Confused Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 “What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation.” T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton,” Four Quartets, lines 6-8. Crashing through the dimensional barrier came the fallen dragon. Never having seen a dragon before, government people wanted to cut it open and learn about its anatomy. But they were government people, secretive. They wanted the project “off the books.” So they brought in the rich philanthropist Edgli to pay for everything. Then they assembled their team, which included the following: Dr. Cult, a leading biologist, who had become pregnant by Dr. Tanavast, her “significant other” Dr. Tanavast, who wanted to “do right” by Dr. Cult and marry her Dr. Rayse, a spiteful, disagreeable man who wanted Dr. Cult for himself and hated Dr. Tanavast Dr. Skaize, head of the team, known for his overbearing personality Nurse Aona, who adored Dr. Skaize and would do anything for him Dr. Ati, a pathologist who loved dissecting and taking things apart Dr. Leras, Dr. Ati’s medical partner who had responsibility for managing their practice and keeping everything running smoothly while Dr. Ati was out buying drinks for everyone and generally making havoc Mr. Hoid, the teams’s clerk and reporter, writing the record of the proceedings. They move forward with the autopsy, “oohing” and “aahing” at their discoveries, Hoid taking careful notes. Eventually they reach the dragon’s heart, which looks like a giant gemstone. They remove this organ to examine it, only to have it slip from their hands to the stone floor and shatter…Yes, the Shattering was literally a shattering. Forget the Fantastic Four! We now have the Scintillating Sixteen! The powers of creation rush from the gemheart in 16 separate “whooshes,” investing these individuals with god-like powers. They vaporize. Yolen is too small for them. Different groups of them take off in different directions, and the rest is Cosmere history. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightGradient Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Upvote just for "Scintillating Sixteen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascendant Warrior Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 From The First Letter: Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. I do realize that your post was more for fun than anything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sovereign Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 From The First Letter: I do realize that your post was more for fun than anything else. You can be kind and generous and have fascination with anatomy that makes you interested in dissecting things. =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascendant Warrior Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 True, but in another post, Confused does state that Ati was NOT a good person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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