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Post by zyphan on Sept 17, 2009 16:55:29 GMT -5
Deep in space, an alien mothership set coordinates for Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy, and fell into hyper drive, arriving at the planet within a couple minutes, where they hovered outside its gravity field, watching and waiting for the perfect moment. Just as the sun began to set in Valek, Russia, the ship descended, landing in an isolated area not far from the small town. Soon as it touched down, its probes were set loose, and they scattered across the land, landing near cities and towns, placing spires reaching to the sky. ----------- On Earth, the humans couldn’t understand what it was they were seeing. At first, it appeared to be just a large meteor hurtling towards the planet. Then people started to see lights, started to make a shape, but the object was gone before they could truly grasp what they saw. But after a few days of this object appearing, communication with the city of Valek and its neighbors was gone, and after a week, the entire area of Russia was off the charts, no communication could be made with the country, and nothing that went in came out. This same phenomenon happened over the next few months, countries slowly becoming lost, no one being able to determine a cause of the apparent disappearance of the people living there. Everyone was terrified they were going to be next, although they didn’t know what they were terrified of, and so everything fell into disarray. People freaked out, even though in truth, their lives were untouched by the strange phenomenon. It was like the world was falling apart, even though some countries were still trying to work together, trying to find out what was happening to the planet. A year goes by after the mothership came to Earth, and there is silence. Telephones don’t ring, radios don’t crackle with the sound of music, nothing. Newspaper flutters across deserted streets, hawks circle in corn fields, looking for mice, and deer run amok in football stadiums, thriving on the rich grass. But where are all the humans? Where have they gone? The black spires are still in place, though now they’re scattered across the Earth, and if you watch closely, every once in a while a shock of lightning will shoot up into the sky, always towards the north. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deep in the jungles of the Congo, two biologists make their way out of a cave they were recently exploring, all covered in bat guano and their cave gear. They have been in the area for roughly a year, doing experiments and checking up on the area’s wildlife. They had been staying with a small tribe in the forest, with no knowledge that the world was slowly falling apart… Mothership:  Probes:  [the legs extend out of the gap before the circular piece, there are only two legs] Spires:  |
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Post by zyphan on Sept 17, 2009 17:04:21 GMT -5
Lirael switched her headlight off now that they were out of the cave. It had been so cool down there, with all the bats and little critters everywhere, living their dark cave lives. She was still smiling from the experience, although it was getting muggy now that she was outside, and she paused to strip down, removing her layers of cave gear and stuffing them into her pack.
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She and her colleague Dimitri had been sent down to the Congo for a year to do some research on the wildlife there, and they had been staying with a small tribe made up of only about twenty members. Neither her nor Dimitri had any contact with the outside world, as they were completely isolated at their location, although that made it perfect for wildlife preservation.
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Smiling, Lirael glanced back at Dimitri, who was still making his way out of the damp cave. "What did you think of that? I've never explored something so vast and alive with little creatures. It was really cool! We should come back tomorrow, maybe explore this area a little more."
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 18, 2009 1:37:27 GMT -5
Dimitri comes crawling out of the cave like he hasn't seen the light of day! Dimitri is litterly covered in bat droppings, mud, and god knows what ells. Even though Dimitri smelled like a toilet seat, the experience down there was unforgettable and would love to go explore the area more! Dimitri said to Lirael.
Dimitri looked up at the sun as it pulses down melting his face.. TO FING hot Dimitry said and quickly stripped down to a T shirt and shorts as he went to put his dirty clothes away he realized it was really quiet in the village Lirael and Dimitri were staying at.
At First Dimitri thought maybe they were out hunting or something but realized no one was there, not even the kids, but yet the fire was still going, dead animals from hunting were cooking on the fire, weapons, cooking supplies let out. It was like everyone stopped what they were doing and left.
Dimitri quickly went over to Lirael and grabbed her arm and took her into the middle of village and asked her what is missing here...
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Post by zyphan on Sept 18, 2009 17:25:22 GMT -5
Lirael hadn't really paid any attention to her surroundings as they came out of the cave, but when Dimitri pulled her into the village, she realized that it was really quiet, and empty, which baffled her. "Where did everyone go? They've never left, not at all this entire year. What's happened to them?"
She walked into the nearest hut, and found that the fire was still smoldering, there were still bowls of food on the table, and dusty foot prints covered the dirt floor. They had been interrupted by something, and not too long ago. Coming back outside, Lirael came back and told Dimitri what she found, but she was still confused.
Her excitement from the cave had been instantly drowned and replaced with fear and worry. The little tribe had just disappeared without a trace. Just up and gone. Lirael stood next to Dimitri, lost in thought, when a soft THUD caught her attention. Looking around, she heard it again, only a little louder, and again and again, only it was getting louder and louder, and eventually she could feel it in the ground, and see the trees moving in the forest around the small tribe's home.
She pulled at Dimitri's arm, and pointed, her voice full of fear as something black, shiny, and menacing on two legs came THUDing out of the forest, her voice lost on the wind as millions of clicks, pops, and other strange sounds emanated from the metal thing, red lights lighting up it's surface as it scanned the area.
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 19, 2009 15:04:51 GMT -5
Dimitri quickly looked over to where Lirael was pointing and looked really confused and started to tremble a little bit.. What the hell is that Dimitri said? the strange metal thing was scanning every little thing it came across like it was searching for something specific! A monkey was swinging on a vine quickly above the mysterious metal object, but the metal object was un interesting which gave me the idea that animals maybe were not what it was looking for he asked Lirael what she thought.
But before Dimitri could really say much more to Lirael the probe turned toward us and planted itself to the ground and released some sort of scanning grid and it began to scan us. The grid was hot and sort of singed Dimitri's and Lireal's clothes, before the san was complete Dimitri grabbed Lireal's hand and began to run away as fast as they could.
The Probe un-mounted itself from the ground and began to give off a very loud and ear pulsing noise, like it was trying to signal something, the sound was deafening and made it very difficult for Dimitri and Lireal to concentrate, the probe began to chase us and it was gaining ground at abnormal speeds. Dimitri knew there was no way to out run that device so he grabbed Lireal and said "head for the cave now!"
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Post by zyphan on Sept 19, 2009 16:00:29 GMT -5
Lirael was afraid. She didn't know what the probe was, she didn't know why the tribe was gone, and she didn't know why she was running. All she knew was that the probe was chasing her and Dimitri, that it wasn't friendly, and that they had to get away.
When Dimitri shouted to get to the cave, she didn't hesitate and swerved towards it, the trees thinning out as they came closer and closer, the ground getting rockier from multiple landslides that occurred in the past. Without pause, Lirael ran into the cave, ignoring the sudden dark, and taking comfort in Dimitri's hand on her arm. Behind her, she could still hear the probe making it's way through the dense forest, although once it broke out of the treeline it sped towards her and Dimitri like a bullet.
Realizing that they were never going to run far enough into the cave to reach one of the smaller caves, Lirael pulled Dimitri aside quickly and ducked underneath a large boulder that had fallen form the ceiling atop a multitude of smaller boulders, creating a gap underneath.
No sooner had they jumped down, a loud crash resounded through out the cave, and the boulder was dislodged, it's bulk sliding from above Lirael and Dimitri. As the boulder moved, they looked up to see the probe, smashed against it's surface. Blue liquid was oozing from the thing, and it soaked the two biologists as the boulder moved past, rolling off noisily down the cave.
Lirael held up her arm, and the blue ooze clung to her skin and her clothes, and as she poked it, it wiggled and seemed to melt into her skin, though she felt nothing. "Dimitri... What is this? It just... It just disappeared into my skin..." Lirael's voice shook, as did her hands, as she looked at Dimitri, who, like her, was covered head to toe in the blue liquid.
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 20, 2009 22:04:56 GMT -5
Dimitri was unsure what the hell that thing was, but Dimitri does know that he is now covered in this blue ooze that seems to be seeping into his pores all over his body. Dimitri feels nothing as the ooze melds with him, but he cant help but touch the ooze that is covering his body. The ooze felt warm and very thin, just picking some of the ooze up it crumbled into smaller pieces of quickly reforms itself almost like it was alive.
Dimitri felt a little light headed, and asked Lirael if she was doing okay herself. Dimitri gets up and helps Lirael up and says " lets check this weird machine out" Dimitri and Lirael walk over slowly to the damaged machine and Dimitri begins to examine it very closely. There wasn't much to the machine really, it was clone shaped but very narrow, the otter haul was cracked and leaking a ton of blue ooze all over.. Dimitri slowly took apart the machine and all that was inside was a bunch of little gears glowing tubes that all seemed to be attached to a little container that seemed to have held the ooze. Dimitri maybe thought the Ooze could of been what was powered the weird machine.
But before Dimitri and Lirael could examine the machine anymore, they heard a huge crash, Dimitri looked over and the cave entrance was starting to collapse! Dimitri grabs Lira els hand and beings to run to the entrance dodging pieces of rock and they come crashing down.
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Post by zyphan on Sept 20, 2009 23:26:45 GMT -5
Lirael was feeling a little lightheaded as well, but she told Dimitri she was fine, and allowed him to help her up, even though she was a little dizzy. "I don't know if we should go near that thing..." She was a little unsure of what the probe thing was, but Lirael followed him anyways, picking her way over the blue ooze covered rocks.
Inside, she caught a glimpse of something floating in the inside container, like a floating solid jelly with appendages shaped like tentacles that hung limp inside the ooze-filled container. However, she didn't get a chance to look at it much longer, as the cave began to collapse and her and Dimitri were forced to evacuate, dodging boulders and rocks the entire time.
Lirael dashed through the entrance with Dimitri just as the last of the cave entrance came tumbling down, sealing the probe within. "d**n, that was really close. You okay?" She looked over to Dimitri, and realized that almost all the ooze that was on his skin had disappeared, and examined herself as well. "The ooze stuff is really weird; I don't like how it seeps into my skin. But we need to figure out what's going on here. With that tribe gone and now this probe thing showing up, I think it's a sign that something isn't right with Earth."
Lirael started off in the direction of the tribe's people's home, and paused, making sure Dimitri was following.
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 21, 2009 3:52:30 GMT -5
Dimitri trying to keep up with Lirael but is having problems keeping up, Dimitry soon realized that he was limping and looked down and noticed he had a piece of rock lodged in his calf. pressed for time Dimitry rips the rock out of his leg, blood spraying everywhere, dimirty quickly pulls a pressure bandage out of his bag, quickly wraps his leg up and continues to attempt to keep up with Lirael.
Dimitry and Lirael made it to the native camp site and continued to look around more closely now that the danger is gone for now. Dimitry wandered into one of the native homes to look around and noticed a tablet looking thing on the ground almost like a notebook. The more Dimitry looked at the more he realized it was a timeline from the events that have been happening here in the area! quickly Dimitry yells "Lirael to come over here and take a look at this".
Quickly Lirael runs in and Dimitry shows Lirael what has been going on and we didn't even see this happening cause we have been having too much fun in the cave. Dimitry points out that it appears it started with a meteor shower that came shooting from what looks to be a star in the sky, the event continues showing a great structure that came out of nowhere that stood high in the sky and suddenly the structure shot off a great pulse of light and suddenly the tablet stops there.. Dimitry is confused and doesn't know what to take of this, "what do you think is going on Lirael"?
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Post by zyphan on Sept 21, 2009 13:48:52 GMT -5
Lirael picked up the tablet, and went over the dates and occurrences, and realizes that whatever's been happening as described in the book is what has caused the tribe to disappear, and also what caused the probe to come crashing after her and Dimitri. "We need to find out what's going on, and what that probe thing came from. If this has been happening all over the world, then..." She walked to the front of the hut, the tablet still in hand. "The human race is in danger."
Turning back to Dimitri, she realized that his leg was bloody, and a bandage had been hastily tied around the wound. "Dimitri, what happened to your leg?" Lirael sets the tablet down, and goes to inspect the wound, and under the bandage, finds a huge gash in his leg, all bloody and filled with rock bits and dirt. "What happened? We need to clean this as soon as we can or it'll get infected..."
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 23, 2009 0:40:08 GMT -5
Dimitri looks down at Lirael and says , "Its nothing but a small scratch" as blood was really starting to soak the bandage.. Dimitri began to feel a little light headed and began to realize maybe the wound was a little worse then he thought. Dimitri limped over to one of back packs and franticly looking for a first aid kit..
Dimitri finds a small first aid kit and begins to patch himself up, while Dimitri was patching himself he began to discuss what the tablet ment and how it really didnt make much sense. How could the whole world be in danger!? but before Dimitri could really say anything more, a loud "BOOM" went off and all of a sudden the ground began to rumble violenty, and the village was falling apart, quickly Dimitri gets up and not paying attention about his pain grabs Lirael's hand and begins to Run as fast as they can away from the village.
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Post by zyphan on Sept 23, 2009 0:48:44 GMT -5
Lirael wanted to help Dimitri, but let him do his thing. It was his leg, after all. She watched him do up his leg anew, but when the ground started to rumble, he didn't have time to finish, and he leapt up, grabbing Lirael's hand in the process and dragging her outside.
"Dimitri, hold on! We don't even know what's going on! It could just be an earthquake! Hold on a second!" She broke free form his grip and dashed back into the hut, stuffing the first aid box into a pack and shouldering it, while grabbing her own pack on the way out the door. "Here, we're gonna need these." She hands Dimitri his, then takes his hand and runs off in the direction of the island hopper plane they used to fly to the area. Hopefully, it would still be there, even though the pilot was nowhere to be found.
"Dimitri, we're gonna hafta fly out of here! Get to some big city, if we can. But I don't really know how to fly a plane!" She tried to say more, but a loud CRACK! sounded, and a big tree came crashing down right in their path, missing the fleeing biologists by only a couple feet. "sh**! Come on, this way!" Lirael dodges around the tree, still running, though pausing to make sure Dimitri was doing okay with his injured leg.
Somewhere behind her, she heard a lot more of the clicking sounds like before, and saw the trees move like something big was coming. Afraid it was another probe, she grabbed Dimitri's hand and took off, not wanting to find out if that's what it actually was behind them.
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Post by Valcrist on Sept 30, 2009 22:00:16 GMT -5
Dimitri following Lirael the best he can, his leg pushing out more blood the faster Dimitri tried to run, the pain was horrible but he knew he couldnt stop. Dimitri looking back to see what was following him and he tripped on a rock twisted his bad leg and falling to the ground hard.
Lirael stopped to make sure Dimitri was ok and noticed he was on the ground and ran back to see if Dimitri was okay. Lireal is looking at Dimitri to see if he is okay, Dimitri opens his eyes and couldnt believe what he saw behind Lireal, he tried to whisper "look behind you Lireal" but was too scared to even speak, It was a group of probes! The probes were just floating there like they were preparing something, then all of a sudden a hatch opened on the probe and a little device folded out of the probe.
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Post by zyphan on Oct 4, 2009 23:23:14 GMT -5
Lirael slowly turned around when she heard the same clicking sounds made last time when they encountered a probe, and fear ran through her body in waves, making every one of her senses super sensitive.
She saw the probes, and wanted to run, but something was riveting her in place, keeping her feet rooted to the ground. However, unlike the first probe, there was a small group of three probes, each exactly the same. The first one was closest to Lirael and Dimitri, and a small instrument was reaching towards her slowly out of a small hatch on the front of the vessel. This was the source of the clicks and beeps, Lirael soon discovered, as the instrument moved slowly towards her.
Frozen with fear, Lirael held her breath as the clicking and beeping object moved around her and up and down, almost like it was scanning her. With a small series of very high pitched beeps, it went to Dimitri and did the same, before emitting the same series of beeps and withdrawing into the probe.
Without hesitation, the probes moved off after the instrument was put away, leaving Lirael and Dimitri in complete shock that they weren't killed - or worse - by the strange probes. "Dimitri, do you have any idea what just happened?" Lirael's voice shook horribly, causing her to stutter and stumble over her words as she shakily turned to the young man, who was still on the ground, her eyes scanning the trees.
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Post by Valcrist on Oct 12, 2009 20:02:35 GMT -5
Dimitri slow to get up from the fall, and a little confused on what just happend there.. But Dimitri was happy neither of them got horribly probed. Dimitri took a minute to realize what the hell just happend there, his leg was hurting, his head was pounding and his body was in shock from what he thought was the end of there lives.
Dimitri began to realize perhaps those things are some sort of reconnaissance devices that are searching for something? Dimitri wasnt sure what was going on but they completely acted way different then the first Probe that was chasing Lirael and himself into the dark cave..
Then all of a sudden it hit Dimitri... "The Strange blue liquid!" it must of melded with our body somehow giving us a different type of body sense, and those probes were most likely scanning us and we posed as no interest to them.. Dimitri looked over at Lirael and she sort of had a weird look on her face like perhaps Dimitri hit his head a little to hard..
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