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Here's a whole new chapter of my Journeys inside URU
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Journeys inside URU: The Fourteen LaboursOne day, I was gardening in my Relto. As I was digging some holes to plant seeds, I saw the tip of a scroll. I dug more to be able to extract it from the ground. It was a parchment. It was entitled “The Fourteen Labours of URU”.
I was really intrigued by those labours. It was said that no one had been able, up to now, to accomplish these amazingly hard tasks. All this enticed me a lot.
I decided to take on the challenge!
Here are the names of the said fourteen labours:
First Labour:
The Stolen Sculptures of BotanSecond Labour:
The Prison Age of PradThird Labour:
The Coconuts of Chess AgeFourth Labour:
The Thrones of Urgent Matter of NoidroccaFifth Labour:
The Maze of NoidroccaSixth Labour:
The Invisible Spiral of NoidroccaSeventh Labour:
The Robot of HayalEighth Labour:
The Ferns of R’Oshanhnin KorvahkhnNinth Labour:
The Mountain of Vaiskor Area 2Tenth Labour:
The Far Distances of AdraelEleventh Labour:
The Uncharted Area of UnterweltTwelfth Labour:
The Locked Grille of SchatzkammernThirteenth Labour:
The Perched Kittens of Ahra PahtsFourteenth Labour:
The Three Seasons of RelativityThere was a description for each labour written on that parchment.
Here it goes.
First Labour: The Stolen Sculptures of BotanThe Stolen Sculptures of Botan are made, for the first one, of Gold &, for the second one, of Crystal. Both are representing the most astonishing specie of vegetal life living currently in Botan. They were stolen by 2 well-known up to no good villains, Ms. Chievous & Ms. Behave, members of the infamous S.P.O.R.E. organisation (Swindle, Pillage, Oppression, Robbery, & Extortion). It has been reported that due to an argument between the 2 of them, the party split apart. Cheeky Behave took the crystal sculpture with her while Mary Noxious Chievous kept the golden one for herself.
To this date no explorer has been able to find back the two stolen sculptures since they were kept miles apart one from each other…Second Labour: The Prison Age of PradThe Prison Age of Prad is very small but yet an age from which no one has ever escaped. Every explorer who foolishly tried to escape from that prison simply became mad as a teapot and have been secluded in a Psychiatric Asylum.
To this date no explorer has been able to escape this prison age…Third Labour: The Coconuts of Chess AgeThe Coconuts of Chess Age have this strange property to drive crazy anyone trying to play with them. There’s a well-known expression among the Cavern Explorers: “Those coconuts will turn you nuts”.
To this date no explorer has been able to push all the coconuts in the pond beside the coco trees in order to wash them…Fourth Labour: The Thrones of Urgent Matter of NoidroccaThe Thrones of Urgent Matter of Noidrocca have been installed for…well you know… we hope we don’t need to describe in details their utility. They are spread all over the maze complex but yet when explorers are in the most need of them, they cannot even find one.
To this date no explorer has been able to find those thrones of urgent matter which caused them great despair…Fifth Labour: The Maze of NoidroccaThe Maze of Noidrocca is one heck of a labyrinth! There are paths starting about everywhere and it’s made of 4 tridimensional huge blocks coupled with many shortcut spiral paths. There’s even, in the middle of it all, a special room with 4 entrances. The luckiest explorers were able to find back their starting point, the unluckiest ones, well… we should kept their unfortunate fate untold.
To this date no explorer has been able to find the exit of that maze by following a single path that can only cross itself, no backward lengths, and all this by using the 4 entrances of the special room…Sixth Labour: The Invisible Spiral of NoidroccaThe Invisible Spiral of Noidrocca is somewhat pretty much invisible (as its name cleverly tells…) which never helped explorers to find it in the first place… Since that invisible spiral is also located high up in the sky at miles above the nearest ground never helped either.
To this date no explorer has dared put a single toe on it, so imagine going from its summit to its base…Seventh Labour: The Robot of HayalThe Robot of Hayal has this peculiar stubbornness to refuse to cross the wooden doorway in one odd location of Hayal. There’s even, hung on the side wall, a sign telling that the action of helping him cross the doorway is strictly forbidden. We do wonder why they put emphasis on the forbiddance since it is rather impossible.
To this date no explorer has been successful helping the stubborn robot to cross that silly doorway…Eighth Labour: The Ferns of R’Oshanhnin KorvahkhnThe Ferns of R’Oshanhnin Korvahkhn are as hard to reach & dig up as the name of the age they are located in is hard to remember and pronounce. They all seem to be next to each other when you look quickly at forest ground but that’s just an illusion.
To this date no explorer has been able to collect as many as 3 ferns in one single visit to the said age…Ninth Labour: The Mountain of Vaiskor Area 2The Mountain of Vaiskor Area 2 has this amazing property to be 1,692 D’ni feet tall (515 meters). So from the base to the summit, one explorer has to be in good shape because the summit won’t come down to meet the explorer, the opposite has to be done.
To this date no explorer has been successful reaching that summit…Tenth Labour: The Far Distances of AdraelThe Far Distances of Adrael are a known fact. You can visit the City of Dormah, the Ledge overlooking the great Desert, or even the Dragon Canyon and you’ll still be inside Adrael. So if you are planning on picnicking with your best buddy, make sure you state clearly in which part you intend to meet them otherwise they might hate you for a long time that’s for sure.
To this date no explorer who reached the Ledge has been able to spot their forgetful buddy who linked in the Dragon Canyon instead… (Needless to say…you need to have a buddy for this labour, preferably someone often abstracted)
Eleventh Labour: The Uncharted Area of UnterweltThe Uncharted Area of Unterwelt has never been visited for the simple reason that its location remains a mystery to everyone. You might be tempted to ask: “How an uncharted area that remains a mystery to everyone can ever exist?” We already have an answer for you: “Do not try to be a wise guy
” It is said that the area was part of a future expansion plan somewhere deep within the underground city.
To this date no explorer has ever found a path to reach that location…Twelfth Labour: The Locked Grille of SchatzkammernThe Locked Grille of Schatzkammern is quite infuriating since it’s locked and no one has ever found back its key. The principal reason why explorers get annoyed by that is the presence of a bag of goodies (Ancients say it contains innumerable goodies…) on the other side at hand reach. Explorers can indeed extend their arms to touch that said bag but none has been able to have a good grasp on it.
To this date no explorer has ever succeeded in taking hold of that bag of said goodies…Thirteenth Labour: The Perched Kittens of Ahra PahtsAhra Pahts is a wide city and, as always in a city, there are kittens and their main activity is to perch themselves in impossible locations. One of the things we learn quite early in life about kittens is their propensity to lose all their guts when it’s time to climb back down from their look-outs. There are 4 kittens in Ahra Pahts who are still perched up there. They might be big old grumpy cats by now no one knows... nevertheless; someone has to climb up there to save them.
To this date no explorer has been successful saving those poor kittens (or big old grumpy cats) from their unfaithful faith.Fourteenth Labour: The Three Seasons of RelativityThe three seasons of Relativity are just like the age itself, over-the-top. The summer co-exists with the fall and the winter in this weird mind-blowing age. In the summer, you can walk about a nicely trimmed garden and enjoy the beautiful objects of art spread in it. In the fall, you can enjoy a stroll on a nice cool day or stay up all night looking at the starry expanse. In the winter, you can play with tons of fluffy snow and have a chat with Fluffy, the magnificent Snowman that lives during that season. If you say, that’s almost impossible to see all this in one single day; we will say to you that your world will turn upside down more than once if you journey there.
To this date no explorer came back from this strange age without walking on their hands, wearing a propeller beanie hat, and playing kazoo incessantly…Now that you have a pretty good idea of those labours reading their descriptions,
you can only imagine the sufferance I endured achieving them, all of them.
Here are the videos that I’ve made during my journey, my journey to complete the Fourteen Labours of URU.
(Obviously the videos will be posted in the next few days/weeks)