SkyManKlan
Chapters 33 to 38
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CHAPTER 33: That is where this all started
Narrator
Bench Test day all three alien gauntlets are on the workbench in booty bags.
Jinger runs an identification program. By touching the alien gauntlet wedge with a probe its resonant frequency is produced. Each wedge produces a different frequency so they know who is who.
Jinger trying to activate Karls empty the alien gauntlet.
There is no Lil-Yang in this unit, nor was there ever.
I do not know how to do much more than on/off, and scan.
Narrator
Just now Shasta enters the room claiming to want something to do.
Jinger tosses Shasta the gauntlet wedge. Do not put it on, but show me what it can do. Yin claims you mastered your gauntlet without bonding with Lil-Yang.
Shasta sets the wedge on the work table and grabs a stool.
Shasta uses fingertip contact to cycle through the command and control patches on the surface of the gauntlet. Shasta methodical approach quickly gives way to pattern recognition in the command structure. Shasta in a while finds the display, audio voice recognition, action recorder stills recorder. image manipulation, all fun things for shore. Shasta can’t find weapons or shaping tools of any kind. Shasta listens to Karl and Jinger talk while working.
Karl
No Lil-yangs in this lab.
If a Lil yang touches a host it cleanse the boron poisoning.
Releasing the gauntlet from the host.
The essence will return to the gauntlet, and live within.
If any of us touches the gauntlet we have let it in, not fun.
So Lil-Yang must stay away.
Shasta
I have stored Lil-Yang in a booty bag.
Who is in this wedge?
Jinger
Empty, I believe it is empty, that will be Karls.
If we did push “it” out of the gauntlet where would “it” go?
Karl
It would just make for home, if home is not an option then we are options.
Jinger
You are a powerful attractor.
Do we want to test this?
Karl
Yes!
Narrator
The answer is yes, Big -M will always try to enter Karl.
When his essence is cleaned from the Alien gauntlet.
Shasta
Jasper said the weapon activation was a sweep across the face, and one or two thumps on top of the wrist. Hmm I do not know if I want this to work.
Jinger
Use the balisticks can in yonder corner
Shasta
Primed and fired the gauntlet mounted on a fake bio arm. Two thumps was a front blast, one thump radiated a blast from around the perimeter of the gauntlet. That was the splash command.
Narrator
It is test day. Bronson picks up from the test bench and puts on Karls EVF gauntlet. He is standing in a orgone chamber slash booty box as a test subject.
Jinger then loaded Karl’s 369 magic program into the unit.
The gauntlet wedge converts to a slap wrist band. Bronson slaps it on.
Jinger
What do you feel? Are you alone?
Bronson
I feel fine, it is just a gauntlet.
Jinger
Communicate with me mind to mind.
Bronson thinks
I love it when you act bossy.
Jinger
Shape something.
Bronson
As you know Jinger, A salt molecule is made up of one sodium atom and one chlorine atom.
There is no Lil-yang. Will of mind inputs, it is then.
For salt to be made, the sodium atom must lose an electron and become a sodium ion.
Jinger
That is so cool, I love it when you talk tech.
Can you take it off?
Bronson
Yes, there, no problem.
Jinger
Put it back on and run it through shield and fire commands.
Bronson walks over to the corner to the ballistic can.
Ya sure.
Shield, fire,
fire shield
That worked jus…..
Narrator
Bronson turns and leans back against the wall.
Bronson matter steps away leaving his ghostly form of dust and subtle fire, is wistfully stationary now. Still leaning against the wall.
Jinger starts a timer counting down from 9.63 seconds, and floods the chamber with Orgone.
Bronson’s matter self is being shaped into a very big man.
Jinger
9.63 seconds.
You must be Big M, man you are big!
I bet your bones are hollow like birds.
Big M
Thank Karl for programming those 369 codes for me.
Jinger 7.96
Nope, thank him your self.
Karl is over there.
Outside of this chamber we share.
Narrator
Jinger is trying to grasp the gauntlet with her hand that is gloved with a Lil-yang.
Big-M
I will be seeing you around Jinger its…
639 fluid time, Take me to the Dazzler.
Jinger 5.03
You are not going anywhere.
So cool your mind and talk with me.
Big-M
You are quicker than that Jinger, but then again you are no Yin.
639 fluid time, Take me to the Dazzler.
Jinger 3.36
We are in a rather large booty box slash Orgone Accumulator.
Big-M Bellows with 0.39 seconds to go.
639 fluid time, Take me to the Dazzler.
“Pop itty pop”
There he was gone, and Here he is back.
Narrator
Jinger waits like a spider staring at Bronson’s subtle fire. Ginger’s hand is at the ready, to touch the gauntlet. The gauntlet must appear when the timer reaches zero.
Jinger 0.00
Like I said you are here to stay.
Till I say you can go.
Narrator
Bronson’s matter self reappears within his, me and I’s dust and sacred fire. Jinger grasped the gauntlet with a Lil-yang gloved hand. This cleansed the boron from Bronson and out floated Big-M. From Bronson’s arm. Jinger removes the alien gauntlet and puts it on the workbench.
Big-M moves toward Karl. It is time to go home. You can’t stop me brother!
Bonk? Big-M encounters the chamber wall. He can phase onto the walls but not through.
The Orgone has set him adrift, lingering. The feldspar chamber will not let him pass through. Its walls are layered organic metallic. Orgone is attracted to this. Orgone is always flowing into the chamber. Big-Ms’ EVF gets thin and wispy. Jinger demands Big-M’s attention. Why were you in that gauntlet? It was Karls.
Big-M
I willed you Ginger to put my gauntlet on the work bench, easy as pie.
Big-M mutters to himself of completing his plan.
Karl
I know that ship the Dazzler. That is where this all started. Rastis wins himself….
Big-M get back in that gauntlet, I will let you live as I need you now.
Narrator
Jinger entices Big-M back into the gauntlet on the workbench. Jinger marks the gauntlet wedge with an X. The gauntlet is dropped into a feldspar chain mail bag, an EMF disruptor is dropped into a booty box and then into another again.
Big -M in the 3 Booty boxs.
I Can feel the differences, in a feldspar bag alone I can hear murmurings, feel the vibration of conversation. The second box removed my ability to hear and feel vibrations of any kind, well excepting big ones. The third flipping booty box is over kill. That whole Threes the charm gingle fills me with nothing but contempt for these small dreamers . Nothing more than ManAnimal drones working for that galatic lackey U-me2.
Karl
Now that Big-M can’t hear or feel us let’s talk, And eat, Jinger can you please whip up a little bit of everything.
Narrator
The large crew shuffles into the dining area and takes seats around the table.
Karl at the head of the table with Shasta to his right, and Jinger to the left. Yin holds down the other end of the table. This rattles Karl a bit as that is where Shelia in the real world always sits. She was his foil. These Yin units look just like Sheela and love him in a way that embarrasses him.
The posy
Jasper the tech master,
Kelly Protector, always has your back.
Margo a Spear, Loves to talk, is inquisitive and curious.
Gets Answers without conflict, wise and smooth. Quite an excellent pilot.
Bronson, They can’t see you coming, when we are already gone stealth master.
In the dining room
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CHAPTER 34: Time for friends
SPT
In the dining room
Karl
Crap a paradox! Or some sort of past time line interference.
Shasta, Jinger, Yin..
What we do today will determine if we exist tomorrow.
Jinger
We need to plan, and Big-M is part of this too.
There is a greater plan to be viewed.
Shasta
Play back what Big-M said. He was mumbling a constant streak in hushed tones before we granted him silence.
Jinger in Big-Ms voice
Tubular bells are the key. Your eyes of lord feldspar work in your galaxy and close neighbors ok. The T-bells will let us visit all of the Universe.
This is where you come in, Karl. You are D- clever wizard.
Forget your friends and come with me.
Ha ha ha and truly be free.
Shasta
What are we looking for in Big-M?
Does he hold a key to opening this door to the universe?
Why does he want you to forget your friend karl?
Why go with him alone?
I think that is a bad idea.
Jinger
Can’t we just tag him and let him go?
Once he starts bouncing between galaxies he will be lost never to return.
Karl
Jinger, play back Big-M’s rantings when he was first returning. I could not quite hear them.
Big-M
Nothing you tell me will alter my path.
I have forty days on you. I have executed my plan already.
Karl
Jasper you mentioned seeing Big-M in different forms. What were they?
Jasper
On the Dazzler Guy-S and Big-M whenever they met Rastis the Real, they were two Ladies of sorts, Guy-S was Yuma and Big-M went by Sapphire. Then they were themselves when they took the gauntlet from Shasta. Something about Shasta would Know them when it encountered them.
Karl
Just as I thought. They have been playing us from the start.
Jasper do you remember meeting Sheela?
Jasper
That girl can drink and stories…blue as can be. I was Uma and Big-M was Sapphire. She was going on about a bet to catch a gold delivery traveling at the speed of light. So she could win a kitten. From a friend that just drifted apart….
Karl
Nothing else no poison or bugs.
Shasta
I think we need to rescue yours, mine and our friends.
We know where Rastis is, and Sheela too, let’s save those folks.
9 days 6 hours and 3 minutes total job time. Isn’t that right Jinger.
Jinger
Yes we can do that. The trick is we all have to be ready to go back at the same time.
We will have a 1 minute tolerance. If we miss the return window then we will return 96 days and 3 hours later.
Jasper
What Happened to Rastis the Real?
Yang
Rastis the real’s flux fields expanded and he floated apart.
The huge blast of Feldspar energy he was exposed to while he was in the cut, cut his life short. The meat hunter bot also may have infected him with that gash to the chest. And I shot him with a million year old crowd dispersal round. All things are connected..
How can I help to bring my main man back into our time?
Margo
Tagging Sheela, and untagging Sheela, what is that all about.
Karl
Jasper and I, and now Shasta have examined Shelia in the monster box.
I will upload the scans for all to look at, or not.
Now we think we can use a feldspar worm to push any boron contamination out of her and into the chamber. So the dilemma is if we push out the EFV monster into the chamber, what do we do with it then. That is the tricky part. As it may attack at thaw.
Margo
It looks like the creature was entering and exiting?
It has bitten into a shoulder yet in the scans its tail exits her back.
The tail is clean and the face has ick on it.
Karl
Thanks Margo, so do we tag Sheela or the box?
Margo
The scale patterns of the head and tail do not match.
They used two attacks. That is what I would do.
So i suggest two defenders in the box minimum and a couple of boron sweepers worms in Shelia.
Maybe a whole bunch of defenders in the box. They can scan her and kill the bugs.
We all need these things. Can we make them?
Rastis Yang
The Magi-Tech depleted me and I offer to yall whatever is needed of my beads to save our friends. Use all of my Beads if you must.
Karl
Thank you Yang you are a credit to Rastis the real.
Always plunging in head first to save his friends.
With little thought of yourself.
Shasta
So it is decided we will save our friends. Now do we take two ships or one. Do we need to guard our captive wizards, cant have them on the loose now. So that will require a home crew of folks that can fight with a wizard or two.
Karl over the coms
Jinger, Shasta and Jasper and I along with the Yang are taking the Kaw to rescue our friends. We have moved Sheela in the monster box onto the Kaw.
Margo will pilot the Yerky. Depleted Yang will guard the wizard’s storage area. Decapitation is permissible if they happen to appear. Do not touch their containers. Do not talk with them. Command them to return to their cages or die.
Yin you’re on the big gun.
Bronson and Kelly be ready, to protect the ship from any and all attackers.
We will all jump to this location if needed when we return. See Y’all in 9 hours 6 Minutes and 3 seconds.
“pop itti POP”
Narrator
No sooner had the kaw departed then did a violent smashing and crashing take place. Big-M had reached out to all of the lifeforms in the area and angered them before he reentered the Alien Gauntlet wedge. He disrespected their place in the herd or pecking order in the pack. They came hard and fast as Big-M projected himself as a whining weakling. Looking pathetic, wanting to be dominated. This brought out the critters bloodlust and ferocity. Margo notices something was trying to enter the compound, no not something, everything was!
Margo piloted the ship further away from the ground to establish targeting of fist sized rock projectiles fired just above the containment barrier. While slowly orbiting the ship. Margo starts firing, bring it fools, Margo mutters.
Yin
We will protect the compound. We can’t leave till they get back. So head to the gunneries and try not to destroy the containment barrier. I will illuminate them on your targeting screens. Bronson and Kelly please man the laser and fill the meteor launcher hoppers for Margo and I to use. I will fire the big gun. There is something huge out there. We can go no higher. We are under a stealth bubble. If we expose ourselves to space we will be seen. Tech may or may not be super dangerous. They cycle through FTL to teleportation to nothing then back to FLT to teleportation to nothing ect..
Narrator
The creatures that can scale the walls have arrived. And so it begins a battle with angry life forms for the next 6 hours or so . As piles of dead life forms increased outside the wall, it made it easier for larger things to use them like a ramps to get over the walls, and they did. Bronson and Kelly feed rocks into the rockhopper, and take turns strafing with the laser.
Big-M and Guy-S taunt Yangs mind over and over with this chant.
Let us out, let us out and
We will make you whole again
The chant causes Yang to Hallucinate; he sees himself whole and powerful again, not weak and buffetled as he is now. This should not be. Why am I not me? That is it, self pity is the problem. Yang had been thinking in I and Me since being damaged, and had excluded his brothers because of overwhelming shame. At this point Yang reaches out by thinking WE, and waits. His brother respond with a garbled message of;
SLOWDOWN AND
CALL MY SPIRIT HOME…..
Yang can’t figure out the slow down part. What, slow what down?
Call my spirit HOME
Me, myself and I call my spirit HOME
Call it home. call it home. I call my spirit home
This is helping, this feels good.
Depleted Yang Knows that as soon as he engaged in meditation that essentially he took his eye off the ball. Guy-S and Big-M started to manipulate Yang’s body of beads in an attempt to free themselves from the booty box holding the gauntlets. That plan went sideways when Yang made contact with his brothers. They took his guilt, refreshed his mind, and finally reformed Yang into a perfect Yang. Just a bit smaller. Yang the overseer is back.
Yang
It is good to be back, thanks my brothers.
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CHAPTER 35: Rastis the real again
SPT
Party on the frozen lake
Shasta
Rastis the real again in nothing more than a few hours from now.
So that thunderous noise is the 9K hauler down on the lake.
Karl
Yes, in 90 minutes we will be done here.
You head for the party, and wait for young me to leave with Rastis in the 9K Hauler. I will enter the camp for samples after young me leave Rastis at the camp. Young me went for a long slow ride back to the party.
Jasper
What about me? I guess I will monitor coms, and protect the ship. And keep an I on Sheela in the monster box. We will know right off if this works or not with Sheela!
Narrator
Shasta is waiting in the woods, Young Karl helps Rastis walk to the 9K hauler and off they go. Shasta enters the party and mills about the room working over to Sheela sitting on the couch. Shasta sits next to Sheela on the couch and they start to chat. Sheela is miffed at Karl and Rastis for screwing up their good time. Rastis could not wait; he had to get a head start. Shasta comforts and doses Sheela, by stroking her arm and holding her hand. The last dose of protection was sprinkled in her drink. Shasta got up to use the bathroom and never returned. Mission accomplished.
Karl arrives at the camp as the 9K hauler start puttering down and around the lake.
Karl encounters, Rastis making his way back from the bathroom. He was clinging to the wall as his balance will be gone until the swelling goes down in the inner ear. Karl again helps Rastis back into his sleeping bag. Karl opens the can revealing the sampling bug and sets it on the kitchen counter. Karl then wets a towel with cool water, squeezes it out and places it on Rastis’s forehead. At that moment Shasta’s sampling Scarab EVF beetle red in color crawls into the sleeping bag. Fifteen seconds it emerges green in color and flys back to the can.
Rastis
Sorry ya had to change your clothes Karl. I guess I blew chunks earlier and got some on you.
Karl
No worries, they are just clothes.
Shasta greets Karl as he enters the Kaw
My end went smashingly. I sat with Sheela for a few minutes. Man was she mad at you and Rastis. I dosed her left arm, both wrists and I spiked her drink. And how did you make out, did the laser work?
Karl
Nope I could not use it he was awake and stumbling back from the bathroom. I put him back in his bunk then and I opened the can and hit the seek button. It took less than a minute to return to the can. So again great job Shasta. You knew the laser pointer would be useless.
Shasta
Better to have it and not need it. Then to need it and not have it.
Jasper
So the jump is programmed to Corso during the rise of the meat bots.
Shasta
Karl, how are the dreams? Are they better now that Big-M is gone?
I have a candy that may help.
Karl
I will stick with my routine for now, thank you though.
The big loud presence is gone but others are working to fill the void.
Narrator
They have landed on Corso in the time of a Technological transition Where humans became more robot than person. Trager had given the name of the laboratory that he had used for his enhancements. Shasta had engaged the ships shaper cloning chamber into action before they jumped to corso using samples from Rastis to grow his new body. His Purity of essence had also been programmed using EVF plasma wash. This is the gauntlet from Suline 47 and Again from Rastis when he floated apart With its own cleansed Lil-Yang.
POP itty POP
Jinger
Do what you do to wake up, but time is burning, and we have got tasks to complete.
Shasta, box up the clone for transport on the 9K. Karl we will all meet at Sheela’s Monster box in ten minutes to see what we have.
Jasper
I’m on my way to Sheela now.
Narrator
The crew is gathered around Sheela’s monster box sleep chamber.
The chamber will default to an observation window if the occupant is dangerous to itself or others. This is determined a few seconds after SQUISH or thaw.
When danger is detected, BUZZ Crystallization is reestablished.
Sheela had gone through a point to point ring straight to her forever more sheep chamber.
She was buzzed.
Sheela had been parting with two funny beings she had met earlier in the day.
A tall one named Sapphire and a short one named Yuma. They spent the day telling off color jokes while goading one another to consume more mind-altering substances. At a no robots bar.
Rastis had floated apart and so was Sheela in sorts.
So she pops into her sleep chamber, stashes her gauntlet and lil-Yang in the open up port hole inside the chamber. Sheela rolls back and collapses into a reclined position and says sleep. The wake up time was programmed by Jinger; yin had said it will be a long one.
SLEEP, Ouch, ouch I’ve been stung.
Sheela is slowly reaching for her gauntlet. BUZZ, SQUISH, Monster minds roar. BUZZ
SQUISH “pop itty pop” Dream of a weird being kind yet dark secret elusive is the vibe.
Narrator
The door slides open and there is Sheela looking like Sheela, not some monster Sheela. This is good old Smart alec quick witted Sheela. Shasta and Jasper pat Karl on the back. Then point at one another saying “no one is better than you bub”. Karl helps Sheela out of the chamber While Jinger scans her from head to toe, All clean!
Karl
Sheela, Do we have a story for you!
Shiela
Hold that thought. You new person.
What is your name, and why were you in my dream?
Shasta
My name is Shasta and we met at a party a while back.
You were angry with Karl and Rastis for getting drunk too fast.
Sheela
Ya, ok maybe. That sounds like most parties. Nope not that! You violated me in some way and felt good about doing it. I could tell all innocent and nice yet infecting me with parasites.
Shasta
Exactly correct. You were in danger so I infected you with a cure.
Of all sorts of different non magical cures. Biological, mechanoids, micro lasers, sonic disruptors to name but a few. It seems to have taken them all to win.
Sheela
Karl, make this all make sense.
Karl
You were attacked not by Shasta but by Big-M and Guy-S.
Turns out they often pall around as Sapphire and Yuma. Perhaps you met them?
Sheela
Yes we were partying, telling nasty jokes and bad stories!
Wow what a blast? So what did they do to me?
Karl
They infected you with monsters and we killed the monsters with a trip to the past.
Jinger, scan the inside of the chamber, please.
Jinger
Check this out there are 5 small masses covered in goo being dissolved.
Shasta, do I let it finish or what?
Shasta
Pandora appear.
I command you to clear this chamber of wizard danger.
Pandora jumps in as Shasta closes the chamber door.
Pandora gives the all clear after a minute or so.
Jinger
Karl and Shast have an appointment to keep with the 9K hauler, Jasper and I will bring Shelia up to speed on what is going on. We will see you in a couple hours if all goes to plan.
Narrator
Karl and Shasta Head to the “Better than Bata” meat bot shop with their Rastis clone in an ice box of sorts. There was no security. The two parked at a loadinging dock and deposited the Rastis clone for processing. They were greeted by a salesman Danny on the loading dock and escorted to an observation space. You can stand to watch, or you sat down and did not see a thing. Karl sat, Shasta never took eyes off Rastis.
Karl talked options
We have our own EVF enchanter. So do not EVF encode the being.
Also we have a meatless meatbot body. We recovered a long lost friend at an Archaeological site. Will it be a problem using that as the design driver? I made a few modifications, notice the quick release head.
The salesman Danny displays an option where the bones are not replaced. Karl asks if feldspar mineralization can be applied over the new metallic infused bones. Like in the trager unit. My specification explains how it all works.
Narrator
Salesman Danny passes off the A sample of Trager along with the specifications to an AI Medical bot Modifier. After a short time the AI bathes Rastis in a green light while praising the amazing design. I truly love never having to eat or eliminate, only drink to live. This design is truly ahead of its time. Karl and Shasta nod in approval, and the process begins. It only took 90 minutes or so and it was a version of Rastis the unknowing.
Karl
What do you say Shasta? Don’t you want to see it all with those eyes?
I’m getting the same modification as Rastis. My gauntlet, here hold it for me.
Shasta Karl and “Rastis the unknowing”, arrive back at the Kaw. They quickly stow the 9K Hauler and board the ship.
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CHAPTER 36: Shelia is waiting and is hopping mad.
Sheela
What gives you the right to decide for Rastis? I had a hard time with him floating apart. And now what, yall made a new one of him for what reason?
Rastis
Hi Sheela, sorry I’m about thirty three years behind on what’s going on.
I only have brand new memories of meeting Karl and Shasta.
Now Karl and Shasta tell me they can bring me up to speed in one more stop.
Jinger
We are on a schedule folks. Everyone to bed. We have one more stop then we fly all the way home. If all goes to plan.
The Kaw has 6 standard sleep chambers and no one wanted to use the monster box.
POP itti POP
Narrator
Our travelers have arrived on Korso in the time of Rastis’s great expansion.
They discuss as a group who will approach Rastis and whether or not they should tell him what is happening.
Jinger
When Rastis was diagnosed and we all knew there was no stopping his floating apart. Sheela, You went to sleep in your chamber, till the day he floated apart.
I awoke you and you saw him float apart.
Sheela
Your point Jinger?
Jinger
You can’t run into yourself. I can’t go as I haven’t been modified into this form yet.
Karl was a mess and Jasper was in a forevermore sleep chamber yet to be found.
Shasta
That is a great idea. Are you up for this Sheela? I think it will be great for you.
All you have to do is open this can and the bug will do the rest.
Sheela
Well you made that sound easy. Is that how you justify trapping Rastis in this meat cage, forever. Did you ever think of that? How do you think he will feel?
Karl
Karl glances at Shasta and winks.
I think he will feel great! Sheila, can we talk for a moment.
As you know Rastis is a meat bot. What is new to you now is that Shasta and I also had the procedure. If this is something you are interested in let me know within the next 22 minutes.
If we leave before then. We can do you also, and still arrive home on time.
Shelia
Im in, lets go now.
Narrator
Shasta and Sheela take the 9K hauler to Corso and make their way to the “Better than Bata”. Shasta enters with Sheela, and tells the salesman they have one more to process. The process is underway when the AI starts asking Shasta questions. Questions that Shasta has no answer for. Questions about time stamps on sampled parts and wanting to know more about Trager. Shasta engaged the AI with word puzzles and looping logic to frustrate the AI. Sheila was completed and the AI requested they never return. Sheela and Shasta take the 9K hauler back to the Kaw.
Narrator
Back on the Kaw Jinger approaches Shasta and whisper I need you to tell old me to get modified like Trager. Shasta asks where will your old self be? I spent a lot of time in the communication tower feeling sad. We were losing a great friend, Jinger said.
The Kaw jumps to the time of the ever expanding Rastis. Shasta and Sheela take the 9k hauler to Rastis location on Korso.
Sheela takes the can into Rastis’ room and opens it. Rastis at this point looks puffy and fat; he is weeks away from drifting apart. Sheela talks to Rastis telling him she can’t wait to see him and he still owes her on a bet he never paid. The bug returns to the can Sheela sits with Rastis for a while longer then gathers the can and heads back to the 9k hauler.
Shasta found the communication tower Jinger had described. Shasta knocked on the door at the same moment Jinger was opening the door to go check on Rastis.
Hay my name is SMK Shasta. We met at a party on the frozen lake when Rastis got drunk and sick. I have a message for you!
Jinger looks coolly at Shasta and asks, Oh ya what message?
The only thing you regret, in all of your existence, is that you never got to say goodbye to Daisy.
Wow, you nailed that one. I take it there is more? Jinger asked.
I am here to tell you to get the Trager modifications with the feldspar package at the “Better than Bata” bot shop. Shasta said with a big grin.
Just now the communications station started to light up. Jinger and Shasta looked on in a puzzled manner as a message appeared on a display screen.
It is from THE ALL.
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MESSAGE 1
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FROM: THE ALL
TO: SKYMAN KLAN
SUBJECT: Galactic Entities in Need of a Self-Help Program
CONTACT: U-Me2
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BODY:
A word from your Ubiquitous sponsor who is, in, through, and around all things. From the macro to the micro alike. The ever pervasive, yet seldom intrusive, unless you are awake to my schtick! It is me THE ALL! Please call me U-Big-Quity…
Greetings, SkyManKlan. THE ALL here, the omnipresent mind in and around everything, knower of all that is was and ever shall be, even beyond what Y’ALL consider time. But let’s not waste any space-time on that; I have a cosmic problem I need help with, and guess what—it’s one of my many garlicies.
Now, I’ve seen the galaxies born, spin, and thrive under my watchful dream. Some entities, like this particular galaxy U-me2, have taken to the whole matter-manipulation game a little too enthusiastically. Exciting stuff—worlds, stars, civilizations, all those juicy experiences, but, uh, now U-me2 is in a bit of a bind. See, it’s got a galaxy full of screaming, poisoned planets and pissed-off stars. They’re all wailing into the void, and quite frankly, I, THE ALL, have had enough.
Now, I’ve let galaxies have free will, and this U-me2 has made some interesting choices—enabled matter manipulators, interstellar messes, galactic wars—you name it. But it’s time for a change. I need someone to help U-me2 clean up, re-align, and, you know, stop the planets from wailing in agony. That’s where YOU, SkyManKlan, come in.
SkyManKlan, help galaxy U-me2 to get back in control of its matter, and in return, we can restore some cosmic order, keep the great dream from turning into a nightmare, and maybe—just maybe—find some peace in this galactic present.
Best, THE ALL, or U-Big-Quitty, or whatever name gets your attention.
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Shasta and Jinger laugh, How do we answer this? Jinger asks Shasta. I know just what to say, that recruiting poster is still present in my mind. Shasta said.
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MESSAGE 2
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FROM: SKYMAN KLAN
TO: THE ALL
SUBJECT: RE: Galactic Entities in Need of a Self-Help Program
CONTACT: SMK Shasta
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BODY:
Hey U-Big-Quitty (Love that name, by the way),
We hear you loud and clear. U-me2’s got a mess on its hands, huh? Sounds like things have spun a little out of control. So, the SkyManKlan’s here to help—but first, let’s lay down the cosmic roadmap.
Step 1: We’ll tap into U-me2 via the Feldspar Network, link up with Yin and Yang, and start stabilizing those screams coming from the poisoned planets. We’ve done this before—plenty of planets go haywire. Well, U-me2’s situation sounds pretty typical in the cosmic cleanup world. We have a standard poison relocation, evisceration via cosmic impact package that we have employed with great success.
Step 2: Let’s re-harmonize the energy fields, silence those wailing stars, and get everything in sync. You know, no more interference from rogue wizards or those pesky time-manipulators trying to wreck the great dream.
Step 3: We’ll also kick off a little side project—streamlining the whole Y’ALL-matter-experience pipeline. If U-me2’s hooked on experiencing its galactic creations, we’ll optimize it so the galaxy runs smoothly while still feeding it all the entertainment it craves.
We’ve got our Eidetic crew, Feldspar-linked Yangs, and time-hopping Yins ready for the job. Consider it done.
Thanks for looping us in! We’ll have Y’ALL-U-me2 back on track in no time.
Best, SMK Shasta
(SkyManKlan Intergalactic Relations)
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MESSAGE 3
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FROM: THE ALL
TO: SKYMAN KLAN
SUBJECT: Next Steps for Galactic Harmony
CONTACT: U-Me2
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BODY:
SkyManKlan, Shasta
I appreciate the quick response and enthusiasm for the mission at hand. Yes, Y’ALL-U-me2 could definitely use the fine-tuning. The matter manipulators have run amok, but I trust your expertise will bring balance to this chaos. Just remember—when you interact with U-me2, be gentle. It’s still learning, and it’s sensitive to disruptions in the dream.
Let’s not forget: this is about keeping the dream alive, not just fixing a mess. U-me2 is key to the harmony I envision. In fact, once you’ve restored balance, let’s discuss making Y’ALL-U-me2 a hub for positive energy streams throughout the galaxy. We could use this as a test case for future galactic entities that lose control.
Thanks again for your efforts. I’ll be monitoring the dream closely.
Best,
THE ALL
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Shasta and Jinger laugh, as they craft the responses to THE ALL
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MESSAGE 4
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FROM: SKYMAN KLAN
TO: THE ALL
SUBJECT: Galactic Self-Help Program In Progress
CONTACT: SMK Shasta
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BODY:
U-Big-Quitty,
We’re in deep with U-me2, and the cleanup is going smoothly. The poisoned planets are quieting down, thanks to our Yin-Yang team, and we’ve initiated a full-scale Feldspar Network recalibration. U-me2’s slowly showing self control and is starting to feel the bliss of galactic harmony again.
We’re also setting up a feedback loop so U-me2 can focus on the more interesting experiences without getting overwhelmed by every little scream from a dying star or whining nebula. Our goal is to allow U-me2 to feel without the emotional overload that led to all this chaos.
Expect to hear from us soon with a full status report!
Best,
SMK Shasta
(SkyManKlan Restoration Team)
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MESSAGE 5
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FROM: THE ALL
TO: SKYMAN KLAN
SUBJECT: Mission Success
CONTACT: U-Me2
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SkyManKlan,
Excellent work. I’m already sensing the shift in the dream. U-me2 is back to basking in the wonders of galactic life without all the noise. With the success of this mission, we’ve not only saved a galaxy but also perfected a model for dealing with future matter manipulators.
You’ve done well, and I trust you’ll continue to keep things balanced. Let’s keep an eye on U-me2 as it moves forward. Who knows what grand new experiences await?
Tell me more about what you do and how you do it.
Until next time,
THE ALL
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MESSAGE 6
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FROM: SKYMAN KLAN
TO: THE ALL
SUBJECT: Galactic Self-Help Program In Progress
CONTACT: SMK Shasta
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BODY:
The Universal Feldspar Flux Field Network, or simply the Feldspar Network, is made of all the feldspar in the universe. It’s not just a material, but an energetic, living flux field, accessible to beings like Yin and Yang. These beings, composed of tiny feldspar beads, tap into THE ALL’s great dream through the Galactic Feldspar Network. U-me2 interacts with Yin and Yang through this same network, facilitating communication and unknowingly transportation.
Yin and Yang’s Role in the Feldspar Network
Yang is always plugged into the Feldspar Network, existing fully in the present moment. It’s the masculine side, constantly broadcasting experiences and thoughts, like cosmic gossip, across the galaxy. All Yangs are connected, no matter where or when they are, and they share their burdens, guilt, and the occasional new experience with each other. Their collective consciousness keeps them aligned with galactic rules, forming a sort of conscience.
Yang also handles mission resources, especially the ManAnimals, the SkyManKlan’s ideal workforce. Native to each planet, the ManAnimals are shaped in size and intellect to complete tasks, though they sometimes fail spectacularly, becoming monsters or rogue wizards. Yang’s rule over these creatures is one of grace, wit, and when necessary, death.
Yin, on the other hand, interacts with the Feldspar Network in an instant. Feminine and fluid, Yin can transport beings across space and time in the blink of an eye. To do this, Yin captures the mental image of where the user wants to be, creating an exit signature that results in a double “POP” sound—one for departure soft pop and one for arrival big POP. This phenomenon, known as “pop itty POP,” is a paradox to THE ALL, yet it works because THE ALL mirrors the effect, preventing cosmic disruption.
Teleportation and the Mind’s Eye Reader
Teleportation through the Feldspar Network is instantaneous and individual. No ships, no awkward run-ins with yourself—just the present moment. The SkyManKlan perfected this technology using the Mind’s Eye Reader, a device that reads the visual cortex and pineal gland, stained with feldspar crystals, to capture thoughts, dreams, and memories.
To use the Mind’s Eye Reader, customers must dose themselves with a SkyManKlan “POP itti POP Tube O” gum nebulizer and drink a SMK mineral water. The feldspar-infused crystals enter the bloodstream, staining the brain and allowing the SkyManKlan Lil-G device to read the visual cortex. This information can then be projected in 3D or shared with others.
SkyManKlan and Capitalism
SkyManKlan controls instantaneous transportation as a major revenue stream, charging 99 credits for the Lil-G device and 33 credits for each teleportation. By keeping teleportation limited to individuals and excluding ships, they maintain their competitive edge over other klans who still rely on FTL (Faster-Than-Light) travel.
Their capitalistic motto is simple:
Take all you can.
Can all you take.
Sit on the can.
The SkyManKlan Mission
SkyManKlan missions are handled by teams with eidetic memory, a key ability allowing them to see objects in their mind’s eye as if they were still present. These missions usually involve time travel to plunder planets right before a cosmic disaster—think comets or planetary collisions. While Yin absorbs energy during these missions, protecting the crew and managing tasks, Yang handles the more immediate oversight of the ManAnimals and resources.
Yin is always vigilant, knowing the crew, composed of ManAnimals, cannot be fully trusted. Yin’s job isn’t just about time manipulation, but keeping order and peace amidst the chaos.
Galactic Time and Yin’s Role
In the Galactic Feldspar Network, time is measured by the rotation of the galaxy itself. Galactic Time has three states: the present moment (Galactic Present Standard Time, or GPST), the recent past (new reflection), and the ancient past (old reflection). There’s no future because it hasn’t happened yet, and the galaxy moves everything forward through time.
SkyManKlan Oath
All knowledge gained in service to SkyManKlan is neutral but can be used for good or bad. The responsibility lies in honoring the knowledge, not glorifying negativity. The SkyManKlan’s guiding philosophy and mission orders—pollute and plunder, intervene, treasure hunt, sneak and peek—reflect this balance between neutrality and power.
Best,
SMK Shasta
(SkyManKlan Restoration Team)
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Shasta and Jinger laugh, do you think that was real? Shasta oh yes I do. Hay it is great to have met you, I have got scoot. Remember to get the Trager modifications! With that Shasta headed back to the 9K hauler about the same time Sheela did. They flew back to the Kaw without a word. Both lost in thought.
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CHAPTER 37: The gauntlet is processed and put on Rastis.
On board the Yerkey, Shasta prepares the gauntlet and a lil-yang to receive Rastis’s purity of essence.
Shasta
EVF programming; Energy, Vibration and Frequency.
Frequence is me the mind, we use the frozen lake mind,
optimistic and positive, knows nothing of death.
Vibration is myself the body body afflicted, we use the
frozen lake body young and vital.
Energy is the I stubble fire, and we use the old bubbly spirit
with all its knowledge.
Narrator
The gauntlet is processed and put on Rastis.
Rastis; Awakens ‘pop itti POP’ Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my…
Karl, Jinger, hay Sheila I’m hungry. Who are the new folks?
Let’s eat, and make plans. I feel great.
Narrator
Meanwhile back on the Yerky the critters are piled high inside and out of the compound.
Sheela-Yind tells the crew we have 3 minutes till the Kaw will return. Bronson and Kelly Use the laser to clear a space for the Kaw to return to. The plan will be, they appear, we grasp talons and pop out of this place.
Kelly; Firing the lasers low will destroy the walls. Can you put us in a faster spin? Sheela Yin; excellent idea, putting us in a faster spin will let us sweep the area clean. The laser sweeps a circle of death melting the compound walls while the big gun blast critters into bits.
Everything around the compound is destroid 300 meters out from the center. Creatures were still angerlay galloping toward the Yerky. The Yerky stopped shooting with 3 seconds to go til contact. 3,2,1, The Kaw appears. The two ships join talons and disappear. To a new safe place to be, home again.
The new home is still in a micro sun system. This world is wild but its neighbors are technologically active. The ships are undercover and everything is fine. No critters are trying to get in and that is good.
Sheela and Shasta board the Yerky looking for the wizards. They find a depleted Yang still guarding the Big-M and Guy-S gauntlets. Shasta notices Yang is no longer chunky with missing bits. Yang what did you do to yourself? Yang replies that he opened up to his brothers and they helped him pull himself together. They also kept Bim-M and Guy-S at bay, as they were trying to get me to let them go. Now I may have, without my brother’s help, they saved me.
Shasta
Ok the wizards are still locked up. How can I help you, Sheela?
What do you want to know? What is the root of the problem?
Sheela
I want to interrogate those two wizards. Now we only need Big-M. So if Guy-S were to get cleansed in front of Big-M. That would convince him we mean business.
Shasta
Well for safety sake only Jinger can handle the wizard wedges, without getting infected. I have called Jinger to help us.
Narrator
Jinger arrives and puts the Guy-S wedge in the feldspar plasma cleaner and turns it on. She then frees Big-M into the containment space and threatens to destroy Guy-S if he doesn’t start talking. Sheela pipes in over the ships wide comms unknowingly. Why did you try to kill me? I do not take, lightly, to that kind of thing. So please explain your hate or Guy-S will be gone.
Since this went out over the ships wide coms, Everyone is now heading to the Yerky to see what is happening.
Big-M
Sheela there is no need for violence. I Dreamed it so it had to be.
Come in all, and sit down. Let me explain. No need to give in to extremes.
So….
This moment is what this is all about. I need Y’all to be who you have become
Presently. Right now, in this space, place and time, you are each more than you were just days ago. Jinger got their first, then Shasta, followed by Karl, Rastis, and finally, You Sheela.
Big-M transforms into his feminine self Sapphire
I know we can have a blast together Sheela. We have before, and will again..
Sheela
Shut your pie hole about that Sapphire. Now tell me, and us, what this is all about. Why did you mess with all of us? This will go bad for you.
Narrator
Just now Karl and Rastis enter the lab interview room reminiscing.
Rastis,
Do you remember this one Karl?
We are the Righteous Pirates of HOME.
I have been touched by THE ALL and it feels fine.
Brother Karl did you bathe in the Waters of THE ALL?
Karl,
No brother Rastit I did not, but I am glad to see that you did.
Praise THE ALL brother.
Narrator
They both belly laugh, heartily, with zeal! Joy fills the room!
Hearing the words “THE ALL” triggers Big-M
THE ALL
By your command. I am that Wizard!
My job is to bring guilt to the galactic minds!
I Can, I am, I have and I will, bend their will.
I will awaken the galactic minds to its need for
The ALLs Self help program
I am that Wizard help me
THE ALL
Big-M repeats this 2x more one for every time THE ALL was said.
Karl asks Big-M to explain this chant.
Big-M
Thanks to Shasta dosing with Nirvana gas. I was forced to emergency teleport, all the way home. Now for me that usually takes an instant and I wind up on the Dazzler. The gas put me into another frequency. Now D-ALL has been watchin you, me, we play out this game, dream or dance. I don’t know what to call it. It is more than my dream. My dream is puny when compared to a glimpse of a portion of the D-all’s great dream.
Now, I do know this, D-ALL wants us to travel the universe and bring guilt to abusive galaxies. It is a self help kind of thing. Like what happened with the last galactic entity. We help U-me2, to help Itself, and D-all feels better about its dreamed creation in the present moment the NOW.
Karl
Was this some kind of a test? I mean morally we failed. Something tells me that is not part of the job description.
Big-M
So that is what this crazy experience has been all about.
It was a giant job interview, and we got the job.
The only question is are you ready to go to work.
I have the T-Bells at the Dazzler. All I really need is you Karl the Clever wizard.
D-All has extended an invitation to you all. To come and trip the light fantastic.
See, D-All, wants you all to live a long time with your amazing new bones.
It will be an endless party and more treasure than you can imagine.
Lets go to the Dazzler and get this party started.
Narrator
Karl has Jinger Put Big-M and Guy-S back in their booty boxes of silence.
Karl
What do we want to do?
Shasta
A trick I learned from my first Yin, is a simple meditation to gain flash insight into the situation. We can all try that together, I’ll lead…
Narrator
The group is not in the mood as they feel used and duped for the entire experience.
With THE ALL, U-me2 and the wizards.
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CHAPTER 38: Tubular bells
Karl you clever wizard, How will it all work
After dinner everyone was full of food and information.
Shasta
This is a good time for a rest. Lets all digest what we have taken in physically and mentally.
Later we can gather back here and see what we have.
Shasta did not lead the cohorts in a meditation, but a seed was planted.
An hour or so later Karl has a vision, or a dream, perhaps a day dream.
Karl
I see now in my mind’s eye a galaxy with torus magnetic energy flow around and around its spiral arms. Like flux lines of a torus magnet. Stars and planets also produce magnetic flux lines. We need to couple that magnetic energy flow into one side of the TT-Bell; this will cast a tremendous loop out the other side of the TT-bell, out into the universe. Using the flus fields of the feldspar network. The loop will travel out around and back to source.
The shortest loop is 9.63 seconds out and back.
The ship will be gone to us for
9 hours 6 minutes and 3 seconds.
Days awake on ship 9 days 6 hours and 3 minutes.
Margo
The T-Bell loop contains a half twist; this is known as a Mobius Twisted Strip. The tubular twisted loop at the small end is a viewer that will let us view, and explore any galaxy touched by the twisted loop. The twist in the loop will allow us to generate XYZ maps of the galaxies we touch in the loop. This will allow us to explore as we do now. On the space place and time viewer.
Big-M
When we stop at a galaxy, leave your body on the ship. Use the 369 bata magic to walk about.
Your body is away from the ship for 9.63 seconds. Then it returns by default. Fluid time for your enchanted self is only 96 hours and 3 minutes time awake.
Shasta
We can print a smaller twisted loop that we can incorporate into our ships.
I’m thinking we use the FTL feldspar pulse generator to spin and stratify Bismuth atoms. This will cause the neutrons in the bismuth to form a loop of neurons. Bismuth is diamagnetic, so a high intensity magnetic pulse separator. Will cause the neutrons to speed up their rotation. We are shooting for a self-sustaining Neuron Dynamo. Powering the T- Bell loop. The greatest advantage is we are making our own magnetic flux energy, and we can point it wherever we like.
Karl
Wow you are amazing Shasta.
I do not see why not.
(If I tell them everything, can they be trusted?)
I know that these solutions all smell like pie.
( Big-M Only exists to lie, cheat and steal, in hopes of causing hate, anger and disrespect.)
I know how we all love pie.
Sheila
I am up for the adventure, we are all going to need new things to laugh at.
Jasper
Who is more today than they were only a few days ago?
What was Big-M talking about?
Shasta
Myself, Karl, Rastis and Sheila all got Meat Bot Boddy upgrades.
Now the AI claims it will not upgrade anyone like us ever again. Some timestamp issue on the sample they used. Well it was Tragers quick release head coupler, a tricky part. Did we all get that Karl? Good Idea.
Not to worry Jasper, we know the planet’s history and the shop’s location.
So we can ‘pop itti POP’ in at any time, and use, or steal the equipment.
We are Pirates aren’t we?
Karl
Sheela release Big-M please.
Big-M
So, I take it, we have decided.
Karl
A while back I had a dream.
I saw you take the Twisted Tubular Bell from the Nebula.
Big-M
Tell me more of this dream Karl. Or not?
Karl
In my dream with this crew of beings, together we solve it all.
Any space, place or time to any galaxy in the endless universe.
We are ready now to get started. You do know where the Dazzler is?
Big-M
Well, it is as if, it is all meant to be, call me crazy? Here is the location of the Dazzler, it is in the Tire Mart asteroid belt. Just shy of present time by 3.69 seconds. Sounds familiar, Karl.
Question: Why are time smears suddenly not a problem any more?
Sheila
When we go all the way home, we orbit a micro star and reset to present time from wherever we have come from. Another theory is that the time smears happen; it is just that they feel like seconds instead of years. Size of star, spin rate ect. Basically we do not know why exactly.
Karl
When we return home we are actually 3.69 seconds in the past. When we leave home we time slide 3.69 seconds to the galactic present time, then ‘pop itti POP’ to a job or mission location in the past. The static buzz of the now scrubs us clean, and my dreams are minor in this space, place and time we call home.
Big-M
You hide in the static buzz of the present moment. No magic?
Jinger
To your sleep chambers all, we have a galaxy to tame and we can’t do it from here.
“POP itti POP”
Rastis
There it is the Dazzler. It seems like only a few months ago we started this crazy adventure on that ship. Jinger, how long have we all been awake?
Jinger
Less than a year for most of you.
Now me on the other hand, I can’t find a number big enough.
Rastis
Ya, Ya, we know.
You don’t know how you do it.
Rastis
QUOTY; that ship was big enough for the TT-bells,
And I miss Daisy, something awful. I think they are still mining this asteroid belt.
I will hook up with the SkyManKlan, or not? Perhaps Jinger and I will just go for a drop, and visit old friends. Commandeer sound impressive, where ship jacking is such a harsh term.
Karl
That sounds like fun. Ask and you shall receive my Brother.
Bah ha ha they both laugh.
Rastis
Yin drives an Yang defend
D-SkyMan, me, is D-decider
Karl
No crew, just you, around and back. Yin drives, you have a few cold ones and see the sights.
If all goes to plan you will survey a few galaxies for damage. Yin will talk to the galaxy and pitch our standard package. Shasta, What was that tagline you told me? Oh ya now I remember “Protecting the present by poisoning your past” ya, no, well something like that.
Rastis
That’s what I’m talking about, sightseeing.
Karl
Before we do anything else Shasta and Big-M will instruct all of us in using our Gauntlets. Mine is a bit different yet still the same. I have loaded into all of the gauntlets the “369 Bata Magic program”. It will allow us all to use a bit of magic to get around.
Big-M helps Shasta in the class discussion.
Shasta
I think this is how magical object possession works.
The codes enable Energy, Vibration and Frequency to be imparted into the 3 feldspar beads as a charm. This also demonstrates the power of intention.
Bead 1 is Energy : THE ALL, Union, duality, the energy in everything.
The first cause, as above, so below. You get what you give.
Bead 2 is Vibration : Your words and deeds vibrate THE ALL,It must reflect the desired effect of the charm. Like attracts like in this case.
Bead 3 is Frequency : Emotion while thinking, saying and doing determines how successful the charm will be. You must emote the desired effect. Release negative and praise the positive.
Like attracts like in this case.
Big-M reviews his spells of 3, 6, & 9:
MY TIME; Lets me take the host for a walk about. Maximum awake time is 9 days 6 hours and 3 minutes. I’m used to much more, but used wisely an hour here a day there, you can really move around, I get a lot done. Plus I use a sleep chamber.
396 I GET MY KICKS
I GET MY KICKS; Lets me attack with the gauntlet smash, splash, and Jar
Smash hurts hard things,
Splash hurts liquids. Makes them expand and contract quick as a wink.
Lets not forget
Jar, This shakes the heck out of whatever you project its beam on to. A being, tree or steel column, nothing can stand being shaken for long. Bits start falling off.
639 ITs FLUID TIME
ITs FLUID TIME; Allows me to use any portal to any SPT I have dreamed of.
I suppose you folks will look at an image of some sort. I just imagine the space or person.
693 PROTECT ME
PROTECT ME; shield me from attack by expanding the host flux fields.
936 UP TO TRICKS
UP TO TRICKS; I control the host for 9.36 seconds. I can make them move and talk.
963 ME IN THE
ME IN THE; Returns Us to our hosts, and into the out of phase gauntlet from any SPT.
We are weak only to a select few:
YIN, YANG, Lil-Yang and a sharp wizard.
Maybe. I have dreamed it, so it is so.
Shasta
We need to add 333 speak to me. This way I can ask my other what they are seeing through my eyes.
Big-M
You are a brilliant one. As the rider is fully aware of the being, even while sleeping. There is no time when I’m in the bind of the gauntlet. It is either I can exit or I have no choice at all I am charging.
Shasta
So time out awake has to be paid back or recharged. That is only if you have timed out.
Big-M
Clever, and you are not a wizard… Hmm, Yes I can pop in and out like a yo-yo. Dash about for a few hours, and pop back in. You feel tired. Take a good nap. I will have that matter well rested.
Shasta
I can not speak to you while you are tooling around in my matter, as I am but dust and subtle fire. You can speak to me with 333. Let’s test this. I’m putting on your gauntlet Big-M.
333 SPEEK TO ME
Please do not damage my body. What do you see?
Big-M
I hear you loud and clear. I will protect your matter.
What can I see, you are looking at the gauntlet. Out of the corner of your eye I just saw Jinger walk by with Margo. Why? Every one wants to be a meatbot now.
369 MY TIME
Big-M steps away with Shasta’s matter.
333 speak to me
How, Jasper pulled a rob and replicate job. You know R&D.
When, well he just returned, Jasper broke into the lab and scanned all of their machines.
The AI is the tricky part.
Here I will show you. 639 ITs FLUID TIME, take me to Jasper tricking the AI somewhere today.
I have arrived, I’m hiding in the shadows. Can you see Jasper.
Shasta yes.
Jasper is telling a story that embeds a Mobius loop into the logic of the conversation. A few primer queries are made, the answers are predetermined by the loop. This lets him say… take all you can, can all you take, store data in the can. Nice RIP Jasper.
963 ME IN THE.
Shasta 333 talk to me
Wow that was amazing, the time felt normal when you spoke. How long were you away with my body. 162 hours, that is one week. And you went to Corso.
So the SkyManKlan is now offering eternal meatbot life sentences.
Life time employment. Eternity never felt so long…..
Good to know we can talk. Now get out of me and go to your nest home.
Before you go, show me your place.
Nice you have a park and a palace.
Narrator
The crew explores their new devices capabilities. Most realize they are no better than what they have. Going home is cool. 963 ME, IN, D Everyone has played with that one.
Shasta heads for the shop followed by Karl, Jasper and Rastis.
The crew works to construct the TT-Bells Light Pipe and image data collection ring. The TT-Bell is not modified in any way. The SkyMan crew designed a light pipe neutron excellerator to feed energy into the TT-Bell. They also designed a ring encoder for reading the lower loop for the travel image data. The TT-Bells themselves remain in space for now. Small boosters motors have been installed to control moving and pointing the TT-Bells.
Karl explains
The light pipe can narrow the energy stream or widen it, feeding in the TT-Bell; we will be using the Neuron dimagnetic field generator to feed the light pipe. The light pipe let’s energy in and pushes out through the loop out into the universe and back again. A siphon effect allows us to sweep the loop going through the universe. We roll the loop image through the viewer back and forth to bring the galaxy you will be visiting into focus in the viewing ring. Now to bump up the details we choke the exiting light and we wait a bit. Waiting packs the viewing ring with light, after 33 seconds the viewer flashes white.
From this image data a trip is planned.
The planned trip is loaded into the ring viewer. A ship is placed in front of the TT-Bells output.
THE ALLs universal energy flows through the TT-Bells ring viewer and sees the trip play out. This again is, effect preceding cause. THE ALL says not on my watch and executes the entire flight plan. Avoiding a paradox.
The ship will be gone 9 hours 6 minutes and 3 seconds from our perspective. This we have tested. As for you Rastis, we are not quite sure. You will start in a ForverMoreSleep chamber, and be awakened at the first galaxy encountered.
Rastis
Strap me in I’m ready for the ride of a lifetime.
Morning of the launch and everyone wishes Rastis good luck. Saying things like we will have dinner ready when you get back.
Shasta
Here Rastis, take a big huff off this candy tube. Now chew it up. No spitting, you just swallow all that saliva. I know it is wicked sower. Here wash it all down with a sleepy mineral water.
This is one of skyManKlans newest products. SMK “Huff n’ go”.
Snort or huff the crystals into your nose or throat, chew the gum tube, and swallow your spit. I have dreamed that this is the only way your mind will not fail.
Rastis
Hey this tastes wicked good man, can I have another. Come on man help a brother out. Wow what a kick! I feel great! I think I’m good.
BUZZ…POP
The Kaw was gone shortly after breakfast.
So now it is around dinner time, and Rastis will be returning any time now, or not. If all goes to plan he will only have been gone 9 hours 6 minutes and 3 seconds.
POP…BUZZ
The Kaw is back and so is Rastis.
Rastis can be heard calling his spirit home.
Me, myself and I call my spirit HOME
Call at HOME call at home I call my spirit HOME
Rastis
I am lost for words about the TT-bels trip. The first of its kind in this new body. Rastis recounts The Myriad of galaxies were all the same yet all different. Like sand crystals on the beach, every grain is unique, yet all the same, yet all different. This is the truth of the universe. You, me, we
In through, and around THE ALL.
Karl
Come on brother, I need more than a few of your bad poetic ramblings.
Rastis
Look Karl usually at this point in a mission I would have talked with everyone about bits and pieces of my adventure. Normally there would be no shutting me up, but I was all alone and that did not happen.
I could not talk to Yang . He is like I know I was there dude.
So that’s going to have to be a chronicle for another time.
Or at least a couple of days.