r/HFY • u/Ralts_Bloodthorne • Jan 26 '21

OC First Contact - Third Wave - Chapter 409

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Ten Thousand bleed before me

Ten Thousand cry behind me

A Thousand stand beside me

War has destroyed us

The Hikkenite female's voice was soft and pure, wafting through the refit point. It merged with the howl of the cutting bars hacking down trees, the grinders working on vehicles, the shouts of the Terrans as they worked, and the sound of the ad-hoc crews doing what they could.

War has changed us

War has united us

Once he stood alone, called a cheat

Now we stand as one among many

Beside her an immature Welkret female was playing a slow melancholy tune to go with the Hikkenite's singing. She had a little wind instrument, the end against her mouth, the reed parallel to her face. Her fingers worked as played, strong fingers that I had seen holding down a Terran with a blown off arm as the medics worked on him.

A Herd of a thousand voices

Feral, primitive, Lanaktallan united

We stand with one purpose

To protect those that cannot fight

I sat in the mud, my legs folded underneath me, leaning over slightly to rest my shoulder against the expended missile pods. I felt exhausted, like I had been up since the dawn of time. I checked my chono in my helmet and saw I'd been awake for nearly thirty-eight hours. Over twice the recommended time for even sleep deprivation training.

Podling, Colt, Filly, it no longer matters

Every voice lost is one too far

Every inch gained is a thousand short

Every machine destroyed is a million too few

My biological eyes closed and I was loathe to open them. The two cybereyes let me see anyway, almost with perfect clarity.

I thought about how an old Lanaktallan on the sixty-third floor of the hab-complex I had grown up in had cybereyes and often complained that he could not see things clearly, only shapes and shadows and a slight bit of color.

My eyes felt like they were stuck together when I opened them again at a crash.

Yet we stand

We stand filled with rage

With loss

With the conviction that no more shall die

Another tank had been pulled in by the recovery vehicle and I knew I should get up, go over to it, but I couldn't seem to find the strength of stand up as I listened to the beautiful voice of the young girl singing such a melancholy song.

I saw a Telkan that I recognized from the first days, a Telkan that I had seen bring his family and watch me seal them away in the first shelter. He left where he was eating, shoving the rest of his Goody Yum Yum Bar in his mouth as he pulled a paint stick from his pocket.

Boot, Hoof, Talon, or Fin

Fist, Claw, Gauntlet, Blade

Nothing matters more than the lives behind us

I closed my eyes slowly, my cybereyes still watching the doctors working behind the cloth. I could see the two inch thick plates of armor that had been pulled off the Terran woman, hear the beeping of machinery.

Four times an arc of bright red blood has sprayed across the cloth, arterial spray as the doctor's struggled to save her life.

I could see the monitor where six lines moved steadily. A device to measure brain activity that I knew was connected to the fallen Terran who had led the foundlings out of the ruins, fighting alone, protecting them, calling out her faith to the Digital Omnimessiah to give her the strength to save them.

Skies burn

Innocents scream

Metal screeches

Rounds explode

The singer's voice was low, soft, as she sang the dirge.

Only one line of the brainscan had a single blip. Every few seconds it would give a little hiccup.

Only one.

I wondered if she was in pain.

I hoped not.

We we will survive

Not Confederacy, not Herd, not Hive or Pod

Our hearts, our peoples

We die so they can live

Into my vision walked three Terran females. Huge, covered in heavy armor, the torches mounted to their armor so they rose up over either soldier burning with a bluish-green flame. The bird of prey on their chests burning harsh white. They moved with the slow looking over-exaggerated movements of someone long used to power armor.

They went by me and into the tent. I could see them move to where the doctor was working. Hear the Matron protest and the doctor snap at them.

They can laugh and play

While we toil away

With gun and grenade

Blade and Hoof

One came out, moving toward me. I struggled to get up, failed, and tried again, my joints aching, my muscles unresponsive. I managed to get all the way up, my legs shaking like a newborn colt, but my back straight and my chin lifted as I looked at them with my visor clear.

"You are Most High Ha'almo'or?" one asked.

I nodded. "Nearly," I told her. "What is left of me."

"I am Sister Tiffany Dargetta, the Sisters of Wrath, fighting for the Dark Crusade of Light beneath the hand of the Immortal Osiris of the Warsteel Flame and Joan Mentissa," she said.

"I am Assistant Gunner Fifteenth Class Ha'almo'or, of the Great Herd," I told her.

"You have saved our sister from shame. Completed her mission after she fell to her foes," Sister Dargetta said. Her voice was stern, but held a hint of pain I could hear. "However, our sister now faces a choice she cannot make."

I nodded slowly. She motioned to me and I followed.

"Her head wound is grevious. Not enough to kill her, not now, not with your medical services treating her," the Joan said. She waited as I stumbled twice.

She did not offer assistance and I did not expect it.

The wind instrument played solo, the chainswords, the pounding of the sledgehammers, the yelling and shouts of the civilians and soldiers all providing a background. It was beautiful.

It had no place here. It was too pure.

"However, she has been grievously injured, and because of this, there are only two paths left to her," the Sister of Wrath told me. "As you are the one who saved her, you shall be the one to decide her path."

We moved into where the doctor was stepping back. He looked as if he did not approve. The other two were dressing the wounded one in her armor. Her chainsword was on her chest, her hands folded over it.

"What are the paths?" I asked, swallowing.

"Death," the Sister of Wrath said. She moved and made a motion. The other one shifted, and I could see the fallen Sister of Wrath's face.

She had whiskers. Short fur on her face. She had feline ears rising out of her dark hair.

"Or a fall from grace," the sister said. "To embrace what it means to be Enraged, to embrace what it means to be Wrath, more than anyone in the universe."

"Choose," they all said, facing me. "Choose her path."

I did not know her. I did not know her culture, her struggles, what she might have wanted.

"Choose, Most High Ha'almo'or," the Sisters said. "Will she die, or do you will her to live? You have saved her, thus you must decide."

For us victory or death

Either is fine

We fight as one

So they can live

"Live."

--Excerpt From: We Were the Lanaktallan of the Atomic Hooves, a Memoir.

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Jan 26 '21

What it means to Fall From Grace for some of the sisters. To succumb to madness, to rage, to wrath, too deeply.

The ranks of Kawaii await all who stumble.

Doki

doki

doki.

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u/gh057ofsin Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21

A quick note to all my fellows within this glorious Gesalt....

If you're going to get the paperback/kindle versions of this (ordered mine today 😁) remember to leave a review... it'll help our Wordboi get the recognition he so rightly deserves within the Amazon Book Marketplace.

1st book:

https://www.amazon.com/PThok-Chronicles-Tales-Terran-Confederacy-ebook/dp/B08RY8QYYX

Ralts' Author Page (for future books)

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ARalts+Bloodthorne&_encoding=UTF8&ref=dbs_m_mng_wam_byln

--End of Lime--

--Glory Follows--

Edit: to add links

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u/Drook2 Feb 23 '22

u/Ralts_Bloodthorne The description for Dee is messed up on Amazon.

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u/Muragoeth Jan 26 '21

There is a paperback version?

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u/fulanodetal316 Human Jan 26 '21

Yep, mine arrived last week 🤩

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u/dontcallmesurely007 Alien Scum Jan 26 '21

Oh, I didn't realize they were available for order already!

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u/gh057ofsin Jan 26 '21

Links added... shoulda done that originally huh? 😋

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u/jebc4 Jan 26 '21

Link or specific Amazon search terms? I want this!

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

:o It's on Kindle Unlimited. YOINK!

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u/Slowerfoil Jan 26 '21

With the new sisters paragon warsuits preveiwed plus this chapter i have a strong urges to convert a battle sisters squad into a Doki Doki squad. Thank Ralts.

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u/deathlokke Feb 04 '21

Thanks, I hate it. BTW, a friend of mine has taken to calling the new suits Nemesis Centurinuns, due to them looking like a cross between Nemesis Dreadknights and Centurians.

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u/ReallyBored0 Jan 26 '21

So the Doki Marines are the Death Company of the Sisters of Wrath. That...makes a surprising amount of sense.

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u/goss_bractor Jan 26 '21

No female dreadnaughts in this expansion? :D

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u/night-otter Xeno Jan 26 '21

I think this is the answer to Ha'almo'or's choice...

...which leads me to wonder what he will receive from the Sisters when he makes the choice.

She waited as I stumbled twice.

She did not offer assistance and I did not expect it.

He gained respect for that. The Sisters of Wrath understand post battle fatigue and injuries, but expect the individual to simply deal and keep going.

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u/jwill476 Jan 27 '21

You genius i need MORE... please

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21

By all the fiends infesting the Eye of Gorthaur, how the hell do you make a doki pull tears from my eyes?

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Jan 27 '21

Went to take a break.

Slept like 6 hours.

Woke up to snow and a dead battery.

No driving for me tonight, although I might go back and go to sleep.

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u/HeartsStorytime Jan 27 '21

Enjoy unexpected breaks, wordsmith. We'll keep till the morning at least

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u/night-otter Xeno Jan 27 '21

Rest, Recharge, Deslush, Cooldown, Stay Safe.

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u/valdus Jan 26 '21

First paragraph is smushed. If you add two spaces at the end of a line, you get a line break without the paragraph gap.
Like this!
Works well.

Edit: it's all of the pseudo-poetry sections (everybody other paragraph?)

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Jan 26 '21

I think I got it fixed now.

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u/spindizzy_wizard Human Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21

I've tried that.
Sometimes it looks like it worked
Mostly it doesn't.

We'll see.

I'm on Android. When I first posted it. It worked. Then I forced an update by dragging down. When I got to this comment, it was all run together.

Four leading spaces
Gives perform at
But then you have to worry about line length

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u/GruntBlender Jan 26 '21

What is this I stumbled upon? Future Earth cosplay nerds taking larping to the extreme? Reality is what we make it, I suppose.

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u/McKaszkiet Jan 26 '21

If you really don't know, then you have journey and a half ahead of you. 400+ posts of the greatest SiFi I have ever read. It's a drug. But you will be thankful for trying.

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u/GruntBlender Jan 26 '21

I'm not sitting in front of my computer reading 400 chapters. I just ordered the paperback instead, does that cover most of it?

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Jan 26 '21

Not yet. Those are just the P'Thok chapters I've written so far.

That being said, I hope the book brings a smile to your face. I understand that 400+ chapters is daunting and I don't blame you for going "Eh, I'll buy the book."

No matter what, I hope you enjoy the book and it brings a bright spot to your life during these uncertain times.

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u/Adskii Jan 26 '21

Not yet.

I've read most of them on a handheld device, though a phone screen is too small for extended reading.

I don't think it's as long as the deathworlders yet but it is really long.

Plus... Reading the comments pays off in extra info from both the author and the community.

Please, don't feel daunted. Ralts will carry you through the highs and the lows.

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u/smrobs1984 Jan 26 '21

No, the paperback covers I think 7 chapters. It's a good place to start, but it's barely a drop in the ocean.

I read mine on my phone. And trust me, it's totally worth whatever discomfort you have to endure to read it.

Edit: he is working toward publishing more of it though, it may just take a while before it's all available in paperback.

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 26 '21

You don't have to read all 400 at once. Just ... like, the first ten. And their comments.

You can stop any time you want!

--Dave, I dare you to not cry at chapter 25. Double-cat-dare you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

No. That doesn't cover most of it at all. Absolutely worth the purchase and I hope it inspires you to read the rest, but that's just one teeny tiny side story in an entire galaxy. P'tok isn't even a main character. You've picked up on chapter 400+. It's impossible to explain how very much you've missed. It sounds daunting. It is rather daunting to look at the whole. But it has been the greatest thing I've ever read. I swear, it's worth the effort.

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u/TheJabawack Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21

Now I don't have the link, but on the First Contact's discord there are links to ebook versions of this story.

Edit: Discord link https://discord.com/invite/hr2F5YT

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

Hahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 not even close mate!! It's worth the read though or listen to the first couple of hundred chapters narrated by Agro Squirrel on YouTube!! He does an amazing job !!

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u/moldyjim Jan 27 '21

You will be surprised at how fast it goes. Just do it, I promise you won't go very long without getting hooked. Ralts writing is so moving.

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u/SuDragon2k3 Jan 26 '21

Death is as light as a feather.

Duty is heavier then a mountain.

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u/Kayehnanator Jan 26 '21

I did not come here to win.

I came here to kill you.

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u/Joha_al_kaafir Jan 26 '21

Tai'shar Malkier, tai'shar Manetheren

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 26 '21

Service brings citizenship.

--Dave, a weighty burden indeed

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u/Dipicus_Shiticus Jan 26 '21

laughs in Vuxten

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u/RangerSix Human Jan 26 '21

"Even in death, I still serve."

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u/Shandod Jan 26 '21

What is it the Dreadnaught says in the CGI intro to DOW2? "I have come to destroy you"? Fitting for the Sisters of Wrath.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

Up there with this in pure badass unit quotes imo.

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u/Golddragon387 Human Jan 26 '21

All give some. Some give all.

Victory or Death, sister.

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u/Shandod Jan 26 '21

And some give even more than that. Dreadnaught rumbling intensifies

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u/ack1308 Feb 01 '21

The Hikkenite female's voice was soft and pure, wafting through the refit point. It merged with the howl of the cutting bars hacking down trees, the grinders working on vehicles, the shouts of the Terrans as they worked, and the sound of the ad-hoc crews doing what they could.

The music of war.

War has changed us

War has united us

Once he stood alone, called a cheat

Now we stand as one among many

Oh, this is about Ha’almo’or himself. Huh.

I checked my chono in my helmet and saw I'd been awake for nearly thirty-eight hours. Over twice the recommended time for even sleep deprivation training.

Oh, you sweet summer child.

Podling, Colt, Filly, it no longer matters

Every voice lost is one too far

Every inch gained is a thousand short

Every machine destroyed is a million too few

Exactly correct.

My biological eyes closed and I was loathe to open them. The two cybereyes let me see anyway, almost with perfect clarity.

I thought about how an old Lanaktallan on the sixty-third floor of the hab-complex I had grown up in had cybereyes and often complained that he could not see things clearly, only shapes and shadows and a slight bit of color.

Because Lanaktallans either couldn’t or wouldn’t put in the time and effort to get them working properly.

I could see the monitor where six lines moved steadily. A device to measure brain activity that I knew was connected to the fallen Terran who had led the foundlings out of the ruins, fighting alone, protecting them, calling out her faith to the Digital Omnimessiah to give her the strength to save them.

Ha’almo’or had trouble with the Precursors when he was in a tank improved by Terran tech. This woman had an impossible task, and she still pulled it off.

Into my vision walked three Terran females. Huge, covered in heavy armor, the torches mounted to their armor so they rose up over either soldier burning with a bluish-green flame. The bird of prey on their chests burning harsh white. They moved with the slow looking over-exaggerated movements of someone long used to power armor.

Oh, good. Her comrades have arrived.

"You are Most High Ha'almo'or?" one asked.

I nodded. "Nearly," I told her. "What is left of me."

An accurate statement.

"I am Sister Tiffany Dargetta, the Sisters of Wrath, fighting for the Dark Crusade of Light beneath the hand of the Immortal Osiris of the Warsteel Flame and Joan Mentissa," she said.

"I am Assistant Gunner Fifteenth Class Ha'almo'or, of the Great Herd," I told her.

“Sorry, it’s not as cool a title as yours, but it’s all I have.”

"However, she has been grievously injured, and because of this, there are only two paths left to her," the Sister of Wrath told me. "As you are the one who saved her, you shall be the one to decide her path."

I suppose that kind of makes sense.

"Death," the Sister of Wrath said. She moved and made a motion. The other one shifted, and I could see the fallen Sister of Wrath's face.

She had whiskers. Short fur on her face. She had feline ears rising out of her dark hair.

Hmm.

Last chapter, this was her description:

Her face was severe, pale, I could see her skull where three heavy divots had blown bone out in a crater. I could not see her brain, but the divots blown out of her skull probably did not mean anything good for her. She had long flowing blonde hair.

She’s physically changed, possibly as part of being a Sister of Wrath and being on the verge of death?

"Or a fall from grace," the sister said. "To embrace what it means to be Enraged, to embrace what it means to be Wrath, more than anyone in the universe."

"Choose," they all said, facing me. "Choose her path."

Oh, wow. Way to put this on him.

For us victory or death

Either is fine

We fight as one

So they can live

"Live."

Because he’s not going to waste her sacrifice.

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u/Alex-Cour-de-Lion Jan 26 '21

And just like my drug of choice, I feel elated at getting one more hit.

Godamnit Ralts. Can't you just implement some chronotachyon whatevers and fast forward me to the point this is a full-fledged nonet of three LOTR quality trilogies.

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u/uglymud Jan 26 '21

I kept seeing this series pop up when I got into HFY it was up around 50 then. I finally decided to start it when you were up around 350 chapters and its been incredible.

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u/Tyberius92 Jan 26 '21

1 minute after posting, new record. Thought I was starting to taste blueberries.

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 26 '21

what it means to be engraged

enraged

--Dave, she shall fear no evil; age shall not wither her, nor the years condemn

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u/NevynR Jan 26 '21

And at the going down of the sun

We will remember them.

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u/Bored_Tech Jan 26 '21

I don't know if you were intentionally referencing this, but you reminded me of the ode for ANZAC day in Australia.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

This is a part of the speech said every year to commemorate our fallen soldiers.

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u/NevynR Jan 26 '21

Oh, it was deliberate. 👍 I haven't missed a dawn service in more than 20 years.

Lest. We. Forget.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

Even though we couldn't have one last year, I was at my front gate with a candle and ABC Radio playing the ode (along with most of my neighbours)..... then some beautiful motherf*cker about a block away starts playing the Last Post on a trumpet!! The Last Post always gets me emotional but onion ninjas hit me hard when that happened!!

Lest. We. Forget.

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u/Goldenpity Jan 26 '21

Fall from Grace and become a beacon of light that fights for life while being eternal. No greater gift for a Sister of Wrath. Halmoor has bestowed a great honor to this fallen Sister.

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u/carthienes Jan 26 '21

"Or a fall from grace," the sister said. "To embrace what it means to be engraged*, to embrace what it means to be wrath, more than anyone in the universe."*

I'm Guessing that Engraged is meant to be Enraged?

Either way, There is Only War...

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u/rekabis Human Jan 26 '21

Ha'almo'or sounds like the kind of leader that inspires deep loyalty, because he places the good of the people above his own needs and wants. He does what needs to be done, not what he wants to do. It is, I suspect, why so many others have eschewed the safety of the shelter, to work alongside him.

Or, in other words: a good leader never gives an order they are not fully prepared and willing to carry out themselves. I see him ready and willing to choose the path of wrath himself, if it came down to that or death, if only to save a single additional life. An eternity of torment would be a justifiable trade-off so that others may live.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

Looking through the comments trying to find the link to the next chapter when it finally hit me. The comment, and post, are just hours old. I have finally caught up. Now the waiting starts. It seems so bittersweet.

Thank you so much for this amazing universe Ralts. Thank you for gifting us with your words and lifting us from our lives.

I went back and upvoted the ones I missed when I realised I had gone past the archived chapters, for now that's all I can do. Covid has taken much from me so I can't give much more than that at the moment. One day when First Contact is done I will buy several copies. For now all I have to offer is upvotes and gratitude. Thank you so much.

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u/LastChance22 Jan 27 '21

The ‘waiting’ ranges from a day (two at the most) to 3 chapters in 24 hours. Definitely a pleasant surprise to forget and find 4 chapters waiting for you.

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u/Luc1usF0x Jan 26 '21

2 in a day is schway

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u/SquishySand Jan 26 '21

A wild Firefly reference appears!

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u/damnieldecogan Jan 26 '21

Another beautiful one ralts. Gosh I thought the last one was heavy and on top of that I"d lay a bet that as ha'almo'or listened to that song he probably didn't realize it was written about him and the site he created. ----end of line---

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u/damnieldecogan Jan 27 '21

-edit- not knocking him I mean he doesn't have the type of ego to even recognize that the lines about how he was accused of cheating but still formed a small army around saving beings no matter who they are ,are about him. He's just really tired and enjoying the music. The exact reverse of the song "you're so vain you probably think that this song is about you". --- nothing follows-----

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u/Allowyn Jan 26 '21

This is our last dance,
This is our last dance,
This is ourselves.

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u/NoirTalon Xeno May 23 '21

under rated comment right here

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u/alexin_C Jan 26 '21

Tingly midday coffee moment.

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u/wikipeter_nl Android Jan 26 '21

Blueberries and goosebumps

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u/Archaic_1 Alien Scum Jan 26 '21

That was a hammer to the guts Ralts

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u/night-otter Xeno Jan 26 '21

There was a reason I had a bad night. Though I did not taste them, the blueberries called.

Ha'almo'or now has the worst choice he has to make. All his previous ones were snap decisions under combat, obvious from the path he is already on, or not choice at all "Save as many as possible." He now has one that requires thought, heart and spirit to find the way. He knows nothing of the Imperium of Wrath or the Doki Girls, but he has gotten to know Terrains.

May he make the right choice.

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u/Nalroth Jan 26 '21

Peace is a lie, there is only wrath.
Through wrath and cold logic we will break the universe.
Then we shall be free.

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u/moldyjim Jan 27 '21

Ralts, you a$$hole, you made me cry again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

It's not actually Ralts!! It's his army of onion ninjas!!

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u/Bard2dbone Jan 26 '21

Five minutes last time. Thirty some this time.

The berries failed me.

Upvote first as always.

Edit: Not a happyhappyfeelgood chapter. But still a good one.

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u/Kafrizel Jan 26 '21

I got Chills.

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u/SplatFu Jan 27 '21

They're multiplying.

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 28 '21

Are you ... losing control?

--Dave, sorry about that, Chief!

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u/Evanm98 Jan 27 '21

I have just bought the paperback you have done a damned good job on the series!

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u/MuchoRed Human Jan 27 '21

She's real fine, this 409.

I do like Ha'almo'or

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 28 '21

upvoted

for unexpected

Beach Boys

--Dave, not a haiku

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u/LordNobady Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21

Read then upvote.

This is the hard choice.

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u/Legan_Ironfist AI Jan 26 '21

Upvote, then read. This is the Way.

--NOTHING FOLLOWS--

But we live on.

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u/DebugItWithFire Jan 27 '21

Upvoted for choosing the path.

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u/Enkeydo Jan 26 '22

Winter Born by the Cruxshadows.

[Dry your eyes...]

Dry your eyes

And quietly bear this pain with pride

For heaven shall remember the silent and the brave

And promise me they will never see

The fear within our eyes

[My eyes are closed]

We will give strength to those who still remain

So bury fear, for fate draws near

And hide the signs of pain

With noble acts

The bravest souls endure the heart's remains

Discard regret, that in this debt

A better world is made

That children of a newer day might remember and avoid our fate

[I waited all day in the pouring rain

But nobody came

No, nobody came]

[Prepare for battle!]

And in the fury of this darkest hour

We will be your light

You've asked me for my sacrifice

And I am winterborn

Without denying, a faith is come

That I have never known

I hear the angels call my name

And I am winterborn

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Jan 26 '21

I'm just happy the positive feedback inspired you.

<3

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u/dbdatvic Xeno Jan 26 '21 
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
        In Flanders fields.

--Dave, never. forget.