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chapter 10, it's not meaningless for me whenever a series reach chapters numbers with two digits :)
« You’ve got to be kidding me… All this way around to come back a few hundred meters from your mountain.” The human complained.
“We only led you where you asked to go.” Nimera simply replied. She could be quite stubborn, when she decided she didn’t like something, or someone. And not very tolerant with accusations. Her frustration had eased the return of her true personality around the human. Like she began to stop seeing him as a threat, and rather like an annoyance.
“And what’s the thing with caves here? Never seen mountains so porous, it’s a miracle it still standing together.” He continued, looking around and ignoring the dragoness’ answer.
It was true the mountains around never failed at providing shelters, but Helios never thought there were too many. In comparison to the community, their living place, the holes in the rocks were even scarce around here.
“Are you going to complain about every little thing that’s not of your liking?” The dragoness sighed.
“Oh, I don’t dislike. Actually, I’m fascinated. But I don’t have much time to spend on geology or speleology, unfortunately. Most of all, I’m not really at ease with the idea of meeting a ghost in a dark cave.”
“Really? Why?” Nimera asked, this time genuinely intrigued.
She had probably sensed the same thing Helios noticed. In the mess that were this human’s emotions, it was nervousness that surfaced the most since they left the old one’s place. And it grew as they approached the entrance of the cave, where he stopped.
“I don’t expect you to understand what a screamer is, but I saw enough things to have a pretty disturbing expectancy when it comes to a ghost in a freaking dark cave.”
He used a lot of terms that were aliens to the pair of dragons, who looked at each other with confusion. Humans weren’t scared to battle, but they were afraid of a cave? That was kind of absurd to Helios’ mind. If anything, it was being out of a cave that was a scary thought, from a dragon’s point of view.
“It’s not supposed to be an aggressive one, if that’s what you’re worried about.” Nimera said, letting the birth of a smile appear. Just like Helios felt satisfaction with her getting a piece of her medicine, she had to rejoice to find something ridiculous about him.
“That’s what you say…” the human replied vaguely, staring at the stone contours. “But I don’t have any choice either… So I’d better stop being a chicken.”
“What’s a chicken?” Nimera asked as they entered.
“Oh man… I really hope I won’t be stuck here for too long if you don’t even know what a chicken is.” He sighed, still not providing an answer to the question. They probably wouldn’t get one.
The insides of this cave were a bit less roomy than usual, but a cave remained a cave. And dragons were always at ease in a cave, maybe a practical liking since they provided a great advantage. The darkness. Humans were said to not see clearly in the dark. A condition that would make an escape easier in case of crisis. But this cave had in common with the old one’s that Helios didn’t like its atmosphere.
It wasn’t hostile or scary, but it felt odd. Like something nearby was doing something to the air. It provided an uncomfortable feeling that he didn’t understand.
“So you still want to do it?” Nimera asked to the human who, once more, looked intrigued by the structure of the stone.
“Yes… I’m starting to think this is not the kind of ghost I pictured…” he replied vaguely, before looking around. “So how does this work?”
“Welcome, user.” A voice instantly filled the room. A calm voice, feminine. But no one was there. “Are you here for the trials?”
“What trials?” the human asked back, suddenly frowning in a serious focus.
Was it fear? He did apprehend this meeting earlier… but no, it wasn’t fear. It was distrust, and even dislike. Something in that question or this voice was a bother to him, it was strange to see him so focused.
“The trials to become a god.”
“Absolutely not. No thanks.”
Both Helios and Nimera instantly stared at the human, in total surprise. Not only had he given the most unlikely answer, but he dropped it in a blink, not even hesitating. It was definitely enough to question if he truly belonged to the species he claimed to be.
Like he sensed the insistence of the stares, the human looked at them with curiosity. Really… Had he heard what he said?
“What? Why are you looking at me like this?”
“Your answer contradicts dragons’ beliefs about human.” The voice explained it better than they could. “They believe that humans’ only goal in life is to gain power to rule. You denied the trials without even knowing their nature.”
“I’m not interested in being a god. I’m not interested in ruling. I happen to just want to live a simple life, get back to where I’m supposed to be, and nothing more.” He said in a calm yet tough tone, like he contained a ferocious anger. One he wouldn’t let out in his words. But one that made him clench his fists. “You know it’s really annoying to be assumed bad just because I look like a monster. I don’t do that to you. Anyway, can’t blame you, I guess… You, I want to know, what is your purpose?”
Helios and Nimera looked at each other. The dragoness did say the ghost wasn’t the aggressive kind, but it seemed off to provoke it. Wasn’t this human afraid of this ghost earlier?
“You shouldn’t speak like that, I don’t know if the ghost can get mad…” Nimera whispered to the human.
“This is not a ghost.”
“My purpose is to : test, record, observe, contain, answer, repair.”
“This is what I thought. That’s better than a ghost.” The human said enthusiastically, his anger vanishing instantly. A weird change of mood, like he won a victory of some sort. “You are a computer, aren’t you?”
“I am classified as computer, though this term in my regards doesn’t make consensus.”
As strange as it sounded, in their alien language, both the ghost and the human seemed to understand each other. It felt really frustrating to not see what the human was seeing.
“What is a computer?” Helios couldn’t help but ask. “And… how did you know what it is?”
“Because this is a similar kind of technology we have in my world. It’s a machine made to fulfill tasks, but since the beginning of the twenty second century, it’s become waaaaay more complex and impressive. Don’t even get me started on the emergence of artificial intelligence. They say technocism is the new racism since I.A emergence. I say fuck.” He cringed a bit, like he was caught by the flow of his own speech. Helios didn’t understand every term, but the way he spoke of it fascinated the young dragon. “Anyway, I noticed it reacted only when I asked questions, probably programmed to answer to humans. And this, here, is a good sign. It’s a sign of advanced civilization, and it drastically increases my chances to go home! Am I wrong, computer?”
“My nomination is LTOH. And I am not able to judge the opinions of a being, however questionable they are socially received. No technical error in reasoning and assertions.”
“There. Sounds like a human, but with a cold analyzing core.” The human said a bit proudly. “Tell me, LTOH, can you display information?”
“On request, I can project a holographic image to the convenience of the user.”
It was over them. Both Helios and Nimera were lost; this conversation made no sense. But it was probably a good thing the human knew how to talk to this ‘computer’. There he would get his answers. And he would leave.
“I want you… to display the address of this place. From the largest scale to this very location’s name.” The human asked with a smile, turning toward the dragons with a giggle. “I always loved to see things bigger. It never fails at making me feel dizzy when I get reminded I’m even less than dust in the immensity of the universe. I hope it will start from space!”
Like this, he almost looked like a youngling, excited by something… that didn’t sound that thrilling. He only asked about a location, what could make him so joyful in that?
“Bingo. Look at that.” The human began to read enthusiastically, names that sounded… out of this world. “Universe. Local supercluster. Virgo cluster. Local cluster. Milky way galaxy. Orion arm. Solar system. Earth. God, even Earth sounds so little in that immensity… it’s unthinkable. Let’s see more locally. Europe continent, wait…”
His enthusiasm vanished as suddenly as it arrived. The face turned into a frown. Helios wished he had Nimera’s ability to read, because he was boiling to know what was so disturbing in that.
“No. No, That’s wrong.” He dropped, shaking the head. “LTOH, please, display the address of this exact place. Try again.”
“What’s wrong?” The young dragon couldn’t help but ask, noticing the tone had become grave.
But the human rose his hand authoritatively to inquire silence, so Helios turned toward his friend. The dragoness seemed as lost as he was, despite her ability to read. At least it meant he didn’t miss crucial element in these words.
The luminous words disappeared for a few seconds, then came back. Helios didn’t need to read to notice they were exactly the same. Curious, he watched the human rising his arms and grabbing the back of his head, sighing loudly. Frustration. He obviously didn’t like what he read.
“There’s no use, this thing’s broken.” He dropped, miffed.
“How can you tell?”
“Because you see this?” he pointed a bit harshly to the still present words. “This is in my city! The address of a pharmaceutical lab that I know, from personal investigation, only makes chemistry researches! This place isn’t a lab! This island isn’t my city! That’s how I can tell! This freaking machine was my best lead to go home, and it’s leading nowhere…”
He was rather quick to jump from a feeling to another, what first sounded like anger turned rapidly into despair. Were all humans so touchy when frustrated? Neither Helios nor Nimera had a single idea about what to say. He searched, and found nothing worthy. It happened, didn’t it?
However, they never had to find anything to say. Rising from the outside, a loud roar of pain reached them. If it filled the dragons’ heart with dread, the human instantly seemed to forget his concerns and turned the head like a reflex. He looked at them as to figure out what they thought of it, but he would only meet horror in their eyes.
This came from the mountain… their mountain. Something had just happened, something bad. They knew what happened, but they didn’t dare to say it.
Like the words weren’t necessary, the face of the strange human frowned angrily… no, furiously. Grabbing the handle of the sword he got from the shifter he killed, he dashed out, running like he was on fire.
« You’ve got to be kidding me… All this way around to come back a few hundred meters from your mountain.” The human complained.
“We only led you where you asked to go.” Nimera simply replied. She could be quite stubborn, when she decided she didn’t like something, or someone. And not very tolerant with accusations. Her frustration had eased the return of her true personality around the human. Like she began to stop seeing him as a threat, and rather like an annoyance.
“And what’s the thing with caves here? Never seen mountains so porous, it’s a miracle it still standing together.” He continued, looking around and ignoring the dragoness’ answer.
It was true the mountains around never failed at providing shelters, but Helios never thought there were too many. In comparison to the community, their living place, the holes in the rocks were even scarce around here.
“Are you going to complain about every little thing that’s not of your liking?” The dragoness sighed.
“Oh, I don’t dislike. Actually, I’m fascinated. But I don’t have much time to spend on geology or speleology, unfortunately. Most of all, I’m not really at ease with the idea of meeting a ghost in a dark cave.”
“Really? Why?” Nimera asked, this time genuinely intrigued.
She had probably sensed the same thing Helios noticed. In the mess that were this human’s emotions, it was nervousness that surfaced the most since they left the old one’s place. And it grew as they approached the entrance of the cave, where he stopped.
“I don’t expect you to understand what a screamer is, but I saw enough things to have a pretty disturbing expectancy when it comes to a ghost in a freaking dark cave.”
He used a lot of terms that were aliens to the pair of dragons, who looked at each other with confusion. Humans weren’t scared to battle, but they were afraid of a cave? That was kind of absurd to Helios’ mind. If anything, it was being out of a cave that was a scary thought, from a dragon’s point of view.
“It’s not supposed to be an aggressive one, if that’s what you’re worried about.” Nimera said, letting the birth of a smile appear. Just like Helios felt satisfaction with her getting a piece of her medicine, she had to rejoice to find something ridiculous about him.
“That’s what you say…” the human replied vaguely, staring at the stone contours. “But I don’t have any choice either… So I’d better stop being a chicken.”
“What’s a chicken?” Nimera asked as they entered.
“Oh man… I really hope I won’t be stuck here for too long if you don’t even know what a chicken is.” He sighed, still not providing an answer to the question. They probably wouldn’t get one.
The insides of this cave were a bit less roomy than usual, but a cave remained a cave. And dragons were always at ease in a cave, maybe a practical liking since they provided a great advantage. The darkness. Humans were said to not see clearly in the dark. A condition that would make an escape easier in case of crisis. But this cave had in common with the old one’s that Helios didn’t like its atmosphere.
It wasn’t hostile or scary, but it felt odd. Like something nearby was doing something to the air. It provided an uncomfortable feeling that he didn’t understand.
“So you still want to do it?” Nimera asked to the human who, once more, looked intrigued by the structure of the stone.
“Yes… I’m starting to think this is not the kind of ghost I pictured…” he replied vaguely, before looking around. “So how does this work?”
“Welcome, user.” A voice instantly filled the room. A calm voice, feminine. But no one was there. “Are you here for the trials?”
“What trials?” the human asked back, suddenly frowning in a serious focus.
Was it fear? He did apprehend this meeting earlier… but no, it wasn’t fear. It was distrust, and even dislike. Something in that question or this voice was a bother to him, it was strange to see him so focused.
“The trials to become a god.”
“Absolutely not. No thanks.”
Both Helios and Nimera instantly stared at the human, in total surprise. Not only had he given the most unlikely answer, but he dropped it in a blink, not even hesitating. It was definitely enough to question if he truly belonged to the species he claimed to be.
Like he sensed the insistence of the stares, the human looked at them with curiosity. Really… Had he heard what he said?
“What? Why are you looking at me like this?”
“Your answer contradicts dragons’ beliefs about human.” The voice explained it better than they could. “They believe that humans’ only goal in life is to gain power to rule. You denied the trials without even knowing their nature.”
“I’m not interested in being a god. I’m not interested in ruling. I happen to just want to live a simple life, get back to where I’m supposed to be, and nothing more.” He said in a calm yet tough tone, like he contained a ferocious anger. One he wouldn’t let out in his words. But one that made him clench his fists. “You know it’s really annoying to be assumed bad just because I look like a monster. I don’t do that to you. Anyway, can’t blame you, I guess… You, I want to know, what is your purpose?”
Helios and Nimera looked at each other. The dragoness did say the ghost wasn’t the aggressive kind, but it seemed off to provoke it. Wasn’t this human afraid of this ghost earlier?
“You shouldn’t speak like that, I don’t know if the ghost can get mad…” Nimera whispered to the human.
“This is not a ghost.”
“My purpose is to : test, record, observe, contain, answer, repair.”
“This is what I thought. That’s better than a ghost.” The human said enthusiastically, his anger vanishing instantly. A weird change of mood, like he won a victory of some sort. “You are a computer, aren’t you?”
“I am classified as computer, though this term in my regards doesn’t make consensus.”
As strange as it sounded, in their alien language, both the ghost and the human seemed to understand each other. It felt really frustrating to not see what the human was seeing.
“What is a computer?” Helios couldn’t help but ask. “And… how did you know what it is?”
“Because this is a similar kind of technology we have in my world. It’s a machine made to fulfill tasks, but since the beginning of the twenty second century, it’s become waaaaay more complex and impressive. Don’t even get me started on the emergence of artificial intelligence. They say technocism is the new racism since I.A emergence. I say fuck.” He cringed a bit, like he was caught by the flow of his own speech. Helios didn’t understand every term, but the way he spoke of it fascinated the young dragon. “Anyway, I noticed it reacted only when I asked questions, probably programmed to answer to humans. And this, here, is a good sign. It’s a sign of advanced civilization, and it drastically increases my chances to go home! Am I wrong, computer?”
“My nomination is LTOH. And I am not able to judge the opinions of a being, however questionable they are socially received. No technical error in reasoning and assertions.”
“There. Sounds like a human, but with a cold analyzing core.” The human said a bit proudly. “Tell me, LTOH, can you display information?”
“On request, I can project a holographic image to the convenience of the user.”
It was over them. Both Helios and Nimera were lost; this conversation made no sense. But it was probably a good thing the human knew how to talk to this ‘computer’. There he would get his answers. And he would leave.
“I want you… to display the address of this place. From the largest scale to this very location’s name.” The human asked with a smile, turning toward the dragons with a giggle. “I always loved to see things bigger. It never fails at making me feel dizzy when I get reminded I’m even less than dust in the immensity of the universe. I hope it will start from space!”
Like this, he almost looked like a youngling, excited by something… that didn’t sound that thrilling. He only asked about a location, what could make him so joyful in that?
“Bingo. Look at that.” The human began to read enthusiastically, names that sounded… out of this world. “Universe. Local supercluster. Virgo cluster. Local cluster. Milky way galaxy. Orion arm. Solar system. Earth. God, even Earth sounds so little in that immensity… it’s unthinkable. Let’s see more locally. Europe continent, wait…”
His enthusiasm vanished as suddenly as it arrived. The face turned into a frown. Helios wished he had Nimera’s ability to read, because he was boiling to know what was so disturbing in that.
“No. No, That’s wrong.” He dropped, shaking the head. “LTOH, please, display the address of this exact place. Try again.”
“What’s wrong?” The young dragon couldn’t help but ask, noticing the tone had become grave.
But the human rose his hand authoritatively to inquire silence, so Helios turned toward his friend. The dragoness seemed as lost as he was, despite her ability to read. At least it meant he didn’t miss crucial element in these words.
The luminous words disappeared for a few seconds, then came back. Helios didn’t need to read to notice they were exactly the same. Curious, he watched the human rising his arms and grabbing the back of his head, sighing loudly. Frustration. He obviously didn’t like what he read.
“There’s no use, this thing’s broken.” He dropped, miffed.
“How can you tell?”
“Because you see this?” he pointed a bit harshly to the still present words. “This is in my city! The address of a pharmaceutical lab that I know, from personal investigation, only makes chemistry researches! This place isn’t a lab! This island isn’t my city! That’s how I can tell! This freaking machine was my best lead to go home, and it’s leading nowhere…”
He was rather quick to jump from a feeling to another, what first sounded like anger turned rapidly into despair. Were all humans so touchy when frustrated? Neither Helios nor Nimera had a single idea about what to say. He searched, and found nothing worthy. It happened, didn’t it?
However, they never had to find anything to say. Rising from the outside, a loud roar of pain reached them. If it filled the dragons’ heart with dread, the human instantly seemed to forget his concerns and turned the head like a reflex. He looked at them as to figure out what they thought of it, but he would only meet horror in their eyes.
This came from the mountain… their mountain. Something had just happened, something bad. They knew what happened, but they didn’t dare to say it.
Like the words weren’t necessary, the face of the strange human frowned angrily… no, furiously. Grabbing the handle of the sword he got from the shifter he killed, he dashed out, running like he was on fire.
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Uuuhhh... This is gona be good, now that we now that he is in a place that isn't suposed to exist, that leads to one of to conclusions. a)He is not looking from where he is, but for when he is. or b) he is in a magical place no matter what. And that place is superposed to the real world.
Also, there is troluble on the mouthein, I think blood will met the stone again, but this time, our "hero" aing gona end well
Also, there is troluble on the mouthein, I think blood will met the stone again, but this time, our "hero" aing gona end well
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