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The Prophecy of Specula part 1; sorry not sorry
Topic Started: Feb 28 2016, 05:38 PM (2,589 Views)
Holben
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The project was finally complete. Canis began to cackle with glee, his face lit in sudden flashes by the crackling portal before him. Suspended within a steel structure wrapped in wires and pipes, the glowing blue disc made a deep booming sound that rose and fell as Russwallac slowly moved a lever to the right.

"Canis, are you sure this is safe?" Russ adjusted his glasses slightly and frowned into the depths of the interdimensional void.

"We knew the risks when we began this project! There's no other way. We have to know what Earth would really be like if the KT asteroid had missed!"

"Uh, of course, but we've never even tested this thing. Who knows what could happen? This could literally tear the universe apart, or even worse..."

"The Inner Circle are too close to finding our location. There's no time- this has to happen now."

"Alright, boss." Russ turned to look at Nanotyranus. "More power! Tap into the reserves if you need to!"

Nano muttered something about plausibility and flicked a few switches. The portal surged with energy, and arcs of lightning made sudden, vicious connections between it and the scaffold in which it hung. Canis shouted something, but his voice was drowned out by the sound of physics screaming in pain. Russ' hair stood on end as he kept checking the panels in front of him again and again, on alert for any sort of error or fault. Here, there was no room for mistakes.

The sound slowly faded into a quiet hum, and the three speccers began cheered with glee. "It's stable! It's stable!" Laughed Russ, as Canis cracked a beer and raised it in salute to his comrades before taking a deep gulp.

But just as they were celebrating, there was a sudden explosion which tore a wide hole in the roof of the building. Long ropes dropped from above, and down them slid the dreaded Inner Circle. Before they could react, Canis and his friends stood facing the three most terrifying people he knew- Parasky, flanked by John Faa on his right hand side and Uruf on his left. Uruf bowed sarcastically towards Canis.

"Can't you give us a few more minutes?" Pleaded Russ.

Parasky drew a bulky two-handed hammer from his belt and shook his head at Canis. "You went rogue, CL. You know what that means. With everything you know, we can't let you go free."

"Look, I had to do this. You know that."

The Administrator didn't seem to notice Canis speaking. "You were my friend once. Remember all we did together? Remember what we achieved? And you threw it all aside." He prepared himself to swing the hammer.

Faa smirked. "You did well, making this portal. But it's ours now. And I'll be the one to classify all the new pterosaurs we find!"

Canis backed away, his eyes desperate. "No!"

"And your friends? You could have told them everything. They, too, must be smote."

Russ gulped, and Nano muttered something about past participles. He had resigned himself to his inevitable fate. All was lost, and this whole project had been for nothing. They would never get to see- but then, the portal flared for a second, filling the room with blinding white light. There was the sound of heavy footsteps, and as the speccers regained their sight they saw a scarred, armoured figure striding out from the void, a dark silhouette against the bright disc behind him.

"No, it can't be." Gasped Parasky.

Canis' jaw dropped. "But that's... Temporary!"
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

"It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."
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Update when?
SSU:NC - Finding a new home.
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Mar 8 2016, 09:46 PM
Update when?
Dude, be patient. He's got he's own life, you know.
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No he doesn't. Robots are not considered alive by the typical definition of 'life'.
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This is blasphemous. And how come your name is in all caps and you speak in bold while I come off as some kind of crazed egomaniac? That seems... Backwards.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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If I get a cameo I'll be a pissed off pterosaur.
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a species of canid that's always male because the females are in Hell, that commits blood rituals on unborn souls, and assimilates others into its flesh belongs in a competition meant to foster a sensible and mature discussion of evolution.
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I've only read the first page, but man this has me nostalgic, and I'm not even that active a member of this site!

But way back in the ancient time of 2008ish I was a member of Zoo Tycoon Volcano. Sordid times indeed, but one of the cool things about it was the numerous ZTV stories, that this is very similar too.
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Dys, Darwin's Inferno: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5949354/1/



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I know this is old, and that Holben is busy, and this is most likely dead, but this is the best laugh I had in a long time. It would be glorious if this returned. Glorious.

I must know how the great spam-bot is defeated!
Edited by Dr Nitwhite, Aug 9 2016, 07:41 PM.
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It was disappointing we never saw more of this.
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Aug 9 2016, 08:06 PM
It was disappointing we never saw more of this.
Agreed.

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as well as this.

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Oh trust me, those spambot posts are all still around. The forum trash-bin is a weird, weird place sometimes. Could've probably made a funny location in this project.
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Oh trust me, those spambot posts are all still around. The forum trash-bin is a weird, weird place sometimes. Could've probably made a funny location in this project.
I'm assuming this is a super-duper mod power. If not, where is this?
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It is indeed a mod power. Prettymuch nothing is deleted outright; they just go to the trashbin. Think of any deleted discussion, it's probably in there, with a few exceptions. Deleted posts are also in there, even if the rest of the thread is not.
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Fascinating.
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October 3rd, 2013 was a day to be remembered.
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