Difference between revisions of "6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2"
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==Chapter 2: (...)== | ==Chapter 2: (...)== | ||
| − | Tentative Synopsis: | + | Tentative Synopsis: Rigel, in search of a cure, ventures out of League territory to a far off planet following rumors of an illegal medical procedure. |
==2.1== | ==2.1== | ||
| − | The... | + | The news never sank in completely. I couldn't die. Not now. As the weeks passed on the ship I became further detached. I had convinced my father to let me board a ship heading outside of League territory. He reluctantly agreed. To him this was goodbye. |
==2.2== | ==2.2== | ||
| − | The... | + | The planet (...) was... I found myself among low characters as the months passed, following the rumor. But finally I got a lead from an arms dealer. A nearby moon supposedly held a facility that performed risky experiments... The men surrounded me. One swung his pipe at me. I rolled out the way, and positioned myself against a wall. I couldn't give them my credit chips. This was the only hope I had to live. So I did what any cornered animal would do and rushed the man closest to me tackling him to the ground. I picked up the pipe. Rage overcame me. I swung the pipe at the man over and over again until there was nothing left of him. The other men ran away. I felt awful, but also had a guilty satisfaction. I was alive. |
==2.3== | ==2.3== | ||
| − | The... | + | The shuttle quickly flew away, leaving me stranded. The suit itched. I saw a facility in the distance. |
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==2.4== | ==2.4== | ||
| − | The... | + | The guard opened the doors. The room was filled with lush furniture and paintings. A man sitting in a chair greeted me. |
==2.5== | ==2.5== | ||
| − | The... | + | The doctor insured me that the procedure was unsafe. It was only once successful 30 years ago. Only one in a million people would allow the (nanoprobes, picoprobes?) to sync. And then it still was not guaranteed. I agreed to the procedure. I was approaching the time I had left, and was already feeling my health deteriorate. |
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| + | ==2.6== | ||
| + | As the weeks passed it was clear that the procedure worked. Janae approached me in the hall. We talked. "Am I immortal?" I asked... Janae replied, "There is a place where you might go. A temple of the old ways, before the Dark Age. I can take you there | ||
==Discussion== | ==Discussion== | ||
* The... | * The... | ||
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| + | *[[6 Billion A.D.]] | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 28 January 2020
Contents
Chapter 2: (...)
Tentative Synopsis: Rigel, in search of a cure, ventures out of League territory to a far off planet following rumors of an illegal medical procedure.
2.1
The news never sank in completely. I couldn't die. Not now. As the weeks passed on the ship I became further detached. I had convinced my father to let me board a ship heading outside of League territory. He reluctantly agreed. To him this was goodbye.
2.2
The planet (...) was... I found myself among low characters as the months passed, following the rumor. But finally I got a lead from an arms dealer. A nearby moon supposedly held a facility that performed risky experiments... The men surrounded me. One swung his pipe at me. I rolled out the way, and positioned myself against a wall. I couldn't give them my credit chips. This was the only hope I had to live. So I did what any cornered animal would do and rushed the man closest to me tackling him to the ground. I picked up the pipe. Rage overcame me. I swung the pipe at the man over and over again until there was nothing left of him. The other men ran away. I felt awful, but also had a guilty satisfaction. I was alive.
2.3
The shuttle quickly flew away, leaving me stranded. The suit itched. I saw a facility in the distance. ... ...
2.4
The guard opened the doors. The room was filled with lush furniture and paintings. A man sitting in a chair greeted me.
2.5
The doctor insured me that the procedure was unsafe. It was only once successful 30 years ago. Only one in a million people would allow the (nanoprobes, picoprobes?) to sync. And then it still was not guaranteed. I agreed to the procedure. I was approaching the time I had left, and was already feeling my health deteriorate.
2.6
As the weeks passed it was clear that the procedure worked. Janae approached me in the hall. We talked. "Am I immortal?" I asked... Janae replied, "There is a place where you might go. A temple of the old ways, before the Dark Age. I can take you there
Discussion
- The...
