Arpluvial

As the ship docked with the base, Arpluvial thought about her last few years as an Engineer. The battle with the Scorn and the Riven had left her emotionally tattered - she had seen so much destruction.

"How will I ever start again," she asked herself aloud, well aware that she needed some downtime.

"Docking sequence complete," a computerized voice said loudly, "pressure is stable. You may now leave your ship."

She deactivated ...

[B][I][SIZE=4]The Story of Arpluvial[/SIZE][/I][/B]

On a day that smelled like rain and sunshine, a baby girl was born in a treehouse on the outskirts of Brackenridge Forest.

"I shall name her Arpluvial," beamed a lumbering hulk of a man named Jaesim, her father, cradled her, "after the trees and rain from whence she came."

"It's perfect," his wife, Tessapin, smiled with a slight cough.

They lived in complete ...