Milkwars Part 1 - by Rune Woodman
September 13th 2009 06:15
Chapter 6. Genesis of the Coraffe and fall of the Human Gods.
In ancient times the Human Gods were lords of all the Earth. You may know of fables like 'How George Made the Sunshine at Night' and 'The Thousand Year Winter'. These stories and the like are mostly children’s fables designed to teach the difference between good and bad. They're very entertaining but if you're interested in crossing the gap between Mythology and History you need to begin with 'The Fall of The Human Gods'. This story tells us not only how they lost control of the Earth but it also leads into the birth of our own race.
In the beginning a Human God called Angela successfully invented a machine that allowed the operator to travel forward and backward through time. It was called the 'Compound Motion in Time Eventuality' (C-MITE).
Time travel presented great excitement but it also presented great risks. Often people would go forward in time and never be seen again. It is thought that some of these people, seeing the demise of their loved-ones could not face going back to their own time. Instead they continued to speed forward through the future. They would eventually starve to death while their machines to continued to racing through eternity. Time travel also created the victimless murder - spurned lovers or unhappy siblings would go back in time to stop another individual from being conceived.
With her invention Angela expected to create an age of glory but instead she had created an age of death. Because of the dangerous nature of time travel all C-MITE machines were destroyed. Not wanting her greatest achievement to be completely forgotten Angela had the plans for its creation cut into pieces and scattered across the 'Seven Continents'.
As you will have learnt from reading Chapter Two - Folly of the Globe, the ancient Humans believed that their land was made up of seven islands spread about the seas which in turn were wrapped around a giant ball that floated through space. It is not understood how such an intelligent race could come up with such an implausible explination for the world. It seems childlike compared with what we know to be the true nature of our home - that there is just one continent that sits in a flat ocean which extends to the horizon where it meets a sky full of diamonds.
Each continental leader was secretly given the location of the where C-MITE plans would be hidden in their own land but they were not told the location of the other 6 pieces. At that time it was impossible to think that the seven leaders would ever unite and re-assemble the plans. But by being given the location of the pice to be hidden in their own lands they would be sure to protect it. For several centuries the plans were safe and would probably sill be kept secret until this day if it were not for a great war that lead to the convergence of all nations under one flag and one ruler - Emperor Bobbo.
With a superior knowledge of everything and a specific desire for time travel the Emperor commanded that the plans be restored and a new C-MITE machine be built.
After decades of work the machine was ready.
Though Bob was a great Emperor, deep down inside he was just a little boy who only wanted to impress his friends and be popular. The C-Mite was an excellent toy for such a boy. For a while it became popular to attend his parties completely naked. This provided the opportunity to take his C-MITE into the past and go running across the field at sporting events in front of thousands of people. Eventually the fun wore off and Bob put some effort into finding useful applications for time travel. More than 500 years after it has been invented the C-MITE was to become a revolutionary new tool.
For a fee hospitals would allow expectant parents to jump forward and see what their children were going to be like when they grew-up. Not only could they tell the sex of their child but they could also find out any hidden talents and start directing their careers from they day they were born. If it turned out the children would grow-up to become something useless this could also be dealt with for a fee.
Artists could go forward to see if a painting would sell for a high price after their death. Paintings that didn't sell were not created. This rocked the art world and as a result no bad paintings were ever created again. For a time it also meant that no original paintings were created at all. It turned out that the highest recorded price ever paid for any painting was of a nude of a somewhat narcissistic woman named Joyce, but the name of the painting and of the artist had somehow been kepf a secret. Every artist wanted to paint her and refused to paint anyone else. As she became the only artist's model in the world Joyce massed an incredible fortune. A few days before her death she created the first recorded paradox by zipping into the future and spending half her wealth on a painting for which she'd sat when she was eighteen and giving the other half of her wealth to the sales person to ensure the identiy of the painting was kept a secret.
Time travel caused the criminal justice system to be totally overhauled. With the ability to travel to the scene and time of a crime there was no need for trials and juries became obsolete. The legal fraternity complained bitterly but as they'd all recently become unemployed layabouts no one was listening to them any more.
Of course there were people who abused the device. The worst of which were the re-livers. Wealthy criminals who'd been sentenced to time in prison would buy tickets on black-market C-MITEs. On the day of their release they would jump back in time to the beginning of their incarcerations and re-live the missing years. It was a problem for repeat offenders who often found themselves re-offending during their re-living time and ending up back in jail with their past selves. One instance of this resulted in the creation of “The Harry Le Botte Prison”, built specifically for the worst re-offender of all time, Harry Le Botte. Due to his penchant for time travel and his inability to keep on the right side of the law, the government was forced to build a special prison just for Harry. At its busiest time there were 120 inmates and every single one of them was Harry Le Botte. Late in his life Harry saw the error of his criminal ways and had change of heart. He enrolled at university and scraped trough a social sciences degree. Onthe day of his graduation he returnd to the past once more and took on the job of Warden of his own prison.
Changes brought about by this instant and reliable form of time travel were most obvious in the dairy industry. It would be a deadly combination of milk, time travel and apathy that bring Human Gods to their extinction.
In ancient times the Human Gods were lords of all the Earth. You may know of fables like 'How George Made the Sunshine at Night' and 'The Thousand Year Winter'. These stories and the like are mostly children’s fables designed to teach the difference between good and bad. They're very entertaining but if you're interested in crossing the gap between Mythology and History you need to begin with 'The Fall of The Human Gods'. This story tells us not only how they lost control of the Earth but it also leads into the birth of our own race.
In the beginning a Human God called Angela successfully invented a machine that allowed the operator to travel forward and backward through time. It was called the 'Compound Motion in Time Eventuality' (C-MITE).
Time travel presented great excitement but it also presented great risks. Often people would go forward in time and never be seen again. It is thought that some of these people, seeing the demise of their loved-ones could not face going back to their own time. Instead they continued to speed forward through the future. They would eventually starve to death while their machines to continued to racing through eternity. Time travel also created the victimless murder - spurned lovers or unhappy siblings would go back in time to stop another individual from being conceived.
With her invention Angela expected to create an age of glory but instead she had created an age of death. Because of the dangerous nature of time travel all C-MITE machines were destroyed. Not wanting her greatest achievement to be completely forgotten Angela had the plans for its creation cut into pieces and scattered across the 'Seven Continents'.
As you will have learnt from reading Chapter Two - Folly of the Globe, the ancient Humans believed that their land was made up of seven islands spread about the seas which in turn were wrapped around a giant ball that floated through space. It is not understood how such an intelligent race could come up with such an implausible explination for the world. It seems childlike compared with what we know to be the true nature of our home - that there is just one continent that sits in a flat ocean which extends to the horizon where it meets a sky full of diamonds.
Each continental leader was secretly given the location of the where C-MITE plans would be hidden in their own land but they were not told the location of the other 6 pieces. At that time it was impossible to think that the seven leaders would ever unite and re-assemble the plans. But by being given the location of the pice to be hidden in their own lands they would be sure to protect it. For several centuries the plans were safe and would probably sill be kept secret until this day if it were not for a great war that lead to the convergence of all nations under one flag and one ruler - Emperor Bobbo.
With a superior knowledge of everything and a specific desire for time travel the Emperor commanded that the plans be restored and a new C-MITE machine be built.
After decades of work the machine was ready.
Though Bob was a great Emperor, deep down inside he was just a little boy who only wanted to impress his friends and be popular. The C-Mite was an excellent toy for such a boy. For a while it became popular to attend his parties completely naked. This provided the opportunity to take his C-MITE into the past and go running across the field at sporting events in front of thousands of people. Eventually the fun wore off and Bob put some effort into finding useful applications for time travel. More than 500 years after it has been invented the C-MITE was to become a revolutionary new tool.
For a fee hospitals would allow expectant parents to jump forward and see what their children were going to be like when they grew-up. Not only could they tell the sex of their child but they could also find out any hidden talents and start directing their careers from they day they were born. If it turned out the children would grow-up to become something useless this could also be dealt with for a fee.
Artists could go forward to see if a painting would sell for a high price after their death. Paintings that didn't sell were not created. This rocked the art world and as a result no bad paintings were ever created again. For a time it also meant that no original paintings were created at all. It turned out that the highest recorded price ever paid for any painting was of a nude of a somewhat narcissistic woman named Joyce, but the name of the painting and of the artist had somehow been kepf a secret. Every artist wanted to paint her and refused to paint anyone else. As she became the only artist's model in the world Joyce massed an incredible fortune. A few days before her death she created the first recorded paradox by zipping into the future and spending half her wealth on a painting for which she'd sat when she was eighteen and giving the other half of her wealth to the sales person to ensure the identiy of the painting was kept a secret.
Time travel caused the criminal justice system to be totally overhauled. With the ability to travel to the scene and time of a crime there was no need for trials and juries became obsolete. The legal fraternity complained bitterly but as they'd all recently become unemployed layabouts no one was listening to them any more.
Of course there were people who abused the device. The worst of which were the re-livers. Wealthy criminals who'd been sentenced to time in prison would buy tickets on black-market C-MITEs. On the day of their release they would jump back in time to the beginning of their incarcerations and re-live the missing years. It was a problem for repeat offenders who often found themselves re-offending during their re-living time and ending up back in jail with their past selves. One instance of this resulted in the creation of “The Harry Le Botte Prison”, built specifically for the worst re-offender of all time, Harry Le Botte. Due to his penchant for time travel and his inability to keep on the right side of the law, the government was forced to build a special prison just for Harry. At its busiest time there were 120 inmates and every single one of them was Harry Le Botte. Late in his life Harry saw the error of his criminal ways and had change of heart. He enrolled at university and scraped trough a social sciences degree. Onthe day of his graduation he returnd to the past once more and took on the job of Warden of his own prison.
Changes brought about by this instant and reliable form of time travel were most obvious in the dairy industry. It would be a deadly combination of milk, time travel and apathy that bring Human Gods to their extinction.
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