Riga Welcome Home/Fin Fitted
In her dream
Riga flew to the other side of forever. Past the beginning of the galaxy. She
wanted a new fin fitting. Not for the additional flight performance. No,
because her ship would look absolutely bloody cool. That was why. Unlike
Juniper’s Daughter who settled for what was here, Riga wanted the vessel
complete. In time she would get the messaging thing fixed too. For now, she
concentrated on the missing tail. Riga smiled and sat back in the pilot’s seat.
Yes, it would look good. I’m not called Riga for nothing. I will get a new fin
made and fitted. The witch would fully approve. There was a problem with all
this. How would Riga contact the aliens who would make a new fin?
Riga already
had the answers. Juniper’s Daughter had taught Riga the basics of witchcraft.
It was only simple stuff. Yet that didn’t matter. A simple spell or a complete
one with a complicated nine stage ritual lasting three days had the same rules.
It was the intent and delivery. Riga was a critical thinker. The witch knew
that this was the main skill behind spell work. Critical thinking led to focus
and the use of one’s own will. This would help guarantee the spell succeeded.
Riga had
parked her flying saucer at the dark side of the Moon. She listened to David
Bowie on a small stereo. On a small writing pad, she wrote down the aim of her
spell. That was to find and contact the original builders of the flying disc.
Find them then contact. The contact part would include a Hello and
introduction. And then her reason for contact. You were the ones who built this
disc. I need a new vertical tail fitting and also the long-distance
communications array re-installing. Then the craft would as original as built.
Riga drank some red wine and ate bread with cheese. She worked on a rough
version of the spell. It was to the point and she believed it would work. She
put Bowie’s album tracks on random play and kept editing. After two hours the
spell was done. More bread and cheese filled her up. She held off on more wine
and had a coffee in a large pint cup. Finally, the spell was finished.
Riga
finished eating, went to the small bathroom and showered and changed into denim
shorts and a pink vest top. Her nipples peeked through the material. She was
barefoot. Feeling refreshed she re-read the spell. It was a good one and made
sense to her. Would it work? She meditated for thirty minutes and set her
intent. The witch taught her this but it was already part of critical thinking.
Now Riga did
her spell. No need for a delay. She got right on with it. She lit some candles
and turned the music lower. Then worked through her four-step spell. It took
two hours. A long time for a simple spell! When it was done Riga went to the
pilot’s seat and fell asleep.
She dreamt
of aliens. Some were very clear others appeared to be shape shifters. Were they
all the same or different? Time would tell. As it would if they contacted her. Upon
waking eleven hours later Riga and her craft were not alone. Parked next to her
was another vessel! Her viewing screen had been left open. She saw an identical
flying saucer like hers. Goodness me, look at that! Riga thought. It was the
same except for two things. At the back on top was a large vertical fin. Just
in front of it was a small bump. She knew that was the missing antennas for the
comms system. Look at it. Wow. My ship was once like that. Will they heed my
request and fix mine up like theirs? I hope so!
Suddenly, a
dull red light emerged from the other craft. Within it was a small
three-foot-tall grey alien. It appeared sexless and wore not clothes or space
suit. It waved at her. Riga waved back. Could it see her, she wondered? The
alien pointed at itself then at her craft. It wanted to come aboard. The light
and alien were now outside her viewing window. Riga nodded her head and said
yes. The red light and alien vanished from outside in space. And appeared right
next to her! Hi, said the alien. Not as words but inside her head. Thank you
for calling us. How may we help you?
Riga was
shocked and stuck for words. The alien helped her. It’s ok Riga. Simply think
in words or pictures. We cannot speak so talk this way. My name is Aeeon. It’s
a pleasure to meet you. Riga nodded and smiled. She started to speak then
stopped. The conversation continued in her head. Thank you for visiting me
Aeeon. Yes, I want my ship to be like yours. The witch Juniper’s Daughter gave
me the ship. She was recalled by her mother Juniper. She said the ship is
missing a tail and communication antenna. I want them both installing so it
appears like when it was built. Would you do that for me?
The alien
thought for a minute. Yes, we can do that. It’s easy to do. We simply fit a new
fin and antenna. The communication system is the same but has been upgraded
compared to the one fitted here. Your ship is old. How old Riga asked? Very old
but we do not measure time like you do. For us time is multi-dimensional. We
can go anywhere in it. Think of a fish in water. Your ship of three point two million
years old. Yet it has not aged due to how we and the ship experiences time. Did
you read the operating manual? Riga nodded. Near the back it explains that.
Read that part again so you will be fully aware of it. She nodded. I will
re-read it. It takes some getting used to, the differences in time. Of how you
and I see or experience it. Yes, it does, that is right. However, Riga it’s
just another way of doing things. You will quickly understand it. What of the
fin and antenna? Yes, my friend, we will do that for you. Our ship yard is at
the far end of the galaxy. We can take you there and do the repairs. Or I have
a different suggestion. I can simply give you my ship. As you can see, it has
both the fin and the long-distance communication system fitted. That system
works the same as your spells by the way. It bypasses time and distance. What
you on Earth call real time. Magic is the basis of the antenna array. It sends
a spell out and gets a reply immediately. By giving you my craft, you don’t
need to go to our yards. What do you want to do?
Riga was
lost in thought. A radio system based on spells and magic. How cool was that?
Why hadn’t Juniper’s Daughter mentioned it? And why had it been removed? I’d
like to see the shipyards though. It would be super cool to see where these
ships are made. But to have Aeeon’s craft. To be given that right now. That’s
absolutely awesome! I will swap mine for his. Riga composed herself and thought
what to tell the alien.
Ok Aeeon. As
much as I want to see your ship yards, I think it will be easier to simply swap
vessels. Is that ok? And the magic based communication system is just cool. Aeeon
raised both hands in agreement. That’s fine Riga. We can swap ships and you
have your own updated vessel. It has a recently overhauled reactor. Your own
ship’s reactor would need an overhaul in ten thousand years. We can do that
early. We will still do the other repairs. Yes, Juniper’s Daughter had the fin
removed to limit flight performance. Plus the comms system too. Being a witch,
she never needed to use it. Had both systems been left in place, if her main
enemy Satan had captured the ship, it would’ve been harder to stop. The flight
performance with the fin fitted is excellent. Much better compared without it.
You will see that. And the magical system was very like her own personal magical
skills. Both would level the playing field and make Satan more dangerous. So
they were removed. The Devil only came close once to capturing her craft.
That’s a different story. When you see the witch, you can ask her about that. As
she gifted the ship to you, these systems will make you more dangerous. As you
do not have her full magic or spell work skills, the communication system will
allow you to bypass that. If you use it against Satan, he will have a very bad
day!
All of this
was a lot to take in. Riga was lost in thought for many minutes. She nodded and
spoke out loud. Yes, I will take your ship. Please transfer my things over. My
clothes and few possessions I brought aboard. Going back to telepathy, she
thanked the alien and said she needed more time to think. To put all of this in
order and understand it. This was another step in her route to taking over
doing Juniper’s Daughter’s job. Riga was only a mortal woman. Yet she was the
most powerful human that had ever existed. With magic skills, a fully
operational flying disc and a new alien friend and ally. If that wouldn’t make
Satan shudder, nothing would.
Here Riga.
Let me show you a video of our home planet and ship yards. Call it a history
tour. Then you understand and know how our ships are grown. They’re not built.
As they are biotic, they are half alive. Not made in factories but grown. Like
a life form. Here, watch this. The alien held out a hand and a white light was
projected onto the wall where the vision window had been. Riga saw a large gas
type planet. It had five different sized moons. Between moon number two and the
planet was the ship yards. The alien zoomed in and there before her, Riga saw
small craft the same as theirs. There were thousands of them. Other vessels of
different shapes were there too. Some were complete while others were missing
parts or had internal structure visible. The video went on and on. It showed
everything. Now Riga understood. Aeeon told her, we build vessels for most of
the galaxy. Yours’ is just one example. We are a global collective of beings.
We live in peace and harmony. Now you know Riga. Welcome to the global galactic
community. Now you understand. You are part of this and always will be. As are
all the other people on Earth. Riga exclaimed that she never ever knew this. She
started to cry. I never knew any of this. Never ever knew. Not ever. Now you do
Riga. Don’t worry my friend. Welcome home…
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