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No Country for Old Zimus

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First thing she did as she reached the sink was to spit on it. She had a dry mouth for a bad night sleep. Then, she proceeded to chug the dangerous combination of chems she needed to keep going in her daily life.

Among many things, depressives to keep in control her behavior and some pills to make more coarse her voice. Along with the doctor orders to keep smoking at least two packages of cigarettes daily.

She looked at her reflection and cursed. 

"I can't believe they really forgot the hair dying pills" she muttered to herself. Living in a small colony lost in the middle of nowhere in the Outer Core always had it's problems, but now due the neglect of the pharmacist, she had run out of hair dying pills... and her hair was now again as bright as a rainbow.

And that would be a problem.

"Damn it" Jessik Daruk, worker in the Refinery Plant that gave live to the fringe colony in the Devart Sector cursed, wondering about shaving it completely. So far while on work in the Refinery, she had been using hats, but sooner than later somebody would see it.

Somebody came humming by her side, brushing her teeth.

"Hi Mom!" she said with her mouth full of toothpaste.

Her daughter too had now her own colorful hair. Unlike her, she seemed delighted that the brunette hair dye had faded, replaced by her natural vibrant colours.

"Hi dear" she said to her daughter, while she continued to brush her teeth... and hum a song along...

Wait a moment. 

She knew that song.

Suddenly she turned to her daughter, taking her from the shoulders.

"W-where did you heard that song?!!" she said, pale faced.

"Oh" the girl said surprised. "from... from the girls in school!"

"What girls in school?!"

"Uh... some time ago arrived a new family of colonists -aFra clones from Azimuth Pharmaceuticals!- and they have a couple of children! Their eldest daughter it's on my class, she's called Allene." she said to her mother.

AFras. Jessik cursed. She had a deal with AZEMED. They wouldn't send aFras. No there.

"And... what is that song you where humming?"

"It's nice, isn't it?!" the girl said. "The new girl told me I looked like a Super Star Idol!! Zimu StarTM!! She's like, totally a big deal among aFras!!!"

"Zimone Darruk" Jessik said, kneeling in front of her daughter so their eyes where at the same level. "I don't want you to hang anymore with that Allene girl... or any aFra or child of aFra clones"

"Awww, why?"

"And I don't want you EVER to speak about Zimu Star, and less I want you to sing or hear her horrid music"

"Awww, that's totally not fair!" Zimone protested, but Jessik stood out. 

"It's my final word on this" she said as she walked away from the bathroom, to get ready for work while her daughter frowned and stared at her.

"... you know, aside of Allene and Zimu StarTM music, there's other new thing I got from school, you know?" Zimone said.

Jessik sighed. "And what that is?"

"...well... I got a book in school somebody recommended me... And you know how's called the protagonist, no?

Jessik Daruk"

Jessik cursed. Well, that's what she gets from getting her fake name out from a popular novel.

"Mom... what's going on?" Zimone asked. "Why you have always made me dye my hair? Why I can't be friends with Allene or children of other clones, when I'm your daughter? Why you have a fake name?"

"Not Now." Jessik said.

"Why can't I hear Zimu StarTM music?! And why... why you look like her?!"

Jessik sighed and let herself fall over her bed.

Well, she knew sooner or later, this would end.



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Azimuth Pharmaceuticals (NTSE: AzPhar), the bazik multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer funded in the year 3321 a.aH, suffered much of it's image as a result of the Devart Sector War, where they tried to use the conflict in their advantage against rival corporation Kasparov CIA, it resulted however in a catastrophe that lead to open conflict with forces of the Industrial Consortium being expelled of it, with negatively affected the stocks, profit and image of Azimuth Pharma.

To try to revert this, aside of paying a fine to be part again of the CONIN -Industrial Consortium-, the Public Relations department had as idea an publicity stunt, designed both to improve the view of the public of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals among the public and increase sales:

this will be the Idol -or sometimes called, Company mascot-, Zimu StarThe Chem Girl.

The subsidiary company of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals, Azimuth Entertainment Media (AZEMED) will develop a special purpose corporate clone -or shik-, the Zimu Series of aFras, to impersonate the character meant to impersonate the company values: Zimu Star, the Chem Girl.

Zimu Star, originally presented to an objective public of children and teens in commercials, was a singer, model, with her own television show and games.

Zimu Star, that endorsed the use of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and drugs as an alternative to solve any problem, will increase the consumption of said products in the objective public:

This will be seen as a great success by the company, which will lead to mass production of Zimu Series clones. 

The "Idol Clones" will produce mixed reactions: while the target public loved them, there would be a distinctive large group of persons who reacted quite negatively to the new mascot of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals.

"It's like a Jako shik running on a sugar rush for ever" said an anonymous person to an interview: these negative perceptions expanded with the viralization of Zimu Star, but due the rise of popularity this wouldn't be countered by Azimuth Pharma.

As more Zimu Series Clones where pressed into service, impersonating Zimu Star, there will be gradually assigned additional roles, as to improve morale for the troops of Azimuth Pharmaceuticals armed branch, AZPHAR, which had been shacked after several unfortunate encounters with independent agents. 

Zimu Series clones, when not impersonating for Publicity Stunts Zimu Star, will mostly serve as internal morale officers and usually explain company standards, regulations and operations to various afra clones, Zimu also features in various internal materials such as posters, booklets, videos and other media. 

Zimu clones will be present on AZPHAR bases and vessels on a regimental level, they being most frequently seen giving morning drills while trying to perk and cheer soldiers up.

A Zimu clone is quite an investment for Azimuth Pharmaceuticals AZPHAR, so they receive the treatment of a high ranking officer, including their own special quarters and service. To the dismay of average afras however, attracting the attention of a Zimu or being subject to their musical material is the most painful mental punishment one could experience while on service, as such most of the time they try and avoid contact with them.

As result of the success of Zimu Star the Chem Girl as idol, the public image of Zimu Star will be tightly controlled by AZEMED, and to do so they controlled as well the private lives of the clones.

Zimu Star, the Chem Girl was to be an innocent teen-to-young-adult idol, and so the Zimu clones portrayed Zimu Star when their standard biological age was between 15 to 21 years old:

What happens then to the Zimu clones remains largely a mystery, tightly kept by AZEMED. The same with Zimu Stars that don't quite fulfill the role of the energetic, innocent young idol...

Like the case of a Zimu Star who would get pregnant -with AZEMED wanting to completely keep distance of their innocent idol image with anything sexual!!-, needing her to dissappear...

Hopefully in a place where there is no aFra to recognize a former, disgraced Zimu Star.



The Fake name used by the disgraced Zimu, Jessik Daruk is from a character from :iconrecklesscharge::iconshiftingpunk::iconshukafae:. Aside from stealing the name from the very famous novel within the Nebula of Ots.

You heard me, Reckless and Charge. Make more of Jessik Daruk so the shiks and aFras of Ots can be happy D:<
:iconjessik-daruk:

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CanRay's avatar

The downside to being a cloned child superstar...