perfect universe part 10

gushing_granny: so

gushing_granny: part 10 time

gushing_granny: recap

gushing_granny: dan is all sad about his shitty life

gushing_granny: we come to an agravian night sky, dan is slowly walking down a deserted road away from a small village

gushing_granny: tears are streaming down his eyes

gushing_granny: "....why?"

gushing_granny: "why do i have to mess up every thing?!"

gushing_granny: dan wipes the tears from his eyes, noticing a large rock up ahead in the road, he saunters over to it

gushing_granny: "for fucks sake, i had energy literally GIVEN to me, and i cant even control it right."

gushing_granny: dan sighs and sits down on a large rock, its underside covered in blue moss

gushing_granny: "and now ive yelled at and insulted the one guy that could help me control that power."

gushing_granny: he sits back, looking up at the beautiful night sky

gushing_granny: "whats wrong with me?"

gushing_granny: dan frowns at his own words

gushing_granny: "well, you know that genius."

gushing_granny: "you've been treated like nothing your entire life, no wonder you're fucked up."

gushing_granny: "hell, im pretty much insane for agreeing to come along with nini like that, on this weird ass planet in a different dimension, with no explanation, and without even asking any questions about...."

gushing_granny: "wait a second....."

gushing_granny: "wasnt there some guy with her before?"

gushing_granny: memories resurface in dans mind about the man wearing futuristic armor trying to save him from the daemon

gushing_granny: he shifts his body a bit, still looking at the radiant stars dotting the atmosphere

gushing_granny: "i wonder what he's up to....."

gushing_granny: the scene shifts from dan sitting on the rock on the outskirts of a town in the middle of the forest to an elaborate, futuristic city

gushing_granny: there is a familiar man walking along the side of a road, headed toward a large building

gushing_granny: he wears futuristic, but normal looking civilian clothing

gushing_granny: a large, muscular man with a giant sword strapped across his back walks alongside him, making conversation as they head towards the building

gushing_granny: "jack, are you sure you want to go through with this? we need you in the military."

gushing_granny: the muscular man looks worried

gushing_granny: "general, ive made my decision."

gushing_granny: "my interests align with the military's no longer."

gushing_granny: the muscular guy frowns

gushing_granny: "dont you get all 'official' with me."

gushing_granny: "i've known you since you were a kid."

gushing_granny: jack shifts his eyes toward the muscular man a bit as they near the buildings entrance

gushing_granny: various peoples of different alien species surround the two men as they walk inside, they take notice of the tall muscular man, pointing at him

gushing_granny: "hey, thats general kincaid!"

gushing_granny: some of the people start saluting him mockingly, but the general ignores them and keeps talking to jack as they enter the building

gushing_granny: "i wish to be a pawn of the governments dogs no longer."

gushing_granny: "why, because of that interrogation?"

gushing_granny: the general gestures to a rather large scar on jacks face

gushing_granny: "well, you broke the law again. it was in order."

gushing_granny: there is a kiosk near the inside of the entrance of the building, jack and the general make their way to it

gushing_granny: jack remains silent, grunting a bit "hmph."

gushing_granny: "dont pay any mind to the those guys with the secret coalition guard."

gushing_granny: "they are assholes, and their methods have nothing to do with the military."

gushing_granny: "the dumbass high-ranking officials within the ataman and bellatorian government wont do jack shit about them."

gushing_granny: "those 'assholes' can do whatever the hell they want and get away with it."

gushing_granny: "you know they've been conducting secret tests within the gamma nexus right?"

gushing_granny: the general is taken aback

gushing_granny: "how do you know about that, boy?"

gushing_granny: "that information would reach my ears way before they reach yours."

gushing_granny: "i got a pass to planet drakos."

gushing_granny: "ive been doing some digging in the coalition guards info database there."

gushing_granny: "i dont know how you did that, but that doesnt seem perfectly legal in my eyes, son."

gushing_granny: "which is why im leaving the military."

gushing_granny: the general looks eyes jack up and down, annoyed by that statement

gushing_granny: "the military needs you jack."

gushing_granny: "didnt you say that you wanted to help people?"

gushing_granny: "ill be a bounty hunter or some shit if i want to help people. that isnt the point."

gushing_granny: "the point is, this military is corrupt from the core, and the government is never going to do anything about it."

gushing_granny: "also."

gushing_granny: jack gets close to the general

gushing_granny: "never tell anyone this."

gushing_granny: the general looks at jack

gushing_granny: "you can trust me. you know im good with secrets."

gushing_granny: "....."

gushing_granny: "you know that mission i was on?"

gushing_granny: "generic void stone duty? what happened?"

gushing_granny: "i...um...accidentally touched the void stone"

gushing_granny: the general almost screams

gushing_granny: "WHAT?!"

gushing_granny: several people look over at the kiosk that jack and the general are standing in front of

gushing_granny: jack frowns "shut up, will you?"

gushing_granny: "i dont need those bastards from the bellatorian intelligence corps. to catch wind of this shit."

gushing_granny: "so, im asking you, if anyone comes snooping, can you cover my back?"

gushing_granny: "....."

gushing_granny: "whatever. ill do it."

gushing_granny: "but ill gut you if you mess up and get caught again."

gushing_granny: he reaches back with a muscled arm and taps his giant sword

gushing_granny: jack waves his hand nonchalantly "yeah, yeah."

gushing_granny: dan and the general pull out small translucent cards from their pockets

gushing_granny: they hold it up to a small light on top of the kiosk, a small robotic voice chimes loudly

gushing_granny: "WELCOME, VALUED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY"

gushing_granny: "WELCOME, VALUED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY"

gushing_granny: jack and the general step away from the kiosk, and through a set of double doors

gushing_granny: "so, you've got your resignation form filled out, right?"

gushing_granny: jack holds out his hand with the translucent card in it, a hologram projects from its center

gushing_granny: it is in the shape of 2 thin, glowing squares intersecting each other, they seem to have alien words imprinted on them

gushing_granny: "yep."

gushing_granny: the general and jack stop infront of a door

gushing_granny: "so, this is the place....."

gushing_granny: jack eyes the door, a sad look appearing on his face slightly

gushing_granny: "my final day in the military."

gushing_granny: he turns toward the general

gushing_granny: "its been fun."

gushing_granny: tears well in his eyes, jack breaks eye contact and extends his hand

gushing_granny: "im sure we'll meet again, sir!"

gushing_granny: the general folds his arms, looking at jack with a blank face

gushing_granny: "what are you on about?"

gushing_granny: "of course we'll meet again!"

gushing_granny: jack frowns "damn it, dont you know how to express emotions?" he retracts his hand

gushing_granny: "yeah, but unlike the pansy im looking at, i only do it when its important."

gushing_granny: "hmph."

gushing_granny: the muscular high ranking military officer scratches his head "say, why did you ask me to come here again?"

gushing_granny: "hmm?, oh yeah."

gushing_granny: "i just wanted to ask you about the whole void stone thing, but i forgot about it until we got to the military base."

gushing_granny: the general facepalms

gushing_granny: "how you honestly think your dumbass is going to survive without the military covering your ineptness is beyond me."

gushing_granny: "ugh, shut up, you dont have to be here remember?"

gushing_granny: "oh yeah. peace."

gushing_granny: the general walks back in the same direction that him and jack came from, jack watches him leave

gushing_granny: he shakes his head, and turns toward the door

gushing_granny: jack sighs "....now its time for this."

gushing_granny: he steps into the door, it opens into a spacious office

gushing_granny: behind a desk stands a person seemingly made completely out of green, glowing energy

gushing_granny: "welcome, sergeant jack."

gushing_granny: "you got my resignation request right?" jack closes the door and makes his way over to a chair

gushing_granny: "yes."

gushing_granny: jack projects the hologram of the resignation form, it floats over to the green guy

gushing_granny: "this will just take a moment."

gushing_granny: the holograms become encased in a white light, and dissapears

gushing_granny: the green guy closes his eyes

gushing_granny: jack remains motionless, the green guy frowns, then opens his eyes after a few seconds

gushing_granny: "the request didnt go through."

gushing_granny: "what?!"

gushing_granny: "...."

gushing_granny: "was it an error with the system?"

gushing_granny: "nope."

gushing_granny: "then....what could have gone wrong?"

gushing_granny: "it seems you have a mission you were scheduled for that you havent completed yet."

gushing_granny: "wait what, i havent signed up for any missions sin-"

gushing_granny: jack cuts himself off as memories resurface of his previous mission, and his interrogation session afterwards

gushing_granny: the green guy looks at him puzzled

gushing_granny: "wait...umm...oh yeah. forgot about that one."

gushing_granny: the green guy rolls his eyes

gushing_granny: "it also seems that you have a summon for a mission briefing."

gushing_granny: "......"

gushing_granny: "i just downloaded the location to your a.p.m.d"

gushing_granny: the small card jack has in his pocket beeps and turns a ghostly blue for a second

gushing_granny: "alright then."

gushing_granny: jack gets up

gushing_granny: "good luck on your final mission."

gushing_granny: jack nods his head while walking out the door "thanks."

gushing_granny: fast forward a few hours

gushing_granny: jack is sitting in a futuristic room, similar to the one he was in before, but with more chairs and lights and stuff

gushing_granny: he sits down with a group of people, as a rebotic voice chimes on, giving them vital information about the mission

gushing_granny: "ugh, a level 12 mission? i hate these, its just some big ass monster or something, cant they get the celestials to deal with that crap? damn thing probably doesnt even have loot on it." a random military soldier exclaims

gushing_granny: jack shifts his attention toward him, ignoring the robotic voice "yeah, no doubt about that. all the celestials do is sit on their pretentious asses all day acting important."

gushing_granny: a withered old man dressed in large, heavy armor sitting the closest to the robotic voice yells "IVE HAD TO TELL YOU TWO 3 TIMES ALREADY TO LISTEN UP, IF YOU DONT RESTRAIN YOUR VOICES RIGHT NOW, I WILL GIVE YOU A DISHONORABLE TERMINATION, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"

gushing_granny: jack and the other guy roll their eyes and quiet themselves, listening to the robot

gushing_granny: "this mission will take place on a planet located in dimension #2223456, sector ##@~, region SSV-7"

gushing_granny: "there are high value targets that need to be recovered safely"

gushing_granny: jack listens on, stifling a yawn

gushing_granny: "one, an anima who contains high rarity information about void stones and bellatorian software, designation &*^^#-943-A"

gushing_granny: jack suddenly perks up "wait, what?"

gushing_granny: "SHUT UP" the old man exclaims

gushing_granny: "and two, an adolescent of unknown origin"

gushing_granny: "he seems to be sapient, has a bipedal hominid body type, and oddly enough, his genetics indicate that they are relatively similar to savarian and bellatorian make."

gushing_granny: jacks eyes go wide and bloodshot

gushing_granny: "we are to recover these targets at all costs"

gushing_granny: jack mutters so the old guy cant hear him "i cant believe this shit."

gushing_granny: "the hominid boy seems to have acquired a void stone"

gushing_granny: "this stone is to be collected in addition to the other 2 targets, following containment protocol 2253-6

gushing_granny: "a mandatory training course lasting 1.938 wave cycles is required to properly follow the containment procedure after acquiring the proper procedure information through brain wave pulse transfer"

gushing_granny: jack mutters under his breath "that long?!"

gushing_granny: "afterwards, you will proceed to dimension #2223456, sector ##@~ region SSV-7, and begin the mission."

gushing_granny: "the anima seems to be harboring the adolescent boy on this planet"

gushing_granny: "if either of the two show signs of resistance to containment, extreme force is authorized."

gushing_granny: two of the soldiers sitting at the table high five each other, jack gulps as he looks at them

gushing_granny: "the atmosphere on this planet consists of 2.6% oxygen, 25% xenon, 15% helium, 40% goraton, 17% hydrogen, and .4% other"

gushing_granny: "your course will be held in a training grounds that will automatically simulate this atmosphere so that you may be used to it by the end of your training"

gushing_granny: jack mutters under his breath "damn it. goraton smells kind of weird, like spoiled candy"

gushing_granny: the mission breifing ends, and the group of soldiers and jack begin making their way to the training grounds

gushing_granny: jack begins thinking while making idle conversation with the members of his group that are also going on the mission

gushing_granny: "damn it. i have to find some way to save nini and that kid....what was his name again?"

gushing_granny: they enter the training grounds, being taken aback by the smell of the simulated atmosphere

gushing_granny: one of the soldiers speaks "huh, the gravity in here is lighter. this mission is going to be a piece of cake, even if that kid the mission briefing was talkin' about has a void stone"

gushing_granny: another responds "hell, i'd say this gravity is about 5-8 times lighter than planet bellator, just by the feel of it"

gushing_granny: he tries jumping, the soldier soars 40 feet into the air without even exerting himself

gushing_granny: jack looks up at him, still thinking "damn, this is going to be bad...."

gushing_granny: "if that kid uses that energy....."

gushing_granny: "hes going to have these guys to answer to......"

gushing_granny: he looks over at the training grounds "i have to find someway to save those two. hopefully they get the void gear charged by then."

gushing_granny: "nini, stay safe please....no....i know she is ok, shes strong, and shes got that boy there to protect her....."

gushing_granny: jack looks up at the night sky

gushing_granny: "i hope."

gushing_granny: the scene shifts back to dan, staring at the night sky

gushing_granny: "oh yeah, nini said something about that guy not having enough energy to teleport us back or something."

gushing_granny: "hmph."

gushing_granny: dan sits there silent for a few moments, enjoying the earthy, foreign, sweet smell of the air and the light breeze lazily rolling over his body

gushing_granny: he closes his eyes "man, my life is weird."

gushing_granny: part 10 is done, son.