Websites to go to:
Macbeth: http:www.arwing.host.sk/gallery/albums/sf64/screens/2202.jpg
A switch (and the train): http:www.arwing.host.sk/gallery/albums/sf64/screens/2301.jpg
Mechbeth and the train: http:www.arwing.host.sk/gallery/albums/sf64/screens/2305.jpg
Landmaster: http:www.arwing.host.sk/gallery/albums/sf64/renders/ships22.jpg
Chapter 11 - The Last Chapter
Characters in Chapter 11:
Fox – Homestar
Slippy – Homsar
Peppy – Coach Z
Falco – Strong Bad
General Pepper – Strong Sad
ROB 64 – Grape Nuts Robot
Train driver – Bubs
Location: Outside Macbeth (no, not the play)
"You know Homestar; there is the enemy base here. So it would be a good idea if you went and destroyed it, you know, so there's no more attack from Andross. Do know that this is the last planet that needs to be cleaned up," explained Strong Sad's voice in Homestar's radio.
"Um, right. I'll do what you said," replied Homestar.
Location: Macbeth
Homestar was driving the Landmaster, the tank he drove in Titania in "Star Fox 64, Homestar Style" when he was looking for Homsar, who was attacked by Trogdor in Solar. But that's not important right now. He drove to some hills by the railroad with the train that seemed to have a never-ending amount of boxcars and carts.
"To be, or not to be," said Homestar.
"Uh, Homestar, that's from Hamlet," said Coach Z.
"Just shut up about Shakespeare and get to work!" ordered Strong Bad.
"You've got it!" replied Homestar as he shot at the carts with boulders that's part of the train.
"Here come the little hyenas now," observed Bubs.
"Weally? Whewe?" asked Homestar as he destroyed the cart and destroyed a wall that blocked his way.
Homestar encountered some ships on towers shooting at him. Homestar shot at them and rode on towards an empty space.
"Here, have some of my rocks!" said Bubs.
A cart with rocks dumped the rocks in the open space. Homestar just shot a bomb at them to destroy them.
"You're not taking me seriously. But you're not going to destroy my a lot of dollars train!" said Bubs.
Then the train went ahead as Homestar destroyed a little cart with a small tower sticking out to get a Shield Ring. Then he focused on the ships flying above, where Homsar, Coach Z, and Strong Bad were in battle.
"Okay, let's just shoot them now," said Strong Bad as the Arwings were shooting the ships while Homestar was shooting at them too, as well as the carts that were in his way.
Then Homestar got a bomb on the right side of the railroad.
"Here comes the cheese!" shouted Homsar.
Five butterfly creatures flew up to meet Homestar. Homestar shot charged shots and bolts (what he's firing) at them to destroy them. Then he destroyed five ships flying above him in a formation. Then he saw rocks coming towards him. Homestar shot bolts at them or dodged them.
"Like the buttercup nacho of delight?" asked Homsar.
"Yeah, those things taste gweat!" replied Homestar as he approached a line of four rocks coming his way.
"Try hoovering!" shouted Coach Z.
"Uh, I don't have a vacuum," replied Homestar as he destroyed a rock and went on.
As he destroyed some ships and got a Shield Ring, the tank fell off the cliff and onto the ground below.
"Oh crap! Detach the rear vehicle! They mean nothing to me!" shouted Bubs.
Then a train carriage with some sort of cannon shot cannonballs on top of a building, making rocks fall down. Homestar shot at them while dodging attacks from the enemy.
"Don't let the train get to the Sorpply Depot!" shouted Coach Z.
As he went under the railroad and to the other side, Strong Bad flew by, being chased by a ship.
"Oh crap! This stupid ship won't leave me alone!" exclaimed Strong Bad.
Homestar destroyed it.
"I don't need to be thankful. I could have taken care of that myself, okay bye," said Strong Bad as he flew away.
As Homestar went up a hill, the same carriage with the cannon shot cannonballs on top of a building, making rocks fall down.
"I'll shoot them!" said Homestar as he accidentally pressed to button to hover.
He hovered onto the railroad and shot a bomb meant for the rocks at the train carriage, destroying it. Then he got a Shield Ring as there was an explosion as one or two carriages were destroyed. Then he entered a tunnel where the train was heading.
"Come on, Homestar, follow the train," said Bubs.
Suddenly, bars came from the walls.
"Try hoovering! No, not, er… HOVER!" shouted Coach Z.
So Homestar hovered over the bars as he continued shooting at the train. Then he hovered over the other bars that blocked his way while he destroyed carriages. Then he went through the Checkpoint on the right side of the exit.
"Hey Homestar, be aware of the swortches ahead," said Coach Z.
Homestar destroyed a boxcar, revealing another carriage that looked metallic. So he destroyed it to cause a big explosion as what was left of the train was one carriage. Homestar hovered over the bars.
"Shoot the eight swortches to open the lock!" ordered Coach Z.
Homestar saw a switch on his right with the label 1. He shot it to make the switch "open" up, revealing a blue light. Then he shot the second switch while shooting enemies. The third switch was on top of a cube on the other side of the railroad, so he shot it.
"Okay, it's time for me to use my secret weapon!" said Bubs as Homestar shot the fourth switch on the left side of the railroad and Mechbeth was released from a train.
"To kill a mockingbird!" shouted Homsar as he gave Homestar Mechbeth's energy meter.
As Homestar went to the right side of the railroad, Mechbeth charged up for something. Homestar shot at the tail and the head of the Mechbeth to damage the parts.
"I'll lure these ships and tank up to the front!" said Bubs as Homestar got a message from Grape Nuts Robot.
"Now spell: Here ya go," said Grape Nuts Robot.
Homestar shot at a large mechanical door to make it open up. It revealed the fifth switch and a box opened up to reveal a bomb. Homestar got the bomb and shot the switch. Mechbeth dove to scoop Homestar's tank with its tail to damage the tank. As Homestar was released, he shot the sixth switch just before he missed it.
"I hate that fweakin, uh… that fweak," said Homestar.
Then the train made large, tall, thin pillars fall to the ground. Meanwhile, the seventh and eight switch were nearby, aligned with each other. As Homestar shot at the seventh switch, the Mechbeth scooped him up again.
"All right Homestar, I'll do what you missed," said Strong Bad.
Strong Bad flew to the eighth switch and shot it. Then Homestar approached a switcher with a ramp leading up to it. Homestar barrel rolled out of Mechbeth's way.
"Okay! Now shoot the swortcher!" ordered Coach Z.
"Step on the gas!" shouted Bubs.
When Mechbeth was about to scoop Homestar's tank up again, Homestar shot at the switcher.
"Good goring, Homestar!" said Coach Z.
A part of the railroad switched from a railroad that went to the supply depot (the train's destination) to the railroad that led to the base. Suddenly, the train went on the wrong track. It was going to fast as it crashed through the wooden barriers.
"Oh crap! Hit the brakes!" shouted Bubs as the train kept going through the barriers.
Then it went towards the base.
"I can't STOP IT!" shouted Bubs in his highest voice as the train crashed into the enemy base and Mechbeth was destroyed by hitting the entrance of the base too hard.
Then, possibly the biggest explosion of fiery balls seen from space, began. To say the enemy base was destroyed was an understatement. So was to say the enemy base blew up. A whole bunch of explosions damaged the base, as well as the train. Finally, a HUGE explosion finished the train and the base off into smithereens.
Homestar was already driving away from the ruins.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
"All aiwcwaft wepowt!" ordered Homestar as the Arwings and Great Fox flew above him.
"They have stupid faces in their shim-sham shiny!" shouted Homsar.
"I'm sure we hort them for good!" reported Coach Z.
"Yeah! We kicked butt! If only if we could continue this. Well, it's all over," reported Strong Bad.
As the Arwings flew away from the planet, the Landmaster hovered into the Great Fox as the Great Fox flew away.
After the defeat of Andross and the end of Operation Cleanup, the Cornerian TV Station went back on air. The first thing the TV Station did was to interview the Star Fox members. Nobody realized who hard this was going to be. So, here they are.
Strong Bad:
"And we're starting at 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… ACTION!"
Then the applause sound from a machine was turned on as the host (not a Homestar Runner website character) walked to the stage.
"Hello, my name is not important, but welcome to the first show, that doesn't have an important name, in a while. Anyway, we're going to interview the Star Fox team! And Strong Bad is going to be interviewed first. Like Strong Bad would always say, let's get to the point! Strong Bad, will you come up here?" asked the host as Strong Bad walked to the stage.
"Hello host, I'm Strong Bad, the coolest member of the Star Fox team!" said Strong Bad as he sat down on a chair on the stage while the host sat in the other chair.
"Yes, well, that's nice, Strong Bad. You answered my first question: Who do you think you are in the Star Fox team? Anyway, now onto the second question: How much did you enjoy being in the Star Fox team? Was it thrilling? Frustrating?" asked the host.
"Well, I'll tell you. There's nothing harder than having to cope with two idiots and a loser. But it's harder to cope with them if you have to be with them for a bunch of chapters in two stories. So, overall, it was annoying," replied Strong Bad.
"I see. Anyway, so, what important things have you done? Coach Z supplied Homestar with information and what wise things to do…" began the host.
"And Homestar didn't follow any of them, well, most of them," interrupted Strong Bad.
"Yes, and Homsar supplied Homestar with information about the enemy and some vehicles, like the Landmaster and Blue Marine…" said the host when he was interrupted again.
"Sounds like you don't need to interview those losers, I guess," said Strong Bad.
"I still do, but here is the main question. Why the heck were you important? I mean, all you ever did was to criticize Homestar, get in the way, get the enemies Homestar could get. You know, you didn't really need to bother or help him, since he's better than you think, or than you are," explained the host.
"Are you saying I suck?" asked Strong Bad.
"Yes," thought the host, but he said, "I'm just saying you didn't put in any importance in the team. Sure you got Homestar to the Attack Carrier, but that's all you can do? Coach Z and Homsar were helpful in all missions."
"Hey! I destroyed the mother ship in Katina!" retorted Strong Bad.
"Which Homestar was about to destroy," replied the host.
"Oh, so it's all about Homestar now?" asked Strong Bad.
"Let me ask you this: If you weren't a part of the Star Fox team, how would it differ. In my opinion, I don't think they need you," said the host.
"I have a question for you: How do you continue to be a host if you're unconscious?" asked Strong Bad.
"Well, it's a very…" began the host when Strong Bad punched him in the face with both of his boxing gloves, knocking him unconscious.
"Stupid host, challenging my coolty," muttered Strong Bad as he left.
"Uh… I guess we should stop here," said the cameraman as the screen changed to the technical problems screen.
Coach Z:
After waking the host up, the show continued with interviewing Coach Z.
"So Coach Z, shall I call you Z or Coach Z, since 'coach' is a title, or is that part of your name, like your family knew you were going to be a coach, so they put 'coach' in your name?" asked the host as he sat down in his chair.
"Well, I tell ya, I prefor Coach, but I don't know. It's one of world's grortest mysteries," explained Coach Z as he sat down in his chair.
"Wait, can you say that last sentence again?" asked the host.
"I said, 'It's one of world's grortest mysteries,'" repeated Coach Z.
"Oh man, I can not do this interview with this accent. Coach A!" shouted the host.
Then another version of Coach Z with a black bodysuit, a medallion that said "A", a mustache, brown and blue hat, mean looking eyes, and nun chucks arrived. Light jazz music was playing as he entered.
"Hey host, how's business?" asked Coach A.
"Listen Coach A…" began the host.
"Don't tell me I have to interpret for my lesser form!" said Coach A.
"Hey Coach A, it rhorms!" said Coach Z.
"No way, you're on your own dude!" said Coach A as he walked away.
"Okay, I'll have to try hard on this one. Let's see how many mispronunciations he can make. I'll tell my friends over at the bar. So, Coach Z, how do you feel about being in two Star Fox teams, each ran by a person in the same family?" asked the host.
"Well, I tell ya, it wors very hard to lose Dangeresque Too? I kindar feel soory for Ramrod, I mean Homestar! Glad I can tell Homestar what to do, or he'll be asking for troble, and he did!" explained Coach Z as the host took note of Coach Z's mispronunciations.
"I see," commented the host.
"What do yor sor?" asked Coach Z.
"Nothing. Anyway, next question. What do you think about your teammates?" asked the host.
"Well, I tell ya. It wors not easy to control a bunch of morgots to go thror the Leelat System in order to defeat Androws. But still, they're okay, except for Strong Bad. He has some sort of atteetude problem," answered Coach Z.
"So, you responded to Homestar's curiosity by looking out of the window. He claimed that he saw his father saving him from Venom. What do you think?" asked the host.
"I say the sorpor-cow-crob-UFO's have returned!" exclaimed Coach Z as he stood up and began running around in panic.
While running around, he ran into the camera, knocking the cameraperson down. Once again, we cut to the technical difficulties screen. Anyway, the interview is OVER! By the way, the host's notes showed that Coach Z made 17 mispronunciations starting from when the host began taking note.
Homsar:
Due to the host couldn't decipher Homsar's speech, Strong Sad translated his speech and wrote it, in poetic form. The host read it:
"Hello friend,
My name is Sir Ludwig Homsar,"
"What the crap?! Sir Ludwig Homsar? Did you translate from the man, or guy, himself?" the host asked Strong Sad.
"Well, I'm not perfect in Homsar's language, but I did the best I could," answered Strong Sad.
"That explains a lot," mumbled the host before reading on.
"I am part of the engrossing, but parlous Star Fox,"
"Strong Sad, you spiced the vocabulary up, didn't you? And I think you made spelling mistakes," asked the host.
"Look, I said I did this with the best work I could! And I don't make spelling mistakes, I think, unless I'm under pressure," replied Strong Sad as the host went on.
"I had a lot of merriment,
I was synergetic by giving Homestar the boss' record of vigor,
I may have been agrestic throughout the commissions,
But without me, Homestar wouldn't have made distance from Corneria,
But know that I am Sir Ludwig Homsar of Master Ludwig Van Wolfgang Beltino.
I am not from Europe,
I am from, some other place, uh, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Thank you Strong Sad for your floweriness, now get lost," ordered the host.
"You know, I am a general," said Strong Sad.
"Not anymore. The president of Corneria is thinking of replacing you. Now leave," ordered the host.
Homestar Runner:
"Hello everybody. We've covered three of the Star Fox team, so it's now time for the leader. Everybody, here is Homestar Runner!" announced the host as Homestar came.
"Oh hello! I'm Homestaw! This is a stowy at fanfiction.cake!" started Homestar.
"Uh Homestar, it's dot net," corrected the host as he sat in a chair.
"Dot com," corrected Homer Starrun.
"Oh, wight. Fanfiction.cake, it's dot net, dot com!" said Homestar as he sat in a chair.
"Ugh! No wonder those guys in Free Country, USA had a hard time making shows with Homestar."
"So, do we stawt ovew?" asked Homestar.
"No, you go on. So say something about yourself," said the host.
"Okay. Oh, hello. Gweetings, one and evewyone. Welcome to me... Homestaw... Wunnew... Homestaw Wunnew. Um... what else? I pretty much wun the show around here. I date the only giwl, I have the only pwopellew cap. And can wun, and jump, and kick the fastest, highest and like nobody's business."
"No, your Fox self!" corrected the host.
"Oh. Awoooooo!" howled Homestar.
"What the crap?"
"What? Isn't that what foxes sing?" asked Homestar.
"I mean who you are playing! Not to break the fourth wall, or anything like that. Actually, I have no idea what I just said," replied the host.
"Oh, wight. Oh, hello! Gweetings, one and evewyone. Welcome to me… Homestaw… Wunnew… Um… what else? So I'm pwetty much the main chawactew of this site. I'm son of the only dead dad, leadew of Staw Fox…" began Homestar.
"Which you won't be very soon," interrupted Strong Bad, who came.
"That too. And, I've defeated Andwoss!"
"Oh brother! You were nothing without me! Without me, you would have still been in Corneria, shooting at random stuff like a chicken with its head cut off!"
"Hey! That only happened once!" retorted Homestar.
"And you destroyed all of my office windows, and my certificates, and computer," said Strong Sad.
"Whoa! Stwong Sad! How long have you been standing there?" asked Homestar.
"Uh, for the whole interview, I guess," answered Strong Sad.
"Oh, that's cweepy," said Homestar.
"Guys, guys, guys! This is an interview with Homestar! Strong Bad, Strong Sad, get lost!" ordered the host.
"Hey, you tellin' me to get lost?" asked Strong Bad.
"All right, Strong Sad, get lost. Strong Bad, please don't make any smart comments."
"Fine," said Strong Bad as Strong Sad left.
"Before the Strongs interrupted, do you have anything to say about your team members?" asked Homestar.
"They'we gweat!" answered Homestar.
"Yeah! They'we weally gweat and dumb! Duh! I'm Corch Z, and I can't say jarb! I'm HomsarAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" commented Strong Bad.
"What have I said about your smart comments?" asked the host.
"What? I'm not saying anything smart! I'm saying anything dumb! Because I'm a calligraphy train!" replied Strong Bad, imitating Homsar.
"Anyway, you say that you saw your father. How can you describe that?" the host asked Homestar, deciding to deal with Strong Bad later.
"Well, it all stawted with…" began Homestar.
"I'll make it short. He saw bones, rather burnt or probably well done," interrupted Strong Bad.
"True, true," commented the host.
"But, but! Nevew mind. Next question!" said Homestar.
"Okay, last question. What do you think about Star Fox?" asked the host.
"It's cool, but why isn't it named Staw Homestaw, or Staw Staw? I mean, Fox got the team named after him. Why not me?" asked Homestar.
"Because Star Fox sounds cooler than Star Homestar or Star Star," replied Strong Bad.
"Oh, weally? I thought because the woman who made the game loved foxes."
"No, and a woman didn't make the game. It was a guy with a weird name, Shigeru, uh, Me, A, Mo, Tony? Anyway, he's Japanese."
"Oh! That weminds me! I have to stawt watching the Stinkoman tapes, stawting fwom Season 1 I got fow my pwesents!" remembered Homestar.
"What? Presents? What presents?" asked Strong Bad suddenly.
"The pwesents we got fow saving the Lylat System!" replied Homestar.
"WHAT? AUGH! WHY DIDN'T I GET ANY PRESENTS?" asked Strong Bad.
"Relax Strong Bad, maybe it's just Homestar," said the host.
"Hey Strong Bad!" cried Coach Z as he and Homsar appeared, with boxes of presents. Coach Z had a blue bodysuit on.
"Hey, any of those mine?" asked Strong Bad.
"Na, you didn't get any. Check out my golden whistle, and my blor bodysuit!" said Coach Z.
"My Turtletina!" answered Homsar as he held up his new video game discs for PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube, which he doesn't know how to function.
"AUGH MAN! I DID ALL OF THIS WORK FOR RESPECT, AND THIS IS WHAT I GET? THAT'S IT, I QUIT THIS FREAKIN' TEAM!" shouted Strong Bad as he flung his Star Fox badge in his pocket onto the host's head, knocking him unconscious.
"I got some package/presents for a Mr. Bad!" said a delivery man, who arrived with a package.
"Oh well, I guess things went up," said Strong Bad as he received the present and left.
"Uh… I guess we should stop here," said the camera person as the scene changed to a technical difficulties screen.
So a few days later, the Star Fox team was in front of Strong Sad again in the Cornerian palace.
"Strong Sad, we want a royal life!" said Strong Bad.
"Oh no, Stwong Bad. We'we still doing things ouw way," said Homestar.
"So where are you going to continue your life?" asked Strong Sad.
"I don't know, but we'we not having a wavioli life," replied Homestar.
Coach Z and Homsar nodded in agreement. Strong Bad shook his head, still wanting a royal life. Then Homestar got a message from Grape Nuts Robot.
"Great Fox is ready to go," reported Grape Nuts Robot.
"Okay guys, let's go!" ordered Homestar.
Then we see the Star Fox team running across the grassless plain during the evening. Homestar was in the lead with his running, hence his last name, Runner. Strong Bad was running after him, chasing him because not only is Homestar the leader, but he rejected royal life for his wingmen for the second time in a row. Coach Z was lagging behind Strong Bad, hoping to make sure Strong Bad doesn't beat Homestar into a bloody pulp. Homsar was stumbling while running, but that's the way he runs, behind Coach Z. They kept on running. The Star Fox music was playing until the Great Fox flew into the horizon, making an orchestra play their version of the victory music. Then the Great Fox flew away while the Star Fox members kept on running.
Then they got into their Arwings and flew away to the sun with the Great Fox. Strong Bad couldn't shoot down Homestar because that wasn't in the script, but he still couldn't forgive Homestar. Then the credit music finished with the choir as the Arwings and the Great Fox disappeared from the horizon. Andross' face did not appear on the sun.
Epilogue
Like last time, Strong Sad was doing business stuff by stamping stuff. Oh what a boring life, especially action is offered right outside the office. Then he was at the Star Fox bill. Strong Sad gasped as he saw the immense amount before fainting. Before he even let go of consciousness, he grabbed the stamp and feebly stamped the bill. The money he owed Star Fox was a large portion of his fortune. Ouch!
THE END of THIS STORY
Why each Character's that Character:
Homestar – Fox: They're the main characters of where they are. Fox has a father who looks like him, but wears shades. Homestar's "father" wears shades as well. Fox in expert mode wears shades. Homestar is seen wearing shades. But most of all, it's because they're capable of running the fastest in their team for the credits.
Homsar – Slippy: They're not the best flyers in the world. Heck, they're terrible, always getting into trouble, getting a lot of miracles to survive. Yet, Homsar can be autistic, so he can be really good in building stuff, like Slippy. In this story, Homsar's autistic. How else could he have shot down Strong Mad by himself?
Coach Z – Peppy: They're pretty much older than Homestar and Fox, respectively, but not too old or out of shape, like the King of Town and Bubs (who is not old, but out of shape). So, they're wiser than Homestar and Fox, respectively again.
Strong Bad – Falco: Almost everything Falco says in the Star Fox 64 game wouldn't be out of place from Strong Bad's mouth. They have a bad attitude, think they're better (I guess), and don't like their leaders very much. Also, Strong Bad has to have a main character role as a good guy, because there's no other place for him.
Homeschool – Wolf: They are like a clone of Homestar and Fox, respectively. Also in most Homestar Runner fan stories on this site, Homeschool is depicted as the villain, so being the leader of Star Wolf fits him.
Goblin – Leon: This is mostly decided by random. These are the things they have in common:
They're green
We don't know a lot about them
They're names end with an "N", which isn't really important.
Sir Strong Bad – Pigma: Sir Strong Bad is the type of guy who would betray your father for money. In fact, Sir Strong Bad has done many evil deeds, like stealing parsnips so The Homestar Runner, Fat Dudley, and Marzipan would go hungry.
Strong Mad – Andrew: Mostly by random. I chose Strong Mad to be Andrew because he's Homsar's rival, and he fits Homsar best. They're both not bright and good flyers.
Strong Sad – General Pepper: There's no place for him in action, and he's whiny ("I'm not!" retorted Strong Sad) and thinks negatively ("Okay, that's true," admitted Strong Sad), like General Pepper, I guess. Anyway, he's not into flying. That's important.
Grape Nuts Robot – ROB 64: There are many other robots for this job, but Visor Robot is doing another role, and that robot from the storybook probably rusted, short-circuited, or had its plug pulled out. Grape Nuts Robot is the only one available. Plus, isn't it kinda funny to hear "Now spell" every time Grape Nuts Robot talks?
Andross – Andross: Considering nobody wants their head and hands chopped off, only to be blown up, we had Andross himself be himself. He's used to it, having been blown up like, at least a billion times. Also, all evil characters (if there are any) are taken.
Pom Pom – Bill: He's Bill because he's Homestar's best friend, like Bill is Fox's best friend.
The Ugly One – Katt: This is to fit the whole plot with Strong Bad being annoyed with his girlfriend, especially when The Ugly One's hideous and hated. Plus, it's a nice joke.
Bosses:
Wheelchair – Attack Carrier guy: He kinda talks like the Attack Carrier guy. He replaced Eh! Steve.
Senor Cardgage – Shogun: Their heads are circular. Other than that, it's random.
Visor Robot – Spyborg: They're powerful robots with large metal hands. Also, they have two layers of heads, sort of.
King of Town – Sarumarine captain: They're old with white hair! Plus, the King of Town had experience with cannonballs. That's enough.
Bubs – Train Driver: Their voices are alike.
Homekid – Caiman: They're heads look alike. Plus, they are inferior to their "sir."
Other Area 6 guy – Stinkoman: He is at a higher level than Homekid, like in Star Fox 64, where the other Area 6 guy is at a higher rank than Caiman.
So that's it, it's all over. So, you can carry on with your life or read other stories.