The Rise of Zes-May-Turn

I took a class called Stories which is the first humanities class of the year. In this class, we discussed different types of stories, features of stories and many other components of a good story. In this class, we also took a few different FEs. To name a few we went to the Field Museum and we had a storyteller come in. For this Action Project, we had to write a story that included metaphors, similes, and other things. Enjoy the story!

Once upon a time, there was a planet in the sky called Zes-May-Turn.  It was a beautiful place, but it was extremely cold. People had to live in a contained world built on top of the cold landscape. One day, the god of the land got fed up with his people not being able to go outside the contained world. He screamed so loud that the whole planet shattered. Similar to what the earthlings call the Big Bang. A huge part drifted away with everyone on it. The broken part was named Snara 8R after the noise the god made and the roar from which it split. This new world became warmer and warmer the farther it got from its original location. Therefore the people became happy These are not average people though.

As time went on, the people began to grow stronger, since they were able to go outside and actually do work, instead of machines doing everything for them inside an indoor world. These people evolved into much stronger creatures known as Annunaki Aliens. They were able to roam the Orhadious mountains that stretched across the landscape like the spine of a Spinosaurus. These mountains had been created when the god became mad and his horrid roar left the landscape in different unique shapes. The Orhadious mountains, and I quote, Annunaki Alien,  “Are the spine of an ever-changing landscape”. The mountain range is huge, thriving with life, colorful, mysterious, and glistening with water. The mountains almost looked like they had been accidentally placed because surrounding the range was a simple grass field that stretched for miles in all directions. This part of the world seemed to be the only part that wasn't endlessly changing.

Another thing that allowed the Aliens to grow stronger as the need to be able to outrun the fast flowing Amazon River which the god had named after the most amazing river on the closest planet to their home, Earth. The Amazon was created when the rocks that formed the mountain started to rise because they left a huge line of empty space in the ground. The river on planet Snara 8R was much faster, stronger, deeper, and much, much more dangerous. This river is the fastest flowing river in the galaxy. The river was never predictable because it was common for a massive piece of ice to run down the river at speeds exceeding two-hundred miles per hour. The currents would also appear with such force that whirlpools would randomly appear on the river. People said the river was like an out of control freight train made from water and ice. The aliens had to learn how to carefully navigate the river as to make sure they didn't get injured. To give you an idea of how daunting it was to cross the Amazon even when you get within one hundred feet of it, you start to feel winds that are colder than your freezer flying by your face fast enough to pick you up.

The last iconic part of the island is the huge glaciers at the far side opposite to the river. These were created when the god yelled and some of his ice teeth flew out of his mouth settling down perfectly where they rest today. The glaciers are like a mountain of ice. They never move and never melt. These glaciers are where the aliens go to collect ice and store large amounts of food. The glaciers are a freezer. They are one of the most beautiful parts of the island tall, white, sparkling, clean, and crisp. When the aliens first saw the glaciers they had walked carefully toward them since they were scared of the cold.

Below is a drawing of the mountain range that can be found on planet Zes-May-Turn. Along with the mountains is the glaciers (top left corner) and the amazon river (bottom right corner). These are three main features of the planet. Another, not so iconic feature is the field which surrounds the mountain range because it is literally just a flat area without any features. The field also never changes. I also included a compass on the bottom right so that you get an idea of which way is which. What you see below is drawn to scale. I would like to point out that the mountain range is about 25 miles wide so that should give you a good perspective of how large the rest of the features are.

S, D R. Map. Chicago, 3 Oct. 2017.