Update: Since it's been a while since April Fools', I'll go ahead and say it — feel free to skip this chapter!
Feel free to read it too, though — just in case you wanted to refresh yourself in a very, VERY jarring way :))
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So this fanfic has quite a bit of chapters — maybe too many chapters at this point. And hopefully much more to come. Taking all this into account, here it is! For the lazy, the uninterested, the casual readers, the rereaders: a TL;DR! Read this, and you'll be caught up instantly — you won't miss a thing!
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Prologue: bald thoughts
Bald man stand on ship. Dead alien behind him. See esper. Carry esper.
"What dinner?"
egg.
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Chapter 1: weirdoes
esper mad at bat man, fly into ship. meet alien. spinny fire
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Chapter 2: meet up
esper mad at alien. alien also mad, but stronger. esper saved by bald.
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"ok."
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Chapter 3: esper proud
esper sees bald fight.
"sorry"
blacks out. wakes up.
bald win.
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Chapter 4: beside ship
"want hospital?"
"no."
"want hospital?"
"no"
"want stay my house?"
"n— ok."
"forgot egg."
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Chapter 5: egg
"you midget"
"no."
"oh wow. dinner?"
"yummy"
sleep.
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Chapter 6: egg head
"esper, news bad. im leaving."
"ok."
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"im back."
"yay"
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Chapter 7: pass on
"hot spring?"
"yes"
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Chapter 8: hot spring
"welcome hot spring, esper."
"wow"
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"free toothpaste, bald"
"wow"
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"welcome esper's sister"
"oh no"
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Chapter 9: forget night
esper drunk. esper sister wants talk. no. esper vomit.
"drink water"
stabs zombie. drinks water.
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Chapter 10: suitcase closed
"who stab zombie?"
"me, bald. sorry."
"ok."
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Chapter 11: she want way
"im leaving."
"ok."
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Chapter 12: she want way she want way
"im back."
"ok."
hug
"ok."
"im leaving"
"bye."
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later. knock knock.
"manga?"
"manga"
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Prologue 2: esper think
"i dont like alien"
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Chapter 13: work
"im esper's sister. join me, bald."
"no."
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meanwhile esper
"i hate bugs"
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meanwhile esper again
"i visit bald."
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Chapter 14: maro kar
"esper, want play?"
"no."
"want play?"
"ok."
they win. dinnertime.
"come again."
"ok, you too"
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Chapter 15: bald day off
"esper, i visit."
"you sad."
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Chapter 16: dont say
esper: "you sad."
"no."
"ok dinner?"
"gold leaf"
"no."
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Chapter 17: hero hunt
Esper and bald beat monster. hug.
esper's sister's friends: mm french fries.
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meanwhile esper's sister:
wow veggie man
wow monster man beat up veggie man
wait oh no.
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And that's about it! I hope I was able to retain the emotional depth of my story, as well as keep the plot clear yet concise. It took ten years to get this done, as an on-and-off project offshooting from the main story, so I hope you all appreciate it!
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Have a good April Fools', everyone.
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- bb