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[oldsoldiersneverdie]

On Earth - my Earth, anyway, though I'm sure it's true on other ones too - today is celebrated as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in much of Europe and North America. It marks the day World War One ended, and in remembrance of those who've served in the armed forces, particularly those who died on the battlefield in sacrifice of a cause.

I've been a soldier most of my life - at times an unconventional one, but it doesn't make the battles any less real. I've seen a lot of people die fighting.

And here we are, today, conscripts in the middle of another war. So take a moment and remember those you may have lost at home - people close to you, or people you never knew who were fighting for you all the same. And think about why you fight here. Or why you don't fight, if that's the case. Both are choices not to be made lightly.

Comments

[governorkang]

It's a multiversal constant.

[voice] I sure hope I got my history right.

[angel_of_death]

But what interest did the Yanks have in Afghanistan? I'd understand it if it were my country, but America?

[Because Britain had gotten into a few altercations in Afghanistan in the past due to it's proximity to India. Surely, he thinks, if the Soviets had drawn so close to British territory, his country would have gotten involved as well.]

[getoffmyearth]

Well, you know Kree. They'll take any reason to differentiate themselves from the lower life forms of the universe and rub it in.

[lazyinlove]

ok so...you're bitter so you want to guilt trip everyone else?

there are 12 year olds here. maybe 16 is old enough to fight in your opinion that's fine maybe your country is more fucked up than mine.

i'm just saying it again. not everyone can fight. being a dick about it just makes you a dick about it it doesn't change things.

[acclimatized]

Coffee's good too. I'll have another root around in the canteen.

[voice]

[galactically]

All right! I'll just have to gather enough materials at a mission for a quiet memorial. This shouldn't be hard.

[voice]

[small_berserker]

Well...I do like singing, and I enjoy flowers. I'm not any good at too many things other than fighting, though.

[worldswillburn]

You're keeping up with everybody else just fine.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Like death and taxes.

[voice] I do this off of wiki you're cool

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Call it 'idealogical disagreements'.

[voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

[There's a pause, and then a heavy sigh. He hadn't realized he was dealing with a kid. When he speaks again, he sounds... tired. The anger is gone.]

You could fight - but I wouldn't want you to. The UE destroys enough as it is, and youth isn't something you can win back.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Best of luck.

Re: [voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Good luck with it, then.

Re: [voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

There was someone working on starting a garden, back on the island. Hopefully we'll get that back, too.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Be dead, otherwise.

[voice]

[small_berserker]

Was that Tsubomi or Flora? I've talked to both of them. They're nice.

[Then there was Stanley, who smuggled her flowers out of the hospital when he'd recovered.]

Audio

[lazyinlove]

[Alright, yelling isn't going to happen. Good. He'll swap for voice now that there doesn't have to be a shouting match or anything exhausting like that.] the voice that replies is indeed young, and a little hoarse. And tired. Very tired.]

People keep freaking out. Everyone just keeps freaking out. How's that supposed to help?

[voice]

[ardor]

Meaning?

[worldswillburn]

You don't strike me as the type to die easily.

[kneecaptain]

But that's not remembering.

[ A pause. ]

Yeah. I move around a lot. But here, people feel— displaced, I guess.

[voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

No, her name is Crystal.

[voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

It doesn't. We don't have any cohesive organziation among ourselves, and we haven't for months. And every time people get up in arms at each other, it just makes it worse.

[voice]

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Personal history and world history.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Space as well as time. I've moved around a lot too, and I don't always remember either.

[oldsoldiersneverdie]

Too stubborn. Like a cockroach.