Bkhulacoatlas

A Short story


Bkhulacoatlas . . . ehh? never heard this name . . .? you may think I'm lunatic . . . right? ha. maybe I'm actually insane but let me tell the story from the beginning to the end and its long for solar months now. . . maybe it such a bad comedy to tell this but let's begin.


7th, Solar Month of Pende, 2550AC. Oh, and my name is Arlyn. its begin on abandoned planet Azhdarchid, 3879 Light years away from Celestial Federation's Capital world: Athenia. I travel in Vogelklaue's Expedition ship, "Starborn", The ship is quite robust with silvery and red shade, its install one turrets just for defend. We jump out of Vortex, vortex is somewhat chaotic as its should be, Starborn's tachyon engine is little glitchy but we manage to travel safely. Azhdarchid looking from space it look like colossal dark greeny lush jungle and look more warmer in equator, snowy icesheet almost no exist in polar. Its had no satellite moon but its rotated around binary star, we launch our thrust through exosphere . . . mesosphere . . . troposphere. . . the captain activate Void Shield, just in case.

We landing at vast grassland with dark green vegetation, good thing; the planet atmosphere is breathable unlike most of planets on the galaxy. We setup pre-built camp made with high-technology, thank lord. . . I'm tired of living like caveman. Tent made from Razorlock's hide, construction-bot, built a building such storage room from pre-made volcanic plascrete block and many thing they built. Jungle-Sweeper truck continued to forage its natural resource with monstrous engine and loud servo, its collected natural resource we need: woods, stones, specimen but expedition lead forbid as to eat anything from the wild. . . maybe another cup of noodles should fine. . .

I scanned the environment and wildlife on here, the planet seems to have single biome but it's not. Around 2 - 3 days we explore many places and examine every environment, jungle, lush forest, swamp, a forest with red rains and water . . . ?! and vast mangrove swamp with colossal tree. The life on here are so huge that its can stomp us like we are just an ant! Gigantic serpents, colossal and very danger arachnid, giant dragonfly . . .? I examined most of them, the fauna resemble Old-Earth insects and squamate, is this convergent evolution? I don't know may be it's just coincidence.


10 - 11th, Solar Month of Pende, It's been around one solar days since we landed on this planet, the air is hot and my body was covered with sweat, I really want to strip my clothes away, it's feel like I'm burning with constant dry temperature that touch my skin like a wildfire inside. . . damn its was so hot. Anyway, everything pretty well today. We have gathering and examine local life on the area we landing, we working frenzy all day; gathering local life such small to medium size insect, heavy vegetation, and local ore on here. Expedition team suggest that this planet is suitable for new colony and expand economic to sustainable neighbor sector but I kinda disagreed with them. . . and yet everyone still agreed that they should colonize it anyway. . . i can't argue more. . .

Day 4 everything normal today just like previous day, cup noodles and mac n cheese is greasy today. all of these instant food seriously delicious for mouth but not for my health, I glad this day; we finally knew what local life is edible. This is my first time. . .? to try insect, I don't know what to said but the taste is seasoned with salty and crispy but not in chips way, Its disgusting but still better than constantly eat instant food with amount of flour. I relax at edge of sparse jungle and breathe the fresh air during free time, flowering plant on here look strange yet majestic and pretty, this planet is not bad judging by Vallalard, (I really hate that damn Jungle and notorious landscape). I roaming around the edge like little princess, its feel like a dream on here, I feel like a little girl. relaxing for a hours, I decide to go back to the camp but during the way, I saw someone in in jungle while I was going back, but when i blink my eyes and focus again. . . I didn't see anything. maybe Its just my imagination. . .

On the night I roaming around the edge of jungle and stream, the temperature are too hot! It's can drove me insane than being captured by Draco Fang. And the jungle. . . its creepy here even if the stars is bright in the sky but the bright sky doesn't make it less comfort here but My insanity of being live in constant hot environment is also strong enough for me to do this. I navigate through the jungle hoping to find some pond but this night can get more odd, the more I going forward, each logs latch with unknown alphabet like lynx-tiger trying to sculpt their language with claws or cockatrice try to write something with their talons but I manage to find a natural pond and extra with waterfall. I instantly undress myself and jump into the pond and showering myself under the waterfall. . . this feel so good here, I feel fresh and never expect to enjoy this icy feel. I let my body dried for a while. . . yeah I forgot to pick my towel, but I saw someone. . . looking at me. Its look like a black silhouette with long hair, same haircut with me and wearing saint-like robe along with 6 wings on back. . .? It's looking at me doesn't look like a woman, not even close to man. "Who's there ?" I shout, its doesn't respond, the silhouette simply disappear from dense of jungle.


I followed the trail back to the camp but ongoing way is unfamiliar, the landscape shift, too many dense of plants, trees look more like conifer than palm, and there is a vine around the jungle, you don't think its doesn't change but trust me. . . its look different compare to area we settle. "Lord help me. . . ." I mumbled to myself hoping to return the camp or even a home. . . The more way I walk the more brick line up on dense floor of jungle. . .? I simply followed with curious but inside, I want to go home. I ended up in a temple, this vivid dream make me going insane for now. Each blocks of stone patterned with reptilian skull, narrow and sharp and the block lined from above to top in triangle and shape with square shape connect each other and there is a figure with lava pond flow around it and magma waterfall. Very curious place. . . The figure are tall enough to be statue, it's wearing robe with 6 wings . . . again, but this time its head are narrow and wide with serrated and fang along with teeth-like spike on back of head, its tongue shape like straight triangle rather than forked reptilian tongue, I look it with interesting but I want to go home now. . . Suddenly "Arlyn! Arlyn!!" a sound of my friend shout toward me, Mary Anning, my dear friend. . . Oh lord finally. I launched myself toward her with trigger-happy, finally, I hugging her with overjoyed and. . .

I suddenly wake up in Isolation room with negative pressure and my limbs are all caged with belt, Oh no. . . "What th-" I shout when I suddenly wake up "Arlyn!" Mary anning said my name in hurry other side of her is Spada, a knight that rescued me during Vallalard Event, his eyes look like he worrying me a lot and the final one is President-General. I shrink myself down, my eyes tremble and I questioning myself what happened, is it just a dream?? Later when I recovered, I received a corrupted video file that recorded during expedition of Azhdarchid, my fear is big but my curiosity is bigger, I opened the video. The most complete one is showing: I wander off the camp, I remember this, half minute later; Its showing a dark figure with 6 wings and robe. . . Oh no not again. . . coming to the camp and the hair uncanny same as me, it step to the camp menacingly the alarm raised but it completely ignore and passed, everyone wake up and looking for danger but the dark figure doesn't care and disappear. Then later. . . . . Everyone scream in agony and it's terrified me as every expedition crew painfully shifting, the legs were sharps and align with scutes resemble big bird, the simple nail begin to shape like claws, teeth sharpening itself, feather morphing from body, and the feathery tail forming from hips. . . Oh lord I'm now a lunatic. One day, the name is something i don't know pop into my head. . . . Bkhulacoatlas.


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