Raine's ABCs of SG-1
Well, here goes the second chapter. Thank you to all who have reviewed the previous chapter. I look forward to more reviews and more fun.
Raine: Yup and this promises to be a fun one
Hey! Don't ruin it for them!
Raine: Awwww…. Why not?
Raine…..
Raine: Shutting up now.
Thank you, Raine.
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B is for Bewilderment
Raine looked around the room in a puzzled manner. Only five minutes ago she had been running from a Kerosian black bear with a temper, but now she was here in a room in what she assumed was an underground facility in another dimension. Having teleported between dimension one too many times, Raine knew the laggy feeling was not caused by a regular teleport. She also knew that she was stuck for the next 2- 3 weeks due to the energy constraints on her ability.
Teleporting was hard. To the casual observer teleporting was easy, but to her it was tiring. Teleporting short distances and to places she knew wasn't all that tiring, but teleporting to other dimensions was a different story. First of all, you had to know where exactly you wanted to go otherwise you ended up someplace completely different. Second, you had to watch how much energy you used to teleport. More energy, less distance and more chances of getting killed if you were on the battlefield and needed to escape. That was the first thing Raine had learned during her experiences with teleporting, or just 'porting for short.
With a sigh, Raine turned her attention to the door. Her left ear twitched as she heard faint footsteps coming her way. The people here were as humanly human as was possible. The first thing the did after she arrived was to lock her in here to make sure that she wasn't dangerous or about to take off running and cause mass mayhem and destruction. It was funny how humans were all alike even in different dimensions.
The door opened and a young man entered. He had brown hair, glasses, and blue eyes that held an almost child-like gleam, and yet held knowledge and wisdom. He smiled politely and took a seat at the table in the room. Raine looked him over as he placed his stuff on the table. He wore a uniform of some type that wasn't from any Earth military she knew. She should know due to the many times of visiting the Earth in her dimension. He was somewhat tall, taller than her as just about everyone else was due to her short height of 3' 4". His slight build told her that he wasn't a warrior, probably a scientist or something.
Turning to face her, the young gave her a cheerful smile," Hi."
"Hi."
"So, do you have a name?"
"Yup."
The young man waited and Raine just stared at him. She was going to play along, sure, but why not have fun with it. See if she couldn't baffle the man into telling her more about what was going on. As it was, the man was trying really hard not to be slightly confused. She knew that when someone asked if you had a name, you were supposed to give it. She, however, was going to have fun.
"Well?"
"Well? That's a bit of a deep subject isn't it?"
Silence reigned as the man tried to comprehend her pun.
"Are you going to tell me your name?"
"Maybe. Are you going to tell me yours?"
"Daniel Jackson."
"Raine Tsuki"
"So, where are you from?"
"Not anywhere on Earth I can tell you that much."
Bafflement crossed Daniel's face at Raine's answer. Mentally, Raine grinned at her small achievement. The questioning continued for the next 2 hours. Each question was met with a not-quite-an-answer answer via Raine. By the time Daniel left, he had only gained a small amount of information and was thoroughly confused at half of what Raine had said.
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Raine's SGC Diary entry #2
Humans are soooo easily confused. You give them one word answers and they expect you to elaborate or something. When you give them the straight answers, they give you a blank look that makes it seem like their brain has fried or something. Like the question about the portal that Daniel asked me about. When he asked me about it I just told him it was a dimensional portal. No elaboration, just plain fact. When he asked me what type of device I used to create said portal, I told him that I hadn't used one and then went on to explain how I used my energy plus the energy I gathered from around me to create the portal. I went into the science of how I did it via the explanation given to me by my mentor, Raiyoko. It was kind of funny to see his face when it started to go blank. When I told him it was rather easy he burst out that by human standards (note the HUMAN) it was impossible. I only replied that nothing was impossible, only improbable. He kind of went silent after that.
Using terms that are familiar to the people on my world also added to the confusion. Then again, using any language other than the ones on earth can confuse a human because they've never heard it before. Terms like krahe, khrahi, lashirna, and lashirne are everyday words in Lashiran vocabulary which mean, in order: Brother, Sister, Female and Male.
Although it's funny to confuse and baffle humans, I know better. I couldn't help it though. It was tempting (especially after finding out that Daniel was a doctor) to see how far I could go before he got too confused and had to leave to go sort things out. I don't blame humans for being confused. Most humans don't have the brain capacity to deal with some of the concepts that Lashirans deal with during their daily lives, especially those of the Lashiran scientists and engineers. Humans are still a very young race with much to learn and very little time to learn it in.
Really, I pity humans sometimes. In Lashiran terms they would still be considered babies due to the fact that my people live for tens of thousands of years. I myself am only 1,000 years old which means I am only about the comparative age of a human 10 year old. Kai is 400 years older than me. I wonder how Kai would act around Daniel. Daniel's smart, but easily baffled by some of the harder concepts like self- teleporting. I bet Kai would treat them as the young children they are, but also with the respect they deserve.
I wonder how Kai is doing…
Raine Tsuki
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A/N: And so ends the second chapter of Raine's story. Sorry if the piece didn't really fit the letter. For any who want to, you may use Raine and any other characters that show up and decide to play. You just have to ask first. I will be posting as I can and as long as I get reviews. Remember: Constructive criticism only please. Flames will be used to make s'mores and cookies. Until next time.