Ancalagon - 36. Chapter 36

How many more changes is Essel going to go through? Hopefully he accepts the changes and grows closer to Garjah and dosent push him away through fear. Still not sure of Timoks motives. Great chapter Cia

I'm inclined to say I agree with drpaladin's judgement. Essell is being a brat. A bratty scientist, which is not conducive to the issue at hand. Although I think Essell's changes are more drastic than what is being let on (I'm looking at his emotions, as Timok pointed out), Essell should be able to get a grip and submit to the testings. While Timok is clearly up to something, who else on that ship is a doctor like him? I'm sure Garjah would have mentioned it to his bondmate at some point. 

This planet had something that could have killed Essell, should he never found the Four Arms. I agree @drpaladin, he needs to suck it up! If he doesn't realize this within the next few chapters, then I'll begin to doubt Essell's intelligence. 

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“—all the signs of it. I needed to verify the test results. This is something that has to be reported right away.”

This statement is concerning me more than anything. Report? Report to who? Just how much of Essell's integration with the Four Arms has been an experiment? Are Timok and Garjah doing something illegal by having a human aboard the ship? These few sentences are raising red flags, at least in my opinion. 

Has anyone ever been so unprepared for the consequences of their actions?

It is almost like Essell is/was a one man wrecking crew!

Another great chapter!

How will Bouncer take all the changes? Will he attack Essell because he looks and smells different? Poor baby Bouncer.

Time seems to be a none issue. All these changes to Essell's physical structure are happening extremely fast, too fast for either the body or the mind to accept. And where is Bouncer" How will he react? So many questions still unanswered but the big one is Astone 2292's, 'Report to whom.'

Good chapter. 

11 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Essell, you prat. All of this is the result of decisions you made. The planet you chose to explore on your own was more hostile and your equipment less adequate than you realized. Garjah may have misunderstood Bouncers intent, but he still saved your egotistical little life. Something on that planet would have killed you. Suck it up and move on.

8 hours ago, astone2292 said:

I'm inclined to say I agree with drpaladin's judgement. Essell is being a brat. A bratty scientist, which is not conducive to the issue at hand. Although I think Essell's changes are more drastic than what is being let on (I'm looking at his emotions, as Timok pointed out), Essell should be able to get a grip and submit to the testings. While Timok is clearly up to something, who else on that ship is a doctor like him? I'm sure Garjah would have mentioned it to his bondmate at some point. 

This planet had something that could have killed Essell, should he never found the Four Arms. I agree @drpaladin, he needs to suck it up! If he doesn't realize this within the next few chapters, then I'll begin to doubt Essell's intelligence. 

This statement is concerning me more than anything. Report? Report to who? Just how much of Essell's integration with the Four Arms has been an experiment? Are Timok and Garjah doing something illegal by having a human aboard the ship? These few sentences are raising red flags, at least in my opinion. 

8 hours ago, drsawzall said:

Has anyone ever been so unprepared for the consequences of their actions?

It is almost like Essell is/was a one man wrecking crew!

Another great chapter!

I tend to agree when I hear him in the present, but thinking back to his understanding of his exosuit, it was indestructible and the best tech they had from the research section he hoped to augment with his independent research. The suit being breached was rather unexpected and even Bouncer’s bonding was not quite understood yet.

So now Essex himself become the specimen of an inter-species, intergalactic, nanotechnology, DNA reprogramming, experiment...on an alien ship. 😝 

So I hear ya, but I’m think I might be wondering if the Mr Toad’s Wild Ride of life wouldn’t have me tumbling out of the lab, hoping to wake up; Bravo CIA, I’m so loving this roller coaster ride of twists galore @Cia, the suspense, thriller, sci-fi romance still has me on the edge.

On 4/28/2021 at 7:45 PM, drpaladin said:

Do you believe if an expedition had been sent to study this planet, they would really send only one person? Hubris and it's all about me, the Great Essell. Real explorers, while they might trust their equipment, typically understand anything can fail especially in an unknown environment.

Lol, no not a well thought out adult solution perhaps 🤔, but I can appreciate the young man trying to come into his own; perhaps fighting resentment the workers hold against the spoiled kid of the all important head scientists. But also, I think of his trusting innocence of having grown up in space; this is his neighborhood in terms of familiarity. He race of humans don’t recognize the threats as they hadn’t seen the aliens, those deeming the race unready for contact, so Essell’s entire race is proceeding, in blessful ignorance of the higher intelligence, sending the unarmed and/or unescorted expeditions for mining exploration and scientific breakthroughs; not deemed dangerous, though admittedly, that doesn’t mean safe.

So with that context, the wayward conduct of a teenager/young man character is much like us country kids that explored unfamiliar woods and animals often alone and unafraid, as we thought it our world and our right; and somehow we all survived...often with the ole switch bush getting stripped of yet another branch that afternoon when the truth was revealed. Sitting for supper was often added punishment as a tanned and fevered bottom tends to make for a restless meal.

When thirteen, my father unexpectedly came home for lunch and found me sitting on the fender of mom’s used car, it had not held it’s turning and was running quite rough. With my legs in the engine compartment to allow me to reach the center mounted distributor rotor and shaft, I had just pulled that entire rotor shaft, and distributor housing with spark plug wiring still attached from the engine.

Dad’s words were something along the line of OMG son, that only goes together in one way...shaking his head he retreated for lunch mumbling about calling his mechanic friend tonight.

I removed the suspect bad parts and then moved my mom’s old car, we had yet to sale since to new one was running rough, to the front drive for her to take me to the auto parts house for new parts and tune up supplies. The car was returned to it’s reassembled condition and I awaited dad’s return home. After his dinner and evening reports he turned to me and asked if I was ready to ask his friend for help as it was my mess to confess and correct.

I held up the keys and asked why? Can we go for a test drive now dad? 😝 Needless to say the car running like new saved that poor switch bush another stripping, but that was the way for us independent kids. One needed confidence and determination to execute your plans, and a strong backside when you went far beyond your safety and understanding.