[Let me start this off by saying "hi" and welcome to a glimpse at the workings of my mind. This story was started three years ago (at the time I was writing this note) and has been worked on sporadically since then. Many improvements have been made in my skill as a writer and the plot, and while the chapters will be sorta short to begin with, they might get a bit longer once I start posting new material, rather than just the older stuff. Sit back and enjoy the show. 8D]
[EDIT as of 9/13/2013: I am doing a lot of small touch ups, for ease of reading mostly, and will /try/ not to make any plot impacting changes)
Flight of the Aries
Prolog
Location: a living room in West Canada...
With the Xbox sound on high, two young boys (men if you asked them), Alex and Bob are just finishing playing a game.
"Man, it's boring." Alex mumbles as he lets out a sigh. Bob yawns and says "Yeah, I wish something would happen." as he puts the controller down and gets up to move around, he looks over to his long time friend surfing the web. "Hey Alex, anything fun happening on Moddb?"
"Nah, even Sensou is being quiet...that worries me, actually." As light fills the room and his eyes droop to half mast and mumbles "Why do I think he has something to do with this?" Any reply from Bob is cut off as they both disappear along with the light.
Location: a bedroom in South Africa...
SoE logs off his computer and picks up his guitar. "Hit my data cap for the month, time to play some music..." The same light fills the room. He looks up and lets out a chuckle, "Looks like he got it to work, took him long enough. Oops, can't forget this!" He manages to reach his pick just as he and the light vanish.
Location: a bedroom in England...
Caine slides into his chair, rubs his hands together, and says "Dust time...or should I do some lag training on halo...hmmm." The light appears. "Come on man! Now?" Grabbing a J20 and waits to beam out... Then starts to reach for his iPod, but is not quick enough. "Hold on just let me get my...!"
Location: a bedroom in East Canada...
As Piper closes a tab in her browser, her face wrinkles in disgust, "Oh no, either he's back or most of Croatia needs therapy..." Her computer flickers as the light starts to fill the room. "WHAT ON EARTH?" she yells, but even if there was anyone there to answer her, she is gone before they would be able to...
Location: a paintball field in Argentina...
With bursts of CO2, paintballs fly past players running in often futile attempts to dodge. A twenty something male, Mularac, leads three of his team mates forward, but the ground around him begins to glow, little spiders of static jump from his clothes to the ground. The game stops as everyone stares at the new star that seems to be growing before them, then Mularac and the glow disappear...
Location: a game room in south east USA...
A florida man, Af is sitting in his chair, playing a game...he takes a drink of soda...looks at his watch, remembers his ramen will be done soon. A few moments later, checks it again, his raman still won't be done for about a minute. "I feel like I am missing out on something..." He shrugs and unpauses his game.