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Team Alpha Centauri is pleased to tell you all about the prosperous years we've had. The story will be posted in 4 parts, so stay tuned.
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... to be continued ...
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The 50 golden years
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During the years, which would normally be remembered as 900-850 BC,
in a land, known to some, home to few and unheard of for others,
something happened.
Ofcourse, it didn't happen in those turns alone. The things we will talk
about take a lot of preparation, dedication and luck. Although, in our
case it had nothing to do with luck.
The oracle
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It all started out when one of our scouts was hunting a lion. During the
pursuit, the lion tripped and fell into a crack in the earth. The lion was
not dead, and crawled out of it. However, he seemed to have forgotten he
was being hunted and started to imitate birds. The poor animal didn't
realise the lack of wings would prevent him to fly and while trying hard,
he would never whistle like a bird either. As this animal was clearly
possessed, our brave scout killed it, buried it and hunted an other lion
to bring home for dinner. The next days, two of his emotions were fighting
for control. Fear and curiosity. Ultimately, fear vanished and curiosity
took hold of him. He moved towards the crack, scented the weird smell and
took a nap. When he woke up, he went home and everything he did seemed
weird and like a deja-vu. As days went by, he went to that crack every
day, he told friends about and it quickly became a crowded place. Once
gone there, nobody could let a day pass without stopping by. A few weeks
later, somebody died. It was an old man, who would probably have died
also if he had been at home that day, but things weren't so clear at that
time. From that moment on, old men were not allowed anymore at the site.
It didn't take long for that order to change into old people and men. So,
only young girls were allowed the pleasures of being out of this world
for a while.
Now, we had a meeting place for young girls, so we needed to protect them.
That's why we started a massive project to guard them. When completed,
the girls were very very happy and during a celebration for the end of the
construction, people were all very enlightened. We went home full of new
ideas about the next big thing. For most of us, the morning after was a
shock to learn we either had it all wrong, we re-invented something which
existed for long or something completely useless. As it later turned out,
eventually one person's idea was really worthwhile and useful. Due to this,
we decided to call our building "The Oracle".
Somebody also decided to imprison the most beautiful young girls in there.
We are still searching for somebody to blame for not mounting a rebellion
against this stupid law.
But, we are diverting from our course. It also turned out this oracle
became known to people we had never heard of. People from far away started
to visit us and the city name of Beijing travelled across the country.
================================
During the years, which would normally be remembered as 900-850 BC,
in a land, known to some, home to few and unheard of for others,
something happened.
Ofcourse, it didn't happen in those turns alone. The things we will talk
about take a lot of preparation, dedication and luck. Although, in our
case it had nothing to do with luck.
The oracle
-----------
It all started out when one of our scouts was hunting a lion. During the
pursuit, the lion tripped and fell into a crack in the earth. The lion was
not dead, and crawled out of it. However, he seemed to have forgotten he
was being hunted and started to imitate birds. The poor animal didn't
realise the lack of wings would prevent him to fly and while trying hard,
he would never whistle like a bird either. As this animal was clearly
possessed, our brave scout killed it, buried it and hunted an other lion
to bring home for dinner. The next days, two of his emotions were fighting
for control. Fear and curiosity. Ultimately, fear vanished and curiosity
took hold of him. He moved towards the crack, scented the weird smell and
took a nap. When he woke up, he went home and everything he did seemed
weird and like a deja-vu. As days went by, he went to that crack every
day, he told friends about and it quickly became a crowded place. Once
gone there, nobody could let a day pass without stopping by. A few weeks
later, somebody died. It was an old man, who would probably have died
also if he had been at home that day, but things weren't so clear at that
time. From that moment on, old men were not allowed anymore at the site.
It didn't take long for that order to change into old people and men. So,
only young girls were allowed the pleasures of being out of this world
for a while.
Now, we had a meeting place for young girls, so we needed to protect them.
That's why we started a massive project to guard them. When completed,
the girls were very very happy and during a celebration for the end of the
construction, people were all very enlightened. We went home full of new
ideas about the next big thing. For most of us, the morning after was a
shock to learn we either had it all wrong, we re-invented something which
existed for long or something completely useless. As it later turned out,
eventually one person's idea was really worthwhile and useful. Due to this,
we decided to call our building "The Oracle".
Somebody also decided to imprison the most beautiful young girls in there.
We are still searching for somebody to blame for not mounting a rebellion
against this stupid law.
But, we are diverting from our course. It also turned out this oracle
became known to people we had never heard of. People from far away started
to visit us and the city name of Beijing travelled across the country.
|"This is all about peace; and in the quest for peace you have none." -my son wise beyond his years
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