Matt awoke on the floor of a plain undecorated white room, staring up at a white ceiling. He'd been dressed in a simple white tunic and pants, something clamped to his ears like earrings.
Did I die? Matt wondered as he stared at the venetian blinds. Is this heaven?
The room held a white box spring bed, a sink, and an Abreya shower box, all stripped bare of anything hazardous, like prison furnishings. Only one exit, and it didn't open from the inside.
No, probably hell.
Rubbing his head, Matt noticed that his bandages had been removed. It seemed his injuries healed.
He gazed into a mirror and found that his new jewelry resembled livestock tags, a triangle and a circle with bold Wava symbols engraved on their surfaces. Wonderful. I'm a contest calf.
"They caught me."
On the bed Matt found a pair of rectangular objects, a tattered spiral bound attempt at a dictionary, and a black book with a cross on the cover. He wept.
A familiar voice called his name. Matt searched around until he found an intercom. He fumbled with the mechanism. "Quana?"
"Yes, Matt. It's me."
Tears flowed down his face. "It's good to hear someone speaking English for once."
"It's good to hear from you too." Matt thought he could hear her smiling. "Listen...I want to be here as much as I can. But, you know...The wedding. That stupid, horrible wedding. I have to go through with it...and...the things that happen afterwards." She shuddered audibly. "But I'll visit you every chance I can get, all right?"
"Okay." Matt gave a weak smile. "I understand." He swallowed. "Did...you tell Nabal about your vows?"
"Um, I'm...under the Ceju Gousan now. The new...covenant. So technically, I..."
Matt frowned. "Oh."
"I tried to say I was anyway, but they didn't care...Well, anyway, like you said, `Captive audience.'"
Voices murmured in the background.
Quana chuckled softly. "You have some friends here."
"Dusaq," said a monotone voice.
"Dista?"
"Guep, hinupu taboloco."
Matt scowled at the box. He couldn't help wondering if the jealous female had somehow been responsible for his imprisonment.
She told me to run, he thought. She got shot.
Matt sighed and shook his head.
"Why did you shake your head?"
"How did you even see that?"
"There's a camera in your room."
"Sorry. It's...nothing. I'm just...tired."
Dista seemed to accept that.
"Where is this...camera you're talking about?"
"It's really hard to see. It's designed to look like a small flying insect."
"Can you fly it to me so I can grab it?"
"Yok. I don't have the controls."
Matt opened the blinds, staring through a glass window. It reminded him of an observation booth at a monkey house in a zoo.
His friends smiled at him from a large white room furnished with plant chairs, signs, and moving posters depicting the things of earth. A group of strangers in fancy clothing pressed in around them, pointing small flashing sticks at the window as they laughed and muttered to one another, seeming to resent the monks' presence, while a couple bored looking guards in togas watched from a doorway.
Matt waved his bible at Quana. "I only got half my order."
"I'm here, aren't I?"
"Yeah, but..."
Quana placed a hand on the glass. "I'm sorry, Matt. This is as close as I'm allowed to get. You're a zoological specimen now. I'll try to visit you as much as I can."
"How are you going to translate the bible now?"
"I had bibles in the ship."
"Oh. Right." Matt tried to remove his ear tags, but discovered his earlobes would come off easier. "What time is it?"
"It's morning, but...uh, you slept three days."
"What!"
"You were unconscious a long time. Counting the day they nujvacked you, you've been out nearly eighty four hours."
"How did I get here?"
"The...Didronal, the males in purple suits brought you here in a ship." She sighed. "Mom always wanted to cage you. It wouldn't have mattered what I did."
Matt looked away.
"Since you're not doing anything else, maybe we can work on translating the bible into Wava?"
He rolled his eyes. To him, it felt like Quana had this plan all along. "Fine."
"Loex. In a few days, it will finish parsing and we can proofread."
Matt slumped down on the bed. "So...this is a zoo."
"Actually, it's just a holding area. They're keeping you here until they figure out whether to put you in a lab or an exhibit."
"Quana!" Matt's voice choked with emotion. "You told me there would be no experiments. No zoo!"
She sighed, pressing her forehead against the glass. "I'm sorry, Matt. I was...so desperate for answers that...I lied a little. I didn't know this was going to happen."
You lied! he thought. Well, serves me right for believing you. "So what's next? Are they going to cut me open like a frog?"
"That kind of thing is outdated. You're of more value alive, so they'll probably use laser surgery and minimally invasive procedures."
Probably, Matt thought bitterly. How can I trust anything you say?...Guess it makes no difference anymore. "I suppose I should count my blessings."
"You would have gotten caught either way. They found me only a few miles down from the Takofuea."
"I don't know about that. It kind of makes me wonder if there was a traitor in our midst."
Quana shrugged.
Matt stared at her with a dismal, stony expression.
"Matt, are we still friends?"
Swallowing, he said, "Guep."
Wordlessly, she again laid her hand against the window, gazing forlornly into his eyes.
Matt pressed his palm to the glass, wishing he could reach through the pane and wipe away the tears streaking down her face.
"How thick is this thing?"
"Don't. You can set off explosives next to these and the wall will go first."
He let his hand drop, staring glumly at the floor.
"Maybe a worship service will make you feel better."
And so they had a praise and prayer session, sharing beloved hymns from both planets.
Quana checked her communicator. "Nalah! They've finished translating the bible!"
Matt stared. "Already?"
"Guep!" Giddy with excitement, she showed the communicator to her flock. "Now we can start proofreading!"
With a shrug, Matt opened his bible and Wava dictionary, and their group spent several hours weighing the Wava translation against the English bible, altering and weeding out any errors or contradictions they found. Though constantly itching and suffering from shooting pains in the backside, Matt kept focused on the task, analyzing each sentence and verse for consistency in meaning and appropriateness of context, having many deep debates with everyone about word usage and structure.
At about the middle of the day, someone slid a tray of Muloyi through a slot in the door. Matt continued working while he ate.
When supper time arrived, the door opened, but it only resulted in a group of males in rubber outfits manhandling Matt like a cocker spaniel, checking everything from his blood pressure to his prostate. When they left, they locked the door so he couldn't escape.
After this, Matt watched his friends feast on strange looking food while he ate Muloyi and a slice of Zux Leem someone had included on his tray. He'd finished proofreading Matthew's gospel and started on Mark before he found himself nodding off. They decided to quit for the day.
Once he'd had a long rest, Matt awoke to find new patches of hair cropping up all over his body, and a large lump sticking out of his tail bone. "Great. I'm turning into some kind of mutant." After a few miserable attempts at sitting, Matt gave it up, spending a great deal of time on his feet or lying on his side or stomach.
Matt's friends had stayed the night, save for the princess and her servant, of course. When Matt asked about it, they said the two would be along eventually.
Matt paced back and forth, searching in vain for loose panels and structural faults, some way of escape. Finding none, he settled for playing with a Rubik's Cube-like `child's toy' he'd found in the cell, making it spray out fragrances and vibrate, turning panels like a screw, lighting lights and making noises of various sorts.
After breakfast, Dista entered the observation room, clad in a black polka dot outfit that looked like half a kimono and a table skirt, a cluster of oversized spider legs reaching up around the neck. When Matt asked her about the fancy outfit, she appeared to fight back a slight smirk. "You like it?"
Matt swallowed. "I guess it's all right. What's it for?"
She sighed and looked away.
About a half hour later, Quana got walked in by a pair of guards. She also wore a strange outfit, a rubbery black thing with a top like a winged life preserver, candy striped red and black loincloth down below, lime green wraparound with holes like Swiss cheese providing some semblance of modesty. A large wooden cross on a chain hung prominently around her neck.
She gave Matt a sheepish grin. "Hi."
"Wow." Matt really liked what he saw, jealously wishing it to be for his wedding. He could only manage, "Nice outfit."
"Thanks...You can probably figure out what's happening. I asked mom if you could preside over the wedding, but she said no, even when I suggested we hold the ceremony here."
They gazed sadly into each other's eyes, each seeming to sense each other's sadness.
"It's good to see you mabby again," said Quana. "Did you know you slept through another whole day?"
Matt frowned. "I must be getting some kind of jet lag. If I don't get out of here in a couple days, people back home are going to send the cops out to look for me."
"It can't be helped, Matt. I can't do anything else. The best you can do is call them."
"I'm running out of good lies, Quana."
"I don't know what to tell you. You want to tell them you'll be gone another month?"
Matt shook his head. "Okay. Whatever."
Someone passed the communicator through the slot, and he called his mother.
"Hello?" said Camille.
Matt sighed, not knowing what to say next.
"Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Keith tells me might not be able to complete your classes because you've been gone too long."
"Sorry, mom. Something came up. I thought I could go do this mission thing and come back in two weeks, but it's taking a lot longer. I'm not even done yet."
"Dear, what have they got you doing?"
Matt stared at the monitor. Her phone didn't have a video screen, so he only saw a black square. It's good she can't see me lying through my teeth.
"Matt?"
"They...asked me to come on a...mission trip to New Guinea. I'm going to have to put college on hold."
"New Guinea? Really?"
"Yes, mom. They really needed help." He thought about making up a story about a militia, but decided against it.
"When do you think you'll be back?" The connection sounded foggy.
"A month, I think. Depends on what they have me doing."
Camille sighed. "If that's what you feel the Lord is calling you to do, I won't object. I hope everything turns out all right. Take some pictures, okay?"
"I don't have a camera."
"I can barely hear you. Where are you calling from?"
Prison, he thought."Um...it's hard to pronounce. It's...an island near New Guinea."
"Well, good luck."
"Thanks."
"Oh, by the way, Brenda's been calling again. She called our place and Keith's several times. She must still care about you, albeit in a misguided sort of way. She's even got her rabbi calling us."
"So what else has been going on?"
She told him about Trixie's recent tooth abstraction, and about how she had to shower at the YMCA for three days on account of the city working on a water main. When she started giving him her recent bowling scores and the results of her trip to the home and garden show, Matt lost the signal. Sighing, Matt passed the communicator back. "Here. I'm done."
"Keep it," Quana said. "It belongs to you."
He stared. "Really? Thanks!"
"It's the least I can do. Maybe you can do something fun with it..." The princess leaned against the window. "I told Nabal about Jesus. Forcefully. I tried to convert him. I think that scared him into giving me some space." She pressed her forehead to the glass. "Mother's using you as a bargaining chip. If I don't go through with this wedding, you'll be put in a lab. It's just not fair."
"Marry him," Matt groaned. "It's not the end of the world. Captive audience."
Quana bowed her head. "You're right. But I still find the idea repulsive. Mother can forget about us having an egg. She'll be fortunate if we even eat in the same room."
"Did you hear anything about the blood tests?"
She shook her head. "Shilem is angry. Even if it were a positive match for the DNA, he wouldn't tell us."
Hearing murmurs, Quana turned to face her flock, explaining the situation in Wava. After an emotional discussion, they decided Kodo would keep Matt company while the others attended the ceremony. The guards barked something to the princess, pointing their tails at the exit.
"Time to go," Quana sighed. "Wish me bad luck."
Matt laughed. "Should I break a mirror?"
She smiled and shook her head. The princess touched her palm to the window, led her flock out the door.
Sighing, Matt laid down on the bed, staring out the window.
"Dusaq!" Kodo called. "The last time I saw you looking this miserable, you had run out of your strange food!"
Matt pressed his face into the mattress, too depressed to reply.
"You're sad about this wedding, guep?"
Matt sat up. "Yeah."
"Me too. But I think you are more sad than me. What's wrong, did you want to marry her too?"
Matt laughed nervously, face turning pink. "Is it that obvious?"
"Did you ask her?"
"Kind of. She said no."
Kodo laughed. "There will be others, my friend."
Sighing, Matt fiddled with the alien Rubik's Cube.
"That's a child's toy, you know."
"Hmm."
"How did you get into this mess to begin with? What was your life like before?"
Matt pushed the toy away. "It's a long story. You've probably heard most of it."
"The wedding isn't for another four hours."
Matt told his story, and they chatted for awhile.
Kodo had once been a successful businessman, and had been in the close company of many females until he had nightmares about Beptot and fled to the Takofuea.
They spoke a bit longer, then did some proofreading of the book of Psalms.
A pair of guards suddenly took position in the other room, then a giant female in a fancy dress that looked like a life preserver stuck on a loincloth stomped in.
Snorting, she marched up to the glass, stared at Matt with her hands on her hips.
Hoping to get on her good side, Matt smiled and waved.
Tama furrowed her brow, bit her lip, stomped out of the room.
Kodo, after getting a call, held his Vemorik to the glass.
Matt squinted and saw a domed temple filled with well dressed males and females occupied in idle conversation.
A blast of atonal music silenced the chatter, and a little female in a bottle shaped outfit waddled down the aisle with a bucket and a small branch, splattering everyone she passed with green slime. Matt grinned, deciding that if he ever got married, he'd have one of those at his wedding.
After Matt botched several attempts at accessing the ceremony on his own communicator, Matt and Kodo traded devices through the slot in the door. The monk joked about also passing him a laser cutter, but couldn't actually bring him one.
The camera moved, showing Tama dragging Quana up an aisle by her tail. The crowd did not seem to be surprised by this strange behavior, as if it happened all the time.
"Is that normal for a wedding?"
Kodo laughed. "Yok."
The queen ripped the cross off her daughter's neck dragging her up a staircase. Quana shouted, but Matt couldn't tell what she was saying. He furrowed his brow in worriment.
Matt's stomach churned as the two made their way across a stage beneath the massive eight eyed manta ray thing serving as a wedding chuppah.
The queen shoved her daughter behind a gauzy veil framed by swollen manta tentacles, and the music stopped.
An elderly male with a rubber waffle headdress stepped behind a podium, giving a long, drawn out speech about marriage, sharing many clever anecdotes Matt couldn't understand. Everyone seemed to endure it patiently except for the figure in a flowing rainbow colored robe at the opposite end of the stage. The male, presumably the groom, marched up to the podium, telling the minister to hurry up. A portion of the audience mumbled in dismay. Others applauded.
Looking upset, the minister sighed and cut his sermon to the quick. "Mugnar, you may part the Heakga."
With distasteful impatience, Nabal ripped down the veiling, giving his bride an arrogant sneer.
Quana frowned, refusing to look him in the eye.
"The barrier between house Getfoi and Falcameer is at an end," the minister said. "Today the spirit of Ponai brings the two together in one body."
Quana glared at her new husband.
"If anyone wishes to speak their objection, they may do so now."
Matt scowled at the screen. If I weren't in this cage, I'd give you a word or two!
Quana stepped up to the podium. "The bride would like to speak."
Tama visibly cringed.
The minister, though, appeared to approve, so Quana faced the audience, sharing her testimony about Jesus with the whole crowd, stressing the importance of not being yoked together with an unbeliever like Nabal. Matt stared in shock as Dista came forward to offer her support, adding her own comments in agreement.
The queen clapped a hand over her daughter's mouth, calling to her servants. A pair of males fastened a bit gag around the princess's head, preventing her from talking. Quana struggled, but couldn't take it off because of a complicated clamp secured behind her neck. Whenever she even tried, her mother pinned her arms down, fixing the gag until she quit struggling and gave up.
For a few moments, Dista continued preaching where the princess left off, but then got forcibly dragged away. Quana let out a muffled yell.
Shrugging, the minister said, "Bring forth the yoke."
Grabbing a small gold yoke from a servant, Nabal slid his tail through one of the holes, then snaked his tail around Quana's, attempting to slip it into the other end. Quana kept whipping it away, even when he tried grabbing it with his hands.
With an angry growl, Tama grabbed her daughter, forcefully shoving Quana's tail through the yoke.
The minister pointed his tail at Nabal. "Do you agree to have this marun as your legally married Mugmar?"
"Guep!" the groom snapped.
The minister gave Quana an apologetic smirk. "Does the mother agree to have this narun legally married to her daughter?"
Tama sighed. "Guep."
Nodding to both parties, the minister said, "You may now hold hands."
Matt laughed and shook his head at the absurd statement.
Grinning, Nabal extended his hand, wrapping it around the hand of his new bride. He drew closer.
With a deft turn of her wrist, the princess performed a strange Judo move, flinging Nabal head over tail to the floor.
Letting out a muffled bark, Quana stepped over her prone spouse, stomping angrily down the aisle.
The signal cut off.
After several minutes of chatting with Kodo and studying how to use apps on the communicator, the rest of the flock returned to the observation room, minus two leaders.
Worried, Matt called Quana with the Vemorik. He had a coherent conversation with the robot, then the princess appeared on the screen, still dressed in her wedding outfit. The bit gag been removed, but she looked very pale.
"Hi, Matt." She swallowed. "Dista's in prison. Mom fired her and put her in jail."
"That's terrible!"
Her tail smacked angrily against a jellyfish bed. Matt found the gesture almost sexy. "I know. But that's not all. Matt, I got in trouble for what I did at the Scrumsaarg. Mom's going to send you to the lab to be experimented on."
Matt paled, momentarily at a loss for words. "It's...not your fault. I'm sure God has a purpose for all this, and nothing can separate me from the love of Christ, not even your..." He sighed and shook his head.
Quana wept. "I'm glad you feel that way." She glanced off screen. "Uh-oh. It's mom." She gave him a sad gaze, touching the screen. "Bye, Matt. Hua chikalat."
"I love you too."
She hung up.
Matt spent hours moping, not eating or doing much of anything else. His friends tried their best to get him thinking about spiritual things, promising to stay and pray with him, but he felt too depressed to consider it. In fact, he wondered if all of this had been a punishment from God, because maybe space aliens didn't need Jesus after all. He shut the blinds, turned off the intercom, crawled into bed.
He dreamed about being covered in swarms of insects, scratching himself multiple times as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
The pain in his backside got so bad that he could no longer sleep. The lump on his tail bone had become a tapering projection, and the body itching showed no sign of abating. After scratching himself all over the place several times, Matt gave up on resting and opened the blinds.
"How long was I asleep?" he asked Kodo.
"You slept for most of the day. But it is not yet Lanoxis. Truthfully you didn't miss that much."
I guess that means it's the same day, Matt thought. He felt somewhat relieved that it wasn't longer.
He tried calling Quana, but she told him not to and hung up. He spent more than an hour in prayer with his flock, all the while scratching itches all over his body.
The skin around his neck turned gray and peeled off, exposing more hair.
Feeling strangely hot, Matt opened his shirt and gasped. Instead of a pair of naked pecs, a coat of cream colored fur burst out. Not wanting to believe it, he pulled up his pant legs and found a thick layer of brown hair all around his calves. Pulling back his sleeves uncovered the same type of growth.
"Great. I'm in prison, my girlfriend can never see me again, and I'm turning into a freaking teddy bear!"
He scratched more, then took off his shirt, staring at himself in the mirror. Brown arms. White chest and belly. Fuzz grew all the way up to his chin. Only his face and hands remained hairless.
Fuzzy arms, white belly, manufacturer's ear tags…I am a teddy bear!
Another stab of pain in the rear. A teddy bear with a tumor.
Matt closed the blinds and checked the rest of his body.
In addition to the fur coat covering everything, the growth on the base of his spine had developed into a stubby tail-like appendage. "Wonderful. I'm a monkey boy."
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ALIEN CHARACTERS:
Bonbon: Speckly faced Quaceb from the Takofuea.
Choxu: Prince of the Voorop nation, previous suitor for Quana Falcameer.
Dista: Personal servant of Quana Falcameer.
Goksar: One of the shortest Quaceb monks at the Takofuea.
Kodo: A monk at the Takofuea. Stripe tailed, same age as Chaz.
Nabal Getfoi: Prince of Kadegni, fiancee of arranged marriage to Quana Falcameer.
Poog: An elderly Takofuea monk.
Quana Falcameer: Princess of Pathilon.
Rusa: A male arranged to be Quana's suitor.
Shilem: A senior scholar of Quaceb literature at the Takofuea.
Shojoji: The medic at the Takofuea.
Tama Falcameer: Queen of Pathilon.
Thiftreda: Princess of another nation bordering Bencap.
Tovia: A female monk at the Takofuea.
GLOSSARY
Abreya: Furry aliens with bare humanoid faces and hands, long opossum-like tails, and feet resembling human hands.
Agyhat: "Dance building/center".
Auno: Powerful subatomic unit, providing energy surpassing that of nuclear fission or fusion.
Bariafu: A special cloaking system for Pathilonian spaceships.
Barbitnox: Quaceb ancient computerized scriptures.
Bedzyk: First female ever created, according to Gaxea.
Bencap: A country on Pathilon.
Beaurbak: Security device on a spaceship.
Bifafras: A prayer of penitence.
Bindif: Dining area of the Takofuea compound.
Boomosi: Far rural area of Pathilon, inhabitants known to be uneducated bumpkins.
Bub Tig: Special entree enjoyed by Abreyas.
Bujaxia: A dinosaur-like sea monster.
Carnrick: Seller of ceremonial Hoyroqs.
Ceju Gousan: "New Contract with Ponai."
Cejmiega: "Newby" or gringo.
Chirqui: Obelisks that absorb essences of sacrifices, transporting them to Kwibron, for the honor of Ponai.
Cufajha: "Choir."
Cugfik: An alien pest with behavior similar to a cockroach, but it has a shape like a Koosh ball and leaves behind a trail of slime.
Cylert: A prophet in the Quaceb religion.
Deglos: Planet near Abreya planet Pathilon.
Denamori: A Venus-like planet with thousand degree temperatures.
Deoring: Paradise planet described in Holy Gaxea.
Dinagla: A statue which Quacebs use to remind themselves of the great prayers of the faith.
Duvalha: A dictatorial nation of Kaybok system history.
Duwaky: Transit tunnel.
Duxamca: Pathilon's best amusement park.
Elazfil: Coming of age observance for Quacebs.
Ferleok: Coldest of the eleven planets of the Kaybok planetary system.
Fetmip: Chemical that can change coloration of your blushing and blood.
Fiqajko: Small medical station.
Fopakna: Quaceb anointing ritual.
Fotebja: Abreya entertainment device.
Fubalca: Special knockout gas developed by Abreyas. Contains a percentage of breathable air.
Futamer: Planet destroyed in Auno wars of Duvalha.
Gaxea: The core Quaceb religious book.
Gleenpach: Quaceb ceremonial praise dance.
Gogibi: Cryogenic stasis machine.
Gojot: "Living room" of a spacecraft.
Gi'uz: Ceremonial Quaceb headwear for males and females.
Grunkiahu (Grunk): A large flying creature, ridden by Abreyas like horses.
Haxgorg: Personal toilet waste disposal appliance.
Hayajvis: A pest like bedbugs or mosquitoes, a constant annoyance to Abreyas.
Heakga: A manta ray-like tent used by Quacebs during matrimony.
Hirejosi: A sawing machine.
Hoyroq: Premium sacrificial animal used to expunge Quacebs from their sins.
Iznolgu: Environment suit.
Jiticuha: A monastic organization.
Jufuceri: Planet in which law treaties regarding Auno energy were drafted.
Kadegni: Country located close to border of Bencap.
Kaiaquke: Stellar nursery
Kecuru: Special mineral found on planet Deglos.
Kemmer: When animals go into heat.
Kicabaii: Special gas that exists on Kugifogelo, has unusual properties that affect coloration of its atmosphere.
Kipom: Quaceb messiah.
Kisostrom: A book in the Quaceb Holy Gaxea.
Klecut: A laser knife.
Kodebano: A sport enjoyed by Abreyas.
Kugifogelo: Planet nearest Abreya planet Pathilon.
Kwibron: Core religious site for the Quaceb faith.
Laima'j: An aromatic plant, which is burned to ashes for use of bathing and drying off.
Lanoxis: A day of the week on Pathilon.
Lemwag: Abreya showering cubicle.
Lerilite: Laser sawing element on an Hirejosi.
Lutab: An organic swimming pool, with wormy creatures along the sides for cleaning purposes.
Lyuntaaz: Quaceb religious observance similar to passover and Hanukkah.
Macevas: A plant similar to rice, which is made into a bread-like substance.
Mailetta: A book in the Quaceb holy Gaxea.
Medufa: "Planet of Temptation/Downfall" according to Gaxea.
Mimapi: Matriarchs of the Gaxea.
Miricacci Sector: A galaxy containing the Abreya universe.
Mixajqa: Medicinal root used for treatment of epilepsy.
Muadwomp: An eyeless rodent, similar to a rat, but with teeth that can chew through metal.
Nafnith: Main world altar of Quaceb faith.
Naidru: An order of prophets in the holy Gaxea.
Navaktos: Quaceb ceremonial mats.
Neflah: Ceremonial Quaceb headwear for females.
Nidrix: Musical scales used by Abreyas.
Nilfloip: Quaceb compass that directs one to holy sites.
Nubsa: One of the Falcameer family's royal Grunkiahus.
Nujvack: A method of stunning targets you wish to capture.
Obnurd: Personal toilet waste disposal appliance.
Order of Glomer: An ancient society of Quacebs.
Pabizol: Vision correcting devices.
Pathilon: Planet of Abreyas.
Pija: A staple food for Abreyas, similar to wheat.
Pijaturu Festival: A grand celebration that harkens back to ancient times, regarding the harvest of Pija.
Pihodai: A group of Abreya Quacebs described in the Gaxea.
Pocwam: A Quaceb saint.
Ponai: Quaceb religious name for God.
Pouncil: A book in the Quaceb holy Gaxea.
Pufedaga: Special mineral found on Ferleok.
Pulotage: Docking center at Bencap palace.
Qatald: Device similar to an intravenous catheter, but not requiring a vertical stand for the pumping of fluid or blood. The machine can lay flat and reposition without interrupting the flow.
Qawdar: A high rank for females in the Quaceb Takofuea.
Quaceb: A monotheistic Abreya religion, or one who adheres to the religion.
Quidsy: Spaceship manufacturing company.
Quinamm: A month on the Pathilonian calendar.
Rantag: A book in the holy Gaxea.
Rilla: First Abreya ever created, according to the Gaxea.
Roskecia:Book from the Quaceb Holy Gaxea.
Rujodale: An alien type of furniture, resembling a Venus flytrap.
Rukhag: A month on the Abreya calendar.
Saholiqe: A country on one of the planets described in Gaxea.
Shoktar: A saurian creature used for riding and farming.
Sihiku of Tocedopu: Alien tree of forbidden knowledge, described in the Gaxea.
Snaral: A transport station, mainly used for Wamzik.
Stopamoya Jerz: Famous Quaceb saint/Pocwam.
Supica: Quana's spaceship.
Takofuea: Quaceb monastery.
Tagososi Bosigoqa/"Flash Matter Transit Zone": Hidden area of space where bubbles of time can be encountered.
Tarru Lorejiba: Matrimony. Literally "Binding of tails."
Tesagob: A sacred Quaceb hymn.
Treivadel: A sport similar to Jai Alai.
Treivanox: An arena where Treivadel is played.
Tuldil of Fuceti: A second version of the tree of forbidden knowledge, according to the Gaxea.
Vanseb: Quaceb religious temple.
Vemorik: Communications device.
Vitabese: One of the smelliest animals on Pathilon.
Voorop: Nation adjacent to Bencap.
Wamzik: A fuzzy, organic `train' that Abreyas ride.
Wava: "Tongue", the language of Abreyas.
Wighesh: Dress-like garment worn by male Abreyas.
Witad: Spirit of Ponai.
Wodov: Priest or priestess of Quaceb faith.
Wusu: A chicken-like creature used as livestock.
Yadafcu: A special race of Abreyas found in the book of Rantag.
Yagduz: A region to the far south of Bencap.
Yarkolemsis: A month on the Pathilonian calendar.
Zajyaf: A book in the holy Gaxea.
Zorlaeba: "The Evil One."
Zux Leem: An alien fruit.
WAVA LESSONS:
Note: These aren't solid rules. I got tired of trying to trying to write stuff in Wava after awhile and just threw everything together. Sometimes I didn't even spell the alien words correctly.
Bitu: Indicates future tense.
Bri: Used before a word to indicate plural forms. Often used at the beginning of a word.
Cik: Can be used instead of Chik, as a contraction.
Gi: Add to word to indicate "we," such as Gisnaa ("We can").
Iga: Add to word to make possessive.
`Ih: Used to indicate past tense.
Teb: Indicates action progressively, like "ing" in English. Example: "Walking" would be "Jujagteb", not "Jujago".
O'h: Past tense ending in a vowel.
Paga: "Quality of being". Example: "Borpaga" (Worriment).
Yi: Functions the same as "not" when added to words.
Contractions: Words can be combined into contractions. Example: Guki'ua=Guki+Hua ("May I"), Chibya=chik+bya (you were) Kreeuv=What is it (Kreah+Guv) Marud=This female, Chiib (Chik+hib) Bisib (Bisa+hib).
Compound contractions are used sometimes, such as: chigoselsa (chik+gosa+oalesa). Gelgos (To+him). Rudib ("This is"): Ruhd+Hib
NUMBERS:
Dool: 10
Rey: 9
Fat: 8
Dolsike: 7
Leeg: 6
Diete: 5
Ri: 4
Oim: 3
Hanna: 2
Bid: 1
LEXICON:
Aaberahu: Solely/strictly/alone
Abukos: Nothing
Adanep: Behavioral model
Ahdep: Halt!
Aiju: Closer
Algot: Any
Andere: Amen
Aoqigoia: Neutralize
Artane: Beacon
Audep: Halt!
Ausuhi: Force (v)
Azulfine: Upstairs
Barb: Their
Batua: Dressed/wearing
Bav: Did
Bea: The
Bebak: Other
Becuro: Finally
Beekay: Seek
Baueco: Bless/guide
Benuforte: Prophet
Benuton: Prophecy
Biofa: There
Bisa: Who
Biti: Let/allow
Biv: Klargish word for "One."
Bixok: Queen
Boqadi: Answer
Boqedo: Prove
Boine: Bless
Boqadi: Proof
Boru: Worry
Bosagre: Chick (baby bird)
Bowfez: Stand
Bozakda: Stupid
Bya: Was
Cacurei: View (n)
Cahna: Name
Cajbei: Trouble/problem
Cagote: Ignorant
Cao: Far
Capamfe: Wonderful
Casiku: Recognize
Cazqui: Hope
Cehoo: Welcome
Ceiogefa: Already
Celburyix:A Klargish term, meaning "Branch."
Celini: Understand
Ceo: Her
Cevafpe: Maximum
Cewafme: Sick
Ceygaum: Cult
Chik: You
Chisda: Heaven
Chuzka: Idiot
Cikdew: Fast (v)
Citboi: Danger
Citiseu: Sign/Indication
Clozaril: Disable
Coamurugi: Hypothetical
Codimol: Done
Con: With
Copagva: Qualified
Coz: As/for/from
Cron: Owe
Cujajl: Evil
Cuocup: Shall/Will
Culumafa: Worship/adore
Cumfio: Generation
Cutajma: Recover
Daced: Plan
Dahna: I am
Darulo: Mate/Have Sex
Datucue: Absolutely
De: Of
Debotoke: Consider
Degatec: Store (v)
Demofoa: Order
Depo: Again
Depogast: Reenter
Derako: Soon
Dete: Each
Deubew: Fear
Devibo: Pagan/unbeliever/heathen
Dezafvi: Outfit (clothing)
Divag'qa: Experience
Dobov: Clip (v)
Docuinu: Best
Doqjah: Surrender
Dotasa: Future
Duboqidu: Grant/allow
Dudpim: Rather/Prefer
Duhem: Die (verb)
Duquedaka: System
Duigoje: Separated
Dusaq: Hello
Dutio: Happen/occur
Eidaraba: Guess/suppose
Eiko: Now
Emilihu: Threat
Eurtep: Well/Somewhat good
Eyap Mez: Good night
Faneso: Should/Might/Shall
Feobex: Wrath
Fapai: Fight (verb)
Fepahoi: Choice/option
Feut: Whether/if
Fexagta: Wing
Fihbux: Easy
Fijbuy: Ball
Finihu: Seem/appear
Fipogue: Waste
Fito: At/to
Fod: Back
Fomu: Thing
Fonome: Before/first
Foqipi: Child
Fuhe: Even
Fuqapeh: Bride
Gac: Have
Gahagi: Has
Gapagna: Careful
Gapsom: Affection
Garu: Keep
Garzok: Heathen
Gaz:u: Know
Geben: Father
Gebupega: "People" (Abreyas)
Gecar: Difficult
Gefmoo: Another
Gehgapeqak: Egotistical/Egomaniacal
Gejcuh: Touch
Ge'l: He
Gibet: Them
Gik: We
Giperhofi: "Weirdo"
Gimble: Affectionate nickname like "honey".
Gingahan: Serious
Giwi: Will
Glaap: Want
Gosa: To
Gosaca: Engine
Gubayo: Hand
Guep: Yes
Guki: May/might/can/could
Guli: Play
Guom: Where
Gubayo: Hand
Gurabo: About/concerning/on
Guv: It
Guvicoh: "It's" (contraction of "it is")
Ha: Or
Hacapad: Meddle/dabble/toy(v)
Hakafha: Egg
Haofek: Morning
Hapa: Eat
Hargawage: Cannibal
Havajgu: Adulterous
Hawcuqi: Except
Hei: On
Hib: Is/are
Hieroda: Alarm
Hifarud: Ever
Higiwi: I will
Hinupu: Cute
Hojila: Tell
Hojita: Tell
Hua: Me
Huqea: Fake/false/artificial/fraud
Hurgoco: Fool
Hurota: Foolish
Husigu: Quantity
Ibblesquib: Forget
Ip: An/"A"
Jagbei: Return
Jagopune: Give up/surrender/leave
Jaii: Do
Jaogoa: Capture/Catch
Jaolal: Catcher
Jegfoj: Clever
Jeko: Also
Jiaz: Like
Jilat: Try
Jocabai: These
Johoca: Side
Jomofo: Join
Jopotaju: Comfortable
Jouge: Begin/Start
Joreh: Palace
Jub: So (in order that)
Jufae: Friend
Jujago: Walk
Jujuba: Immediately
Julujau: Invalid
Jupe: But/However
Kai: And
Kaha: Get/Gain
Kahna: Name/"Called"
Kalaja: Political
Kalefim: Powerful
Kalefimpaga: Powerfully
Kee: So (interjection)
Kehag: Time
Kenuiji: Prepare
Keucam: Happy/Cheerful
Kigo: Sorry
Kijafwa: Service
Kimera: Present/presence
Knoli: Find/discover
Kogel: Stay
Kolapibu: Sharing
Kood: Both
Kreah: What
Kuditig: Specific/Particular
Kuiyo: Holy
Kulwad: Stop
Kusele: Make/Create
Kusuqali: Change (v)
Labuc: By/under the order of/under/subject to
Lagupo: Week
Lajuje: Word
Layd: Here
Legparf: Mean
Leijue: Thief
Lepop: Feel
Liduli: Pace
Lifahu: During
Loex: Good
Lorejiba: Bind
Lotfem: Job
Mabby: Awake
Maltuje: Ask
Marun: Female
Mepjar: Really/seriously
Mese: Too/very
Metau: Zero
Micha: "Little"/"small", often used affectionately.
Midasu: Truth/True
Midhohu: Honestly/seriously/truly/really/actually
Minahujo: Display/show (v)
Moacibi: Praise/Flatter
Moqo: In/inside
Mudkma: Listen
Mugmar: Bride
Mugnar: Groom
Muhafofo: Relationship (connection)
Naca: Flesh
Najikece: Detect
Nalah: Wow
Najufe: Boyfriend
Nar: Him
Narun: Male
Naxu: Maybe/Perhaps
Neebee: Search
Niblet: Kill/destroy/shut off
Nioqa: Dress/clothe (v)
Nocodo: Problem
Nueto: Silly
Nuqida: Prison/jail
Nux: Help
Oalesa: Would
Oopuhane: Individual
Pae: Give
Palafnu: Slow
Paneciqa: Everywhere
Parehe: Then
Paryiz: Pool
Patnar: Firing
Patuihi: Defect
Pebe: Say
Pequecoja: Confess
Peraha: Cage
Pihile: Clearly/definitely
Pikhi: Need
Pimopek: Exterior
Pimqam: Self Praising/Self Important
Pisoqo: Just/only
Podo: Meet/introduce
Pofokiai: Password
Poiagupu: Heart/Mind
Puebuko: Elder (honorific term)
Pugot: Everything
Puguqe: Belong to
Pumcko: Think
Poqufa: Virgin (Klargish word)
Pusasuji: Hide/conceal
Putu: Data/Info
Pututula: Information
Pyoci: Like (verb)
Qafe: Take
Qaigas: Event/Occasion
Qasolire: Purpose/Reason
Qecajeda: Birth
Qidu: Table
Qilahami: Treatment
Qiol: My/mine
Qoeloqe: Challenge/competition
Quako: Self
Quayhox: Fur
Qiciheli: Recording
Qugu: Certain/Sure
Rajua: Dear
Raraba: Must
Raulu: Bring
Redaheo: Nice/fine
Remabe/Reem: Mother/mom
Reodacol: Rain
Repisita: "Jerk" (Disagreeable Person)
Riko: Be
Ritaqomi: Approaching
Roca: Within
Rofi: By
Rua: Your
Rudibugu: Background
Ruhd: This
Rulijo: What we have?
Saasaa: Water
Sakhai: Rest (v)
Salbue: Harvest
Saojifa: Security
Scrumsaarg: Marriage
Sejucore: Planet
Shnarf: That/concerning
Siruka: Wrong
Snaa: Able/can
Sohenogi: Question
Soisofu: Family
Soqokuru: Identify
Sotukobe: Religion
Subecosu: Bother
Suka: Many/Much
Susocir: Bald
Taboloco: Creature
Tarru: Tail
Tebesoe/Tebesque: Command
Tibu: His
Ticoh: Is
Tipohu: Add
Tiks: When
Tocedopu: Wisdom
Tohibou: Run/operate
Toihoja: Board(v)
Toib: See
Tuc: "Child" or "Baby", usually used condescendingly or as a pet name.
Tupaha: Possible
Ucuk: Speak
Ukxa: Pants/overalls
Umua: Thank you
Vatus: King/ruler/lord
Viravo: How
Weh: Our
Welk: Use
Xoc: Go/Going
Wof: Now
Yalnov:
Yok: No
Yunk: Why
Zaib: Correct
Zoor: Because/since