

＄94-04-19-08-3-0

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＠X
All I see so far is a wasteland with a bunch of old, crumbling buildings, but that's just par for the course in the Servantverse!
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＠Jane
Hmm... This area seems less like a debris field and more like a ruined planet to me.
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＠Jane
In a sense, it kind of feels like we've come across an ancient shrine of sorts. Who knows? This could actually be a major discovery, Ishtarin.
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＠Space Ishtar
Maybe... I doubt even the space nomads[sr]come out here often, or at all.
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＠Space Ishtar
If Father was here, he'd probably be heading out to poke at these ruins with his cane as we speak.
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＠Jane
Totally. I can't think of anything[sr]Tokiomi loved more than ancient ruins.
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＠Jane
Especially since that's how he ended[sr]up tracking down the Primordial Goddess.
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＠X
The Primordial Goddess?[sr]I don't think I've ever heard of her before.
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＠Space Ishtar
It's an ancient legend Father used to study.[sr]Not that anyone else in his circles believed in it.
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？1：I don't think you mentioned your father before.
？2：What was he researching?

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＠Space Ishtar
My father was an archaeologist who[sr]specialized in the great Universe Update.
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＠Space Ishtar
His field of study included investigating what our universe was like before its current, ether-based incarnation...
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＠Space Ishtar
...and the Primordial Goddess is a legend he[sr]discovered in the course of his research.
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＠Space Ishtar
Apparently, she's the oldest deity from Servantverse mythology. Like, over five billion years old.
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＠X
Five billion years...[sr]No wonder nobody today's heard about her then.
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＠Space Ishtar
I don't know much about what this goddess was like either. She's so ancient that she's barely even mentioned in most myths we know.
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＠Space Ishtar
And since the names of gods that become too powerful take on power in their own right, her name wasn't even really passed down.
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＠X
Hmm, I wonder if this is the same goddess the space nomads were talking about. They never actually said her name either.
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＠Jane
Oh, yeah... Now that you mention it, the Primordial Goddess was supposedly incredibly fond of beautiful planets.
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＠Space Ishtar
Yeah, Jane used to be Father's sort of unofficial assistant, so she actually knows a good bit more about this legend than I do.
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＠Space Ishtar
He never really told me much about[sr]his research, for some reason...
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？1：You used to be an assistant archaeologist, Jane?
？2：Really? You helped Space Ishtar's father with his research?

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＠Jane
Yup! Though it was all part of my Space Scout duties, so it was mostly pathfinding and logistics and stuff.
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＠Jane
Pretty much none of the ruins the professor wanted to investigate had been mapped out, so even getting to them in the first place was quite a challenge.
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＠Space Ishtar
You know, I always wondered about that. If nobody had ever been to these places before, how did you guys even know there were ruins there?
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＠Jane
Oh, that was all Tokiomi. He managed to work out the general coordinates for a search area by analyzing legends and ancient writings from all around the Servantverse.
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＠Jane
After that, my job boiled down to finding a way[sr]to get us there. Oh, and to carry the equipment.
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＠Jane
Um, I don't really know anything more. Deciphering ancient writing and stuff is waaay beyond me.
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＠Jane
That said, there was always something distinctive about ruins connected to the Primordial Goddess, so I did learn to tell those apart, and these are different.
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＠Space Ishtar
I bet. No matter how you slice it, this place is obviously just another abandoned modern-day city.
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＠Space Ishtar
I can see why stray cats might end up living here[line 2]
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＠???
Right you are, my Homo Serviens friend! This area was never part of the demonic Primordial Goddess's territory!
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＠???
No, this is the holy hangout spot of space[sr]cats everywhere: Great Cats Garden, woof!
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＠X
I recognize that ridiculous conversational tempo![sr]So you're the cat that put this curse on us!
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＠Cosmo Cat Cat
Fuhaha, come on, comrade, you'll make me blush. I gotta say, us cats are very much accustomed to not getting along with people when we meet!
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＠Cosmo Cat Cat
But that doesn't change the fact that I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore! Nobody's pulling the fur over my eyes anymore, no Servantee, Bob!
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＠Cosmo Cat Cat
You're all doomed to wander this place until you starve now! But don't you worry. I'll send your bodies back home via sub-zero mail!
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＠Space Ishtar
Took the words right out of my mouth,[sr]Felis Naked Apronis!
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＠Space Ishtar
We don't have time for your stupid crap, so you're gonna undo that curse now, like it or not!
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