"I needed to make him reevaluate his priorities" Dylan continued. "By
threatening to kick him off, I got Harper to realize that the nebula
aliens' interests were not that important."
"It was a good plan" HoloAndromeda said. "But I have doubts about Harper as a peace broker"
"He'll manage, with my help" Dylan answered simply.
Two hours after his talk with Dylan, Harper, despite thinking that the nebula aliens would not talk to him out of anger, found himself in the 'white room'.
"Hey guys" he said nervously, " Sorry that my talk with Dylan did not work out"
"The Harper lacks faith" the Tyr prophet said "but we can improve on that"
"Okaaay"
"So, what do you guys wanna do about the peace talks?"
"The Harper will know soon enough" the Dylan prophet answered. "For now, we need you to find something for us"
"What?"
"You must go to Korkavor Drift." The Trance prophet said.
"How far is that?"
"It's as far as the distance from there to the Andromeda"
"That's a lot of help."
"Go there, and the vision of what you must seek will come"
"and why do you need to find this thing?"
"The Harper will know when the time is right"
"Come on guys, I'm the one who has to bust his butt to find this thing"
"You are not ready to know yet"
"Gimme a break"
"Trust us."
"I do, for the most part, but I don't have blind faith."
"We are aware of the Harper's lack of faith" The Trance prophet said.
"and so you see my point"
"The object must be found, before someone else finds it" It was the Dylan prophet's turn.
"But Dylan threatened to kick me off the crew."
"He was bluffing" the Tyr prophet said.
"What? Damn, I shoulda known. Fine, I'll go, but if I find myself at the drift, with no visions on what to find, I'm gonna be mighty pissed"
"We are also aware of the Harper's lack of patience" remarked the Beka prophet.
So, Harper quickly packed, and went off on the Maru when most everyone was asleep.
Fortunately for him, Korkavor Drift was one of the nearest spots to the Andromeda.
Once there, Harper got a vision, of an abandoned building and its location. So, there he went. He spent, with a scanner, of lot of time searching every nook and cranny of the building, and even camped out there, only leaving to eat. During the second day, however, he ran into Dylan, Beka, and Rommie after he had gotten to eat dinner.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Beka asked angrily. "We were worried!"
"I'm here to find something."
"What?"
"Something that the nebula aliens wanted me to find"
Beka, Dylan, and Rommie just looked at each other.
"They say that it's important that I find it before someone else does"
"Where have you been?" Dylan asked
"At an abandoned building."
"What are you looking for?"
"I don't know yet"
"So, you came all the way here to search for something, and you don't know what it is?" Dylan was flabbergasted and worried, as well as Beka and Rommie.
"Harper, don't you think that you maybe getting a little obsessed?"
"No!"
They could not help but noticed how tired Harper looked.
"Maybe it's time for you to go back to the ship and rest"
"No freakin way"
"This isn't a debate." Dylan said firmly
"This is my decision. I need to do this! Why doesn't anyone listen. I know! Cause I'm just the young immature one. You guys don't respect me." He was getting a bit upset.
"We do" Dylan said,
"Then prove it by helping me find this thing"
"Fine, we'll help you, but the moment we find it, you will go to your quarters to get some rest, understood?" Dylan replied, finding yet again that he had to indulge Harper's odd whims.
"Okay, whatever. Let's go!"
So, they all went with him to the abandoned building.
"This structure is quite dirty. It could make you sick" Rommie remarked.
"Sick, schmick, I gotta find this stuff."
Suddenly, he got a vision of the artifact, it was in the shape of a cylinder, and had many shapes of purple on it. Also, it had a hole covered by a gold door. What lay inside the hole was hidden from Harper.
"Harper?" Dylan asked
"I'm fine. I just got another vision from the nebula aliens, on what it looks like!"
"How does it look like?" Beka asked.
"It's a purple cylinder, with a gold door"
"What's it made from?"
"I don't know, the visions wouldn't say"
"I see" Dylan was getting puzzled.
"See, sometimes the nebula aliens give me visions"
"Oh" Rommie commented with a puzzled face.
So, they search for hours, until, Harper got yet another vision, that pinpointed the exact location, under some floor boards.
With everyone pitching in, they were able to get it out. To everyone's surprise, the object was a mere 45 centimeters long, and the gold door would not open.
"Thanks for helping me"
"So, what are you going to do with it?" Beka asked.
"I'll see what the Nebula aliens want me to do"
"Fine" Dylan, without Harper knowing, gave Beka and Rommie a concerned look.
After they got back on the ship, Dylan and Beka got Harper to go rest for two days. During that time, Harper tried to open the little gold door, without much success. Scanning did not help him much in terms of figuring out what the object was made of. As he was about to go to bed, he found himself in that white room.
"The Harper got the artifact" it was the Trance prophet.
"Yep. What does it do? Does it have powers?"
"The Harper will know when it is time." the Dylan prophet replied.
"Gimme a break. I'm getting just a little tired of your being secretive. I need to know"
"You are not ready. The Harper should be more patient." The Trance prophet appeared again.
"The Harper is tired of being patient"
" We need the Harper to help us with stopping the alliance." The Beka prophet was the one talking now.
"How?" he asked "Dylan is not gonna listen to me."
"You must find a way" prophet B /Beka said.
"Thanks a lot!" he answered sarcastically. "Look, there is more chance of Dylan dying his hair aqua marine than of his deciding not to encourage the peace between the two races."
Harper, then found himself at his quarters again.
"Great" he thought. "Why can't they ask me to do something easy?"
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"It was a good plan" HoloAndromeda said. "But I have doubts about Harper as a peace broker"
"He'll manage, with my help" Dylan answered simply.
Two hours after his talk with Dylan, Harper, despite thinking that the nebula aliens would not talk to him out of anger, found himself in the 'white room'.
"Hey guys" he said nervously, " Sorry that my talk with Dylan did not work out"
"The Harper lacks faith" the Tyr prophet said "but we can improve on that"
"Okaaay"
"So, what do you guys wanna do about the peace talks?"
"The Harper will know soon enough" the Dylan prophet answered. "For now, we need you to find something for us"
"What?"
"You must go to Korkavor Drift." The Trance prophet said.
"How far is that?"
"It's as far as the distance from there to the Andromeda"
"That's a lot of help."
"Go there, and the vision of what you must seek will come"
"and why do you need to find this thing?"
"The Harper will know when the time is right"
"Come on guys, I'm the one who has to bust his butt to find this thing"
"You are not ready to know yet"
"Gimme a break"
"Trust us."
"I do, for the most part, but I don't have blind faith."
"We are aware of the Harper's lack of faith" The Trance prophet said.
"and so you see my point"
"The object must be found, before someone else finds it" It was the Dylan prophet's turn.
"But Dylan threatened to kick me off the crew."
"He was bluffing" the Tyr prophet said.
"What? Damn, I shoulda known. Fine, I'll go, but if I find myself at the drift, with no visions on what to find, I'm gonna be mighty pissed"
"We are also aware of the Harper's lack of patience" remarked the Beka prophet.
So, Harper quickly packed, and went off on the Maru when most everyone was asleep.
Fortunately for him, Korkavor Drift was one of the nearest spots to the Andromeda.
Once there, Harper got a vision, of an abandoned building and its location. So, there he went. He spent, with a scanner, of lot of time searching every nook and cranny of the building, and even camped out there, only leaving to eat. During the second day, however, he ran into Dylan, Beka, and Rommie after he had gotten to eat dinner.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Beka asked angrily. "We were worried!"
"I'm here to find something."
"What?"
"Something that the nebula aliens wanted me to find"
Beka, Dylan, and Rommie just looked at each other.
"They say that it's important that I find it before someone else does"
"Where have you been?" Dylan asked
"At an abandoned building."
"What are you looking for?"
"I don't know yet"
"So, you came all the way here to search for something, and you don't know what it is?" Dylan was flabbergasted and worried, as well as Beka and Rommie.
"Harper, don't you think that you maybe getting a little obsessed?"
"No!"
They could not help but noticed how tired Harper looked.
"Maybe it's time for you to go back to the ship and rest"
"No freakin way"
"This isn't a debate." Dylan said firmly
"This is my decision. I need to do this! Why doesn't anyone listen. I know! Cause I'm just the young immature one. You guys don't respect me." He was getting a bit upset.
"We do" Dylan said,
"Then prove it by helping me find this thing"
"Fine, we'll help you, but the moment we find it, you will go to your quarters to get some rest, understood?" Dylan replied, finding yet again that he had to indulge Harper's odd whims.
"Okay, whatever. Let's go!"
So, they all went with him to the abandoned building.
"This structure is quite dirty. It could make you sick" Rommie remarked.
"Sick, schmick, I gotta find this stuff."
Suddenly, he got a vision of the artifact, it was in the shape of a cylinder, and had many shapes of purple on it. Also, it had a hole covered by a gold door. What lay inside the hole was hidden from Harper.
"Harper?" Dylan asked
"I'm fine. I just got another vision from the nebula aliens, on what it looks like!"
"How does it look like?" Beka asked.
"It's a purple cylinder, with a gold door"
"What's it made from?"
"I don't know, the visions wouldn't say"
"I see" Dylan was getting puzzled.
"See, sometimes the nebula aliens give me visions"
"Oh" Rommie commented with a puzzled face.
So, they search for hours, until, Harper got yet another vision, that pinpointed the exact location, under some floor boards.
With everyone pitching in, they were able to get it out. To everyone's surprise, the object was a mere 45 centimeters long, and the gold door would not open.
"Thanks for helping me"
"So, what are you going to do with it?" Beka asked.
"I'll see what the Nebula aliens want me to do"
"Fine" Dylan, without Harper knowing, gave Beka and Rommie a concerned look.
After they got back on the ship, Dylan and Beka got Harper to go rest for two days. During that time, Harper tried to open the little gold door, without much success. Scanning did not help him much in terms of figuring out what the object was made of. As he was about to go to bed, he found himself in that white room.
"The Harper got the artifact" it was the Trance prophet.
"Yep. What does it do? Does it have powers?"
"The Harper will know when it is time." the Dylan prophet replied.
"Gimme a break. I'm getting just a little tired of your being secretive. I need to know"
"You are not ready. The Harper should be more patient." The Trance prophet appeared again.
"The Harper is tired of being patient"
" We need the Harper to help us with stopping the alliance." The Beka prophet was the one talking now.
"How?" he asked "Dylan is not gonna listen to me."
"You must find a way" prophet B /Beka said.
"Thanks a lot!" he answered sarcastically. "Look, there is more chance of Dylan dying his hair aqua marine than of his deciding not to encourage the peace between the two races."
Harper, then found himself at his quarters again.
"Great" he thought. "Why can't they ask me to do something easy?"
TBC