therefore, I'm definitely in.
Speaker 5: Kristin knew that this was a decision she had to
make for herself. She thought about it for a moment
and then decided, I'm in two.
Speaker 7: After all, it might be the only way to figure
out what all this stuff is about.
Speaker 5: I'm in.
Speaker 6: Let's sign up today. Where's the nearest recruitment center. It's
on will of Dale Drive. Let's go.
Speaker 5: Then they finished their lunch, paid the check, and started
driving toward the crew to center. Once there, they signed
up and were told about the Academy Testing Center in Atlis. Together,
they were told that they would need to go there
within the next month to be assessed. They were given
a date, and lucky for them, it was the same date,
July fifteenth, nineteen ninety five. Marian had a thought that
he wanted to discuss with Kristin immediately. It occurs to
me that we should probably get married when we officially
joined the service, so they don't think about separating us
during training our FIR assignment. Kristen thought about that for
a minute.
Speaker 7: Okay, we'll forget about the big wedding. Let's just go
to the courthouse and get it done.
Speaker 5: We should probably talk to my parents tonight.
Speaker 7: Yeah, maybe it'll be a good idea to see what
they think about all of this.
Speaker 5: Kristin agreed. She felt nervous but excited about this new
chapter in her life. They went back to Darien's house
after dropping off Max and Chad. Mom, Dad, we have
something we need to discuss with you. Darien's parents came
downstairs and they all sat around the dining room table.
We need to get married. But by July sixteenth, his
parents were taken.
Speaker 6: Aback by this.
Speaker 7: Why so soon? We thought that she would go through
at least a year of college first. We were going
to talk to you about planning it for early next year.
Speaker 5: We signed up for the Navy, and we realized that
we'd be better if we were already married, and we
went in so that way we'd stay together. Maybe why,
I can't explain exactly why. It just felt like it
was the right thing to do.
Speaker 7: Look, Dad, we've talked about it, and if it's too
much trouble, we can just go to the courthouse and
do it there.
Speaker 5: This is a bit much egg game.
Speaker 7: You use a drink anyone else, beer, white wine, spritzer,
wine cooler.
Speaker 5: Eugene went into the kitchen and opened a large steel refrigerator.
The kitchen was large and very modern, with an island
in the middle. He gathered the requested beverages and a
scotch on the rocks for himself and made his way
back to the dining room table to finish the discussion.
Once Darien received his beer, he opened it and took
a sip. So what do you think we should do?
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's ut.
Speaker 5: The ury of the courthouse is not From reading about
all this, I'll come to be more proud of Thank
you for.
Speaker 6: Doing this or mad.
Speaker 5: Eugene looked over to Andrea for her opinion on the matter.
She gave her a nod of approval, and Eugene saw
her thoughts in her eyes. We were fine playing this
wedding for a weekend before we read, but we would
do it. We can to afford it, and the time
given then we can't.
Speaker 9: Get Max, Dad, Jill, that's you say.
Speaker 6: It was a little bit on hard.
Speaker 5: That shouldn't be a problem. The conversation went on for
several hours. They narrowed down every aspect of the wedding,
made phone calls, and within the next week they had
the whole thing planned out and funded. It was set
for Saturday, July tenth. There wouldn't be time for a honeymoon.
They would be reporting for testing within a week of
the wedding anyway. Besides, they didn't have the funds for honeymoon.
The rest of jew In by rather quickly, and then
it was the fourth of July. Darien had a small
birthday party celebration, and afterwards they went to Oregon Ridge
to see the fireworks set to the bottom of Symphony Orchestra.
It was nice, it was the birthday celebration he always wanted.
The fellow weekend marked the day of the wedding. Darien
and Christen spent the night before the wedding apart for
their separate bachelor and bachelor at parties. They would not
see each other until the wedding. On the day of
the wedding, people arrived at noon. The wedding was to
be held outdoors. Their closest friends and family made up
the wedding party. Max was the best man, Chad and
James we rushers, Denise was the Maid of honor, and
Madeline and Darien's mother Andrea were the bridesmaids. Darien's father
walked Christen down the aisle. She was beautiful, wearing the
white dress that was given to her graduation. The ceremony
itself went very well. Afterwards, they went to the nearby
hall for the reception. Thirty minutes in, Max gave a speech.
Speaker 6: He stood at the head.
Speaker 9: Of the table and began, well, you guys, finally tied
the knot. God knows, you've been together long enough to
know it was the right decision. Most people don't know
how this relationship started. Let me let you all in
on a little secret. These two made an agreement to
pretend to be together when they were in high school
so that they could actually focus on their studies.
Speaker 6: Well, guys, look where that got you. You did the
most brave.
Speaker 9: And unexpected thing. You put aside years of friendship and
fell in love. Now you're married, and anyone who said
it wouldn't last, well they have to eat their words.
Now must feel pretty good. You two have fun.
Speaker 5: Both Darien and Kristen looked at each other and knew
what the other was thinking about. Justin was the only
one who openly opposed their relationship, and he was dead.
It was an odd feeling to have during a wedding toast,
Darien still felt guilty every time he thought of Justin.
Speaker 6: He wondered that feeling would ever go away.
Speaker 5: After Max's speech, there was a round of applause, and
then it quieted down and the reception continued. Everyone seemed
to be having a good time. A little later, Darien
decided it was his turn to speak. Well, as many
of you know, Chad, Max, Kristin and myself are even
for the Navy soon. We go over testing next week
and from there.
Speaker 6: Who knows.
Speaker 5: I'm sure we'll be back, and when we are, we
will tell you what we can. In the meantime, if
there's anything anyone needs to tell us, we have three
days to do so before you run the risk of
not being able to do it for much longer time.
Many people took the opportunity to talk to each of
them when it was appropriate. The next three days went
by far too quickly. The time had come for the
four friends to go to the Naval Academy testing center. Darien, Kristen, Max,
and Chad arrived at the testing area for the Naval
Academy one hour early. They checked in and were immediately
admitted to begin their academic testing. Once the academic testing
was complete, they moved on to the rigorous physical tests.
They waited for their results for about an hour. Once
they received their results, it was discovered that all four
received high marks in both areas. They were taken as
a group with a few others into a meeting room.
Five minutes in, Max started looking a bit nervous.
Speaker 6: Hey, guys, what do you think about all this?
Speaker 5: Darian looked at him with an amusement and said, maybe
we won a prize for being like one hundred sign
up of the week. There was a snicker from someone
they did not know. Once the origin of the sound
was successfully identified, they could see that it came from
a tall guy with blonde hair. He was a little stocky,
but in good shape. When he tried to look at them,
he had a smile on his face, so Darien smiled back.
Speaker 6: So what are you in for? Probably games and theory,
not sure yet though. Names Jesse, Jesse, Barnes.
Speaker 5: You Darien came and this is Max, Chad and my
wife Kristen.
Speaker 6: Nice to meet you all.
Speaker 5: Jesse shook Darien's hand and then proceeded to shake the
hands of the others. Darien noticed that there were a
few more people in the room that he did not know,
and since introductions went so well with Jesse, he thought
he should introduce himself and see who else he might
be friend. One guy had brownished blonde hair and dark shades.
He was about as tall as Darien but a little
more muscular. Darien approached him. Hey, I'm Darien. How's it going.
The other guy stood up with a very mean look
on his face, and then his face softened.
Speaker 6: Then he introduced himself. I'm John Matthews. I want to
be a shop shooter. Oh and I'm good. Thanks for asking.
Speaker 5: Darian nodded and moved on to the last question of
the room. The dark skinned man that he actually recognized him,
but he wasn't sure. Eric, is that you? Eric was
someone that Darien went to middle school with and it
had been a long time. He stood up.
Speaker 6: I thought that was you, but I want to wait
till you got to me. Damn, it's good to see you.
They shook hands vehemently.
Speaker 5: As Darien and Eric shook hands, the door of the
meeting room opened and what looked like a twenty five
year old woman entered. She was wearing a white blouse
and black skirt, very professional looking.
Speaker 6: The woman spoke with a strong air of authority.
Speaker 3: If you could all sit down, we will be able
to begin.
Speaker 6: Beg your pardon, ma'am, but you give what.
Speaker 3: If you'll bear with us just a moment, you will
have the answers you seek.
Speaker 5: As soon as they all took their appropriate seats, the
Woe began to explain why they were all sitting in
the meeting room.
Speaker 3: I am Samantha Madison. The reason I called you all
year is because your test scores were among the highest.
Beyond that, there were aspects of the testing that indicated
that you may be right for a special program that
is only offered to fewer than one percent of all
military applicants. I will be speaking with each of you
individually once finished. If you wish to go further, we
will be sending you to the institute where the program
is administered, a place I assure you that no one
you know has ever been to.
Speaker 5: But that she as ented the room, signaling for Eric
to follow her.
Speaker 6: For the risual question.
Speaker 5: It was a half hour later when Eric came back
into the room with a very confused look on his face.
Speaker 6: Don't expect any answers to all of this. I'm more
confused now though.
Speaker 5: When I went in, he then sat down to wait
for everyone else to finished. That was an manager. The
next person to go in was chat about forty five
minutes later. He came back with a pretty confused look
on his face.
Speaker 8: Don't ask, I couldn't tell you anything herlevant anyway.
Speaker 5: Christon went next, which made Darien a little nervous. This time,
it took a full hour for the questioning session, but
she got back she.
Speaker 6: Had a smile on her face.
Speaker 7: I can tell you, I can't tell you about the questioning,
but man, sam does have good taste and shoes. That's
what it took us so long. We got into a
discussion on the comfort level of her shoes.
Speaker 5: Darien gave her an amused look, then noticed that while
they were talking, Jesse had gone in for his session.
This time, Jesse was gone for an hour and a half.
When he came back with Samantha. It was she who
had a very confused look.
Speaker 6: On her face.
Speaker 10: Wow, this guy certainly knows a lot about computers, and
he's not afraid to use large words to express his knowledge.
Speaker 5: She nodded to Max this time, and he got up
and followed her out of the room. Max's questioning took
about fifteen minutes. When he came back into the room,
he shrugged and sat down. Finally, it was Darien's turn
to be questioned. When he walked into the room, he
noticed that it had a steel door. To him, it
felt a bit odd, but he decided not to question
it at that time. He was directed to sit down
on the table. The room was made of concrete and
steel in what appeared to be a two a mirror
on one wall. There was a glass of water in
front of him, but he chose not to drink it
as he was uncertain what the test was or if
the water was part of set test. Samantha sat down
across from Darien and the questioning began.
Speaker 10: I am going to ask you a series of questions
that will help us determine if you are right for
the program, and if so, what aspects would be best
fitted to your individual skill set. Remember that there are
no wrong answers, so just tell me the answer that
rings true for each question. To the best of mines knowledge.
Speaker 5: Darien figured this is all going to be pretty standard
and saw no reason to complicate it. Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 10: The first question, just to get us started, is what
faith do you follow? Or what is your belief system?
Speaker 5: Darien found this to be a strange question to be asked,
but decided to play along for now. I guess you
could say I'm agnostic. I do believe there is some
sort of higher power, but I don't really know what
it is. To be honest, I don't really care that
much either. With no expression change at all, she made
a mark on her paper and proceeded to the next question,
what is.
Speaker 10: Your view on the different races in our country?
Speaker 5: Darian did not fully understand the question. I'm sorry, I
don't quite get what you're asking. Do you mean like
illegal aliens or races like Chinese and African or what
are you asking me? She sat for a moment and
just thought about how to rephrase it, then asked a
little more clearly.
Speaker 10: How do you feel about people who are different from yourself?
Like black people, Asian people, Mexicans.
Speaker 5: Well, but anyone who honestly tries to help society grow
rather than to be a hindrance, deserves to be able
to try for American citizenship as long as they don't
have a problem with me. I don't have a problem
with that. That goes for anyone though, no matter what
their skin pigmentation or cultural background.
Speaker 10: Okay, have you ever had any experience with vampires or
other demons?
Speaker 5: She asked, in a matter that was very matter of fact,
as if it was clear that she knew that those
creatures existed. Darien felt that the conversation just got very interesting,
although he was a bit thrown by the line of questioning.
He didn't think the military actually knew about such matters. However,
they had asked him about the supernatural. Actually, yes, I
have killed two vampires in my life. Darien went on
to explain that the recent situation with Justin and how
difficult it was to kill a classmate. Samantha gave Darian
a sympathetic look.
Speaker 10: It sounds like there wasn't much she could have done there.
This is one of the hardships that comes with firsthand.
Speaker 6: Knowledge of the supernatural.
Speaker 5: She then went on to the next question.
Speaker 10: Do you believe in the possibility of life on other planets?
Speaker 5: Absolutely? I think it would be euocentric.
Speaker 6: Not to explain. Please.
Speaker 5: Okay, So, the way I see it, we are the
third closest planet to our star, which we call Soul.
So far, we are the only planet that we know
of that has life. However, there are literally billions upon
billions of stars in the known galaxy. If even a
third of them had a planet capable of supporting life,
there would have to be life on other planets, many planets.
We are not the center of the galaxy, just to
speck in the Grand Cosmos.
Speaker 7: I like that.
Speaker 10: Next and last question, do you believe in the possibility
of alternate dimensions?
Speaker 5: Yes, I've often thought that it would be cool to
see one, just to see how different it would be
from our end.
Speaker 7: Okay, we're done here.
Speaker 10: You may go back to the meeting room with the
others for further information.
Speaker 5: Can I ask what is this about? Anyway?
Speaker 10: It would be easier to tell you all at once,
So just go back to the meeting room and wait
for me.
Speaker 5: Okay, absolutely. Darian't realized that he wasn't going to get
any more information from her until she was ready to
give it, so he returned to the meeting room. Sam
took John into the meeting room last his question took
about two hours. Once he was finished, he returned to
the room with no expression at all and just sat
back down and wait for further instruction. When Sam came
back into the room. She told everyone together around the
meeting table, and then she began to give information to
the groom.
Speaker 10: First of all, I would like to say that you
all did fine in the category of one on morning questioning.
It is now time for me to go home and relax.
You will be contacted sometime in the next few days
and give an information as to how this.
Speaker 5: Will move forward.
Speaker 10: If all goes well, you will be starting a program
within the next two weeks. Thank you. You all are dismissed.
Speaker 5: Everyone left a bit confused and went home to wait
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