ILLUMINARRPG: (3-1220)- Rephaim

[Charles Gatling]

Mission: Ring of the Rephaim
Day: 3
Stardate: 2446.09.01

(Rephaim - Aerishan Desert -- 1220)

The sand sifted between its claws as it hunted, in the last three days it
had gone through the place of sluggish water and wet heat, traversed the
high places topped with snowy glaciers and now here. Game had been scarce
and it hungered. The smell of water reached the nostrils of the hunter and
its pace accelerated. It followed the scent to a rock outcrop from which a
still pool of green lingered in its shadow. The hunter blew a blast from
its nostrils which roiled the slimy liquid as it gulped.

 The sky was orange overhead under the cobalt sky which created a very
alien landscape of purples and reds in the arid land. Having drunk, the
hunter lifted its spade shaped head, its short, wickedly clawed arms
hanging nearly to the desert floor.

An ululating howl shattered the air followed by others, these other hunters
had been downwind and had not been sensed. This one was unfamiliar with
them but it was an apex predator and on the hunt, it would not give way to
such as them.

The jinglo gave a rumbling challenge as it stood to its full height of
fifteen feet, the call was guttural and deep. Its scaled skin would ward
off the teeth and claws of all but a few of its enemies but surely food was
coming to it. Determined to kill or perhaps protect their territory, the
furred reklor were coming to battle.

Their calls were growing closer until it started. It was like a hum of
vibrating stones which rose in pitch. Soon the hunters had been stopped
from their ancient challenge and cast about them in fear as the ground
beneath them shuddered.

Then split nearby...

The reklor howled in terror and sped away, leaving the jinglo behind, its
long legs moving it as quickly as it could travel, its long tail whipped
behind it in agitation.

It didn't see the shuttlecraft rise above the sandy dunes in the distance
but it would eventually smell what the device carried.

The succulent scent of prey.

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(Posted by Charles Gatling)




Charles Gatling
Commanding Officer
USS Illuminar
NCC 61240


"The light shines brightest amidst the deepest darkness."
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