Spherian Liberty teaser (very old)

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"But why did you get angry? Did somebody do something to you?"

"Just stay out of this, ok?"

"I want to know what's going on."

"I don't want to talk about this."

"Why are you acting so strange all of the sudden?"

Spherrubi got angry again. He snapped his head around towards him.

"I'm not acting strange! Just please leave me alone!"

"Don't raise your tone at me, Mr. Ferrari! You're acting very immature."

"Just shut up!" Spherrubi echoed. He started tearing up a little, then confessed, "Glubao married my ex-girlfriend! She was my everything and she's left me for someone else! I hate her!" He shouted, breathing heavily. When his rage finally died down, he looked at Debian with regret.

Debian was a little surprised but a bit disappointed.

"I can understand why you're upset, I'm very sorry to hear that, but just please make sure you keep your anger in check especially for something important like this." He scolded.

"I understand.. I'm sorry." Spherrubi apologized.

"If you need some time alone, that's fine. I'll tell you when to come back in."

Debian went back into the dining hall. Spherrubi leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, looking down.

"I let my anger get the best of me again.." He sighed aloud.

After some time, Debian called Spherrubi to come back in.

He sighed and went back into the dining hall. Upon his re-entry, the first one to see him was Glubao.

He rushed over to Spherrubi. "Oh my gosh, Orb Leader. I never knew Oruna was your ex. I'm terribly sorry about that."

"Don't talk to me about it, ok?"

"Ok, I'm sorry."

"Don't be."

Before Glubao could say anything else to him, he sat down at the table. Immediately everyone else sat down in their assigned seats.

The butlers came and set down food on the table. They gave everyone a set of napkins and a glass of carbonated water.

Spherrubi then got up and raised his glass, loudly clearing his throat.

At once everyone stopped talking.

"Now, before we begin, I would like to thank everyone for being here today. I am truly honored to be here with all of you as your new leader and I hope our time together will be worthwhile. I'm sorry I got a little angry, I must emphasize that I do have anger issues, but I will try my hardest not to let that be a problem for any of you. Anyways, I vow to use my efforts and abilities to move us forward as one planet and continue the legacy of this society established by our ancestors and make this planet more prosperous than it ever was before. So with that, let's raise a toast; to Spherius!"

"To Spherius!" everyone else said as they clinked their glasses.

And with that, everyone began to eat. Spherrubi only got a few things to eat since he wasn't that hungry. Everyone was talking to each other and laughing. He, for the most part, stayed silent.