TTO Episode 5.1

Episode 5

The Book of Daniel

5.1         

The Grecian origins dated back to the sixth millennium when the space travel was a myth then. The Grecian were a developed nation then with the vast sea faring armies that allowed its empire to expand almost a tenth of the lands on the planet. It was such a great empire that the no other nations dared to wage war on them but they will contribute trades and tributes then. The Grecians were one of the developed nations which also brought on the awareness of arts and readings. The interest of this diverted path from the earlier warlike empire battles brought on the study of the stars. It was the first Masters then who was named Aetres that said there was life beyond the world they were in. He was laughed on for his observation and foremost ridiculed by the warlike supporters then. Aetres however had his own followings and then developed the first reading of the stars.

“The stars are not there for us to watch but to learn.” Aetres made that statement and soon the subject was known as Aetres Workings on the Stars. It was a strong one that his supporters made it their ambition to understand the stars. That study of the stars did not ventured further than mere observations for many generations until the eighteenth millennium when the first flying crafts pierced the clouds above the mountains. It brought about keenness to know what lies beyond. The achievement curve went up into a steep climb from there with new inventions and then after four more millennium the Grecian saw the first space travelling craft that went out to the void of space.

“A major breakthrough for the Grecian with his minor hurdle.” It was spoken by Amtrad, the leading supporter of Aetres teachings.  For the next five more millennium, the Grecian had worked on the colonization of the planets in their system, and then came the their first contact with the other words. It was the turning point to the Grecian then.

“To war or not to war.” The Grecian had over the millennium discovered that the peaceful approach was the preferred one than their ancient warlike approach. All their space exploration ships were unarmed and thus they became adept negotiators and diplomacy ruled their approach. Such was the greatness of the Grecian that they fought no war since then but they were part of it as the passive observers.

“Welcome to the Temple of the Stars.” The long haired and bearded figure in the worn out white knee length garments and knitted sandals bowed before Edo and myself. We had parted company with Kuzuka on the planet Grecia IV. The later had taken the HP-109 to an undisclosed location on the moons for safe keeping.

“I am named Greco, the nine hundred and sixtieth scholar of the Temple.” The speaker had his long hairs braided at the end where it smacked his butt. His body scent was that of the lilac flower which was aplenty in the temple. “The Mitoushi House have advised us of your coming.”

I have to admit the Temple of Stars held more than drab dressers for the accommodations were exceptionally fine. We were led to a large chamber to rest while the host prepared the needed for us later. It was a scenic chamber with the view to an exquisite ancient structure that emits water from the tip into the pond below it. I found it masculine although its portrayal of the structure was definitely that of a budding human child. Edo did not hesitate to jump into the inviting bath pool in the chamber while I have to pick up her discarded flight suit. I would have joined her but there was another inviting contraption for my liking. It was a circuitry tuning set which resembled a reclining seat. Once seated on it, the seat’s miniscule probes will appeared like fine needles to embed into my programming nodes. It will then do a system calibration and fixed the damaged boards. It was the pleasure beyond the moans. I sneaked a view towards Edo and saw she was well handled then. The water in the pool had transformed into a cocoon around her body and in it the water was swirling to every cracks in her body giving it the once over wash. Such was the luxury of the Grecian hospitality, that I turned myself to it.

“Daniel, I need you up.” I heard the command and activated myself. I stood up from the reclining seat and faced Edo. She was already dressed in a short sleeved sun shaded loose waist fitted tunic and matching pantaloons bottoms with the braided sandals. Her head gear was a green scarf tied to the rear.

“Get yourself covered.” Edo motioned to the same outfit but in darker blue shade. “Greco is taking us to the Inner Chamber.”

I got covered but left out the sandals. They looked too feminine to me. The inner chamber held more surprises in the offerings. It was designed for the serene environment with the soft cascading flow of water from the length wise of the wall which flowed into the culvert at the bottom to disappear below the raised platform which we were standing on. Greco stood to our left while in the front of us was the Council of the Masters. Above us on the high dome like ceiling was the layout of the Grecian System.

“It’s a rare occasion for us to address our guests here but the House of Mitoushi had made a favourable argument for it.” The Master who spoke was one of the five there. They were alike to Greco in their dressing except theirs were grey in the shades. “We are the Master Seldon here.”

“The works of Master Seldon could not be restored to only one of us but the combined five of us was able to digest all that he gave us.” The Master continued on. “The Grand Master once said that there will be a thousand years of reign followed by the hundred years then after it the next ten years. In that next ten years, there will be one without any legacy who will turn the cycle back or not at all. Such is the way of the balance of the Order”

“Edo the last of the Harashi House, this may be your destiny as we step into the coming ten years.”