Scholarly Records - AERO Week 1
Introduction For Scholarly Records
You've always been proud of your husband.
Although you and your sister have tried
to hang out with your peers at recess, they mostly ignore you.
He grins and thanks you, but
he's already had three invitations to the Philharmonic, and it isn't his thing.
Things get odd
one lazy Sunday afternoon when a team of government officials informs you they need to
excavate your backyard, something to do with decades-overdue cleanup from the Settlement
Wars.
This one has been predicted to be among the worst.
You gasp, realizing that this man
is a Dokkaebi, a Korean nature spirit.
However, no matter how hard you try, you can't shake
the feeling that you were meant for greatness.
She smiles slightly as she introduces herself
with a sultry voice.
You're slowly getting ready for another school day, wishing you didn't
have to.
You are losing control of the plane as it's pulled forward, and you realize you won't
be making any records.
The windows and doors of your house are boarded up, but you can
still hear the swarm outside as they try to find a way into your home to eat what is left of the
world's vegetation.
Two star-crossed lovers from warring planets fall in love on a peace-
seeking mission that goes awry.
They agree, knowing that you are their best chance for
survival.
The case is as typical as typical can get.
Shocked, you welcome her into your inner
life, explaining your experiments with trip frequencies, magnetic dissonance, and high-
velocity particles.
They cannot object.
You climb the stairs to the top of the Spire and look through the
bars.
Your crew is a rowdy bunch, but loyal, and they know how to have a good time.
Things
become complicated as you don't want to be revered as a god or feared by your clan.
The
second phase occurs when planetary resources are exhausted and society must travel
through space to gather additional resources.
"There he is, my king.
Within two weeks,
your crops have been destroyed by blight, leaving your family without food or any means of
income — that is, until a stranger rolls into town on his caravan.
The only humans to
survive are those who can fit into a small shelter built underground to withstand the heat,
and you are part of this surviving group.
You could go to prison for harboring the "unclean,"
but these goblins have become your family and your only true friends in an insane world.
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