The sun was bright, the clouds were dark, a stark contrast of warmth and the coming cold of winter. Leaves were a miriad of color, browns, golds, orange and reds bold and flourishing in the full bloom of autumn. Outside the School for the Gifted, the wind picked up and the sound of a shuttle craft was heard landing in the archery field not far from the group of buildings that made up the school. It, too, was a stark contrast to the surrounding place as if future was meeting the distant past.
Sha'uri met the craft as it landed, doors slid open and she greeted Porthios as he came off the shuttle, once the craft was powered down.
"Greeting's M'Lady." he bowed low to her. "Are they all ready to go now?"
"There may be a few more. We'll leave after breakfast. Come, are you hungry?"
She held a hand out to him. Taking her hand, he walked with her towards the buildings.
"Starved actually. I had to jump through."
"What? Why?" this took her by surprise.
"Well, apparently this RhyDin isn't the other RhyDin ye knew so well."
She was silent for a long moment, pausing in her stride.
"I see. So, we'll have to jump the Nexus. We don't have a Secakian solar system in this one, do we....."
"Aye we'll have to jump. At least until we can get a stable portal through. and Nope, we sure don't exist in this realm."
"Well, that sure explains some things." nods. "Okay, well, let's go get breakfast and wait for all to gather so we can go. How long will the trip be extended?"
"About six hours, making it a twelve hour trip there."
"I'll have the cook pack us a dinner along with lunch then."
After returning, she got with Melody to ask her to inform people that Breakfast was ready and the shuttle was waiting in the Archery field to depart for all those going to Secak. It would leave in about an hour.
((I'm going to post this string in Dragon Tales, so Please let's take it to that board. Thanks!
11-02-06 Update: Forget last statement. That string has been moved to the new board called Exodii System. You'll find it in the Market Place.))
Sha'uri met the craft as it landed, doors slid open and she greeted Porthios as he came off the shuttle, once the craft was powered down.
"Greeting's M'Lady." he bowed low to her. "Are they all ready to go now?"
"There may be a few more. We'll leave after breakfast. Come, are you hungry?"
She held a hand out to him. Taking her hand, he walked with her towards the buildings.
"Starved actually. I had to jump through."
"What? Why?" this took her by surprise.
"Well, apparently this RhyDin isn't the other RhyDin ye knew so well."
She was silent for a long moment, pausing in her stride.
"I see. So, we'll have to jump the Nexus. We don't have a Secakian solar system in this one, do we....."
"Aye we'll have to jump. At least until we can get a stable portal through. and Nope, we sure don't exist in this realm."
"Well, that sure explains some things." nods. "Okay, well, let's go get breakfast and wait for all to gather so we can go. How long will the trip be extended?"
"About six hours, making it a twelve hour trip there."
"I'll have the cook pack us a dinner along with lunch then."
After returning, she got with Melody to ask her to inform people that Breakfast was ready and the shuttle was waiting in the Archery field to depart for all those going to Secak. It would leave in about an hour.
((I'm going to post this string in Dragon Tales, so Please let's take it to that board. Thanks!
11-02-06 Update: Forget last statement. That string has been moved to the new board called Exodii System. You'll find it in the Market Place.))