Thinking about the past Iskandor had lost track of time, Hikari, Lar and Serena walk in and Serena asks. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, Ollis just really reminded me of the only friend I had before this, he was a great friend and now I miss him..." Iskandor replies.
"We're here for you, anything we can do?" Hikari asks.
"Any of you know how to play an instrument?" Iskandor asks.
"Not really." Lar says.
"I don't think so... Amnesia and all that." Hikari replies.
"Actually yes I do, flute and guitar." Serena says.
"Well then Serena, it looks like we will be making a song..." Iskandor replies.
After a few minutes of Iskandor telling Serena what to play on the guitar he starts singing "Memories" by Maroon 5.
"Here's to the ones that we got
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through
Toast to the ones here today
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
There's a time that I remember, when I did not know no pain
When I believed in forever, and everything would stay the same
Now my heart feel like December when somebody say your name
'Cause I can't reach out to call you, but I know I will one day, yeah
Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody hurts someday, ayy ayy
But everything gon' be alright
Go and raise a glass and say, ayy
Here's to the ones that we got
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through
Toast to the ones here today
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
There's a time that I remember when I never felt so lost
When I felt all of the hatred was too powerful to stop (ooh, yeah)
Now my heart feel like an ember and it's lighting up the dark
I'll carry these torches for ya that you know I'll never drop, yeah
Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody hurts someday, ayy ayy
But everything gon' be alright
Go and raise a glass and say, ayy
Here's to the ones that we got (oh)
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through (no, no)
Toast to the ones here today (ayy)
Toast to the ones that we lost on the way
'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories (ayy)
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
Doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo (ooh, yeah)
Memories bring back, memories bring back you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, doh, doh
Memories bring back, memories bring back you" As Iskandor sings a small crowd forms, Iskandor even sees the purple and green of royal robes in the crowd. A few people try to dance but most feel the emotion put into the song, enough to make a few people tear up. As Iskandor finishes the song the small crowd cheers, praising him and Serena.
"Thank you, thank you. No need to get riled up it's just a bit of music." Iskandor says mildly uncomfortable.
"That was amazing." A villager says. Others start to praise him but Iskandor slips away from the crowd with Lar, Serena and Hikari.
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"Thanks Serena, I needed to let out some emotion, I might as well tell you guys about my past." Iskandor says.
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Iskandor was born in a smaller city to poor parents, he wasn't the healthiest child. Between his poor health, his weak body and intimidating intelligence he was bullied in school by most. He only made his first friend when he was 10, both were ahead by a few grades and became fast friends.
"Iskandor, maybe we should start a company to make things, we could make stuff to help others. We could sell this stuff cheaply so anyone can benifit from it." The friend says.
"Now that is a plan I like!" Iskandor replied.
After a few years Iskandor fell in love hard, it was a time of hormones afterall. She was smart and funny, with a decent body to boot. Unfortunately Iskandor got rejected, tried again later, got rejected and the cycle repeated. Iskandor at the time wasn't too good with emotions, he was still dodging bullies left and right and fell into depression. He hid himself away in books, videogames, movies and the like. He eventually came across LARP. Iskandor loved it, he didn't need to think about what he was doing like the rest of his life. He became fairly good at it too, even with his weak body he came up with strategies with little thought and got his friend into it for a while too. By age 20 Iskandor had finished college and started the company he and his friend dreamed about. They made several inventions that helped the world and many became jealous of his success. He decided he needed better security and he only trusted his friend and the AI he finished not long ago. With the help of the two he made the company building so secure a fly shouldn't be able come in. This pissed of the government as people died while trying to sneak in but Iskandor didn't care, he even built a contingency in case the government turned against him. He built a suit much like how Tony Stark did, titanium gold alloy, capable of flight and a HUD with the AI. He quickly got a hang of the suit and started working on the generator that would eventually cause his death. Only two people had the full blueprint, all the engineers working on the project only had the blueprint of what they were doing. However someone had infiltrated the engineering team and played off the other engineers to get the full blueprint to make some subtle tweaks that would result in the death of Iskandor. This generator was many times better than the Arc Reactor shown in the MCU. The blast destroyed the whole building, the one who caused this never made it out, the blueprints were lost. Well other than the copy given to Iskandor's friend. He was on his way to work when this happened and narrowly missed the blast. In a world where plasma weapons, AI better than even Ultron, actual functioning lightsabers, tanks capable of shooting nukes more powerful and precise than ever, the arguably smartest man in the world died to mere sabotage. He fought the world government, killed those who tried to steal his work. He wasn't the best man in the world but he had morals, he wan no hero but he was far from a villain. The world was corrupt and he tried to fix it, despite the means he used.
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"A tale of rising from nothing, only to be taken down by what made me rise to greatness... That is the story of my life." Iskandor finished.
"The girl was stupid for not seeing greatness." Lar says.
"At least you had someone you could trust, not everyone had that from what I could tell." Serena says.
"I apologize if this comes off as insensitive, but I'm glad it happened, otherwise I wouldn't have met you." Hikari states.
"It's alright, I'm just glad to have gotten it off my chest." Iskandor replies.
"Are you planning on repeated what you did then?" Serena asks.
"I still want to try to help others, but I think I'll take a slightly different approach this time. After all, when in Rome do as the Romans do." Iskandor answers.
"Whatever path you choose, I'm with you!" Lar exclaims.
"I agree." Hikari adds, "Afterall, you need support and I'd be an idiot for not following you."
"I guess I'll join too, I got nothing better to do." Serena adds.
"Well, should we make a plan or wing it?" Iskandor asks.
"Let's do what we want, when we want." Serena says.
"I second that!" Lar adds.
"I agree with that too!" Hikari votes.
"3 for improv, 0 for plan. Let's do this." Iskandor exclaims.