Distant Reality Chapter Nineteen
GRID Traveler Trinity: Distant Reality
Author: J Carrell Jones
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Chapter 19
It is an age-old belief that wishing, wanting and having should never come to pass. In wishing you set into motion a desire of wanting and in wanting you begin the process of having. But the trick is to have a healthy balance between the three. One can wish for the Moon, but without the where alls and resources the Moon is forever minus a minute away. As the Greeks put it, there has to be a balance between Theoria (thought) and Praxis (action). If the balance is not struck, then the result is that one is either silly looking or just plain completely stupid. Theoria and Praxis – think carefully.
Chapter 19
Agegi witnessed the entire preceding and was appalled. The elders would never have subjected him and the ancient ones to such barbaric rhetoric. There was nothing he could do but let them do their silly little ritual. Then it happened. The one called ‘Sean’ stepped into the chamber. The room came alive with heat and light. He felt his skin soften as the temperature climbed higher and higher. These creatures indeed meant to awaken him and that was good.
Sean stepped into the chamber. The room seemed to pulsate with light and heat.
The group walked in and assembled themselves along the wall. Loggar stood to his right.
Sean was thankful for not having any clothing. The temperature began to climb. One of the techs had told the group that the temperature would have to reach 136 degrees for about ten seconds if the Statue was to be activated. Sean counted to twenty.
The statue moved, the heat vanished, and the room fell silent.
The sound of air rushing into long unused lungs resonated throughout the chamber. An eerie sound on someone who had drowned years ago and suddenly their lungs were able to expand and draw in something that had desperately been missed and needed. The statue took a deep breath for the first time in a long time.
It let it out slowly and enjoyed the once again ability to breathe air.
Sean’s first impulse, as it was for the others, was to run. But the fascination of watching the statue come to life mesmerized him. It was because of him that the statue awakened. Sean took a step forward and looked into the blank eyeless face of the statue. Agegi looked down at Sean. “Who has awakened me?” His voice echoed throughout the chamber. In the far corner, someone pissed on himself. Two people fainted, and one of the oldest members suffered heart failure. She died silently.
Sean looked into the face and said, “I am a remnant of an Elder. I am Sean. Who have I awakened?”
Agegi breathed again, inhaling air for a long time then exhaling it in an equally long time. Damn it felt good to breathe. The process of inhaling and exhaling was worth being subjected to the silly rituals of these curious people. He stepped off the platform and looked at Sean.
Loggar and the group took a collective step backward. Sean stood fast, damned if he was gonna back down from something he brought to life.
Agegi looked at the group, then back at Sean. “I am Agegi, an Ancient one.”
Loggar whispered. “Oh shit.”
“You speak our language?” Sean asked.
“I do many things. I am Agegi, Sean. Why have you awaken me?” Agegi said, playing the game and going through a poorly scripted play.
Loggar took a tentative step forward. “To learn from you.”
Agegi turned his blank face to Loggar.
Loggar almost cringed but kept her composure, if Sean could do it, she could do it.
“What is it you would learn from me?”
“We have a religion based on the Elders and the Ancient Ones. We . . . we are awed by you.”
Agegi spoke, “Are you worthy of my inspiring awe?”
Loggar stepped forward, placing herself in front of Sean. ”We as a people have tried to hold the ideas and concepts of what we learned generations ago. We mimicked what we saw and thus created a belief. You are part of that belief and we are prepared to take a step forward in our understanding of that belief. We would only like to further our understanding from a being that was part of its origins.”
Agegi took another step forward. “And what do you have to say remnant of the Elder Ones?” Agegi moved its smooth featured face toward Sean. Agegi liked this one. He was different.
Sean cleared his throat. “I want to know what my purpose is.” There, he said it. Something he had buried deep inside for too many years. And with saying it Sean realized that maybe the Most-High Goddess was not a thing for him. “I want to understand why I am here. Hasn’t there been a time when you asked yourself that very question?”
For a second time in Agegi’s existence he was moved by a question. Sean struck a nerve. Agegi would forever remember that. “Yes, remnant Sean, long ago, but now things are different,” Agegi breathed. His breathing was measured in massive inhaling and exhaling of tens of seconds. “I am different. I know my purpose.”
From somewhere in the back Randals shouted, “And what is your purpose?”
Loggar gave Randals a hateful stare as he walked up front.
Randals had committed a breach in protocol. Loggar cursed herself. Herb had been right, Ted was a wildcard and today he was going to grandstand.
Agegi stared into Randals direction. “Come here.” Agegi commanded more than requested.
Randals stepped forward.
“You ask a question. Are you prepared for the answer?”
Randals responded with an answer he had been prepped for.
He nodded. “Yes. I am.”
“Then step closer.”
Randals walked to within arm’s reach of Agegi.
Agegi looked down. He was a full two and a half meters taller. He reached out and placed his hand on the top of Randals head. Sean stared with jealous fascination at the scene. Randals made first touch.
“What are you called?”
“Ted Randals.” His voice quivered slightly.
“Then Ted Randals, this is my purpose.” And with that Agegi’s hand tightened on Randals’ head. Long thin probes extended from his fingers. They inserted themselves into Randals’ brain, seeking out vital information about this strange species that was willing to worship the likes of him. And finally, after all this time, which seemed like forever, Agegi finally laughed.