Editing LoH/story/Absolute Reckoning (section)

== A Tale of Two Zeroths ==

{{LoH/DialogueBegin|Beginning of Fight|Dimetrodrone (1)}}
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Dimetrodrone}}
|text='''Space Station Zeroth:''' These are the Dimetrodrones. You have encountered a more "advanced" prototype in your adventures.<br />
They function as something Zeroth refers to as "redshirts" despite their predilection for not wearing any upper garments.
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Dimetrodrone}}
|text='''Space Station Zeroth:''' Their primary function was to guard a prisoner in a section of the Space Station that was shielded from me.<br />
The station has been breached and the prisoner escaped. By all readings he is Zeroth. I have been getting conflicting commands ever since.
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Dimetrodrone}}
|text='''Space Station Zeroth:''' I need your help. There are two temporally contemporary Zeroths trying to command me. Each with a set of Dimetrodrones.<br />
I can't detect which one to follow but I know that choosing the wrong one could be calamitous.
}}
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{{LoH/DialogueBegin|Beginning of Fight|Zeroth}}
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Zeroth: Resolute}}
|text='''Aloysius Zeroth:''' I can't make my Space Station listen to me...<br />
I am optimistic that you will be more receptive.
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Zeroth: Resolute}}
|text='''Aloysius Zeroth:''' Things I have done in my life have come at a significant cost.<br />
And now The Schism is coming to collect on that debt.
}}
{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Zeroth: Resolute}}
|text='''Aloysius Zeroth:''' There was a time when I was the only emergent and I used my abilities to accrue wealth and power.<br />
I created weapons such as the Dimetrodrones and Codename: Soldier for generous sums of money.
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|art={{LoH/CardArt|Zeroth: Resolute}}
|text='''Aloysius Zeroth:''' That all changed when I became aware of the threat of an alien invasion.<br />
Everything I have done since that moment has been to keep the human race safe.
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{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Zeroth: Resolute}}
|text='''Aloysius Zeroth:''' Join forces with me and we can get on with saving reality from the maw of The Schism.<br />
You do believe me, don't you?
}}
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{{LoH/DialogueBegin|Beginning of Fight|Dimetrodrone (2)}}
{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Dimetrodrone}}
|text='''Space Station Zeroth:''' The Dimetrodrone forces appear to be split into two factions. Under the command of two different leaders.<br />
Which is impossible since everything on this station...myself included...only responds to Zeroth's genetic signature.
}}
{{LoH/DialogueEnd}}

{{LoH/DialogueBegin|Beginning of Fight|Absolute Zeroth}}
{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' You look like you have seen a ghost and I suppose you have.<br />
I may share Zeroth's genetic makeup but I am as far from him as possible.
}}
{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' You can call me Absolute Zeroth.<br />
I have been a prisoner on this space station for the last 30 years.
}}
{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' We were once the same man. We came before all other emergents.<br />
When the threat of an alien invasion changed our world view.
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{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' I split off from Zeroth ... like your friend Shimmerstorm ... and went back in time to plant the seeds of our emergent genes.<br />
To create the first generation of emergents that became the Genesis Squadron.
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{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' But Zeroth saw that as a solution with a limited duration. He does not like anything challenging his position on top of the hill.<br />
Look at what he did to me! And what about the Codename: Soldier project?
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{{LoH/DialoguePanel
|art={{LoH/CardArt|Absolute Zeroth}}
|text='''Absolute Zeroth:''' Join me. He would rather destroy everything before being overrun by generations of emergents.<br />
You do believe me, don't you?
}}
{{LoH/DialogueEnd}}

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