Hello, my name is Betty

by on September 18, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I’ve got copies of myself living on…well…more worlds than Jack can count.  And on many worlds he’d rather not go to.  Francia was one world he didn’t want to see.  Me, I loved it.  The French brought their love of art with them when they colonized the world, and I traveled there just to see their art museums.  I liked them so much I stayed, and now I’m one of the curators.  Sometimes I even drag Jack back.

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Hello, my name is Dorothy

by on September 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The War was difficult for us.  The aftermath was worse than we expected.  We were cultural heroes.  They did not like that.  They owned the media and used that influence to attack us.  They got us retired.  Thanks to Marine leadership, we were honorably discharged.  Marines do not take well to being pressured to dishonor their own.  But that did not stop the media from attacking us.  They tried to turn everybody against us.  Those were rough times.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on September 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
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When we were not Contacted, some people wondered if it was because advanced cultures could create something akin to radio, television, computers, or interactive online worlds.  Such attractions could have resulted in people simply not caring about the outside world, because they were too busy online.  We have our own issues with this, with some people choosing to live in virtual worlds altogether, so it is not as crazy a theory as it sounds.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on September 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Back when The War started, Belgium had no navy at all.  They had a bunch of merchants, but no warships.  So they called for volunteers from their merchant ships to crew their new navy.  After some bad battles, they sent the rest of their navy to join Aneerin’s Fleet.  Leopold I, though we all called him Leo, was their command ship.  He retired after The War and became a tour ship.  He never was one that really loved the fighting, so I’m glad he got some joy in the end.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on September 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Rome is one of the oldest continually occupied cities in the Western Alliance, home to the Roman Catholic Church and to a long tradition of performing arts.  When Italy colonized their first new world, they named it Nuova Roma, New Rome, and sought to emphasize all of the strengths that made them the center of the world in times past.  The largest opera house in all the worlds is there now.  I’m one of the cyber wizards that keeps everything running.

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