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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 59

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  1. [April 25, 2168]
  2. [Jiran Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  3. [Pacific Ocean]
  4. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  8. On the still-ruined but now relatively stable inner environment of Jiran Island, the larval Mothra is still sleeping next to the cliff. Meanwhile, Anna Maximoff and Wei Ho have gotten off of her and are now walking together to the surface outpost; they're both staring at their datapads the entire time as they walk.
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  11. (Wei Ho): Okay, I'm convinced now. Something's happened.
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  13. (Anna Maximoff): Exactly, Wei. I fear the worst has already transpired.
  14.  
  15. (Wei Ho): We won't know for sure until Raczak gets a report from his drones. In the meantime, what are you thinking?
  16.  
  17. (Anna Maximoff): I'm thinking that it's time to leave.
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  20. Anna Maximoff begins to walk much more briskly and at a faster pace; Wei Ho struggles to keep up with his best friend's quick gait. While the two veteran scientists continue to make their way to the surface outpost, the giant moth grub suddenly awakens from her slumber; Anna and Wei fail to take notice of this, though the other site personnel do.
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  22. Mothra goes on the move once again.
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  24. The young monster goddess starts to move to another cliff wall and starts smashing her head into it repeatedly. Some of the site personnel try to stop her, but her size and Ki-enhanced strength simply shrugs off their attempts; she doesn't even pay any mind to them, nearly crushing some of them accidentally with the rocks she loosened from the cliff she's headbutting. After nearly a solid minute of purposely smashing the cliff wall, Mothra stops.
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  26. The little larva then begins to sift and sort through the debris, apparently looking for something. After several seconds of searching, Mothra stops; she seems to have found what she was looking for.
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  28. Within the mandibles of Mothra is a small squarish rock with engravings on it that are similar to the written language of the Hotua, the ancestral tribe that the living natives of the Jiran Island Cluster are descendants of. The giant grub takes this rock and waddles to the centre of the massive clearing she finished making earlier; she looks around for a little while, as if trying to figure out where exactly she needs to go. At last, Mothra decides on a spot close to the midpoint; it's a little bit off, though this seems to be intentional rather than a simple off-centre error in placement.
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  30. The infant Mothra waddles back to the cliff wall she demolished, leaving the engraved rock perfectly upright.
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  32. Some of the site personnel attempt to get a closer look at the rock to examine what significance it may hold to Mothra. Before they can do so, Mothra suddenly rears her head around and roars loudly at them. This seems to have done the trick, as the G.U.D. personnel back away from the rock; it's only after they've stepped away a considerable distance that Mothra turns her attention back to the pile of rocks and other debris. Once again, she sifts through it all for a decent amount of time before coming upon what she sought out; it turns out to be yet another of these engraved rocks left behind by the Hotua.
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  34. The young monster takes this rock and brings it to the centre of her clearing, just like she did with the first one; this one is placed next to the first in a very deliberate manner. It's now abundantly clear that Mothra is purposely creating some kind of pattern out of these engraved stones; this hypothesis is further supported by Mothra going to a different cliff wall and ramming her head into it repeatedly, just like she did before.
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  36. While all of this is going on, Anna and Wei have been at the surface outpost.
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  38. The two of them are in a video conference with their former mentor, Jiro Ifukube, along with Ruby-B2143.
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  41. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] Are you SURE you want to leave? Mothra's presence there is extremely important, especially in these trying times.
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  43. (Anna Maximoff): I'm sure, Jiro. Mothra can handle herself, and I want to go see Jira again. I might-- No, I HAVE TO HELP HER.
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  45. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] I understand that you're concerned, but--
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  48. While Jiro argues politely with Anna, Wei's old Synthetic acquaintance looks out at the clearing; her gaze is instantly grabbed. She yanks on Wei's sleeve a few times, but to no avail; she then tugs hard and spins him around.
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  51. (Wei Ho): Ruby, this is no time to-- What? Anna? Anna?
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  53. (Anna Maximoff): Wei's the biologist. He's too important to BOTH OF THEM.
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  55. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] And you're the expert in metaphysics. Plus, you've already been working with Mothra for the past few days.
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  57. (Wei Ho): ANNA!
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  59. (Anna Maximoff): What?!
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  61.  
  62. As Anna Maximoff turns around to yell at her colleague for interrupting her train of thought, she shuts up and begins staring; all are unable to look away from the sight. They've only just now taken notice of Mothra setting up some kind of pattern on the ground of her clearing using engraved stones she dug out of the cliff walls; even Jiro Ifukube's hologram stares out into the distance at the giant larva's setup.
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  64. While everyone is left seemingly entranced by this display, they fail to take notice of a third caller logging into the COMMS chat; it appears to be a message from the team stationed on Roth-Ma Island. The user has left a text message that opens automatically, showing a picture of another larva emerging from the massive egg shell left behind by the first Mothra; this one, however, has a darker skin tone and spiky protrusions from its body.
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  72. In the deepest and darkest void, amid the puny Demons and their floating isles, three golden lights appear in front.
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  75. "What could this be?"
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  77. "A premonition of things yet to come perhaps?"
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  79. "Or perhaps a warning."
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  81. "A warning of a threat to the very balance of all things."
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  83.  
  84. The second voice dissipates, as do the three golden lights.
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