Free Origin ARS 4 by Scottie Futch

through Friday. If your desire for death is too great, please forward your request to the local Reaper Union for your city ward.
    Thank you for dying with us, and have a lovely day!
     
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    Silence blinked. “Did you just pray for death, sis?”
    “Just a little.” admitted Origin.
    “Sorry, I didn’t mean to tease you that much.” said Mid with a smile.
    “What are we teasing little sister about, now?” asked a new voice.
    “Theta!” called Origin.
    “Hey.” said Theta before walking over to the rest of the family. Unlike the rest of them, the rarely seen elder sister of the family wore jeans, a simple T-shirt, and a leather jacket.
    “As casual as ever I see, dear.” said Era with a gentle smile.
    “Yep, like I would dress up for those idiots on the board.” said Theta before moving to stand in front of Origin.
    The heir-apparent to the gaming empire looked up to her older sister and smiled. Theta was a true beauty in her own right, and the coolest person who Origin knew.
    “So, you finally coaxed the bunny rabbit into letting you nibble his carrot, huh baby sister?” Theta reached out and stroked Origin’s hair gently.
    Origin’s face turned bright red and she made a cute noise. Would they ever let her live it down? They had all done it before, why tease her so much. “Even you, Theta.”
    Theta kissed her sister on the cheek then whispered, “Especially me, because I’m happy for you.”
    Origin looked at her cool older sister and a slight shimmer came to her eyes. “Thank you.”

“Speaking of getting some, when are you gonna let Gambol ride the wild waterslide?” Mid asked Theta.
    Theta snorted then turned to look at Mid. “Whenever he can convince me that he deserves it.”
    That brought a smile to everyone’s face. It was the closest thing to an admission that she liked the goofy ninja that she had said in months. She was not really interested in dating and romance. Theta had her own interests to attend to at the moment.
    “Shara’s not here?” asked Theta in concern. She had hoped to see her other little sister, too. “She alright?”
    “Yeah, you’ve been busy with the new continent so you don’t know.” said Origin.
    “Know what?” asked Theta.
    Silence spoke up. “She let some fat guy touch her tits and his heart exploded.”
    Theta blinked. That was certainly an unexpected response. “I’ve been out of the loop for a while I see.”
    Origin laughed. “Yeah, she’s stuck on a community service project as punishment.”
    Theta laughed lightly. “That could only happen to Shara. I swear that girl gets into the strangest situations.”
    Everyone shared a laugh at that. It was certainly true. Shara did spend a lot of time getting into and out of weird situations.
    “So, since we’re all here, let’s get the meeting started.” said Era authoritatively.
    “Is dad coming?” asked Mid.
    “No, your father is dealing with those idiots on the board privately before starting his next court session.” said Era.
    Origin grunted. The board had become worse of late. They had no legal right to do anything, yet, but they had started to complain more frequently of late. Her father was a powerful and intimidating god, and one of the best weapons that they had against those money hungry morons.
    “Anyway, forget them for the moment. We should discuss useful business.” said Era.
    The matriarch of the family looked around to see if everyone was ready. After a few nods of agreement she began. “First off, we need to discuss the new continent.”
    She looked to Theta then made a hand-waving gesture. “Care to enlighten us?”
    Theta nodded. “Sure, it’s going well. The topography is almost complete and we can begin the alpha-phase of creature generation sometime next year.”
    “Ah, sounds like you are ahead of schedule then?” asked Mid.
    “Yeah, but only by a few months. It takes forever to generate matter and bind it properly in zero-space due to working by