A Farewell to Arms (short story)

A Farewell to Arms
Main character(s):	Nezf, Wade, T
Main setting:	Shockley's Den of Almost Limitless Inquity Labyrinth The Fortress, RMS, Amazolian system
Key crew
Writer:	Nate Bumber
Release details
Part of:	The Book of the Peace
Release date:	23 December 2018
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A Farewell to Arms was the fifth story of The Book of the Peace, written by Nate Bumber.

Summary

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Characters

• Nezf
• Huxley
• Wade
• T
• Ka(h) Loqou
• Shift
• Body
• Coloth

References

• Huxley purchased the Plume Coteries diplomatic craft from Yvleperal's allies.
• Nezf is a Daktili.
• T was a member of House Dvora.

Notes

• Author Nate Bumber wrote a short prologue to this story, titled A Prelude To Arms, which was published in the fan anthology Shit Trips: Volume 2.5. The story features the two unnamed inhabitants of the post-War universe minutes prior to the events of A Farewell to Arms, confirming they are inhabitants of the Needle.
  • Another contributor to Shit Trips 2.5, Nilso, gets a namecheck in Tabrenilsodvoravitas' full name.
• Some aspects of T's appearance resemble that of a Dalek. In March 2018, Nate Bumber made a post on his tumblr highlighting the line "Who can tell the difference anymore [between Daleks and Time Lords]?" from The Night of the Doctor and the visual similarities between some War-time Homeworlders and Daleks.[1]
• The Houses' great eye being described as having an "amaranthine shine" is wordplay involving the colour amaranth and the concept of Amaranths introduced in PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet.
• The story was accompanied in the author-curated Spotify playlist by the songs Let's Go Away for Awhile by The Beach Boys, Thought Contagion by Muse, and Dark Mood Woods / The Red Room by Angelo Badalamenti.

Continuity

• The Plume Coteries and the Amazolian system previously appeared in PROSE: Cobweb and Ivory.
• Shifts originate from PROSE: Alien Bodies
• The Labyrinth originates from PROSE: The Book of the War.
• The original Shockley's Den of Almost Limitless Inquity perished in a cataclysm at the start of the War in Heaven. (PROSE: Alien Bodies)
• Nezf spent decades trying to get to the City of the Saved before the Uptime Gate closed. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)
• The shift inhabits a heavily-tattooed "hunk of meat" that Huxley found dazed and confused. (AUDIO: A Labyrinth of Histories)
• The "Greater Key" (COMIC: The Forgotten) is said by most to be a box with circular writing, (TV: The Day of the Doctor, et al.) but one person thinks it's a metal cylinder. (PROSE: The Eyeless)
• Huxley has been observing the Great Houses since their old (AUDIO: Words from Nine Divinities) war king (PROSE: The Taking of Planet 5, et al.) was a magistrate. (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors) From this, she predicted the Sixth Wave. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
• Before joining Faction Paradox and taking the name "Wade", Wade was betrayed and dumped by a Homeworlder who promised her everything. She hates robots and machine minds. (TV: The Girl Who Waited)
• T fought on Mohandassa (PROSE: The Book of the War) and remembers the Utterlost Accords. (PROSE: Pre-narrative Briefings)
• A minotaur with books is seen in the labyrinth, (AUDIO: A Labyrinth of Histories) as well as a green man covered in thorns. (PROSE: War Crimes, White Canvas, Cobweb and Ivory)
• Wade and T guess that the Shift could be a former agent of Foyle's Remonstration Bureau or a former Eremite. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
• Walking through the site of a battle, Wade sees a shattered gauntlet (TV: The End of Time, et al.) and a totemic gun. (PROSE: The Book of the War)
• The Body is found "orbiting the far regions, near the black hole" (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors) and has its memories reconstructed. (PROSE: Father Time)