adventures in Time And Relavent Dimensions In Space (Closed)

[Warhaven]

Soon enough, Leon was done with Lunch.

"So, what's your secret? How is it you're always even prettier than you were the previous day?" Leon asked,

Pondera was done too, and finished the last of his wine.

[The Floor Kippers]

"I think of you," Susan said pulling some mints out of her purse, "And will myself to be pretty enough to be with you. Actually, it's Puberty."

"Thank you for coming to be with me," Carol said, "I wasn't looking forward to a lonely lunch."

[Warhaven]

"Yeah, but look on the bright side, Susan's the last to need sheparding." Pondera said to Carol, holding her hand.

......

"That monster hasn't quite gotten a grip on me yet. But it's trying. I mean, I recently started noticing you much more than before." Leon admitted.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Kind of sad really," Carol said, "Sam skipped straight past this."
....
"From what I've heard that will only increase as time goes by," Susan said.

[Warhaven]

"In a way, in a way, not really. He's been stepping out with Nyx a time or two lately, with his older siblings watching from a distance, or Sara. So he's getting a different version of the same experience." Pondera revealed.

.....

"I hope so. I like looking at you, and can't wait to like it even more." Leon admitted, then blushed.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Oh," Carol said perking up, "Have they been going well?"
.....
Susan said nothing, she leant over the table and kissed Leon.

[Warhaven]

"I think its safe to say their moving past mere friendship." Pondera grinned.

....

Leon returned the kiss, then smiled in satisfaction.

"Strange isn't it? A kiss from you just makes everything better somehow." Leon said with a happy sigh.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Sweet," Carol said.
....
"Magic lips, that's what the secret is," Susan said, "You must have the same as me, because I feel the same when you kiss me."

[Warhaven]

"Well, let's roll on back towards the palace." Pondera said.

Leon rose and offered his arm to Susan.

"I think its the magic of strong positive emotions." Leon theorized.

[The Floor Kippers]

Carol offered her arm to Pondera while Susan took Leon's.

[Warhaven]

And together the four walked back to the palace, Karesh sitting on a bench out front with William grinning at the social commentaries on her hypernet pad praising her and William's relationship, calling it "strong" "everlasting" "an example for others to follow."

[The Floor Kippers]

"Blimey," William said, "I didn't know we'd made such a big impact."

[Warhaven]

"Get used to it William, everything you do, will get blown out of proportion, either for good, or for ill. All because you're a prince. At least this is a good thing. More teenagers will take to serious dating, instead of simply jumping in the sack to sort out their feelings." Pondera explained as he passed by.

Sarah Angel was sat on the throne, arms crossed, scowling because she wanted to be with Daniel, instead of stuck on the throne babysitting it.

"Alright, you can go now." Pondera said, to which Sarah Angel promptly disappeared.

"If it's alright with you, I think Susan and I would like to return to the garden, our usual haunt for awhile." Leon said.

"Fine, fine. Enjoy yourselves. Oh, and you didn't hear it from me, but practicing kissing is very enjoyable. I think you should try it sometime. With a willing partner is best." Pondera said.

"What an excellent idea I didn't just hear from you." Leon grinned.

[The Floor Kippers]

"I wonder how the press will take our little show at lunch?" Carol wondered.

"Hear what?" Susan asked with a grin

[Warhaven]

"Probably as a good sign that despite the pressures of ruling, and parenting, we're still finding ways to keep the romance alive." Pondera theorized.

"Race you to the garden!" Leon said, then promptly jumped out an open window and took flight to the garden as fast as he could.

[The Floor Kippers]

"It was fun," Carol said, "We must do that again sometime, and this time we can swap roles."

Susan grinned and slipped into the shadows, racing down into the garden.

[Warhaven]

"It'll be a blast." Pondera said.

It'd be a tie, and Leon would spend the rest of his time that day practicing with Susan.

Days would pass. The Mazken and Auriel toops would keep appearing in great numbers. Finally, the day came, and the troops stood no more, and no less than five feet apart, but at such numbers they completely covered the Earth's surface, the moon's surface, and the various worlds of Warhaven.

[The Floor Kippers]

Everyone was on edge, knowing that the move was coming, but not knowing when.

[Warhaven]

OM De Vi Sa

The strange Mantra started up again, but this time it was the troops chanting it. Each cycle of repetition seemed to make reality shimmer and blue. The Burning Sands appeared in the sky in terrible glory. Niel Ra shrieking in terrible terrible rage, her grief at Callistra's death subsided. The thousand headed serpant herself appeared, and opened fire from one head, and from that head came a blast of energy great enough to destroy Earth, reducing it to a few dozen scattered particles across billions of Light Years. But oddly, it missed entirely.

Om De Vi Sa

Three Heads fired at Ri-an, Capital Planet of Warhaven, and missed. Four heads fired at and around Earth, missing entirely. Still the troops chanted on. Everyone could feel it inside themselves, a change. Five heads fired at five separate worlds, all missing, Niel Ra shrieked in rage and frustration, and fired off a blast from a hundred heads, enough to obliterate a universe! And still, they mysteriously missed entirely, the attacks falling into The Void.

Om De Vi Sa

For the better part of a day, the troops chanted on as Niel Ra fired blast after blast in futility. Then the Burning Sands faded, as Niel Ra was reduced to petty sobbing over her failure to exact revenge. It was at that point, the troops began to fade, still chanting. Androzani would be the very first to feel it, a renewed power of flight returning to his wings, a feeling that would spread across all fliers in the new Mini-Verse.

A quick look with a telescope revealed many worlds shared orbit with Earth around a bright yellow son. Those worlds of course, were the worlds of Warhaven. Whovos appeared in the sky.

"Now, behave yourselves while the gods settle Niel Ra permanently over the next few years. Trust them, the defensive strategy IS working, none have lost lives, or property, and yet The Burning Sands exausts itself by constantly bashing itself against impenetrable defenses. Dragon God Temple will sit between the scared mountain of The Earth Gods, and Mount Draco, where the Alpha Dragon of Earth makes his home. Dragon God Temple is free from all national sovereignty because I said so. You will leave it alone, and respect its long held tradtion that only dragons and Wyverns may enter its grounds. Earth Scientists will find many interesting things about this Mini Universe that will aid in future Scientific endeavors. Zeta and his clones already knows all its secrets, but I forbid him to simply tell you. He may however, torture you with as many or as few hints as he chooses to share, in whatever manner he chooses to share. All necessary Dimensional Information has automatically updated by me. The gate between Warhaven and Floor Kippers still functions by that reason." Whovos said, then disappeared.

[The Floor Kippers]

"I do hope we remembered to bring the satellites with us," Nigel said to himself, "I suppose we'd best get down to studying out new home."
He left his office and went to speak with Sir Benjamin Manservant about the research project.

Elsewhere the citizens of Earth and the moon got back to their daily lives.

[Warhaven]

And there the satelites were, in their usual orbits. And there was the Warhaven space fleet, exploring the new system. Farther out, a collection of metal planetoids turned out to be The X-2 Research Facility. A few Light Years away were five suns in differently colored Nebular, forming a ring around a metal world. That was of course, Mirroden.

Pondera checked everything was in order on his end, before calling up Nigel to ensure everything was in order Earthside.

[The Floor Kippers]

Nigel picked up the call on his mobile on the way to the MOSD and confirmed that as far as he knew, everything Earthside was as it should be.

[Warhaven]

"Good to hear. My fleet's physically exploring the Mini-verse, but appearently we're not allowed to actually tell you anything we learn. I will however, have Zeta torment Lord Manservant on a daily basis with a few tantalizing hints of various sorts." Pondera promised.

[The Floor Kippers]

"Don't go too far," Nigel said, "People tend not to like being bitten by an angry Canis Sapien."

[Warhaven]

"Oh, don't worry about that. Zeta won't go too far, I'll make sure of that. But rules is rules after all." Pondera pointed out.

He shuffled papers on his desk.

"But, I won't get him started just sitting here." Pondera said, and moved to hang up.