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flightworks2019-06-14 08:35 am
feralphoenix) wrote in flightworks2019-06-14 08:35 am
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elman (kinome) 13
Part 13 can be read here!
The chapter involves existential horror.
Author's Note: PTV = Perseus Television.
Elman: Ummm...
Elman: Who are you?
ELMAN
Intrepid Interview! Danger at the Lampstar?! (II)
Camera: Nice to meet you! I'm the journalist camera from PTV's news broadcast, "A Scoop With a Bang!"
Camera: I was headed to the public office to report on the food poisoning incident, but I happened to catch sight of you, so I followed you instead! I've been wanting to interview you for the longest time.
Camera: So you're reloading the energy for the Lampstar, right? Wow, that's bright! I've gotta lower my exposure!
Elman: Yup.
Camera: Oooh! The nearby asteroids have stopped crumbling! The zero-space event is ending!
Camera: Oh my! Those are cloud-feeders!
Camera: They're all leaving! They must have run out of particles to eat.
Camera: Speaking of cloud-feeders, they're a new life form that was first discovered in the Perseus district only recently, and the first studies of their biology are still underway--
Elman: Well, I'll be on my way then!
Elman: (Hm?)
Camera: Now, where could Elman be headed? I think I'll follow them and find out!
Elman: Ack!
Lampstar 1544
Elman: You see, Lampstars generate the energy required for daily life on the local planets...
Elman: But they can't emit energy indefinitely, so once a week they have to be refilled.
Camera: Oho!
Elman: Ordinarily the people working at the Energy Branch...
Elman: ...take only the energy they need from the tanks there...
Exactly enough energy for one Lampstar!
Elman: ...and distribute it to the Lampstars.
Workers: Off we go!
Camera: I see!
Camera: But because of the emergency situation, you're going in their place because you can just create the raw energy yourself!
Camera: Did all you folks at home know about all of this?
Elman: Huh? Are we live???
Camera: No, I'm recording. Oh, but I can pick up sound all right even in space.
Camera: Elman, are you an employee of the Energy Branch?
Elman: No, I'm just helping everybody out.
Camera: Helping? Like volunteer work?
Elman: Hmm... Well, a lot of the things I do are actually favors I got asked, so maybe not quite.
Camera: Wow, you must have a lot of people counting on you then!
Lampstar M788
Camera: There sure are a lot of zero-energy phenomena happening here.
Camera: Oh, I see a paper lantern-style shelter over there!
Camera: Judging from the location, it must be from the quarantine station between the Perseus and Orion districts... Oh!!! How unusual! It's a giant cloud-feeder!
[sfx: homnomnomnomnomnomnom]
[sfx: flash]
[sfx: GONK]
Cloud-Feeder: ?
[sfx: staaare]
Cloud-Feeder: Star dark = more food = me happy!
Cloud-Feeder: This guy make star shiny = less food = me sad...
Cloud-Feeder: ME HATE!!
TO BE CONTINUED
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The chapter involves existential horror.
Author's Note: PTV = Perseus Television.
Elman: Ummm...
Elman: Who are you?
ELMAN
Intrepid Interview! Danger at the Lampstar?! (II)
Camera: Nice to meet you! I'm the journalist camera from PTV's news broadcast, "A Scoop With a Bang!"
Camera: I was headed to the public office to report on the food poisoning incident, but I happened to catch sight of you, so I followed you instead! I've been wanting to interview you for the longest time.
Camera: So you're reloading the energy for the Lampstar, right? Wow, that's bright! I've gotta lower my exposure!
Elman: Yup.
Camera: Oooh! The nearby asteroids have stopped crumbling! The zero-space event is ending!
Camera: Oh my! Those are cloud-feeders!
Camera: They're all leaving! They must have run out of particles to eat.
Camera: Speaking of cloud-feeders, they're a new life form that was first discovered in the Perseus district only recently, and the first studies of their biology are still underway--
Elman: Well, I'll be on my way then!
Elman: (Hm?)
Camera: Now, where could Elman be headed? I think I'll follow them and find out!
Elman: Ack!
Lampstar 1544
Elman: You see, Lampstars generate the energy required for daily life on the local planets...
Elman: But they can't emit energy indefinitely, so once a week they have to be refilled.
Camera: Oho!
Elman: Ordinarily the people working at the Energy Branch...
Elman: ...take only the energy they need from the tanks there...
Exactly enough energy for one Lampstar!
Elman: ...and distribute it to the Lampstars.
Workers: Off we go!
Camera: I see!
Camera: But because of the emergency situation, you're going in their place because you can just create the raw energy yourself!
Camera: Did all you folks at home know about all of this?
Elman: Huh? Are we live???
Camera: No, I'm recording. Oh, but I can pick up sound all right even in space.
Camera: Elman, are you an employee of the Energy Branch?
Elman: No, I'm just helping everybody out.
Camera: Helping? Like volunteer work?
Elman: Hmm... Well, a lot of the things I do are actually favors I got asked, so maybe not quite.
Camera: Wow, you must have a lot of people counting on you then!
Lampstar M788
Camera: There sure are a lot of zero-energy phenomena happening here.
Camera: Oh, I see a paper lantern-style shelter over there!
Camera: Judging from the location, it must be from the quarantine station between the Perseus and Orion districts... Oh!!! How unusual! It's a giant cloud-feeder!
[sfx: homnomnomnomnomnomnom]
[sfx: flash]
[sfx: GONK]
Cloud-Feeder: ?
[sfx: staaare]
Cloud-Feeder: Star dark = more food = me happy!
Cloud-Feeder: This guy make star shiny = less food = me sad...
Cloud-Feeder: ME HATE!!
TO BE CONTINUED
←Back Next→