Prologue
Aviaries and PipLon
Okay, where should I start? Maybe I can start by telling you the premiere of my adventure before I get myself to do what I need to do next… and with these birds around me.
First and the foremost, I need to tell you about Aviaries and PipLon. What is an Aviary? You probably already guess about that, it's the place where birds live in a cage- or more likely a massive cage. But bear with me that the place where I exist is somewhat unique, because my world already over – literally. Now I was among one of the many birds that lucky enough to be included inside this shelter while the world out there blasted into debris, a tale usually the Overseer told us since we were chicks; it gave me nightmares so often after…
I mean- think about it, when someone told you that you will spend basically your entire time inside a cage… well… that's very depressing. I did read some history book about the "accident" that happened in the past, the one that eradicated the life form on Terra. The reason why we need to feel so blessed to be preserved inside this Aviary…
Aviary is basically a heaven for birds, while there is a brim like walls and ceilings, at least I don't have to experience whatever things happening on the landscape out there.
To be honest, and quite frankly, I really want to go out there and see by my own eyes about the truth that scribbled in the book, but aside from regulation to prohibit anybird going outside the Aviary, I don't know if that massive gear-shaped door can even swung open, because mainly it never been opened.
Now to the fun part, the PipLon; this is basically the most useful thing you come across in the world. It has a feature to constantly check your health, helping you with maps, a radiation counter (even in here it will always stay on the green), a radio broadcast, assisting in repair and creating tools easily in a talontap.
My favorite features however was the E.Y.A.C (Eagle Eyes Awareness Compass) and the A.A.T.S (Av-Tec Automated Targeting System); basically E.Y.A.C will help you to determine if the enemy is hostile or not with a mark of red and white, allowing you to avoid misjudgment while also keep constant track on the enemies; And the A.T.A.S? It aids you in some fight for a brief moment, but not always been effective I'll say.
It is purely science and technology from the Av-tec, and when Av-tec built something, they built it to last. You won't ever believe how sturdy this thing is; you can probably set it ablaze on fire and find out that it would still work just fine.
PipLon was issued by the Overseer… well, basically when you finally could spurt your "juice" and having a mate, you earned a place inside the Aviary (weird rules I know). Let me get clear about this, even with my C.A.T (Comprehensibility Aptitude Test) showed me that I could be the next Overseer, I won't get any more further without a mate… it irked me a lot on how this Aviary worked…
Have I told you that I am a spix macaw? No? Okay well, now you know that I am a spix macaw, the last of my kin in the Aviary, and it sucks… a lot.
The Overseer was pity when she realized that I wouldn't find a mate and gave me a consolation, the PipLon even before I reach maturity – biologically speaking. She told me perhaps I could do some hybridize with other species perhaps, but no… I mean I don't like the idea of that, it felt like I was forced to have a chick when I didn't want to, and thankfully she left me alone. The rules of the Aviary 31, in fact, also forbade hybrids, for some reason I don't quite understand even until now.
Well, that's make me quite shunned, I mean when you are the last species of a certain kin, others will look at you like a queer clown… gah.
And that's also the reason my youth filled with troubles, I mean I did learn the art of lock picking with bobby pin and a screwdriver, hacking terminals from the Overseer and other inhabitants, repairing things… it didn't get me anywhere… except more troubles…
So instead, I spent my time examined the PipLon, uncovering the basis of its creation, while lazily did nothing when I got bored. You might be surprised when I told you how birds in the Aviary saw how the miraculous device as something so common… so pedestrian, I mean- remember all the things it could do? Most of them just using it to listen to the broadcast of Aviary 31, which in my opinion had a very low taste in music; albeit I know it was probably the only sanity's anchor they had from the confined space.
So yeah, my life is complete with miseries… not to self-pity but sometimes it's just a reality; the fact that I never knew both my parents, and the depressing pressure when I registered that I would likely to spend my entire life alone in this dull grey place… it started to eat me out…
Perhaps I already took my time so much for this, and just started the story already… am I missing anything? Oh right! My name is Fralxen, pleased to mettcha. Here is my story…
