Almost in the soup

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 15808

The Doctor looked....rather grim......

"It would appear that we have found a reason for our unexpected magical visitors," the bald EMH begins, referring to the elfin children that had been found on the mainland.

The Doctor pauses for a moment, swallowing as if suddenly suffering from a lump in his throat or something similar of that nature (ridiculous....being that he's a creature of light and forcefields).

"The Olmecs are gone." he blurts out, not knowing how else to say it. "Somehow, the entire area where they were supposed to be located at this point in time......was consumed and transformed, magically!"

A babble of confusion and disbelief greets this statement, only to be cut off sharply by a loud, commmanding voice. The voice of command from an Amazonian queen.

All eyes turn to her, and she nods her head like she's gotten what is due her station before continuing.

"Believe me when I say to you that those of Atlantis, of the Atlantis my world and those similar to it, are quiet capable of such vileness." she says softly, "The evil is legendary and their disregard to intelligent beings are non-human is well documented in legend....as well as personal experience with one of the surviving members of Atlantis, Zerm. But also, a close second is their disregard for 'fellow human beings' if the poor soul is not an Atlantian."

"The Atlantian people were infamous for transplanting entire populations for their own amusement," Dragon Synizn put in darkly, "That and altering.....or just destroying said population for sport. Thank Tiamat that Atlantis is dead!"

"But Flagg somehow was involved......with the Event and every other crazy ass thing that's happened here?" Stephen King asks softly.

"It would not surprise me in the least," Roland says firmly, nodding, "He and his kind seem to thrive on the tears and heartbreak of others. I'm willing to bet either he was eitehr directly involved in activating a long dormant Atlantian device that mayhaps has brought you all here......or was somehow behind the scenes like a puppeteer and brought it about. Of that I am sure."

He then explained his reasoning to the others. It was like the making of a fine soup. Flagg probably was hoping that there would have been an xenophobic reaction between Nantucket and the obviously alien nature of magic and magical races.

"Obviously he didn't know the nature of Nantucket," one man from the back says softly, drawing a mute chuckle from the other Nantucketers in the room. The town had always been a bit.....different than the rest of the world in the way they acted and viewed others.

This I believe.....but I'm sure he'd shown up here to....stir things up to cause grief......, Roland thinks to himself. Probably would have had a more difficult time than expected.....but I'm sure that was why he'd come......

"Yes....that is true....." Lisketter says softly, still shaken at the news of the death of the Olmecs.....and at something glowing and good in the people around her that only now she seemed to be sensing.

"Well....I guess so.....," the Doctor puts in himself, reflecting that those of the Voyager had wanted to proceed in a slower manner in revealing the existence of themselves and the Voyagers non-human crew members.....for the very fear of an xenophobic reaction and backlash. Recent events had thrown that plan in the dustbin.....and the Nantucketers' reactions had been a rather pleasant surprise! Then again, Frank Marn had kept insisting that Nantucket was a lot different than what the Voyager had feared.....

Nice to have been proven wrong, the EHM thinks to himself.

"And I would not be surprised that Flagg is somehow responsible for that......atrocity that the Doctor has told us of....if only a little bit." Roland the Gunslinger finishes, a subtle hin in his voice.

"Yes.....it seems that at the center of the disturbance that altered the very face of the land of the Olmecs was a Red Pyramid....and a nameless magical Book," the Doctor begins.

He tells of the Book gathering a bunch of "Freds" and "Astras" in some mad quest to use them as magical ingredients to cast a massive curse on the people of another world. The recent arrival of the elves (and other new non-human races.....located in great profusion around the Voyager crash sight....of all places) was somehow related to that. Of that, the Janeways (who'd also heard that......scream by Flagg) were sure of.

In the course of the discussion, a listing of names of those involved and where they were located in this Red Pyramid debacle (and the subsequent escape and destruction of the Book) comes out. This is of great interest to Queen Astra and her friends, naturally.....and some of it is a great shock (especially about this new business with the children of Champions and that)......

Character .................... Type .................... Location .......... Champion?

Demifox Fred ............Demifox ..................... Pyramid ........... Y
Demifox Astra ...........Demifox .................... Pyramid ............Y
Their 3 cubs ...............Demifox .................... Pyramid ........... N
(to be offered choice of becoming Champions at age 18 - 15312)
Jarlath 2 .................... Human (mage)............Pyramid ........... Y
Annafrid 2 ................ Human ....................... Pyramid ........... Y
Astra 9a .................... Human ....................... Pyramid ........... Y
Andrea 2a ................. Demifox (mage)......... Pyramid ........... Y
Joan 2 ....................... Human ....................... Pyramid ........... Y
Thelma 2 .................. Human ....................... Pyramid ........... Y
Fred 5b ..................... Human ....................... Pyramid ............Y
Astra 5b .................... Human .......................Pyramid ............ Y
their 3 infants ........... Human ...................... Pyramid ............ N
(to be offered choice at 18 - 15312)
Rowena 2 ............. Human ........................ Pyramid ........... Y
five pairs of Freds and Astras:
.............................. Human ........................ Pyramid ............ N
(the original seven pairs included the demifoxes listed above and also the pair that were used by the Book)
Belinda ..................Human ........................ Pyramid ............ N
Manfox Fred ..........Manimal ..................... Pyramid ............ Y
Alicia .................... Manimal ..................... Pyramid ............ Y
Alicia 3 .................. Manimal .................... Pyramid ............ Y
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Jarlath .................... Human (mage).............Outside .............Y
Astra 9 ....................Human ........................Outside ..............Y
Annafrid ................ Human ........................Outside ..............Y
Andrea 2 ................ Demifox (mage)..........Outside ............. Y
Joan ....................... Human ....................... Outside ............. Y
Fred 5a ................... Human ...................... Outside ..............Y
Rowena .................. Human ...................... Outside ............. Y
Thelma ................... Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
A Malachi .............. Dragon (mage)........... Outside ............ Y
A Fred .......... ..........Human .......................Outside ............ Y
An Astra ................. Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
Astra 5a ...................Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
her three children.... Human ...................... Outside ............ N
(to be offered choice of becoming Champions at age 18 - 15312)
Sigourney ............... Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
Louise .....................Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
Count Yorga .......... Human (ex-vampire). Outside ............ Y
Dr Who ................. Gallifreyan ................ Outside ............ Y
Inquirer ................. Golem (mage)............ Outside ............ Y
B'ellana ................. Elf ............................. Outside ............ Y
Elrondir ................ .Elf ............................. Outside ............ Y
Gilmuriel ............... Elf ............................. Outside .............Y
E'eysha ................... Elf .............................Outside ............ Y
Betty ...................... Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
Ragan .................... Human ...................... Outside ............ Y
Sigin 2 .................... Dragon (mage)......... Outside ............ Y
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Freddy Vulpine ...... Kitsune .................... Nantucket ..........Y
Vix ......................... Kitsune .................... Nantucket .......... Y
Their cubs .............. Kitsune .................... Nantucket .......... N
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A Synizn ............ Dragon (mage).......... A cottage ............ Y
............................................................(Near Voyager)..........

  1. "We learned of all this when a small group of Champions came and asked to use one of our shuttlecraft's sensors," the Doctor finishes.

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