I've just been revamping some creative writing that started in July 2017. So please bear with my terrible amature grammar and editing skills for my creative imagination.
Moments in time part 1 of 2 (part 2 in reply)
I was just a little girl when the conspiracies began about the joint mission to Mars. The leaks of an unknown object tracked after telemetry reports began to surface. After freelance,telescopes released new pictures of mars with rain clouds and thunderstorms. world citizens began demanding answers from earth's newly aligned United governments of earth. They called it the traveler because it moved from planet to planet moon to moon. The scientific community was buzzing, trying to answer overwhelming questions pouring in. Advances in medicine were also taking place as life expectancy rose to new heights. As I grew up wondering where these new rockets and ships were going so I enlisted with Clovis braytech. A fairly new corporate science center taking groves of applications. About ten years after applying, the traveler had traveled to Venus, and I was contacted by a woman "Helga" from Braytech. She had asked me many questions. One question stuck out was, "What are your interest in interplanetary biology? At first, I thought it was a trick question until I remembered reading about how Mars changed after the traveler had spent time there. The pictures of trees and oasis's in a time magazine.
So I posed a question back to her: How could trees grow on a planet if we didn't seed them?
Helga: I like the way you think. I will book your flight immediately to come in and finish some paperwork and medical assessments. I will be sending you a package with the things you'll need. It should be there in a couple of days. We will talk further then.
Call ended
Mother outside from the high-rise balcony: Who was that Sam?
As Sam walks out the balcony outside, Braytech mother.
Mother: Where you accepted?
Sam turned to face her mother, who was in her wheelchair with darkened sunglasses. Sam squatted in front of her. Her mother, feeling the cooling shadow of Sam, she began reaching her arms and hands to Sam's face upon touching her face ,feeling Sam's facial expression, her thumbs tracing her daughters lips.
Mother: I wish I could see your smile again. ake it you were accepted.
Sam: I wish father was still alive, mom. As tears rolled down her face touching her moms thumbs, Sam's mom moved her thumbs to wipe away the tears from Sam's eyes.
Mother: Don't cry, my dear, your father would be proud.
Sam: That's not why I am crying.
Mother: Why is it you cry then?
Sam: Who's going to care for you after I leave for Braytech?
Mother: You shouldn't have to worry my food and supplies are always delivered, and there are nurses who can help with which you do. This is a great opportunity for you, and I don't want you to miss out on it, Sam.
Sam looks at her mothers smile, aher tears fading back. As Sam lifts herself back up, turning to the city slowly lighting up as the sun sets. She walks behind her mother, grabbing the handles of the wheelchair.
Sam: Let's get you cleaned up and ready for bed, mom.
Mother: Thank you, Sam.
Sam starts rolling her mother back into the apartment behind them in the sky planes roam the sky as some depart to the stars in the end of the dusk sky. After finishing cleaning her mother up and making sure she took her pills. She lifts her mom from the wheelchair to her bed.
Sam: Do you want the radio on?
Mother: No, that's fine. Make sure you shut the light off.
Sam: Okay, love you, mom.
Mother: Love you too, dear.
Sam shuts the door, leaving it cracked open a little bit. She walks over to her desk and turns on her terminal. As her screen flickers on a beep in kitchen sounds. Walking to the kitchen, she pours herself some coffee and shuts off the coffee maker. Walking back to her desk, she shuts off lights along the way. She sits down in her chair, turning on a desk light. Scrolling throughout her email, finding nothing important opens the news browser.
Cosmodrome news: Cosmodrome launches a record number of cargo supplies to Mars, also sending a new record of colonists to the changed planet. Also, the Carvac transportation vehicle corporation has won a bid to start building their first interplanetary plant on mars.
Traveler news: In recent events, the sphere has left mars and has disappeared into Venus's dense clouded atmosphere. UEG declined to answer questions about the traveler, as did Clovis Braytech. Speculation is among the science communities. Maybe it will terraform Venus as well as most media speculates.
Conspiracy theory news:
Fanatical group lead by religious leader Dontalis Thuronp again speaks out against Genealogy and technologists Corp Clovis Braytech, saying their work is immoral to the human race. This comes as Clovis Braytech has just made a new breakthrough in life expectancy rates, and its new automated robotics division makes huge advances. Thuronp saying the robots will take humans jobs. Braytech countered his statement, saying this new line of robots will not only liberate humans from dangerous work but also create new jobs in software programming and debugging.
Technology news: The UEG's affiliated government USA has announced its own space agency NASA will be grouping up with the newly formed Kestral air and space engine company to lay down the blueprints for a new class of air and space ships. They said their goal was to design ships that can travel between planets and beyond Sol, giving our recent advancement on mars.
Her AI assistant Libelle chimes in: Incoming vidlite from Insinööri. Do you want me to answer?
Sam: Yes, Libelle, answer it, please.
Insinööri: Samantha, how are you doing, old friend, I just got some awesome news today.
Sam: Just another day in the grind, so what's this good news you're talking about?
Insinööri: Well, all that time in quantum mechanics class is paying off, Braytech just accepted my engineering application.
Sam's face lights with a smiling glow.
Sam: That's amazing nööri!
Nööri: I know right, so how's your mother doing?
Sam: Same as usual since she lost her mobility and sight.
Nööri always looks cheerful with his ever keen look in his eyes. He puts on his serious face.
Nööri: First, you have this happy face until I ask about your mom. What's going on?
Sam looked with a startled surprise look on her face.
Saying: Oh, nothing...
Nööri: Sam--anthaaaa!!
Sam: Really, nothing is bothering me.
Nööri: I believe you like an apple is blue. Come on, spit it out.
Sam: Since you're insisting, my application was finally accepted to, but I am worried about leaving mom alone.
Nööri: Wait a second. You're telling me your application was accepted at Braytech. Your dream come true. Knowing your moms spunk, she'll push you out the door in her wheel chair. She must be proud of you, Samantha.
Sam cracked a smile and started gigglingle and started smiling again. Telling him you sure know how to pull people out of the dumps.
Libelle: Attachment file received.
Sam: Nööri what's this?
Nööri: Just open it already.
Sam: Libelle open file sphrassistv0001_v. Several engineering blueprint semantics pages opening showing a ball.
Sam: Nööri why did you send me engineering prints of a ball?
Nööri: This isn't just a ball.
Libelle: Your friend is correct Samantha, it's a mobile unit to store assistant AI like myself. A very advanced one I might add, which gives mobility control to the AI it stores.
Sam: So you're giving AI personal assistants a mobility shell?
A yellow ball with a painted smiling face on it floats in Nööri's video feed. Eye light blinking as it blurts out. I am not just a shell! Nööri pushes aside the yellow ball from view.
Nööri: (speaking to the yellow ball) Go away Sparky and finish subset routine zeta yule.
Sam: Oh, and they have a personality, too?
Nööri: At first, it didn't, but it seemed so bland, so I designed an active learning program that observes human communication across the netlight. I also designed an emotion recognition program coupled with random variable choice recognition. After I uploaded the second program, I thought I wrecked it because it went silent, not listening to any commands. So I just set it aside, and then a few days later, it just started working again. The weird part was that I didn't program it to act in this kind of fashion.
Sam: Are you saying it became self-aware?
Nööri: Not exactly, but yeah, something close to that. It hasn't disobeyed queries yet.
Sam: You and your crazy inventions never cease to amaze me. Thanks for checking up on me. It's amazing how distant people in your life become, but you're always there.
Nööri: I will always be there for you, my friend. ( Sparky butts into viewer) "sparky: the light is so beautiful it's beautiful beautiful I tell you light is beauty and beauty is light." (Nööri pushes sparky out of way again as it is stuck in loop of words).
Sam: It seems like you have some bugs to work out (giggling). I better get some sleep. We'll talk again.
Nööri: You.. (Sparky butts in the way again still repeating looping words) (Nööri this time, puts dirty rag over it, pushing it aside). Have a good night. Yeah, it's pretty obvious something is glitching out. (Sparky still heard repeating dialog in background a bit muffled by rag) take care and sleep well Sam.
Sam: You too Nööri (Sparky covered in rag butts in front of Nööri "light is beautiful" (Sam smiles) goodnight to you too little ghost.
Feed ends
Sam powers down her devices, "Libelle." Could you turn lights off and open blinds, please? Sam stares into the busy Manhattan skyline as the moonlight casts in her room.. She closes her eyes...
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Part 2 consists of multiple timelines, in case you feel lost. "Another point in time" A fireteam Over the static littered comms. Elsie: status of poi? Previously. Tonitrus Titan Male Exo: How many more of these portals do we have to go through? Seraphina Hunter Female Awoken: Do you ever stop complaining? You're the one who wanted to up your count on vex smashing and brag to Saint about it. So enjoy the views and keep smashing them. Umbra Warlock Male Human: Cut the chatter. I can see the poi now. (a horizontal spire in distance) Looks like a few more portals, and then we can use those platforms over there to finish reaching Poi. Seraphina: You're really gonna make me push my jump limits, aren't you? Tonitrus: Can you tell your ghost to slow down on these confluxes to activate the portals. I want to add more minotaur's to my scoreboard. Aurora Umbras ghost female voice: That's what we get for bringing an all meat and no brain along.... Tonitrus: Oh little light has something to say.... Aurora: I mean an all Iron lug with no brain... Seraphina: Quit with the drama you two. After the next few portals. Umbra: Something doesn't feel right. Tonitrus: Where are the vex? I wanna smash some more. "Seraphina staring across the void at the first platform." Seraphina: You are gonna make me jump to these, really. After jumping to the platform. Both of you two best get over here and take a look at this. Both Tonitrus and Umbra jump to the same platform. Seraphina: Take a look. Tonitrus: An Exo big deal. Umbra: Judging by the solar damage, a line rifle took this one out. Seraphina: But why is there an Exo here? Also, there was this. Seraphina hands Umbra a log tablet. Umbra: This is definitely from Brayteck. Aurora, can you retrieve anything off it? Aurora: Give me a few. Aurora begins scanning the tablet. Tonitrus: This Exo doesn't have a ghost and looks a lot like all the other Exo's riddled around Europa. Seraphina: See these solar scorch marks here compared to one's here. Seems fire was coming from Poi, and others were coming from that way, but nothing was out there. Tonitrus moves towards the vertical spire poi and platforms leading to it, counting out loud each minotaur he saw. Tonitrus: How much long is Aurora going to take? Aurora: Orion, will you remind your lug of steel how complicated retrieving fragmented golden age data is. Orion (Titans ghost): Just keep focusing on the minotaur's big guy. Never mind what Aurora says about you with her ego complex. Tonitrus: Orion, did you notice those markings on the last few minotaur's not like anything I have seen before. Also, their plating being not being concave like most of the others. Orion: Haven't you matched them to any Vanguard archives yet. Placeholder ghost: I am picking up a strange vex high energy reading over in the opposite direction of the Poi spire. Umbra: Well, we can not see anything out there right now. Let's just come back after we finish planting the Observation beacons Elizabeth requested. By then, Aurora should have some of that fragmented data put together. Aurora: So far, what I have been able to put together is this was a member of a large exploration team from Europa's Braytech facility. Apparently, the glass-way gate was closed, and they were stuck here. There is a lot of data here. Hopefully, I can finish this puzzle of fragmented data to know more. Seraphina kicking a small platinum crates into the void towards the high energy signal Seraphina: Okay, let's get moving. Are you ready to smash minotaurs, Tonitrus? Tonitrus: More than ever. Umbra is setting his left hand on Seraphinas right shoulder. Umbra: Thanks for putting up with him. They proceeded towards the Poi spire from platform to platform. Not encountering many Vex in process which were easily took care of. The poi became more visible the closer they got. A large vex structure pouring radiolaria in intervals like it was filling the poi spire. They reach a larger platform with a portal. The platform riddled with blast marks and various vex, yet something was unusual about the vex debris littered about. Tonitrus: Well, it looks like someone beat us to these. (Kicking a minotaurs head optical lens around) Picking up a dull platinum shoulder plate with sharp angles. Seraphina: I wonder if Sister Faora would know anything about these? This is slap rifle damage, pointing out the damage on the plate. Were they fighting each other? Umbra focused on the objective, scoping the poi. He notices something unusual. Umbra: Seraphina, come take a look at this. Seraphina dropped the plate she was holding, then holstered her heat tainted chaperon while walking to Umbra. Seraphina: What is so important? Umbra: Take a look for yourself. Seraphina pulls her Irukandji from her back, pointing it to the poi, then putting her eye to the scope. Seraphina: What just a bunch of Sol collective. Umbra, using his right hand, grabbed the barrel of her rifle, pulling left. Umbra: Look at the third platform over! The vex detainment barriers come into her view, not just a few but hundreds of them. Seraphina: Why would they be detaining their own? Umbra: Take a closer look. Seraphina zooms in moving to various detainment barriers. One sticks out because of repeating slap rifle blasts against the barrier wall. The vex is similar to a taken vex but different. Glancing over to where it was aiming a different vex not taken nor anything like what guardians have seen. It looked snake like, but as she zoomed in more, she noticed all the legs under it. Seraphina: Is that a centiped? Umbra: Your guess is as good as mine. I've never seen any of these. Seraphina: It is like that taken looking goblin is trying to eliminate that centipede looking thing. Umbra: Look a few barriers down and to right. Seraphina adjusted her sight. Seraphina: That's a worm. Umbra: Look at the barrier next to it. Seraphina again adjusted her scope. Seeing a worm bathing in radiolaria. Tonitrus: What is all the ruckus over here? What am I missing? "Your guardian is having a chat with Ada-1." Interesting indeed. A loom humming along as you enter Ada-1's room. As you approach her, she turns to you, saying what might peek you interest today. Guardian, perhaps a shader no, as turns back to her data tablet, she asks how about our new armors. You lay down a data tablet on the top of the one she is busy looking at. Ada: OH You: Do you have any ideas what this is, Tyra said to talk to you after inquiring her about it. Ada: Where did you get this? You: I came across it while scouting Volantis. Ada: Well, this is the Satou Tribe symbol. She begins analyzing the tablet. You: So it is black armory data? Ada: I can't find anything on it in my archives. There are notes here from Yuki Satou herself. Log note Today, Helga gave me two weapons I had never seen before. She said they were bought in from a portal built on Europa at the Colvis facility. She was specific on their names, a torch hammer, and trace rifle. She asked me if I could reverse engineer them. Ada: How is it possible you found this there? I don't believe Yuki had ever been to Eupora, let alone a place you call Volantis. You: I found it by a Vex portal but not by the one we entered. Ada: There are numerous notes. Log note: After disassembling both the torch hammer and trace rifle, I found myself stuck. There was no power to any of the components. So today, I asked Helga if she could get me to where they were acquired. That way, I could possibly get working ones and see how they are powered and how both work. She said it would be hard to get me clearance, let alone clearance to go to this place she said was Volantis. You: So she was there? Ada: This is interesting indeed, so it seems Helga may have gotten Yuki there after all. I will need time to go through this data thoroughly. Some of it is heavily encrypted. Log note: Helga has hired me for a contacting engineer job at the Europa facility. She said something about designing a prototype forge that produces weapons and armor of sorts. She said she had also enrolled me to an expedition team as well to get me to this Volantis place. She is not wrong. I am a dang good engineer. it looks like she knows what she is doing. I am set to go to Europa in a few days. She said I would be greeted by Nööri-1, Sam-1, and Qaletaqa-2 when I arrived at the Braytech facility. They would brief me and take me to my quarters and tour me on my work spaces. Log note: It has been 97 days since I arrived on this icy hellscape. I have been working with Nööri-1 and his sarcastic AI ball Sparky on this prototype forge. I can see why Clovis picked him up for this work. We work like a well-oiled machine putting this thing together. I have been tinkering ideas on how to compress the forge and see if I can incorporate it into an exo frame. Which would make it more mobile and easier to use, time will tell. Was also briefed on expedition team 7. We will be going to Volantis in a few days. Finally, I can actually work on the project I am excited about. Log note: A day before the expedition. Helga asked me to meet her for lunch. At lunch, she discussed her disagreements with Clovis saying how unemotional he was and his complete disregard to empathy. She even mentioned plans to quit and leave back to Earth. She asked me about the prototype forge and how easy they were to operate and mention how it could be useful back home. I told her about the idea of incorporating it into a specialized exo frame that I had started working on. To continue reading the reply here for part 3