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*In response to the depleting resource, the shimmering air at various points across the globe, in particular around surface Pools of Salubrity as well as major population centers, full-sized rifts manifest which themselves seem to eek out a low whir as they rest. The IA supersoldiers nearby take aim*

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*Starts cleaning a glass with a rag*
Job hasn't gone well recently?

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Yup! Sure thing! Sounds delicious! *I grin and wave cheerfully at you - then look around for anybody else that might be recognisable to me*

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*The sheer amount of energy required to sustain the state of the population quickly drains the pools, reaching their murky depths in mere seconds, while thunderstorms, tornados, and earthquakes rock the world*

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*Pink lightning strikes nearby as suddenly, the rifts are blotted out with an endless oncoming swarm of humanoid-insect warriors, of all sorts of shapes and sizes, and many in the air but a few bound to the ground. The IA forces shred the initial swath with incredible efficiency as their massive firepower seems to be far more than enough to absolutely eviscerate all but the meatiest of the Kalsimer, but with time they forcibly push outward from the rift and remove the focal point that made them easy targets at first*

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You could call it that... I'll be okay.

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*Returns*
It looks like you were last here a week ago.

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*Any people left in their homes are completely unable to defend themselves from the horde, but I direct the planet's natural energies to avoid major population centers wherever possible*

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In what I do, there’s a lot of doing what you don’t want to do, because you’re made to want to do it. That make sense at all? It surely sounds mad, otherwise.

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*Glances your way without a word as your gaze passes over me*

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*You suddenly see me pale slightly as my jaw drops* A WEEK?!... *I suddenly compose myself then just nod in gratitude with a cold bead of sweat on my temple as i process the implications and stay silent* ...

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*From the horde by the springs into which you dove, a massive head of a gargantuan beetle-esque bug emerges, and before its body even fully manifests into this world, its mandibles open wide and, with a an ear-piercing screech, a beam of light roars to life from its mouth and blazes over the battlefield, impacting a dome shield the infantry have on the ground which protects them. The beam shifts across the sky and cuts successfully through a number of gunships before a massive magnetic slug rockets through it at a speed totally transparent to the naked eye, totally evaporating its head as it collapses. Moments later, a thunderous boom is heard from across the skies sourcing from the flagship still in orbit. It periodically lets off more and more of the same shots, though presumably toward other targets, as the smaller bodies seem to pour over the corpse of the behemoth half-lodged in the rift in a parade of never ending bodies*

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I think I understand. This is a good place to relax from that stress.

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I'm sorry sir, is that a problem?

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I think I understand. This is a good place to relax from that stress.

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I'm sorry sir, is that a problem?

<Snipped quote by Server>

In what I do, there’s a lot of doing what you don’t want to do, because you’re made to want to do it. That make sense at all? It surely sounds mad, otherwise.

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*Glances your way without a word as your gaze passes over me*

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*A powerful wind pushes against the insects exiting the distortions, just to slow them down enough to give the squadrons additional time to execute them*

<Snipped quote by Crew>

*A powerful wind pushes against the insects exiting the distortions, just to slow them down enough to give the squadrons additional time to execute them*

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*The aerial ones specifically push through with much more ease than those on the ground. Two more of the giant beetles come through side-by side in the same manner as the first, and they open their mandibles just the same as the men on the ground can be heard begrudgingly preparing each other for the worst as the beams both slam into their shield together, causing it to waver intensely*

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... well... Depends on how comfortable you are with the realization that 5 years of your life were only a week to somebody else see? *I chuckle sheepishly*

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*Notices you looking at me* Hello sir! May i be of assistance to you?

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You ever?…
*Pauses for a moment and sets the glass down*
Nevermind.

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... well... Depends on how comfortable you are with the realization that 5 years of your life were only a week to somebody else see? *I chuckle sheepishly*

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*Notices you looking at me* Hello sir! May i be of assistance to you?

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It’ll be destroyed anyways.
*points to the sun*
It’s about to go supernova.

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No pressure and no judgement.
*Sets the glass down and picks up another*
You can get your mind off of things or talk them through. Can I get you something else?

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That sounds like you're talking about love.

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*The beams suddenly forcibly bend in their path, and seem to unnaturally curve out and then upwards, tearing massive gashes across the previously insurmountable quantity of bugs in the air. Moments later, I come soaring in, twirling my hefty sword so rapidly that the blade disappears at the hilt*

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Oh, do you work here too? I haven’t gotten a menu.

<Snipped quote by Magnanimity>

No pressure and no judgement.
*Sets the glass down and picks up another*
You can get your mind off of things or talk them through. Can I get you something else?

<Snipped quote by The Odeoron>

That sounds like you're talking about love.

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*Lightning strikes at the moment you touch the ground, and the wind continues to push against the insects entering through the portal and the pools very much depleted*