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So that's it for my story, y'all. I hope you liked it.
Now for some trivia!
1. The gibberish text in the Helmsman's readout is not random. I did a Google image search for The Lord's Prayer and selected Result #2 (do everything in twos), which was this image. When I saw the shaky childlike handwriting and red and blue writing I was like YES. So I opened the image in Notepad and pasted the characters the file was rendered into, in the order they were rendered, so that part of that picture ended up fused with the story text. This sort of thing appeals to me for goofball art reasons.
2. 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 64 65 6c 69 69 76 65 72 20 75 32 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 65 76 69 69 6c 20 is hex code. All those lovely 69s boil down to more of the Lord's Prayer.
3. This fic was named after, and takes heavy influence from, the beautiful song "A Sailorman's Hymn" by the band Kamelot. You can listen to it at http://youtu.be/TPz1JwMQYwQ. The lyrics are as follows:
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A Sailorman's Hymn
can you hear the sirens resound?
from the coastline of Ireland tonight
it's the song of a promising heart
of the souls that the ocean unite
and she stands by the window alone
staring into the rain
she is trying to guide his way home
from the waters that keep them apart
so she lights up a candle for hope to be found
captive and blind by the darkness around
firm as a mountain, she never will mourn
timeless awaiting the break of dawn
can you hear the sailorman's hymn?
as it comes with the rise of the tide
it is sung where the rainbow begins
as a comfort for tears she has cried
she remains by the window alone
staring into the rain
she is trying to guide his way home
keeps on praying for god to protect him
she lights up a candle for hope to be found
captive and blind by the darkness around
each wave a promise, a new hope reborn
sunrise consoles at the break of dawn
4. Actually there were only three bits of trivia. Number four is just me saying thanks. Thanks for reading my story, guys. I hope you liked reading it as much as I liked writing it.
5. Whoa check me out, I'm back for another update! I've gotten some amazing fanart that I want to share with everyone because wow.
drawn by Vextik
by feralcrysto
drawn by me because I feel we need more HAPPY TEAR SNUGGLIES up in here.
And finally, a soundtrack from arcaladiwoompa, the person who prompted this story on the kinkmeme:
Skyroads - Road 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2GLNjyGw8&feature=bf_next&list=FLzD2WyeDWVDEcicjwGhQUQg&lf=bf_next
This sad song form one of my favorite old games makes me think of the Psiioniic.
Have Road 6 too while you're at it. (Just ignore the game sound effect that makes its way into the soundtrack >.>) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-0IVnhf3Og&feature=related
Heresy - Nebular Spool - http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/s/nIVrOWpzqmm/
I hear the Sufferer walking down a lifeless corridor in this one, his head buzzing with bitter memories.
Wauterboi - Message to Nobody - http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/s/IALyWSox3fv/
Abstraction - Nature's Echo - http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/bFusion/song/h9tD32uCuUw/
Pretty much perfect for the end of the last chapter I think.
Holy cow you guys. Thank you again for reading, and for your contribs :3