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Message Incoming...
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Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
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Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
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Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
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Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″
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Distance 178.211ly
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Equinox J2000.0 SOL
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Year 2445, QEC adjusted
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[Autotranslator enabled...]
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Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
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Merry Meet to all of our friends in this wide, beautiful 'verse~
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Tonight we would like to share a very special message from Pod
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14's secondary communal education initiative. Our schools have
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selected a few bright and passionate students to share their
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talents in our festivities. What better way to welcome new friends
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to the Lucky Homes than with a showcase of the arts!
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These children have worked so hard! They're parading across the
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gallery platform now. As our visitors can see, they've dressed in
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costumes of their own creation. They were asked to imagine what
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our new friends might look like and craft their own outfits in
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kind. What a true spirit of inculturation!
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Miss Buzbis is rounding up our youngest performers now to the
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front of the stage. These kids are part of the first class of our
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secondary communal education initiative. For those of you who are
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from far off lands, that would number them between five and seven
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solar rotations back on old Earth. They have a special medley of
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our traditional songs they'll be singing! How delightful. I'm so
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sorry we can't broadcast the audio through the QEC.
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This welcome celebration goes back to the earliest founding of the
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Lucky Homes, when our first pioneer ships reached the system. As
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the first settlers arrived they had difficulty adjusting to the
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local flora and fauna. It was only when the groups came back
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together and formed the Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
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(just called Star-Com back then) that they were able to get all
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the right resources to all the people. We celebrate this union
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every year with family gatherings, lots of food and drink, and
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a demonstration of the arts of love and peace. How lovely that
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this year we get to share it with others as the start to a new
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union!
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Oh look, that's Georgia Strutt dressed as the notorious
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bungle-slug! What a brilliant voice she has. She's singing our
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hymn for the abatement of rashes. It's a traditional piece
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parent's sing to their youngest. How lovely.
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Pricilla Bartleby Hooper, coming on stage now, is one of our most
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accomplished young artists. Her poetry won three top prizes in
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interpod competition last year. She's expected to take on
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a skaldic apprenticeship soon. Quite the over-achiever! Oh, let's
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listen to the beginning of the epic poem she's prepared for
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tonight's event.
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Giants move among the stars
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traipsing in the dark
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bloody stains
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of what remains
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a bite to match their bark
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...
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What a vivid image to greet our friends! How lovely, indeed.
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The festivities will continue for half a cycle broken by food,
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drink, and some group dances throughout. I hope our new guests
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enjoy the party.
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Oh, brilliant! The cats are here. Now the fun can truly begin.
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Blessed be, my friends. May you all find peace in one another.
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