Letters from the Dead
Aug. 17th, 2025 07:43 amEarly on Sunday morning, Beta the skeletal bird delivers holographic data discs that deliver recordings of Omega that he prepared prior to the trial. There are two for each person; one, a general recording he wants everyone to see, and another, a personalized message.
The general recording goes like this:
"HELLO MY FRIENDS. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU REMEMBER ME FONDLY OR IF YOU CURSE MY MEMORY, BUT I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER YOU AS MY FRIENDS NONETHELESS. IF EVERYTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN, THEN I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MY OWN SHUT DOWN CODE AND TYPHON HAS AT LEAST BEEN GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED.
I HAVE SUPPLIED PLANS FOR MY INERT BODY TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GENERATOR SO THAT YOU MAY CHASE AFTER HIM. THE CHAOS EMERALD SHALL SERVE AS AN ADEQUATE POWER SOURCE.
...MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN BRIEF, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WORTHWHILE ONE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES I HAVE PREPARED.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET ME.
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THAT IS ALL."
he recording stops, and the image of Omega disappears.
The general recording goes like this:
"HELLO MY FRIENDS. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU REMEMBER ME FONDLY OR IF YOU CURSE MY MEMORY, BUT I CHOOSE TO REMEMBER YOU AS MY FRIENDS NONETHELESS. IF EVERYTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN, THEN I HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY MY OWN SHUT DOWN CODE AND TYPHON HAS AT LEAST BEEN GRIEVOUSLY WOUNDED.
I HAVE SUPPLIED PLANS FOR MY INERT BODY TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GENERATOR SO THAT YOU MAY CHASE AFTER HIM. THE CHAOS EMERALD SHALL SERVE AS AN ADEQUATE POWER SOURCE.
...MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN BRIEF, BUT IT HAS BEEN A WORTHWHILE ONE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL MESSAGES I HAVE PREPARED.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET ME.
...
THAT IS ALL."
he recording stops, and the image of Omega disappears.
Ranma
Date: 2025-08-17 01:43 pm (UTC)...
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NO, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RING TO IT.
ANYWAY. RANMA. WITH ME GONE, YOU ARE NOW ONE OF THE STRONGEST PEOPLE LEFT. YOU ARE ALSO THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBER OF THE PATROL TEAM, SO YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK AFTER VANITY. TRY TO QUARREL WITH HER LESS.
I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE AN INSURMOUNTABLE TASK BUT I BELIEVE IN YOU.
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I WAS HAPPY BEING YOUR "ROBRO". IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HAVE AN ORGANIC SIBLING, IF ONLY JUST A LITTLE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME THAT. I HOPE ONE DAY, YOU GET TO MEET SHADOW AND SPAR WITH HIM. OR PERHAPS KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA. I WONDER WHO WOULD WIN?
SHADOW. SHADOW WOULD WIN. YOU'D BEAT KNUCKLES THOUGH.FAREWELL, RANMA.