PART 1

I suppose this is our first time meeting. How are you doing?

Because of a particular accident, I’ve been stranded on this planet full of bizarre phenomenons. How I got here is a long story, so I’ll try to simplify some things.

Once, I was an ol’ space tramp who scavenged scrap for a living. My journey began when I heard news of a fresh wreckage from within an asteroid belt, which I arrived at as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, I was not alone!

Many others appeared, all fiercely competitive to gather some scraps of their own. Fortunately, I was the first person to arrive at the site, so I figured I could grab some valuable pieces before the other scavengers would start becoming territorial.

The plan would’ve gone perfectly, had I not been hit with diarrhea…

Oh, don't worry about the toilet paper situation. I eventually came out. As for how I came out, I’d rather not tell. There’s a quote for this sort of situation that I dare not forget. “Use the bathroom before realizing there’s no toilet paper, and the consequences are serious.”

By the way, this is BUG: my assistant. He’s helped me solve problems anywhere at any time, although the one problem that he could never overcome was his annoying personality. He never understood social cues very well.

Once I get rich, I’ll swap BUG’s personality chip with something that can make his attitude more tolerable.

The harvest yielded surprising results. Many of the pieces were of superb quality. It would make me wealthy, no doubt! But then there came a problem.

Looks like people were territorial already!

BUG!

As scrap scavengers, we treat territories seriously. Taking scrap within a spot which someone else claimed is considered stealing.

I’ll admit, I am easily stressed. But whenever I need to calm these harsh feelings down, I dig into a tasty bag of snacks. …

Unless I accidentally spill them. (I didn't curse there. I just chanted a spell that grants relief.)

The beloved snacks! I could catch them in time. But as I did so, I flew into a panicked dilemma: Should I really continue blinding my problems with snacks, or face the issue by resuming my conversion with the other scavenger? The answer was obvious…

I got back onto my feet after picking up all the snacks, but it looked like Bug didn’t learn from his mistake.

Even though BUG is made from the most top-notch technology, I seem to have lost this battle…

BUG was about to snatch an invaluable piece of scrap - an abandoned airtight cabin - right before I could tell him to stop.

I wanted to apologize, but the other scavenger didn't give me a chance to explain…

Yeah, I remember scolding BUG that day. I really regret having him take over the ship without me watching over his actions.

But those were about to become the least of my worries…

For everything was about to change.

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