So, Harper was bed bound for about a week, when he was given the okay to be
on light duty, meaning that he only worked part time. However, the morning,
after his med bay release when he wanted to get into the machine shop,
where the device was, he found it locked.
"What??"
He tried to hack into it, but he couldn't.
"Why is this thing locked?"
"Dylan's orders" answered Andromeda the hologram.
"Dylan!!" Harper yelled into the comm. "What's the big idea?"
"The device was jeopardizing your health, Harper. I had to lock it up."
"What? You had no right!"
"I do on my ship. Like I've said before, your immune system, sucks, Harper, and could only take so much overwork. I will have it locked up when you can prove to me that you are healthy enough and won't become obsessed."
"You're just saying that because this project is not for you!"
"No I'm not"
"But I promised the nebula aliens!"
"I'm sorry, Harper this is for your own good"
"Look, boss, I decided what's for my own good. I survived a hell of a long time on Earth without you're butting in."
During the wee hours, Harper tried to hack into it, but the Maria bots escorted him back to his quarters.
Frustrated, he starting to talk to the Nebula aliens, as he paced around
"Come on guys! How about some help here? A visit would be good just about now, or maybe some visions?" he was annoyed at the whole situation.
"Whoa!" he thought to himself. "Here I am actually, WANTING to have visions and visits to the white room. This is too weird."
A few hours later, Dylan came in.
"I just wanted to see how you were."
"I'm fine, but wishing I could work with my machine."
"Look Harper, I was just concerned, okay?"
"Yeah whatever"
Suddenly, Harper got his wish regarding visitors.
"The Harper must discover origin or artifact.
"You mean the cylinder shaped thing?"
"Correct"
"Sure, how?"
"Look under Tibboh Civilization"
"Will do."
Soon, Harper was back in his quarters with a sighing Dylan.
"They visited you, didn't they?"
"Yeah. I need to do some research for them."
So, Harper started on his research.
At first, he did not find much, but then he started to study the rituals of the so-called Sorceresses, and he found that the cylinder he had was something they used. For what? Most of the guesses were based on hearsay.
Then, another vision started…
He was some sort of young nobleman, who was just about to ride some sort of weird creature, with ridges on its chin, and cheeks, stripes on its forehead, and eyes of a purple color. Suddenly, he feels a woman's kiss. She is wearing a black robe, and has dark green eyes.
"Ready?"
"For what?" Harper felt weird being in this situation.
"Oh I see. You're being coy, now? Fine."
"Just follow me and you'll see."
"Then went into a hidden area of the forest, when Harper realized what was about to happened. As much as he wanted to, he felt funny as he knew that he was actually in someone's else's body, and technically would be 'having his cosmic connection' with someone else's girl. He tried to say that he was tired, but she did not take no for an answer."
Afterwards, they just lay together, when she asked.
"Are you coming with me?"
"For what?"
"To find the great Beacon of the Sorceress Oreva?"
"You mean the cylinder thing?"
"It's not just a cylinder, but a great thing of power"
"How much?"
"More than you can ever imagine."
"Where is it at?"
"Somewhere over the rainbow"
"Haha"
"In the hills of Elrond."
"I see. Gotta map?"
"Yes, but we will look at it later.. For now…" Before she could finish Harper was back where he was.
"Man that was one weird vision!" Harper thought to himself. Two minutes later, HoloAndromeda appeared and told him of something he had to fix, which he did.
A few hours later, the vision continued.
He and Nica, the girlfriend of the person he was playing started their journey. They walked and walked and walked, something Harper was not used to doing, even though he had to do a lot of it on the Andromeda, as there he did it in relative short spurts, and he didn't have to deal with hot weather, or other inconveniences.
"When are we going to have lunch?" he asked.
"Soon."
Finally after an hour they stopped. Harper eagerly looked as she unpacked the food, but was disappointed to find rather odd stuff.
"Why the face? Isn't Esadan grass bread your favorite?"
"It used to be... but…" Harper tried to think of something…. "I overate one day"
"I understand" she answered. "Same with the Goal salad?" It consisted of seaweed-like stuff smothered with an odd puke green sauce and with some red things.
"Uh.. yeah"
"However, he did the best he could and tried to eat most of the other stuff."
Later, they ran into a dragon. Harper was very surprised, as he had read about them, but had never seen one.
" I am the Dragon everyone called Roborm. I shall make you both my slaves, as I am in need of some."
"Man this visions sucks!" Harper thought to himself.
Both of them tried to run to safety, but they were caught by the dragon.
Suddenly, Harper was back at the mess hall, where he had been when the vision started. His food was cold, so he went to warm it up. Just as he was about to eat it, he found himself in the white room.
"The Harper must learn from his recent vision." It was the Trance prophet talking
"I did. I learned that if I ever go on a quest, I gotta check to see if there are any dragons to worry about, so I won't be captured by one of them."
"That is not the lesson we want the Harper to learn" now it was the Dylan prophet's turn.
"Ya think?" Harper was being ironic.
"The Harper must continue his research, and stop the peace talks."
"Here we go again. Can't you guys do anything?"
"The Harper knows that we cannot" the Beka prophet took a turn. "You must find one of his kind to help you on your quest"
"Wha..? Wait a minute…I have duties here and don't you guys want me to stop those peace talks? Make up your minds!!" Harper was both surprised and annoyed by the possibility of having to go on yet another quest, for something that did not exist.
" The Peace talks won't happen until you are ready for them to happen." The Trance prophet returned.
"But dragons don't exist"
"They do" prophet/Trance said.
Harper just rolled his eyes.
"Where is this so-called dragon? I'm just curious"
"We will tell you soon" prophet/Dylan answered
"That's a lot of help"
Then, Harper was back at the mess hall, where he got fresh food, and ate it fast, as he was rather afraid that he would get another vision. However, he did not.
"What??"
He tried to hack into it, but he couldn't.
"Why is this thing locked?"
"Dylan's orders" answered Andromeda the hologram.
"Dylan!!" Harper yelled into the comm. "What's the big idea?"
"The device was jeopardizing your health, Harper. I had to lock it up."
"What? You had no right!"
"I do on my ship. Like I've said before, your immune system, sucks, Harper, and could only take so much overwork. I will have it locked up when you can prove to me that you are healthy enough and won't become obsessed."
"You're just saying that because this project is not for you!"
"No I'm not"
"But I promised the nebula aliens!"
"I'm sorry, Harper this is for your own good"
"Look, boss, I decided what's for my own good. I survived a hell of a long time on Earth without you're butting in."
During the wee hours, Harper tried to hack into it, but the Maria bots escorted him back to his quarters.
Frustrated, he starting to talk to the Nebula aliens, as he paced around
"Come on guys! How about some help here? A visit would be good just about now, or maybe some visions?" he was annoyed at the whole situation.
"Whoa!" he thought to himself. "Here I am actually, WANTING to have visions and visits to the white room. This is too weird."
A few hours later, Dylan came in.
"I just wanted to see how you were."
"I'm fine, but wishing I could work with my machine."
"Look Harper, I was just concerned, okay?"
"Yeah whatever"
Suddenly, Harper got his wish regarding visitors.
"The Harper must discover origin or artifact.
"You mean the cylinder shaped thing?"
"Correct"
"Sure, how?"
"Look under Tibboh Civilization"
"Will do."
Soon, Harper was back in his quarters with a sighing Dylan.
"They visited you, didn't they?"
"Yeah. I need to do some research for them."
So, Harper started on his research.
At first, he did not find much, but then he started to study the rituals of the so-called Sorceresses, and he found that the cylinder he had was something they used. For what? Most of the guesses were based on hearsay.
Then, another vision started…
He was some sort of young nobleman, who was just about to ride some sort of weird creature, with ridges on its chin, and cheeks, stripes on its forehead, and eyes of a purple color. Suddenly, he feels a woman's kiss. She is wearing a black robe, and has dark green eyes.
"Ready?"
"For what?" Harper felt weird being in this situation.
"Oh I see. You're being coy, now? Fine."
"Just follow me and you'll see."
"Then went into a hidden area of the forest, when Harper realized what was about to happened. As much as he wanted to, he felt funny as he knew that he was actually in someone's else's body, and technically would be 'having his cosmic connection' with someone else's girl. He tried to say that he was tired, but she did not take no for an answer."
Afterwards, they just lay together, when she asked.
"Are you coming with me?"
"For what?"
"To find the great Beacon of the Sorceress Oreva?"
"You mean the cylinder thing?"
"It's not just a cylinder, but a great thing of power"
"How much?"
"More than you can ever imagine."
"Where is it at?"
"Somewhere over the rainbow"
"Haha"
"In the hills of Elrond."
"I see. Gotta map?"
"Yes, but we will look at it later.. For now…" Before she could finish Harper was back where he was.
"Man that was one weird vision!" Harper thought to himself. Two minutes later, HoloAndromeda appeared and told him of something he had to fix, which he did.
A few hours later, the vision continued.
He and Nica, the girlfriend of the person he was playing started their journey. They walked and walked and walked, something Harper was not used to doing, even though he had to do a lot of it on the Andromeda, as there he did it in relative short spurts, and he didn't have to deal with hot weather, or other inconveniences.
"When are we going to have lunch?" he asked.
"Soon."
Finally after an hour they stopped. Harper eagerly looked as she unpacked the food, but was disappointed to find rather odd stuff.
"Why the face? Isn't Esadan grass bread your favorite?"
"It used to be... but…" Harper tried to think of something…. "I overate one day"
"I understand" she answered. "Same with the Goal salad?" It consisted of seaweed-like stuff smothered with an odd puke green sauce and with some red things.
"Uh.. yeah"
"However, he did the best he could and tried to eat most of the other stuff."
Later, they ran into a dragon. Harper was very surprised, as he had read about them, but had never seen one.
" I am the Dragon everyone called Roborm. I shall make you both my slaves, as I am in need of some."
"Man this visions sucks!" Harper thought to himself.
Both of them tried to run to safety, but they were caught by the dragon.
Suddenly, Harper was back at the mess hall, where he had been when the vision started. His food was cold, so he went to warm it up. Just as he was about to eat it, he found himself in the white room.
"The Harper must learn from his recent vision." It was the Trance prophet talking
"I did. I learned that if I ever go on a quest, I gotta check to see if there are any dragons to worry about, so I won't be captured by one of them."
"That is not the lesson we want the Harper to learn" now it was the Dylan prophet's turn.
"Ya think?" Harper was being ironic.
"The Harper must continue his research, and stop the peace talks."
"Here we go again. Can't you guys do anything?"
"The Harper knows that we cannot" the Beka prophet took a turn. "You must find one of his kind to help you on your quest"
"Wha..? Wait a minute…I have duties here and don't you guys want me to stop those peace talks? Make up your minds!!" Harper was both surprised and annoyed by the possibility of having to go on yet another quest, for something that did not exist.
" The Peace talks won't happen until you are ready for them to happen." The Trance prophet returned.
"But dragons don't exist"
"They do" prophet/Trance said.
Harper just rolled his eyes.
"Where is this so-called dragon? I'm just curious"
"We will tell you soon" prophet/Dylan answered
"That's a lot of help"
Then, Harper was back at the mess hall, where he got fresh food, and ate it fast, as he was rather afraid that he would get another vision. However, he did not.