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Eastman, and Mirage Studios. I do not claim to own them and am only writing
a fanfic containing their characters. Any additional characters are
completely original and my own creations.
Futures Unknown
Prologue
One night over twenty years ago, a tanker filled with barrels of plant growth substance was ravaged by the sea while on its destination to Japan. The ship sank somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, when the tanker was going down, several containers of the plant growth were lost due to breeches in the hull. At that same time the pet turtle of the ship's navigator was thrown from its terrarium and through a shattered window. Many of the barrels that were lost also opened and spilled their contents onto the turtle. The baby turtle was brought over to a nearby island due to the violent waves. Two days later it was discovered on shore and it had quadrupled in size. The turtle was brought to a nearby village, where many said that except for the large "irremovable" stone on its back that it very closely resembled the god of their village. It had been prophesied only five months ago that, their god would return reincarnated as a young child to observe his people first hand to determine whether they were worthy of continuing to live. When he was grown if they had not already been destroyed by him then he would become their king.
Present day
Although King Raekana-ka-lik's two year reign as ruler of the North village of Kantara had been successful, there were still many who thought that he should not be king. The most vocal among them was the late King Saurok's son, Taleko. He despised Raekana-ka-lik for stealing what would have been his place on the throne. To try to appease him somewhat, Taleko was put in charge of the village "army"(they had nowhere near enough men to actually be an army), whose sole purpose was to protect the Northerner's from sporadic attacks from the warlike South village forces. However Taleko was not content with his position, he sought absolute power and devised a plan to regain his "rightful" seat on the throne. In a few hours he and all men loyal to him would attack the King, his advisors, and any who openly opposed the attack.
"King Raekana-ka-lik, food has been plentiful, we have a large surplus, our people are healthy, there have not been any serious disputes among them for at least two months, we have not been attacked in over five months and the weather as of late has been fairly calm. There are no issues to address today, this will be another day of leisure for you, sire. You are free to do as you wish, your services are not required today," One of his two advisors informed.
Raekana-ka-lik nodded in response and turned to leave, but stopped at the entrance of the Decisions Hut.
"How many times do I hafta say this? Just call me King Ra or only King! No more long-windedness."
"Our apologies King, forgive us," They replied in unison.
Ra grunted in response and went to his own hut and lay on his grass mat.
"Damn they're still annoying but at least they've improved from last year when they'd always call me the 'Most glorious and cunning god-king Raekana- ka-lik'. Still the whole Raekana-ka-lik thing is just way too long."
At least they did their best to minimize the amount of work he actually had to do because being king was pretty dull. He knew that he was no god, but if he did not keep playing along and pretend to be their god he would probably get kicked out of the village or even killed if Taleko had his way. Ra often wondered what he truly was since he knew he wasn't a god. His name stood for great lizard man, but he looked nothing like any of the lizards on Kantara, in fact he didn't look much like anything else on the island except for maybe a villager when it was very dark. Ra's eyelids grew heavy, he drifted in and out of consciousness, until finally he could not resist sleep any longer.
Futures Unknown
Prologue
One night over twenty years ago, a tanker filled with barrels of plant growth substance was ravaged by the sea while on its destination to Japan. The ship sank somewhere between Japan and Hawaii, when the tanker was going down, several containers of the plant growth were lost due to breeches in the hull. At that same time the pet turtle of the ship's navigator was thrown from its terrarium and through a shattered window. Many of the barrels that were lost also opened and spilled their contents onto the turtle. The baby turtle was brought over to a nearby island due to the violent waves. Two days later it was discovered on shore and it had quadrupled in size. The turtle was brought to a nearby village, where many said that except for the large "irremovable" stone on its back that it very closely resembled the god of their village. It had been prophesied only five months ago that, their god would return reincarnated as a young child to observe his people first hand to determine whether they were worthy of continuing to live. When he was grown if they had not already been destroyed by him then he would become their king.
Present day
Although King Raekana-ka-lik's two year reign as ruler of the North village of Kantara had been successful, there were still many who thought that he should not be king. The most vocal among them was the late King Saurok's son, Taleko. He despised Raekana-ka-lik for stealing what would have been his place on the throne. To try to appease him somewhat, Taleko was put in charge of the village "army"(they had nowhere near enough men to actually be an army), whose sole purpose was to protect the Northerner's from sporadic attacks from the warlike South village forces. However Taleko was not content with his position, he sought absolute power and devised a plan to regain his "rightful" seat on the throne. In a few hours he and all men loyal to him would attack the King, his advisors, and any who openly opposed the attack.
"King Raekana-ka-lik, food has been plentiful, we have a large surplus, our people are healthy, there have not been any serious disputes among them for at least two months, we have not been attacked in over five months and the weather as of late has been fairly calm. There are no issues to address today, this will be another day of leisure for you, sire. You are free to do as you wish, your services are not required today," One of his two advisors informed.
Raekana-ka-lik nodded in response and turned to leave, but stopped at the entrance of the Decisions Hut.
"How many times do I hafta say this? Just call me King Ra or only King! No more long-windedness."
"Our apologies King, forgive us," They replied in unison.
Ra grunted in response and went to his own hut and lay on his grass mat.
"Damn they're still annoying but at least they've improved from last year when they'd always call me the 'Most glorious and cunning god-king Raekana- ka-lik'. Still the whole Raekana-ka-lik thing is just way too long."
At least they did their best to minimize the amount of work he actually had to do because being king was pretty dull. He knew that he was no god, but if he did not keep playing along and pretend to be their god he would probably get kicked out of the village or even killed if Taleko had his way. Ra often wondered what he truly was since he knew he wasn't a god. His name stood for great lizard man, but he looked nothing like any of the lizards on Kantara, in fact he didn't look much like anything else on the island except for maybe a villager when it was very dark. Ra's eyelids grew heavy, he drifted in and out of consciousness, until finally he could not resist sleep any longer.