Archaeology, Natural Disasters and You [Closed]

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The trip down revealed that Taleen was going to be of several things, none of which were pleasant. Arid, pale with a light dusting of red from the rocks, and yellow-white grass that extended in plains all the way towards far off mountains . There was a giant gash in the land near the orb landing area, which resolved itself into a massive canyon as the party drew closer. Spider webbing out across the top of the canyon were signs that a civilization had once flourished here. Traces of broken pillars and half submerged buildings, as well as what looked like a downed ship that had embedded itself in a massive building. There was no movement visible amongst the ruins now. As the dry wind blew through the stonework, it would became clear that they were walking into a mass graveyard.

Not somewhere you'd want to spend your vacation.

For some people, this was going to be a field day.

According to the scans and what little records they had, there hasn't been a sentient being around for hundreds of years. The majority of native wildlife had moved out of the area, seeking refuge. The land looked dead already. In the sky above, several specks of light twinkled in the sky, growing bigger with each passing hour. In a few days, it will be raining fire.


[Closed to Daniel, Eleventh Doctor, Sofia, Jamie, Hoshi, Howard, Billy, the Master, River Song, Cassie, Tom]

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[hi_there_aliens]

"Yes, it is," It fit the bill for a Goa'uld, and Daniel wished he hadn't thought of it, because what did that say of him? But knowing the Goa'uld, this had to have occurred to them too already. They were older than his own civilization and a genetic memory to go with. More than enough to figure out the best ways to make someone suffer.

"Both," he said. Howard knew of the Yeerks? Maybe he knew Eva. Or Jara. Maybe there were more hosts on board. Maybe there even infested humans. "I guess like the Yeerks, but they're about this long," Daniel roughly showed the length of one between two hands, about as long as a forearm. Definitely not small like one of Jara's Yeerk slug shapes. "They enter through the back of your neck and wrap around your spinal cord, then weave filaments into the brain."

He moved his hand off the device. "I think so. It's not bolted down, just heavy."

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Howard cringes at the description. "If I didn't know better, I'd say your universe just tried to one-up my universe for the most awful thing it can come up with."

He doesn't know how to feel about the sarcophagus, but rather suddenly he's feeling the closeness of the walls in the chamber. Feeling that mummy staring into space one room over. Feeling like he can hear the water in the pipes from a civilization long dead running through the floor and from the tower.

It's a miracle machine.

It's a torture device.

What would happen if they put the mummy in the other room in here? What would it feel like to be the one in the sarcophagus? Rory told him death was unimaginably painful, but wouldn't it get duller over time, the way hunger pains do? Or is it more immense than that?

He needs air. "I'll go up and tell Eneesh. I need to stretch my legs anyway. Need sunlight, you know. Vitamin D and all." Without asking Daniel's permission, he leaves, taking his metal spar and flashlight with him.