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Subject: [Short] Halo Huragok: Curious Than Most
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The writing style is filled with errors, ignore them as they are part of the actual style. Read on and you will understand.

Day 1

My name is Curious Than Most and I am a Huragok. Covenant don't call me by my name, they call me Defect. Me no understand why they call me that, I fine. Maybe I no communicate very good, but I don't do it on purpose. Forerunners made me this way and called me special. I do better at fixing things than other Huragok, but Covenant don't notice.

We Huragok are told by the San 'Shyuum to fix Forerunner things. They say not to tell anyone about this or we could get in trouble. I am not allowed to work with my other Huragok because I am "broken". San 'Shyuum don't trust me and say I could break Forerunner technology. I not broken and I could help!

Instead, I have to work with Unggoy and understand human technology. I still want to be with my Huragok brothers, but this job is good. Unggoy are nice and don't hurt me like other Covenant do. Unggoy don't hit me with shocking sticks like Kig-Yar do. Unggoy don't buzz around and push me like Yanme'e do. Unggoy don't yell and ignore me like Sangheili and Jiralhanae do. I like Unggoy. They just like me, abused and looked down on.

Day 2

I get in trouble today. I was just moving around the ship and I found a small cube. It had many colors on it and it moved around. I liked the cube and I played with it. But I bumped into Jiralhanae because I wasn't looking where I was going and I made him mad. He growled at me and pushed me into a corner. I shook and whimpered while he shouted at me and said he would eat me. When he tried to jump on me, I floated up and flew away. I could hear him running after me so I hide in a vent.

I stayed in the vent for a long time feeling sadness. The Jiralhanae never came back, so I got out and went back to Unggoy. At my work, the Unggoy gave me a small square pad that had human letters on it. It said...

To daddy, hope you come home from war
Lucy


I no understand what it means. What is a daddy or a Lucy?

Day 3

More trouble at work today. I was looking in a pile of human stuff and I find a little ball. When I pulled off the pin, I heard Unggoy start to scream. They said throw it away, throw it away, throw it away! So I did. Big boom happened. Unggoy looked at me and told me to leave and no come back. Now I sad again. All I have now is my colored cube, but that makes me happy so I guess I fine for now. I went to my home, the pipe-works, and played with my happy cube. I got one side to have one full color on it, red was the color. Maybe I can get the other five sides too?

Day 4

Got another side today, it is now blue. I no go to work today, I am banished forever from working with Unggoy and Huragok. Me have no purpose, but to finish my happy cube. But what if I finish it? What do I do then? Now I sad again.

No!

I can do other things for myself so I feel happy. I will go go a new ship and get work there. I may even get to work with other Huragok. Yes, I will do that. I guess I not have to be sad after all. My day looked bright!

Day 5

My cube only has two more sides left to finish, green and yellow. I also go to a new ship, but it is full of Jiralhanae. Me so scared I float away to the Huragok section. I feel safe with them, all six of them. They welcome me, accept me as Curious Than Most not Defect. I show them how I are very good at fixing things. When I saw a Forerunner starmap index, I melded the wires, twisted the spinning disc, and a picture of the galaxy appeared. Huragok were impressed, they couldn't fix it.

I even show them the cube I found and my progress. Their approval made me happy. For the first time in my life, I happy.

Day 6

Something big is happening in the ship. Huragok named Guider Of Peace say we are going somewhere called Earth. Big Forerunner artifact is there and the Covenant want it. I will write more latter.

Day 6.B

We came to Earth today and bad things have happened. The Jialhanae took us and put us on the planet. We are in a big city, human city they say. They take us, hold us, and put big bombs on us. Jiralhanae tell us we are to give them extra shielding in battle. Me no want to. Jiralhane hit me.

Day 6.C

I and other Huragok got away from Jiralhanae and went in a tunnel. We try to get bombs off, but nothing work. I start to feel the sadness again and the other Huragok see me. Be brave Curious, be brave. Seeing me not being brave makes them crowd around me and say things will be okay. Each Huragok brother say I deserve my life, I smart, I have spark of life, and I special. They took off parts of my armor, a beep beeped, and a big bang happened. My friends disappeared, but my armor was gone. I went down the tunnel and beyond.

Day 7

I made it very far down the planet today and I find a big thing. I no not what it is. The human writing on it calls it a Superintendedt. Going inside, I was passed by blue light and I see many things wrong. The machine was broken, so I fix it.

In one screen, I see a human girl, see looks sad and scared. She keeps contacting the machine and calling it Vergil. The girl kept getting danger, so I help her. I combined myself to the machine, which had a mind of it's own, to see what was happening. She was like me, abused and sad. I did everything I could to help her. When she wanted to save me after I helped her, I tried to tell her to go. Since I no communicate good, I used sound files the machine had. She was told to leave.

After everything she had to go through I felt proud of her. Me may not supposed to be, but she was brave and I wanted to be like her. The girl, her name Sadie, went near a human train. I activated it and helped her leave. Me hope she's safe.

What do I do now? Covenant are doing mean things and I don't like it. Humans are now like me, abused and sad. I help them now.

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"Orders are orders"

That was the thought going through Captain Veronica Dare's mind as she made her way to the Superintendent's core. ONI intelligence said something non-human was in there and she needed to get it. The war effort depended on it. She had been alone, but another ODST had found her and they would complete this mission.

The inside of the core was musty smelling, a sure sign something was inside. She shined her light and found what she was looking for, an Engineer. Before she could signal it, the ODST emitted a high pitched whistle and it came out. Did he know too and if so how?

"We've seen them before on other ops but we've never gotten this close" she said "Best we can tell, they prisoners or slaves. Either way, they don't like the Covenant any more than we do."

She touched the Engineer and it made what could only be described as a purr.

"The Slipspace event fried most of the Superintendents circuits. I thought it might be finishing the job. But now I see that you weren't trying to hurt the Superintendent" Dare said calmly "You were just trying to fix it."

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This lady is nice, me can trust her.

[Edited on 12.28.2009 4:41 PM PST]

  • 12.28.2009 4:19 PM PDT

I always imagined the Engineers to speak like the Hanar in Mass Effect.

"This unworthy one hopes it has not offended you."

So for example, I'd make a line like...

"I and other Huragok got away from Jiralhanae an went in a tunnel."

Into...

"This one and my kin fled the brutal ones and descended into the darkness."

In my opinion. Your depiction is your own opinion, but to me it sounds a little...normal. The Huragok are a race created by the Forerunners. Surely they'd act a little differently than other races.

  • 12.28.2009 4:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wolverfrog
I always imagined the Engineers to speak like the Hanar in Mass Effect.

"This unworthy one hopes it has not offended you."

So for example, I'd make a line like...

"I and other Huragok got away from Jiralhanae an went in a tunnel."

Into...

"This one and my kin fled the brutal ones and descended into the darkness."

In my opinion. Your depiction is your own opinion, but to me it sounds a little...normal. The Huragok are a race created by the Forerunners. Surely they'd act a little differently than other races.

Curious Than Most is...different. Remember, he is called Defect by everyone else. I get what you're saying, and I like that, but Curious is special.

  • 12.28.2009 4:40 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Posted by: Wolverfrog
I always imagined the Engineers to speak like the Hanar in Mass Effect.


Makes sense, after all they're both big stupid jelly fishes!

  • 12.28.2009 5:02 PM PDT

"Eyes from Death's dream kingdom appear as sunlight on a broken column. There, in Death's other kingdom, walking alone, trembling lips form prayers to broken stone."

Curiosity killed the Hurogok.

  • 12.29.2009 3:35 AM PDT

Hahah, I like this Huragok. His "happy cube" made me laugh.

  • 12.29.2009 4:13 AM PDT