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Mamma Mia, Chapter 5

Mamma Mia: Chapter 5  “It starts with my father. It always does. My father -a long time ago- had a family. One wife -which is unusual for our syndicate- and a son. Me. Then something happened. He won’t tell me what, but it was important enough to get my mother -his first wife- out of the picture. And I don’t think she died. If she had died, there would be a record of it. But there is no record of her at all. My birth record shows a redacted black bar where her name should be. Then Mia -sorry, Mother Altamura - pops into the scene. Out of nowhere. Even the press says so! She first comes in as a writer and the new wife of the previous MWS Father. She marries him after publishing, then later on he dies of ‘natural causes’ and somehow she ends up being the Mother of MWS.   “It makes me wonder if I’m a child of two syndicates, you know? So I went to go look at Mia’s records, and she has records just as convoluted as mine. She has redacted information all over the place. It mak...

Mamma Mia, Chapter 4

Mamma Mia: Chapter 4      The Feather stops an hour later. “Coordinates reach. Invitation to dock by unknown sender. Proceed?”   “Where are we?” Arthur asks.   “R7-SS42-S3172-ST3.” The ship reads out.   Carlo sits up. “Wait, aren’t those the coordinates for-?”   “What is the current timeframe for the coordinates?” Arthur interrupts.   “The current timeframe for R7-SS42-S3172-ST3 is September 12020.” The ship answers.   “No wonder our communicators don’t work.” Carlo sighs, “We’re in the Exile Ages!”   “It explains why our communicators are freaking out at the moment.” Arthur comments as he taps the computer screen. “How is this ship supposed to find him if we’re in the Exile Ages?”   The ship reels in and descends toward the planet below them. It instinctively camouflages itself as it enters the atmosphere seamlessly. “Can you imagine what would happen if this ship wasn’t as awesome as it...