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The Test

14 Jan 2023 · 4 min · Rumble

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And so it happens that on this day, exactly 500 years ago, Master Po died.

After morning exercises, Master Po addressed the adepts regarding a mission to eradicate the Hyarushi clan.

Po warned us that the mission was so dangerous as to be deemed impossible, with no hope of return.

Po's words were golden. If he deemed this a suicide mission, he would have been a suicide mission.

I believed him.

I welcome you all to the test. In three days from now, there is a cage fighting event. And every single one of you has been paired against a professional fighter. This is the beginning of the path. Decide if you're going to do it or not, and you can write yes or no.

*Gunshot*

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- To build an elite core of men, they need to be thrown into the Crucible, not to kill them,

but to make them wish they could die. To make the pain, the stress, the hardship go away. Most will give up.

ring the bell. But some will refuse to buckle. Some will refuse to bow. Some will refuse to accept their station in life. Some will push forward through the pain, through the sorrow, through the nightmares. Some will grit their teeth and fling themselves forward with purpose, will,

and power. For them, the test will be a forge. Casting them into a mold

Much the same as every single conqueror throughout history.

So it is with the men of the test.

Poe warned us that the mission was so dangerous as to be deemed impossible.

you

with no hope of return.

Poe's words were golden.

If he deemed this a suicide mission,

I believed him.

you.

*Dramatic Music*

In the raging flames of personal tragedy, men are sometimes forged into something more than human.

So it is with the men of the test.

you

*Mario's Death*

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