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Citizens of Durem, the time has come for an awakening. Not an awakening of some latent ability, not an awakening of a hidden cult, but an awakening from slumber. Do you not see the water about to be rained down upon our beautiful city? Can you not feel the animosity that others feel toward our homeland? Are we to just sit back, dozing in our contentedness of living in Gaia’s most magnificent city? Are we to relax and let the other cities stomp on Durem's pride? I say nay! It is time, fellow citizens of Durem, to rise up. It is time to rise up against oppression. For too long have our brothers been abused by those bigots of Barton; for too long have our sisters been tormented by the animals of Aekea; and for too long has our livelihood been threatened by the so called “gold mountain” that is Gambino! No longer shall we bend under the pressure from these fiends. Now, we shall reclaim the liberties that are our own! We shall win this war or water, and show the world once and for all that Durem is the greatest city in the world!

LISTEN TO THESE WORDS OF TRUTH MY FRIENDS!

We will only be defeated if we allow ourselves to sink to the level of our foes. We are Durem's Warriors, we are true to her as Athena is true to Athens, as lovers look to Cupid.

We have yet to give up, we work through the night at the pumps, shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, thigh to thigh, foot to foot. We are the masters of the pumps with the odds against us, we have yet to fall behind! We have kept the lead and we will continue to keep the lead.

FOR DUREM!

We are Durem. Together as one, we will not fail. Durem is the one true city and we are DUREMITES!

For those of you not from Durem, to maneuver around this thread, one must have a vocabulary lesson. So sit down, shut up and listen.

-pulls out ruler and points to chalkboard-

Duremite (pronounced Dur-em-ite) noun:
[1]One who lives in Durem.
[2]One who supports Durem.
[3]One who has Durem Pride.
[4]One who is a Durem Warrior.
[5]One who does not give up/cheat.
[6]Spartan/Ronin like person.

Literacy (pronounced Lit-er-a-cy) noun:
[1] The quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write.

Spirit (pronounced Spear-it) noun:
[1]Something that cheerleaders have WAY to much of and the thing all the jocks at school pretend they have.. the whole purpose of things like "school spirit day" a waste of time.
[2]Something that pushes Durem forward.

Pride (pronounced Pry-d) noun:
[1]A feeling of dignity, self-respect; satisfaction in your achievements, possessions, or people you care about. A good thing to have.

Pain (pronounced Pay-n) noun:
[1]An unpleasant sensation resulting from exposure to a stimulus that elicits a synaptic response in a pain receptor.
[2]That unpleasant feeling you get when you see a beautiful, intelligent, and all-around genuine woman holding hands with some other woman. This is caused because you either are a woman who missed your chance or you're the guy who wished she wasn't a lesbian.
[3]What will happen if you continue to mule us.

Lesson over.

PROUD SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DUREM!



We can and we will prevail, for we are true to our city. When choosing the team in the beginning, I thought to myself, "Join the team with only the allure of gambling and women in bikini's? Nay," I said to myself, "Nor shall I join the team with the Psychotic Soul Eating girl of Barton with her smelly cat." I said unto myself yet again, "In a water balloon fight, would it be wise to be on a team with a robot? Would it not rust in it's hour of need? When the girl cannot even find all of her jumpsuit?" I shook my head, "Nay. Durem is the only one, for it has been Durem that has supplied all that I have ever needed. It has been Durem that has been their in my time of need. When I wanted a tattoo, where did I go? But to Durem. When I wanted ink, where did I travel to? But to Durem. When I needed clothing, where did I head? To Edward."

Durem has been there for us when we have been in need... LET US BE THERE FOR HER WHEN SHE NEEDS US MOST!


FOR DUREM

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF DUREM KNOW THIS!!

Even in our darkest hours we have prevailed. We have overcome Aekea and their glitchy, cheating, muling ways. We have over come the psycho soul eating Bartonians and the gambling addicted Gambinos. We are proving, day in and day out, hour by hour, 3-minute interval by 3-minute interval, that we are SUPERIOR! We are Duremites.

TOGETHER WE STAND AS ONE!
WE ARE DUREM!
WE ARE ONE, UNITED, PUMPING ARM OF GLORY!
PUMP Y FELLOW DUREMITES!
PUMP FOR IMMORTALITY!

It is times like this that we need to band together to fight for what we believe in. What we have pride in. What we love most. What we will fight for. So for Durem, i will be honest with all you Duremites, we shouldn't be wasting our precious time and energy whining over glitches or cheaters, insults, taunts or mules. If something happened, it already happened so all we can do is try to beat it out anyways. We can't give them the sastisfaction that we will give up easily over some little mishap, we must become stronger and fight harder for the goal. Some of you i am ashamed of. Trolling, posting pointless insults, and some of you, making it seem like all of us Duremites are bad. Well here is a newsflash for you, those taunts and insults aren't going to give us points or help us in any ways so spend your time and energy wisely because if you are a true Duremite, you will not simply just go around throwing insults when you could probably find a better way to help you team.

Now for all the water that has rained upon us, i say stand up! If you can stand up straight under the downfall of rain, you are surely strong like a Duremite should be. We should be able to rise above the others! We are Duremites!

We have been through a lot but that doesn't mean it is time to stash away the balloons, hang up our water guns and leave our pumps to rust. No. It is time to work even harder to strive for something we all have in common. To see our beloved Durem rise above the others. But in order for us to rise, we mustn't stoop down to their levels of tactics of adding mules or throwing insults.

Duremites, we have determination, we have the attitude, we have the ambition, we have the heart, we have the honor, we have the pride and WE ARE DUREM! Do not let anyone else tell you otherwise.

Did i stay awake for 25 hours straight to lose? No.
Did i write this speech where i put all of my heart and spirit into for nothing? No.
Will i give up? No.
Will you give up? No.
We must fight back if we want to win, nothing is going to come easy, but we can't just sit back and releax because we are in the lead. We must continue to work till the end because anything can happen.

So i ask you, the citizens of Durem,
Who are you and what are you fighting for?

MY FELLOW DUREMITES, HEAR MY WORDS OF TRUTH!

Let not those of Barton bring us down with the threat of psychotic-soul-eaters or fur balls that lick themselves, for we have a shield of loyalty and nose plugs!

Let not those of Aekea get rust on our muscles as their mighty robot falls, nor their lack of clothing get to us, for we are God/dess(e)s to the gear heads and have more style!

Let not those of Gambino cause us to faulter our pumping with their soaked bodies and giant melting ice-cube, for we have Vanessa, Moria and Natasha and a Battista!

Do not falter fellow Duremites, pump for glory, pump for honor, pump for Durem.

LET US PUMP OUR WAY INTO GAIAN IMMORTALITY!