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You've taken off the mask.
To an unsure and untested Supreme Ruler, you can see how such a thing is appealing. Intoxicating, even. The mask's power and guidance it grants through simple body language and posture- the changes in those who see it- you can feel its power. But now is time to let off. Extend the leash. Its power is no longer needed for now. For a brief moment, you hesitate in actually removing it- feeling like as long as the Hegemony has challenges, you can use its power. But you resist it and have decided to put it back away again. The mask brought a thousand years of obedience to Akule, and to you, it will bring obedience again.
When will the next Supreme Ruler need its power again? Hopefully not you, or your predecessor. Perhaps another thousand years from now, some unforeseen problem or great catastrophe will call for the mask again, one day. You were <span class="mu-i">Wrix the Unspeakable</span>, but now, you are merely Wrix Val, the <span class="mu-i">Supreme Ruler</span> of the Hegemony. As for the mask; it will be stored in the most secure vaults and safe places on Jaxt- until its power is needed again.
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Hey all, thanks for playing this episode of Space Monke Supreme Ruler Quest! This one was a lot shorter then the others and a bit tumultuous so we have a lot to talk about.
So first, let's talk about timing. Back in Space Monke 4/5, I knew I wanted to start a sidequest that featured a more “ground level” view of the Hegemony.I also wanted to have a girl MC for that quest, because it inverted the very male dominated quest that it had been up to that point. I also knew at that time what was going to happen with the Yuan thing- with Cijan coming from his crusade only to be suddenly have political parties. That's why I started to set up stuff and payoffs from the B&Gs to Thread 6. This thread's first “big vote”, to accept the Accord or not, was supposed to happen near the middle/end of Thread 6, but it ended up being way too long.
But THEN people discovered my big Akule reveal too early. I intended to have the Akule prequel essentially be an “easteregg” thread, something that players only got if they discovered Akule's family name through active reading. But my “family bloodlines” img brought too much attention to it and people figured it out right away. I thought, fuck it, let's do the thread now- and we all know how that turned out. This, as well as this thread taking longer and being more involved then I thought even with its whiplash-speed pacing- had lead to basically 4 “abnormal” threads in a row. I truly did not intend for it to end up that we had 6-8 real life months of not getting to choose the Supreme Ruler.
