Today Ann finishes her visit with Lucy and returns to the ship where her colleagues have also arrived from their adventures. Tom is stricken and we start the tale of his meeting with Wills Haddon.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Four
When we had finished eating, we relaxed and Lucy told me the story of her family. Both of her parents were professors at the University of Kor; her father a professor of physics, and her mother a professor of Korian literature.
Lucy was an only child and had had a very comfortable life as a child. She was a driven student and majored in Biology and Medicine, becoming a medical doctor by the time she was 24 years old. She is single and lives alone with a fat lazy cat named Whiskers. Her apartment is three blocks away from her business office.
Suddenly our dinner was interrupted with a loud noise at the maitre d's' table. We turned around and saw a runner frantically asking for Lucy. The maitre d' brought him over to our table and words came rushing from his mind. "Madam Lucy, the most horrible thing has happened! Thirty students have been captured by Gog's soldiers as they were running cross country."
All of the people in the restaurant got up and came rushing to our table, and everyone at once started talking and asking questions of the runner, but the runner had no more information and did not know the names of the victim's.
"Well, Ann, I have to get back to the office to address this situation. Can you come early in the morning to my office? I'll be there by 7:00 a.m."
Kor ran on a 20 hour day; sixty minutes to the hour. There were 10 months to one year and there were four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.
"Yes, Lucy, I will be there at seven sharp and we can begin to make plans. I should know a lot more when I have talked with my companions and see how they fared."
We hugged each other goodbye, and Lucy was off to her office and I started back to the ship. I was sorry that our meeting had been cut short, but I could see now that the Selves were terrorizing the Emons as well as the Wales.
I walked out of town toward the Lantel River and then I thought of the ship and I was quickly brought there. I was the first one back and I began to prepare a meal for all of us.
Soon Tom straggled in and sat heavily on a chair. His face looked ravished.
"Tom, are you all right? You look haggard."
"Oh, Ann, I have seen so much pain today. I'll wait until we're all together to explain, but I never thought that I'd see such things again!"
Glenna then stepped into the ship and she had a smile and encouragement for Tom. I left them alone and they went to their room to rest.
Then, as I finished making dinner, Ed arrived. His face was drawn and white and I rushed to take him in my arms.
"Oh, Ann, the sites I've seen! I'll wait for details until we all get together, but the poor Wales, they are such good people and I am heartsick at their problems.
An hour later, we sat down around the dining nook and had a meal of macaroni and cheese and a big salad, washed down with ice cold lemonade. As energy forms, we do not need to eat, but enjoy eating and drinking so much that we indulge. Food and liquid is vaporized as soon as we ingest it, and we have no need to use restrooms as we have nothing to eliminate. The food and drink become extra energy for us.
Tom began to tell us of his adventures. His face had deep lines etched into it, and we gave him our total attention.
Tomorrow we set aside time for some poetry and on Monday we return to Tom and his adventures.
THE GOD GAMES: Legend of Kor...Chapter Four
When we had finished eating, we relaxed and Lucy told me the story of her family. Both of her parents were professors at the University of Kor; her father a professor of physics, and her mother a professor of Korian literature.
Lucy was an only child and had had a very comfortable life as a child. She was a driven student and majored in Biology and Medicine, becoming a medical doctor by the time she was 24 years old. She is single and lives alone with a fat lazy cat named Whiskers. Her apartment is three blocks away from her business office.
Suddenly our dinner was interrupted with a loud noise at the maitre d's' table. We turned around and saw a runner frantically asking for Lucy. The maitre d' brought him over to our table and words came rushing from his mind. "Madam Lucy, the most horrible thing has happened! Thirty students have been captured by Gog's soldiers as they were running cross country."
All of the people in the restaurant got up and came rushing to our table, and everyone at once started talking and asking questions of the runner, but the runner had no more information and did not know the names of the victim's.
"Well, Ann, I have to get back to the office to address this situation. Can you come early in the morning to my office? I'll be there by 7:00 a.m."
Kor ran on a 20 hour day; sixty minutes to the hour. There were 10 months to one year and there were four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.
"Yes, Lucy, I will be there at seven sharp and we can begin to make plans. I should know a lot more when I have talked with my companions and see how they fared."
We hugged each other goodbye, and Lucy was off to her office and I started back to the ship. I was sorry that our meeting had been cut short, but I could see now that the Selves were terrorizing the Emons as well as the Wales.
I walked out of town toward the Lantel River and then I thought of the ship and I was quickly brought there. I was the first one back and I began to prepare a meal for all of us.
Soon Tom straggled in and sat heavily on a chair. His face looked ravished.
"Tom, are you all right? You look haggard."
"Oh, Ann, I have seen so much pain today. I'll wait until we're all together to explain, but I never thought that I'd see such things again!"
Glenna then stepped into the ship and she had a smile and encouragement for Tom. I left them alone and they went to their room to rest.
Then, as I finished making dinner, Ed arrived. His face was drawn and white and I rushed to take him in my arms.
"Oh, Ann, the sites I've seen! I'll wait for details until we all get together, but the poor Wales, they are such good people and I am heartsick at their problems.
An hour later, we sat down around the dining nook and had a meal of macaroni and cheese and a big salad, washed down with ice cold lemonade. As energy forms, we do not need to eat, but enjoy eating and drinking so much that we indulge. Food and liquid is vaporized as soon as we ingest it, and we have no need to use restrooms as we have nothing to eliminate. The food and drink become extra energy for us.
Tom began to tell us of his adventures. His face had deep lines etched into it, and we gave him our total attention.
Tomorrow we set aside time for some poetry and on Monday we return to Tom and his adventures.
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