A little story of my own, featuring P9iko0, Sheyn and Ponnuh, three of my characters from my customized specie. It is a story based on a timeline from their storyline, since after a family drama which I did write about it in the journal on my Pinuhs.

So there we go

Every pinuhs mentionned in the story @ Me

Enjoy!

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There was a time on the planet Vaerto-V, the home of the Pinuhs, should remember that well after the war against the Baron, the system conflicts between the civilizations in space, politic corruptions against the Councilor Yhint and others that did put those little amphibians into the most problematic behaviors around the whole solar system and their communities. After that time had been called the Years of Peace. For many years, the whole system of Aakhernak went in a prosperous and in a maximum happiness like no one else felt it before. They didn't count about the prisoners during that stage because they deserved it to be in prison. But the Pinuh flourished this moment to finally be free from their torments. But, there was one particular Pinuh to tell around which, even with this greatest harmony on this planet, still has something which he needed to do: something special for someone else he loved so tenderly.

That pinuh, codenamed P9iko0 but also really named Peikoo, went away for a few weeks alone, outside of the city for some vacations since after those two years of exploration in the galaxy due to the ancient Councilor Yhint, which he wanted to not see Peikoo again flirting around his daughter. He had loan a small cottage at the other side of the sea, near the water. He could see his home city, the Data Center Egromarth, merged outside of the water, tall white buildings, full of lights during the night. The view was still amazing even being far from it. But while during his vacations, he didn't lost contacts with his researcher team from the Center building, his brother and his beloved, the new Councilor Sheyn. All was happy to his end, except that he thought about a little present for his love toward her. He knows she is busy in her schedules, for both politics and her singing stage in the opera theater.

"Tomorrow, I will hit the market to find something uncommon as a gift." Peikoo thought to himself. He knows for sure that he will find something that she will like it, no matter what. On the next day, earlier in the morning, he decided to return to the city for searching a gift. He cleaned the chambers in the small cottage he loaned, leaving a small note to the owner in term of gratitude for letting the young pinuh to savoring those calmed days before he left it. The male amphibian walked to the small seaport, tapping on his data pad on his wrist to materialize a sailboat on the water. The winds were favorable for not using anything mechanics. Thought, it's been a while he didn't got out his favorite boat either. He made his little preparation before he set sails, going forward to the city, with a smile on his face. Peikoo usually looked up to check the clearly sky, checking the location of the sun, bypassing the visible Huygens rings during this morning, thinking what time is it, naturally, calculating his time for searching a gift and setting when he will give it to Sheyn.

Upon the arrival to the port of the city, he set out the sail to slower his boat, positioned to the dock before he gets up there as he digitalized his favorite water vehicle back in his wrist pad. He made his way to the city, waving to some people he knew before he entered in the resident area near the seaport. He was at home, lovely as ever. The tall buildings, which they were the apartment, scratching the sky next to him and many other people who passed on the walking alleys. Waters flowed naturally beneath the glass roads and from the building. The balconies from the apartments flowed down like rain to shower the "alien-ish" earthed Algae plants with proper portions for their caring. At least, the remaining water would simply pass through the edges of the roads and going below them, along with the water flows. The codenamed P9iko0 walked slowly to view those details of his home resident quarter, about how different is compared to the other planets he visited before. None of them that he visited during his two years of explorations, had not used that kind of inauguration.

"Peikoo!" As a voice being heard behind him during his walk. The named pinuh turned around as he recognized a familiar face since his own birth: Ponnuh, his brother.

"Brother! How have you been? Quite a beautiful day, today?" exclaimed back to his own, shaking hands before doing a quick family hug. "Hope being in the security levels didn't kept you too busy while I was away." As he smiled to him, giving a few gently taps on his armored left shoulder before both released each others.

Ponnuh laughed due to all of brother's questions so sudden, like if they didn't saw millennia ago. He knew him too well. Since Peikoo became a researcher, he constantly asks questions to seek answers. But even if he is not his brother by the same genetic, the security brother knows that P9iko0 is a clone: A clone which he consider like one of his family. The eyes told him everything, every time they met each others. But Ponnuh can't denied on that they raised together and both treated each others like regular brothers.

"I am fine, nonetheless. Even better than ever! I am on a relaxed duty today. I just simply check the residential area near the port today and tomorrow before I get a day off, brother." He returned his face to a more serious manner. Ponnuh felt that something was going on by looking at his brother eyes. He knew too well. "Well, I don't want to be blunt like someone would mimic a carpet after hitting the floor by falling from a eightieth floor building, dear brother, but you seem you have something in mind so far. Did you got into a problem or more during your relaxed vacation? " As being said, giving a fair smile.

"In a matter of time, I am not in trouble, Ponnuh. " As Peikoo paused for a bit before continuing his speech. "In fact, I was thinking about what kind of gift I should give to Sheyn. On a matter of fact, I do lack ideas. I don't want to feel cheap but I really don't want to waste a fortune for a gift. What can you suggest me for giving something to her? "

Ponnuh paused a moment, knowing little on Sheyn's taste. It was difficult for himself to get an idea for a gift. He thought that it should not be that cheap but not too expensive either, even if he didn't wanted to see his brother being rejected. Peikoo maybe was a clone. But that clone had feelings and he really acts like any normal pinuhs around. He blinked a few times, finding maybe an idea for the helping hand. He gave another smile, mostly chuckling what he had behind in his head before he answered the last question from his brother.

"Why not making something on your own? Not only you're are a researcher but you are also part of the team for being one of the Creators for making stuff. You're an inventor! Why not using your imagination to sculpt that gift? I am pretty sure you will find something to make her happy, Peikoo."Ponnuh answered.

""Sculpting" a gift?" As Peikoo responded quickly back. Which suddenly, his ideas already brainstorming in his head with many things, giving inspirations for many ideas what he could do. The only other problem, rather minimal, is to find the perfect idea to make it. "Thank you, brother! I will not trouble you more for the rest of the day with that issue of mine. I need to go somewhere, giving my inspiration up while it is still fresh in my head." Before he turned around quickly to start to walk at the opposite direction of his brother on the road, going deeper in the city. "If you don't see me tonight at home, you know what that means!" As he chuckled before he continued his walk, more happier with his ideas.

"I hope everything will be alright to you... P9iko0. You're the only one who acts like that from many clones I saw around before." Ponnuh mumbled to himself. He felt confident that his brother had already found out something. He would simply need a place to focus on his idea and the stuff will be set for good. The friendly security guard returned to his duty, walking toward the seaport to at least finishing his day peacefully.

The young researcher finally found the spot where he wanted to go to find his ideas: The botanical garden park area. At the arrival of this exotic place, the scents are already out, tickling his nose with the natural aromas of plants, water, trees and flowers together. Those mixtures really felt him calm and relax and this is what he really needed it. He opened his data wrist once more and he started to scan the area to get some aroma components. He walked in the park, doing his analysis while he admired the beauty of this location, seeing the sculpted bushes, well cut, making all kind of shapes and forms to illustrate the passion and the time the botanical artists had done to this place. He approached to a small pond, a more recognizable sanctuary for Peiko0. It was there he got his very first inspiration for making the first gift to Sheyn, before he went to his explorations, two years ago. He noticed the white lotus there are still brighter than ever, completly pure white. Sure they did show the symbol of purity. For the little pinuh, he scanned them, along with the water before he sat on the grass, near the pond's edge. Focused on his pad, the researcher really started to do the search with the gathering he recently did. It was like if he played the role of an alchemist: mixing the natural aroma to make a small perfume that was his intention. He gave before a lotus shaped crystal shard he made by himself. So he thought about why not improving that gift to go with a little natural scent: subtitle, aromatic, good for removing the stress after some politic meetings or after a hard day. He knew exactly where she put the box of the gift she got, weeks ago and he had the intention to try to sneak in her Councilor room to throw a few scent shards in the crystallized lotus. Nonetheless, Peikoo also knew it was the intergalactic meeting with the other races from the Alliance.

He looked up the sky, checking the sun once again to see the hours. It was mostly noon as he completed the mixture within the pad. He decide to materialize a small crystal, integrated the mixture he made to see the results of his tests. His nostrils capped it clearly. His whiskers wiggled playfully as his ear fins retracted. It smelled like where he was sitting: next to that pond. He remembered the days when he came in the garden when he was young and happy with his adopted family. Both him and his brother played in the grass with the trees while the father and the mother walked peacefully, holding their hands together like wife and husband reunited. Those scents from this mix made him happy. It totally made someone to feel to be outside for once. He thought that it is what Sheyn would really needed sometimes: A time to feel free from her walls from her politic works, a liberation, being free to relax once more after a hard day. He looked up to the crystal he made before he digitalized back in the data pad. Confident to himself and proud on his little creation, Peikoo stood up and walk away slowly from the pond, like a farewell for today and soon he would got out of the garden, thinking to give a thank to this place to give him the sensational ideas to realize this gift. He turned on one of his side when he hit the road toward to the direction of the Councilor Tower, the one near his work place too, the Data Center Building.

During his walk, he really felt nervous on this try. The Pinuh thought about if he got caught in the room, maybe he would be in big troubles. But he wanted to do it, which it made him feel to push himself more into it. He thought he wouldn't made all those efforts for nothing in the end. It will be a total waste of time if Peikoo would turned around and forgetting what he had done.
A few minutes passed, mostly an hour to be precise. He looked to the windows from the buildings to see the sun once more, going slowly down. He saw on the reflections from the windows that the sun started to touch the sea. The time was limited and he needed to hurry. Keeping at fast rate pace, he ran in the building, simply he noticed while doing a big sigh that the main elevator was out of order. He looked on his left and then on his right, seeing the stairs to go up. With no other options he decided to take up the stairs, rapidly and not trying to get too exhausted because he had lot of floors to go up, mostly to the top too. Steps by steps, he jumped some by two, even by three. It was, for him, the final rush before reaching his goal in this race against the clock. Peikoo didn't wanted to use his data pad. Simply by using it near the building would alarm any tech sensors, for the security of the high Council at the top floor. At least, he thought he would probably done his exercises of the day after using those stairs in the building, even if he will need them to get down after all. The difficulty on this last challenge was really to get to the floor he needed to go, as when he currently started up to reach it too. Upon the arrival to the floor, Peikoo stayed next to the door to enter to the local area from where Sheyn works most of her time. He opened the door to leave the stairway, before he greeted by the secretary.

"Hello, mister Peikoo. How have you been? I presume you are here to see Councilor Sheyn?" The lady pinuh questioned the researcher recently coming up. She saw he tried to catch breath, knowing the elevators are down, it was quite an ascend he did.

"A bit tired, after going up with all the stairs here, lady." As Peikoo answered back. "And off course I wanted to see miss Sheyn. Is she busy, right now?"

"She still is in the meeting with the other councilors at the top floor. She's been up there since this morning. Do you want I let her a message that you passed to see her, mister?" As she smiled to him, waiting an answer.

"I will write a note and I will put it on her desk myself." As he lied to the secretary, gave her a nod, before he started to walk toward the room. As for the secretary, she didn't asked too much question about it. She knew him too. She simply returned to her work, writing the messages to the mails she received.

Peikoo entered in Sheyn's bureau. He was glad to see the lotus on the desk at the edge. He opened his data wrist, hoped he will not started any alarms as he pushed the buttons to materialize the crystal he made in the garden. From the secretary side, she got the alarm to say a tech had been used. Noticing what was that alert, she saw it was from Sheyn's bureau. For the moment, she did like if nothing happened because the male pinuh needed to pass front of her anyway. Peikoo, simple as that, took the crystal he made, smelling it for a last time before he put it in the middle of the flower. The small scent got out firmly, barely to make any notifications. He turned around, closed is pad once more and walked away. He passed next to the secretary, giving a small smile and nod as a thank and a goodbye. But the other one had something to tell him before he will depart.

"You know what? You just simply tell me the message so I could give it to her, instead to set up the alarm while using your creative pad, Mister Peikoo." As she gave him quite an evil grin, like mocking him in sort. On his side, his cheeks blushed really deep, to the point he went a bit more darker. He turned suddenly, laughing shamelessly while he scratched his long mane hair, didn't know what to say.

"Well, uh, it actually took my day to write this message because, you know, I do love her but I did lacked my words." He laughed again a few time before he continued to lie to her. "So, I kind "saved" my text in the pad for not losing it!"

"Hah! I can understand that. But enough with words. I need to finish this work before the night is set. If you excuse me, mister." Which she returned to her work, tapping on her computer. Peikoo gave her a smile, still in shame before he left out the room, taking the stairway. Whenever the door closed behind him, he took a sigh of relief to calm himself which he slowly takes his time to descend the floors, thinking if she will going to like it or not. During that time, since the alarm did set off, Peikoo didn't thought that he had a tracker on him, in the building, which the secretary can see his movements, thanks to his pad when he opened it, earlier.

About a minute after, a teleportation beam went down in the middle of the room of the Councilor. It was Sheyn who recently finished her meeting. She gave a deep sigh before she sat on her chair, head up. It was a rough day in the politics. Everyone talked about to communicate with a specific race from a distant system to open trades and goods. But not everything went well since the other race didn't feel to be prepared to that kind of offer. She took a moment of peace, breathing slowly and deeply. She did started to smell an unfamiliar scent. It was something she didn't smelled before. As she sniffed around her desk, she came across to her gift she got from P9iko0. She gave a smile to herself, especially from that cloned pinuh for giving the gift. It was not that much, but she got a sigh of relief to make her feel better after this long day.
"Secretary!" As Sheyn exclaimed. "Will I have an important schedule tomorrow? I don't remember if anything would be that important."

"Let me see, Councilor." Some clicks and taps could be heard from Sheyn's councilor room, hearing the work and the search too. "No, all seems to be clear for tomorrow. Would you want to add anything in particular for that day, miss Sheyn?"

"Simply adds that I will take a day off tomorrow. After those weeks of working, I think I will use it to meet someone who is special to me."Exclaimed Sheyn. She needed that break to relax finally.

"To you?" As the secretary exclaimed. "If you talked about the researcher Peikoo, he passed around. He took the stairs instead of telling me if he wanted to teleport down. I think he had many things in his head."

"Really? Is he still in the building?" Questioning the secretary, surprising he passed around and she didn't knew it before she realized about the small gift she got from him.

"Yes! Do want me to teleport you at the entrance and waiting for him?"Furthering more with the questions from the secretary to Sheyn.

She walked slowly outside of the room, giving a nod with a smile while she prepared herself before getting teleported down to the first floor, at the entrance like the other said. She waited a few minutes before Sheyn saw Peikoo opening the door, which he mostly jumped back in surprise to see her there. He blinked his eyes a few times, twitched his fin ears quickly a few times before he walked normally toward Sheyn. He grabbed her hands, gently, caressing their back, like massaging tenderly before both of them looked in their eyes. Peikoo saw her she has a grown heart for him. As Sheyn saw in his cloned eyes a passion he could never hide toward her. Upon reaching their nose, a single kiss had given before the sun finally set down to pass up to the night. It was a quick moment to forget anything for today, except one thing which Sheyn got something in mind to ask his beloved about today.

"So tell me, my dear, what was that scent did you gave me?" She asked

"It is a white lotus and sea salt water, my dear. The flower of purity should be know as how a beauty can navigate on the sea of life."

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