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Dreams of the Terrestrials

Suspects: Zarlarken, Feldon, Delmond, Carria, Hassita.

The Moon seemed bigger than usual, almost twice as big. They all stared up at it wondering what was happening. The Terra bubble was owned by 4 families, each had the prescribed number of children allowed by the Outworld Council. That number was one. Each family met 2 months prior to being placed in the Tera Bubble. This was to ensure that the families would be able to get along.

The Children had no issues on getting along, in fact it seemed like they were siblings rather than neighbors. They were together from birth. They ate together, slept together, went to the Learning Pod together. They would live this way until they were old enough to apply for their own placement. This is the way life was for Terrestrials. This is the way it had always been.

Today, however something was different. Today was a day that interrupted their normal routine. The Moon was larger, the only answer was the asteroid they claimed was moving. That meant someone had fired the propulsion generator, but why.

Zarlarken, Zar to his families, was the same age as all the children, 13. He was heavily into Gnarball, which was a distant relative to what historians called Basket Ball. The difference was the ball was thrown not bounced and of course covered in sharp spikes. Zar loved the game and owned his own practice Gnarl. He was always trying to get the other kids to play with him and dreamed of going to a game once in his life.

Feldon was a small boy. he aspired to one thing, study to get off the asteroid. he had discovered knowledge was his ticket out of the cycle of placement when he was only 8 years old. he had watched a training disc that showed that the intelligent were given special privilege. From that moment on he had dedicated himself to his studies. He was an above average child and had already received offers from the Council to continue. His parents were very proud and all he had to do was maintain his grades for 3 more years.

Delmond was the opposite of Feldon. He was big and powerful. He was destined for placement and wanted nothing else. He was the strongest of all the children and towered over them. Although he could have ruled the group with his power he did not. He was kind and gentle. What he lacked in intelligence he made up for in good humour and kind encouragement. There was nothing he would not do for his families.

Carria was beautiful and she knew it. She used her beauty on the boys to get what

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