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Something you need to know:
"~: text :~" = how it sounds in english
"text" = spoken in english
"~ text ~" = not spoken in english but can understand
"skxs!" = not spoken in english and don't understand
Ⓦ"skxs" = language denoter, shows which language is being spoken, won't add if it is unknown
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October 5, 2073
Aquarius Surface
As we wake up to get ready, we all head to the little lunchroom of our pod. Grace says, "I've been studying that grass sample, and it's amazing. It's like a fungus, but also like a tree! It breathes and photosynthesizes. It's fascinating!" I say, "That's cool. I wonder what the trees are like; they have large bulbs on top, and they seem to have liquid inside, at least that's what I saw. One on top of a tree was popped open." Grace says, "Wow, I wonder what the liquid is for." I reply, "Well, we are gathering some samples today of what we can, so you can understand it better." Gerald interjects, "Ha, I just hope they can be useful to us; otherwise, there is no point in studying them. Is the grass edible?" Grace answers, "Kinda, if you have 4 stomachs. Not for humans, that's for sure. It's not sturdy, but its fibers are very tough. Meaning it can make a good rope, I suppose." Gerald says, "Yeah yeah, but I bet it can't beat metal. Regardless, make sure you bring a pistol with you when you head out. Don't want to be killed by an alien bear, do we?" I nod, "Yeah, I will bring one, Mr. Military!"
After breakfast, we sanitize ourselves, and I go outside with Grace. Grace is the nature expert, after all. We head out and begin to go through the forest; it's dense, and we have to cut our way through some bushes. At least it's not dark, even if the leaves above us are very dense. We've collected a few odd waxy berries from some bushes and their leaves. All the plants have interiors that are wet and mushroom-like, though their barks are rather normal. The trees' bark is very hard; I was trying to strip some from some samples, but the bark is simply too tight, my machete couldn't get through. We were trained to handle lush forests on Earth.
After some time, we see an animal through some binoculars. It's a deer-like creature with horns, but its horns are rather small, and it has six limbs instead of four, not including its tail, which is more like an elephant's. It has four eyes, two large semi-forward-facing ones, and two small ones near the back of its head. Its eyes are gray. However, its ears are rather large and fox-like. It also has hooves on all six feet. It's definitely alien. It's currently eating some bushes. We notice another, much larger one with larger horns, coming up beside it. Its fur is blue, with some fur glowing in patterns. Its horns also glow somehow.
We head home after that, we collected a good amount the samples. On the way back, i thioght i felt someone watching me, and i truned around. All i saw was some swaying bushs. I decided to ignore it and head home.
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October 6, 2073
Aquarius Surface
We got our anti-bacterial nanosystems updated today; we don't have all the bacteria, but most airborne ones should be fine. We have switched to a new type of suit that is simply durable, that's all. It's military-grade if I remember right. They decided to go all out for these missions; no idea what aliens we may encounter. It's gray and white for the most part. The drones have finished a half-kilometer radius map for us as well.
We begin to head through the forest again. It's nighttime now, but due to the bioluminescence in every plant, we can see just fine. I luckily feel no observers. We head through until we reach a bit of a clearing. Then suddenly, a few... wolves appear in front of us. They run around us and surround us. They LOOK like normal wolves, Earth ones, then one suddenly changes into a human! I say, "What the fuck," as I back away. It was not a slow transformation at all; the wolves suddenly changed into a person. The only special thing about them is they have wolf ears and a tail, as well as a lack of human ears. When they changed, they were surrounded by some purple glow. A few more wolves transform as well. One muscular man, and one older woman. The man pulls two claw-like weapons from a pouch on his clothes and wields them. They are wearing odd-looking clothes, as if the cloth is designed to be worn in both human and fox forms. Due to this, their chests, arms, and legs are mostly exposed. The people don't look like they are trying to hurt us or anything; they seem just prepared for an attack. The big man with the odd claw-like weapons says, "Yjt, rdy kkkjek? yjt vbee ljgk vbsa tr! thfkqrswhf!" I had no idea what he was saying. Grace and I looked at each other with surprise. "How is this possible?" Grace says. I say with surprise, "I don't know! How about we just show we are friendly and go along with it. We need to be on their good terms to see why they look like humans, why they can transform like that, and why they transform into Earth animals." Grace says with worry, "What about the rest of the team?" I say, "Not much we can do, we can return when we can." Grace says, "ok..." while looking at the people and wolves with confusion.
Walking forward to the wolf people with my hands up and said, "I don't understand you" slowly while also using hand gestures. The wolf people looked at us with odd expressions on their faces and annoyance. The old woman said, "Nqkws, rkkgr saky rkkwd w thdjvh ewhntwnk. B sabhd vk rajtef awuk ~: Alice :~ sqy whf ekwqh sakqk ewhntwnk." She begins to talk to the wolf, the wolf is ginger, she says, "~: Alice :~ wqk yjt vbeebhn sj akek sqy whf ekwqh sakqk ewhntwnk? b dhjv yjt awuk ekwqhkf rjgk ji sak ~:bird:~dbh ewhtnwnk." He notices a few words that sound like english in there, like brid, an alice. The ginger wolf nods, and makes a small bark. The old woman does a follow-up kind of hand motion. As they begin to walk, we follow, and as they see we are following, they change into wolves again and start moving faster, but they keep pace with us.
We follow them till we reach a road, then we get to the end of the road, and see many wolves walking around, and staring at us. It feels uncomfortable. I hear murmurs in the crowd as we walk by, with guard wolves beside us, preventing the crowd from reaching. Their buildings are odd, built of stone, with some metal. Their roofs being made of stone as well. Each house has what looks like a doggy door in its door. I see a few wolves with odd clothes walking around carrying bags? We walk into a house with the most metal. Entirely made of it, besides the floor. There is even some gold highlights on the house. How do they get this much metal? We head inside, and the old lady wolf transforms into a human, and the young ginger wolf as well. The guards stay outside. The old lady says something to the young girl wolf. As the old lady walks out of the house.
The ginger wolf says "Jd, eksr nks rswqskf." As she grabs a jar. She motions to some seats beside a table with a bowl built into it, and says "Rbs". We sit, and she pours the jar into the bowl. The jar was full of many multicolored sands. She then closes her eyes as she sits on the other side of us, and... purple energy leaks from her hand, it looks like a see-through purple gas. It covers the sands, and the sands lift into the air, and form an image, I say "wow". It's of a bright thing landing far from the village, presumably from space, "wait, that is us landing" I say. I point to the image, and then point to us, saying "we're from there". She looks at us, and the image changes to our pod. Then it changes to a tree and she says "Sqkk", and points at it, then points at me. I say "tree" a little confused. She then nods hard, and says "Sqkk", then says "Tree" with a bad pronunciation. I nod a lot, and then point to her and say "person". She then points to herself and says "Mkqrjh". This continues for a while. Grace begins to go along with it as well. After a while, the old lady walks in with some food. It looks like some unknown kind of meat, as it's blue. It also comes with a wooden cup, with a blue glowing liquid, she places it on the table in front of us, and the ginger girl named Alice. I learned that's her name recently as well. Alice says ":~ Colin ~: sabr br ijq yjt, bsr ~ food ~". As we were learning each other's language, she taught me the word for food. I say the word to her "food", as I nod, she laughs, and says "bad kqkhjtlwsbjh". I think, "kqkhjtlwsbjh must mean the way I said it." I grab the odd food, and before I eat it, Grace says "should you eat alien food?" I say "well, they look human enough", she says "But are they human?" I say "sometimes in order to make friends with a new culture, you need to participate in their ways." She says "Fine you can eat it, but I'm not until I'm sure it's safe." I eat the meat. It tastes pretty good honestly. A little odd, but good. I nod and say "good" in their language. I take a drink as well, and it tastes very sweet, and almost like orange juice. But with an odd salty kick in the back. Alice says to Grace "~no food~?" We then try to figure out how to tell her that she is worried it will be bad for her. Alice seems a little confused. Eventualy grace gives up, and eats the food.
Regardless, after a while of trying to communicate, Grace and I decide to head back. It was hard to explain, but I managed. They agreed to meet with us when the sun comes up. It seems they got it, and got a warrior to guide us back as it was dark out. We arrived at the pod, and could see it when the warrior wolf ran back home after barking and nodding. I waved as he went. We went inside the pod. We went inside and got decontaminated. As Grace instantly went to grab some testing equipment to test our blood and such for any diseases from the food.
Anyway, Gerald, Arnold, and Taby ran to us, and Taby said, "Where the fuck were you guys!" I say, "Let's just say you are going to be greatly surprised. The inhabitants decided to meet us before we decided to meet them." Taby said, "WHAT, and you went with it!" I say, "YES, what else am I supposed to do? We need to be friendly with them! Besides, you would be surprised by what they look like. Also, I managed to barely communicate with them and get them to agree to meet with us when the sun comes up, at our pod. Speaking of which, how long till the sun comes up?" Gerald says, "In 14 hours." Grace says, "Well, I guess we better get ready for our next meeting. I suggest we bring some cameras and such." Gerald seems a little mad and decides to walk to his quarters. Taby says with grinding teeth, "Fine, but I'm going with you." I say, "Okay, besides, you all need to see what they look like and what they can do, it's insane." Taby says, "What do you mean? They're alien, how different are they anyway?" Grace says, "Surprisingly similar. But in a very odd way, I suggest you see them first. I recommend we introduce us all to them so they know us all." Taby says, "Sure." Anyway, after that crazy day, we decide to go to bed. I must say this planet is hard for anyone who wants a good sleep schedule.