Post by I Am Agent Z on Mar 26, 2009 2:58:47 GMT -5
I Am Z
By: Jessica Beebe
Prologue
Enter Ziggy the Rogue Dragon Rider
Some people say your destiny is already determined for you, and others say you decide your own destiny… and still others believe… other things. I’m one of those people who don’t know what they believe… this is my story… My beginning, my prophecy…
I am Ziggy, your typical all-American reject of a genius. I have an unkempt mass of black hair, black eyes with a dark lining beneath, people think I wear eye-liner, in fact, I do not, I’m tall, around 5’11, and only weigh around 110 pounds. The dark lining under my eyes comes from lack of sleep and two years of being a crack addict. As a result of which, my eyes are forever dilated in their black-like stance.
Oh, and did I mention, I’m rich and famous? Yeah, you solve a couple cases of demon plagues here and there –almost- two cases of a rogue virus that practically ate dragons alive, or so every month that I take on, yeah, I’d say I made a few bucks along the way. As for the title of this chapter, in order to understand, I’d have to tell you a little more about my love life… I’ll tell you this much: she was a pretty blonde with blue eyes, and, after a few months, I caught her with another man… I left that night, not willing to give her another chance. It had been ten years since then, and I’m still alone, and still heartbroken… and, up until now, I had been keeping my mind on the dragon flights, it’s my heartbreak that drives me to succeed as I do. And yet… it also compels me to keep trying with my love life. And, as much as I’d hate to say it… I kind of miss her…
My past, because I had survived it, is both a gift and a curse. And now, I’ll take you away, to a secret place, my sweet escape, my home, my world…
Now, just imagine: North America, 450 years from your time: It isn’t like you’d think, with the flying cars and food pills you just add water to and it immediately turns into a hot meal, or even endless skyscrapers or roads from years long past. Instead, a lush, dense forest, surrounding the entire continent and all its filling. There are five towns left in this place from back in your time, and three new ones: The ones left behind you should recognize… Denver, Colorado; New York City, New York; Washington D.C., Virginia; Detroit, Michigan; and Nome, Alaska. The newer towns you may not recognize the names of: Sique, Rokayn, and Vanjya. Of course, the bigger cities I just mentioned? They have been turned into much smaller villages. Also, people don’t get around in cars, trains, or airplanes, no, we use animals. It’s a steady, dependant source of energy that we don’t need to worry about wasting, so it does very well. The only thing you must worry about with animals is their fuel source: we use a blend of calorie, energy, and protein mixtures for almost all of them, except the dragons. Yes, I said dragons. These massive creatures that resemble either large serpents or lizards with wings, horns, and, usually, some type of blade at the end of the tail, are our time’s airplanes and fighter jets. There was one girl, about 425 years ago or so, who discovered a formula to create dragons, and to think, all she had done was splice genes and mix together different types of DNA. The dragons need only high calorie and protein intakes, and so, we feed them things we know have the highest sources of protein and calories available: Sugar, and large, and fresh cuts of meat. Such a cut of meat would likely be called the ‘Dragon Flank Steak’ not because it’s made of dragon meat, but because it’s a very large cut of meat from a –huge- combination of a pig and a cow. Imagine a cow, 3x bigger in every way than it already is, combined with the fatness and mouthwatering taste of a pig, or as you would call it “The taste of Pork…” sounds good, doesn’t it? It’s especially good to dragons.
Now, back to the descriptions… You got all that in your head, now, imagine this: The Mississippi river, long after your time it was named ‘Snake River’ because of the river’s body being long, winding, and curving like a snake. Ever since the last World War, WWIII, in fact, the river has not once flooded, of course, that may also be because of very little fossil fuels are being used, it’s very unusual for you, to think of such a thing happening, isn’t it? Well, it does happen… the most unusual things we discover often turn out to be the most wonderful things to happen to human society.
Mountains are everywhere, some harboring wild dragons, some hiding other things, much like the Barrok. The Barrok are a race of human-like creatures, that fight for freedom and peace against the tyrannical king that now rules over what was once called Earth, but is now called ‘Thorran.’ Thorran’s continents have, through the process of time, been partially conjoined into a semi-whole single continent called ‘Torragazia.’ A once fierce and beautiful land, but now ruled over by Saule, the tyrannical king that was forementioned.
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NOT DONE!!!!
By: Jessica Beebe
Prologue
Enter Ziggy the Rogue Dragon Rider
Some people say your destiny is already determined for you, and others say you decide your own destiny… and still others believe… other things. I’m one of those people who don’t know what they believe… this is my story… My beginning, my prophecy…
I am Ziggy, your typical all-American reject of a genius. I have an unkempt mass of black hair, black eyes with a dark lining beneath, people think I wear eye-liner, in fact, I do not, I’m tall, around 5’11, and only weigh around 110 pounds. The dark lining under my eyes comes from lack of sleep and two years of being a crack addict. As a result of which, my eyes are forever dilated in their black-like stance.
Oh, and did I mention, I’m rich and famous? Yeah, you solve a couple cases of demon plagues here and there –almost- two cases of a rogue virus that practically ate dragons alive, or so every month that I take on, yeah, I’d say I made a few bucks along the way. As for the title of this chapter, in order to understand, I’d have to tell you a little more about my love life… I’ll tell you this much: she was a pretty blonde with blue eyes, and, after a few months, I caught her with another man… I left that night, not willing to give her another chance. It had been ten years since then, and I’m still alone, and still heartbroken… and, up until now, I had been keeping my mind on the dragon flights, it’s my heartbreak that drives me to succeed as I do. And yet… it also compels me to keep trying with my love life. And, as much as I’d hate to say it… I kind of miss her…
My past, because I had survived it, is both a gift and a curse. And now, I’ll take you away, to a secret place, my sweet escape, my home, my world…
Now, just imagine: North America, 450 years from your time: It isn’t like you’d think, with the flying cars and food pills you just add water to and it immediately turns into a hot meal, or even endless skyscrapers or roads from years long past. Instead, a lush, dense forest, surrounding the entire continent and all its filling. There are five towns left in this place from back in your time, and three new ones: The ones left behind you should recognize… Denver, Colorado; New York City, New York; Washington D.C., Virginia; Detroit, Michigan; and Nome, Alaska. The newer towns you may not recognize the names of: Sique, Rokayn, and Vanjya. Of course, the bigger cities I just mentioned? They have been turned into much smaller villages. Also, people don’t get around in cars, trains, or airplanes, no, we use animals. It’s a steady, dependant source of energy that we don’t need to worry about wasting, so it does very well. The only thing you must worry about with animals is their fuel source: we use a blend of calorie, energy, and protein mixtures for almost all of them, except the dragons. Yes, I said dragons. These massive creatures that resemble either large serpents or lizards with wings, horns, and, usually, some type of blade at the end of the tail, are our time’s airplanes and fighter jets. There was one girl, about 425 years ago or so, who discovered a formula to create dragons, and to think, all she had done was splice genes and mix together different types of DNA. The dragons need only high calorie and protein intakes, and so, we feed them things we know have the highest sources of protein and calories available: Sugar, and large, and fresh cuts of meat. Such a cut of meat would likely be called the ‘Dragon Flank Steak’ not because it’s made of dragon meat, but because it’s a very large cut of meat from a –huge- combination of a pig and a cow. Imagine a cow, 3x bigger in every way than it already is, combined with the fatness and mouthwatering taste of a pig, or as you would call it “The taste of Pork…” sounds good, doesn’t it? It’s especially good to dragons.
Now, back to the descriptions… You got all that in your head, now, imagine this: The Mississippi river, long after your time it was named ‘Snake River’ because of the river’s body being long, winding, and curving like a snake. Ever since the last World War, WWIII, in fact, the river has not once flooded, of course, that may also be because of very little fossil fuels are being used, it’s very unusual for you, to think of such a thing happening, isn’t it? Well, it does happen… the most unusual things we discover often turn out to be the most wonderful things to happen to human society.
Mountains are everywhere, some harboring wild dragons, some hiding other things, much like the Barrok. The Barrok are a race of human-like creatures, that fight for freedom and peace against the tyrannical king that now rules over what was once called Earth, but is now called ‘Thorran.’ Thorran’s continents have, through the process of time, been partially conjoined into a semi-whole single continent called ‘Torragazia.’ A once fierce and beautiful land, but now ruled over by Saule, the tyrannical king that was forementioned.
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NOT DONE!!!!
