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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-02-06 01:36 pm

Welcome to Orongo

Once those who decided to go along on the mission were gathered on the Obs Deck and had time to go over the mission briefing, the detachment procedures began.

As with the missions before, the doors to the Obs Deck closed before it detached itself from Stacy, tethered by a massive umbilical cord. Those who had been on missions before would find the experience familiar if still somewhat unpleasant, but for those of whom this was their first mission, the sudden lack of gravity and lurching feeling as they entered the atmosphere would come as a surprise.

Thankfully though, the ride was quickly over as they landed safely on the planet below, the gravitational dampeners of the Obs Deck gently dropping the crew members back on their feet. One of the walls opened up, forming a ramp to the ground below. There was a sudden, slight gust of air as the door opened as the thick air rushed in. Even so, the air felt quite warm and refreshing.

Looking outside, the crew would see the bright yellow sun looming overhead, quite close in comparison to the sun on most planets. A handful of small, silver clouds dotted the blueish purple sky.

Ahead of them stood a rather impressive looking plateau, surrounded by a tall, ornate stone wall which was covered in tribal markings. Directly ahead was a large gate through the wall, with several small stone buildings in front of it. Beyond the gates, a larger settlement could be seen. Surrounding the plateau and covering the surrounding region were numerous strange, blue and purplish trees and plants.

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Re: Stepping outside

[identity profile] bio-boosted.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay. The gnomes seem kind of close, but the goblins actually sort of remind me of gremlins." Sho responds. "Are there gremlins too?"

A something occurs to Sho at that moment. "Ah, now I remember. In my world, most things like goblins and orcs and trolls and werewolves were just myths and fairy tails, but they were inspired by real zoanoids."

Re: Stepping outside

[identity profile] alastirra.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I cannot say I know about these Zoanoids you speak of, but in my world, most of those things are very real. I do not know about werewolves, though. Or gremlins." Alastirra shook her head.

"I seem to remember you saying those Zoanoids had ties to this Chronos thing you fought, though, yes?"

Re: Stepping outside

[identity profile] bio-boosted.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, they are, but Zoanoids are much older than that." Sho begins, and he clears his throat.

"In my universe, the human race was created by aliens as the base for zoanoids, to use as soldiers in a war. That was millions of years ago. Some humans found ways to turn into zoanoids after those aliens left, and they inspired the legends of monsters in my world." Sho takes a moment to think and catch his breath.

"Cronos somehow found out all this, and how to create zoanoids. I'm not really sure just how long it was around though."

Re: Stepping outside

[identity profile] alastirra.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Huh. That sounds a bit like the Titans of my world...and a bit like the Burning Legion. The Titans were not evil, though--save one. He was the one who created the Burning Legion," Alastirra said. She gave a dry chuckle.

"I suppose there are many similarities that can be drawn, though, if one looks for them."