Omake - Channel Surfing

Zerayah was in a mood.

It was inevitable since she had been left behind on Slawkenberg, while her Dad went out leading forces across the stars, like the Hero of Liberation he was. Before he departed they got in quite the argument, and much to her later dismay, she went as far as to yell at him, begging him to let her go with him. Yet, Dad never lost his composure, and without even raising his voice, explained the risks involved in taking her along.

After getting him to promise to remain safe and to come back as soon as he could, Zerayah let her Dad go out into the stars, to defend Adumbria from a Pirate Invasion.

It had been just a few days since her Dad went away, and yet it felt like it had gone away for years, and her somber mood was apparent to everyone in the Palace. Even her friends from school had noticed, and tried their best to cheer her up.

While going out with her friends had been a nice distraction, they couldn't remain next to her all the time, so when she was in her room inside the Palace, she spent most of her time sulking underneath several layers of bedsheets, covers and blankets.

But after a while, that got too tiresome and boring, so she'll then wander around looking for stuff to do.

Lately, some of her friends had been talking about some holoshow or another that had caught their attention, and since Zerayah was never someone who cared all that much about Holodramas, had felt a little left out of the conversation. So that's why she was sitting on a couch in her PJ's in front of a Holoscreen with several snacks and drinks on standby for what her friends had called a Veg Sesh, or something.

Hopefully, she'd find something that caught her attention and distracted her, so she wouldn't keep thinking about her dad.

Interviewer: What was your reaction when you found out you were chosen to play the role of Ciaphas Cain?

Joseph ben Abel: I was shocked to be honest. When I auditioned, I was hoping to get a minor role, I never expected to be chosen to play the main character.

I: Well, the person in charge of casting did an excellent job, because people consider you the quintessential actor to play our Lord Cain. Even beyond the "Legacy of Cain" Series of movies, every other movie that needs someone to play him, even in a minor role, you are the one chosen. In fact, when a studio announced they had chosen another actor to play Cain, people protested in front of their offices until they changed their minds.

JbA: Fans do get passionate, especially in regards to Lord Cain. *laughs.* And I am honored they think so greatly of my performance of Cain. I work very hard to emulate him to the best of my abilities.

I: You do a very good job of it. Some people actually believe it is Cain himself who appears in the movies.

JbA: I believe most of the credit for that should go to the make-up artists who spend hours making sure the sideburns and chin are as identical to the real Cain, and the director and cinematographer who work their arses off for me to look as grand as him. You won't believe the amount of fans who meet me and say that I look a lot shorter than in the films. And with good reason, Lord Cain is TALL, he stands a head taller than me!

I: Appart of Height, what is the most difficult aspect of playing the role of Cain?

[-]

Zerayah was both annoyed and embarrassed by the first thing it showed. When she had been younger (which wasn't THAT long ago), she had believed it had been her actual Dad that appeared in the few holofilms she had watched. Ug, that had been SO Embarrassing when she asked him about it and he laughed it off!

She then changed the channel.

[SWITCH]

"I wanna know, have you ever seen Cain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen Cain
Comin' down to Slawkenberg?"

Uf.

Zerayah cringed a bit. Now she understood why Dad always suggested not to name things after him.

[SWITCH]

The logo of the UWL started flashing repeatedly while loud music was blasting beyond being obnoxious for someone with normal sense hearing, let alone Zerayah who had a much sensitive one.

Then the show continued by presenting two people.

Derrick J, a young dark skinned man with short black hair whose body was filled with all manner of tattoos, but most prominently were the symbols of the USA and of Khorne.

Pauro Oddbelius, an older fair skinned man with a shaved head, he too was covered in tattoos but these ones were symbols of the Imperial Faith.

WordS continued to flash on the screen announcing their upcoming fight, where the winner takes all.

D.J. : As far as I'm concerned, there isn't going to be a fight. I'm gonna mercy kill this old man.

P.O. : Derrick is a very rude person, but soon he will learn manners. I will torture his body so that his soul learns to be humble.

D.J. : I'm gonna run circles around him while he's trying to hit me with his cane. Old Man.

P.O. : The Emperor chose me for this fight. The Emperor is the Teacher. Derrick is the Student and I'm the Emperor's Instrument. When I squeeze your lungs, Derrick, and you beg me for life, then your heart will open to the God Emperor.

D.J. : I'm going to knock him out round one, bitch. Wait, what did he say again? He said the Emperor chose him. That doesn't even make sense really.

P.O. : When you eat through a plastic tube, when you are paralyzed from the neck down, then your family will gather around your bed, to see the new Derrick.

D.J. : Okay, he knows we are just talking here right? I mean, we're just getting people hyped for the fight. Because I'm sorry, is this [Bleep] crazy?

P.O. : The Emperor's lessons are so beautiful!

D.J. : The emperor's lessons are beautiful?! I'm sorry. WHO PUT THIS FIGHT TOGETHER?! THIS IS A… Well, if you all got an actual crazy person for me to fight, well, that's not fair to ME, or HIM.

P.O. : [CHANTING IN HIGH GOTHIC]

Zerayah shrugged, she wasn't interested in watching a religious debate disguised as a fight.

[KEEP CHANGING?]