Some Vanger's thoughts, found in the wreckage of a mechos...

001001001...5467... 837683 photons on the meter... Light! I can see everything, absolutely. Smackobject?... Object... Shh! You, who's me? Who's you, me? Me here, he there... I'm here, I'm here. Hear you well. It's all me! I take mechos, gonna ride. One-two-three, stinking flea. Won't give mechos! Mechos good... Going away...

Day 1

Yesterday wasn't here... Tomorrow wasn't here... Never wasn't here! Objects, many objects. Stinkhorns! Stinkers! Danger! Losing energy! Total override! Don' wanna die. Will quake in escave…

Pudgy-smudgies want shipping, tossing, smacking. Purr, Leepky! I'll drive! Got weapon! Stinkers gonna smell! I am a Vanger! Eleepods sit in holes, gulp kuzowocks and smack. Gonna get'em sometime. They're waiting for me in Incubator. Take off!

Smoking real fast. Kicks ass. Stinkers are sad. I'm observing some craggy structures. They shine and gleam like sweaty Leepky. Gotta keep away... Nearly fell in water. Damned rattletrap!... Aha, someone's kicking dust. Gonna getcha ... Wow, nearly conked out. What shooter they using? What happened to that eleepods' stuff I had on me? Yeah, musta fell out when that hoodlum was firing at me. Gonna go back. Chances are they won't notice.

That fat mug grumbled and scolded again. Phooey, what a treasure-rotten nymbos! All right, ain't gonna lost anything again, or the fattie gonna burst from anger...

Day 2

Looks like I've got a compass. This flea can show me the way to anywhere. I thought it was just hanging around obscuring the sight! Gotta take care not to smear it accidentally, else who'll show me the way? Surely not these cockroaches creeping everywhere. Leepky said they're beebs... and that he likes them. So let's try to tread the crunches down while he's not looking. They make a nice crackle. And bring in cash! What a nice place...

Some picture's on the right all the time. With a red dot in the center. It's a map! Lotsa different spots on it... Strange grids... Why am I a red dot? I wanna be green! Anyway, there are some odd pits here and there on the road. Gonna check it out... Falling down a hatch. Where am I going?! Someone's plunder is sitting in here... Doesn't fit in my hold, pity. I should expand it. Bars above my head. Can't get out. Got myself caught like a silly beeb. They're giggling at me, the scamps.

My mechos can jump! Not the best feeling, but I managed to get out of that sinkhole with a grate over it. Damned hideout... I see some kind of feeble wagon. Can I beat it? Aha, it's running away. Eat this! Stinkers, why isn't the gun firing?! It's empty! Can't slam it into someone's head, pity. Shouldn't throw it away, however. It probably needs water...

There's some kind of deep ditch. I'm going for it. Dive! Lots of bubbles. Get your kicks, little gun! Something's wrong, mechos feels bad... I'm almost out of air! I'm sinking! What a stupid adventure... Gonna try to jump outta here... it's not working. Ok, don't panic. Moving along the bottom. This slope's easier. Jumping. Phew, I did it! But jumps take energy... Don't know how they ride around here; I could drown anytime, like a rusty piece of iron. And this weapon sucks. Won't kill anyone with it but myself!

Day 3

I see an odd six-cornered sign. Glowing. Gonna ride it over... Nothing's happening... It tossed me up! When will I land again? That's strange... Glows and throws things up... Really strange...

Observing another strange construction. Some dolt's pushing right under it. His mechos starts smoking. Guess, he got scared seeing me... Kiss my hat! He got away with his skin! And his mechos stopped smoking! Very interesting place. Guess they sell smoke there. Where's that damned Incubator, anyway?

Other Vangers look like yellow points on the map. Gonna catch you liddle fishies! Been riding long. Haven't reached Incubator yet. Already forgot the way back. Don't know what's ahead. Gonna turn on my compass... Hmm, some kind of huge bowls. Beside them, some lid in the ground. Compass is getting jittery. That must be Incubator. How do I get in there?... Ahah, the lid opened and a mechos flew out. Gotta get into that hole. Nope, too late. Hmm. Hopped and jumped. Nothing. Running jump. Fired a few times. Nothing. Incubator's locked. Gotta wait for another Vanger... Falling in... Arrival...

Feenger and Leepky are almost alike. I guess that's because they hatched from the same pod... Got some beebs in exchange for nymbos. Entrusted with some mucus... Looks like the worms sell lots of useful widgets. Some even let me float! Gotta pick up some stuff for the fatties and earn beebs for those doodads... For now, bought new weapons. They offer a selection in the shop. Not everything fits in my mechos, though.

Day 4

Something's lying in the ditch... So hard to get out. Not good at jumping yet... Picked up some dead mechanical bugs. Don't know what they're for. Guess I'd better keep'em. Some huge shadow just passed over me. Huh, it's a pretty big mechos, flying over me and isn't falling. Guess he spotted me and decided to scram, poor little thing. How does he do it? Gonna try to fly myself. Jumped up with all my might. Fell into a jungle of stinkers and barely got out.

Riding on the grids. Below is a familiar structure. But it's got twelve rays instead of six. Some nincompoop jumps right in it. He's annihilated. Turned into a cloud of bright specks... Impressive... All of a sudden, another mechos pops up from the center. Moves on as if nothing had happened... I wanna be a speck too! Got in, but nothing's happening. I get a message that I gotta have some key... Where can I get it? What's wrong with my vision? The colors are all changing! Shouldn't have gone after those zombies. Maybe my sight's failing me...

Leepky mentioned something about Cycles. Understood only that on Fostral everything blinks all the time. Means my vision's ok... That's good. Stupid cycles.

Day 5

Squashing the bugs is fun, but sometimes they scatter, the little stinkers. Saw a flashing one, but couldn't get it. It sneaked between my wheels, got into the water and bared its teeth. I don't wanna go in the water anymore... But I can make some money from these bugs... Ha, some floating mechos picked up that flashing beeb! He's floating like a ship and isn't sinking... I wanna do that too!

The mechanical bugs fit into a special cell. When fired at, they revived and escaped underground! Couldn't get to 'em. I see a fight between two Vangers. SHOOTING HORRORS! Some kind of underground bugs are darting around them. Looks like they can bite. They're the same as those that escaped from me. This must be a weapon! One Vanger dropped something, and I grabbed it and got away. I'm a bold Vanger! It's a device for floating. Gotta insert it somewhere. No suitable holes. Time to get a new mechos. A brave Vanger like me deserves something better!

While shooting the stinkers, accidentally hit another Vanger. He put on a brave face and fired a couple of missiles at me. The blast propelled me into the water. The slope was steep, so I couldn't jump out. Something popped out of the bottom and hurled me up. Flew through half a world. Bird's-eye view! Would be fun to fall on someone. Lost my pursuers. Discovered some kind of metallic structure. Strange. Hung around, pressed some buttons. It opened up as wide as Leepky's mug. There's some metal inside. Looks like a part of mechos. Doesn't fit anywhere, however. Couldn't smash it. Will let it sit here, pick it up later. Gotta remember...

Day 6

Apparently, Incubator opens up like the hideouts. No need to jump... Feenger was especially talkative. Offered to let me take part in some kind of holy race. Called it something funny: Eleection! Happens once every three cycles. I'm the fastest, so I agreed readily. The fattie rooted in his cockles deep and finally pulled out a little worm, an eLeech. So I have to transport this scrub to Podish fast. Big deal!

Rushing. Forgot the way. See some tracks, moving along them. Stop. They lead to Incubator! Spotted a huge metallic lid. Some flashing circles beneath it. Gotta take a look. Let they catch up in the meantime... Took me a long time to find the way to the circles. Got in. A light came on, meaning my Spiral is charged. Where did they put it?

See no one. Where's the race? Shoulda gone slower... Let's crush some beebs. Crackling and popping. They're scared of me! I see some kind of huge mechos. A block of iron shooting things. How is it gonna get into escave? If it's stuck, I won't be able to deliver phlegma for the eleepods. What will they smear themselves with then? I want a mechos like that... Big and horrifying... To kill everything with!

Not used to their cycle changes yet, but they're funny. The little grub from Incubator changed color, too. Must be feeling blue, little pest.

Leepky nearly exploded from anger. Spat mucus. Chomped around in a rage. I lost the race and ruined the eLeech. Leepky wished me a quick death in a ditch. Not so soon, you rotten fatso. I coulda not even carried it! By next race you'll be begging me! It even looks better in black...

Day 7

Moving little by little. Every other person I meet shoots at me! Am I really not scary? Gonna kill! Yeah, like that. KILL! One Vanger set loose some black midges buzzing around. Seen a lot of them! The Vanger started releasing terminator bugs. Hopping. The gnats attack the mechos and bite. Dirt flying everywhere!

Smells like something's burning. I'm smoking! Mechos is sick. I know where to go. Afraid that I might clash with someone on the way. Can Vangers get friend? OK, they fixed my mechos quickly. Stopped smoking. Here's a good tube. Can even hide here.

In front of me, some moron's kicking up dust in some huge mechos. The road's narrow, too hard to turn around. Gonna shoot him in the rear. Let him tell everyone what a brave Vanger I am. Then they will be scared of me... Something zings right into my forehead. Some fireballs following it... Smashed a couple beebs while falling into a ditch... Lucky me. Normally takes more time to get them... How could he turn around so quickly? Maybe that was a mechos that can ride backwards? And why ride backwards when you can ride forwards? Found a level area and practiced turning around fast. Smashed a heap of beebs and one raffa. Hopping is easier now. Just have to know which lever to pull. Afraid I'll mix it up later. Now I can easily turn around... even whirl!

Spotted a glowing circle near Incubator. Checked it out. My weapon is charged again. No need to loaf around in ditches... This ain't no crummy MacHOTine. GhOrb rules! What if I ride up all the time? High mountains. Gonna jump. Diverted. Drifting the wrong way. Wait, who lives there?

Day 8

Feenger told me about Glorx. Beeboorats live there. Eat every living thing. Wanna get to Glorx! Feenger's sweating and being a coward. Doesn't want to come with me...

See some metallic debris. Burnt. Musta been a mechos and a Vanger. Both blew up. Probably with someone's help. A box with a lid is nearby. Gonna take it. Had to throw the phlegma away. My mechos is small, pity. Farewell, watery phlegma. The box is bigger!

Watching the stinkers grow. As soon as you shoot 'em, they start to swell again. Funny. They grow for me to practice my shooting! Keep it up, boys! Got some strange picture under the map. Circles and triangles with squiggles. One circle is glowing…

Leepky gabbled nicely. Flapped with his scratchers. Gained some cirt. Cirt is dung left by a Larva. Eleepods obey the Larva. Strange. I ain't gonna mind. Shelled out a heap of beebs. Need to get some more. Gonna buy a new mechos soon…

Checked the hideouts. Nothing. Guess someone's stealing... Gonna keep an eye out... Lying in ambush. The stinkers swell and shoot at me. I take it. One stinker shot up right under me. I fell and now am lying on my side. Gotta be still. Two cycles have passed. Spotted a crowd of mechos. They blink on the map. Who did they scare? Ah, it's a race! Those lame ducks are transporting worms. No thieves after all...

Watching the ground bulging. Some huge stinker's there, growing. No, it's a mechos!... Guess Vangers are overripe stinkers? What if I emerged like this?... I don't remember myself being a stinker! No, he probably burrowed down from fear. Or maybe he was watching me? Or maybe he's the thief? I have nothing but questions... How could he have digged such a hole? He sneaked off, the son of a beeb. I woulda shown that slimer how to behave!

Been hopping and jumping upside down for a long time. Tried to get under ground... Panicked all the nearby beebs... The mechos started creaking. Got tired. Observing some structures beneath. Some cylinders blinking nearby. Jumping. The cylinders do nothing. Why did they put them up then? Probably so that beebs wouldn't hide from Vangers here. Took me a while to get out.

Day 9

Feenger's been talking about eleepods and blowing bubbles. Damned storyteller! Woulda been better if he had forked over a new mechos... Some softie tunneled a lot of Passages and cooked soup from some creatures, then ate it and conked out. The Eleepods didn't get in the soup and are very proud of it They guard the Passages to prevent beeboorats from breaking in. Everything is very confusing. I can get into a Passage in a mechos. If I win a race, the eleepods will tell me how. I'm anxious to get to Glorx. So bored with these fat worms and their stupid stories. Beeboorats are a far cry from them. Just hope they don't smack that much. Hafta wipe eleepod mucus off my mechos every single time...

A Vanger jumped out of a hideout. Haha, gotcha! Catch the thief! These hideouts are mine! Peppering him. He's running away fast. Very fast... Another Vanger has overtaken me. I've fallen off the road. The smart aleck's splitting fast. Something's wrong. Why did he catch me when he could just hide quaking in the escave? He's chasing the thief too! Wait! That's my prey!... The thief has started throwing beebs. Wants to pay me off. Gonna get the beebs and catch up to the moron!... In a ditch again... The beebs pop loudly, turning my mechos over. How many did I pick up? None... These are weird bugs. Where do they get these beebs?

See a mechos digging in. Standing still and going down! Left a mound in the ground. Started moving like a huge terminator. I tried to trample him but couldn't. If only I had those underground bugs. They would get 'im! Guess he wants to show up in the eleepods' bedroom and scare them. Why try that hard? Just tell 'em about the beeboorats and they'll get scared silly!

See a box of cirt. Got it! Leepky gonna purr and give me some beebs. Maybe he'll let me go to Glorx... Peeked into a hideout. Filled my hold with some ammo packs. Don't have a matching weapon, though. What if I scatter them on the road; will they blow someone up? Gotta try... Nope, they picked 'em up and left. Didn't even say thanks!

Leepky went nuts. Spitted and shouted. Clucked in disgust. The cirt didn't do it for him. Not the Eleepods' smell. I don't understand. How can I tell which cirt is right? The Eleepods' Larva lives on another world. Guess it got sick from these greedy snobbish beasts. I wanna get outta this stinking Fostral too!

Day 10

Found a doodad in the shop with a mission on it. Hafta prosecute a thief. I'll do it! Don't like thieves, and so they fear me... Bought some mechanical bugs for the hunt…

My compass points at the thief. Smart bug knows everything about everyone! The thief's going up. Wants to dig into the ground, I guess. Wait! Stop. The compass bug's crawling about in the bottom. Maybe the thief's gonna steal something else? Or get into my hideout? Going up again. Already lifted it? If this goes on I'm gonna forget where my hideouts are... See some kind of big truck. Get out of the way; I'm on a mission! Overtook him and my compass went down again. Something's wrong. Is that huge buggy the thief? What did he steal? A flock of eleepods? Sounds right. Well, all right. Guess, he won't take offence if I shoot at him a couple times... Hmm, he did... This is a really long time to fly through the air for!... Need repairs pronto... Damned eleepods. Nearly doomed me with their mission. Shoulda told me everything about the thief! Ok, you little bug, show me the way to some repairs. In a hurry, I ended up under a ghastly looking tower and lost all of my energy... Even a beeb could gnaw me now... Ugh!

The counselors have been saying something about luck. Like it's not the same for every Vanger... It's something you can earn. That would be fine! A lucky Vanger shoots straight, and thieves don't rob him. He finds lots of stuff in hideouts, too...

Was in time for the race. Feenger forgot everything and gave up an eLeech. Shuddered and looked angry, though. Don't panic, namby-pamby, I'm gonna take it straight to Podish. And you have patience, little pest!

I'm a racer! Got an eLeech. Trying my best not to capsize the mechos. The stinkers shoot up right on the road. Shooting 'em straight. Steering clear of water... Air's running out quickly. Sinking. Guess the eLeech is very heavy... Thrown outta the water. Flying. Other racers riding beneath... Fell on the road. Accelerating... Looks like I'm in the rear, overtaking a Vanger. Releasing the bugs. The racer falls in the water. Victory! There's a hurdle ahead. Some moving poles. Jumping... What a deep ditch! Shoulda waited in line... Others are riding on the bottom and I'm on the top. There are no ditches on the bottom... Vangers are pretty cunning...

Leepky purred and praised me. He's got an eLeech. Yeah, fattie, I saved it... Lost the race, though. Ok, I won't fall next time. Leepky forked over a heap of beebs. Changed mechos. A lot of work. Got new places for new devices. Been dreaming of flying and floating for a long time. Got more space, now I can deliver anything...

Day 11

Found some unknown hardware in a hideout. Gonna try it. Put it in a slot. Pressed some buttons. Started to sink. I'm below the stinkers already! This is terrible. I see a beeb's belly. Air's almost out. What a jam! Can't see anything. Moving little by little. Time to press some buttons... Got out. What an adventure! So this is how they test devices. Eager to get to Glorx...

I'm in a new mechos now. Gonna show everybody how to ride. Truck? Duck truck! Hit him in the forehead. I'm good at jumping. A missile that he fired at me hit another Vanger. On a truck too. That one got upset, and a furious rumble started, so the stupid dolts forgot about me. Hafta say, those trucks are sturdy. I would get destroyed by just one hit, all the while they're only losing parts. Left heaps all around. Yeah, in a monster like that I would fight without fear. Gotta remember this place... Not all the plunder can fit in my hold - still not enough room! Still, I gotta say those raffas are bold! Five scamps swarmed around and picked up my stuff. Stop right there! Those trucks were mine!... Tried to get'em, but almost impossible to catch them. Managed to plaster one though. He left some change and wreckage. The wreckage doesn't fit in my hold...

Feenger doesn't rail at me now. Respects. All he talks about is how good it is to serve eleepods and what rewards I'll get... Stupid! Gonna betray an eLeech to the beeboorats as soon as I get the key to Glorx... But for now, silence. Live on, Feenger.

Gonna go catch raffas near the burned trucks. I'll teach those freeloaders... Nobody here. Some gun's lying around. Gonna dig into the ground then pop up suddenly... Someone's coming. Gotta wait until they come closer. Stinkers, why is my mechos shuddering? Why is my energy running out?... Damn! The mechanical bugs can hit a mechos even underground! Malicious raffas! Yeah, as soon as I popped up, the midgets scattered. Gonna try to get them from the air.

Some dazed dolt popped up from water. Guess he's got a little energy after the jump, and the mechos doesn't impress. Shooting. Let's see what he's got…

Aha, some kind of widget dropped. Where did he steal this from?... I got a flier! Gonna try to fly... Going up slowly. Some light just turned out. Fell. Maybe I wasn't flying and it was just a stinker shooting up under me? There's no stinker there... It's just the device isn't functioning. Maybe it needs repair? I know the right place. Come on, compass, show me the way...

See a box of cirt. Ain't gonna take it. What if it's the wrong cirt again? Leepky promised to whip me if it was. Don't want to deal with that. Let him crawl across the world himself and get it. His sticky coat would pick up cirt and beebs worth a couple of mechos too! He'd lie around for half a cycle and then go back... Why haven't I seen any Eleepods crawling around? Fat lazy slugs...

Seems like Leepky got chummy, too. Respects. Says nothing about zeexen, however. Gotta win a race. He'll talk then... Found a heap of rusty metal in the shop. Leepky says it's a mechos. If I bring the necessary parts, I get the ride. Sorta seen a piece of metal like this before, but where?

Day 12

By the road found an abandoned Passage. Big. Buried under garbage. A lot of fat, unshot stinkers nearby. Nobody's been here for a long time. Dark place.

Stood by the Passage to Glorx and dreamed about brave beeboorats. Curious, how does a Vanger rejoin from the specks? What if only some of the specks get into the Passage? Does only half a mechos get through? Why don't beebs get in there?... Definitely want to go to Glorx...

Charged the flier at last. It started glowing in the bay. An enclosed installation nearby the Passage does it. Painless. Just fall down and you're charged... And flying is boring. Hard to maneuver. Can't hunt raffa. The device ran out of charge again while I was trying to fly. Guess it's only good for getting outta ditches... Curious, how does the little thing lift trucks?...

Getting more and more beebs. Maybe gonna buy a huge mechos soon... Waited for the race. Noticed one interesting thing: just before the race I can paint the eleepods white. And the fatties have nothing against it... Feenger gave me an eLeech. Not scared anymore. Good. I'm gonna smoke this race, or may beebs eat me!

Riding down the bottom road. On the top stinkers grow, obstructing the way. Can't always shoot 'em, and when you miss, you get stuck... Steering clear of any risk... A few Vangers catching up to me. Going maximum speed. Some hood on a heavy mechos butted me from behind and overtook. The compass jerked its limbs and flopped. No, it went up again. Hardy bug. Watch your rear, nincompoop! I'm on your tail. In second place... Got past the rams. Those behind me lingering at the barrier. The gap is widening. First place is racing properly. Probably not a rookie in this race. He knows the route well... The race is half over. Someone's going to get to the top before us! Spry little bastard... Fell down again. I'll fail if I do this again... The Vanger who butted me knows his business. Three missiles sent the jackanapes far up. Didn't even yell. Kinda dangerous to overtake this bully. Too aggressive... Podish is close. I wanna be first! Fired my little mortar. The Vanger turned around instantly to smash me. But I already jumped as high as my crate allows... Two missiles caught me in the air. Flying twice as fast.

Never flown this fast. Landed on the road. Lucky me. One more shot, and I'm dead... I see the entrance into Podish. Black smoke pouring out of the rear of my mechos, but the missiles helped a lot. I'm there! The lid has closed...

Leepky clucked nicely. Plumped twice the usual size. He's got an eLeech again, the freshest one! Eleepods never gonna forget me. Sure! They haven't seen a race like that before. For me to come in first with an eLeech is like smashing a beeb! Got it, you sack with eyes? But give me the key to Glorx. Next time? You swindler! You're talkin' to the champion now, you salted worm. Open the window, vile creature!... What pigs these eleepods are. All right, at least gave me a heap of beebs. Get out of here, Vanger!... And it looks like my luck went up too. Cool! Found another mission in the shop: catch a thief. Champions never give up. Thieves must die!... Bought two big guns and a few different shells for them. Thieves are tough these days... Also bought some tablets to repair my mechos on the fly.

Day 13

The mechos is creaking and squeaking. Emitting smoke. Yeah, that was a fun race. Barely stayed alive. Gotta get repairs... The stinkers wither from my missiles... Everyone fears me... That's what Authority is! They say I hafta keep increasing that... The one who knows everything and fears nothing is the authority. Otherwise, it decreases all the time, on its own... Yellow-bellied Vangers do nothing and fear everyone, even the raffas. But I'm a brave, respected Vanger!

Time to get to business and find the thief. Gotta look in the hideouts first. Thieves love them... Found nothing in the hideouts, neither the thief nor the stuff... Passing the bridge. Compass is jittery. Where's that scamp? Back on the bridge. Same effect. Standing still. A raffa's coming out from beneath the bridge. Been swimming, little scoundrel. The compass is pointing at her. Catch the thief! The raffa isn't coming outta the water. Can't get at her from the shore. Gotta jump in there. Tumbling in the water... Very nimble raffa. While I was jumping into the water, she got out onto the shore. I can't move that fast. Took me a long time to get out. Following my compass again. Gonna getcha!...

I see a metallic hideout. Someone has shot all the stinkers nearby. Where did the thief go? Ok, gonna check the hideout meanwhile... Aha, here she is! Only a mischievous little raffa could hide in there. The dwarf jumped up. Very agile. I fired a couple of guided missiles. The thief is no more! The blast in the air was impressive... Found a strange object in the wreckage. Looks like Leepky. Only a dull raffa could need stuff like this. Gonna go back into Podish. Maybe they'll give me a reward...

Leepky was very happy. Like I had brought him ten eLeeches! No, twenty! Grabbed the doodad and quickly buried it in his hole. Shuddered and wheezed loudly. Forked out a heap of beebs like I've never seen before. They say it's a very precious item called Leepuringa. I would understand why if it could shoot or something... These eleepods are strange...

Day 14

Bought myself a new mechos. It's got a huge cargo hold. Filled it up with nymbos. This stuff stinks, but business is business. There's a new slot for a big weapon. Huge chain saws are in the front, and I guess they can cut through pillar. In a ride like this I could take on a truck. I can go to Glorx right now. Where are you, my dear beeboorats? Miss me?...

My new mechos rides across ditches well like it's kid stuff! This'll get me outta any jam. Just it turns upside-down sometimes. Gotta get used to that. I've been through the length and breadth of Fostral, but I still sometimes find unknown hideouts. Found an out-of-charge flier...

See a fight between two Vangers. One is in a truck, the other's in a mechos like mine. Guess they couldn't agree how to share a beeb. The truck is throwing burning beebs. The fire's obstructing everything... The other Vanger releases a small ball. It's hopping around on the ground. Funny... The ground quakes from the blast. Some heap of smoking iron is left behind from the truck. Wow! Just one shot! Now that's valuable! More valuable than that funny Leepuringa, anyway...

Someone hit me two times and didn't even leave a scratch. My force fields are strong... But who would dare? Some dolt's shooting stinkers. Gonna getcha! Two missiles are usually enough to make a stinkhorn fly without a CopteRig... But that one is mean! He's caught up to me and starts peppering me with both guns. This champion ain't gonna run away from a greenhorn. How do you like those missiles? I pick up momentum and pierce his side with chain saws. Make a hole. Once more... The blockhead is no more... Cooked... Some strange color he had, guess he had gone nuts!

Feenger was upset. Promised a punishment. Eleepods don't like when someone kills their servants. Ok, next time gonna be more careful. Vangers are weak nowadays. Discovered that when talking to Feenger you can dig a hole and find something in there. Bought CutteRig. Gonna float like the others, usually that way the trip is shorter...

Day 15

Nearby Incubator found some garbage in the water. Someone drowned. Jumping into the ditch. The floater turned on automatically. The mechos isn't sinking anymore. Can't get at the stuff... Blast! Looks like mechos can dive! You just do the same as when you're digging into the ground and it dives. Mechos are smart. Air's almost out, time to go up. Picked up everything. Nothing valuable. Got the wheels wet for nothing. Useful experience, however. Won't fear water anymore.

See a Vanger in some kind of feeble mechos. Hopping at the door to Incubator. Wants to get in, I guess. Doesn't know how, rookie. Maybe I can help him? Gained momentum on a straight road. My mechos flies like a rocket. Couldn't take the turn and fell into a ditch. What speed! But the roads here are terrible! Too little space for a champion! I hope on Glorx they're better, not like on this Eleepods' dump!

Found a big piece of metal with two wheels in some hole. Fostral is a big dump. Doesn't look like a mechos. Not a raffa either. Who wants to ride on two wheels? Doesn't fit my mechos. But I'd better hang on to it. Seems like it's a useful widget. I can tell. A Vanger is no stranger to hardware. Gonna take it to Podish and show it to Leepky.

See a strange flying mechos. Little wheels. But there's a big one whirling on the top. Flying fast and isn't gonna fall. The device should have died by now. Not a good buggy to hunt for beebs, but for Eleection it's great! Tried to fire a missile, but no luck, it vanished quickly. A nimble marvel!

Leepky raised hell on account of that feeble freak that I blew away. Shut up, you pig, I got it! I want to get to Glorx. The metal that I brought turned out to be a part of a mechos. It fit an old wreck that they have in Podish. It needs one last part, but nobody knows where to search. Gonna look in hideouts. Gonna go under bridges. Gonna turn all the stinkers inside out! I want a mechos for free!

Day 16

Been floating around Podish for a long time. Found a place with the wreckage of a mechos on the bottom. Found out where the raffas hide. They got really scared seeing me. Didn't find anything there. Checked all the hideouts. Nothing but hungry beebs. Sitting there with their nippers out, heard nothing about the widget... My floater's almost dead. Found some stuff underground. How did it get there? Maybe somebody got buried under a rockslide? The digger is almost dead too. While I was ranging over the world, a new Eleection began. They won't give me an eLeech now, though; it's too late. What if I grab it from the lead racer? The lead racers will be pretty good, so I'd better watch my tail...

Hiding myself underground near the bridge at Podish. Afraid that a stinker will spring up under me. Can see the race. Almost out of air. It's not quite time yet, though. The leader is far ahead of the others. That's good. We don't need any witnesses. It's time! A raffa is leading the race, the nimble fighter. I'm gonna get you. Here, eat a missile! The raffa falls into Podish and the eLeech into the water. Fair game. Lost the prize but not your life. Takes me a while to pick up the grub. My floater is dead. The other racers are catching up. I pop up from water and jump straight onto the hatch. Spot on. Had to kick a stinker off the hatch. I did it!

I'm the champion! All the Eleepods are my friends. The pod decided to give me the key to Glorx. Farewell, Eleepods. Leepky's got some plans. Too bad, I'm gonna give him hell. Shouldn't have scolded me. I dug around in Leepky's burrow. Found Leepuringa. Guess I'll keep it as a souvenir... Leepky's gonna burst. I'll be on Glorx in an hour. You try and get at me there, worm!

A raffa shot at me when I was leaving. Probably the same one I grabbed the eLeech from. Ok, live on, little punk... I'm feeling kind today. The Beeboorats are waiting for me!

Day 17

Here's the Passage. What the hell? It doesn't let me in. Ah, yeah, sure, forgot about the damned Spiral I've got. Gotta charge it up... shouldn't take much time... Ain't gonna visit Feenger since I'm bored sick with these boneheaded Eleepods.

Charged the Spiral. Everything's okay. Farewell, Fostral. Some kind of truck zinged past on the upper road. Haven't seen it before. Who scared him? Or maybe he was hunting for someone? The hoodlum's chock full of weapons. I'm gonna buy a ride like that on Glorx and scare everyone else. I'll buy Crustest and blow any rebels to hell. Now that'll be the life!

Moving fast. But missiles are faster. Who dared to shoot me? That truck! What did I do to him? Maybe he's shooting stinkers? No, he's aiming at me. All my devices are out of charge. Ok, big guy, let's set up a farewell race. But I'll remember you! I got down to the bottom road. Only need to get to Passage. The truck overtook me in the air. Maybe he's mistaken me for someone else? I'm the Champion of Eleection, aren't I? The Passage is near... The truck's firing right at me. I definitely don't like this. Quickly turned back. Just in time. The hoodlum launches a round mine at me. Got caught at the edge of the explosion and lost almost all my armor. Gonna scram into the water. The road's not my place today...

The floater died. I'm moving along the bottom, emerging periodically to get air. Tumbling in a ditch like a beeb without limbs. Moving from bridge to bridge. The hunter caught me again. He's riding along the shore and watching me. Enjoying it. Not the best plight. Gonna fight back with missiles. Only three Pupok's left. After two hits the truck backs off. Scared him off, scoundrel. I'll catch you later. In the water I'm safe. What?! The truck's in front of me again, cunning beast. What does he want? Something plops in the water. A swimming beeb? I take off, flying... My energy is near zero. My hold opens and stuff starts to fall out. Another missile. Spotted the hoodlum collecting that damned Leepuringa and turning back. So, Leepky sent his regards. Okoroks never miss. But here's the Passage. The cheerful beeboorats are smiling... It's very hot in here. My wheels fly off. My... 001011001...98783... photons on the meter... Darkness...