Sekundas Drumpf won reëlection for leader of Aljabara, which was the first
time that ever happened on Durus since the Republic was founded. People liked
change, and he gave it to them, and five years later, there was no reason to
believe he wouldn’t keep changing things. He even promised to undo some of the
policies he himself came up with in the first place, as if his past self were
less of a man than the version of him in the present. People didn’t see this
as contradictory or bizarre. The past was always worse, no matter what, even
if this was objectively untrue. He had their confidence, and he had their
votes. There was some evidence that the ballots had been tampered with by
Drumpf’s loyalists, but no proof, and there was definitely nothing connecting
him to this alleged crime. He would later get rid of any semblance of
democracy altogether, but for now, he had work to do. He wanted to make this
the best planet in the galaxy, and in order to do that, he had to take control
over the whole planet. The first change he made was to his own administration.
They were no longer going to call this the government of Aljabara, but of
Durus, so that if they did one day expand beyond this one city, they would
have control over everything. It wasn’t just about the future, though. It also
made it a lot easier for him to go after what he considered to be man’s
greatest enemy. Now that younger generations of girls would be indoctrinated
into the belief that they could do nothing on their own, it was time to deal
with The Thicket. These women could never change—never be taught. He figured
they needed to die, like a household pest. He and his closest allies
desperately wanted to go to war, and to leave no prisoners, but it wasn’t
going to be easy. Surprisingly few were in favor of violence against women, or
anyone. There was only one way to change their minds, and that was to reframe
the narrative. The Thicket was already labeled an insurgent organization, but
had yet to be fully recognized as a terrorist group. Making this change
required diplomatic addendums, but starting there would have been a waste of
time. He needed to make sure the public was on his side first, so he just
started slipping the word into his speeches, increasing frequency each time,
and boosting applause every moment he could. Once the civilians were convinced
that the rebels were terrorists, it was easy to get it changed in the official
documentation. That in turn made it easier to get the necessary support to
start physical attacks. Until then, they had been trying to protect the city’s
borders, but had yet to go on the offensive in any significant way. It took
Drumpf several months, but he finally got approval. Then it took even longer
for his army to find their opponents, who had grown used to hiding deep in the
thicket. The War on Terrorism began in 2151, and never really technically
ended, even when Hokusai Gimura showed up, and forced huge changes to the
government. They never reached a peace treaty, or a ceasefire, or anything.
They just kept fighting when they could, and taking strategic breaks when the
intelligence dried up. A lot of other things happened in the meantime.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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