Information

There was a time information flowed reasonably freely and privacy was like a thing of one’s virginity.

Then there was the time information flooded freely and privacy was like a thing of casual sex.

Anonymity exist with the benefit of the doubt. Anonymity extinct with the benefit of the governance.

The world forfeited every last privacy law protecting the made up right of the netizen, claiming that it was originally set up to control the Internet that was still in development. Seeing that it was set up with its own set of parameter in recent years, everyone agreed that if one wished to be online, they should be cautious about their own action, like it should be in real life.

They made it under the pressure of so called freedom, and so was their plan to continue their monitor on the citizen without violating, conflicting, contradicting with their own rules.

And that was the mockery to those who craved for freedom so much.

So of course a lot more fake identities were on the web, a lot more convenience to the marketing department, a lot more easier to be an identity thief, and a lot more autonomy of being whoever you wish to be on the net.

Information of you, the real you or the fake you, worth not a dime/cent/yen/buck/dollar/nickel to anyone.

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Uphill

The rim of the mountain was covered in brilliant white clouds, where the snow looked soft and puffy, which also added to the chilling sensation one would felt when absorbed to this scenery. It must be cold uphill.

Not far down below, rocks of different shapes and sizes took to their formation many years ago and created the unique slope of the hill, for it was steep and tough to conquer. Up there, no tree, or grass, or plant of any sort could have survived, only a kind of Lichen spread far and wide on the stones, nurtured by the fresh flowing air and the warmth of the sun. They expected no visitors and shan't be for thousands of years since their overtaking.

Going deeper, gravels filled the lower half of the mountain, whereas wild grass grew over them and a few tree stood far apart from each other. Imagine when the thunder clashed onto the rocks above and broke some of it with its almighty force of concentrated power, you could understand why trees were scarce down here. Grass though, made no attempt to acknowledge the rubble going on top of them, because eventually they would outgrew the pile of crushed stones and shown the greenness within them.

Close to the bottom of the hill, tree stood in alliances and made a fence around, they are the nature’s protector and the guardians of the animals. They dedicated their life to the surroundings asking for only one things, death, so that they could recycle the energy of the finite that relied on them, and turn over a new leaf, to continue their seemingly infinite task.

Civilization came. They chopped trees, killed animals, moved rubble, conquered hills.

The snow melted and went back being a cloud; lichens cried because of the smoke contaminated their precious air; grasses and other lesser plant leisurely took over the hills and greedily sucked every last drop of the energy stored in the ground.

There was a great fire, wild and untamed. It consumed everything along its way: it engulfed the whole village of people, it punished the grasses on the bottom of the hill, it terrorized the lichens up in the clouds and animals down in the surrounding woods.

Then there was a mild rain, caressed the earth and stroke the fire. It stopped till the heat was gone.

Years passed, and the dark markings left behind were no where to be seen. The forest recovered slowly, the grasses grew wildly, animals went away in hope of a better place. And the lichens almost saw the end of themselves.

The rim had a little white cap on, snow was gathering and making a comeback.

In due time. Hitherto.

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NaNoWriMo Character Sheet

Ship R class Royal Cruiser ‘The Lady’

AKA ‘Dragonfly’

Captain Kurtis King

Crew: Engineer Nina Mckee

Secondary Eng. Shawn Cobb

Secondary Eng. Douglas Young 

Pilot Barry Ross

Secondary Pilot Alexa Booker

Weapon Gaston Kurtz

Secondary Wep. Ashley Kurtz

Doctor Amanda Ashford

Chef Victor Goldman

Sub Ingrid So

Character Info

Captain Kurtis King

New and Novice Captain for the new ship, a R class Royal Cruiser (Display the wealth and techno. advancement of the Acting Galactic Government, like an AD), He is a very pleasant but rather clumsy guy. Straight out of the Academy, was promoted to Captain immediately following his good result and relationship with the representative.

Engineer Nina Mckee

Came from the slum area, Nina is a very determined and stubborn person, though her skills in engineering excess any male in her class. She doesn’t talk much, but if she’s talking, you did better listen.

Secondary Eng. Shawn Cobb and Douglas Young

Best friend since they were born, Shawn Cobb and Douglas Young were the duo you have always wanted. The fact that they knew each other well increased their working efficiency. But if they were separated, the situation could go worse in the most desperate time.

Pilot Barry Ross

Born in a pilot family, Barry knew how to fly when he was in the belly. He could perform the most unrealistic movement and get out of the situation safely, he’s the one everyone’s be betting on. Although his twin brother, Kevin Ross, was even better than him and were currently serving the A class Battle Cruiser - Eliminator

Secondary Pilot Alexa Booker

Alexa Booker, she got picked into the crew for the new ship because her father was a senator. She had the basic training on piloting and the result was quite good. Her father didn’t want her to waste her time on the planet partying, so decided to let her join the crew.

Weapon and Secondary Weapon Gaston Kurtz and Ashley Kurtz

The brother and sister, Gaston Kurtz and Ashley Kurtz join the Academy of Weaponry and both graduated with a distinction. They were from a normal family of four and get along like other brothers and sisters. They cared for each others and looked after each other. They are willing to do anything to help the other.

Doctor Amanda Ashford

Doctor Amanda Ashford was recommended by the Planetary Medical Department to the Royal Cruiser, and were picked by the council in charge of the ship. Amanda is a calm and caring person, but being in the medical room for so long, her color had started to fade, her life seemed to be floating away.

Chef Victor Goldman

Just joined the Royal Chamber Kitchen, Victor Goldman one of the new chef. But before he cooked anything there, he was assigned to the ship and cook normal food for the crew mates. It didn’t went to well for him at first.

Sub Ingrid So

Her information was not in the database. But she surely is a spy for someone. She pretended to be a gentle and sexy women, and used her femininity to gain access to the ship’s data. Tricky and talked people out for information.

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