Hello humankind!!!!!I am taking over for Noobasaurus today to bring you a story from the science-fiction vaults.....This is a Bryce illustration with some post work done in photoshop for levels, eq, and contrsat......Noobasaurus would like to thank all for their time and any/all comments......... *****************Story is complete fiction and for fun only!!!!!!*********** Guerrillas In Our Mist:Project Grape Ape And so in our wanderings we came upon a few humans who were of special interest to us. We have studied your race since before you could talk....We have watched you grow from long before your simple tools to the weapons of mass destruction you wield today. And we are concerned to say the least. For you have not seemed to grow in the area that matters most. Wisdom......Power is self consuming if not held in check by wisdom. And now you have the power to completely destroy yourselves. Who amongst you will stand against the onslaught of your very selves? You think you live and love in "reality" yet your whole world's practical existence is a fantasy....You created the idea of "time"...the idea of "money"...the idea of "wealth", "fortune" and "fame" You give power to those who you are most afraid of.....Instead of living like the mortals you must know yourselves to be. For all of your religions and lofty ideals and noble thoughts and deeds your world is still shit. Many have snuffed their own lives out of desperation...Many more have been trampled under the guise of charity and good will. Yet all is not lost. Some will hear our message and will respond. Not with violence and acts of cruelty...but with love and compassion....Tolerance and understanding.....With patience and wisdom...Do you not realize to hurt another is only to hurt yourself? Has not your greatest poets and prophets told you to love one another as thyself? And yet one has only to watch a single brodcast or read a single news-gatherer's source material to find out that this is not spreading like it should. The message is everywhere...but who listens? Wisdom. The wise will know that there must be those who do not seek to love or heal or help...but only to destroy and sicken and conquer...These are the guerrilas in the mist. And I am only the eight zillion ton grape ape in the room who's here to remind you of this...Because everything happens for a reason........Or am I too just a figment of your imagination? We wish you the best on your evolutionary journey...but it seems we cannot interfere. You must survive or perish as all intelligent life forms do at first. On your own. Because until you evolve in your wisdom to match your powers you are a danger to all life everywhere...If you don't believe me ask yourselves how many life forms have gone extinct on your home planet simply from your own actions and misdeeds... from your total lack of wisdom? How long will you last? It is up to you... We wait to welcome you to a new world....a new understanding of the universe....But the only help we can offer is this communique. Besides...who can tell the truth when they hear it or see it? Only the most wise? You must save yourselves. Good luck!!!!! From the Council of Qunterras