Beast of Cemiess
16 Sep 2020Badpenny Belle
Cemiess is on fire.Oh... god... Cemiess is on fire.
I spent almost a year planetside, vacationing and soaking up the imperial culture. When you have billions of credits, after all, it's only fair to take some 'me' time once in a while. Only to look up one day out of the blue and see a giant star shining back at me in the middle of the day.
I was out sunbathing next to [redacted] when one of her slaves came out and wordlessly turned on the news. It seemed a bit presumptuous to me, but then I haven't been around slaves much, considering Aisling's stance on the matter, so I didn't give it much thought before it sunk in what it was we were listing to. With gradually widening eyes, the two of us found ourselves looking up at that quietly glowing star above us, as the realization struck as to what it was we were seeing.
Words cannot describe the shock, the sheer sense of violation, that shot through us in those moments. What I can say is that, looking back on this in fifty years, in two hundred and fifty years, I can tell you that I will always be able to tell you where I was when I heard the news. That Cemiess is on fire. That the terrorists have succeeded at what the Federation, at what the Thargoids have always failed to do for hundreds upon thousands of years.
Never forgive. Never forget. And I'll see you in the black, Commanders.
Belle, out.