Post by Floyd Looney on Mar 28, 2011 13:45:20 GMT -5
Tetso is a 4 legged beast. He looks like a cross between a dog and a saber tooth tiger but he is much larger than either. He is larger than a car and wearing the nano-ten armor he looks like a walking tank and riding on Tetso is his master Grieve. Grieve takes special pleasure in the fact that Tetso has a strong will and yearns for his freedom; this makes him an easy target for taunts and mocking. For as long as the binding cord holds, Tetso will never be able to act on his own impulses.
Grieve is a member of an alien species named the Warren and they have enslaved dozens of species for their battles and invasions of other planets. Tetso may be the last of his kind because he saw his home world destroyed when the Warren could not take control of it. Tetso harbors a special hate for the Warren and imagines the day that he can be freed to take out revenge.
Master Grieve is also a special Miter to the Queen Ranull, giving Tetso an occasional glimpse of the female Warren that ordered the destruction of his world. She considered Tetso nothing more than a beast of burden but the Warren were so arrogant they didn’t take into account that Tetso and his kind were quite intelligent and powerful. But Tetso had been very young and not learned all of them himself; he knew that he was quite strong from the few occasions where Master Grieve needed his muscles.
Queen Ranull had named one of Master Grieves rivals to the post of Top Miter and Special Commander for the attack and invasion of the new target planet, RTS-009891. The inhabitants of that world called it “Earth” and Tetso had overheard that there were multiple billions of possible slaves there. The Queen said they were individually weak and stupid but they would become part of a vast army.
Special Commander Marduki assured the Queen that in a matter of days the new world would be under her full control. “They will be shocked and stunned at our appearance and they will be awed by our power, they will not much resist” he had promised.
Grieve had laughed “Have you bothered to do any research at all, Top Miter? If so you would see that they value their independence, they may very well put up a stiff fight”
The Queen had silenced their dispute and ordered Marduki to prepare the invasion force; they would invade in less than 120 hours. Grieve hadn’t said anything to the Queen after the Special Commander left he simply walked out and climbed on Tetso.
“Marduki is an arrogant fool” Grieve said in anger
So are all you Warren, Tetso thought to hisself.
“A little information can be a dangerous thing” Grieve said “I think we should pay a visit to this world as a scout”
We will get to see it before it is thoroughly robbed, Tetso thought bitterly.
After closing the visor on his helmet Grieve took Tetso outside the massive vessel again and then activated the transport field that moved them across space at nearly light speed. Tetso got a glimpse of a large moon and then a beautiful blue and white world before he was flying through clouds.
Master Grieve activated the visibility shield, turning them invisible. Tetso was looking down at the natural greens, blues and unnatural grays of a city. These cities were large, he thought to himself.
….
Galena was fast but the race was stacked against her. Many of the others were on motorcycles, 4 wheelers and other vehicles.
They would run the course and find the yellow stickers and it would lead them to the finish line. They could have three or four of these courses each night, the winner of a course usually rewarded with a large dinner of real food instead of flavored noodles.
Galena was one of the newer runners in the barracks but the people on the nets found it entertaining to watch the scummy poor chase down their meals. The revenue from the live feeds did keep the rent paid and the meals coming though.
The new map appeared on her HUD visor that she wore over one eye and she took off at the same time everyone else did. She could hear motors revving up behind her as she sped off on foot. She knew a few short cuts to the destination this time. There were short cuts that most of the vehicles could not utilize.
Galena was young when she was orphaned and was enlisted with a group of thieves who used her as a distraction to pickpocket onlookers. After a while she got too old to be that cute and she became a pickpocket but her speed seemed to be a natural ability. She could high jump, kick off walls and flip over fences like an acrobat. She was often told she could have been part of a circus.
“Free running” is what some called it, if you didn’t run you wouldn’t stay free for long in this business.
The police finally caught her one day but instead of treating her horribly as she had seen them be with others they treated her like a celebrity. She found out that some police videos of past chases had indeed made her into a minor net celebrity. They told her that her ability would be better used legally if she joined the cast of the net program Runners.
Galena had arrived first this time and looked around for the tell-tale yellow stickers but finding none she doubled back and spotted a tiny yellow sticker on a gate. That wasn’t normal since she had never seen them use a sticker so small. She felt cheated. She pushed through the gate into a basketball court but there was nothing there, then she saw a building that housed an indoor court nearby and ran to it.
She forced open the door and entered the gymnasium thinking she’d won this time. Galena was very upset to see that Doran had entered the other side just seconds ahead of her. Manchu was holding his camera in one hand and announcing to the viewers that Doran had won another course.
After the end of the broadcast she walked up to Manchu and complained that no-one had ever told her about the tiny stickers being used. She told him that if the normal ones had been used she would have arrived long before Doran. “It wasn’t very fair” she said before stalking away.
She was still fuming at dinner where she ate her ordinary noodles with everyone else. Doran at least had the decency to eat his large fancy meal somewhere else.
Later that night she was standing outside looking at the bright stars in the sky when her friend Recon came out to check on her. “Just making sure you’re okay”
“This is starting to get real old, Recon” she told him
“What else do we have, Galena?” he told her “This gets us a roof and regular meals. How would any of us find something better than this?”
“Maybe you are right about that, I just think I don’t really belong here” she told him
“That’s not true” Recon said “You are the one who brought a good size audience with you, being net famous in your own right.”
She shook her head “A lot of good that is doing me”
“Just think about it long and hard before you run away” Recon said “I’ll miss you if you go”
“Thanks, Recon” she answered “It’s nice having a friend”
Grieve is a member of an alien species named the Warren and they have enslaved dozens of species for their battles and invasions of other planets. Tetso may be the last of his kind because he saw his home world destroyed when the Warren could not take control of it. Tetso harbors a special hate for the Warren and imagines the day that he can be freed to take out revenge.
Master Grieve is also a special Miter to the Queen Ranull, giving Tetso an occasional glimpse of the female Warren that ordered the destruction of his world. She considered Tetso nothing more than a beast of burden but the Warren were so arrogant they didn’t take into account that Tetso and his kind were quite intelligent and powerful. But Tetso had been very young and not learned all of them himself; he knew that he was quite strong from the few occasions where Master Grieve needed his muscles.
Queen Ranull had named one of Master Grieves rivals to the post of Top Miter and Special Commander for the attack and invasion of the new target planet, RTS-009891. The inhabitants of that world called it “Earth” and Tetso had overheard that there were multiple billions of possible slaves there. The Queen said they were individually weak and stupid but they would become part of a vast army.
Special Commander Marduki assured the Queen that in a matter of days the new world would be under her full control. “They will be shocked and stunned at our appearance and they will be awed by our power, they will not much resist” he had promised.
Grieve had laughed “Have you bothered to do any research at all, Top Miter? If so you would see that they value their independence, they may very well put up a stiff fight”
The Queen had silenced their dispute and ordered Marduki to prepare the invasion force; they would invade in less than 120 hours. Grieve hadn’t said anything to the Queen after the Special Commander left he simply walked out and climbed on Tetso.
“Marduki is an arrogant fool” Grieve said in anger
So are all you Warren, Tetso thought to hisself.
“A little information can be a dangerous thing” Grieve said “I think we should pay a visit to this world as a scout”
We will get to see it before it is thoroughly robbed, Tetso thought bitterly.
After closing the visor on his helmet Grieve took Tetso outside the massive vessel again and then activated the transport field that moved them across space at nearly light speed. Tetso got a glimpse of a large moon and then a beautiful blue and white world before he was flying through clouds.
Master Grieve activated the visibility shield, turning them invisible. Tetso was looking down at the natural greens, blues and unnatural grays of a city. These cities were large, he thought to himself.
….
Galena was fast but the race was stacked against her. Many of the others were on motorcycles, 4 wheelers and other vehicles.
They would run the course and find the yellow stickers and it would lead them to the finish line. They could have three or four of these courses each night, the winner of a course usually rewarded with a large dinner of real food instead of flavored noodles.
Galena was one of the newer runners in the barracks but the people on the nets found it entertaining to watch the scummy poor chase down their meals. The revenue from the live feeds did keep the rent paid and the meals coming though.
The new map appeared on her HUD visor that she wore over one eye and she took off at the same time everyone else did. She could hear motors revving up behind her as she sped off on foot. She knew a few short cuts to the destination this time. There were short cuts that most of the vehicles could not utilize.
Galena was young when she was orphaned and was enlisted with a group of thieves who used her as a distraction to pickpocket onlookers. After a while she got too old to be that cute and she became a pickpocket but her speed seemed to be a natural ability. She could high jump, kick off walls and flip over fences like an acrobat. She was often told she could have been part of a circus.
“Free running” is what some called it, if you didn’t run you wouldn’t stay free for long in this business.
The police finally caught her one day but instead of treating her horribly as she had seen them be with others they treated her like a celebrity. She found out that some police videos of past chases had indeed made her into a minor net celebrity. They told her that her ability would be better used legally if she joined the cast of the net program Runners.
Galena had arrived first this time and looked around for the tell-tale yellow stickers but finding none she doubled back and spotted a tiny yellow sticker on a gate. That wasn’t normal since she had never seen them use a sticker so small. She felt cheated. She pushed through the gate into a basketball court but there was nothing there, then she saw a building that housed an indoor court nearby and ran to it.
She forced open the door and entered the gymnasium thinking she’d won this time. Galena was very upset to see that Doran had entered the other side just seconds ahead of her. Manchu was holding his camera in one hand and announcing to the viewers that Doran had won another course.
After the end of the broadcast she walked up to Manchu and complained that no-one had ever told her about the tiny stickers being used. She told him that if the normal ones had been used she would have arrived long before Doran. “It wasn’t very fair” she said before stalking away.
She was still fuming at dinner where she ate her ordinary noodles with everyone else. Doran at least had the decency to eat his large fancy meal somewhere else.
Later that night she was standing outside looking at the bright stars in the sky when her friend Recon came out to check on her. “Just making sure you’re okay”
“This is starting to get real old, Recon” she told him
“What else do we have, Galena?” he told her “This gets us a roof and regular meals. How would any of us find something better than this?”
“Maybe you are right about that, I just think I don’t really belong here” she told him
“That’s not true” Recon said “You are the one who brought a good size audience with you, being net famous in your own right.”
She shook her head “A lot of good that is doing me”
“Just think about it long and hard before you run away” Recon said “I’ll miss you if you go”
“Thanks, Recon” she answered “It’s nice having a friend”