NationStates Jolt Archive

Kash awoke, shaking violently, all that was in his head was the lasers passing through his body. His body stopped as he opend his eyes, he was dead cold and shivering uncontrolably. sweat beaded down his forehead as he looked around with crazy eyes. He was a beaming room that was darkned, except for the beamer which glowed blue. A man stood in front of him, his face darked out as his body was still lit in the glow of the beaming machine. Kash was naked as he held himself, his eyes squinted as he stared at the figure. He was asnwerd in a calm, almost happy voice " Yes, Kash Wilson, you are dead." Kash shook more and his spun around the room " Didn't think it was gonna happen did you?" the figure added. Kash fell to his knees and put his hands to his face and began to cry. The figure continued his speach " I would be inclined to say you are faking this, but that would be of course on the lower plain of existance, you see i can tell what your doing, well mostly." Kash looked up sniffly slightly " Why am I here?." The figure smiled " Lets say youve been given a second chance, luckily I was able to stop the others from erasing you from existance completly." The figure waited about three seconds then added " Only by saying you could be fixed." Kash couldnt believe what he was hearing, a new plane of existance?, a new hope of somesorts, a second chance?, so many thoughts went through his head. Kash looked at the beaming machine " That's a beaming machine aboard a Observer, why is this here." The figure replyed " Oh that, well that is a good way of the next door to open, he then pointed to a sliding door leading out of the dark room " That is the other way you can take, although many that go through it, dont come back." Kash nodded slightly " I sense a question aproaching." " Your learning well, I give you this chance Kash Wilson, to walk the path into the light, you will spend what may seem to be an eteranity in this place, but in the end you will see the truth, I can only offer you two doors, the one to continue and the one to cease, but its really your choice which one to take." Kash stood up exposing his genitals without care at this point, his body had no holes from his death. The dark man smiled as his teeth showed in the dark " Kash Wilson, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, are you willing to take it and offer redemption to yourself from the things you have done to the pre-living?" Kash nodded slightly as he straighted, the figure started to laugh as the beaming machine began to light up more as the room became lighter it overtook him as all he saw was light. Kash's mouth dropped and his eyes turned ice blue as the light embraced him, then there was darkness, then the light returned as stars passed by him and the universe slid through his brain, and then a bang.......

He lay naked in a field, as he erose, he looked skywards, the day was overcast yet he remained only slightly shivering, the setting in front of him was a area that would be marked as foothills. The grass stretched over small hills while trees and other vegatation made outposts as they were spread out among the hilly plains. Kash had no idea where he was, as a matter of a fact, he couldnt remember what had happend before this. A young girl saw him and pointed at him, then she ran into the trees from whence she came. Moments later a hulky man wearing animal skins and sported a large black beard. They spoke in strange tounge as they approached him. Kash stood still, staring at him, his naked body shivering slightly more than before. The man spoke again " I achk na, mostly sha hada" Kash shook his head in confusion. He somehow couldnt get words out, as the man pulled out a bear skin blanket and threw it over him, Kash was sooon returning to normal body tempatures as he walked, getting his blood pumping. The walk continued for quite some time, before they took a break under a oak tree. The young girl giggled at him. The man opend his leather pack and threw him an apple, Kash ate it with great speed, as his belly was empty. He wiped his mouth as the sticky sweetness of the fruit slid down his lips. The man kicked him slightly to get up, as the journey was still not over. " Shadda munu sacrat" Kash still didnt understand, as they continued there trudge to wherever this man was taking him. They walked for what seemed like hours, the bearded man still stared ahead as if with wisdom, the little girl still giggling here and there at his body, Kash tighted the bear hide over quickly, to keep him from exposing himself. The landscape wasnt helping his feet, as blisters were starting to develop, he winced a little here and there as he stepped on a small rock. They walked for what seemed like an war march to some distant land, never showing signs of fatigue. The man stopped on top of a hill as he pointed. Kash walked up beside him and looked out, his eyes widend at the sight, the man still pointing replyed " Vana BELLAD". Kash saw a massive array of wooden huts and lodges in front of him, these people were a civilization of hunters and gatherer's, this was to become a story of a thousand tails...

Kash walked with the man and what would seem to be his daughter down towards the village enclave, of course this place seems like a city of huts, instead of a normal village. People were in the streets, coughing, huddling together in fires for warmth, while others talked in strange tounge as they held up precious furs and other items of importance. The beard-man, pushed him to move forward, many children stared at him, while women and others laughed at him, laughing as the beer or whatever they were drinking fell down there chins. He was brought to a small lodge, and was stoped by the mans hand as they stood in front of the door. The bearded man opend the door and went inside, what appeared to be his wife, a beutifal women with red hair that went to her hips began speeking in tounge with him, the girl slid by Kash and ran inside and up some stairs. Kash still stood outside shivering as the women began to argue with the man, he was pointed at, then they resumed there discussion. The women looked at him as if he were filth and went away, the man motioned with his hand to come inside. He entered the home, there were two wooden chairs, a fireplace, and a bear rug on the floor, it was very cozy and dim. the man threw him some old clothes, a bear skin shirt and fur pants with moccasins, which he put on immedialty, and tied the bear hide to his back, he then layed down next to the fire. The man sat in his chair and poked him, he pointed to himself and said " Vick", Kash understood that this mans name must have been Vick, he answerd back to him " Kash", the man laughed " It Vick karn Kash Addin", Kash shook his head again not knowing what he said. The man began to explain things, like how to say cup, but Kash wouldnt know,that could have meant cup, glass, water. He eventually began to deciver the words slowly, then working his way up. Over the next week he had been a good student and was able to speak like a small child, which made people laugh, " Well" he thought " Maybe there is hope after all"...

"Kash Wilson, I presume?"
A Xiscapian female stood at the doorway to the house he was staying in. Her light red hair fell down her back, a pilot's helmet held under her arms. She wore the red and white pilot's flight suit of the Xiscapian Fighter Corps. The front of the suit was splattered with blood, a long gash running from the base of her neck stopping just before her pelvic area. She seemed strangly unaffected by the gaping wound. Her yellow eyes probed his body, dressed in animal skins, white and pale. This kitsune would bring back memories for Kash, back in the days of the war between the North Calaverans and the Alliance of the Xiscapiand and the Alversians.
This Xiscapian had been the first casualty.
This was the Xiscapian whose name was shouted as a battle cry against the xenophobic Calaverans.
This Xiscapian was the one Kash had ordered himself to be dissected, whom he had held in his arms to throw her onto the operating table, cut apart without morphine, still concious.
Her screams had echoed thoughout the Lenin.
Kash remembered.

Kash dropped a bowl of stew he had when he saw her he felt so small as he dropped to his knees crying " Oh god......you...i remember...you....im so sorry!" he cried uncontroably.

"Sorry?"
Her eyes blazed and her fists clenched, the wound moving up and down with her breathing, not bleeding as though it was in a state of suspended animation. She lashed out, her foot connecting with his jaw with a crunch, sending him flying back against the wall.
"You're sorry! You declared war on my people, dissected me alive, stole my life from me while I was young, and you say you're sorry?!" She screamed, looming over him. Blood welled fresh from the cut, dribbling down her stomach to her legs, coating her in the hot, crimsion liquid. "You bastard. You shouldn't even be here. What you did was...unspeakable. You deserve your title," she glared at him, "Kash the Butcher. Explain yourself. Why are you here? What possible purpose could your continued existance serve for anyone?"

Kash held his jaw as blood dripped " Ive been called many names Xscipian, Butcher, baby killer, destroyer of worlds, and these titles ive earned through evil deeds. I deserve no pity from you and I seek none. My only real purpose here is as I can see it, is redemption"

"Sorry?"
Her eyes blazed and her fists clenched, the wound moving up and down with her breathing, not bleeding as though it was in a state of suspended animation. She lashed out, her foot connecting with his jaw with a crunch, sending him flying back against the wall.
"You're sorry! You declared war on my people, dissected me alive, stole my life from me while I was young, and you say you're sorry?!" She screamed, looming over him. Blood welled fresh from the cut, dribbling down her stomach to her legs, coating her in the hot, crimsion liquid. "You bastard. You shouldn't even be here. What you did was...unspeakable. You deserve your title," she glared at him, "Kash the Butcher. Explain yourself. Why are you here? What possible purpose could your continued existance serve for anyone?"

"Redemption, Commander?"
Another person that Kash would be familiar with stepped forward. He was still wearing the same kindly smile and he looked as though he could be alive where it not for the obvious fact that he was dead. The Rear-Admiral's uniform stretched over his thin frame,
It was the man who had tried to give the Calaverans a second chance. The man who had been killed so suddenly right at the beginning of the War. The man who had left a wife and three children behind, although all three had now joined him.
Cillian Bennett stared at the Xiscapian,
"You must be calm, my dear" He suggested calmly, "The fact that Mr Wilson is amongst us shows that he is willing to change. We must give him that chance. Am I right?"

Two more Alversians approached from behind, while both were tall and powerful, one had the eyes of a battle-hardened warrior and the other, the eyes of a peaceful diplomat. Both had died long before Bennett's time, yet now they were almost worshipped by Alversians.

Adrian Cavourna and Trezan Baxtor took it in turns to nod,
"This is a place to think and remember, young one" Trezan stated kindly, his long brown hair, wrapped in a ponytail seemed to contrast with his business-like face,

"And you must give those whose crimes are great to realise the gravity of their deeds" Adrian, built like a tank with a power jawline and a narrow handsone face, added.

"He had plenty of time in life to reflect," Sasha spat furiously. "I cannot beleive I am, sharing the same plane of existance with you." She stared at Kash for a moment, then turned on heel and strode out. In her vacated place was another young kitsune. He had long red hair in a large tail down his back, orange eyes, black fur and tanned skin, wearing what seemed to be ancient silk robes, light red and white. Foxfire Rose was a far younger, slightly different version of this man. His hair was streaked with the silver of age, his face covered in spots and wrinkles. His father. Beside him, standing at five foot seven, was a kitsune female with rust red fur, the same hue of hair which reached down to her ankles, yellow eyes and pale skin. His mother. She too showed signs of age. Both had black katanas identical to Foxfire's at their sides, and each appeared to have been well into their sixties when they died. A young age of death, for an Xiscapian, but the Korr bioterrorism disease known as Swift Sword had claimed both their lives in the war. "Kash Wilson," said the male, inclining his head. "I am Kelpt Rose. This is my wife, Lily Rose. We are the parents of Foxfire Rose. We have watched you, and the galaxy in general, from here. There is so much you have to answer for...but also much to learn here. Sasha, well, I cannot say she will come around with time. She may not. But she also might. Right now, you need to concentrate on your learning." He glanced at Trezan Baxtor, while Lily knelt down and picked up the dropped bowl of stew, placing it on the table. She offered a hand to Kash and pulled him to his feet with a strength one would not know just by looking at her.

Bennett, Baxtor and Cavourna watched as the former Emperor of Xiscapia interacted with Kash,

"This is a land of second chances," Trezan explained, "For those who have performed great misdeeds such as yourself, or have simply been robbed of the life they deserved. Like Sasha. This is a place to come to terms with what has happened before you move on to the Afterlife." he smiled, "I have been here over a thousand years and it feels less than a day..."

"...although you have aged more than a day it has to be said," Adrian cut in with amusement, "I didn't know the ponytail was still in fashion. I led a fledgling Alversia against the worst of the SASM and the Danaversians, yet the scariest thing I have ever seen is Mr Baxtor in the morning."

He gave a mock shudder.

Kash frowned at Sasha again, the pilot that was disected alive. Kash looked around at all the things that were happening, it was almost to much to take in, he shivered crazily as his eyes spun " What must I do?, Have you any plans for me, fallen warriors?" The other people went on not noticing them.

OOC: You guys have gotta be the three stooges of NS.

OOC: We'll take that as a compliment. :P
OOC2@NC: TG
OOC3@Alversia: Not the former Emperor, just the current Emperor's deceased daddy.

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OCC: yes, i will take the compliment as well. If i had to say my best freinds on NS are Xscipia, Greal, Alversia, Wagdog, and in a wierd way...tpf

OOC: I like the three stooges :)

"What must I do?, Have you any plans for me, fallen warriors?"

"Do? Young man, there is no 'doing' in this place" Trezan stated, "Here, you come to terms with what you have done. There are no Calaverans here, no Alversians, no Xiscapians. Here, we look on what we have done with neutral eyes. We see our actions as others saw them. We do not long for the past, we watch it and make sense of it. Kash Wilson, you have caused many people great pain in your life. You will now witness the pain you have caused. You no longer look on the universe with the prejudices of the Calaverans. You look at your sins with your own eyes"
Trezan turned and exited the hut, followed by Adrian and Bennett.

Kelpt bowed. "In time you will be able to come to terms with your actions in life. Meditate on what we have said, and do not chose a course of action except in not chosing a course of action." He left, followed by Lily, who had cleaned up the spilled stew, leaving Kash leaning propped up against the table, jaw aching and bleeding.

Kash fell over and began to shake, his mind was starting to replay all of his sins that he had commited in his entire life...horrible disections....alien races killed off...rape...murder for power...puting a slug into a alien child running down a street, stabbing his superior officer in the back of the neck. Blood ran out of his nose and eyes as his sins were being pulled from his body, torturing him in the proccess, he could feel there pain, his body sweated coldly, the pain was so intense he couldnt speak, he just twitched...