An idea for the storytellers here
Since I don't have an escape pod, or can do Ai, can someone 'Ai' this pic for me?
Setsuna, a Wolfkin of the White Wolf Tribe was doing the routine checks on their life pods. Stepping out of number 18, she moved to 19, her analyzer in her paw. She also had her version of a music player she'd seen those humans had. Hers looked more like a necklace than a small rectangle they had on Earth below. She kept in turned down low. Her triangular were sensitive,she could hear it fine even though it was down to a whisper.
She knew human were unpredictable and dangerous. But darn, the had some really good tunes! So it was a little strange she was swinging her tail of the single panel as she swished her tail in time with the music. The language in this song was English, she had studied and knew English, French,Spanish, German and Japanese, and was learning Chinese. When not working or playing with the younger pups, she studied. Some of the scientists weren't happy with her, but hey, he had a job to do. When she taught the pups to sing the Macarana as they danced in the food court, she did get plenty of blank stares. Too bad, they had been monitoring Earth for the last six loops of Earth around the sun and she knew the pups got bored if they didn't find nothing new to do.
Setsuna shut the hatch and watched the analyzer check the pod's systems as she swing her butt and tail to the music. Oxygen generator, green. Thrusters, green. Emergency chute, green. Emergency comms, green …
Suddenly she was pitched forward to slam into the hatch. OUCH! What the hell? Face planted by the view port, she saw the ship moving away. No wait, SHE was moving away, the pod had launched! Uhoh, she was in trouble. She activated the comms.
“Bridge, this is Setsuna, pod 19 that I am currently in has launched! I need picke up!”
A reply came back, The stern sound of the Captain. “Setsuna, you initiated an unauthorized launch. Your record is bad enough already! We can't initiate a retrieval, your pod is moving beyond the cloaking field. In 34 seconds, you will be detected by Earth's radars. There is a high chance your pod will be tracked and destroyed.”
“What? Can't you do anything to save me?”
“We cannot without risking the entire ship. Hold please.”
Setsuna noted the Earth was getting bigger. “Hold what? I'm falling into atmosphere here. The thrusters are computer controlled, I can't do anything!”
“Setsuna, this is lead scientist Grandor, due to your mistake this time, you have a new mission. Study humans up close and report back your findings. That is if you live through the landing.”
Setsuna stared at the speaker and yelled, out, “Survive? Me with humans? ARE YOU CRAZY? They'll think I'm a werewolf or something and SHOOT ME DEAD!”
“I did say, if you survive. If not,we will inform your parents you were lost on a scientific mission.”the voice stated flatly.
Setsuna's fur bristled. “How fucking thoughtful!” she growled in English, bearing her fangs at the speaker.
“You launched that pod, no on else.You better get strapped in, you'll be hitting atmo soon.”
Growling in frustration, Setsuna got herself into the seat and strapped herself in. Her growl took on a whine as she noted the fire from entry was forming around the pod. “I am so fucked!” She whined out, her ears flattened against her head, tail tucked between her legs. She gripped the armrests hard, digging her claws in. The pod shuddered and the re-entry light came on.
“NO SHIT!” she barked as the bright orange glow surrounded the pod.
She had no idea where she was going to land. he squeezed her eyes shut, hoping it didn't hurt to bad when she died. She also didn't see the 'emergency chute deployed' light when it came on.
Thanks Bobby
She knew human were unpredictable and dangerous. But darn, the had some really good tunes! So it was a little strange she was swinging her tail of the single panel as she swished her tail in time with the music. The language in this song was English, she had studied and knew English, French,Spanish, German and Japanese, and was learning Chinese. When not working or playing with the younger pups, she studied. Some of the scientists weren't happy with her, but hey, he had a job to do. When she taught the pups to sing the Macarana as they danced in the food court, she did get plenty of blank stares. Too bad, they had been monitoring Earth for the last six loops of Earth around the sun and she knew the pups got bored if they didn't find nothing new to do.
Setsuna shut the hatch and watched the analyzer check the pod's systems as she swing her butt and tail to the music. Oxygen generator, green. Thrusters, green. Emergency chute, green. Emergency comms, green …
Suddenly she was pitched forward to slam into the hatch. OUCH! What the hell? Face planted by the view port, she saw the ship moving away. No wait, SHE was moving away, the pod had launched! Uhoh, she was in trouble. She activated the comms.
“Bridge, this is Setsuna, pod 19 that I am currently in has launched! I need picke up!”
A reply came back, The stern sound of the Captain. “Setsuna, you initiated an unauthorized launch. Your record is bad enough already! We can't initiate a retrieval, your pod is moving beyond the cloaking field. In 34 seconds, you will be detected by Earth's radars. There is a high chance your pod will be tracked and destroyed.”
“What? Can't you do anything to save me?”
“We cannot without risking the entire ship. Hold please.”
Setsuna noted the Earth was getting bigger. “Hold what? I'm falling into atmosphere here. The thrusters are computer controlled, I can't do anything!”
“Setsuna, this is lead scientist Grandor, due to your mistake this time, you have a new mission. Study humans up close and report back your findings. That is if you live through the landing.”
Setsuna stared at the speaker and yelled, out, “Survive? Me with humans? ARE YOU CRAZY? They'll think I'm a werewolf or something and SHOOT ME DEAD!”
“I did say, if you survive. If not,we will inform your parents you were lost on a scientific mission.”the voice stated flatly.
Setsuna's fur bristled. “How fucking thoughtful!” she growled in English, bearing her fangs at the speaker.
“You launched that pod, no on else.You better get strapped in, you'll be hitting atmo soon.”
Growling in frustration, Setsuna got herself into the seat and strapped herself in. Her growl took on a whine as she noted the fire from entry was forming around the pod. “I am so fucked!” She whined out, her ears flattened against her head, tail tucked between her legs. She gripped the armrests hard, digging her claws in. The pod shuddered and the re-entry light came on.
“NO SHIT!” she barked as the bright orange glow surrounded the pod.
She had no idea where she was going to land. he squeezed her eyes shut, hoping it didn't hurt to bad when she died. She also didn't see the 'emergency chute deployed' light when it came on.
Thanks Bobby
(sorry about this, but unfortunately, I couldn’t think of any other way of doing this without using AI)
Harper Valentine loved the outdoors. She spent as much time as she could exploring the wild places of the world, travelling through remote valleys, walking in quiet hills and mountains and camping out under the night sky on clear nights. She had inherited this love of the outdoors from her father who had taken her everywhere and given her an appreciation for the natural world.
On this night, she had taken to the hills to sleep out under the stars and to reflect upon an important decision she had to make about the future.
But it was there that she observed what seemed at first to be a meteor burning its way through the atmosphere and hurtling towards the ground not far from where she’d planned on making camp. Intrigued by whatever it was she saw falling from the sky, she decided to carry on towards the place where the object seemed to be heading.
It took her a couple of hours, but eventually she came to what clearly wasn’t a meteor but some kind of craft which had left scorch marks on the surrounding trees and clear trench for some distance along the ground to the place where it now lay still, heat still radiating from its violent journey through the atmosphere.
Harper Valentine loved the outdoors. She spent as much time as she could exploring the wild places of the world, travelling through remote valleys, walking in quiet hills and mountains and camping out under the night sky on clear nights. She had inherited this love of the outdoors from her father who had taken her everywhere and given her an appreciation for the natural world.
On this night, she had taken to the hills to sleep out under the stars and to reflect upon an important decision she had to make about the future.
It took her a couple of hours, but eventually she came to what clearly wasn’t a meteor but some kind of craft which had left scorch marks on the surrounding trees and clear trench for some distance along the ground to the place where it now lay still, heat still radiating from its violent journey through the atmosphere.
As Coco Paris was being driven home after another successful performance at the Jazz Cafe and eating a fine and nutritious Five Guys burger. She suddenly noticed something that looked like a meteor
" Parker look is that a meteor or are we under attack from aliens? "
Parker replied in his normal calm, British stiff upper lipped manner.
" I have no idea Marm, would you like me to follow it and see where it leads? "
" Yes do that Parker, I'm not having aliens think they can just turn up here on earth unannounced, if it is an alien spaceship of course, yes drive on Parker follow that meteor or whatever it is falling through the Sky "
" Yes Marm " Parker replied and put his foot down on the accelerator
" It seems to have crash landed Marm ' Parker exclaimed
" Yes i can see that Parker, i want to see exactly what it is, so be a good chap and get as close as you can. If it is just a meteor thats fine, but if it is aliens invading then i might have to use my fighting skills to take them down if they are not friendly "
" Yes Marm " Parker replied
They finally got closer to where the fire was, but could travel no further in the limousine as the dirt track had ended.
Coco got out the vehicle and told her driver, Parker to stay in the car as she was quite capable of defending herself if there was any trouble. She walked through the forest and saw an opening and spotted the circular device on fire and also in the distance a figure that looked like a female, but Coco was too far away to be sure
Coco got out the vehicle and told her driver, Parker to stay in the car as she was quite capable of defending herself if there was any trouble. She walked through the forest and saw an opening and spotted the circular device on fire and also in the distance a figure that looked like a female, but Coco was too far away to be sure
Harper and Coco saw the figure awkwardly emerge from the pod and with a look of fear, as she saw them, she ran into the forest. But she didn’t get very far and they saw her running full pelt into a tree, both of them wincing when they saw how hard she collided with a tree and the audible thud that came from it. They both walked over to her and for a moment, wondered what to do.
“ I think she’s just very afraid,” Harper said to Coco. “Perhaps we need to help and protect her before she’s discovered?”
“Well, how exactly do we do that?” Replied Coco.
“First of all, we need to get her as far away from here as possible. We can’t be the only ones to have seen her pod fall from the sky. And she must’ve been visible to radar too”.
“But what if she’s dangerous?” ask Coco, “ couldn’t we be putting ourselves in great danger?”
“Maybe. But let’s give her the benefit of the doubt. She just looked very afraid and maybe it wasn’t her intention to land here. This might be a simple accident”
Following the path back to Coco‘s car, they carried the one they would come to know as Setsuna, in the hope they could get her away to safety before the authorities arrived.
“Well, how exactly do we do that?” Replied Coco.
“First of all, we need to get her as far away from here as possible. We can’t be the only ones to have seen her pod fall from the sky. And she must’ve been visible to radar too”.
“But what if she’s dangerous?” ask Coco, “ couldn’t we be putting ourselves in great danger?”
“Maybe. But let’s give her the benefit of the doubt. She just looked very afraid and maybe it wasn’t her intention to land here. This might be a simple accident”
Coco reponded " well lets just try and get her in the limo and get out of this area, I'm sure there's others on their way here too, once we are all seated i think we better head to my apartment in London, unless you have any better ideas Harper "
" Sounds good to me " Harper replied. Once they were all seated Coco told her driver Parker to step on it
Once inside Coco told the females to take a seat and relax and then spoke some words.
" play music track give me the night "
The music started to fill the air and seem to come from nowhere. Coco joined her colleagues on a soft comfortable chair in the living room area.
" By the way ladies this was my hit sngle from three years back, give me the night "
Harper and Setsuna both gave Coco an admiring smile
Coco then asked " Does anyone want a drink or something to eat, i have tea, coffee, fruit juice, water or wine. I have some snacky things, but if you ladies care for something hot i can order take out for us and get it delivered. I know an all night and early morning great Chinese restaurant. Then we can have a proper chat. The only thing is I'm not sure what kind of food or drink you would like Setsuna? "
Harper 💋💋💋