<USS Avalon> "R'ish'tka" part three

"R'ish'tka" part three
 
Ne'ris'tkia was not happy at all. She had given the order to send one of  her 
best pilots, Mir'ast'hera, into uncharted  territory. Now it had been two 
days since anyone had heard from her or her  vessel. The scientist's had no 
idea 
what had gone wrong or how to bring the ship  back.
 
As she walked past the hall of generations, she wondered if she had made a  
mistake in sending a ship into the unknown. Yet all of her being told her she  
needed to do so, to explore that which was beyond R'ish'tka, to find out what  
lay beyond the moons of her planet.
 
As she reached her chamber's she sat upon her throne, rubbing her forelegs  
against each other. This allowed the substance secreted by her body to coat her 
 legs and protect them from the dirt and other tiny creatures in the tunnels. 
She  clapped two of her other legs as a signal for her servant's to bring her 
dinner.  She wasn't extremely hungry but the nourishment was needed for all 
the  hatchlings she would have to lay again in the near future.
 
The plates were overflowing with all kinds of vegetation and meat. Using  her 
legs (arms) she grabbed some leafy food off the plate and using her  
pincher's, (that act as her mouth), she tore the leaves into smaller more 
edible  
pieces. During dinner she had her extremities curled up underneath her, accept  
for those which she used to eat with. Several different courses were laid out  
before her.
 
As she was eating one of the scientist's came running in. "Your majesty,  
please pardon my intrusion but we think we have picked up a signal from the  
ship. I thought you would want to know immediately."
 
"Can you trace this signal and bring Mir'ast'hera  home?"
 
"Unfortunately, the signal comes and goes and we cannot  get a secure lock on 
it. We are doing everything we can and we will continue to  work on it until 
we have reached her." The scientist's were extremely nervous  around 
Ne'ris'tkia and they did not want to fail her.
 
"Return to your stations and I shall return there as well  within the hour." 
Ne'ris'tkia sighed, What have I gotten my people into and  is it worth it?
 
TBC....

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