07-13-2016, 06:00 PM
“Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes?”
I begin to gently glide forward, floating ever closer to the distant neon-glowing monoliths that dominate the floating continent before me. I’m almost captivated enough not to notice Adam squirming and flailing about - I then realize I’m responsible for people other than myself at the moment and shift so I’m flying with my back to the sky. Adam and Compa get as comfortable as humanly possible on my back, and then I hear Adam say, “I’d love to talk about how incredibly ‘what the fuck’ it is that a city just popped up here, but I’d also love to not be thiiiiis close to falling and breaking every bone in my body except my tongue. PLEASE LET ME DOWN.”
Just as I notice Compa open her mouth to make a comment, I pipe up before her. “My apologies. It’s just…”
I look back to the newly-formed city. The words feel wrong in my mind, because it’s all so familiar. “...I feel like I haven’t been home in ages, and to be here now…”
I feel a big, silly grin spread across my face as I drift ahead and down to the ground.
The moment I touch down, I let myself return to human form, releasing a cloud of zeroes and ones that disperses and floats off into the sky. As I take in my surroundings from the ground, I look back to where the mountain peak once was - in its place stands the Neptower, just the way I remember it. “Ooh! Compa, look-- I can see our house from here!” I joke as I’m positive I have numerous times before, but Compa still laughs a bit.
“So where’s your house OH MY FUCK,” Adam shouts as he turns around to look at the Neptower. “WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE. WHAT IS THIS PLACE.”
Histy perks up over my shoulder, swiftly flipping through pages in her tome. After a moment or two, she holds the book she normally floats on up for the three of us, and as she speaks, numerous comparisons between Planeptune back home and this one appear on pages opposite one another. “This is Planeptune, just as we know it back home. As we were flying, I decided I would survey the area to the best of my ability - and from what data I have relating to our Planeptune, which is more than substantial, I can determine this is in fact ours, or at least a very well-made copy of our Planeptune. It remains a metropolis which dominates a floating island, surrounded by forests and what are commonly referred to as ‘dungeons’. Prominent buildings such as the Neptower and the Adventurer’s Guild still remain, but…”
I squint and look around some more. “Nobody’s home.” As my line of sight passes Adam, I notice him glaring at me. “Don’t take a genius to figure that one out,” he shoots back.
“Yes, about that,” Histy continues. “There appear to be no truly sentient creatures on the Fallen Angel at the moment, what with it having been deep underwater only a few minutes ago. However, it does seem as though there are monsters here in the aforementioned forests and dungeons. I hate to say it, Neptune,” she frowns, “but you’re not going to get much of a chance to rest before your people need you again.”
I sigh and I’m right about to respond, only to hear Adam say, “but there ARE no people. There’s some buildings some people might be able to live in, but there ARE NO PEOPLE.”
Then Compa, who looks like she’s just been wandering around the nearby area, decides to join the conversation. “How are we gonna get people here, Nep-Nep?”
Suddenly the only four people in the whole city of Planeptune were reduced to hums and hahs, trying to think of something to do - then Histy chimes in. “I’m currently working on putting something up for Planeptune on the Dataverse. Hopefully we can catch the attention of a few people with it.”
Someone taking in a really long breath of inspiration catches my attention, and I look in the direction of the sound - Compa, her mind whirring behind her eyes in a way unlike it usually does, raises a hand. “Ooh! What if you made a video talking about why people should be here? We can write you a big, fancy speech and everything!”
Suddenly I notice Adam looking very bored. “If you guys are gonna be… writing a speech or whatever, I’ll just be going,” he says, then turns around and starts to walk away.
After a few seconds, he turns back and runs over again. “Nevermind, we’re really fucking high up - but is it really a good idea to advertise…” he goes quiet for a moment, looking me up and down.
“...a candy-haired child who can fly and owns a floating pile of dirt that has a bunch of kinda neat skyscrapers and shit on it?”
“I also have a katana,” I add. Adam’s head falls into his hands. “THAT IS NOT THE POINT.”
Histy flips through a few more pages in her tome and, suddenly, I see something I recognize - a big, bulky-looking dark brownish dragon, standing upright and looking… pretty menacing. On the page opposite that, I see what looks like the same dragon, but it’s flying and it’s from a different angle. It’s pretty far from whoever was taking the picture, and it looks like it’s over a forest near some kind of cave.
“My suggestion is this: you and our new friend go deal with this Ancient Dragon, and I'll record it.”
I begin to gently glide forward, floating ever closer to the distant neon-glowing monoliths that dominate the floating continent before me. I’m almost captivated enough not to notice Adam squirming and flailing about - I then realize I’m responsible for people other than myself at the moment and shift so I’m flying with my back to the sky. Adam and Compa get as comfortable as humanly possible on my back, and then I hear Adam say, “I’d love to talk about how incredibly ‘what the fuck’ it is that a city just popped up here, but I’d also love to not be thiiiiis close to falling and breaking every bone in my body except my tongue. PLEASE LET ME DOWN.”
Just as I notice Compa open her mouth to make a comment, I pipe up before her. “My apologies. It’s just…”
I look back to the newly-formed city. The words feel wrong in my mind, because it’s all so familiar. “...I feel like I haven’t been home in ages, and to be here now…”
I feel a big, silly grin spread across my face as I drift ahead and down to the ground.
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The moment I touch down, I let myself return to human form, releasing a cloud of zeroes and ones that disperses and floats off into the sky. As I take in my surroundings from the ground, I look back to where the mountain peak once was - in its place stands the Neptower, just the way I remember it. “Ooh! Compa, look-- I can see our house from here!” I joke as I’m positive I have numerous times before, but Compa still laughs a bit.
“So where’s your house OH MY FUCK,” Adam shouts as he turns around to look at the Neptower. “WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE. WHAT IS THIS PLACE.”
Histy perks up over my shoulder, swiftly flipping through pages in her tome. After a moment or two, she holds the book she normally floats on up for the three of us, and as she speaks, numerous comparisons between Planeptune back home and this one appear on pages opposite one another. “This is Planeptune, just as we know it back home. As we were flying, I decided I would survey the area to the best of my ability - and from what data I have relating to our Planeptune, which is more than substantial, I can determine this is in fact ours, or at least a very well-made copy of our Planeptune. It remains a metropolis which dominates a floating island, surrounded by forests and what are commonly referred to as ‘dungeons’. Prominent buildings such as the Neptower and the Adventurer’s Guild still remain, but…”
I squint and look around some more. “Nobody’s home.” As my line of sight passes Adam, I notice him glaring at me. “Don’t take a genius to figure that one out,” he shoots back.
“Yes, about that,” Histy continues. “There appear to be no truly sentient creatures on the Fallen Angel at the moment, what with it having been deep underwater only a few minutes ago. However, it does seem as though there are monsters here in the aforementioned forests and dungeons. I hate to say it, Neptune,” she frowns, “but you’re not going to get much of a chance to rest before your people need you again.”
I sigh and I’m right about to respond, only to hear Adam say, “but there ARE no people. There’s some buildings some people might be able to live in, but there ARE NO PEOPLE.”
Then Compa, who looks like she’s just been wandering around the nearby area, decides to join the conversation. “How are we gonna get people here, Nep-Nep?”
Suddenly the only four people in the whole city of Planeptune were reduced to hums and hahs, trying to think of something to do - then Histy chimes in. “I’m currently working on putting something up for Planeptune on the Dataverse. Hopefully we can catch the attention of a few people with it.”
Someone taking in a really long breath of inspiration catches my attention, and I look in the direction of the sound - Compa, her mind whirring behind her eyes in a way unlike it usually does, raises a hand. “Ooh! What if you made a video talking about why people should be here? We can write you a big, fancy speech and everything!”
Suddenly I notice Adam looking very bored. “If you guys are gonna be… writing a speech or whatever, I’ll just be going,” he says, then turns around and starts to walk away.
After a few seconds, he turns back and runs over again. “Nevermind, we’re really fucking high up - but is it really a good idea to advertise…” he goes quiet for a moment, looking me up and down.
“...a candy-haired child who can fly and owns a floating pile of dirt that has a bunch of kinda neat skyscrapers and shit on it?”
“I also have a katana,” I add. Adam’s head falls into his hands. “THAT IS NOT THE POINT.”
Histy flips through a few more pages in her tome and, suddenly, I see something I recognize - a big, bulky-looking dark brownish dragon, standing upright and looking… pretty menacing. On the page opposite that, I see what looks like the same dragon, but it’s flying and it’s from a different angle. It’s pretty far from whoever was taking the picture, and it looks like it’s over a forest near some kind of cave.
“My suggestion is this: you and our new friend go deal with this Ancient Dragon, and I'll record it.”
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