'What am I doing here?'
Carter was listening to Esmond whine while about the number of people and traffic as he arrived at Times Square.
"Stop complaining and tell me what the city is like?"
Carter was more curious about what Times Square looked like and how the atmosphere in the area felt, as the vision from Esmonds eyes just wasn't enough anymore after so many years of being confined to Esmonds mind.
With his body and the freedom, the space offered him, Carter was more than satisfied up until he felt the space to be void of life and moving parts, besides of drones that helped create the true beauty of cities…
What it needed was people and lots of it to fill the city he'd made and the second one that was being built.
He hadn't started on any work for the second city beside the palace and Summoning Square, because Carter wanted to see how the people lived and worked in the cities Esmond visited.
So far, Carter found the third world countries he'd visited to be horrendously managed and built, while the first world or western worlds were constantly failing because of materials degrading, poorly designed infrastructure, and lack of training among qualified people who might leave the job partially finished.
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'It's… fine…'
"I will slap the crap out of you-"
'OK!
The city… feels… claustrophobic, like the buildings are constantly expanding upwards to create a cage of steel and glass…'
"…
Have I ever said how much of a bundle of joy you are sometimes prick...!"
'Hey! You asked me to describe what it's like, so I did!
That's how I feel…'
"Tell me what normal people might feel you asshole!
I can confine to this space, so you better be a worthy tool for me to experience the outside world."
'You can be a real bitch at times…
Right… so I can see people moving around, both happy and sad, laughing and crying.
A bit of everything…
Some are racing to their meetings or wherever they might need to be, but of course they are late.
Others are taking their sweet time, taking in the smells of the city and the joys of coffee carts and street food.'
"Ahhh… what else?" Carter felt ecstatic and overjoyed hearing Esmonds descriptive explanation of his surroundings and senses being affected by the city.
'… I think I just saw some guy piss his pants down an alley…'
"…"
Carter chose to leave Esmond to his own adventures and went off to work on his second city instead, annoyed he was dealing with a child at times when it came to Esmonds moods.
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Watching the drones move over large amounts of materials to the location of the second city, Carter started walking over to the Summoning Square which was made from marble stone carved into thick plates that were laid down to create a large white rectangle roughly the size of a soccer pitch.
Before the Summoning Square stood the incredibly large and expansive royal palace that looked reminiscent of the Bojnice Castle from Slovakia, Château de Chenonceau from France, and the Matsumoto Castle from Japan.
What Carter had done was merge the collective uniqueness and characteristics from the three castles to create the palace.
From the three-story tier design of the daimyos castle from Japan, large circular towers, tall arches and expansive halls from Slovakia, and the river feature from France helped create a palace that was a cultural mashup.
Large gardens and vineyards filled the expansive land all around the back of the palace and around the sides of the Summoning Square.
Like the first city, Carter created a similar central park inspired piece of land that was bordered partially to be filled by the palace and its grounds while the rest was open to the public to explore and travel through.
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'I swear if we don't get people coming in here to see my beautiful work, I'll make sure to complain to… mom…'
Carter still found it hard to pronounce any word related to 'mother' when Ruby had asked him call 'mom' like Esmond, so he'd been trying to lately, desperate not to come across her wrath, but it was still difficult to say, even if he needed to utilise it for his own plans.
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*Ding*
[Requirements fulfilled for Summoning Square to be established…]
[Summoning Square has already been completed!]
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*Ding*
[Summoning Square]
[Level – 0]
[Experience: 0/1000 tons of Ogryx]
[Dimensions – 130 metres by 90 metres]
[Genetic Codes Available:
- Zadris]
[Summoning Capability: 100]
[Host is ready to use Summoning Square as they please!]
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'Seems like the drones finished the last touches of the palace.'
Carter opened the gates to enter the palace grounds and walked in the direction of the Blacked walled palace, adorned with gold trim around the building and scarlet red drapes across the palace structure.
Midnight purple and the other colours decided on by Carter and Esmond were arranged systematically throughout the grounds.
Even the art replicated by the drones was unlike any forgery he'd come across that it was close enough if not better than the original works that filled the walls of the great halls of the palace.
Mona Lisa, The Birth of Venus, Raft of Medusa, and plenty of other great works filled the great halls which might have seemed a little tacky if not for the artistic pieces from other lifetimes Carter had programmed the drones to recreate.
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Satisfied with the great halls, the massive rooms with several large, attached rooms for wardrobe and personal bathroom.
Other things like Esmonds and his parents own offices that attached to their own libraries, filled with books of their preference's, and the likes were added which as well he'd heard Ruby and Daniel thought about adding to the cabin.
Now it was time to start his second city and from what he'd seen in New York, there were many problems that needed sorting, mainly the drain and sewage system that was quite behind in times and needed to be fixed.
Carter sent the drones out to begin digging up the soil to add the sewage and pipelines for gas and electricity which was powered and managed partly by the Dismantling and Recycling Factory of the space with provided power.
But with coal already available in the space and nuclear energy an option soon with Esmond making his way to Grand Central Station to access a postal locker with the uranium and other materials in small quantities which were enough for the Spatial Ark Land to recognise.
The plans of the second city were to layout different districts and regions that specifically targeted a specific industry, like one would primarily focus on entertainment, while another would on finance and business and so on.
While he thought about making it grand, filled with tall buildings that towered over the gardens and open lands, Carter went with a simpler and less congested layout that allowed the space to breath and not feel like one was choking.
Deciding on an open and green city design plan, Carter started instructing the drones and getting them to move quick, carrying tons of materials like it was nothing, but weightless.
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"Is this all?"
Esmond had opened the small lockers that littered parts of Grand Central Station, which really distracted the visitor to such a lovely place it them being highly out of place with its tone dead steel colour.
Regardless of those lockers, his eyes focused on the ceiling and the stars that were the constellations designed in the mural.
"Carter, tell me you can see the artwork on the ceiling?"
'I can… to be honest, it looks like the artists represented their version of heaven looking down on the commuters…
Ohh… that's right… yes that is it.
I've got the materials from the lockers…'
Esmond had sent over the ores, seeds, and various other materials into the space with just a wave of his hand, having to only think about the Spatial Ark Land and his consciousness would send over the materials in a jiffy.
Now that Carter had uranium, indium, and some chromium as well as some other materials, he got to work making upgrades to the jet engines for the fighter jets, aircrafts and ships that were being built.
But it left him without one crucial thing, people to test out his finished products, beside running diagnostics checks.
The Zadrisian couldn't be summoned without Esmonds presence in the space, so he had to wait till he returned to his hotel, before asking Esmond to come to the Spatial Ark Land.
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In the meantime, Esmond walked around the Grand Central Station to take in the sights and architectural beauty that was the large, monumental structure.
While he walked around, closely looking over the art on display as well as what was built into the massive structure over the course of its history, someone was watching Esmond's movements from a distance, holding a newspaper like he was reading it as a means of disguise.
"He's not doing much… maybe looking at the artwork like a drugged-up college kid…"
The agent closely watching Esmonds movement sent through his thoughts, not knowing why their bosses had made this kid a person of interest.
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'How drugged up does he look Malcom? Is it enough for us to bring him in and question a little?'
"God no… plus if we go by anything on the report, I doubt the department will walk away without incurring a lawsuit.
For now… just let me follow the kid."
'Very well, Agent Malcom… I'll leave it in your hands.'
Malcom kept an eye on Esmond, readying himself to keep a little distance as to not spook his target, but he found it a little weird that the kid didn't wonder about like the typical tourist coming to New York for their first time.
He'd followed Esmond from his Hilton hotel onto a boat trip around the harbour to see the Statue of Liberty, but straight after that, Esmond went to the New York Public Library for quite some time and then over to Grand Central Station where he received some items from the lockers.
The first thought that went through Malcoms mind was maybe Esmond was scounting locations to bomb or attack once they were informed of the items in the lockers Esmond opened.
But the items didn't have any correlation to create a bomb and they'd done a check up of Esmonds rooms just to check for any parts that he might already have that would indicate to them he was planning an attack.
However, they found nothing, and Malcom couldn't see the packages on Esmonds body, nor did he see him remove anything from the lockers, so it was hard to know what to do, especially with the stack of agents ready to pounce.
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Sadly, they had no way to shield themselves against Esmonds natural body energy which could be sent out as a radar.
He'd known early on that there were agents surveilling his every move from the rooms on either side of his own, down to them following him from the moment he exited the hotel.
Esmond had nothing to hide so in his eyes, if they arrested him, he would make it a field day suing the government for their foolish actions and thoughts.
That's why he'd also sent the items from the lockers directly over without a second thought to see if they were in fact the packages Carter ordered, leaving the task to him to check their contents in the space.
But now, he was fed up with them following him, mostly the guy in a dark suit with the newspaper in his hands.
The African American gentleman had come and gone when he followed Esmond, but he'd bothered to stay the longest out of the rest, much to Esmonds pleasure.
'Poor bugger had to follow me for several hours in those clothes…'
Esmond wore looser and comfortable clothes from the space made by the drones that were made with alloys to help strengthen and aerate his body to the climate.
Ignoring the ploy that strung along the agents of some American agency, Esmond moved in Malcoms direction, uncaring of what might happen if he spooked the agents surveilling him from all directions.
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"May I take this seat?"
With a broad smile, Esmond asked Malcom if the seat in front was free, stunning the agents watching all around and Malcom himself, how their target picked up on their actions or if it was a weird coincidence.
"O-of course… *cough* please take a seat Mr…?"
"Manston… Esmond Manston, and yourself?"
"Malcom Fletcher…"
They two smiled as they shook each other's hand, however they were eyeing each other to see who was interrogating who and which one would be the unlucky duckling to be questioned…
“I would love to ask if you don’t mind, what your favourite part of today as been?”“I-I beg your pardon?”Malcom stuttered a little, confused by what Esmond just said.He thought for a moment he heard wrong, but what Esmond said next clear that straight up, like hot coffee straight to the face.“I’ve seen you taking a tour of New York with me today…From when I left my hotel to the boat hire for the graceful lady of liberty and then you broke off for a bit when I went to the library, but you came back like a Jordan in the fourth quarter and joined me here, in the majestic Grand Central Station that makes one wonder if they are waking under the heavens…”Malcom, and those listening in on their conversation through his microphone, were on edge Esmond kept a close eye on Malcoms steps which meant they rest weren’t likely to have escaped Esmonds sights.‘Malcom! Hu
֍ 5th February 2008 ֍.‘Hello, this is Titan… who am I speaking with?’Esmond was on the phone, currently in the first class at John F. Kennedy International Airport, waiting for his flight back home.He thought there would be some issues going through customs, but there weren’t any problems thankful, and it seemed like he wasn’t being followed anymore, so he was happy to get out of America.With Carter informing about the possibility of a call from Anton, Esmond paid for a little private room off from the side of the lounge, which was perfect for the call..“Thanks for taking our call, I am a friend of Anton… Schmuel…”He didn’t know if he should say his name or not but seeing Anton nod as he paused for a moment, Schmuel decided to say his name, even
֍ 6th February 2008 ֍.*Ding*[Daily Wheel of Chance!][Pouch of Medicinal Plant seeds][ - 15 seeds of Uncommon Grade medicinal herbs which come from Planet Alura -56, known for supplying the Intergalactic Network with herbs, potions, and tonics that could improve someone's strength and health][While others could cleanse the body from any filth and waste before practicing their body energy].'Hmm… at least Carter can plant these and make something of them…'Esmond wasn't overly concerned with the rewards from the Daily Wheel of Chance, because the Uncommon Grade herbs wouldn't be able to affect his body.The Xoplis Body Refinement and Spiritual Practise Manual made it incredibly d
Carter and Esmond were walking through the streets to the Summoning Square in the second city, watching the drones install sewage pipes and roads to buildings with furniture and décor.It all made Esmond feel amazed by the abilities and technical skill of the drones but there was a setback to their brilliance which bothered him.His turmoil was spotted by Carter, who understood why Esmond looked so stressed suddenly."Even if they can't exactly go out and speed up the work… we can use them discreetly of course…Have you thought about examining the cloaking system you got and see if we can apply it to the drone?"Carter had hit the nail on its head with his question as Esmond pulled up the cloaking system schematics in the System Interface.Staring at the notes, code, and designs of the cloaking system, for up to 10 minutes, until Esmond found something they could work with to make some adjustments to the cloaking system
After Esmond was cleaned up and attended to, which Carter objected to, however Rubys opinion far superseded everyone else's, when it came to her childrens health.The other mothers and parents among the Zadris people understood so many rushed forward and helped Ruby treat her boy.She was amazed how an alien species could speak fluent English so easily, but it turned out to be one of the traits of the Zadris people to pick up languages quickly.Astonished, Ruby enquired about much more, as was Daniel who was connecting with the fathers and elderly who stood in the Summoning Square.Only when they noticed some of the children and elderly were about to sit down did Carter suggest they leave the square and move inside to the palace.Everyone, including Esmond at times, were utterly amazed and taken aback by the sight and brilliance of the palace.The Zadris people felt a little inspired and their creative genes exploding when they eyes would co
*Ding*[Host has unlocked Hidden function of the system… please wait for installation…][…][…][…][Installed…][Scanning… Analysed!][Quest activated in conjunction with Spectral Consciousness Ability][Media: Film][Name: Stealth][Year of release: 2005][UCAV, cya CAV!][The year is 2021 and the U.S Navy has developed the F/A-37 Talon, a single-seat fighter-bomber with an array of advanced capabilities which makes it one of the fastest and deadliest fighters in the air][Dr. Keith Orbit, as developed an artificial intelligence that has reprogrammed its neutral patterns to become more powerful and egotistic with a blu
'Move to the adjacent building.Downstairs there is a team waiting for you and upstairs they have already entered your home.'Mark listened to the voice coming from his phone, looking over the ledge of the building and saw some armed men taking formation and ready to storm up the building to look for him.'Fuck, fuck, fuck…'All that was going through his mind was getting as far away from those hunting him.With no other option, Mark moved back and gave himself some space for a run up, before bolting hard for the ledge and vaulting himself over, flying through the air for a couple metres before he landed hard on the second floor of the adjacent building.Mark barrel rolled on his landing and pushed himself forward to keep the momentum going in his legs so he wouldn't stop..'Cut through the two buildings to your left and head down to the rail tracks, from there you will find a b
"Well look whose here!Come in young man, your fathers been talking about you nonstop lately that I've gone bloody deaf."James hugged Esmond as he entered, a little shocked by the muscle tone he felt from the usually skinny and normal nephew of his."Have you been going to the gym?You look much healthier than you use to Esmond.""Yeah, Uncle James, I've got myself a chef and…"Esmond lied a little, explaining he'd been busy at the gym to help him with all his time travelling which made him feel unhealthy, so it was the push for him to investigate a healthier lifestyle.James didn't question it and even asked for some tips from Esmond, who ended up bothering Carter for some help.Before the two went to James' office so they could have their meeting, Esmond went by to the kitchen and found his aunt Lisa cooking one of his favourite meals, creamy pasta with mushrooms.It was a simple but amazing meal with the garli
"Mmm… H-hello…?"Esmond sleepy voice carried through his phone, earlier scrambling to find it as it started blaring aloud and disturbing his sleep.'It seems like I've disturbed your sleep, Mr Mars…'Like the wind was knocked out of him, Esmond sat right up, as the drowsiness left his body…"Not at all… *cough* just resting a little, after a long day… anyway, how may I be of service?"With no clue who was on the other end, other than someone important through Anton, Esmond did his best to sound authoritative and relaxed.But being caught off by his sleep made him ill equipped for the conversation, he soon fell back into rhythm and took hold of the conversation..'My… child, Anton, has given me your letter… as well as this simple phone…While I appreciate the two, it seems the wooden box is more of an important gift than the two.'<
֍ Sametime in Iraq ֍......"I am exhausted…Seriously… what the hell am I doing? I'm supposed to be relaxing in Thailand but no… still gotta trek through the goddamn desert!"Anton was stuck dealing with the misery of travelling alone on camel back through the Iraqi desert while trying to reach a hidden military compound.It was his last stop before leaving for Thailand and resting with that little time he had left to enjoy the luxuries his boss had bought the new recruits and their families before training started.His own wife and children were already there and enjoying themselves as he would hear from them during his evening calls every so often.It all made Anton jealous and furious that he had to be out in the desert alone on a camel, but he more thought about the rewards and benefits his work wou
"My Lord, if you wouldn't mind me asking a question?"One of the G.A.E humans called Janet, a red-haired beauty who could change her hair colour and length with just a simple thought as part of her specialised augmentation ability, wanted to ask Esmond more about the body coding and augmentation as she was curious about having some of her own."Sure, go ahead.""Could the body coding be made for specific organs…?What I mean is, currently I have gathered from my quick skim through the information that the coding affects the body as a whole.But why not affect the organ instead.If we wrote the coding for, let's say, improved eyesight, could be write it on the organ and increase the body coding any person could be subjected to."Esmond like their idea and even thought it worked better that the current method which meant it could give his soldiers a greater sense of power and strength.His snipers could be deadlier than an
'I knew it was too good to be true…Fuck my life'"Carter! Help me out here…"Esmond massaged his head as it throbbed in pain from his carelessness to not read labels properly.He cursed his luck for wasting credit just like that for something that would require time and patience, and he didn't have any to spare if he wanted to get started as soon as possible.Before he completely discarded what he brought from the system, Carter gave him a rundown of what he bought.Much to his delight and surprise…"What you bought, of course, isn't the complete Buklish Special Security Forces which would mean they could be summoned at the square, instead what you got is a way to create your own super soldiers with accelerated growth development.Plus, it's set with a universal list of genetic coding which means it can be used on the Zadrisian, humans and even the G.A.E.The pods make the operation seamless and ove
Esmond hadn't started using the Virtual Labs he'd bought from the system store along with the Virtual World which the labs were connected with and integrated into.Though the system had removed the side effects and problems associated with Virtual Labs, the Virtual World would allow Esmond to both test out his simulations with near identical environment to the external world.Now getting the System Knowledge Databank as a reward, he felt it would perfect for him to recreate some of the items and projects from his past lives.He might not need it now but uploading it to the S.K.D would definitely bring him some sort of benefit."Carter?!""Yo yo yo!What do you need fool?"Carter was twirling like a ballerina, trying his hand at dropping some hot verses before Esmond called for him.He'd come across rap music by chance while fascinated by the graceful movement of ballerinas, so he started performing them at the same time which E
"….Mmm…. hello…"Julias sleepy, croaky voice spoke into the mouthpiece of her housephone, waking her up before her alarm for work.She felt like cursing at whoever it was for ruining her sleep, however the voice from the otherside just happened to be the person she most dreaded and feared, having been tortured by their mind-numbing calls that broke down Julia at times."Goooooood Morning! JULIA! RISE AND SHINE!" Carter's voice came screaming through the phone awaking Julia right up and ruining what left of her sleepy mood and she knew instantly her day was going to be long and arduous."I've got some great news for you today!So, wake up and get dressed.Also bring your daughter along today.The office has been updated and prepared based on Esmonds thoughts.All the instructions have already been sent to your email, with that to do.Also, today is the first day for James Trudell, the new CEO so I hop
Oscar recounted the past of his people and planet while the other G.A.E humans were conversing and chatting freely with the Zadrisian people who'd come out to chat and act as guides for the newest members of the city and space.Carter was also busy gathering all the details and information of the new citizens of the Spatial Ark Land, so he couldn't stick around and continue to listen to Oscar's past for now."If I remember things correctly, the insectoid race was called Chisidin, a planet conquering nuisance that had 6 eyes, though you would only see 4 on their faces while the two remaining were hidden at the back of their heads.Those pricks were difficult to deal with honestly… especially the captains within their ranks could shapeshift, I think so… or was it Lord ranked…?"Esmond added his thoughts to the conversation, thinking back to a time in the past when he came across the 6-armed, 6 eyed creature which ripped apart assailants
Esmond moved according to Carter's instructions, however the cut through side streets and alleys to catch up to the small motorcade that surrounded the personal secretary.He circulated his body energy to increase his speed and movement which removed most of Esmonds need for a vehicle, but it got to a point that he needed more than his body to assault the security detail in the motorcade.Follow the roughly direction and estimations of Carter, Esmond eventually found the motorcade slowly approaching a backed-up region of traffic.It seemed like the perfect place, but it would cause a huge scene and mass casualty..>Master, please summon some drones, I believe I may be of some assistance…<Esmond felt relieved and summoned a gate, letting a dozen or so drones entered before shutting the gate.A guilt fluttered in his heart for not getting in contact with Echo once he was
[Status!][Name: Esmond Manston][System Level: 19[Experience: 49,578,500/1,048,576,000][Credits: 1,001,000][Body Condition: Healthy][Body Status: Primordial Human][Status: Healthy][Strength: 67][Endurance:67][Stamina: 67][Dexterity: 77][Intelligence: 87][Agility: 64][Wisdom: N/A][Abilities:- Spectral Consciousness- Taming]*[Spatial Ark Land][System Level: 19].[Hunting G