Just the plot beats.
04 Mar 2022Creamy Goodness III
For word. I have written an entry about Creamy meeting his dad after years away, in a forward camp during the Summerland community goal.
Given what is happening in the world right now, I don’t think the nature of the career military father, and his pacifist sons’ conversation about their differing views on conflict would be in good taste, so I won’t publish that story-log.
It does contain some important character developments, and explains a little more about Creamys’ self-enforced exile from his own home. It demonstrates his fathers layered opinion and relationship with his son. Creamy is given a lead to the whereabouts of his uncle; someone Creamy want to talk to before he goes back to try and salvage his Anaconda. Creamy is nervous to go back until he knows more about the guardian device his uncle left him, and what it did to the Doctor that was trying to take it.
As the Story-Log has so many developments, and plot moments with in, I will simply type out the main story beats I covered in the unpublished log. Unless you’re interested in Creamys long-running story, there’s nothing interesting for you here.
Thank you for your time.
Creamy arrives in the Summerland system and is escorted to his farther, a Brigadier in the Imperial military. The “Brig” hasn’t taken a rank more fitting for an Imperial Count because he is a man that believes in leading by example.
The Brig is surprised to see his pacifist son in a conflict zone, and even more amazed that he’s also inside the 200 light year home exclusion zone from the agreement that Creamy, his mother and father drew up when their son was 19 and didn’t wish to become part of mothers plans for the family.
Creamy explains he has arrived because he feels it’s his duty to answer the Emperors’ call, or Creamy couldn’t honestly call himself an Imperial Lord. He feels he would just be using the title instead of living up to the responsibilities that the title entail.
Talk of responsibilities make the Brig remind his son that Creamys’ Grand farther and Uncle, the people young Creamy idolised, only managed to lead the life they did because the Brig stayed behind to look after the families holdings on behalf of the crown. Because Creamy won’t come home and take on those very responsibilities, the Brig is still in the military at his ripe old age, instead of being at home breeding bees as he wished to before he was in his seventies.
Creamys selfishness in trying to be like his Granddad and Uncle (Creamy the 1st and 2nd) without respecting his legacy and responsibilities to his family on behalf of the crown are brought home seeing his old dad on yet another battlefield, knowing he would have moved on if Creamy had taken the title of Count from his father years ago.
Encouraged that his son is at last answering one Call of Duty, the Brig lets his son know that although he does not agree with his sons’ choices, he is still proud of Creamys’ achievements even if they are in areas the Brig thinks are below his sons standing.
Learning that Creamy has a ship fitted for support and rescue, the Brig send his son to help retrieve pilots from both side of the fight. He reminds his son that not learning more languages is bad form. They are part of an Empire, not all of it. Learning to communicate with everyone is important.
Creamy spends the rest of the conflict retrieving pilots and bringing them back to safety. After it's all over, his father tells Creamy he will overlook this violation of the exclusion zone as Creamy answered the Emperors’ call, and he will smooth it over this Creamys’ mother, although she will be unhappy about it. Creamy also learns that his uncle (Creamy the 2nd) left to explore Eock Bluae Nebular, but the Imperial Explorers Society, nor any of the deep space waypoints out there have had any contact with Creamy 2s ship, The Goodness Beacon, for years. He is presumed dead.
With that sad news, Creamy has an awkward handshake hug with his dad and leaves.
Normal logs will continue in the next post.