Kingdom Lost - Episode 1 "Pilot"

[Festy_Dog]

Inside is a single young male, he looks like a student he glances up quizzically, “Oh, uh, hello are you looking for the professor?”

"Astute observation," James says with a good-natured smile, "Doesn't look like she's in right now, where could we find her?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Astute observation," James says with a good-natured smile, "Doesn't look like she's in right now, where could we find her?"

The aide pauses, "She has not shown up this morning, her morning class had to be cancelled, umm, maybe you could leave her a message. Unless either one of you is named Dexter Kaufman?" he says offhandedly.

 

[Festy_Dog]

James' face is hijacked by a look of concern, and he turns to look at Dexter. His expression seems to say, "It's all yours".

 

[barsoomcore]

Just a little FYI, they are going to UCLA... Selene goes to Pepperdine, they are not geographically close either

Doh! Never mind.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Even if he is cheating, your a really strong woman, you can get on without him, not many women would want to know, they would just stick their heads in the sand, that you wanted to hire us really says a lot, it says that either way, you are gonna get trougth this, you have Sean, and Sean has you, thats all you really need." she says comfortingly, as she stows the camera in the bikes compartment and rests her stylzed Dragon helmet on her head, just waiting for the call to finish before she got going.

"Thank you, I appreciate everything you are doing for me, I can't express enough in words..." she replies.

"Sandra I have to run, but if you think of anything else, or if you have any questions, I want you to call me, I know we don't really know each other that well, but if you need someone to talk to, I really want to help." she says doing her best to comfort.

"Okay, thank you, bye," she replies.

As she walks to her bike, Sakura's mind is flooded with visions, its disorienting, Selene is on stage singing... then the parking lot... and then Sakura hears heavy breathing... she is breathing fast and hard... and she's holding a pistol with a silencer... she sees Selene... and then...

*HONK HONK*

A man in a Honda Accord continually honks his horn at Sakura, and then leans out the window, "Hey lady, you going to move or something?" Sakura finds herelf in the middle of the driving lane in the parking lot, on her knees, sweat on her brow...

 

[Shalimar]

As she walks to her bike, Sakura's mind is flooded with visions, its disorienting, Selene is on stage singing... then the parking lot... and then Sakura hears heavy breathing... she is breathing fast and hard... and she's holding a pistol with a silencer... she sees Selene... and then...

*HONK HONK

Sakura blinks in confusion at the rush of images she is seeing, it doesn't make any sense, how could she be seeing these things? It didn't make any sense. At the honking of the horn, when the images faded, she looked about dazedly, her face in her hands, sweat shining on her forehead. She crawled out of the way of the car, and rolled over onto her back, leaning against her bike.

I'm not going crazy am I? I mean I actually saw Selene just now, and it looked like she was gonna get shot, like I was gonna be the one to shoot. It can't be real, but it has to, I mean, it felt real, but I can't just go to the cops with this, I mean even dad wouldn't be able to just order a unit put on her because I think she'll be shot cause of a vision. Besides it may not even happen, I just need to be extra careful tonight there, that and make sure Danny is armed at the club, she thinks to herself.

She pulls herself up onto her bike and does her best to shake of the visions, at least long enough to get her back to the office. She sort of recalled Dex talking about that weir writing, she wondered if anything else strange was happening, as she sped off bak to the office, making sure to store her gear.

 

[JimAde]

The aide pauses, "She has not shown up this morning, her morning class had to be cancelled, umm, maybe you could leave her a message. Unless either one of you is named Dexter Kaufman?" he says offhandedly.

James' face is hijacked by a look of concern, and he turns to look at Dexter. His expression seems to say, "It's all yours".

Dexter exchanges a glance with James, then says, "I'm Dexter Kaufman. Professor Wilson was looking into a translation for us. She left a message?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Dexter exchanges a glance with James, then says, "I'm Dexter Kaufman. Professor Wilson was looking into a translation for us. She left a message?"

"Oh I don't know anything about a translation, but she did leave something for you. I guess she stayed here working late last night, somthing must have gotten her attention, anyways," he reaches into the desk and pulls out an envelope, it has Dexter Kaufman on it.

He hands it to Dexter, "There you go, is there anything else I can do for you?"

 

[JimAde]

"Oh I don't know anything about a translation, but she did leave something for you. I guess she stayed here working late last night, somthing must have gotten her attention, anyways," he reaches into the desk and pulls out an envelope, it has Dexter Kaufman on it.

He hands it to Dexter, "There you go, is there anything else I can do for you?"

Dexter takes the envelope. My day to get letters, I guess, he thinks.

"No, not really," he tells the aide. "Just ask her to give me a ring when she gets in, please. She has the number. Did you have any questions, James?"

He opens the envelope and extracts the contents while he waits to see if James has any questions for the aide.

 

[Tokiwong]

Dexter takes the envelope. My day to get letters, I guess, he thinks.

"No, not really," he tells the aide. "Just ask her to give me a ring when she gets in, please. She has the number. Did you have any questions, James?"

He opens the envelope and extracts the contents while he waits to see if James has any questions for the aide.

Mr. Kaufman,

I must apologize, I did recognize those figures right off, but I was quite shocked to see them, at least in the format you showed me. Those symbols, well that alphabet has actually formed the basis of an obsession that has lasted nearly six years, till last night.

It was six years ago, that I first found the alphabet in the mountains of the Andes, on some ruins. I could not make heads or tails of it, so I shelved it after nothing came out of it. But I found the script again, while in Egypt working with some Egyptologists, they were found in an unmarked tomb, and it sparked my interest once more. Over the years I have encountered this script, but I have never been able to discern where to start, its structure is not like anything I have encountered.

But last night you handed me the keystone, the Rosetta stone as it were. There is both a numeric and symbolic structure to this language, and someone knows how to crack that code, and transcribe the text. I will warn you that my translation is rough at best, if not early, and the wording is cryptic, but here it is as best as I can decipher it:

Mammon, my master, feed upon my sacrifice and grant me strength.

I am not quite sure what significance this is if any, but the text looks like someone was either trying to learn how to write this alphabet or they were trying to teach someone else, either way, if you come across this script again, I would not mind looking at it for you.