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Broken People Part Four

     V and Judy are enjoying some alone time in the observation garden of the Fortress of Unending Fire.      Judy: "What is this furniture she has provided for us? I swear it is big enough for three to relax on."      V: "I do not know what it is called but if ever we have our own place, I want one for us."      Judy turns from her back, where she had been watching the celestial show and gazes at 'V' who turns her head to look back.      Judy: "I know so little of what you have done, aside from the news and what you have told me about. But I know when you get that 'far away' look on your face that something from the past lingers. But whatever it is can wait a bit, so much of your life has been violent, but there has to be more than me that has given you peaceful, happy memories if only short ones. Tell me of one, if you would?"      V: "You are right, but it is those memories that keep me going. D...

Broken People Part Four excerpt

     V and Judy are enjoying some alone time in the observation garden of the Fortress of Unending Fire.      Judy: "What is this furniture she has provided for us? I swear it is big enough for three to relax on."      V: "I do not know what it is called but if ever we have our own place, I want one for us."      Judy turns from her back, where she had been watching the celestial show and gazes at 'V' who turns her head to look back.      Judy: "I know so little of what you have done, aside from the news and what you have told me about. But I know when you get that 'far away' look on your face that something from the past lingers. But whatever it is can wait a bit, so much of your life has been violent, but there has to be more than me that has given you peaceful if not happy memories if only short ones. Tell me of one, if you would?"      V: "You are right, but it is those memories that keep me go...

The Battle for Heaven's Gates

     The 'Four Horsemen' stand alone before the Gates of Heaven. The 'Gates' are so tall, the top can barely be seen, even with their 'augmented eyes'. It is an impressive edifice nonetheless. She thinks it a pity it will soon be nothing but rubble. After a bit of a wait, they hear a rumble but the 'Gates' do not move, rather a dais extends from them. It is somewhat above them but also well within normal sight. A cloaked figure, its face hidden within the cowl steps out and gazes down upon them.      'Mouth of God': "Who comes uninvited, unsummoned, to stand before these 'Gates'?"      Iriisii: "We are the 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse', summoned by the atrocities committed by 'He' who resides within. The latest of which is the abandonment of his purpose for which he was placed here for."      'Mouth of God': "We did not summon you here. Any other summoning is false, and so we ask that y...