Post by Om on Sept 9, 2024 15:19:00 GMT -5
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Start over.
The waves.
He remembers disappearing into the waves.
Om woke up to the Konatsian sun baring down on him in the Sahra. He lay in a puddle with a sword by his side and a sheath on his back. How he knew what any of those things were or how nonsensical it was for a puddle to be in the desert was beyond him, but he felt he lived many lives on this old planet. The wind that passed over him sang songs, ancient hymns of protection. The air knew his name. He was blessed. A warmth beat in his chest, which brought him great comfort. He could faintly remember a time when that warmth burned him. No more. That time had passed, like all things will. That fact brought a smile to his face. This was a paradise. Its impermanence made it so.
But its time had already come to pass. The pull to go to this Earth place was just too strong. Fragments of a life there came and went. They were rife with melancholy and the greatest joys he'd ever known. And rage. So much anger. What caused that? What was there waiting for him? Did they know the face he wore there? And what the hell was up with this horn coming out of his head? Could he ask these questions without looking to the past that he felt he'd fled from? He wished he could ask the person that he used to be. But that person was long gone now.
Oh well, time to hit the bricks.
Om's space pod touched down rather unceremoniously by the roadside, landing gently and without so much as a bump or a scratch on the dingy little pod. With a hiss and a pop, the pod door opens, and he climbs out. Nothing but sand and craggy rocks for miles. Was he still on Konats? Hopefully not. That'd really blow.
"HELLOOOOO!" He screams into the sky. Why did he expect an answer? He shrugs, instinctually sticks out a thumb, and starts walking by the side of the road, unknowingly attempting to hitch a ride.
His body appeared to know what it was doing, so he might as well go with the flow, right?
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