Culturalia: Dangerous Waters
"Why is the Navy trying to stop you?" I ask Tashi. She doesn't have to think about that one. "They're afraid that we're going to succeed."Summary
In search of a therianthrope homeland that doesn't exist, the GroupNewAtlantisProject has decided to take the next logical step: Make one. This article follows the crew of the LocationMVDiscovery on one of their expeditions to test the feasibility of raising a new island in the South Pacific. Their quest pits them against not only natural and magical hurdles, but also the unwanted attention of government forces.
Actual Creator
BaxilDragonRelease Date
2006-11-20Word Count
7,375Creator Comments
This latter-day TTU epic is quite possibly the setting's best story.I have vain hopes of someday combining a camera, some friends,
a big boat, and Photoshop and actually laying it out in the style
of a magazine photojournalism piece.
Culturalia Data
Type
- Magazine article
Major Focuses
Characters Cited
Piece's Author
- Jaime Madeira, Peruvian freelance journalist
Piece's Date
- November 2006
- Era: EraANewWorldOrder
Piece's Setting
- Undisclosed location in the South Pacific
Significant Cameos and References
- Stan's description of "Daniel Red-Wing and the Curtain-Raising General" is a broken summary of Chapter 22 of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West."
Trivia
- Some of the crew's aliases -- most notably bridge player "Brian" and scientist "Bruce" -- are shout-outs to the author's college friends.
- CharacterTashi did in fact follow through on her comment that "we may have to name a mountain after [Crimson Claw] once the island comes up": during her first term as president of LocationNewAtlantis, she christened one of the island's tallest mountains Red Wolves Peak in honor of Claw and Fang's contributions.
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