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2024-12-12 16:07:19
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I LIVED, ***** - LIVESTREAM ANNOUNCEMENT
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O-12
2024-12-12 16:24:10
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"Heeeello my beautiful people! 'Tis I, your ever most humble servant and protector, O-12, Champion of the People, coming to you not-so-live from the depths of some solar system I haven't bothered to check the name of! ;P"
2024-12-12 16:25:21
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O-12 broadcasts from what looks to be the cargo bay of a shuttle, presumably flying through space. He's still just as done up as always though, wearing an outfit that can best be described as a mixture between military dress uniform and a magical girl outfit. He's wearing a fancy chrome face, and with jet-blue hair he's always very stand-out, and he's got a bombastic personality to match.

O-12
2024-12-12 16:38:09
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"Sooo, let's get straight to it- Everyone who bet that I would die in that clockwork infestation is probably very salty right now, I would be too if I lost out on that much money. But not to worry- You can win it all back! The jackpot is up too..."
O-12
2024-12-12 16:38:44
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He pauses to check something on his phone. "642,000 points! And remember, to win the entire pot you have to guess the exact time and circumstances of my death. To everyone else, I'm sure you're all glad to see me- If for no reason other than the free content. And boy, do we have some content for you today- Or, rather, this...following month or so. We're going to... Drum roll..."
O-12
2024-12-12 16:39:14
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O-12 pulls out a party popper and lets it off, throwing the screen some jazz hands. "THE CIRCUS! Or, well, a circus, certainly. That's right, we're heading back into another illegal sector on yet another suicide mission. Let's hope this one actually sticks, huh? But anyway, apparently O-11 and O-8 are also heading there, so not going to the circus was frankly just not an option. O-11 going outside for once is newsworthy in and of itself. It's going to be a mess."
2024-12-12 16:40:28
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O-12 flicks through his phone some more, muttering something indistinguishable under his breath.

O-12
2024-12-12 16:40:51
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"Capture creature shenanigans! Yeah, I know it's kind of silly to get all deep into capture creature training when I'm inevitably going to die a gruesome death, but hey, you try looking a legendary eyegret in the eyes and saying 'no'. I'm on the hunt to get my hands on the rarest and most powerful creatures I can get before my inevitable demise- And hey, everyone one of those things I get just prolongs my suffering, so it's a win/win!"
O-12
2024-12-12 16:42:16
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"Trading, breeding, hunting- We'll be doing it all over the course of the event. Maybe we'll rescue a couple elephants or something- Who knows. But I'll be spreading the love around- funded by the generous donations of you viewers, of course. And for those of you who have subscribed to the highest tier levels- Well, I have a very special surprise planned for you. ;P"
O-12
2024-12-12 16:42:50
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"Oh, and one more thing before I go- If any of you glorious people happen to be in the neighborhood, feel free to come and say hi! I'm always looking to meet my fans, and maybe you can join me on an adventure or two, if you don't mind being a meat shield. And if I especially like you, you might get to see some real behind the scenes shit. But that's all I'll say on that."
O-12
2024-12-12 16:43:18
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"I've got to go now- I'm arriving at the circus in roughly seven days, and that's when the livestream starts! Be there and witness history in the making! Oh, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to follow me along on this suicidal death spiral. Twelve, out! ;P"
2024-12-12 16:43:23
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The screen turns to black, and prompts you to click on some other videos by O-12.

END OF ANNOUNCEMENT
[The 25th Ward: The Silver Case - Metropolitan Edge]
2024-12-12 16:48:07
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From the top of the world in a comfortable little apartment, to dirty alleyways in some planet's urban labyrinth, the reality between notails that go Alpha-Class was nothing but this. Who would've thought that jumping from a comfortable fish bowl to the vast ocean would make you realize a hard and terrible truth? Everything is too big, and you're nothing but a small fry.

S-52 was never meant to be here.

This day was like any other day for the past few years, she was searching the trash for a quick meal; food eased her increasing stomach pains. Even though most of it tasted bad it was enough, just enough for her to be pain free, and just enough for her to be able to think.

S-52
2024-12-12 16:48:56
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"... xwx"
2024-12-12 16:50:54
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How had things gone this bad? As she thought and thought, she remembered:

• It was a fact that 85% of the Alpha-Classes don't survive a decade outside of the Notail Union.
• It was a fact that they're usually rejected from jobs and housing.
• It was a fact that they were regarded as nothing but a plague within society.



But none of these facts were her main problem, after all she was no ordinary case. Not only did she not have hands, but she had made a most unholy communion with a god, and with that she was blessed with the power of necromancy.

Nothing she did guaranteed her the vengeance she sought against the one who amputated her arms, but rather all her efforts seemed to turn her into more and more of a freak. A cruel twist of fate, perhaps.

S-52 dropped whatever she was eating back into the trash. All of that thinking did nothing but make her lose her appetite.


"...Maybe I fucked up xwx."
S-52
2024-12-12 16:54:27
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"Maybe I'm going to stay like this forever. xwx" Her legs lose their strength.
S-52
2024-12-12 16:56:07
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"Maybe I'm going to die like this. xwx"
S-52
2024-12-12 16:56:42
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"FUCK. XWX"
2024-12-12 16:58:02
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With a swift punch against the dumpster, a realization came: She played the game of the gods and the results couldn't be more obvious. She lost it all to the house. S-52's thoughts had drifted to a dark place...

Of course until she heard a bark.

2024-12-12 17:11:00
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Yogurt had something under his paw. A pamphlet?

"...Hm? xwx"
S-52
2024-12-12 17:11:54
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"Clowns that can change your appearance? A circus that can get rid of anomalies...?" She held up the pamphlet in her lobster claws, struggling to keep it upright.
"This... This will do the job. You and I will have to do a lot of hitchhiking, buddy. xwx"
2024-12-12 17:18:33
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"Bark!"

A JOURNEY BEGINS
2024-12-12 17:21:34
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The vastness of space is quiet, tranquil, and most importantly, empty......

[Pesto Anchovi - Pizza Tower Music Extended]
2024-12-12 17:23:02
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...All except for a cruiser, hurtling through a violent asteroid belt. The ship smokes and sputters, alarms from the inside wail and bathe the cockpit in red light. Several panels sparked, and amidst the chaos was the shine of a phone screen, little black claws clicking against it as Lord Buckingham the Twenty First rapidly types in a desperate message to his loving husband.

Buckingham
2024-12-12 17:24:02
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"O-11, EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY SOS SEND HELP PLEASE TEXT ME BACK MY DARLING DEAREST NOTAIL PRINCE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!"
2024-12-12 17:24:10
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Somewhere, a notail received a message of distress, but was immediately distracted by clowns.

Buckingham
2024-12-12 17:34:09
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"BLASTED INSTANT MESSAGING DEVICE!!!" Buckingham shoves the phone back into his pocket, desperately looking towards his loyal aptropoise minion, Fuppance.
Buckingham
2024-12-12 17:34:54
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"FUPPANCE!!! WHY ARE WE NOT OUT OF THE FIELD OF MASSIVE, FLYING ROCKS THAT ARE GOING TO KILL US IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING!!!"
Fuppence
2024-12-12 17:36:39
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"sssSSssiirr, I-I'm doing everything I can-!" The dolphin wobbles in his seat while pressing buttons and pulling levers. The ship takes a hit from the side and sends Buckingham toppling over. He scrambles and tries to right himself, continuing off his rant.
"MY TITLE IS LORD, IDIOT! WH- WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO FLY THROUGH THIS MINEFIELD OF SPACE ROCKS ANYWAYS??"
Fuppence
2024-12-12 17:39:03
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"B-but, L-Lord Idiot, you TOLD me to fly ussss through here, you sssaaiidd it would lead usss directly to--"
"HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT THE TRACKER WOULD LEAD US THROUGH THIS! THAT DREADED NOTAIL HAS HAD US TRAVELING HALF ACROSS THIS GALAXY, OHH MIGHT AS WELL BRING US THROUGH THE UNIVERSE'S MOST DANGEROUS ASTEROID BELT IMAGINABLE!"
2024-12-12 17:40:51
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Buckingham pulls himself up, staring back at a quickly approaching planet through the windshield. Just as he'd open his mouth to shout again, the sirens cut off, and the lights go dark. Fuppance fiddles with the buttons, but to no avail.

Buckingham
2024-12-12 17:41:27
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"Oh... Oh dear..." Buckingham walks over to Fuppance as the two listen to the ship's creaks and shudders echo throughout the space they occupy... They were out of the asteroid belt, but not out of the planet's gravitational field... and the two were quickly being pulled in....
Buckingham
2024-12-12 17:41:45
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"AAARRUUGGHH! BRACE FOR IMPACT, FUPPANCE! HURRY NOW- GET GOING WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR DILLY DALLYING!! BLESS YOU, L DASH FOUR TWO NINE! BLESS YOOOUUUU---"
A CRASH LANDS
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2024-12-12 17:46:12
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Atop the bridge of a massive ship, orbiting around the lucevian's homeworld of Zerxon, a lucevian clad in a deep blue, her fluff a shade of purple not far off from the same hue, stares out the massive viewport of her quarters. The sun looms over the horizon of the planet, coating the room in a light, warm glow as this lucevian sits in a massive chair, a snakevine loosely coiled about her as it basks in the warm glow. She sits before a large computer set up, though it appears to be in sleep mode, as she converses to the air, seeming to talk with no one in particular.

Starlis
2024-12-12 17:47:46
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"Yes, I quite understand about the aftik piracy increasing around the area, though it's not as big an issue as you all worry." Her claws lightly glide over the snakevine's head, as she stares off into space, quite literally.
Starlis
2024-12-12 17:48:09
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"And your report on the notail leaders movements are appreciated as always, but I hardly needed to know that O-11 was headed there. Hmm...actually...thinking on it for a moment, why would they be headed to the circus? I did receive a report from that one geiger, the Captain of the Winged sail, that they were headed there after their reporting of the sectors. Seemed like they weren't worried about the pay for the time."
She focuses her eyes, looking down to the snakevine lying about her. "We all have things about us that keep us from being perfect..." She lightly holds one of the snakevines leaves in her claw, as the creature continues to bask "Maybe we should go and see what's so amazing at the circus..."
END OF INTRODUCTIONS
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