Awakening the Turquoise
Chapter 30: Welcome to the Kingdom Of Science
Previous Chapter Next ChapterOn the Beach of Lycoris Turquoise was busy salvaging what she could from her yacht and came back with some bad news. I’m Afraid all I could get was Nessa’s core program. Just when everyone thought all hope was lost they spotted some bananas in the distance and ran for them. Before they could even touch them a net suddenly scooped them up from beneath.
“ Where did this net come from?” Amber asked. Amber’s question was answered when a couple of women dressed in ragged clothes appeared and dragged the group to the gate into their village where Axle and Haruka were waiting. As soon as everything was cleared up the group was escorted into the village. Turquoise was surprised to see most of the scientific things you would not normally find in an Amazon village.
“ How is it possible for a village on an uncharted island to have access to scientific advancements like these?” Turquoise asked.
“ You like we have the village sorceress to thank for that,” One of the guards said.
“ May we meet this Village Sorceress?” Axle asked.
“ Later but right now the empress of our village wants to see you,” The guard said before the group arrived at what looked like a palace. As soon as they were taken to the Throne Room a woman with tan skin and blonde hair wearing a regal amazonian style dress was sitting on her throne while looking at the group.
“ Who brought men into our village?” The chief shouted.
“ Forgive us, Empress Handcock we found these seven on the beach along with their ship,” One of the guards said.
“ Is that so?” The empress said while thinking about what to do with her captives. The empress than came to her decision while pointing at Turquoise, Haruka, and Chiffon. You three are free to explore our village as for you four you can either leave this village or we throw you into the snake pit.
“ Please don’t make us leave we want to stay with our friends, “Sapphire pleaded.
“ Men are forbidden from ever setting foot within these walls. You four shouldn’t even be on this island let alone in our village,” The Empress said.
“ We don’t like being men we identify as women more. So please let us stay,” Amber pleaded. The empress began thinking again until she came to a compromise.
“ If you do identify as women are you willing to do anything to become women?” The empress asked.
“ Whatever it takes we will do it,” Sapphire said.
“ Very well, Suika take these four to the goddess shrine and prepare them for the ritual,” The empress said before the guard known as Suika took Axle and the others outside. As soon as their meeting with the empress was over Turquoise asked around about the Village Sorceress.
“ The Village Sorceress lives next to the waterfall just look for the hut with a telescope on it,” One of the villagers said. As soon as Turquoise, Haruka, and Chiffon followed the river to the side of the village where the cliff face with the waterfall was they noticed a bunch of unusual stuff scattered around but what was most noticeable was the waterwheel and gears causing a device with two giant copper disks to spin stupidly fast.
“ No way, they have a hydroelectric generator in such a primitive place,” Turquoise said before a girl with cream-colored skin with glasses and red hair with purple streaks in it wearing an animal skin dress with the formula E=MC2 written in her blood on it. Turquoise suddenly recognized the girl.
“ Aren’t you that girl that went missing a few years ago, Moondancer I think it was?” Turquoise asked.
“ Yes I am Moondancer but who are you, people?” Moondancer asked.
“ I am Turquoise and these are my friends Haruka and Chiffon,” Turquoise said. Turquoise asked how such scientific achievements could be possible on such a remote island.
“ This island is pretty huge and during my first few months stranded here, I did some exploring and managed to find almost everything I could need to survive here. Moondancer explained that after almost giving up hope of being rescued the Villagers took her in and were kind enough to help her with making all of these scientific achievements.
“ What exactly does this thing do?” Haruka asked referring to a furnace with a bunch of tubes with a train slant attached to it.
“ That is our Ironmaking furnace we use the slant to pump air into the furnace to raise the heat to 1500 degrees. Moondancer went on about how the village craftswoman liked her ideas after she introduced her to the wonders of glass. But enough about my little kingdom of science tell me what brings you to this island?
“ We got caught in a storm that created thirty-foot waves and ended up on the beach along with my yacht,” Turquoise explained.
“ Well, I would be happy to take a look at it and see if there is anything I can do to fix it,” Moondancer offered.
“ That would be great thank you,” Turquoise said.
“ That’s good now we need to find the others,” Chiffon said.
Meanwhile, on top of the cliff overlooking the village, some women were filling a pit with some kind of mud.
“ A mud bath? That’s the ritual you were talking about?” Axle said not impressed.
“ This is no ordinary mud you see deep in the jungle there is a magical pit of quicksand. Where this magic comes from nobody knows but what is most noticeable is those who are swallowed by it become women. But that is just part of it we also need to strip you so the mud can take full effect. The guards stripped them down to their underwear and were impressed with what they saw. They then told them to go inside the shrine to change into the robes provided so they could be ready to enter the mud once it was ready. Minutes later the mud pit was filled and Sapphire volunteered to go first. After disrobing and stepping into the mud she was swallowed up before remerging minutes later as a girl with long pink hair. After getting out Sapphire was given her clothes back and changed into them. Amber went next and came out as a woman with orange hair with blue streaks in it. Disty did the same turning him into a woman with long brown hair and finally, Axle went in while hesitant at first since he was worried the mud would take his muscles away but ran right in and later came out as a woman with long black hair and slightly smaller muscles. As soon as the ritual was complete Turquoise, Haruka, Chiffon, and Moondancer arrived.
“ Oh no we are too late,” Haruka said.
“ Relax the transformation is only permanent if they keep bathing in that mud they should be back to normal by the time you head back to sea,” Moondancer said. After getting dressed the girls all went back to Moondancer’s hut. After telling Moondancer where the Silver Siren was they all went to the beach. As soon as they arrived Moondancer got a good look at the damage and made her estimate. The damage isn’t too bad we just need to patch up the hull and repair the generator.
“ That's one problem solved but even if the Silver Siren is seaworthy again we can't sail because my Navigation Android was totaled and without a clear indication of where we are I Can” t get us back to California,” Turquoise said while showing Moondancer the remains of Nessa. Suddenly Moondancer had an idea.
“ Girls lets head back to the village I have an idea,” Moondancer said. Minutes later the girls were all gathered by Moondancer’s Hut.
“ Enough of the suspense Moondancer what is this idea of yours?” Axle asked.
“ Ladies we are about to bring Lilybell Village into the Communication Age, That's right we are about to create Cellular Phones with service even all the way out here,” Moondancer said with joy. Moondancer drew a roadmap on the ground with illustrations of her running from the start and her holding a phone at the goal, Amber being shocked by a battery, Chiffon with some plastic stuff, Axle holding a vacuum tube, Turquoise with some wine, And Sapphire wearing a headset.
“ Are you sure this is possible this roadmap has a lot of stuff that is insanely impossible to make,” Turquoise asked.
“ Anything is possible thanks to science,” Moondancer said. As soon as Moondancer finished explaining everything she gathered the rest of the village. Everyone I need everyone’s help because what we are about to make will not only help our new friends get home but also revolutionize the village as well. The villagers were intrigued and asked what they would be making. We are about to create a necessity from where I come from that allows constant communication no matter how far away you are, That's right we are about to make cellular phones. Moondancer explained how the sound of a person's voice was just a vibration of air and how if you point that air at a diaphragm it will produce a super tiny electrical current and rhythm with the vibration. She then explained that the current will be pumped up with a vacuum tube and then spun around in a circle until it becomes strong enough to travel through the air thus creating a radio wave then explained the exact opposite happens on the listening side. At first, everyone was confused until Turquoise changed the subject by asking what they will be making first. First, we will be making a cotton candy machine. Everyone looked confused until Moondancer explained that this was going to be used to create the threads needed for their coil wires.
“ I am ready when you are Moondancer,” The craftswomen said. As Turquoise was building the gear setup for the machine Moondancer melted down some iron and poured it into the mold that was made and stabbed some holes into it. After the iron cooled and hardened Moondancer pulled out a scope like thing and spun it. After placing it onto the gear setup Moondancer ran back to her hut to gather all the gold she had in her inventory. As Haruka was turning the gear the cotton candy machine began spinning gold threads which Moondancer was twisting together to create wires. After delegating the task to some of the villagers she had Turquoise and the craftswoman comes with her to make some batteries.
“ Think you can do it Karafuto,” Moondancer asked.
“ I been a craftswoman for fifty years stuff like this is a piece of cake for me,” Kuramoto said. After finishing all six bottles Moondancer placed two sheets of lead with some wires attached to it in each one.
“ To make our battery we take two sheets of lead, put them in a bottle and introduce them to our two face goddess Sulfurina,” Moondancer explained while joking about the name she gave the sulfuric acid. The next day everyone finished their parts Moondancer assembled what looked like a makeshift cell tower. After turning it on Turquoise noticed she now had bars. Turquoise decided to test the reception by seeing if she can reach her dad.
Meanwhile on the beach of California Bullet was close to giving up hope of ever seeing Turquoise again until he heard his phone go off. After seeing the caller ID was Turquoise he answered it.
“ Turquoise is that you?” Bullet asked.
“ Yes it worked Dad can you hear me?” Turquoise asked hoping the reception was good enough.
“ I hear you, Where are you and are you and your friends ok?” He asked.
“ Despite being stranded we are ok and as for where we are, we will find out and chart a course home,” She said.
“ That's good to hear, there are some people with me eagerly awaiting your return,” He said.
“ I will see you soon,” She said before hanging up. After hanging up Turquoise checked google maps and was surprised to see where they were. Looks like we are in the middle of the line that separates the waters between America and Japan. After telling everyone the good news Turquoise and her friends went back to the newly repaired Silver Siren to set sail for home. Turquoise invited Moondancer to come with them but she declined. Are you sure you don't want to come with us?
“ I appreciate the offer but this is my home now and these girls are my friends. When I lost everything including my parents they gave me a home. But now that we have Cellular Phones we can remain in touch once we perfect them,” Moondancer said.
“ Then here is my number,” Turquoise said while writing it down. As soon as Turquoise took the helm the Silver Siren began to set sail for home. The others helped as best they could since Nessa was out of commission. As soon as the California Coast was in sight Sapphire saw something.
“ Girls you're going to want to see this,” Sapphire said causing everyone to see a group of people on the beach who they recognized as all of their parents. As soon as the Silver Siren docked Bullet and the rest of the parents ran on board to hug their kids. After the reunion was over and the Silver Siren was returned to the dock by the Silver Mansion Turquoise explained everything that happened.
“ So sorry about Nessa she was truly one of the greatest things you ever made,” Bullet said.
“ Not to worry I still have her core program so I can easily build another one but it will take weeks before the Silver Siren can sail again,” Turquoise said. After everything that happened Turquoise went to bed and was happy to be sleeping in her nice soft bed instead of inside an animal skin sleeping bag.
Next Chapter: Go Shadowbolts Estimated time remaining: 41 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Been watching a lot of Dr. Stone lately and had this idea where Moondancer takes on the role of Senku and since most of this stuff on Dr. Stone is real-life science I figured it could work. I know I cut out a lot of stuff but I am no scientist so I could not explain some of it even if I tried.