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Chapter 1: Or, an Ominous Meeting
...I'll devour...
This can't be happening, the third planet from Sol thought. What started out as an emergency meeting between the planets of the Solar System soon turned into complete madness as the phone recording ended. From his seat, he could see Mercury pacing and twitching about the room far too quickly for his liking. Jupiter and Saturn were at each other's throats over whose responsibility it was to not have someone vanish from under their noses. Neptune was simply shivering, muttering apologies to nothing while clinging to Uranus for dear life an

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Around the Vienna Exclusion Zone, Alpine Confederation. 2031.
“How long has it been?” the embodiment of Austria mused loudly to no one in particular. Taking a brief look around, he sighed, even while forcing back the urge to cough. A faint silhouette of a bird seemed to be flying off in the distance. “Who else would know then? It's from another time.”
Yet one that grows more distant, he added silently, a part of him still holding back the urge to bemoan his old capital even after all these years. That he was here at all a

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Chapter 5: The Last Question
"Are you alright?!"
The moon's eyes turned toward a loud voice she was sure was male. There was a strange brightness coming from him. That he looked so much like Sol was the least of her concerns. She had nearly forgotten what it felt like to notice something that was actually more visible than the walls surrounding her cage. Then again, she no longer cared that very little remained of her dress. Or that Mercury was lying naked beside her. It could be worse, the moon thought.
"Are you alright?! Is anyone else there?!"
Frant