Morning on Eternia

by Rosepixie

A series of very short stories about characters from Masters of the Universe in the morning. There is very little plot, but it is safe to assume that the stories all take place on the same morning, so small connections may become evident. I have no current plans to expand any of these, but may continue to add more of them over time.

3. Tri-Klops

Tri-Klops rolled over and turned off the buzzing alarm gizmo that sat on the table by his bed. He looked towards the window and sighed. The sun was almost never visible from Snake Mountain. The sky would grow slightly less dark during the day, but it never actually grew light. Some of the denizens of Snake Mountain loved the permanent lack of daylight, but Tri-Klops was not among them.

The engineer sat up on his bed and groaned at the soreness. He twisted his torso this way and that and stretched his arms in different ways trying to work the kinks out of his back and shoulders. He really needed to do something about his bed. It, like most of the furniture in Snake Mountain, was made of stone with only a thin mattress on top, which was far from enough to make it comfortable. He had plans drawn up in his workshop for improvements to his bed, but other projects always seemed to take priority. The pain in his back and shoulders was making a strong case for getting it done sooner, though.

Tri-Klops was climbing to his feet when another small metal device on his bedside table began beeping insistently. He picked up his visor and slipped it on over his head, then scooped up the beeping device and strode quickly out of the room.

A few doors down the hallway was Tri-Klops' lab. When he walked in he took a quick look around. Once he was reasonably certain that no one had been in the room since he had last left it, he made his way over to a small viewscreen mounted on a tripod.

The engineer played with the controls for a minute and an image came up on the screen. There was no sound, but he had a clear image of a muscular man and a lithe, red-haired woman walking beside a large green tiger. He peered at the handheld unit to see where the unit taking the video was.

Disappointed to see that the spy unit was just outside the Eternian Palace, he turned off the screen. The unit would continue to record everything and he could watch it later. Maybe it would bring back something worthwhile, but he didn't need to monitor it for that.

Tri-Klops headed back to his bedroom to finish getting ready for the day. He could come back and get to work once he was dressed.