Second Thoughts
Today...
The day of transcendence is here. We did!
We made it! Finally!
After all these years Lord Aphelion has sent the Holy comet
as a way of saying "I deem you worthy to come and join me on planet Qualth-core".
All hail Lord Aphelion.
Lord of Qualth-core.
And now, once we sip the elixir of transcendence,
we will cease to exist here, inside these mortal vessels.
But our lives will begin anew on Qualth-core.
With Lord Aphelion.
Now we will distribute the Holy elixir.
Isn't it glorious, high priest?
Soon we will shredder our earthy vessels just as you prophesied.
Yeah! I know, it's great! It's really great.
I'm exited.
Are you okay?
Me? Yeah! I'm good! I...
Just this transcendence thing. It's like.... Here it is, you know.
Just crept right up.
It's pretty wild!
Shall we continue the ceremony?
Right, yes! Right!
I'm now going to begin the Holy countdown.
Fifty.
Forty nine.
Forty eight.
Maybe we should start the countdown a little lower so we don't miss the comet?
Yes, wonderful idea, Cosma. Thank you!
We're having a voice. Alright, we'll start a little lower. So here we go.
Three,
two
one?
Is it one?
Are we gonna go on one? This is a discussion!
Will we go on one or we'll go after one? That's something to really think about.
Which one would it? You know...
I think we'd go on one.
Like 3, 2, 1, down the hatch, right?
Right, of course! Ion, think you!
Down the hatch into transcendence.
Okay, so here we go!
And three,
two,
one.
Everyone should be drinking.
They all drink?
Yes, Orion, you have a question?
Hi, priest Nebula.
Are we not to wait for you to take the first sip of the transcendence elixir?
Just as you wrote on the Scroll of Norven?
No, no, no, I...
I think we all drink together.
Sort of make the voyage as one.
Sort of one whole group.
So...
Are you sure? Because you say specifically in Verse 73:
I, Nebula, shall drink first.
So is to forge a path to become it and the flock should follow closely behind
I'm not sure I ever...
I did. I said that. Okay, thank you, Vulpecula.
Well, I now prophesy that it is probably best if we all go ahead and
drink at the same time, so that's what we're go ahead and do.
I think that sort of settles it, but all book should be closed right now.
So, please, close your books.
All books are closed.
Alright! So, here we go.
And...
Three...
Two...
Yes, Telaphin!
You sure you saw a messenger of Lord Aphelion?
Telaphin!
What?
I'm sorry!
It's absolutely fine! The honesty of babes.
Yes, child! It is almost, without doubt, very, very fairly certain that I was.
And I can feel like I was almost definitely visited by one of Aphelion's messengers.
It was in a dream.
Very, very vivid dream.
Very vivid dream. In fact it was so... Almost a vision, really.
Was it a vision or was it a dream?
I would say, it was a strong dream vision.
Where Aphelion's messenger came to me. Told me of Qualth-core.
And Aphelion himself, and obviously the virgins.
Virgins!
Yeah.
I'm definitely just into virgins.
Yes, Helio, the virgins!
Yes, perhaps you would like to drink first
and then you would have first pick of the virgins.
Yeah!
Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated by Aphelion and we are all right behind you.
Are you sure about the virgins? And there are hot?
Nothing less than 26?
Oh, they are hot! All the celebrity look alike. You gonna be pretty happy.
The Lord Aphelion, please prepare your son Helios rightful place on the planet Qualth-core.
This is working.
I'm transcending!
What?
Yeah!
I'm leaving me earthy vessel.
Okay! Yes, you are! Yes, see!
Everyone, what I said is true!
He is!
Okay, now here we all go!
What's happening to me?
You probably transcending and so it's all worth it, right?
No, no!
I'm still in my earthy vessel.
My soul is not going anywhere! It feels like it's a fire!
It's probably the heat from the comet.
Are you on the comet? Do you see..?
I'm not on the comet, alright?! Stop saying comet!
There's nothing on the other side! Just...
God!
Just blackness.
I think the comet has now passed.
Oh, that's unfortunate.
You know...
God, I'm just as upset as you, guys, you know...
But you look at these moments and it's like: "What can you even do?" You know...
You put something like this together.
And, you know, those things, they only come around every thousand years.
So, I definitely wouldn't stay in here and be mad about it forever, you know...