57. Cold War | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

57. Cold War

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Throughout the vast cosmos, there is but one universal constant. We, beings of higher intelligence and deeper feeling, have a tendency to overinflate ourselves and rebel against higher authority. The latter can be good in matters of genuine injustice and incompetence, but can and will more often be from ignorance and impudence. To put it bluntly, my Acolytes, we are, all of us, truly, very, very stupid.

And when you combine that with a species, my species, with so deeply ingrained a propensity for violence and societies developing around raw strength and the subjugation of those deemed lacking, a level of arrogance and pride forms. The kind that leads to one believing they can challenge, even usurp, their creator. Especially when said creator is an active and visible presence in their lives. A reminder of their own lack. The results, as you know by now, can be catastrophic. 

56. The Prodigials | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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56. The Prodigials

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr 

I have spoken in bits and pieces about my people during our time together, and now I will introduce you to them- sorry, us in full- but first, a clarification. Yes, I am 10 feet tall or 3.04 metres in your metric units (Respect the decimals!), but I am an exception for reasons we will get into... later.

The average height for my kind is, in your imperial measurements, well over 7 feet (2.14 metres), with a lifespan that should be little over 100 years; the absolute elite reaching 150 years of age and over 9 feet (2.74 metres) in height. Given our nature, most would never see the age of 60, to give a generous figure.

55. The Fatal Paradise | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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55. The Fatal Paradise

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

We are fast approaching the moment that... I have been waiting for my Acolytes. The birth of my people, the Ta'iwa'u (Prodigials), so named for our great size and strength. You must not let my voice fool you, humans. By your imperial measurements, I am roughly 10 feet tall. Though I will keep my weight to myself, thank you very much.

You might be wondering why. There were several reasons, the first of which was necessity. 

54. Incarnates | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

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Tales From The Cosmos

54. Incarnates

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

The Titaness, Fari Hasira, now scattered across space like ashes, would live an untold number of mortal lifetimes; sometimes two or three at the same time on the same world.

Most of these were short and violent, often ending with the would-be Jarwan worlds that failed. Those pieces of her were lost forever. The ones that remained were no less turbulent. Very rarely would an incarnation, what we who know call a Farharaat, meet the standards of old age, on any world.

As a mortal, she was more vulnerable than ever before. For the Paadlan, who had so feared her as she was, are a vengeful and spiteful lot, and they plagued the Farharaats wherever and whenever they were born.