The Life Of Normal-Taro

"Yea, basically. I thought of something that I guess would be enough for her to know that I'm alive." M'Baku replied.

"Hmm, good. You're gonna talk about how they're treating you as a prisoner too, right?" Taro asked.

"Hey, we're giving him excellent treatment!" Thankappan, who heard the gist of the conversation, got triggered upon hearing this.

"Yea, I'm not talking shit about you lot." Taro replied.

"But it sure seems like it though!" Thankappan spoke.

"Ah, maybe a little then. People are never gonna swing by if they didn't hear some drastic shit like that. We want the caninos to arrive soon. I don't know how long it'll take for the pod to reach them. So, if I wanna drag them out as soon as possible, I have to pull out stuff like this." Taro replied.

"Hmm, okay. Just mention to your family that MIB: Snehatheeram is treating you well. I don't want us to get bad rep." Thankappan glanced at M'Baku and requested.

"Sure. I'll mention that. Don't worry." M'Baku assured.

"So, are you ready?" Taro looked towards M'Baku who gave a confident nod. Seeing this, Taro turned on the recorder of the pod and waited for the canino to say it all.

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[Hello, honey!

You remember me? It's been five years, you know? Or has it been more than that? Am I declared dead back in home? Ha, that would be funny now, wouldn't it?

Oh, wait. If it's someone other than my wife picking it, please send it to the government official named E'Lulu. Tell her that this is a message from M'Baku.

Anyway, how's life treating you? Are the kids alright? What about you? Are you doing fine? Are we still a thing or…

No, I'm not gonna go down that rabbit hole just yet… So, you might be wondering how I'm still alive, huh? Remember that day five years ago? I found a black hole that day. It sucked me in and guess what it's kinda like a long distance portal. Who would've thought, eh?

Anyhow, I crash landed into a planet called Earth where this species called humans are present. They look more like the Wadorians for some reason. How do I know that, you ask? There's a Wadorian stuck in here as well. So, it's easy to compare.

Now, I know what you're thinking. How come you didn't come back if you were alive? Well, the guys on this planet seized it from me and have put me in kinda like a house arrest at this point. But I don't believe that the humans are doing it by their own accord. 

Recently, I heard that the Glomera civilization has made Earth their most recent betting planet, so they're probably the ones controlling this planet from the shadows. Anyway, because of this, we didn't even get normal translators. Initially, I thought that we were guests. But turns out we're prisoners. It's actually shit.

But some humans are kinda good as well. The MIB: Snehatheeram branch guys are chill. The girl next door reminds me of our daughter, U'Nana. She'd be doing graduation this year. I'm planning to attend it at least this time. I couldn't attend U'Nana's after all. Fucking unlucky, eh?

Anyway, I got a few roommates. The Wadorian I spoke of before—he's one of them. Then there's an Arkian in the midst as well—imagine his expression when he learned that this planet is under Glomeran's control as well; priceless! Hmm, not that I find joy in someone else's pain.

Then we got a plankton. Yup, the war clan. He's pretty chill, though. He's not all about betrayal and backstabbing like those other planktons. Quite a chill guy, if you ask me. And there's one human as well. A weird guy with good intentions. I've only been surviving because of these lot and the memories of you and the kids. I miss you guys.

So, I couldn't do anything about it until now. However, the Wadorian is pretty skilled with machinery and he's the one who made this pod. Anyhow, if I don't make it by the time this pod arrives, which could vary from a year to a decade, send help by all means. We're planning to steal one ship someday, however, now is not the right time. When we do that, we'll make our way to the canino planet. 

Once you get this message, try to establish a communication with us. Like send a blank message saying something like 'Are you there?' or something. If we're near, we'd send you a message. If not, then try your best to get an expedition team to Earth. If you're able to reverse the track of this pod, you'll be able to find the route to Earth, so there's that. 

And if you could somehow pass this message to the planets of my roommates, that'd be pretty great as well. At least Wados. I don't trust the others that much. Yea, that's kinda it...

E'Lulu… I miss you. I love you. For once in all these years, I am hopeful. I feel like I could meet you someday. And that day would be the greatest day of my life.

This is M'Baku, citizen of the canino planet. Signing off.]

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"Oh, you're done?" Taro asked as M'Baku came out of a silent room and handed the pod back to him.

"Yup." M'Baku nodded his head.

"I hope you conveyed what you wanted to convey." Taro looked at M'Baku with a concerned look of sorts. After all, this message is the one that's gonna decide their fate. If M'Baku had said something insulting towards his wife and she actually gets triggered by it and decides not to help them, everything will end up in vain.

"Yea, I believe I did that." M'Baku replied.

Taro wanted to open the pod and hear the message. However, it was something that a man sent to his wife. So, he didn't feel like doing so. Thus, rather than being concerned about it, he trusted the canino and sent the pod to the atmosphere.

"Wait, how are we gonna send it into the atmosphere?" Ajish interrupted and asked.

"The solar panels come into play in that. Just keep it in sunlight for an hour or three. We'll send it space after getting the translator stuff done." Taro replied as he went back to work.

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