0019: Alien Moon
"Nobody's been here for quite a while." Executive
Sermak said, walking the surface of the moon with his students. They
were doing the Earth tour again, and the moon was always a good start.
It was the nicer part of the tour.
"Fourty Thousand Years, yes?" Said Abel, his best student.
Sermak nodded and hopped backwards calmly, smiling at him, "Yes, quite correct. All these megastructures here were constructed in the space of several millenia. Tell me, what two inventions in that time-span were said to be the most revolutionary?"
Alice raised her hand, hopping along. She was the most athletic. A true future sojourner. Between her and Abel Executive Sermak was confident in the future of the Centgalaxies.
"Yes, Alice?"
"The Matter Converter and um... The FTL drive?"
Sermak smiled apologetically, "Not quiiite, but you know what, yes, the FTL drive was important." He stopped for a moment and grabbed a handful of moon dust, "But the most important one is this." He made a hand symbol and a triangular glyph flared into existence, brilliant magnesium white. The whole class looked at it,
"The ability to use magic in its full form is only possible because of The Key. A purely scientific endeavour that led to the bridging between our world and that of the magical universe."
The students shuffled, uncomfortable. Alice and Abel were fascinated by the glyph, though. Sermak smiled and let it wink out of existence,
"I know how the others are about magic. Tell you what, let's just call it 'Mysterious M Energy' between the two of us." He winked, "But I am confident that this is the only way you'll grow up to be proper wardens of the galaxies. I'll show you why, when we stop by Earth."
There was a silence then. They looked out past the silver buildings of the moon base to the Earth that once-had-been. The cradle of Humanity. Every race knew about the famed humans. Their rise and fall were well documented.
Even now, their red planet still held its form. Its polluted diseased self still looked beautiful in the black of space.
Sermak looked at it solemnly. He didn't feel despair when he saw the Earth, he saw the perfect sacrifice, the perfect lesson to ensure at least a millenia more of peace. As much as everyone bashed humanity for being foolish, he knew that his race and the others in the Galaxy had every chance of being the same.
"Okay, let's continue our tour."
"Fourty Thousand Years, yes?" Said Abel, his best student.
Sermak nodded and hopped backwards calmly, smiling at him, "Yes, quite correct. All these megastructures here were constructed in the space of several millenia. Tell me, what two inventions in that time-span were said to be the most revolutionary?"
Alice raised her hand, hopping along. She was the most athletic. A true future sojourner. Between her and Abel Executive Sermak was confident in the future of the Centgalaxies.
"Yes, Alice?"
"The Matter Converter and um... The FTL drive?"
Sermak smiled apologetically, "Not quiiite, but you know what, yes, the FTL drive was important." He stopped for a moment and grabbed a handful of moon dust, "But the most important one is this." He made a hand symbol and a triangular glyph flared into existence, brilliant magnesium white. The whole class looked at it,
"The ability to use magic in its full form is only possible because of The Key. A purely scientific endeavour that led to the bridging between our world and that of the magical universe."
The students shuffled, uncomfortable. Alice and Abel were fascinated by the glyph, though. Sermak smiled and let it wink out of existence,
"I know how the others are about magic. Tell you what, let's just call it 'Mysterious M Energy' between the two of us." He winked, "But I am confident that this is the only way you'll grow up to be proper wardens of the galaxies. I'll show you why, when we stop by Earth."
There was a silence then. They looked out past the silver buildings of the moon base to the Earth that once-had-been. The cradle of Humanity. Every race knew about the famed humans. Their rise and fall were well documented.
Even now, their red planet still held its form. Its polluted diseased self still looked beautiful in the black of space.
Sermak looked at it solemnly. He didn't feel despair when he saw the Earth, he saw the perfect sacrifice, the perfect lesson to ensure at least a millenia more of peace. As much as everyone bashed humanity for being foolish, he knew that his race and the others in the Galaxy had every chance of being the same.
"Okay, let's continue our tour."
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