Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17481441-20161210221654/@comment-17481441-20170311043129


 * Thuuka exits the ship. He is wearing a dark fur blanket in an attempt to conceal himself from his Fallen brethren and Kigyar allies. He sees someone in the shadows, a human, but dashes into the cover of the trees. He moves towards the cave, where a campfire is lit.

Humanoid: "Tei-sun, Thuuka."


 * The humanoid points to a relatively flat rock. Thuuka walks to the rock and sits down.

Humanoid: "I am thankful that you returned. You are one of the few members of your species that choose to listen to my concerns."

Thuuka: "What did you mean by 'Arthos is the universal language'?"


 * The humanoid sighs

Humanoid: "Curiosity is what brought you here? Fair enough."


 * The humanoid throws three pellets into the campfire. The fire starts rapidly changing colors. It is also fluctuating in size.

Humanoid: "Thuuka, to answer your question, I need you to do something relatively simple."

Thuuka: "What is it that you want me to do?"

Humanoid: "Remember a prominant memory from your past."

Thuuka: "What?"

Humanoid: "Do it."


 * Thuuka immediately remembers his experience on Olympus Mons. As this memory replays in his mind, the fire grows to the surface of the cave ceiling. The fire widens, and creates two figures, one red and one blue. They grow additional arms and morph their bodies to have spider-like qualities.

Humanoid: "Now, as you think about this memory, watch the fire."


 * As Thuuka views this memory, the figures start to move. And to Thuuka's astonished, they speak, exactly the same words as Thuuka and Tuma said to each other.

Blue Figure: "It's so beautiful up here."

Red Figure: "Throughout this entire campaign, I have hiked up here each evening to watch the day die, as the stars of the night reveal themselves. It relieved me of all of the stress I had to endure day after day."


 * The blue figure moves closer to the red figure

Blue Figure: "I'm sorry for your stress. I have had to deal with it myself over my lifespan. But it has never bothered me as much as it does with you. I have seen the ways you have used your aggression on the battlefield. It's... so uncivilized. You shouldn't have to go through as much stress as you do."

Red Figure: "War is meant to be uncivilized. We are chosen to fight because our leaders can't deal with the stress of battle alone. They need fresh bodies of innocents to use as meat shields so they don't have to witness the atrocities we commit against others."

Blue Figure: "Why do you fight then?"


 * The red figure spins to face the blue figure

Red Figure: "W-why do I fight? So that Fallen like you are able to walk down the corridors of the Ketch instead of walking on the rubble of our civilization! I fight to kill those who want to strip us of this safety. I fight for the honor of you, the honor of our Kell, the honor of the Archons, even for the honor of the Dregs!"

Thuuka: "No, no! No more! No more!"


 * The fire starts to spin wildly around the cave. In response to this, the humanoid lifts his hands and forces the fire to burn more and more of the wood to lose its energy source. Eventually, the fire becomes tame, and the colored figures disappear. Thuuka looks up and sees the humanoid standing before him.

Humanoid: "This is what Arthos is. The ability to understand the struggles of another organism, even if they are not the species of a user. It allows the user to learn a language quicker than be taught it at the gradual pace of a classroom or an online application."

Thuuka: "I... I should return to the camp."


 * The humanoid puts his hand on Thuuka's shoulder.

Thuuka: "Yes. Why don't you do so? You look shellshocked. Return when you feel better. This is a lot of information for someone like you."


 * Thuuka grabs his fur blanket and exits the cave.

Humanoid: "Tei-yun, Thuuka."


 * Thuuka hurries back to the camp. He reaches the door, but is stopped by (insert character here).