Title: Ballad of West and East
Series: Chronicle
Writer: P E Leody
SYNOPIS:
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EM: THAT’S ME ON THE LEFT, OR IS IT ME ON THE RIGHT? WHICH EVER ONE IT WAS I WAS THE MOST HANDSOME TWIN
EM: ITS HARD TO DESCRIBE TO A 'MONO' WHAT HAVING A TWIN IS LIKE. ITS ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN
EM: YOU ARE EACH OTHER'S CATHARSIS AND EACH OTHER'S CATALYST.
EM: EACH OTHER'S COMPANION AND SILENT CONVERSATIONALIST.
EM: THE HORRIFIC DOWNSIDE IS AN EMPATHIC SHARING OF GRIEF
EM: DRAF-
EN: -TED
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EM: CONSCRIPTION WAS A HUGE BLOW TO DEAL WITH. THE ARMY WANTED TO REMOVE YOUR INDIVIDUALITY AND REBUILD YOU TO ACCEPT ORDERS.
EM: AT THE CORE OF OUR SOULS WE WERE NOT INDIVIDUALS, WE HAD EACH OTHER, THE ARMY COULD NOT TAKE THAT AWAY
EM: THEY TRIED, AND FAILED. WE THUS SUFFERED AND WE ALMOST WON
EM: THIS PRESSURE TURNED US INTO THE BEST STUDENTS IN LIVING MEMORY, AND THIS WAS OUR BAD LUCK. SUCH ASSETS HAD TO BE MAXIMISED AND WERE ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT FRONTS POLES APART IN THE WEST AND THE EAST
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EM: IF IT WAS HARD TO EXPLAIN BEING A TWIN WHEN TOGETHER, IT'S HARDER EXPLAINING A TWIN APART. I BECAME DISTANCED FROM OTHERS, IT WAS SEEN AS A LEADERSHIP QUALITY.
EM: I TOOK RECKLESS ASSIGNMENTS, I SAW EVERYTHING THE WAR HAD TO GIVE, IT AFFECTED ME NOT. I WAS MISSING HALF MY SOUL, AND NO AMOUNT OF OTHER'S GRIEF COULD RETRIEVE IT
EM: MOST INTOLERABLE WAS THE FACT THERE WAS NO CONTACT, I'D LOST THE PRESENCE, I HAD TO ASSUME TO WORST, I THEN HAD TO FINISH THIS WAR FOR MY BROTHER
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EM: AFTER MANY SO CALLED GLORIOUS YEARS, I WAS MOVED INTO SPECIAL OPS TO TRY AND BREAK THE STALEMATE EVEN MY BRILLIANCE COULD NOT FATHOM
EM: IN SEARCHING RECORDS FOR NEWS OF EN I DISCOVERED AN EXPERIMENTAL SPACECRAFT. INTEL HAD THE ENEMY IN TACTICAL INSTALLATIONS ON THE MOON. THIS WAS INTENDED TO CONTINUE THE BATTLE THERE.
EM: I SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF LAUNCHING IT BY A LITTLE TRICK WE'D USED AS KIDS. IT WAS A THRILLING RIDE THEN NOW IT SEEMED TO BE A SUICIDAL QUEST FOR MY BROTHERS MEMORY
EM: AS IT HAD DONE THEN IT WORKED. TOGETHER OUR INTELLECT COULD HAVE FINISHED THIS WAR. IF ONLY WE'D BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK TOGETHER
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EM: I WAS ONE MAN, NEVER ALLOWED TO BE ALONE, NOW ALONE AGAINST THE ENEMY
EM: THIS WAR WAS NOT PERSONAL IT JUST RIPPED AT THE HEART OF MY PERSONALITY
EM: THEN SOMETHING FAMILIAR ROSE UP FROM MY DECAYING SOUL
EM: DIE ENEMY OF THE WEST. MY BROTHER!
EN: DIE ENEMY OF THE EAST
EM: TWO GENIUSES AT DIFFERENT POLES HAVE MADE THE WEST AND THE EAST FRONT MEET UP. WE ARE FIGHTING OURSELVES, I AM FIGHTING MY TWIN. I THINK I'M THE ONE ON THE LEFT, HOPEFULLY STILL THE MOST HANDSOME.
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