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Path: moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!carroll1!dprust
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From: dprust@carroll1.cc.edu (Dan Prust)
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Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
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Subject: Deity *Introduction*
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Message-ID: <2786@carroll1.cc.edu>
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Date: 18 Jan 92 01:52:29 GMT
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Article-I.D.: carroll1.2786
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Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI
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Lines: 82
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*** Introduction ***
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Well, I am thrilled to find such a newsgroup here. I like the
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idea of writing and posting on this, so I'll give it my best.
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The following story is based on an old outline for The Next
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Generation I created. Please mail me with _constructive_
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criticism. And, if you want to send nasty comments, I only ask
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one thing of you. Make sure they are so nasty and hateful that
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its funny. Thank you. :)
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Please note that this story was meant to be a book and not an
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article, therefore, I have trimmed it down considerably.
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Consider it an episode. And remember: this is unedited by
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professionals, so please don't nail me for my grammar :)
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"Deity"
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Written By: Daniel Allen Prust
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*** Prologue ***
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Some of us are used to feeling touching, religious
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experiences. Others are not. At any rate, this ceremony would
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have to be considered the most touching ceremony in the galaxy.
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At least, this is what Kira felt. Kira has just reached the age
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where the concept of religion can be somewhat grasped. The
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twelve year-old child clenched her slightly soiled white gown in
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anticipation among the thousands of natives and friends who came
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to witness the event. "Will Kalewah heal him, or take him away
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from me?" she thought, the light from heaven sparkling softly in
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her dark-green eyes. It was just yesterday when she was in the
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park running through the densely wooded forests of Alderik,
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laughing and screaming with joy -- "God, was that only
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yesterday?" Now he lay helpless on the primitive stretcher,
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blood pouring out of the side of his head painting the white
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cloth red.
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His mother and father were carrying the child to a tower
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that was so high it seemed to touch the left-most moon in the
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sky -- a sky that was rolling with clouds. At the top of the
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tower light emanated brightly. The natives called it the
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"Heavenly Beacon" and considered it a constant reminder of their
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faith.
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At the base of the white, pointed tower a rectangular room
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was placed where the natives place their sick and dead to be
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with Kalewah, their God, in that person's time of need. The
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child was placed carefully on the floor of the room on a
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mysterious glass-like surface. The mother of the child wept and
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pushed back his thick-black hair. She kissed him on the forehead
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and stood back.
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The child was enveloped in a dazzling display of light and
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power -- Kalewah's power which new no boundaries. The natives
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stood in awe of the spectacle with childish ignorance. Kira
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suddenly felt a tightness in her stomach. This was the crucial
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moment. They will have to wait now, and waiting was not Kira's
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favorite thing to do.
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After about thirty minutes, the child reappeared on the
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platform standing up. He ran from the small room and embraced
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his mother. The natives cheered and ran toward the child and
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his parents. There would be much rejoicing on Alderik this
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night.
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Well, there is the intro... working on Chapter one. As you may
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have already figured out, this episode will have religious ties
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to it. Feel free to research. Oh yea, one more thing. Since
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the outline is old, Wesley is in the story. If you are a Wesley
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hater, you may get some kicks out of this -- I'm not telling
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what is going happen, or if he comes out unscathed.... :)
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-.---. .---. -.---. . Daniel Allen Prust
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-'---'`-`' |``- ` ' ` ```- ' | ' ' `-' -'`-' 135 S. East Ave.
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Waukesha, WI. 53186
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"May the gods of tuition overlook me." (414)524-7557
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