Dawn.Strange semi musical notes,high pitched chirps and twitters, accompanied by by the soothing whisper of the wind ...3...2...1..Tarong listened to the soft hiss as the preserving liquids compressed and drained from around him.His eyes slowly fluttered.His thoughts orginised .His body awakened. Tarong could feel the heat before he could pinpoint its source.A mass of harsh radiating yellow light ,burning scortching his tallow skin. Realising his state and the magnifying effect of his crystal chambre ,he relased the pressure gage and the Kwahi Crystal Capsule slowly dissipated into the thick wavering air of this strange new world. Rapture.The oxygen rich air of this planet instaneously sufficated Tarong.The hot dry hydro scortched his lungs making it difficult to breathe .Thrashing wildly about Tarong terrified masses of flight enabled creatures.Hydro dripped from their downy white frames as they took to the sky particly blotting out the the burning yellow light .On shaky unbalanced legs Tarong forced himself over springy black turf. Green and sticky some stuck to him dragging him down holding him prisioner that much further from life.Gasping on hands and knees .Greedily grabbing hold of this treaturous dark terrain Tarong dragged his heavy frame through the dank underbrush.Prickly growths stabbed him,twines wrapped around his legs hooked his hands. Sticks and stones protruded up into his path gourging his thin delicate epidermes.finaly the ground grew softer,smelt fresher wetter. Hydro at long last. Slipping smoothly into the water Tarong blocked out all desturbances, all pain.sinking gentlybelow the surface Tarong slowly inhaled ,savoring his first breath of pure clear hydro.So filling So nurishing. He lay serenly on the bottom of this cold haven.Letting himself be rocked gently by the pulse of this strange new world with such creatures int.Now gazing steadily into the sun,Tarong breathed easily .water ,like air coursing around and within him.Strange beings clouded his field of view.Some above ,loud noisy creatures with long slendr pink legs slowly stalking through the water.Others like himself being rocked by the current of this world more placid,.Silvery slender gently gliding darting here and there about him,oblivious to the world above. This is what the kwai searched for.This place where land and sea combined and gravity holds balance betwix the two.This world of hydro and soil.This world of life.This Earth. Tarong aroused himself ,smoothly rolling in the cool curents of life .Opening his eyes onto darkness.Tarong shot up out of the water,swiftly planting his feet firmly below him. Could this be?Hydro falling steadily from the sky!Washing the brown muck of land into the cool crystiline waters .What miricle of life is this ?What magic being wastes liquid apon the land and hides the cursed yellow light of day! What is it that shreds the sky in bold flashes of crisp white light? To whom are these great earth shaking booms of praise!Tarong looked on as water like thin threads of life slowly breaking at the seams slid gently into the lake .Aah...such beauty exists nowhere else. Spiriling on his back on the lake,Tarong rejoiced as freezing rain pelted his body.If only his people could have lived to enjoy such a shower of miracle . A dark sillouette on the horizon,Tarong sat engulfed in the tranquil beauty of this planet .The sheer number of inhabitants astonished him.Far off in the distance he observed many dark flying beings slowly circling above the earth.Placid many legged creatures with soft hues of brown and yellow covering their tectured bodies grazed across the lake,some bounding and leaping away on some adventure which would take their whole lives to acheive.Even at Tarongs feet there was activity.Down below the greenery was soft moist soil covered with tiny crawling machine like beings.Some fully equipt with shining black battle gear and dangerous hornes.Other smaller hurried creatures marched like armies ,in two lines they met at the entrance of an underground cavern highly guarded.One group going in another comming out.Both laden with materials two to three times their size letting no obstecal stand in their way including Tarong,whom they scurried over in unbreaking lines. The sky slowly darkened to a soft gray blue vividly highlighted purples yellows and pastel pinks Shadow was slowly replacing light and the lake glowed with thousands of tiny beacons urging Tarong into the water.away from the rush of land.Tarong took in a gulp of fresh moist night air,his lungs would soon grow use to its hardness. Immersed in silver once again Tarong filled himself with the sweet taste of hydro then set off back to his capsule.The trek inland was not far ,but the darkness and abundant new sights made it seem like miles. Foilage ,again clung to his legs ,but this time seemed to be pleading with him to stay.Unknown objects snapped sharply underfoot . Small frightened creatures scurried noisly from his path.Reflected light glowed in tiny peircing orbs Unknown movements strange sounds and scents slashed at Tarong as he trudged along in awe ,oblivious to danger. |