Paradise Violated
"You'll forgive me if I don't share your optimistic vision of utopia, even if I was inclined to believe that you were being serious. However, seeing as we haven't found anything else of importance on this forsaken planet, I'm willing to entertain this idea, but you're going to have to patch some holes up in your story before I even consider letting you live."
"What holes?"
"Well let's start with the whole building idea. If you found this Xont building, why didn't you and your team make off with the stuff already? And don't tell me that you were ambushed by the Mazatt because if you had been, they would've taken your findings, OR if the technology was as powerful as everyone claims, you would've been able to destroy them with it. Sounds like typical Elojin shit to me "
"Ha ha ha! Who said I had a team? You see, unlike the rest of you galaxy conquerors we Elojin don't feel the need to send an army to scout a planet, when one or two of us can accomplish the same thing when deployed in strategic areas."
"Hmm, so there are more of you here."
"Perhaps. It wouldn't matter though since we're deployed in completely separate parts of a planet, even if we were all together, we wouldn't be able to stand up to a force the size of yours."
"That brings me to the next question, if you found this building already, how come you just didn't stay there? What the hell do you need us for?" you ask.
"Excellent question. Well there are some rather nasty things lurking in there. Much too powerful for me, but I'm sure you'd have no problem dealing with them. I didn't get too far without them chasing me out. I even tried recruiting a nearby tribe of those silly little reptile creatures to use as cannon fodder, but they refused to go in. From what I can gather they consider the place to be haunted and seem to hold the place in awe and fear. I suppose I should've known better to ask the Mazatt for help when I discovered their encampment, but I figured they'd at least listen to reason. Things seem to work out though; your blue concubine came in with full guns blazing and brought me back here."
"Okay last question, what proof do you have that it's a Xont structure, and not just ruins of some other alien species."
"This!" The Elojin quickly pulls out some weird coins out of his pocket and puts them on the table.
"The Mazatt never even took these from me. Idiots. These are genuine Xont coins though! The metal is like nothing I've ever seen on this anywhere else, let alone this planet. It's obviously not from here. The writing on it looks similar to what many stories have described. And this symbol. Tentacles wrapped around a planet. This is supposed to be what the Xont emblem was."
"Yeah, yeah, a writhing mass of tentacles. I've heard that description too. Several of them. Proves nothing."
"But this is the closest anyone's come to finding something directly relating to the stories! One of the more common stories I might add! Look we Elojin have done the most research in this than anyone, and I'm convinced what I've seen IS a Xont building!"
Well it might all be a lie, but he certainly looks convinced, and you have to admit you are a bit curious now. You're just not sure you want or need him to be with you, when you get to the building.
"What holes?"
"Well let's start with the whole building idea. If you found this Xont building, why didn't you and your team make off with the stuff already? And don't tell me that you were ambushed by the Mazatt because if you had been, they would've taken your findings, OR if the technology was as powerful as everyone claims, you would've been able to destroy them with it. Sounds like typical Elojin shit to me "
"Ha ha ha! Who said I had a team? You see, unlike the rest of you galaxy conquerors we Elojin don't feel the need to send an army to scout a planet, when one or two of us can accomplish the same thing when deployed in strategic areas."
"Hmm, so there are more of you here."
"Perhaps. It wouldn't matter though since we're deployed in completely separate parts of a planet, even if we were all together, we wouldn't be able to stand up to a force the size of yours."
"That brings me to the next question, if you found this building already, how come you just didn't stay there? What the hell do you need us for?" you ask.
"Excellent question. Well there are some rather nasty things lurking in there. Much too powerful for me, but I'm sure you'd have no problem dealing with them. I didn't get too far without them chasing me out. I even tried recruiting a nearby tribe of those silly little reptile creatures to use as cannon fodder, but they refused to go in. From what I can gather they consider the place to be haunted and seem to hold the place in awe and fear. I suppose I should've known better to ask the Mazatt for help when I discovered their encampment, but I figured they'd at least listen to reason. Things seem to work out though; your blue concubine came in with full guns blazing and brought me back here."
"Okay last question, what proof do you have that it's a Xont structure, and not just ruins of some other alien species."
"This!" The Elojin quickly pulls out some weird coins out of his pocket and puts them on the table.
"The Mazatt never even took these from me. Idiots. These are genuine Xont coins though! The metal is like nothing I've ever seen on this anywhere else, let alone this planet. It's obviously not from here. The writing on it looks similar to what many stories have described. And this symbol. Tentacles wrapped around a planet. This is supposed to be what the Xont emblem was."
"Yeah, yeah, a writhing mass of tentacles. I've heard that description too. Several of them. Proves nothing."
"But this is the closest anyone's come to finding something directly relating to the stories! One of the more common stories I might add! Look we Elojin have done the most research in this than anyone, and I'm convinced what I've seen IS a Xont building!"
Well it might all be a lie, but he certainly looks convinced, and you have to admit you are a bit curious now. You're just not sure you want or need him to be with you, when you get to the building.