[Something to note, I do not believe I have pt. I typed, I'll fix this, and tie the two together, also this segment is not the best of keeping to style, it is a first draft free write continuation of a previous free write]
“That picture, is that Earth?”–Z
“Yes, and from what I have read, it was much larger than our Planets.” –V “Here, try this section,” as he turned many pages to A Short History of Earth.
Zunery saw a picture as ‘v’ flipped through the book, of a well lit up spaceship just before take-off. As a narrator I will acknowledge my presence and your intelligence by skipping to the parts that you may not know.
…(Insert historical texts here starting in 2051)… Then there was once born a man, who from birth contested the laws of physics. His name was Jakobe Ascariis. Like many before him he dared to do the impossible. He had natural contempt for the laws of the Universe. He wanted to break them, twist them. He started with everyday chemicals, but his goals were boundless, out of control. Many thought him to be a genius, and many thought him to be mad. Both were correct. Yet, so often are the intellectuals thought to be witches, or demons, that he was never stopped. He created many new chemical structures for Humanity. Super lubricants and liquids that never wore out, varieties of medicines and pills that never stopped helping, a new form of oxygen that aided in space exploration, alloys, metals and glass that were stronger and lighter than ever before. But his greatest and last accomplishment was Singularium. It was an element much like his other compounds, it shouldn’t exist. It had strength like a diamond, perfect conductivity, but weighed more than its appearance. However when it was charged with electric current nothing made sense. It could create magnetic fields that defied normal construction, it also could increase or decrease it molecular density insomuch that it could attract light. And as long as enough energy passed through it, it could convert that energy into any form with such efficiency Ascariis claimed in one interview that it could create energy. Skeptics however claimed that it manipulated brainwaves causing hallucinations, but so few were ever able to test it before it was patented, slapped into a metallic shell and branded as a new fuel for space travel.
Like his other creations he had used a personal science that no one else knew about, called rifting. Rifting required a lot of energy to do, and unknown to the public, he had created singularium first, and merely by accident. It was through this new atomic wonder that he was able to make his other products. Rifting was the act of taking singularium, and using it to tear a hole in the fabric of time-space. This hole would shortly seal up from natural entropy. But, discovering he could force constant movement along a multidimensional axis, he created elements and molecules with properties shared through the rift. He called them shadow properties. Everything that could be used with singularium he devised, especially the engine. Ascariis created it all, the shell, the engine, the controllers, he even programmed the multi-redundant computer systems. No one ever questioned him. And for the most part they were better off that way. Until the explosion
“Yes, and from what I have read, it was much larger than our Planets.” –V “Here, try this section,” as he turned many pages to A Short History of Earth.
Zunery saw a picture as ‘v’ flipped through the book, of a well lit up spaceship just before take-off. As a narrator I will acknowledge my presence and your intelligence by skipping to the parts that you may not know.
…(Insert historical texts here starting in 2051)… Then there was once born a man, who from birth contested the laws of physics. His name was Jakobe Ascariis. Like many before him he dared to do the impossible. He had natural contempt for the laws of the Universe. He wanted to break them, twist them. He started with everyday chemicals, but his goals were boundless, out of control. Many thought him to be a genius, and many thought him to be mad. Both were correct. Yet, so often are the intellectuals thought to be witches, or demons, that he was never stopped. He created many new chemical structures for Humanity. Super lubricants and liquids that never wore out, varieties of medicines and pills that never stopped helping, a new form of oxygen that aided in space exploration, alloys, metals and glass that were stronger and lighter than ever before. But his greatest and last accomplishment was Singularium. It was an element much like his other compounds, it shouldn’t exist. It had strength like a diamond, perfect conductivity, but weighed more than its appearance. However when it was charged with electric current nothing made sense. It could create magnetic fields that defied normal construction, it also could increase or decrease it molecular density insomuch that it could attract light. And as long as enough energy passed through it, it could convert that energy into any form with such efficiency Ascariis claimed in one interview that it could create energy. Skeptics however claimed that it manipulated brainwaves causing hallucinations, but so few were ever able to test it before it was patented, slapped into a metallic shell and branded as a new fuel for space travel.
Like his other creations he had used a personal science that no one else knew about, called rifting. Rifting required a lot of energy to do, and unknown to the public, he had created singularium first, and merely by accident. It was through this new atomic wonder that he was able to make his other products. Rifting was the act of taking singularium, and using it to tear a hole in the fabric of time-space. This hole would shortly seal up from natural entropy. But, discovering he could force constant movement along a multidimensional axis, he created elements and molecules with properties shared through the rift. He called them shadow properties. Everything that could be used with singularium he devised, especially the engine. Ascariis created it all, the shell, the engine, the controllers, he even programmed the multi-redundant computer systems. No one ever questioned him. And for the most part they were better off that way. Until the explosion
Ascariis died in an explosion in his private laboratory on Charon [the moon of Pluto]. Working alone at the ends of space was his hobby, but the blast was seen throughout the system. And the sphere itself was demolished. It was this that put Earth back into war. The last and great war, The End. You see, the people of earth did not know that secretive operations had been sent into space over a hundred years previous. It also violated every treaty, policy, and purpose proposed by The Beginning. One civilization in outrage at being tricked quickly annihilated the other without warning with weapons that also were against policy. Order quickly coalesced into the perfect mixture of Chaos. Earth fell into darkness from war. No one really knew what the fighting was about, just a handful of people with a few bad choices. Earth was laid to waste, burning, and reeling even from its axis, in anguish of the bloodshed. Then the missiles came.
First the moon, then Mars, and then other moons and planets. When Jupiter itself began decomposing from the brutal and hellish designs of warfare from Earth, we decided to leave. Within an earth day, four ships were retro-fitted with the Singularity Engine prototypes. Many others were launched, but these were the primary ships to save what was left of Humanity. Each ship was set up with a colonizer. Just as we had used technology in the past to terraform and aeraform our home of Triton, we would venture into the cosmos, find the most suitable orb, and start a new Eden. Three of the ships were large retired cargo ships, and the last, the one I chose was a recently released commercial liner. We left our home behind us to traverse the unknown Universe. What we didn’t comprehend was that Humanity had even greater challenges ahead of them…
“Zunery, do you know what Zeirth means?” – V asked.
“Well, it has the royal letter in it, but no.” –Z had never really thought about the names of the Planets having meaning.
“It is a slur on Earth, Zeirth the royal memory of Earth.” –V continued, “And that’s not all, when the ship landed here, people thought they were on Earth.”
“How can you know that?” –Z asked. “Do you know where it landed?”
“Yes, it landed in the foothills near the land of Desolation, but anything that was of use, was carried to these islands hundreds of years ago.” –V
“Why are you telling me this, why only me?” –Z
“Something in the Void tells me you need this information, other than that, I’d say it’s more just a gut feeling.” –V
“This could be the last piece of the puzzle! I’ve been trying to figure out our history for almost a decade, and no one has this much knowledge in one place!” Zunery got overly excited suddenly.
“No, and if you get that elated again, you’ll get us both into trouble. Only Viodions can read these documents, but I’m trusted with you as a guest. If the void gets disturbed we may have to cut your visit short.”
“My apologies,” Zunery mumbled, clearing his head, finding himself embarrassed by a younger man.
“This, my new friend, is but a key to unlock the things you seek to find. I warn you now, that what you do find may be hard for others to understand, and for you no better. It may challenge your very soul.” –V
“M…” Zunery started to say something and stopped silent.
“That is all for tonight, lest someone gets suspicious of your absence.”
“Well, it has the royal letter in it, but no.” –Z had never really thought about the names of the Planets having meaning.
“It is a slur on Earth, Zeirth the royal memory of Earth.” –V continued, “And that’s not all, when the ship landed here, people thought they were on Earth.”
“How can you know that?” –Z asked. “Do you know where it landed?”
“Yes, it landed in the foothills near the land of Desolation, but anything that was of use, was carried to these islands hundreds of years ago.” –V
“Why are you telling me this, why only me?” –Z
“Something in the Void tells me you need this information, other than that, I’d say it’s more just a gut feeling.” –V
“This could be the last piece of the puzzle! I’ve been trying to figure out our history for almost a decade, and no one has this much knowledge in one place!” Zunery got overly excited suddenly.
“No, and if you get that elated again, you’ll get us both into trouble. Only Viodions can read these documents, but I’m trusted with you as a guest. If the void gets disturbed we may have to cut your visit short.”
“My apologies,” Zunery mumbled, clearing his head, finding himself embarrassed by a younger man.
“This, my new friend, is but a key to unlock the things you seek to find. I warn you now, that what you do find may be hard for others to understand, and for you no better. It may challenge your very soul.” –V
“M…” Zunery started to say something and stopped silent.
“That is all for tonight, lest someone gets suspicious of your absence.”
