Diamondseed345
Pokémon Trainer
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"Now... can anyone tell me what the true name of Genghis Khan really was?" Mr. Bradley asked.
Many of us had seemed stumped, but there was a handful of us that had raised their hands, me included. Bradley had looked to me, seemingly about to call on me.
"Yes? What's your answer Peter?"
"I think that it was Temujin sir. From what I know, that's what he was named before he managed to unite all the tribes on the Mongolian steppe."
"Good Pete good. Is anyone willing to answer why he was named Genghis instead of keeping his original name?"
Many of us raised our hands, and he called on me again.
"Do you think you can answer again Mr. Boggs?"
"Yeah, I think I know. Genghis Khan means: Universal Ruler. He gained that title after he managed to Unite all the mongol Clans. I'd say it sounds similar to something you would hear in fiction, but here we are, learning about a guy in history with a cool name."
From what I know, names in English can sound kinda lame compared to those in other languages. Fenrir with the people of northern Europe, who weren't just vikings! Then there is also Surtr, a Fire Giant also in norse Mythology. Come to think of it, the names of the characters in that Mythology sound pretty badass in general.
Odin, jörmungandr, yggdrasil, Valhalla, Jotenheim, Ymir... I might want to get some inspiration from this mythology for a DnD campaign. What should it be about though? No time to think about that now, I can come up with that when I get home. Maybe a plot about stopping Ragnarok with the help of some Jötnar? Oh my god that would be awesome. I've just gotta plan it out when I get home. But planning a campaign surely would probably take a few hours though, I've at least got the Foundation for it.
Suddenly and seemingly without warning though, the bell rang. It made me jump, but you surely can't say that it was bad, after all it was just loud.
"Alright kids, remember we have a test on the history of the Mongol Empire on Monday! Make sure you study, and follow the curfew the police set up!"
I sometimes forget about that curfew, since it doesn't really effect me much, but I understand the need. People, folks around my age specifically, have been going missing over the past few months. When the disappearances had started to pile up, my school held a presentation for the missing people. I don't really remember just how many people went missing, but I think it was around, 10 to 15, I'm not sure.
Whatever has been happening to those missing people, I probably don't wanna know, but I absolutely do at the same time. Might be a serial killer, it could possibly be some cryptid, But thats impossible. I mean, cryptids aren't real, right? They're just imaginary beings!
"Yeah, like that could be the case." I mumbled to myself as I exited the school. Folks were just spilling out the exits, some of them running, and others talking about their weekend plans. Also some couples holding hands, walking out the school and some onto the bus. There was someone who seemed to look off though, as if they weren't from around here. There was a bit of a shifty look to him, he was looking everyone up and down. Might be a creep, I'm not sure. I just hope this guy Isn't what I think he could be. Oh well, someone else might notice him and report him to the school.
I sighed to myself, wondering if I would ever find my special other someday. Perhaps it's just not my time yet? Yeah, thats probably it.
There was a sign rolled up next to the main sign outside the entrance of the school. "Remember the curfew, 8PM!" It said. But I have to say, if more people keep going missing, the curfew will probably be changed to an earlier time. Does it work like that? I don't know, but I do know it might effect what I do with my friends. Let's just hope that all this could blow over soon.
As I was walking home, I was trying to pass the time by watching cars go by, as I had nothing better to do at the time. Trying to read while walking would probably cause me to run into someone, or possibly into traffic. That's an idea that goes into, and stays in the trash if I have anything to say about it, which I do.
Nevermind that, I need to get home and arrange my plans. Get home, Relax, study, then go and plan my campaign with a hint of norse Mythology.
Yet, everything started to feel... different. Past few weeks less and less people have been going down the route I use to go home. But there's always been at least a few people. Sometimes a small group, some times just a single person. Now that I'm alone, this street is just eerie. No birds, no insects chirping, just nothing. To add to that, it felt like there was something watching me.
Like there was an unseen force, staring into my soul. I started to walk faster, hoping that whatever was watching me, I would be able to get away from it. Then I heard footsteps, that were quite, and coming in my direction. I began to run, trying to flee from whatever was chasing me, all the while not looking behind me. Looking behind me will slow me down, slowing down won't be good for me.
Just
Keep
Running
I've never ran the way I am now in my life. Presumably from never being in a possibly life or death situation like this, but I don't care about that right now.
Home was so close now, as I was on the street my house was on, yet I was almost out of breath. I was trying as hard as I could to keep going at the speed I was at, but was gradually slowing down.
But then, I could see it in the distance. My home, white picket fence, wind vane on top... safety. Safety that was so close, it was as if you could taste it. A taste that would be so sweet... but I would never get to taste
It.
I reached out for the door knob, yet just before I grabbed it, I was pulled away. A gloved hand was placed over my mouth as I started to scream. The glove had started to muffle my screams, but I couldn't do anything else, as I was held in a tight grip. I had managed to get a good look at who was after me. A man in a jumpsuit with stripes down the arms, wearing some kind of mask.
"You were much easier to catch than I first thought kid. Don't worry about what will happen to you, you'll just need this."
He pulled a syringe from somewhere out of view, and I felt a pinch on my neck as he injected me with it.
"There we go, now sleep..."
Sleep had sounded drawn out, as my mind started to become foggier, and it was getting harder to think. Soon I couldn't do that altogether, or see as my vision had gone dark from whatever he gave me as well.
Everything was dark and quiet for who knows how long. Minutes, hours, days? I couldn't tell, as the passage of time felt different. How do I put it? It was as if time had stopped completely while I was out. But I had been certain that I was being brought somewhere. My gut tells me that this place isn't good. Maybe these are all the people behind the other disappearances? That's gotta be the case!
But eventually, after who knows how long, I could see light. Light that was coming through my eyelids. My eyes felt heavy, but as I tried my best to open them, the first thing I saw was a logo. A logo that I have seen since I was little, one I could recognize anywhere:
Ominent
Practical Technologies
Hold on! Are the people at Ominent behind all of the disappearances? Oh my God... what're they gonna do to me?
I looked to my side, and noticed that I was held to a bench with some kind of electrical restraint. It was literally held there by some kind of chain made of electricity. Is this a kind of magnet? How is something like this even possible? I then looked down, to see another Ominent logo, but thays not all. My clothes were gone! Now I wasn't naked mind you, I was wearing something else. Some kind of white and light blue jumpsuit? It looks like I'm wearing a tube of toothpaste. You could also hear what had sounded like a heart monitor somewhere nearby.
"Please don't move, and look straight ahead." A voice said.
I looked ahead, and there was a ton of people behind a pane of glass. A bunch of scientists working on some kind of technology. One stood out though, a man in a suit. Had combed hair which I presume has gel in it. I think he had sunglasses too, though with how foggy the glass was, I couldn't tell.
"...Sir?" I asked weakly. My voice had been dry and hoarse, like I hadn't had a drop of water in hours.
"Who... are you?"
"That, is unimportant. What is important however, what is about to happen actually is."
"What.. d-do you want with me?"
"We don't really want you. We want to change the world."
"Why did you need to bring me here then? I was brought here by force!"
"Look above you. What do you see?"
Harsh fluorescent lights were beating down on me, but lit up 3 mechanical arms, with what looked like guns on the end of them.
"Are those... guns?
"In a way yes. But those are what we plan to use to change the world. But their potential you could say is behind a locked door. You are the key to unlock that door."
"What're you going to do? Shoot me with them? How does a gun change the world?
"You shall see soon enough.... Mr. Boggs.
Sheldon. Activate the Spac.r"
I heard a click, and the bench I was on started to recline, and I faced the ceiling. The lights were hurting my eyes, but I couldn't do anything to get away from them!
"It's a go for molecular reduction. Spac.r is primed"
Spac.r?
The arms lowered, and the gun like appendages started to point at me. I started to struggle, trying to get free of my restraints. Whatever they're planning to do to me, it can't be good! The lights got even brighter, and the ends of the appendages lit up. Sparks were starting to fly out of them.
"Oh don't worry boy, I promise you won't feel a thing."
"where you are going, all your worries will seem so... small."
The appendages activated, shooting arcs of pink and blue energy down at me. Sparks were raining down, some landing and burning on my face, but I didn't care about those at the moment due to the energy. I was trying to pull out of my restraints even more this time, but with no use. I was just squirming while this energy did God knows what to me. Though suddenly, everything had started to look bigger. Much bigger, and it was getting worse. It looks like everything is growing, am I shrinking? I can't tell!
The energy stopped blasting me, and everything seemed to be spinning for a few seconds, with my ears ringing too. But the dizziness cleared up a small amount, I took in my surroundings. I was astonished yet terrified at the same time. Everything looked a thousand times bigger now? Even the scientists in the other room!
Wait. does that mean, I was shrunk, or was everything made bigger?
"Molecular Reduction is a success!"
Chapters end
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Many of us had seemed stumped, but there was a handful of us that had raised their hands, me included. Bradley had looked to me, seemingly about to call on me.
"Yes? What's your answer Peter?"
"I think that it was Temujin sir. From what I know, that's what he was named before he managed to unite all the tribes on the Mongolian steppe."
"Good Pete good. Is anyone willing to answer why he was named Genghis instead of keeping his original name?"
Many of us raised our hands, and he called on me again.
"Do you think you can answer again Mr. Boggs?"
"Yeah, I think I know. Genghis Khan means: Universal Ruler. He gained that title after he managed to Unite all the mongol Clans. I'd say it sounds similar to something you would hear in fiction, but here we are, learning about a guy in history with a cool name."
From what I know, names in English can sound kinda lame compared to those in other languages. Fenrir with the people of northern Europe, who weren't just vikings! Then there is also Surtr, a Fire Giant also in norse Mythology. Come to think of it, the names of the characters in that Mythology sound pretty badass in general.
Odin, jörmungandr, yggdrasil, Valhalla, Jotenheim, Ymir... I might want to get some inspiration from this mythology for a DnD campaign. What should it be about though? No time to think about that now, I can come up with that when I get home. Maybe a plot about stopping Ragnarok with the help of some Jötnar? Oh my god that would be awesome. I've just gotta plan it out when I get home. But planning a campaign surely would probably take a few hours though, I've at least got the Foundation for it.
Suddenly and seemingly without warning though, the bell rang. It made me jump, but you surely can't say that it was bad, after all it was just loud.
"Alright kids, remember we have a test on the history of the Mongol Empire on Monday! Make sure you study, and follow the curfew the police set up!"
I sometimes forget about that curfew, since it doesn't really effect me much, but I understand the need. People, folks around my age specifically, have been going missing over the past few months. When the disappearances had started to pile up, my school held a presentation for the missing people. I don't really remember just how many people went missing, but I think it was around, 10 to 15, I'm not sure.
Whatever has been happening to those missing people, I probably don't wanna know, but I absolutely do at the same time. Might be a serial killer, it could possibly be some cryptid, But thats impossible. I mean, cryptids aren't real, right? They're just imaginary beings!
"Yeah, like that could be the case." I mumbled to myself as I exited the school. Folks were just spilling out the exits, some of them running, and others talking about their weekend plans. Also some couples holding hands, walking out the school and some onto the bus. There was someone who seemed to look off though, as if they weren't from around here. There was a bit of a shifty look to him, he was looking everyone up and down. Might be a creep, I'm not sure. I just hope this guy Isn't what I think he could be. Oh well, someone else might notice him and report him to the school.
I sighed to myself, wondering if I would ever find my special other someday. Perhaps it's just not my time yet? Yeah, thats probably it.
There was a sign rolled up next to the main sign outside the entrance of the school. "Remember the curfew, 8PM!" It said. But I have to say, if more people keep going missing, the curfew will probably be changed to an earlier time. Does it work like that? I don't know, but I do know it might effect what I do with my friends. Let's just hope that all this could blow over soon.
As I was walking home, I was trying to pass the time by watching cars go by, as I had nothing better to do at the time. Trying to read while walking would probably cause me to run into someone, or possibly into traffic. That's an idea that goes into, and stays in the trash if I have anything to say about it, which I do.
Nevermind that, I need to get home and arrange my plans. Get home, Relax, study, then go and plan my campaign with a hint of norse Mythology.
Yet, everything started to feel... different. Past few weeks less and less people have been going down the route I use to go home. But there's always been at least a few people. Sometimes a small group, some times just a single person. Now that I'm alone, this street is just eerie. No birds, no insects chirping, just nothing. To add to that, it felt like there was something watching me.
Like there was an unseen force, staring into my soul. I started to walk faster, hoping that whatever was watching me, I would be able to get away from it. Then I heard footsteps, that were quite, and coming in my direction. I began to run, trying to flee from whatever was chasing me, all the while not looking behind me. Looking behind me will slow me down, slowing down won't be good for me.
Just
Keep
Running
I've never ran the way I am now in my life. Presumably from never being in a possibly life or death situation like this, but I don't care about that right now.
Home was so close now, as I was on the street my house was on, yet I was almost out of breath. I was trying as hard as I could to keep going at the speed I was at, but was gradually slowing down.
But then, I could see it in the distance. My home, white picket fence, wind vane on top... safety. Safety that was so close, it was as if you could taste it. A taste that would be so sweet... but I would never get to taste
It.
I reached out for the door knob, yet just before I grabbed it, I was pulled away. A gloved hand was placed over my mouth as I started to scream. The glove had started to muffle my screams, but I couldn't do anything else, as I was held in a tight grip. I had managed to get a good look at who was after me. A man in a jumpsuit with stripes down the arms, wearing some kind of mask.
"You were much easier to catch than I first thought kid. Don't worry about what will happen to you, you'll just need this."
He pulled a syringe from somewhere out of view, and I felt a pinch on my neck as he injected me with it.
"There we go, now sleep..."
Sleep had sounded drawn out, as my mind started to become foggier, and it was getting harder to think. Soon I couldn't do that altogether, or see as my vision had gone dark from whatever he gave me as well.
Everything was dark and quiet for who knows how long. Minutes, hours, days? I couldn't tell, as the passage of time felt different. How do I put it? It was as if time had stopped completely while I was out. But I had been certain that I was being brought somewhere. My gut tells me that this place isn't good. Maybe these are all the people behind the other disappearances? That's gotta be the case!
But eventually, after who knows how long, I could see light. Light that was coming through my eyelids. My eyes felt heavy, but as I tried my best to open them, the first thing I saw was a logo. A logo that I have seen since I was little, one I could recognize anywhere:
Ominent
Practical Technologies
Hold on! Are the people at Ominent behind all of the disappearances? Oh my God... what're they gonna do to me?
I looked to my side, and noticed that I was held to a bench with some kind of electrical restraint. It was literally held there by some kind of chain made of electricity. Is this a kind of magnet? How is something like this even possible? I then looked down, to see another Ominent logo, but thays not all. My clothes were gone! Now I wasn't naked mind you, I was wearing something else. Some kind of white and light blue jumpsuit? It looks like I'm wearing a tube of toothpaste. You could also hear what had sounded like a heart monitor somewhere nearby.
"Please don't move, and look straight ahead." A voice said.
I looked ahead, and there was a ton of people behind a pane of glass. A bunch of scientists working on some kind of technology. One stood out though, a man in a suit. Had combed hair which I presume has gel in it. I think he had sunglasses too, though with how foggy the glass was, I couldn't tell.
"...Sir?" I asked weakly. My voice had been dry and hoarse, like I hadn't had a drop of water in hours.
"Who... are you?"
"That, is unimportant. What is important however, what is about to happen actually is."
"What.. d-do you want with me?"
"We don't really want you. We want to change the world."
"Why did you need to bring me here then? I was brought here by force!"
"Look above you. What do you see?"
Harsh fluorescent lights were beating down on me, but lit up 3 mechanical arms, with what looked like guns on the end of them.
"Are those... guns?
"In a way yes. But those are what we plan to use to change the world. But their potential you could say is behind a locked door. You are the key to unlock that door."
"What're you going to do? Shoot me with them? How does a gun change the world?
"You shall see soon enough.... Mr. Boggs.
Sheldon. Activate the Spac.r"
I heard a click, and the bench I was on started to recline, and I faced the ceiling. The lights were hurting my eyes, but I couldn't do anything to get away from them!
"It's a go for molecular reduction. Spac.r is primed"
Spac.r?
The arms lowered, and the gun like appendages started to point at me. I started to struggle, trying to get free of my restraints. Whatever they're planning to do to me, it can't be good! The lights got even brighter, and the ends of the appendages lit up. Sparks were starting to fly out of them.
"Oh don't worry boy, I promise you won't feel a thing."
"where you are going, all your worries will seem so... small."
The appendages activated, shooting arcs of pink and blue energy down at me. Sparks were raining down, some landing and burning on my face, but I didn't care about those at the moment due to the energy. I was trying to pull out of my restraints even more this time, but with no use. I was just squirming while this energy did God knows what to me. Though suddenly, everything had started to look bigger. Much bigger, and it was getting worse. It looks like everything is growing, am I shrinking? I can't tell!
The energy stopped blasting me, and everything seemed to be spinning for a few seconds, with my ears ringing too. But the dizziness cleared up a small amount, I took in my surroundings. I was astonished yet terrified at the same time. Everything looked a thousand times bigger now? Even the scientists in the other room!
Wait. does that mean, I was shrunk, or was everything made bigger?
"Molecular Reduction is a success!"
Chapters end
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