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There, he ran into [[Darius]], and, realising it wouldn't be safe to leave his Ship unattended, was about to leave again when he was abducted via [[tractor beam]] by the [[Order of the Automata's Void Ship]]. The [[Order of the Automata|Automata]] explained that their dimension of [[Automatia]] was once again under attack from their enemies the [[Salamandyr]]s, and that they believed Marksmanship was their fated saviour as the reincarnation of their legendary founder, [[the Ancient One]]. When he proved uncooperative, the [[Captain (Peace and Quiet)|Captain]] elected to have him trapped in a synthetic [[burlap sack]] and then teleported onto the [[Salamandyr Emperor's Void Ship]] whether he liked it or not. | There, he ran into [[Darius]], and, realising it wouldn't be safe to leave his Ship unattended, was about to leave again when he was abducted via [[tractor beam]] by the [[Order of the Automata's Void Ship]]. The [[Order of the Automata|Automata]] explained that their dimension of [[Automatia]] was once again under attack from their enemies the [[Salamandyr]]s, and that they believed Marksmanship was their fated saviour as the reincarnation of their legendary founder, [[the Ancient One]]. When he proved uncooperative, the [[Captain (Peace and Quiet)|Captain]] elected to have him trapped in a synthetic [[burlap sack]] and then teleported onto the [[Salamandyr Emperor's Void Ship]] whether he liked it or not. | ||
[[File:Marksmanship and the Salamndyr.png|left|thumb|250px|Marksmanship lights a lavender-scented candle even as he's about to be attacked by one of the [[Salamandyr]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peace and Quiet (short story)|Peace and Quiet]]'')]]Aboard the Ship, Marksmanship panicked at his lack of a plan and absurdly decided to revert to his original intentions, taking out his pillow and lavender-scented candle and preparing to have a nap right there and then. This proved fortunate, as the Salamandyrs turned out to have a genetic allergy to lavender, which caused them to turn into tiny, ordinary salamanders. As the Emperor's Ship teleported back to [[Salamandyria]], Marksmanship was ejected back down to the surface of Automatia and quickly threatened the rest of the [[Salamandyr War Fleet]] into fleeing too, running from Ship to Ship brandishing his candle. | |||
As the Automata hailed him as a hero, Marksmanship tried once again to convince them that he was not the Ancient One, and was finally proven right as the real Ancient One made his glorious return, apologising for his resurrection having been slightly behind schedule due to “traffic in [[the Underworld]] [being] terrible”. While the Ancient One caught up with the Automata, minor robot [[21-419]] was tasked with flying Marksmanship back to the Tavern, where he recovered his Fog Ship. Returning to the Homeworld, he found that Larrikin's din had abated, and he settled down in his own bed at last. He was startled by one of the shrunken Salamandyrs, who had stowed away in his Fog Ship seeking revenge, but easily chucked it out of the window, whereupon it fell on Foreman, scaring him rather badly due to his long-standing irrational fear of amphibians and causing him to take the rest of the day off, thus guaranteeing Marksmanship a full afternoon of peace and quiet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peace and Quiet (short story)|Peace and Quiet]]'') | As the Automata hailed him as a hero, Marksmanship tried once again to convince them that he was not the Ancient One, and was finally proven right as the real Ancient One made his glorious return, apologising for his resurrection having been slightly behind schedule due to “traffic in [[the Underworld]] [being] terrible”. While the Ancient One caught up with the Automata, minor robot [[21-419]] was tasked with flying Marksmanship back to the Tavern, where he recovered his Fog Ship. Returning to the Homeworld, he found that Larrikin's din had abated, and he settled down in his own bed at last. He was startled by one of the shrunken Salamandyrs, who had stowed away in his Fog Ship seeking revenge, but easily chucked it out of the window, whereupon it fell on Foreman, scaring him rather badly due to his long-standing irrational fear of amphibians and causing him to take the rest of the day off, thus guaranteeing Marksmanship a full afternoon of peace and quiet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peace and Quiet (short story)|Peace and Quiet]]'') | ||