The lone survivor of a universe that was attacked by the Ochivari with their
sterility virus left to start a new life. He was destined to die on his
world with everyone else. While the virus wasn’t strong enough to work on
him, there was no one else to procreate with, so it was no place for him. He
wanted to fall in love, and start a family, and since he was capable of
doing that, I decided to help him. I ended up dropping him off in
Salmonverse, in a particularly advanced reality. He could live on any number
of the billions of populated worlds there, and in fact, ultimately become
immortal. The wonders there were limitless, so I figured it was a good place
for him to settle down. He did meet someone there, and that woman bore him a
child. They named him Amulet, and while he went through his own medical
struggles, they eventually figured it out, and moved on. Lochan would come
to spend over two decades here, which was longer than he had ever lived on
his homeworld, so really, this was home now. Still, he wished to return to
where he was from, and Amulet wanted to see where his father had grown up.
Unfortunately, the sterility virus was too dangerous. When a universe is
exposed to it, travel to and from becomes utterly irresponsible. I could not
allow him to go see his family and friends. I could, however, allow him to
see the world as it would become later. Once every host of the virus is
dead, the virus dies as well, leaving the planet to move on from the dark
period of history. It was perfectly safe for a visit after that. It wasn’t a
great option, but it was all they were going to get. There was no other way.
When Lochan and his family made the journey, the world was in ruins. War had
spread over the lands, and destroyed everything. There was nothing to see
here. I told them as much before they left, but they insisted on seeing it
for themselves. They had to know what the Ochivari did, and what the allies
were fighting for. They stood there in silence as the Strongbox flew over
the fallen cities. Not everything was destroyed, though. They never went to
nuclear war, so the atmosphere was perfectly breathable, and there was still
plenty of land teeming with life. The family touched down on a little patch
of paradise, and stayed there alone for several months, because this planet
was just as good as any when all the ruins were out of sight anyway. They
didn’t want to be alone forever, but they felt connected to this world now,
and they didn’t want to leave either. So they returned to Salmonverse
temporarily, and put out a message that anyone could read. Hundreds of
thousands of people responded to it, but it wouldn’t be that easy.
Theoretically, the Ochivari would never return to a universe they already
thought they had cleared out. If too many people were alerted that it was
repopulated at some point, the whole disaster could just happen again. They
had to keep it a secret. So we started transporting people via the
Strongbox, which can’t hold too many passengers at once, but time is
irrelevant when you have a time machine, and most of the immigrants were
immortal. In what was essentially an instant, humans were back in this
universe. The Ochivari successfully killed off its original inhabitants, but
they couldn’t end all of humanity. It will always survive. I’m only telling
you this, because a permanent military contingency has been installed in
this universe, which will hold back any attack from any outside threat. They
will continue to survive.
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