Sord
Jan 9, 2004, 01:44 AM
I hated my other two fics and decided to start from scratch.
Chapter 1
He tossed and turned in his sleep, dreaming of the past few days.
* * * * * *Seph sighed. How come Pioneer one always sends out hunters for exploration? I'm only sixteen and a graduate from the Hunter Academy, and they drop me off fifty miles from the dome to explore the land. What the hell are they doing with the military?" he grumbled to no one.
Seph continued to hack through the forest with his favored weapon, the Tsumikiri J-sword. All he knew about it was its poem. His parents had died exploring Ragol, but they had told him the saying of the sword many times. They always said it in a poem. However it was always in another language.
Gaishen dye noer,
Klei cha tou,
Jalou dye cliesha,
Tolia dye regit Gaishen,
Kly gwar shi na,
Gui kig jie noy,
No one ever knew a translation. His family only seemed to know the poem, but not why it went with the sword. Supposedly it was a gift given to his family from the ancient Agito dynasty.
Seph continued to hack, ignoring any animals, and they ignored him. The sun was setting, he needed to break camp. He managed to find a clearing. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small purple cube. He pressed down on a bump, and then threw it a few feet away.
The cube melted into a puddle. It wiggled a bit, but didn't move otherwise. "Damn it! How does a government expect me to explore without a properly working nano-tent!" Seph looked around. He saw a tree that had two roots that rose out of the ground a foot; the trunk in between them had sunken back a bit.
He inspected the tree. He realized it was a glaish, a relatively normal tree, but its bark was softer then others. Seph sighed and set his pack down. He would need to rest if he was going to trek the fifty miles back to the dome.
Setting his pack down, Seph sat between the roots, using them as arm rests. He laid back and drifted to sleep.
Seph awoke, hearing a few mechanical blip and beeps. He rubbed his eyes and looked into a giant, silver light. Seph yelped and the light jumped back. Seph now saw what the light was coming from. It was a mag, some strange kind of biotechnology that was discovered running wild on Ragol.
He grumbled. He had gotten scared for nothing. He wandered what his sensei would think about that. He watched the mag moving up and down, letting out its strange noises. Seph rolled his eyes in annoyance.
Standing up, Seph grabbed his bag and sword. He looked at the mini compass on his watch. At least this planet had poles. He began to walk and the mag hovered up behind his right shoulder, moving with him. Seph didn't really mind, accept it wouldn?t shut up. "Be quite or I go away." The mag let out a little bleep and fell silent.
Seph walked endlessly, only stopping to pick and eat fruits from various trees. When night finally fell, Seph had to sleep on the ground, using his pack as a pillow.
In the morning he continued his trek. Suddenly the forest went mute. Seph stopped and listened. Nothing happened, and then he saw a beam shoot out from where the dome was and make contact with a beam from space.
Seph had no clue that the beam from space was Pioneer 2. The beams disappeared. There was a loud explosion, and a giant sphere of blue lightning rose from the dome area. It spread for what seemed several miles. Suddenly a wind of magnificent force hit Seph.
Seph was blown onto his back. The mag following him was knocked into some brush. All the trees bent over and dust blew everywhere. The wind lasted for about five seconds before stopping.
Seph stood up, mag floating up behind them. He then heard a loud screech. Suddenly a giant orange mass burst into view. It shot fire into the air, followed by a mid air roll before diving back out of view.
Seph stared, eyes wide. He knew everyone was dead; no one could have survived these strange events. Suddenly Seph's body moved, and he was running west, between the way he came and the direction of the dome.
He ran, and ran, and ran. It began to rain, the ground became slippery. Seph slipped on mud and tripped on roots. Each time he got back up and kept running. Soon his body felt cold, and then it went numb. He kept on running, his subconscious pushing him forward.
Everything began to slow down. He began to hear each drop of rain land, slowly, hearing each and every compression of the sound waves. The world seemed to spin. Seph fell again, unconscious before he hit the ground.
* * * * * *
Seph finally woke. He tried to scream from the pain, but it only made his throat feel as if it was on fire. He lapsed back into unconsciousness. Waking up again, he realized he was on his back. The mag was hovering above him, letting a strange sparkle of light fall onto him.
He realized there was no pain. He tried to speak, "Wha, what are you doing?" he asked the mag. It let out a few blips and bleeps and stopped. Seph sat up and shook his head. How long had he been out?
Figuring it wouldn't matter, he looked at his compass watch. He was facing the direction he came from. He quickly turned around, taking a step. He smashed straight into a wall.
Seph fell on his rear, nose throbbing. "DAMN IT!" he shouted. He stood up and walked backward. He had walked into what appeared to be an entrance to a tomb.
He had run into the door of it. Strangely, it had a sort of knob. There was writing on it. He walked up to the door and stared closely at the writing. It appeared to be some kind of characters. He reached his hand up and touched it.
Suddenly everything went white and he heard his sword's poem, reverberating in the empty whiteness. Suddenly his vision snapped back. On reflex he withdrew his hand quickly.
What the hell was going on? Seph stared at the door with the writing. He slowly reached the knob. He turned it, pushing the door. The door opened the rest of the way, squeaking on what was probably hinges. Seph stared into the tomb. It was black. "Well, I have nothing to lose." Seph took a step into the black abyss.
EDIT: question mark crap, one word change, and one grammar change, other stuff
So whadya think?
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Chapter 1
He tossed and turned in his sleep, dreaming of the past few days.
* * * * * *Seph sighed. How come Pioneer one always sends out hunters for exploration? I'm only sixteen and a graduate from the Hunter Academy, and they drop me off fifty miles from the dome to explore the land. What the hell are they doing with the military?" he grumbled to no one.
Seph continued to hack through the forest with his favored weapon, the Tsumikiri J-sword. All he knew about it was its poem. His parents had died exploring Ragol, but they had told him the saying of the sword many times. They always said it in a poem. However it was always in another language.
Gaishen dye noer,
Klei cha tou,
Jalou dye cliesha,
Tolia dye regit Gaishen,
Kly gwar shi na,
Gui kig jie noy,
No one ever knew a translation. His family only seemed to know the poem, but not why it went with the sword. Supposedly it was a gift given to his family from the ancient Agito dynasty.
Seph continued to hack, ignoring any animals, and they ignored him. The sun was setting, he needed to break camp. He managed to find a clearing. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small purple cube. He pressed down on a bump, and then threw it a few feet away.
The cube melted into a puddle. It wiggled a bit, but didn't move otherwise. "Damn it! How does a government expect me to explore without a properly working nano-tent!" Seph looked around. He saw a tree that had two roots that rose out of the ground a foot; the trunk in between them had sunken back a bit.
He inspected the tree. He realized it was a glaish, a relatively normal tree, but its bark was softer then others. Seph sighed and set his pack down. He would need to rest if he was going to trek the fifty miles back to the dome.
Setting his pack down, Seph sat between the roots, using them as arm rests. He laid back and drifted to sleep.
Seph awoke, hearing a few mechanical blip and beeps. He rubbed his eyes and looked into a giant, silver light. Seph yelped and the light jumped back. Seph now saw what the light was coming from. It was a mag, some strange kind of biotechnology that was discovered running wild on Ragol.
He grumbled. He had gotten scared for nothing. He wandered what his sensei would think about that. He watched the mag moving up and down, letting out its strange noises. Seph rolled his eyes in annoyance.
Standing up, Seph grabbed his bag and sword. He looked at the mini compass on his watch. At least this planet had poles. He began to walk and the mag hovered up behind his right shoulder, moving with him. Seph didn't really mind, accept it wouldn?t shut up. "Be quite or I go away." The mag let out a little bleep and fell silent.
Seph walked endlessly, only stopping to pick and eat fruits from various trees. When night finally fell, Seph had to sleep on the ground, using his pack as a pillow.
In the morning he continued his trek. Suddenly the forest went mute. Seph stopped and listened. Nothing happened, and then he saw a beam shoot out from where the dome was and make contact with a beam from space.
Seph had no clue that the beam from space was Pioneer 2. The beams disappeared. There was a loud explosion, and a giant sphere of blue lightning rose from the dome area. It spread for what seemed several miles. Suddenly a wind of magnificent force hit Seph.
Seph was blown onto his back. The mag following him was knocked into some brush. All the trees bent over and dust blew everywhere. The wind lasted for about five seconds before stopping.
Seph stood up, mag floating up behind them. He then heard a loud screech. Suddenly a giant orange mass burst into view. It shot fire into the air, followed by a mid air roll before diving back out of view.
Seph stared, eyes wide. He knew everyone was dead; no one could have survived these strange events. Suddenly Seph's body moved, and he was running west, between the way he came and the direction of the dome.
He ran, and ran, and ran. It began to rain, the ground became slippery. Seph slipped on mud and tripped on roots. Each time he got back up and kept running. Soon his body felt cold, and then it went numb. He kept on running, his subconscious pushing him forward.
Everything began to slow down. He began to hear each drop of rain land, slowly, hearing each and every compression of the sound waves. The world seemed to spin. Seph fell again, unconscious before he hit the ground.
* * * * * *
Seph finally woke. He tried to scream from the pain, but it only made his throat feel as if it was on fire. He lapsed back into unconsciousness. Waking up again, he realized he was on his back. The mag was hovering above him, letting a strange sparkle of light fall onto him.
He realized there was no pain. He tried to speak, "Wha, what are you doing?" he asked the mag. It let out a few blips and bleeps and stopped. Seph sat up and shook his head. How long had he been out?
Figuring it wouldn't matter, he looked at his compass watch. He was facing the direction he came from. He quickly turned around, taking a step. He smashed straight into a wall.
Seph fell on his rear, nose throbbing. "DAMN IT!" he shouted. He stood up and walked backward. He had walked into what appeared to be an entrance to a tomb.
He had run into the door of it. Strangely, it had a sort of knob. There was writing on it. He walked up to the door and stared closely at the writing. It appeared to be some kind of characters. He reached his hand up and touched it.
Suddenly everything went white and he heard his sword's poem, reverberating in the empty whiteness. Suddenly his vision snapped back. On reflex he withdrew his hand quickly.
What the hell was going on? Seph stared at the door with the writing. He slowly reached the knob. He turned it, pushing the door. The door opened the rest of the way, squeaking on what was probably hinges. Seph stared into the tomb. It was black. "Well, I have nothing to lose." Seph took a step into the black abyss.
EDIT: question mark crap, one word change, and one grammar change, other stuff
So whadya think?
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Sord on 2004-01-08 22:57 ]</font>
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Sord on 2004-01-09 10:10 ]</font>
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