Here is the next installment of the Sargonian Story. Hope you enjoy....
Roshiss moved across the sand slowly, creeping along on all six legs to keep as quiet as he could. The Sky Creature had gone back into the piece of sky moments before and that is when Roshiss had decided to move.
“This is crazy.” He thought to himself. “Why am I doing this? What if he sees me? What if I’m not supposed to see him? “
Roshiss stopped, took a deep breath and waited for his spirit to calm. This was the most spectacular thing that ever happened to anyone in his tribe and he wasn’t going to let his over active imagination get the best of him.
He moved again, as slowly as before, keeping the piece of sky squarely in view at all times. It looked as though it had several jagged edges and parts jutted out in different ways, making it look as though it had shattered before it had fallen. Roshiss could also here the subtle sound of humming coming from the piece of sky.
“There must be some insects trapped inside.” Roshiss thought. “I wonder how they got there.”
Then the sky creature appeared again and Roshiss froze in place, hoping that he was blending into the surrounding landscape. Its silver skin brighter then Roshiss had first thought. It now carried a large silver box and placed it on the sand not far from the piece of sky. Then it promptly turned around and went back inside.
Roshiss moved again, this time slower than before. The creature could return at any time and He was getting further away from the rocks that could help him to hide.
Then he heard the sound of a small animal, chirping. It was unlike any creature he had heard before and Roshiss had thought he had seen and heard all of the creatures in this area. It was rather consistent also, keeping the same exact sound at the same rhythm, over and over again. Roshiss, now only ten meters away from the silver box, knew that if the creature emerged from the piece of sky his only hiding option would be to drop down on his stomach and hope that the creature didn’t have good eye sight.
Unfortunately, Roshiss had to do just that. The creature ran out of the piece of sky looking around in all directions. He could now hear the sounds that it made as it swung its head back and forth looking for something. The sounds were very foreign to Roshiss. The sky creature sounded as if it had something caught in its throat all the time, but Roshiss knew that it was speaking.
“Are there more of these things in the piece of sky?” Roshiss thought, laying as still as he could. “If there are more, I hope they are all friendly.”
The sky creature ran over to the silver box and opened it. The chirping noise became louder as the box opened and Roshiss realized that the small animal was inside the box. Only, it wasn’t a creature at all. At least, it wasn’t a creature by itself. It was the part of the sky creature that it had removed from itself and walked around with before it had retrieved the box from inside the piece of sky.
The creature turned towards Roshiss, holding the piece of itself in front of it. It kept looking at the piece and back in Roshiss’ direction. Then it walked towards him, slowly yet deliberately towards him.
Roshiss stayed as still as he could. Maybe the creature hadn’t seen him yet.
“It will turn before it gets to me.” He thought. “It hasn’t seen me yet and it will turn before it gets to me. If it gets too close, I’ll have to turn and run.”
Fortunately, right before the creature got too close for Roshiss’ comfort it stopped, reattached the piece of itself and took its own head off.
“It’s a demon!” Roshiss’ mind screamed. “By the grace of Serenity, keep still and don’t move.”
Roshiss realized that he had closed his eyes, but his curiosity didn’t keep them closed for long. He opened them to see that the creature had not removed its head, but had removed a layer of skin from its head, revealing another layer that was green. The sky creature had rocks protruding from the top of its head and around the jaw area much like Roshiss’. The main difference, besides the fact that it was now green instead of silver, was the one big eye in the middle of the creatures face.
It spoke again, but Roshiss could not understand the sounds that were coming from its mouth. It knelt down in front of him only a few meters away. It didn’t make any sudden movements towards him.
“What should I do?” He thought. “I think this creature is trying to communicate with me, but I don’t know what he is saying.”
Then Roshiss did something that he thought he would never be able to do. He stood up in front of the creature.
8.2.09
Chapter III
Look's like I just made it.. he thought. I'll have to leave the planet soon, or they'll find me..
He looked around himself. There's a ship there. I should be able to use it.
He stole the craft, and immediately flew off on a course far away from there. It was easy, flying the aircraft; he could easily control the craft with the new additions, and he wondered why the government had it outlawed. It was the perfect thing, in his opinion, and it wasn't hard to get used to. That very instant, it was growing through his body. Re-inforcing bones, speeding nerves, adapting reflexes, and making his body better than ever before. His skin was already the equivelent of average light armor, and was only getting better. He was now 30 lightyears away from earth, and needed to decide where to stop, to refuel the ship he was currently using. He also decided that it would be a good Idea to get a new craft, for the police would quite possibly follow him, for he had broken the laws they kept to such a high importance, as to spend trillions a year for.
He looked around himself. There's a ship there. I should be able to use it.
He stole the craft, and immediately flew off on a course far away from there. It was easy, flying the aircraft; he could easily control the craft with the new additions, and he wondered why the government had it outlawed. It was the perfect thing, in his opinion, and it wasn't hard to get used to. That very instant, it was growing through his body. Re-inforcing bones, speeding nerves, adapting reflexes, and making his body better than ever before. His skin was already the equivelent of average light armor, and was only getting better. He was now 30 lightyears away from earth, and needed to decide where to stop, to refuel the ship he was currently using. He also decided that it would be a good Idea to get a new craft, for the police would quite possibly follow him, for he had broken the laws they kept to such a high importance, as to spend trillions a year for.
Chapter II
"This is officer George Hark speaking. We have recieved evidence of illegal activity."
"OK men, Let's go!"
They got in the hovercraft, and zoomed across to the appropriate location. The broke in.
"We've found 'em."
"Just a bunch a docs."
"Look like they just finished surgery."
"Let's bag 'em!"
..back at the station..
"Good work men."
"Sir. We've recieved data that there were 11 of them before we got there, but only 10 were there when we got there. It seems one of them has left the rest, and it seems he took some equipment with him. We don't know the details yet, but he's definately lost us by now."
"Thanks for the info. we'll get to that later."
"Now today, we have a....."
"OK men, Let's go!"
They got in the hovercraft, and zoomed across to the appropriate location. The broke in.
"We've found 'em."
"Just a bunch a docs."
"Look like they just finished surgery."
"Let's bag 'em!"
..back at the station..
"Good work men."
"Sir. We've recieved data that there were 11 of them before we got there, but only 10 were there when we got there. It seems one of them has left the rest, and it seems he took some equipment with him. We don't know the details yet, but he's definately lost us by now."
"Thanks for the info. we'll get to that later."
"Now today, we have a....."
7.2.09
My turn...
He was ready. He had waited for tis moment for a long time. He knew that It had to be made perfect before he could go through with it. This was his last chance to turn back, but there was no possibility of him turning back now. He was showered, and walked into he cleanroom. He laid on the medical bed. He knew they could not completely put him to sleep, or it would not become compatible. He still trusted that (like the ones before), they would use that special drug. The one that kept the pain away. The one that could keep him calm through surgery.
They gave him the gas, and he inhaled it calmly, knowing what it would do as exactly as he could. He went under, in a sense. His normal senses had gone. For a moment, there was nothing in the world. They made the first incision. He could feel it. There was no pain, but a very pointed numbness. They were taking out that part of the brain that would soon be replaced. He could feel, in that numb way of feeling, the parts of him being stretchted, and slowly leaving existence.
When the first process had finished, they began to insert the posatronic brain that would soon be a very useful tool. The instant the inorganic material touched him, the longest, but shortest moment; time was gone for that moment; it connected. It was perfect. As perfect as he could imagine. And then he could feel. Feel like never before. He could feel that that was as the lightest touch, where he knew was feet away. He could tell the shape down to the atoms, the materials just as accurately.
He opened his eyes.
There, was the most intriguing thing any man could comprehend. His sight was as good as all of man had found to understand. All of science, and theory was proved to him instantaniously, with a mere glance.
He was no longer human. He still had emotion, but he also had a second life in himself. A life that wasn't like life. It was a computer of his anatomy. It was hardware that expanded his life. Followed every command; gave every answer; but didn't act for itself.
He left the operating room. He merely told the doctors that it was a success. No one would understand him now. No human. Most likely, no race.
He remembered. The others. They did not live with it long. They were in all senses healthy, but they could not handle life like this. He had forgotten, but remembered now. Now that he understood what they couldn't handle. He was different. He would survive.
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They gave him the gas, and he inhaled it calmly, knowing what it would do as exactly as he could. He went under, in a sense. His normal senses had gone. For a moment, there was nothing in the world. They made the first incision. He could feel it. There was no pain, but a very pointed numbness. They were taking out that part of the brain that would soon be replaced. He could feel, in that numb way of feeling, the parts of him being stretchted, and slowly leaving existence.
When the first process had finished, they began to insert the posatronic brain that would soon be a very useful tool. The instant the inorganic material touched him, the longest, but shortest moment; time was gone for that moment; it connected. It was perfect. As perfect as he could imagine. And then he could feel. Feel like never before. He could feel that that was as the lightest touch, where he knew was feet away. He could tell the shape down to the atoms, the materials just as accurately.
He opened his eyes.
There, was the most intriguing thing any man could comprehend. His sight was as good as all of man had found to understand. All of science, and theory was proved to him instantaniously, with a mere glance.
He was no longer human. He still had emotion, but he also had a second life in himself. A life that wasn't like life. It was a computer of his anatomy. It was hardware that expanded his life. Followed every command; gave every answer; but didn't act for itself.
He left the operating room. He merely told the doctors that it was a success. No one would understand him now. No human. Most likely, no race.
He remembered. The others. They did not live with it long. They were in all senses healthy, but they could not handle life like this. He had forgotten, but remembered now. Now that he understood what they couldn't handle. He was different. He would survive.
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What was your first Clue?
Ok, I have been working on this story. Its not really a MOAG story, but I think it could fit in the MOAG universe.
Hope you enjoy the story so far.
He remembered that day. Why? That was the first memory he could recall, that day. Fifteen years of searching and no clues as to why. He was cold, no warmth at all. But no body does that to someone. He had a body, of a kind, a technological wonder. But sense that day he has never really felt the warmth of his own skin, like being made of a tin shell. He tried to push the thought away, but today would be different. On this little underdeveloped planet. Today he will find the first clue. And he is in for a surprise bigger than any sense that day.
But to understand the first clue you need to understand what happened that day fifteen years ago. And how he has been hunted by the only ones that had the answers he has been looking for all this time. If he is lucky he just might survive.
As the light flickered into existence our friend wondered where he was, he couldn't recall what had happened. As he tried to look around the room he found that he couldn't move at all. He couldn't feel his arms and legs. He struggled to listen to his surroundings only to find that he couldn't hear anything. This was strange, he thought, he should at least hear himself breathing.
And suddenly everything went dark. He had no idea how long it had lasted, but there in the dark he was lost. In the dark he tried to think of what was happening, searching for some clue as to where he was and why. He had no answers, and no memories to guide him. He longed for the light to return, for something to end the nothingness that filled him.
After what seemed to be days of dark nothingness, he finally heard something. It was a clicking sound. Then a buzz, that turned into a high pitched squeal. Though he knew it should be a highly annoying sound, he latched onto the sound like a life line. "check... Test test..... Can you hear me?" came a voice, more of a whisper, but somehow reassuring.
He called out to answer. "yes" he said, but only heard a squelching sound."good, good....listen I need your help. "I ...." More squelching "shhhh.....I need you to be quiet"
The voice had some urgency to it. So he stopped trying to speak. "listen carefully, Shhh, ok ok, quiet. Ok now I need you to focus on making a low pitched humming sound.... Only be quiet as you can." The background noise shifted from squelching and squealing, to buzzing and clicking. And finally a low humming. "Good, now try counting to five, and back to one over and over." The sounds came in strange tones until he understood the sounds as numbers.
What a strange voice, he thought, like some kind of robot. But it was his voice now." I will give you some instructions for tweaking your sensory input output settings. But there isn't much else I can do for you."
He had so many questions. "Who are ...""shhh, no time to explain. Don't distract me with questions. I need every moment, to help you escape."
"Escape?" he began to ask. "Yes yes now be quiet before we are caught." came the reply "Can you see anything?"
"No, nothing... Why" He whispered. "You need to see to escape." There was a flicker of light. "Wait I see something." he said a little shocked.It wasn't anything he could focus on but it was better than the darkness."What do you see?""Just fuss really" The room came in and out of focus. It was a lab of some kind. "There... " Everything was black and white, but clear. Finally he could see the owner of the voice. It was a man that looked familiar, but he didn't know the name. "Thanks for your help."
"No time for gratitude. This part is the easy part" The scientist tweaked a few things in the panel in our friends chest and closed the panel. "You should now have limited movement. Listen closely..." The scientist said pulling out a small package. "Take this to bay 885jgl, and don't talk to anyone. Don't look at anyone directly. And don't stop for anyone. There are 3 drives in the box.Keep the red one safe on your person. Use the black one with the ships computer. It contains your mission instructions. And the silver one... Well.... Just wait tell your long gone before you use it. But be sure you are alone. Did you get all that?"
He was a little confused, but replied at once. "Yes sir" This got a good laugh from the scientist. "You must be more rattled than I thought, Captain." the scientist saluted and turned to leave. "Good luck Sir" he said as he left. And our friend was alone.
Hope you enjoy the story so far.
He remembered that day. Why? That was the first memory he could recall, that day. Fifteen years of searching and no clues as to why. He was cold, no warmth at all. But no body does that to someone. He had a body, of a kind, a technological wonder. But sense that day he has never really felt the warmth of his own skin, like being made of a tin shell. He tried to push the thought away, but today would be different. On this little underdeveloped planet. Today he will find the first clue. And he is in for a surprise bigger than any sense that day.
But to understand the first clue you need to understand what happened that day fifteen years ago. And how he has been hunted by the only ones that had the answers he has been looking for all this time. If he is lucky he just might survive.
As the light flickered into existence our friend wondered where he was, he couldn't recall what had happened. As he tried to look around the room he found that he couldn't move at all. He couldn't feel his arms and legs. He struggled to listen to his surroundings only to find that he couldn't hear anything. This was strange, he thought, he should at least hear himself breathing.
And suddenly everything went dark. He had no idea how long it had lasted, but there in the dark he was lost. In the dark he tried to think of what was happening, searching for some clue as to where he was and why. He had no answers, and no memories to guide him. He longed for the light to return, for something to end the nothingness that filled him.
After what seemed to be days of dark nothingness, he finally heard something. It was a clicking sound. Then a buzz, that turned into a high pitched squeal. Though he knew it should be a highly annoying sound, he latched onto the sound like a life line. "check... Test test..... Can you hear me?" came a voice, more of a whisper, but somehow reassuring.
He called out to answer. "yes" he said, but only heard a squelching sound."good, good....listen I need your help. "I ...." More squelching "shhhh.....I need you to be quiet"
The voice had some urgency to it. So he stopped trying to speak. "listen carefully, Shhh, ok ok, quiet. Ok now I need you to focus on making a low pitched humming sound.... Only be quiet as you can." The background noise shifted from squelching and squealing, to buzzing and clicking. And finally a low humming. "Good, now try counting to five, and back to one over and over." The sounds came in strange tones until he understood the sounds as numbers.
What a strange voice, he thought, like some kind of robot. But it was his voice now." I will give you some instructions for tweaking your sensory input output settings. But there isn't much else I can do for you."
He had so many questions. "Who are ...""shhh, no time to explain. Don't distract me with questions. I need every moment, to help you escape."
"Escape?" he began to ask. "Yes yes now be quiet before we are caught." came the reply "Can you see anything?"
"No, nothing... Why" He whispered. "You need to see to escape." There was a flicker of light. "Wait I see something." he said a little shocked.It wasn't anything he could focus on but it was better than the darkness."What do you see?""Just fuss really" The room came in and out of focus. It was a lab of some kind. "There... " Everything was black and white, but clear. Finally he could see the owner of the voice. It was a man that looked familiar, but he didn't know the name. "Thanks for your help."
"No time for gratitude. This part is the easy part" The scientist tweaked a few things in the panel in our friends chest and closed the panel. "You should now have limited movement. Listen closely..." The scientist said pulling out a small package. "Take this to bay 885jgl, and don't talk to anyone. Don't look at anyone directly. And don't stop for anyone. There are 3 drives in the box.Keep the red one safe on your person. Use the black one with the ships computer. It contains your mission instructions. And the silver one... Well.... Just wait tell your long gone before you use it. But be sure you are alone. Did you get all that?"
He was a little confused, but replied at once. "Yes sir" This got a good laugh from the scientist. "You must be more rattled than I thought, Captain." the scientist saluted and turned to leave. "Good luck Sir" he said as he left. And our friend was alone.
Prologue: Reyak’s Purpose Part 1
So in our late night activities last night I had the great desire to do a really good official like figure drawing and of course I drew a Gorilla actually more precise, a Gorloch. Well and actually I just wanted to do a picture to go along with a story I have been wanting to write. This story is actually based on a character from a campaign we did a while ago so I hope you all enjoy. And without further ado here is the story of "The Ones Who Ventured Forth."
He looked across the valley into the astonishing sunrise, wondering if this, all this, was really what was best for his tribe. He took this moment to bask in the enjoyment of each and every little part of his family, but again he was reminded of his plan to help improve his kind.
Since he was chosen to lead his Gorloch Tribe, Reyak noticed many problems. Guilaga, was the previous chief who made everything look so easy— but upon gaining leadership Reyak realized that things were not as easy as they seemed. Many of the members of the tribe had suffered from the strange curse which slowly killed them off; little did they know it was a strand of bacterial disease. Every time the ships came Reyak pleaded with the bizarre trading creatures for help or relief from this curse. Each time these traders explained that they would not risk getting infected to help them. Reyak finally made the decision to travel with these traders in order to learn from the other worlds and hopefully find the help that his tribe so desperately needed.
It may have been a short few years but felt like an eternity because of the experience and knowledge Reyak gained in his trip with the traders. Though much wisdom was earned, every truth he had found never lead him to a cure for the curse on his tribe. Eventually his travels with the traders lead him to the giant space station Koje. Something in this place gave Rayak hope; he could feel that somehow in this haven he would find the relief for afflicted kin! One day, while residing here, a creature came into a bar Reyak was staying and announced to the crowd, “My name is Savara and as representative of the Tiberion Corp. I am recruiting mercenaries and hired hands for a special mission.”
“What’s in it for us?” shouted someone from the mass of persons.
“All we can say is that those who join will be paid handsomely,” she responded.Reyak didn’t know what this feeling was but something in that moment made him believe that he was in exactly the right place at exactly the right moment. He quickly stood up and responded in the broken Macaneon he learned from the traders, “I go! I fight!” With that he left the building and entered a great ship with the creature named Savara.
Since he was chosen to lead his Gorloch Tribe, Reyak noticed many problems. Guilaga, was the previous chief who made everything look so easy— but upon gaining leadership Reyak realized that things were not as easy as they seemed. Many of the members of the tribe had suffered from the strange curse which slowly killed them off; little did they know it was a strand of bacterial disease. Every time the ships came Reyak pleaded with the bizarre trading creatures for help or relief from this curse. Each time these traders explained that they would not risk getting infected to help them. Reyak finally made the decision to travel with these traders in order to learn from the other worlds and hopefully find the help that his tribe so desperately needed.
It may have been a short few years but felt like an eternity because of the experience and knowledge Reyak gained in his trip with the traders. Though much wisdom was earned, every truth he had found never lead him to a cure for the curse on his tribe. Eventually his travels with the traders lead him to the giant space station Koje. Something in this place gave Rayak hope; he could feel that somehow in this haven he would find the relief for afflicted kin! One day, while residing here, a creature came into a bar Reyak was staying and announced to the crowd, “My name is Savara and as representative of the Tiberion Corp. I am recruiting mercenaries and hired hands for a special mission.”
“What’s in it for us?” shouted someone from the mass of persons.
“All we can say is that those who join will be paid handsomely,” she responded.Reyak didn’t know what this feeling was but something in that moment made him believe that he was in exactly the right place at exactly the right moment. He quickly stood up and responded in the broken Macaneon he learned from the traders, “I go! I fight!” With that he left the building and entered a great ship with the creature named Savara.
4.2.09
Jadak 4, we have a problem.... Jadak 4?.... Hello?
This is just great. Uhh... Science Officer log. Entry 107-02. Qillus speaking.
I am in complete shock right now. It seems that the good Captain gave me a shuttle with some problems with the communications array and conveniently forgot to tell me about it. Unfortunately, I don't have a personal communicator on me right now. Thought I wouldn't need it because the ship has such a nice comm system. Now, here I am... stuck for the time being because... OH YEAH, the engines are not working properly either!
I need to calm down and just start with the mission. I have my environmental suit on and some light armor over that, just in case I have predicted wrong. I am going to start my scans first, just get some basics out of the way and then set up camp. If I can't get the comm up and running I will be here for at least a week before they send someone down.
At any rate, I am going to open the cargo door now.
The sun is bright in the sky. The gravity feels about normal. I do feel a little lighter on my feet, but that may be because I am the first Gargonan to set foot on this planet.
I am going to begin my scans now.
Ahh! I'm not just excited. The gravity is .85 normal. The temperature is... slightly over 46. We have a wind coming from planetary North at a steady 8 kilometers an hour. Hot, but not too bad. I will have to watch my hydration.
This planet is beautiful in it's own way. I have never-- What's this?
I am picking up a lifeform on the scanner. I can't see it from here, but if the scanner is accurate I believe it is one of them. This is fascinating. I'm positive that I landed far from any of the herds, and from the breif time I studied them from the Jadak 4 I didn't notice any of them wandering off.
I will finish setting up my base camp and then I will go look for this one.
I am in complete shock right now. It seems that the good Captain gave me a shuttle with some problems with the communications array and conveniently forgot to tell me about it. Unfortunately, I don't have a personal communicator on me right now. Thought I wouldn't need it because the ship has such a nice comm system. Now, here I am... stuck for the time being because... OH YEAH, the engines are not working properly either!
I need to calm down and just start with the mission. I have my environmental suit on and some light armor over that, just in case I have predicted wrong. I am going to start my scans first, just get some basics out of the way and then set up camp. If I can't get the comm up and running I will be here for at least a week before they send someone down.
At any rate, I am going to open the cargo door now.
The sun is bright in the sky. The gravity feels about normal. I do feel a little lighter on my feet, but that may be because I am the first Gargonan to set foot on this planet.
I am going to begin my scans now.
Ahh! I'm not just excited. The gravity is .85 normal. The temperature is... slightly over 46. We have a wind coming from planetary North at a steady 8 kilometers an hour. Hot, but not too bad. I will have to watch my hydration.
This planet is beautiful in it's own way. I have never-- What's this?
I am picking up a lifeform on the scanner. I can't see it from here, but if the scanner is accurate I believe it is one of them. This is fascinating. I'm positive that I landed far from any of the herds, and from the breif time I studied them from the Jadak 4 I didn't notice any of them wandering off.
I will finish setting up my base camp and then I will go look for this one.
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