EDIT: A big thank you to all those who have voted positively so far! After more feedback from * pxdnbluesoul, some significant revisions to the piece include removing the distracting side-narratives that don't serve the main purpose of the story. Hopefully this time Dr. Wu doesn't come off as too big of an ass-hole either :p
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Want to thank all the lovely (and patient) people for helping me out with the drafting of this:
Uncle Nicolini,
Geckoguy2704,
N_Aepic_Fael and
minmin for the initial idea-bouncing and eventual greenlights.
Leveritas,
Crashington,
DrChandra and
RockTeethMothEyes for really nit-picking on tone, dialogue, structure and all sorts of universe-ending plot-holes.
Your willingness to guide us newbies is much appreciated!
EDIT to image sources:
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