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ON THE SIXTH DAY YOU COME ACROSS A STRANGE PLANET. THERE'S A MILD BEEPING, A LIGHT BLINKING. [[ZOOM AWAY, YOU ARE NEEDED ELSEWHERE]] [[TRY TO CONNECT OVER THE SOUND WAVES]] [[LAND WITH ARROGANCE]]

YOU FLY AWAY, LIKE A SCARED LITTLE THING. SOON AFTER, TRASH IS HURLED AT YOU. IT PUSHES YOU OFF COURSE, YOU LAND ON ANOTHER PLANET. THE NEW PLANET SWALLOWS YOU WHOLE. YOU LIVE ON AS A BITTER GHOST.

BEEP BEEP BEEP "HELLO ALERT PLANET. I AM A PERSON. WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT." BOOP BOOP BOOP "YES HUMAN EARTHLING. WE ARE NOT OF EARTH BUT WE ARE IMPORTANT. WE ARE THE TRASH PLANET. WE ARE THE TRASH PEOPLE." "HELLO TRASH PEOPLE I AM A HUMAN BEING." "WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO OUR PLANET?" [["YES"]] [["NO I HATE TRASH AND I HATE YOU."]]

YOU LAND AND ALL AROUND IS YELLING. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE YELLING. THEY LOOK WEIRD AND THEY ARE MAD. ONE SLOWLY TURNS TO YOU AND STARTS YELLING: "WHO THE HECK ARE YOU WHO THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE. ARMS UP TRASH PEOPLE! ARMS UP!" THE CROWD OF TRASH PEOPLE TURN TOWARDS YOU WITH ANGER. [[RESPOND WITH ANGER.]] [[TRY TO STOP THEM FROM KILLING YOU.]]

YOU LAND GRACEFULLY ON TRASH PLANET. BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IS PLAYING AND YOU ARE GREETED WITH HONORS. SOMEONE GIVES YOU A PIECE OF TRASH. SOMEONE KISSES YOUR FEET. YOU CAN FEEL SOMEONE LOVING YOU, THERE IS LOVE ALL AROUND. BEAUTIFUL TRASH PLANET. [[WHAT SHALL YOU DO NEXT?]]

BEFORE YOU CAN DECIDE, YOU ARE APPROACHED BY A TRASH PERSON. "HELLO I AM A TRASH PERSON, THE TRASH LORD HAS REQUESTED YOUR PRESENCE. YOU WILL COME WITH ME NOW." [["SOUNDS SWEET AS HECK. LETS GO."]] [["WHO THE HECK IS THE TRASH LORD? I DON'T WANNA TALK TO A DANG TRASH LORD."]]

YOU WALK ALONG WITH THE TRASH PERSON TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION. MANY TRASH PEOPLE WAVE YOU ON, AND YOU ARE FILLED WITH LOVE. YOU HAVE NEVER FELT SO MUCH LOVE AS YOU DO NOW, AMONGST THE TRASH. YOU LOVE THE TRASH. AND THE TRASH LOVES YOU. [[KEEP WALKING]] [[GET SCARED OF THE LOVE AND RUN AWAY]]

"THE TRASH LORD LOVES YOU. THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL. THE TRASH LORD IS YOUR FRIEND. PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE LOVED. I SEE YOU ARE SCARED BUT THERE IS NO NEED. THE TRASH LORD LOVES YOU." [["OKAY I UNDERSTAND MY FRONT WAS UP BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SCARED THE TRASH LORD LOVES ME."]] [["HECKIN I'M GETTING THE HECK OUT OF HERE."]]

"HERE IS THE TRASH LORD, THE LORD OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, HERE IS THE TRASH LORD, MAY YOU BE LOVED." [["HEY TRASH MC TRASH LORD WHAT THE HECK IS UP YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN"]] [["GREETINGS TRASH LORD, I COME WITH LOVE."]]

YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SHIP AND YOU FLY AWAY, LIKE A SCARED LITTLE THING. YOU ARE SCARED OF KNOWING LOVE YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN MESSED UP A RELATIONSHIP. YOU ARE UNABLE TO KNOW OR FEEL LOVE. YOU FLY OFF INTO SPACE, KNOWING YOU WILL NEVER KNOW LOVE.

"WAZZZZZUP YOUNG HUMAN WELCOME TO MY TOTALLY COOL TRASH PLANET I HAVE BEEN BORN TO REALLY LOVE YOU WOO AND YOU HAVE BEEN BORN TO BE LOVED YEAH. I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED WAZZZZUP KEEPING IT COOL ON THE TRASH PLANET." "THANK TRASH LORD! I WAS JUST FLYING AROUND AND SAW Y'ALL AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED INTERESTING. WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?" "THE TRASH PLANET IS ESSENTIAL AND ONLY I KNOW OF THE HISTORY AND IT MUST STAY THAT WAY. THAT IS HOW LOVING WORKS. THE GREAT UNKNOWN. THE GREAT MYSTERY. THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND. YA FEELING IT WASSUP" [["SEEMS KINDA UNFAIR TRASH LORD"]] [["GOT IT I TRUST YOU TRASH LORD."]]

"GREETINGS YOUNG HUMAN WELCOME TO MY TRASH PLANET I HAVE BEEN BORN TO LOVE YOU AND YOU HAVE BEEN BORN TO BE LOVED. I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED." "THANK TRASH LORD! I WAS JUST FLYING AROUND AND SAW Y'ALL AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED INTERESTING. WHAT'S THE STORY HERE?" "THE TRASH PLANET IS ESSENTIAL AND ONLY I KNOW OF THE HISTORY AND IT MUST STAY THAT WAY. THAT IS HOW LOVING WORKS. THE GREAT UNKNOWN. THE GREAT MYSTERY. THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND." [["SEEMS KINDA UNFAIR TRASH LORD"]] [["GOT IT I TRUST YOU TRASH LORD."]]

"ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE TRASH LORD?" THE ROOM FILLS WITH SMOKE, YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE LEAVING THE ROOM, YOU FEEL A COLD AIR. YOU FEEL ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE YOU HAVE ARRIVED. "I, UH, TRASH LORD I'M SORRY I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND." "LISTEN I'LL TELL YOU HUMAN. I'LL TELL YOU REAL GOOD. THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL. THE TRASH LORD GIVETH AND THE TRASH LORD TAKETH AWAY. YOU ARE EITHER WITH THE TRASH LORD OR YOU ARE AGAINST LOVING. WHICH ONE ARE YOU?" [["I AM ANTI-LOVE."]] [["I AM PRO TRASH LORD."]]

"IF YOU TRUST ME AS YOU SAY YOU DO, YOU MUST COMPLETE A PILGRIMAGE IN ORDER TO PROVE YOUR LOVE FOR THE TRASH PLANET AND THE TRASH LORD. YOU MUST TRUST THE LORD AND THEIR GIVINGS. DO YOU TRUST ME? DO YOU TRUST TRASH? YOU MUST GO WITH THE OTHERS ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE CENTER OF TRASH PLANET. ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE PURE. ONLY THEN WILL YOU BE CLEAN. ONLY THEN WILL I KNOW YOUR LOVE." [["SIGN ME UP TRASH LORD."]] [["I DON'T LOVE THAT MUCH TRASH LORD. GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE NO THANKS."]]

YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SHIP AND YOU FLY AWAY, LIKE A SCARED LITTLE THING.YOU ARE SCARED OF KNOWING LOVE YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN MESSED UP A RELATIONSHIP. YOU ARE UNABLE TO KNOW OR FEEL LOVE. YOU FLY OFF INTO SPACE, KNOWING YOU WILL NEVER KNOW LOVE.

YOU RUN OUT OF THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM. YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SHIP AND YOU FLY AWAY, LIKE A SCARED LITTLE THING. YOU ARE SCARED OF KNOWING LOVE YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN MESSED UP A RELATIONSHIP. YOU ARE UNABLE TO KNOW OR FEEL LOVE. YOU FLY OFF INTO SPACE, KNOWING YOU WILL NEVER KNOW LOVE.

A TRASH PERSON ESCORTS YOU OUT OF THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM. AS YOU ARE WALKING AWAY, A DIFFERENT TRASH PERSON RUNS PAST YOU INTO THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM SHOUTING "ANOTHER ONE HAS ARRIVED WHAT DO WE DO! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!" THE DOOR CLOSES. YOU ARE BEING ESCORTED AWAY, NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. [[ASK THE TRASH PERSON WHAT IS GOING ON.]] [[GO BACK INTO THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM.]] [[MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND CARRY ON TO THE PILGRIMAGE.]]

"TRASH PERSON! WHAT IS GOING ON?" "WHAT? NOTHING. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. YOU MUST BE IMAGINING. LETS GO." [[GO BACK INTO THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM.]] [[MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND CARRY ON TO THE PILGRIMAGE.]]

YOU RUN BACK INTO THE TRASH LORD'S ROOM. "TRASH LORD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN HERE!" "HEY HEY CALM DOWN I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, I THOUGHT YOU REALLY LOVED ME. I THOUGHT YOU WERE PROVING YOUR LOVE BY GOING ON A PILGRIMAGE. I GUESS YOU DO NOT LOVE ME AT ALL. IS THAT TRUE? YOU DON'T LOVE ME AT ALL?" THE TRASH PERSON IN THE ROOM STARTS SHOUTING AGAIN: "DON'T LISTEN TO THE TRASH LORD! THE TRASH LORD IS LYING! OUTSIDE MORE ALIENS ARE ARRIVING! WHY DO THEY KEEP COMING TRASH LORD! WHY! WHAT IS GOING ON!" [[SUBMIT YOUR LOVE TO THE TRASH LORD AND GO ON THE PILGRIMAGE->MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND CARRY ON TO THE PILGRIMAGE.]] [[RUN OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON.]]

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OUTSIDE THERE IS A GROUP GATHERED. THERE ARE OTHER HUMAN PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF. THEY HAVE ALL LANDED HERE, JUST AS YOU HAVE. THEY ARE BEING KISSED AND GIVEN GIFTS AS YOU HAD. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SPECIAL. YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL AT ALL. A SMALL GROUP OF TRASH PEOPLE IS YELLING, ANGRY AT THE SIGHT OF SO MANY OUTSIDERS. THEY HAVE BEGUN ASKING THE HUMAN PEOPLE WHERE THEY HAVE COME FROM, NONE OF THEM ARE ABLE TO ANSWER. NEXT, THEY APPROACH YOU, WITH A LOT OF ANGER: "WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM?" YOU KNOW YOU MUST ANSWER HONESTLY IN THIS TIME OF NEED. [["I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW. I JUST KNOW I WAS TRAVELING AND THEN I FOUND YOUR PLANET."]] [["I CAME FROM EARTH EIGHT. I AM A TRAVELING SPACE HUMAN. I AM IMPORTANT AND OF COURSE I KNOW WHO I AM AND WHERE I HAVE COME FROM."]]

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"MAN WHAT THE HECK I WAS JUST LANDING MY SHIP WHY THE HECK Y'ALL SO MAD THIS IS LITERALLY A PLANET MADE OF TRASH WHAT THE HECK." "THIS IS NOT A PLANET OF TRASH IT IS A PLANET OF LOVE WE LOVE THINGS YOU HATE THINGS THAT'S WHY YOU MUST DIE!" THEY START HURLING TRASH AT YOU. AS YOU HAVE NO WEAPONS, YOU TRY TO RUN AWAY BACK TO YOUR SHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, AN OLD TV HITS YOU IN THE FACE. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO A NEW WORLD, ONE THAT IS JUST CARTOONS. YOU YOURSELF ARE A CARTOON. NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE. CARTOONS.

"HEY TRASH PEOPLE I AM SO SORRY TO HAVE OFFENDED Y'ALL I JUST LANDED MY SHIP I DIDN'T KNOW I COME IN PEACE HONESTLY. HONESTLY I DO. THE CROWD SEEMS TO CALM DOWN. THEN, A BRIGHT LIGHT COMES INTO YOUR VISION. [[LOOK AT THE LIGHT.]]

THE LIGHT COMES TO COLLECT AT A SINGLE POINT, A LORD. "HELLO MY FRIEND I AM THE TRASH LORD WELCOME TO TRASH PLANET. I SEE YOU HAVE COME IN PEACE YET MY PEOPLE HAVE REACTED WITH ANGER. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, THEY DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE COMING, THEY WERE SIMPLY ACTING OUT OF FEAR. HAVE YOU EVER ACTED OUT OF FEAR? WHEN YOU WERE SCARED DID YOU DO SOMETHING YOU REGRETTED LATER? I AM SURE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. I HAVE NOT BEEN THERE BECAUSE I AM A LORD AND NOT A MERE PERSON. BUT ALAS, I AM SURE YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A LORD AT ALL." [["THAT'S RIGHT I'M NOT."]] [["WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE."]]

"AH YES YOU ARE NOT A TRASH LORD. I ALREADY KNEW THAT BECAUSE I AM A TRASH LORD AND I KNOW ALL. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?" THE CROWD CHANTS BACK: "THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL." "YOU SEE. THE TRASH LORD KNOWS ALL." THE CROWD CHANTS: "THE TRASH LORD GIVETH AND THE TRASH LORD TAKETH AWAY." "YOU SEE. I GIVE JOY AND I TAKE AWAY FEAR. YOU SEE. I AM THE TRASH LORD. I AM HERE TO LOVE AND TO GIVE YOU SO MUCH." [["WOW SOUNDS GREAT SIGN ME UP."]] [["THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHAT."]]

"LOOK IT'S QUITE SIMPLE THESE ARE THE TRASH PEOPLE. I AM THEIR TRASH LORD. THIS IS OUR TRASH PLANET. DO YOU LOVE ME OR DO YOU NOT?" [["I DO LOVE YOU TRASH LORD."]] [["I DO NOT LOVE YOU TRASH LORD I LEGIT JUST MET YOU."]]

THE TRASH PEOPLE START DANCING, THEY SURROUND YOU IN LOVE AND LIGHT. YOU FEEL LOVED. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT IS HAPPENING. YOU START DANCING TOO. YOUR FEET FEEL FRAGILE AND INTIMATE. YOU FEEL A SOFT GLOW INHABITING YOU, TURNING YOU A SHADE OF LIFE YOU DID NOT KNOW EXISTED. THIS IS THE MEANING OF LIFE, THIS IS LOVE. YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE DANCING ON THE TRASH PLANET. FOREVER FREE YET TRAPPED ON THE TRASH PLANET.

THE TRASH LORD GETS UNCOMFORTABLE. THE TRASH LORD STARTS FROWNING AND YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE LEAVING YOU. YOU CAN TELL THE TRASH PEOPLE ARE GETTING SCARED. THE WHOLE MOOD OF THE ENTIRE PLANET HAS CHANGED. "HEY WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON ON THIS PLANET?" THE TRASH LORD IS STUMPED. THE TRASH LORD STAYS SILENT. "HEY TRASH LORD I SAID WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE?" THE TRASH LORD STARES BACK AT YOU, PLEADING WITH YOU TO STOP. THE CROWD CHANTS: "THE TRASH LORD GIVETH AND THE TRASH LORD TAKETH AWAY" YOU START CRYING. TRASH LORD STARTS CRYING. THE CROWD GROWS QUIET. THE TRASH LORD ASKS TO SPEAK TO YOU IN PRIVATE. [[GO WITH THE TRASH LORD.]]

YOU FLY AWAY, LIKE A SCARED LITTLE THING. SOON AFTER, TRASH IS HURLED AT YOU. IT ROUTES YOU OFF COURSE, YOU LAND ON ANOTHER PLANET. THE NEW PLANET SWALLOWS YOU WHOLE. YOU LIVE ON AS A BITTER GHOST.

"THAT IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR. I AM THE TRASH LORD. IF YOU TRULY LOVE ME, YOU WILL GO ON A PILGRAMAGE TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME." "SOUNDS GREAT." [[GO ON THE PILGRAMAGE. ->MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND CARRY ON TO THE PILGRIMAGE.]]

"THAT IS SUCH HATE. YOU LOVE FLOWERS BUT DO YOU KNOW FLOWERS? YOU LOVE TRASH BUT DO YOU KNOW TRASH? YOU KNOW NOTHING. YOU ARE JUST A HUMAN. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE THE TRASH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. WE ARE MOUNTAINS AND YOU ARE JUST A PILE OF VERY SMALL ROCKS. YOU DON'T MATTER AT ALL. PLEASE LEAVE. LEAVE RIGHT NOW." YOU GET BACK TO YOUR SHIP AND BY THEN YOU ARE WEEPING. YOU DID NOT EXPECT TO WEEP, BUT HERE YOU ARE, WEEPING. THE TEARS KEEP COMING AND YOU ARE FLYING AWAY FROM THE TRASH PLANET. AND IN THIS MOMENT YOU REALIZE YOU DID NOT KNOW LOSS BEFORE NOW. THIS IS LOSS. LEAVING THE TRASH PLANET IS THE GREATEST LOSS YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE.

THE TRASH LORD TAKES YOU TO THEIR PRIVATE AREA. "LISTEN HUMAN, I KNOW YOU ARE WORRIED. I KNOW. I KNOW IT IS CONFUSING. IT'S JUST. THERE ARE A LOT OF SECRETS ON TRASH PLANET AND I AM THE ONLY ONE TO KNOW THEM. I WISH YOU COULD UNDERSTAND. BUT ALAS YOU ARE A HUMAN AND ARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND BASIC CONCEPTS. LOOK, IT'S TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND." "NO, I CAN UNDERSTAND, LET ME KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE." "IT'S TOO MUCH I CAN'T TELL YOU." [[SHAKE THE TRASH LORD IN ANGER.]] [[ASK NICELY ONE MORE TIME.]]

AS YOU TOUCH THE TRASH LORD TO SHAKE THEM YOUR HANDS START TO BURN. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU NOTICE THAT THE TRASH LORD'S ARMS FEEL LIKE PIPES. IN FACT, TRASH LORD STARTS TO RATTLE ALL OVER. THEY START TO CRY AND SHOUT IN PROTEST BUT IT IS NO HELP, THE TRUE NATURE OF THE TRASH LORD IS REVEALED. [["WHAT!"]]

"IT'S TOO MUCH I CANNOT TELL YOU. WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING DO YOU SERIOUSLY THINK I'M JUST GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND IF YOU ASK ONE MORE TIME? LIKE WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" [["MY FRIENDS DON'T LIKE ME. I'M LONELY."]] [["WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM! YOU'RE THE LIAR"]]

"IT'S TRUE OKAY! THE RUMORS ARE TRUE! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE! I'M A CHILD! I'M ACTUALLY A SMALL CHILD! I AM NOT A LORD AT ALL! I AM A CHILD! I AM A CHILD! THIS IS TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY. I THOUGHT SURE YEAH IT WOULD BE FUN HAVING A PLANET. BUT NO NO NO IT IS IN FACT TOO MUCH WORK. NO THANKS. I'M A CHILD. I QUIT" THE TRASH LORD STOMPS OUT OF THE ROOM AND YOU ARE LEFT BEHIND.

TRASH LORD PATS YOU ON THE BACK AND TELLS YOU: "THE TRASH LORD LOVES YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY HERE WITH THE TRASH PEOPLE." YOU AGREE. YOU LIVE OUT YOUR LIFE WITH THE TRASH PEOPLE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU AT ALL AND THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE YOU AT ALL BUT AS SOON AS YOU AGREED THEY DISMANTLED YOUR SHIP SO YOU WERE STUCK THERE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

YOU PUSH THE TRASH LORD IN PROTEST. YOU NOTICE THAT THE TRASH LORD IS VERY WEAK AND FRAGILE. THE TRASH LORD FALLS OVER, SCREAMING AND CRYING OUT. YOU BEGIN TO NOTICE SOMETHING VERY STRANGE ABOUT THE TRASH LORD. [["WHAT!"]]