A/N: My apologies, I post this story while it is still incomplete and unfinished due to possible issues I may have in the near future.

Ignoring The Blunt Issues

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Zim knows. He knows that the Almighty Tallest dislike him greatly, that he was exiled to Foodcourtia because of his wrong behaviour during Operation Impending Doom I. He also knows how his actions always lead to disaster and cause suffering. He's aware of the damage, aware that he almost destroyed Irk and of the many casualties he provoked for his own kind. His own actions caused him to lose part of his hearing which is why he always screams; he can't hear properly, his antennas are damaged.

He can tell from just seeing the other irkens that he is defective. Yet, a part of him still wants to ignore that, to avoid succumbing to this believe and to try to achieve higher things as an Irken Invader. That's why he 'quit being banished' and ventured to Conventia in the hope of getting an assignment. Still, he knew that whatever he was given was merely a way to get rid of him, to prevent him from being involved in Operation Impending Doom II and away from the other Irkens.

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And so, Zim went to Conventia. He feigned ignorance as the Almighty Tallest chose a planet off their charts for him to conquer. He pretended he didn't see his SIR unit being pieced together from scraps, and then being called GIR to try to confuse him into thinking it was actually functional and more advanced than the others. He avoided looking at the other irkens around him, who got actual assignments and proper equipment. And then, he put on a happy smile and a determined look to accomplish the 'very especial and very important task' he was given.

And with a false sense of self-confidence he left back to his stolen ship with his second hand tools and his fake mission, thanking his bad hearing, since he could almost pretend the laughs he heard were cheers for him, almost. He boarded the ship, and took off, neverminding the strange feeling he felt in his eyes and choosing instead to ignore it.

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Arriving At The 'Designated Planet'

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Planet Earth was pretty. He wasn't sure that it was the planet they told him, but he knew it didn't matter. Earth was pretty, a round green/blue/white planet with seemingly a lot of indigenous life forms. And that was all that mattered to Zim. That, and to make GIR to be quiet, despite his bad hearing the defective SIR unit had driven him mad the whole journey with his 'Doom Song'.

As soon as they landed on a populated area Zim's ship fabricated a disguise for itself, not a very good one, but it worked it's purpose.

Once inside the base Zim's first action was to plop do

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