Citizen G'Kar ([info]citizengkar) wrote,
@ 2004-06-29 14:33:00
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The world will end tomorrow. What do you do today?
Interesting question! Because, of course, the world will end tomorrow -- if it is not today's tomorrow than it is another tomorrow not far off, and if it is not then than it is another tomorrow down the line. I thank you, great forum, for making me aware of this fact I had too long forgotten.

And so, today, I shall take swift and decisive action. I shall depart for Cardassia with Mollari at my side, and we shall track down the sinister Damar and make him pay for what he has done to Na'Toth. If the universe should be destroyed tomorrow, I want to spend today in the pursuit of justice and enlightenment, and I want to protect Mollari, as I have sworn to.

I never swore to protect Na'Toth. She is Narn; she can look after herself and she does not fear death. And so I fully understand that my desire to return her here, and safe, is purely selfish -- *I* do not wish to imagine a universe without her in it. If Damar was not lying to us, Na'Toth died a hero, in a noble and victorious fight. One cannot ask for a better death than that. If her world is to end tomorrow, she spent today as a valiant citizen of Narn and there can be no sorrow in that, and no remorse.

However, if Damar is lying to us, I will make sure he and his family live to regret his mistake. Either way, I shall spend today seeking answers, and if the world ends tomorrow I will know that at least I have tried.

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narration, continued
[info]londo_mollari
2004-06-29 03:07 pm UTC (link)
Beware Minbari of the religious caste who have not had the opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh for eons. At least, that is my personal explanation for Draal's bad temper. It is not as if he got abducted or lost a most valued friend, yes?

At any rate, Delenn's old mentor informed us that he had warned Na'Toth, repeatedly, of the dangers her attempts to save Damar from his destined fate would bring, and that she had made her choice. He would have waxed philosphically onwards about the third principle of sentient life, but I could see G'Kar was getting ready to tear the Great Machine itself apart, which would have been somewhat counterproductive to our purpose, so I intervened and said that we had the right to our choices, too, and that Damar had said her body was not found. A universe that was capable of spitting out Mr. Morden back from the mouth of certain destruction no less than three times certainly could do no less for Na'Toth.

After some more attempts at rational conversation during which Delenn, who had gone with us, accused us of "foolish yelling" when both G'Kar and myself had barely raised our voices - though it has to be said Draal was not exactly quiet, either - a compromise was reached. Draal said he would allow us to use the Great Machine, but only to travel as holographic projections, while our bodies would remain here, watched by that bunch of philosopical cutthroats G'Kar calls his disciples.

It is done now. I am not surprised I lack the headache which G'Kar complained about when using the Great Machine earlier this year; all my selfless training with drinks from everywhere in the galaxy has to come in useful somewhere. However, I wish my eyes would fail me, for what greets us is assurely not a pleasant sight, though terribly familiar. Ashes in the air, and ruins, and the stench of dead bodies.

I... I know what planet this reminds me of. G'Kar must think of it as well. I do not want to talk about it, so it is with some relief I spot Damar, standing before a burial mound. Turning to G'Kar, I murmur:

"Here he is."

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[info]love_god_ares
2004-07-13 05:06 pm UTC (link)
I find it hard to believe that one so learned, even given your interesting take on the premise, that you would embark on something so grim on the final day.

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