Canals of New Mars: Waltzing on the Bridge by flavia49
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Description
Landing the ship was not as easy as drinking a glass of water. The commands and parameters on the control chair were in Old High S'skash, a kind of writing who had fallen into disuse for thousand years. The New Martians had regressed to oral culture and then had adopted the Earthener writing.
"What is written on this indicator?" JS asked in the throes of a galloping frustration crisis, but Eve and the ship herself weren't very helpful.
"Dammit! Eve, what do you know about the hangar?"
Eve reeled off a couple of quatrains and the ship added two more of hers, but the result was mercifully called by JS: "Bloody total darkness!"
"It is said that the mother ship, the crazy one, was also a ship that sang, so I suppose that this hangar was built for a ship of enormous proportions." Eve ventured and added: "It is said that the Forsaken were about 20,000 souls. So the ship had been large enough to contain them and the hangar should be adequate."
"Holy cow, a heavy battle cruiser!" JS murmured with a grin. "You belongs to the same ship class, I suppose. What's your size?"
"Size, dimensions? What are they?" asked the ship clearly puzzled.
"Your physical dimensions. How long, large and high are you?" JS explained.
"I don't know." Said the ship with great distress. "We don't have any of that here in Nowhere, if I have understood what they are." Then the ship blurted a description that made things worse.
Eventually JS understood that the Nowhere was an abstract mathematical dimension, and that only the release from the Nowhere gave physical embodiment to the ship. The Nowhere was something totally different from the hyperspace, but this was a concept to be explored further and later. "We need a brainiac, here!" JS sighed.
Finally it was time to try the landing, also because JS had exhausted his repertory of curses and swearwords, something he had hitherto believed impossible.
The pitch black darkness of the cavern for a moment seemed to shrink, shrivel in itself and then changed into another total darkness, but more corporeal and not metaphysic any longer. Then lights in front of them, above them and below them glowed.
"Godamighty! She's really huge!" JS and Eve exhaled.
On the side of the immense spaceship a door opened. A gangway reached out to them. JS and Eve had reached the deck and the ship greeted them with the typical one hiss 'six to broadside'.
JS saluted and said: "Request permission to come aboard, madam."
"I'm yours, my captain, no need to ask permission." NMS Victory stated and proudly added: "I'm reading the honors protocol in your mind. I hope I was correct!" The ship took them to the bridge, and the Commander's chair. JS sat down and the imprinting was done. Eve did the same on the Naga's chair.
When they were at the center of the bridge, the ship and Eve started a song. "Why don't you sing with us, Jay?" asked Eve.
"I've musical hear for engines, gunshots, explosions and ticking. But I'm out of tune with real music. I'm sorry." JS smiled.
Suddenly the music stopped for a moment and then began again. It was a waltz.
"Out of tune and this, then? It was at the bottom of your mind!" chuckled the ship.
JS looked at Eve with her dress draped around her slender figure. He remembered he was in full-dress uniform and could not resist the romantic temptation and was weak enough to ask: "Would you dance?" putting one hand around her waist and taking her hand with the other.
"I cannot.."
"Listen to the rhythm of the music and follow my lead." JS smiled and whirled her into the middle of the floor.
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CREDITS:
Lyrra: Ensign M4; Davorama: Modular Command Chair; Moyra: Serpentine; Tyllo: Metal Ornaments; Kibarreto: Commander.
Comments (54)
danapommet
Beautiful setting for ballroom dancing. Beautiful render Flavia and love the narrative in this chapter. Dana
cricke49
well created image render, lovely design and coloring and lighting! love the story-line! it amkes so real like!:)*5
lior
A very nice chapter & a so wonderful scene!
KatesFriend
Wonderful story and the scene is very impressive.
brycek
Wonderful image and story..well done!!
shorterbus
Actually, I went to an old high school, but I don't remember a word of S'skash.
Miska7
Really nice scene and story. Great lighting, textures and poses! Very well done.
mermaid
a special ballroom they have...smile
lyron
Fantastic scene. Great work!!
tamburro
Amazing scene and a great story my dear friend!!!
Faemike55
Excellent work! beautiful bridge and great scene! Wonderful story
kasalin
Wonderful story, my dear :) and the scene is very well done !!!! 5+
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent scene and story.
Minda
beautiful scene and nice story flavia..
jeroni
wonderful scene and colours
jmb007
superbe scene!!!
tennesseecowgirl
awww wonderful work!~
drifterlee
This is excellent!!!!!!
Madbat
I knew they got dressed up for a reason, lol.
Annco
Very lovely
MagikUnicorn
EXCELLENT DETAILS
MOSKETON
PRECIOSA CREACION.
jocko500
this is wonderful
Osper
Great job!!!
ssteph
Wonderful setting for ballroom dancing...great work
claude19
I think the romance bath scene from landing ship hazardous by the music chosen by the ship, a great boldness in the script and illustrated with beautiful scenes, are increasingly an original story of these channels New Mars. Brilliant also details on writing! A history of more controlled. Bravo!
Chipka
Superb work! I love the story and the way the characters seem so alive...well...they are! The render is top notch as well, and it reminds me of some of the finest stuff I've seen by the countless SF painters/artists who have graced the covers of my favorite novels. This is truly fantastic work. I've read and seen the posts leading up to this and I'll be commenting on those too, but this seemed an excellent place to let you know that I've been catching up. Oh, and I love the scale of this image! That's one impressive command bridge/ballroom!
renecyberdoc
whats a brainiac ??heheh i know its like a maniac but more on the intelligencia level.lol. fine storyline. here we go: Brainiac is a common modern term used to describe someone exceedingly knowledgeable in a certain field. Also a slang term, indicating a highly intelligent person. source wiki.
bazza
Beautiful work on this scene, lovely bridge and great story really enjoyed it.. well done!!
BertDes
Excellent work.