Expedition

[Myroria]

"Yes. That's-that's fine."

"I'm getting on the back of that thing!" Ewoud whispered.

"Shut up. Do you want to walk, Ewoud?"

"No."

"Good."

[St Oz]

The younger Son recited the unique tunes for each of the pai'hulu and then when everyone got everything packed and got on the saddle part of the Pai'hulu. Which was painlessly pierced into the body when it reached maturity.

The saddle could carry about 20 people.

The Daughter of the Fre'zhi sat next to Hupprecht, considering she talked mainly to him. Ewoud sat next to the daughter and asked her, "What is your name?"

"Oh, I don't know how you would say it in this... Inglish, but my name is Ami'ku Tse'tuga Zhou. I guess you could call me Ami."

She turned to Hupprecht and both of them and introduced each of the members of her family, "What is all your names?"

[Myroria]

"Well, I'm Hupprecht Patrick. I'm leading this...excursion. That's Ewoud Fabian, he's the youngest; barely 17. Out back in Radulf Karl; he doesn't talk much. Tomas Juozapas is from Baltija, they border our home to the west. Mu and Georgios are from Gallipoli-China; they aren't too far south from here; maybe you've heard of that country. Then there's Henrik, he's from King Rat. He pilots our helicopter."

[St Oz]

Ami straightened her ushanka which had the Fre'zhi emblem on it.

"What's Myroria Like?"

[Myroria]

"It's illegal to have fun in Myroria."

"Shut up Georgios."

"Myroria has..."

"Outlawed everything."

"Shut up! Myroria is very...conservative."

"Hyper religious?"

"Conservative. People can't do a lot of things in Myroria that other people can do in their countries. People don't notice the difference though. Religion is also a part of daily life. Most of our newspapers all say God at least once per article."

"So...what's Ozia like?"

[St Oz]

"I do not know any Political Jargon, but It's a very free place. The Religion here is Gaeanism. A religion that notes on the basis of spirits and all memories of the spirits and the spirits themselves return to the after life. Our language is Ozian. Right now we're at war with the Moaci, a War ravaging nation that we've been at constant war and peace with for about 1000 years. Though, the Moaci are finally weakened and after these constant wars the table has been in favor of St Oz. Cities are enormous, much of the infrastructure is bought by the government and organized by the government. We don't have any control of our government though. We're a what I believe is called a meritocracy. You have to pass a series of exams in order to be in the Res'shev. Though civil rights are very high. We also have many thriving small businesses. Large scale business is looked down upon but we still have a few of them. There is a very powerful Mafia which some people suspect have a few hands in the government and also has a few hands in the wars with Moacia. As for me knowing Inglish, I'm one of the few fluent Inglish speakers in Ozia, we use it for strange reasons though. Mostly only to read your number systems and to use for websites. Inglish is taught in schools but only as more a tool than a language. I myself studied the broader language but we do not know where it comes from. We've borrowed it from many sources said many of teachers."

[Myroria]

"Hey, doesn't being in the Mafia get you executed in Myroria?"

"Georgios, I will knock you off this worm. Anyway, I can tell you where Inglish came from. A while back a country east of here called Inglo-Scotia had an empire and spread it's language, called Inglish, naturally, across the world. Now every nation pretty much knows how to speak it and all the diplomats and other assorted people pretty much speak it as a second language. Now Inglo-Scotia is a tiny nation where it's illegal not to worship their leader as if he was God himself. Ever read 1983 by Orgio Gerwell? It's like that."

[St Oz]

"I do not know the importance of the number 1,983. That's strange because many people have always assumed the government made it awhile ago so we could put language simpler on the internet for those tough jobs. Also, who is this God character? Is it your way for saying Gaea?"

[Myroria]

"Well...similar. God is..."

"A joke?"

"....God is the sole creator. He made everything. He knows everything, He has all power, He is perfectly good, He is everywhere. Most Myrorians believe in a God, or if you're Islamic, Allah. Allah and God are basically the same thing, only with different names. We believe that when you die you go to God's realm, the perfect and eternally joyful Heaven, or to the opposite of Heaven, Hell, where you will suffer for all eternity for your sins."

"Yes, the all loving God who condemns you for all eternity."

"Shut...up Georgios..."

[St Oz]

"This God you think of isn't a nice God. forcing you to praise him or you are damned? What good is in that? Anyway, Who leads your country?"

[Myroria]

"A guy named Peté Tar-Ilium. His wife is Fredrika Tar-Ilium; she ruled before him until she married him."

[St Oz]

"This society is patriarchal? In St Oz, it is illegal to overcome women like that. Though... we don't have any emperors. And speaking of marriage, I was supposed to get married last year but the man was not what he seemed," she sighed, "I hope he gets crushed in itsy bitsy pieces" she started to pounder her fist on the palm of her hand. She giggled and looked at them both her maroon eyes, "I apologize for that. I'm just the only single woman out of all my friends.

[Myroria]

"Yeah, in Myroria women are..."

"Slaves?"

"Georgios, you're a dirty communist. Nobody care about your opinions. Yeah. In Myroria, women aren't as...free, maybe? Well, they have all the same rights as men, but it's kind of our culture. And that's too bad about your fiancee."

[St Oz]

"What's a communist?"

[Myroria]

"Someone who follows communism; an archaic and rather corrupt system where you believe everyone should be equal and own the same amount of money. It's a good idea in theory, except it ends up some people are more equal than others.