Ballad of a Usurper: Discussions

[Mr. President]

Wow

Gee, thanks for the compliments! People still read the story, eh? Anyway, expect the next part soon.

[History Guy]

Yeah, Monsieur President, we loved your story! But we expect Lady Deirdre to walk away unharmed at the end of the story.

[Mr. President]

Don't get discouraged vis a vis Deirdre. I never said she was dead.

[Mr. President]

Somebody kill me please!!!

edit: Looks like the server decided to post the final chapter after all. Of course, I have no way of knowing that for sure, since I haven't managed to look at it yet. Damn holiday season traffic.

There is an Epilogue to come, so don't miss it!

[Mr. President]

Well, that's it! Ballad of a Usurper has wrapped! Any final comments?

[Alynzia]

I'm throughly ashamed I read the rest of this story so late after you put it on.

I really liked it. It kind of was like a Viking tale or story a Klingon warrior would tell, as History Guy mentioned before. Which I think was the point.

Were you inspired by a particular game in which you played the Usurpers? One thing I like about the aliens are the depths you can go with alien/human relations in the game. It really gives you stuff to think about, (or have nightmares about if you are me).

Anyway, it is a triumph!

Alynzia.

[Mr. President]

Alynzia, thank you so much! That means a lot to me.

The story was not really inspired by any one event, but the first ever game I played as the Usurpers ended sort of like the story, with me at war with everyone and gigantic holes getting blown in the Manifold's surface.

I agree with what you're saying about the aliens. For instance, they react the same as humans to atrocities, so that you are left wondering just how different they really are.