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003 Shots Fired
I realized something the other day. My birthday came and went without my noticing. Normally this wouldn't bother me, but the jump in time makes something like birthdays a bit odd to say the least. I should be seventy according to the calender. For those who are from further back in time than I, that dissonance only gets worse.
Incidentally, my birth coincides with something from my world known as the Normandy landings. A few years after the fall of France during the second World War, the Allies concocted a plan to free the nation from the hold of the Nazis. This incident has become known as D-Day, from the military term to indicate on what day an attack will happen. It is one of the most well known examples to the point where many Americans are probably not aware of other D-Days unless they are familiar with the way the military works.
D-Day was not a sweeping victory. The Allies lost more men than the Germans, but it was the boost that the Allies needed to start to reclaim land lost in the war. Everything about the mission had been carefully planned. The specific date was even chosen because it was a full moon and tides would be high. Had the order been given to delay the mission, the world might have become a very different place.
[After that history lesson, he fires off a message locked to Demyx and Schludig.]
I believe the three of us should work together on something. Call it leaving our mark on this region. Are you two interested?
Incidentally, my birth coincides with something from my world known as the Normandy landings. A few years after the fall of France during the second World War, the Allies concocted a plan to free the nation from the hold of the Nazis. This incident has become known as D-Day, from the military term to indicate on what day an attack will happen. It is one of the most well known examples to the point where many Americans are probably not aware of other D-Days unless they are familiar with the way the military works.
D-Day was not a sweeping victory. The Allies lost more men than the Germans, but it was the boost that the Allies needed to start to reclaim land lost in the war. Everything about the mission had been carefully planned. The specific date was even chosen because it was a full moon and tides would be high. Had the order been given to delay the mission, the world might have become a very different place.
[After that history lesson, he fires off a message locked to Demyx and Schludig.]
I believe the three of us should work together on something. Call it leaving our mark on this region. Are you two interested?
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A lot of secretive bullshit on either side. The Winter Olympics were hosted in Russia this year; it was a pretty big thing... From what I gathered on the news, the States were eager to showboat every mistake Russia made... And on top of that, after the Olympics ended, Russia threatened to attack the Ukraine.
It never ends.
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There will always be conflicts and there will always be people willing to take advantage of them.
[Like Ocelot. But he doesn't have to say that.]
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There are just more people like that now than ever. Many of them have never known anything but war and conflict, so it's what they want to continue. I've fought my entire life, and even I have a hard time settling into a normal routine. I don't think I can.
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It doesn't allow weapons, but most of the animals here could cause more damage than a gun could.
Of course the trade off is that people can't actually die here.
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The attacks certainly look powerful, but nothing looks fatal. Even things that should be like fire attacks.
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I have a Cyndaquil. I'm fairly sure I'd be badly burned if he decided to spit fire on me, yet up against other Pokemon the injuries don't seem to be so catastrophic.