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twins, test and elucidation.
13:21 Jun 27 2012
Times Read: 456




I am igek, my beloved brother is a member of a warforce made exclusively to defend us form our opressors, but what my somewhat slow but redundantly powerful brother is acutely unaware of, is the fundamental rammifications of the processes he had to go through in order to be able to achieve this position.

in short he is dying and he has no idea how soon he will expire, i on the other hand can feel him, or more succinctly his life force growing dimmer and weaker each day, and i will not allow this to happen...



I have joined the esot and am moments away from my test, one in five acolytes fail the test and are never heard from again.

i hold no fear for the outcome of my test as i have a knowing of it already, and while the cost initially to me will seem to an external viewer as inordinately high, i willingly and gladly pay the cost to achieve what i must...



and now it is my time, i look up from my thoughts as the four of the brethren approach, hoods obscuring thier heads hands enfolded in the arms of their robes,

wordlessly they stop and i rise as i was bidden to and stand between them, we turn adn approach a dread portal.

the protal is neither massive not particularly forbidding, it seems as a normal iron-bound ebony door, and yet as we near it i hear for the first time sounds from within the voluminous robes of the brethren, an almost inaudible intale of breath from all four at the same time, and my brow furrow as my mind seek to make sense of this.

my escort al halt three feet from the door and as instructed i approach alone, the initial part of the test is about to begin...



as my had touches the door,and it seems as though all the light and heat is leeched from the world in an instant, my flesh begins to convulse as i am wracked by muscle spasms brought on by the searing waves of cold, i stagger stumbling froward the door seems to dissapate before me and i fall into a ebon abyss...



i awaken to find myself standing in an empty room no bigger than a closet, it is devoid of decoration and all i can see is the door by which i entered, i search for some hidden thing, a trick, a lever, a cunnling sequence of stones that must be touched in a specific order, but the is nothing, and i feel fear for the first time since entering the order...



more when i think of it smileyface...

part 3
14:27 Jun 25 2012
Times Read: 462

The sunlight danced and glittered as diamonds upon the water, the breeze wafted gently onshore, and i meandered along with it.

the area reflected the damage it had sustained and yet amidst the desolation, there were small stubborn pockets of life.

i stood a moment and smelled the air, the multitudinous fragrances titalated my olfactory senses, with my eyes closed i could almost see via smell alone the shape of the new world.

it was wonderous, i turned and walked away from the surging ocean.



I had been walking for a while and found myself, caught suddenly in a flurry of images.

none of which belonged to me.

i saw a small humanoid creature asleep on the ground covered with some fur coverd skin, he leapt to his feet as a great calamity occurred and i heard him cry out, not in words but grunts and howls as those of a beast...

then he was lifted from his feet upon a great wind, whcih was itself awash with debris, then the frail creature was torn limb from limb.



i returned to a non halucinatory state, to find myself on my knees, my chest heaving, my brow furrowed what was that all about?

what had happened here?

were there any more of these individuals around?

i decided then and there, that i would seek out the rest of these people and see what was what.



as i travelled around seeking any evidence of these people, i saw a startleing array of both plant and animal species...none of them seemed familiar to me and this caused me some consternation.



waterways and lakes, woodland, forests, hills mountains and plethora of landscape variations unfolded before me as i sought the people i had seen in my visions.



time passed and the light that i had basked in upon awakening, had been fading for a while.

i reasoned that it had something to do with the rotation of the planet relative to the position of the dominant star.

i was excited to see what the rest of the cycle would be, and how long it would last.

new things are always soo exciting i feel.



Oh what an exciting place this is, as the star sunk below the horizon another satillite rose to take its place, smaller and not as bright but i could feel its pull and my blood sang within my veins.

the darkness came alive with noise, small invertibrates, thrummed through the air dancing and cavorting, off in the distance i heard the roar of a much larger predator, and felt compelled to see what manner of beast it may be.



In a vale shrouded in shadows, i espied the beast, lythe and potent, as i watched it prowl, an instinctive growl rose quietly within my chest, it was stalking some prey or other.

it's belly slung low to the ground, i observed the masses of muscle bunch and flex in its shoulders as it snaked it way through the long grass toward a copse of trees barely a whisper of sound denoted it passage.

I could not see what it hunted, and i admit curiosity got the better of me and thus i sought a better vantage point from which to view it's prey.

part 2 cont
11:37 Jun 16 2012
Times Read: 482

the world has mostly healed and life has started to reassert itself, the devastation of the meteor impact was an apocoliptic event, and the face of the planet changed in that instant.



from time to time i struggled to the surface of consiousness, and felt a great hunger, after feeding i would sink again into oblivion.



new island chains were formed by the increased seismic and volcanic activity due the impact, temperature zones had been thrown into chaos, causing massive extinctions across the world.



most of the lifeforms that were prevalant at that time were wiped out completely, some fared slightly better than others, but it was to be a close run thing, but slowly and surely the world healed...



after 20 million years life stumbled , faulteringly at first, then with greater confidence, crawling, then walking and eventually running toward an unknown future.



life began to flourish again and if you had been able to see the event and the aftermath then you would know what is is to be truely amazed, the tenacity of life is an astounding thing.



species were established and new ecological niches were filled as evolution did its thing, the emmanent wonder of being continued, and a certain species grew upon a divergant path from their brethren, it was this that finally awoke me fully.



i rose slowly from my bed and stood once again in the bright sunlight, i revelled in its gentle caress, then turned my attention to the world around me, what new a fascinating things awaited me?

the twins
11:00 Jun 16 2012
Times Read: 483

my name is igel and this is my version...



i was born second of twins, it seemed as though genetics had a sense of humour, i was big, strong, and as healthy as an ox, my brother was slight of build and frail, but sharp as a razor...



When i was still quite young i was chosen as a member of the xcellerator group, the process involved, the induction of growth hormones, and any and all biological boost know to us at the time, and violently rigourous regimen of exercise and martial arts training...



my brother was passed over due to his diminutive size and frailness, although it never seemed to outwardly bother him, i could tell something was causing him distress, it wasn't till i had completed basic induction, that i was informed of the 'limits' of our training, in exchange for enhanced physical abilities we would shorten the duration of our lives, the more we wound up the faster we burned out.



5 years have passed and i have in the course of those years been called upon many times to defend our nation, i can now feel the adverse effects of winding up as soon as i 'come down' i had just returned from a 3 month tour on the border to find my brother had joined the esot...



the esot are the 'magic' guys in our society, and to be honest with ya they freak me out, to think that my brother had joined, apparently of his own free will, made no sense to me at the time, i tried to contact him at the esot towers but was turned away, being told there could be no interaction with the initiates for the first month...



i am sure i mentioned my brothers fraility and slightness of frame, but the creature i saw as the towers doors were opened for the first time in a month, scared me almost to death and i ran to him, fear driving my every step...



he looked up as i neared him and smiled ,even though i had seen the same smile a thousand times before, i barely recognnised it this time, his face was gaunt and the skin seemed like paper streached thin over too sharp cheekbones, the cheekhollows were sallow and dark, and he was painfulyy thin...



"igek why are you doing this?'

"what has happened to you are you ill?" fear tinged every syllable.

"be still and have faith little brother, it is a secret that it is much too soon to reveal, but have faith in me that it will be fine" he smiled and i believed him.



i watched as my brother got sicker and sicker, but each time i approached him about it he would look at me and his eyes would always say the same thing, then his voice would back them up...

" it is a necessary thing brother, you knew this when we began this journey and you know it still, it will be fine brother, be at peace."

And i would return to the wepon rack, choosing whatever wepon caught my eye, then would focus my entire being on practice, footwork, balance, fllow, power, attack and defend.



the day came, as we both knew it would, when his training was all but complete and all that remained was the 'test', he had told me that this was what it had all been about, and that one of two things would happen, he would pass and all would be good or he would fail and i should do as i had been doing when he was with me, the knot in my stomach felt as acid and i was full of fear...

Part 2
10:19 Jun 12 2012
Times Read: 497

A massive impact shatters the calm serenity of a hazy afternoon, the ground spasmed and bucked as if it were a living being writhing in pain then burst forth...



Ba, one of the initiate hunters in training, was awakened by a terrifying noise and lept to his feet, urine splashing his legs as fear wrested control of his bladder from him, his eyes still bleary with sleep he spun in a slow circle spear extended defensively...



Silence as he peered into the gloom then a tsunami of sound, wind and vibration, smashed into him and stole his senses from him,screaming he cast aside his wooden spear.

'surely this is the wrath of gods descended to destroy me'...he thought

' Father!' he screamed but the sound of his voice was as a fly's burp in a hurricane.

he was about to scream again when he was plucked from the ground as one might pluck a toy and strewn about like a torn rag doll, fortunately he was unconscious before dismemberment.

Ba was in fact more fortunate than his fellow tribe peoples most of whom, being miles further away lived long enough to realise they would not live long enough, and would regret each and evey moment, but small mercies are still mercies...



The landscape was obliterated, hammered and lost below the now churning, boiling cloud, where once verdant plains and mountains awash with life had flourished nothing remained.

the debris cloud climbed monolithically toward the heavens obfuscating everything, then as an umbrella opening to shield a body, it spead across the skies.

the seas fared no better the blast vapourised every dropplet of water in the impact zone in an instant rendering it into a super heated steam which in its turn drove the debris like a rocket engine propelling it higher and harder than anyone could have imagined at the time.



The resultant wave that spread across the surface of the planet caused untold harm, in excess of ten thousand feet high, it rampaged around the world while in the heavens above the superheated vapour driven debris cloud expanded inexorably...





part 2 ends

work in progress
21:41 Jun 10 2012
Times Read: 508

cold and tired, thats all i am just soo cold and tired, moving has become nothing more than a habit and so i move.



eyelids flutter open...

'huh i dont recall closing them'

still moving dont remeber where im supposed to be going nor even from whence i came.



through the synapic short-curcuiting in my head i feel like i might have once had a plan...a goal...a destination maybe?



up ahead in the hazy distance i see a glimmer, i have learned through bad experiences and this i can recall, not to get my hopes up...



still i push on the immense weariness makes my muscles feel as though they are being torn from the bones, and the bones themselves feel as if they have turned to mush...



still the imperative remains move or die...



images comes in random blocks now no cohesion around which to wrap my mind.



the glimmer is as i imagined and my hammering heart leaps in my chest, a rush of adrenaline, then nothing



stars appear, then nothing again



the ground looks so soft and inviting,,,darkness

i stmble and begin to fall, and it seems as if i am falling forever...more darkness



why is it suddenly so warm?...darkness again



oh shit the ground is right before my face, this is gonna hurt...



darkness returns...



then i awaken...

something prevents me from moving or opening my eyes, yet i am not afraid, the weakness has left me and i feel alive again...just tired, still soo very tired, i might just rest a while in this warm soft place...ahh it is like the embrace of a lover so tender and comforrting...i sleep a while...



where did this feeling come from where am i?...



part 1 ends



A massive impact shatters the calm serenity of a hazy afternoon, the grodnd spasmed and bucked as if a living being writhing in pain...