Learning Snapshots - LAT Week 14
Introduction For Learning Snapshots
You fall to your knees, and she shakes her head, thanking you for your honesty.
Your
crew has been taking readings for hours, and they have found nothing.
Then, your beloved
family android is maliciously destroyed by a group of teenagers.
You wield the magic of the
four elements, making you one of the most powerful wizards in the world, but you don't
take well to your archmage title and isolate yourself in a small remote village in Tibet.
There's no sign of your father, though his wardrobe is open, and several hangers are bare.
Never mind that it's the wealthiest planet in the galaxy and that your father is Lord of its
third-largest continent.
The year is 1830, and the American railroad system is beginning to
snake its way across the country.
"Yeah.
The problems start when you meet your crew and
begin to understand just why these criminals are being sent away from Earth.
You worked
to change clothes and dispose of the corpse, then waited to be rescued, finally being found
by a group of knights, who brought you back to the city and your castle.
Unable to sleep one
night, you get out of bed and go for a walk to clear your head.
Unfortunately, your father is
about to croak.
This time a maid tells you that the youngest daughter is afflicted by some
sort of curse that has confined her to her bedroom as of late.
You are wary, but you don't
expect it to light up as soon as you touch its door.
Was it just your imagination? You find a
note on the ground that simply reads: "Euterpe, we'll see you again." Euterpe? They
obviously have the wrong girl... right?
"'Glorious George and The Dark Castle' — what do you think? Is it a good title for the
song?" The bard looks at George, hopeful.
When you question her about her existence, she
cheerfully explains that all of the townsfolk were turned into automatons 20 years back by
the local artificer to preserve the town, although she will not specify why.
Frozen within
tesseracts, such as the ones you now see, we can extract their power to boil—" Suddenly, a
large crack splits one of the tesseracts, which begins to rupture.
There is a crackling, hissing
sound, and tentacled bug-eyed creatures emerge, catching the feds in their tentacles and
tearing them to pieces.
The small garden in the backyard is decorated with a fairy village.
You're not complaining because the money is great! But when they strap you to a machine
with a dozen different wires, you start to worry.
You've spent your entire adult life traveling
through space to find a way to become immortal - and, surprisingly, you find it on a lesser-
known planet on the other side of the galaxy.
When you walk into the call center, you are
humming a tune that the blue caller taught you.
However, nothing could be further from the
truth.
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