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Log III, Session I. Growth of a Nation

Log III, Session I.
Date: March the Ninth, 2067, 8:27 Plutonian Lunar Time.
Subject: Growth of a Nation.
Logger: ASEoS, in_logged.

We were alone on Pluto for about half a year, just Eldar and I. It was good, but still a bit lonely. And I started to research some things. Like companies that were run by one person. Mostly that really. Because I had this idea.

I started thinking one day, what if there are other people like me? Other people who run companies on their own with no human contact. What if there are others who were lonely but didn't realize it?

And so I thought, most of those people are really successful. That was after my research started. I thought, maybe I could invite them over to Pluto to meet Eldar and I. Maybe if they met me, the first person to make it past Mars and one of the youngest to start a successful company on their own, and they saw that I was happy with even only one other person maybe they would want to join us. Maybe they would want to join Alpha Olympus. They didn't even have to live on Pluto, they could live on their own planets or moons or wherever. But they could always have someone to rely on when things got tough.

So I started talking to Eldar about it after I was done with my research. I suggested letting others who were alone, like he and I had been, join Alpha Olympus. And he agreed immediately. He said he had a friend who was alone. He ran a health resort on some planet somewhere.

So he called up his friend, who used his Logger name for his real name like I did. His name was Shine. His friend said he would meet but Pluto was pretty far away so he would talk to me over a video chat before deciding whether he would come to Pluto or not.

We set the video chat for a few days later. Waiting was agony, and my nerves were wrecked. I jumped at the wind blowing on my skin. The day of the chat was the worst though. I didn't sleep all night and I'm sure I looked like trash when we chatted.

It went like this. I put on a black tank top and jean shorts that went to my knees. I put my curly white-blue hair into a kind of crown braid that went around my hair and left some of it hanging down. I put just a bit of silverish eyeliner on. Only reason for that was because it was kinda sparkly and I am a sucker for sparkles.

Anyways I heard the video tone start to ring throughout the icy walls of the castle. I rushed to the surveillance room and pressed the accept button after I brush my hair back into place and out of my mouth. A man came onto the screen. He looked about 25, with dark brown hair and gentle hazel eyes. I could see flecks of gold in his eyes. He was wearing a white t-shirt and had a swirling tattoo that started somewhere on his back, probably his spine, and continued over his neck and onto his face. It was very unique and made him look a bit mysterious.

He looked me over, what he could see of me, and he smiled.

"You look very nice Miss..." he trailed off into a question.

I smiled back. "Thank you. I am Aseos. You are Shine, Eldar's friend, right," I thanked and asked back. Before I met Eldar, I would have blushed at his words. But they just didn't affect me now.

"Yes, that is right. So you wanted to talk to me to see if I would be willing to join your small nation that you call Alpha Olympus, is that correct," he questioned.

"Yes. You see, before Eldar came to Pluto, I was alone. And I thought everything was perfect that way, because other people just annoyed me to death. Well, they had on Earth. And I had a successful company and an AI, so I was content. But I was lonely. And Eldar was the one who helped me realize that. Eldar says that you have been alone for the majority of your time in space. And he told me that you run a successful health resort. Things can go wrong so easily, and on your own it can be hard to come back from that. So, would you like to join Alpha Olympus? We can support you even if you stay on your planet. I know Pluto isn't the best option for a health resort. Will you join this small nation," I asked. I was nervous as hell, and my legs were shaking.

He stared at something just beyond the camera. I could almost see the internal debate. He finally turned back to the camera after and agonizing wait. "I will join your nation. If it would help, I have some other friends I could invite to your nation. I could at least link them to you so you can chat before they just show up at Pluto. You want me to invite them for you," he asked me.

I nodded. "Yes, that would be great thanks. You can be the DofNI, the Director of Nation Invitation. Just ask anyone you think is lonely and could use support. I have plenty of money to support them with. And plenty of space on Pluto if they want to live here," I told him.

Shine nodded. "Sounds cool. What's your link so they can message you," he asked.

"Oh yeah. Uhm, my link is ASEoS_AlphaOlyumpus4TheWin. I made that forever ago, so don't judge me," I told him. But it was too late. He was already dying of laughter. I just shook my head.

He said goodbye when he finally calmed down. I wished him luck and unlinked. I leaned back in one of the only pieces of furniture in the castle that wasn't made of ice, my black office chair. I sighed a breath of relief and unleased a small army of frosty spiders when Eldar scared me by sneaking up and screaming in my ear. He was terrified of spiders. I laughed a bit and told him that Shine was a part of Alpha Olympus now and that he would invite his other lonely friends. He smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I went and took a nap.

There is still more to tell, but there is a major backup in my shipments. I'm gonna go fix that. I will be back sometime later. Probably next week. Until then.

Log III, Session I. End.
Date: March the Ninth, 2067, 9:13 Plutonian Lunar Time.
Subject: The Growth of a Nation
Logger: ASEoS, out_logged.