The Irangel | Prequel Story |

Chapter 7 ~ Adrezo and Evana

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~ Planet Iredescent's Atmosphere ~

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The Supremacy began to slowly descend, its passenger eagerly taking in the view. There were gold sparkles in the air similar to the gold sparkles found on the planet's rings, a kind of glimmer element that intrigued Tori. It's like the planet's rings are made of real gold, she thought, admiring it.

She gasped when the ship suddenly immobilized, becoming stagnant as something, a strange magnetic force of some sort, made it freeze in place. She heard a male voice come over the comm speakers and say in a strong authoritative voice, "Human from planet Earth, state your name and business. We've already scanned your ship and need to know your intentions of approaching our atmosphere."

Tori just stared at the comms speaker, stunned to hear an actual alien voice for the first time. He sounds so human, she thought, amazed. Well, they do look like humans, so I suppose they sound like humans too. She pressed on her speaker and communicated with him for the first time, her amazement reflecting in her voice, "I am Tori Nichok of planet Earth. I have come to see planet Iredescent for the first time."

A few seconds passed before the Iredescent spoke again, saying, "Dishonest intentions detected. This ship was stolen prior to your arrival. You have weapons aboard, weapons capable of severe damage and intended for war purposes, stolen as well, and your curiosity is too great to be trusted. Turn the ship around, Tori Nichok of planet Earth, and never return."

"But I just got here," Tori said back, getting defensive. "I'm the first human to ever see an alien planet for the first time in history. I request permission to land on your planet, to at least set foot on it."

"Permission denied," the Iredescent responded, his voice stern but not aggressive. The Iredescent had ink black hair with gold sparkles throughout, his hair long and shoulder length. He had ocean blue eyes that seemed to search and pierce through any piece of information, a clean white and deep blue ombre outfit with multicolor accents, and a gold skin shimmer that went well with his Caucasian skin tone. His name was Drayce Arden. He was a finned one.

He pressed several buttons on the holo-screen in front of him. A live feed of Tori showed up on his screen, instantly on record. He saw the human for the first time, taking in her physical appearance. Tori's blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail, her inquisitive brown eyes open yet containing an almost gleeful look in them, as if she were excited but holding back. She was wearing a cozy light neutral pink sweatshirt, dark grey pants, grey socks, and light brown booties. A stylish rose gold watch adorned her wrist, and she wore light neutral shade makeup and shimmer peachy pink lip gloss.

"She wants to be one of us," one of Drayce's coworkers, Soren Kezeutche, said to him. Soren had metallic silvery lavender hair set in beach waves, glittering deep indigo eyes, and wore an outfit of mostly dark metallic grey and royal purple. He was valued among the crew for his mind reading ability. He could read anyone's mind no matter how far away; distance held no boundaries for him.

"Touching, but not without consequence," Drayce responded. "Humans are not allowed on Iredescent under any circumstance. They are not lifeforms we can trust."

"Would be nice if we could trust them," a female coworker named Maven Vale said in sentiment. She had long shimmery golden yellow waves that cascaded down over her shoulders. It fit well with her peony pink dress glistening in gold sheen. She was a finned one.

"Unfortunately they've proven themselves unworthy of trust," Soren said grimly. "Over the past years, every few decades, we've sent out one of our kind to gather information about the humans and their planet, to see what they've been up to and such. The accounts of Tereza Rejkavik and Raistin Fenice were enough to make the previous Ruler of Iredescent, Irina Acai, decide that planet Iredescent should remain distant from planet Earth. Our current Ruler of Iredescent, Peridot Shodi, is seeing to it that humans are still not allowed no matter how kind they may seem, for they are a deceitful lot."