by K. J. Nessly
Selvin felt terror unlike anything he’d ever imagined. “Tha—that’s…impossible!” He turned to face the hooded figures on the dais in time to see his master nod.
In the space of a heartbeat the nightmare was on him and its claws were wrapped around his body. “Master, please!” Selvin begged as he desperately struggled.
Pain blossomed in his lower back and then nothing. A glance down showed that despite Selvin’s mental commands, his legs remained as limp and unmoving as a doll’s. More pain, just below his neck and Selvin found himself paralyzed from the neck down.
Helpless he could only watch in horror as the creature unhooked its massive jaws and force them over his head. Selvin could feel the hot wet sticky salvia as his body— no, its body was pulled over him. The curved needle-like teeth dug deep furrows into his scalp. The pain flared once more, and then darkness
The Master watched silently as his new weapon finished with his worthless servant. Satisfied with the display he ordered it back to the holding pen.
“You have come a long way with it,” one of his companions observed.
“With it at our side, we cannot lose,” the second said confidently.
“Now that my earlier mission has been completed, we are ready to begin the next phase,” The Master agreed. “It is time to unleash our new weapon.”
Glossary
Radian—A unit of time similar to an earth hour
There are 26 radians in one day
The calendar is comprised of thirteen months, each with twenty-eight days. Once every four years there is an extra day added at the beginning of each year. It is considered a free day and not a part of the yearly day count. The twenty-eight days are divided into four weeks.
Two moons are visible in the sky. Firea is the smaller of the moons, purple in hue, with a three week cycle. Niea is the larger of the moons, red in color, with a six week cycle.
Days of the week: Lumbar, Nénar, Ambar, Tancol, Carnil, Elemmírë, Luinil
Months of the Year:
Spring:
Narvinyë—Dark Moon
Nárië—Growing Moon
Cermië—Flower Moon
Summer:
Urimë—Mead Moon
Lótessë—Lightning Moon
Víressë—Honey Moon
Fall:
Hísimë—Storm Moon
Narquelië—Blood Moon
Súlimë—Harvest Moon
Winter:
Nénimë—Winter Moon
Yavannië—Frost Moon
Nénarë—Old Moon
Airë—New Moon
There are seven major holidays in each year:
New Year’s Day: First day of Narvinyë
Festival of the Moons: Third day of Cermië
Girl’s Day: Fifth day of Lótessë
Boy’s Day: Seventh day of Hísimë
Festival of Stars: Ninth day of Súlimë
Festival of the Solstice: Thirteenth day of Airë
Day of Cleansing: Twenty-eighth day of Airë
