Chapters Inside the bedroom of a suburban home was a girl with cream-colored skin, dark purple eyes with glasses, Red hair with purple and violets streaks, wearing a black sweater with a lab coat and blue jeans. This girl was called Moondancer and she was a scientist. At the moment she was packing a suitcase for a family vacation. As she was packing she heard her mom calling from downstairs.
“Moondancer, are you finished packing yet?” Moondancer’s mom shouted.
“Almost mom,” Moondancer shouted back. After she finished packing she made sure she had everything. “Let's see clothes, check, books, check, science gear, check. As soon as Moondancer made sure she had everything she went downstairs with her luggage. As soon as she got downstairs she saw that her parents and sister were all packed.
“You girls ready for the best cruise of your lives?” Moondancer’s dad asked.
“I sure am,” Moondancer said.
“So am I,” Moondancer’s sister said.
“Before we go did everyone remember to take their motion-sickness meds?” Moondancer’s mom asked.
“I took mine,” Moondancer said.
“So did I,” Moondancer’s Sister said.
“Me too,” Moondancer’s dad said.
“Then let's get going,” Moondancer’s mom said before loading their luggage into the car. As soon as they were on the road it was a good forty-five minutes to the port. Moondancer decided to pass the time by reading her biography of Nikola Tesla. Moondancer’s parents were not pleased to see her doing this.
“We wish you would put the books down every once in a while and learn to get out there and live life to the fullest,” Moondancer’s mom said.
“You two know I’m not the athletic type and besides knowledge is more important than anything,” Moondancer said.
“Your right knowledge is important there are no arguments there but there is a lot more to life than books and science,” Moondancer’s dad said.
“Such as?” Moondancer asked.
“Such as traveling to another country and trying everything they have to offer like we are going to do in the Bahamas,” Moondancer’s Mom said.
“Well it's still a long way from California and besides there is not much to see in the middle of the ocean,” Moondancer’s sister said.
“Actually the sea has many different forms of sea life such as Selachimorpha and Cetacea,” Moondancer said which confused her family. “Sharks and whales. Before the conversation could continue they arrived at the port where a giant cruise ship with the words SS Borealis on it was docked. As soon as everyone unloaded their luggage they walked towards the ship. Before they could board they had to show the crewman their boarding passes which were for a first-class cabin. The family was shown to their first-class cabin which had everything you would expect to find in first class. As soon as everyone was unpacked they were all required to report to the main deck for the mandatory safety demonstration before they set sail. After the crew finished explaining everything the anchor has raised and the ship set off on the long voyage to its destination. Moondancer decided to return to the room and just read while her sister and parents enjoyed the activities the cruise had to offer. The ship has been moving for about eight hours which Moondancer managed to burn through all the books she packed on this journey. She decided to see how her family was doing. As soon as she got to the main deck she noticed that her family was waiting for her.
“I see someone has finally decided to come join us,” Moondancer’s mom said.
“I’m out of reading material so I figured why not,” Moondancer said. But before they could even think of doing something a huge storm was coming up on the horizon which had everyone panicked. Suddenly the waves began to get violent and became nine-foot waves which began to rock the boat. Normally the crew would be calmly guiding everyone to the lifeboats but with the current size of the waves, it would be more of a death sentence.
“How can things get any worse?” Moondancer’s sister Asked which caused Moondancer to slap her own forehead.
“Never ask that question,” Moondancer said before a massive thunderstorm started and caused the waves to increase in size all the way to twenty feet. The passengers were really starting to panic as the ship suddenly scrapped against a bunch of reefs which damaged the haul and caused it to take on water. Suddenly the captain gave the order for everyone to head for the lifeboats. People were in such a panic that what was once a pleasure cruise turned into a fight for survival. Moondancer’s family made it but Moondancer didn't make it because a man in a suit shoved her out of the way and stole her spot.
“Hey jerk that was my oldest daughter you just shoved,” Moondancer’s dad said.
“Piss off you wanker it's every bloke for themselves,” The man said in a British accent.
“That's it time for you to die,” Moondancer’s dad said as he and the British jerk got into a fight which knocked the Polley and lowered the boat before anyone else could board which left Moondancer stuck on the sinking ship along with the other passengers who could not make it. Suddenly the ship was smashed up by the waves which sunk and destroyed it with some passengers surviving while others died.
Days later Moondancer woke up on the beach of some island with nothing but the tattered clothes on her back.
“I’m alive?” Moondancer asked herself. She then began to think and decided to look for any signs of people living on the island before assuming the worst. She went into the jungle and noticed a lot of the trees were cut down which was a good sign. As she went deeper she soon came across a bridge that was guarded by two buff women with tan skin wearing what looked like fur tops and skirts. As soon as they saw her the two women pointed their stone-tipped spears at Moondancer.
“Halt,” The two women said in unison.
“I’m unarmed,” Moondancer said trying to convince them to lower their spears. Suddenly after seeing her Glasses their attitudes changed from hostile to intrigue.
“What are those over your eyes?” One of the women asked.
“What my glasses?” Moondancer asked in confusion.
“Glasses?” The other woman asked in confusion. Moondancer could tell the locals were not very bright since she had to try and explain Glasses to them.
“They help you see better when your eyesight is not so good,” Moondancer explained as simply as she could.
“Oh so they help cure the fuzzy sickness,” One of the women said.
“Something like that,” Moondancer said.
“Come the village empress will want to hear more,” One of the women said before opening the gate. Inside was a village full of huts made of palm trees and leaves which proved that these ladies lacked science in their civilization. Soon they arrived at what looked like a palace on top of a hill which must have been where the leader of this tribe was. As soon as they entered they were now in front of a woman with white skin, blue eyes, long flowing black hair, wearing a fur dress.
“Your majesty we found this outsider outside the gate,” One of the women said.
“I see that Gina but why did you and Kira bring them to me?” The Empress asked.
“Because we feel this outsider might be helpful to us,” Kira said.
“Is that so tell me outsider what is your name,” The Empress asked.
“I’m Moondancer,” Moondancer said.
“Now tell me why would you be of use to us?” The Empress asked.
“Because I noticed your village lacks any form of science,” Moondancer said.
“What is this science you speak of?” The Empress asked.
“Science is the culmination of human wisdom that was built up over two million years and it has given rise to many things to help aid us in survival and produce a lot of fun things as well,” Moondancer said. Little did they know a girl around Moondancer’s age was listening in on the conversation and then ran up to them.
“Please tell us more about it,” The girl asked.
“Sylvia, how long have you been eavesdropping on us?” The Empress asked.
“Just now and if what this person saids is true we need her,” Sylvia pleaded with her mom the empress.
“If everyone is so insistent on this then fine. show us some of this science you seem to be so proud of,” The Empress said.
“Gladly,” Moondance said before taking out her magnifying glass and catching the sun’s light which focused that light that shocked everyone.
“How are you doing that?” Sylvia said amazed by what she is seeing.
“This here is called a magnifying glass which uses a convex lens to make things look bigger and in this case focuses the sun’s light for pinpoint heating,” Moondancer explained.
“So cool,” Sylvia said even though she did not understand entirely what Moondancer said.
“I will admit that was impressive but how does it help us?” The Empress asked.
“That was just a demonstration but if you want to see more then why don’t we make a deal,” Moondancer said.
“Very well what are your terms?” The Empress asked.
“As you can tell I'm not from around here and I doubt anyone will be coming to save me so since your village is the closest thing to civilization on this island how about this? If you provide me with a place to stay I will use my vast knowledge of science to improve your lives,” Moondancer said.
“I’m afraid we can’t honor that request,” The Empress said.
“And why not?” Moondancer asked.
“Your an outsider so we have no reason to trust you so I’m afraid your just going to have to fend for yourself,” The Empress said before having Moondancer escorted out of the village. Moondancer went back to the beach and lay there trying to think of something.
Much later during the night Sylvia snuck out of the palace and left the village to find Moondancer.
“Sorry mom but this is for the benefit of our people even if you can’t see it,” Sylvia said to herself. She looked through the jungle but did not find her and then decided to check the beach. As soon as she got there she found Moondancer laying down. As soon as she saw her Moondancer was surprised.
“Sylvia, what are you doing here?” Moondancer asked.
“I snuck out because I believe you can help our people,” Sylvia said.
“I wish I could but since your mom declined my offer there is nothing I can do, besides without any materials or even a map of this island there is not much I can do,” Moondancer said.
“I can provide you something better than a map, I know this island like the back of my hand so If there is anything you need just tell me and I will help you find it,” Sylvia said. “And as for shelter, I might have just the thing.
“Lead the way,” Moondancer said. Sylvia lead Moondancer to a smaller clearing that was about five minutes east of the village gate. Inside that clearing was a hut made of the same materials as the ones in the village but not in good shape as indicated by the state of the lumber and leaves.
“It's not much but it's better than nothing,” Sylvia said.
“This will do,” Moondancer said thanking Sylvia.
“This hut belonged to the first settlers of Lycoris Island who built it for survival,” Sylvia said.
“Tell me about them,” Moondancer asked.
“You see 400 years ago this island was nothing but a massive untamed jungle it was considered uncharted so it had no name. Then one day a woman named Lilian Lycoris and her husband Jimmy Grant washed up on the shore of this island just like you did. Naturally, they survived by building this hut for shelter and living off the fruit on the trees. The people of my village are all descended from them,” Sylvia explained.
“What happened to them?” Moondancer asked.
“When their three daughters grew up and left to find men of their own Jimmy wanted to return home and see his family but Lillian became attached to this place and refused to leave so Jimmy built a raft and left. As for Lilian, she lived to the ripe old age of 89 and died of natural causes but not before her daughters returned to see her one final time,” Sylvia said.
“Speaking of men I noticed the villagers are all women. any reason why?” Moondancer asked.
“Jimmy never came back and the men the three daughters married were worse than scum so a law was declared that men are forbidden from setting foot on this island,” Sylvia said.
“If men are forbidden from coming here then how do you,” Moondancer asked before Sylvia cut her off like she knew where Moondancer was going with this question.
“Give Birth? We have this rite of passage where at the age of 18 we go to the prison on an island a little bit north of Lycoris Island where we have snu snu with one of the men we locked up there,” Sylvia said.
“I’m guessing Snu Snu means sex?” Moondancer asked.
“If that is what you call your mating ritual then yes,” Sylvia said. Before Sylvia and Moondancer could continue their Q&A session they both began to feel tired and decided to call it a night.
The next day Moondancer was ready to begin her plan to show the empress what the power of science can do.
“So what should we do first?” Sylvia asked.
“First thing is Calcium Carbonate,” Moondancer said.
“Calcium what?” Sylvia asked confused.
“Calcium Carbonate, at this stage it's essential for the first step to a technological civilization,” Moondancer explained.
“The best way would be to pulverize a bunch of seashells into powder,” Moondancer said.
“Leave it to me to gather the shells,” Sylvia said before running off towards the beach. While Sylvia was away Moondancer began gathering all the rocks in the clearing then began carving them down to make knives, hammers, and spears.
Stone tools acquired
Sylvia returned with about five baskets full of shells. “I got the shells now how are we going to pulverize them as you put it?
“With this,” Moondancer said while trying to lift the sledgehammer she made.
“Leave it to me,” Sylvia said before lifting the hammer like it barely weighed anything. She then began pounding the shells into powder which was placed in sacks made of animal pelts.
Calcium Carbonate Acquired
“Time to get excited, There are three super useful things you can do with it,” Moondancer began to explain. “First is agriculture, we can use it to blow away the hydrogen Ions in the soil which will be very helpful in farming.
“So your saying we can use this stuff to produce better crops?” Sylvia asked knowing somewhat what Moondancer was saying.
“Exactly by getting rid of the hydrogen Ions in the soil you can grow healthier crops,” Moondancer said.
“So cool what's the second use?” Sylvia asked.
“The second use is Construction,” Moondancer explained before lighting a fire beneath what looked like a small sewer pipe. “If you heat it up and mix it with sand you get mortar which is like a less sophisticated cement, We can use it to build houses and furnaces. Moondancer and Sylvia used the mortar to cover the rotting wood of the hut for support. “And third is Hygiene blend it with calcium Carbonate from Seaweed and blend it with oil. The reaction will create soap which is very essential to human survival since getting sick could mean game over. This small chunk is enough to eliminate harmful germs which is extremely helpful in a land with no doctors.
“Mom and the villagers have no clue what they are missing out on,” Sylvia said.
“They will find out in time but right now my plan is to win the villagers over one by one and hope the Empress will see the true power of science,” Moondancer said. With enough Calcium Carbonate collected Moondancer began thinking about what the next step should be. While she was thinking she noticed that her clothes were getting more worn which instantly gave her the idea for her next project. Sylvia returned to the village to bring Moondancer some pelts so she could make herself a new outfit. After some time Moondancer was now wearing a dress along with a fur-trim lab coat made of from the pelts that had the formula E+MC2 written in blood on the right side of the top. “Now that we have that crisis averted time to begin the real work.
Author's Note
I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter. If I get anything wrong please forgive me because I am not a scientist so even I don't know half of these things from memory.
Wandering through the jungle outside the village was a woman with white skin and black hair who was dressed in what looked like a black torn-up bunny girl suit who suddenly heard the sound of an ocarina and the smell of something good.
“Is that Ramen I smell?” The woman asked herself before moving as fast as her heels would allow her to towards the source.
Meanwhile, Moondancer and her allies were parked outside the village where everyone was gathering to see what the noise was.
“What is all of this?” One of the villagers asked.
“And what smells so good?” Dana asked.
“That Dana would be our scientific dish called Ramen, care to try it?” Sylvia asked.
“Heck yeah,” Dana said before taking a bowl and slurping the noodles down. Suddenly Dana looked like she was in heaven by how good it tasted. “All of you have got to try this, it's amazing. Suddenly all of the villagers lined up and Kira and Gina began serving them.
“Are you the one who made this yummy bowl of deliciousness?” Scarlet asked Moondancer.
“Sure did,” Moondancer said.
“If science can make something this good then I want to see more,” Chloe said.
“I’m with you there sister,” Aleya said.
“I must say this tastes amazing,” The bunny woman said before Kira and Gina and the rest of the villagers pointed their weapons at her.
“Who are you and where did you come from, beast lady?” Kira asked assertively.
“Answer carefully,” Gina warned.
“I would appreciate it if you stop pointing those things at me,” The woman said before all the weapons broke all at once like magic. “As for who I am, my name is Sandra, the assistant to the amazing Xavier.
“You mean that cheesy magician from the SS. Borealis?” Moondancer asked.
“I’ll have you know he is one the best magicians in the world and he was also my master,” Sandra said.
“Wait if you are here are there any other survivors too?” Moondancer asked.
“Other than you and me I did not find anyone else,” Sandra said.
“If the two of you are done chatting can we get back to the fact this witch is an outsider who just destroyed all of our weapons in a single second and is possibly dangerous,” Kira said.
“Relax Kira she is harmless,” Moondancer said before switching to a more sinister expression. “That said she and the rest of the villagers who ate the ramen have some hellishly grueling work to do now. Sometime later the bellows for the iron-making furnace were upgraded to two bamboo pipes with smaller bamboo pipes inside.
“We upgraded our blowing capability to level two,” Sylvia said while Sandra and some of the other villagers were busy pumping air into the furnace.
“We may have to work in shifts to make it work but it will succeed,” Moondancer said. Hours later the blowing process was now complete and in Moondancer’s hand was an iron bar.
Iron Acquired
“So you made an Iron bar, big deal,” Sandra said.
“Oh it will be a very big deal once you see what I have planned for it,” Moondancer said.
“What’s next a sword?” Sandra asked.
“How about a Generator?” Moondancer asked smugly.
“A GENERATOR? ARE YOU NUTS? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ONE OF THOSE ON THIS PRIMITIVE ISLAND?” Sandra shouted in disbelief.
“Hey Sylvia, can you bring me as much of your copper as you can spare?” Moondancer asked ignoring Sandra.
“Sure but what are you planning to do with all of it?” Sylvia asked.
“I will show you once I get the tools we need ready,” Moondancer said before carving a channel into a wooden plank she had leftover from her roof job. Next, she carved a big round indent into the stone table. Soon after Sylvia returned with a whole basket full of copper.
“Ok I got the copper now will you tell me what you're going to do with it?” Sylvia asked.
“Why tell you when I can show you,” Moondancer said before using the furnace to melt some of it down and then pouring it into the channel she carved into the plank. Once it was solidified she wrapped the copper wire tightly around the iron bar and then rubbed lacquer onto it. “Now all we need is some Lightning and we are in business. Fortunately, a low-pressure system was coming in along with some cumulonimbus clouds which meant a storm was coming.
“Lucky us you asked for lightning and we got it,” Sylvia said joyfully.
“This isn't luck, it's the worst possible timing,” Moondancer said. “We need to get to that bald mountain fast before the storm stops. The girls booked it as fast as they could with Moondancer almost out of breath due to her lack of athletic ability. As soon as they reached the mountain Moondancer was in no shape to climb it.
“Get on my back, I will carry you up there,” Sylvia said before carrying Moondancer piggyback style. “By the way what’s with the spear and what is the yellow stuff on the tip of it?
“That Sylvia is called gold, I helped myself to some of your cinnabar and melted it so I could coat the tip of this spear,” Moondancer explained.
“Any reason why?” Sylvia asked.
“To make a lightning rod, we are going to be taking a page out of Woj Saleski’s book with this experiment,” Moondancer said.
“Woj Who?” Sylvia asked.
“He was a scientist from NASA who did experiment with lightning to create powerful magnets,” Moondancer explained. As soon as they reached the top Moondancer tied the iron bar to the handle of the spear and then stabbed it into the ground before retreating to a safe distance since she and Sylvia were dangerously close to the lightning. A few moments later a bolt of lightning struck the spear and magnetized the iron bar while also splitting it in two. As soon as the storm passed Sylvia grabbed the two bars curious about them.
“Uh, Moondancer I think we failed to create magnets?” Sylvia said which shocked Moondancer for a moment before she saw the problem. “They won’t go near each other, some force is driving them apart.
“Just switch one of their poles,” Moondancer said in an annoyed tone before turning one of them upside down and suddenly being pulled towards the other one.
Powerful Magnets Acquired
Suddenly Sylvia began to envision the first part of the roadmap in her head. “We can make it now can we? That crazy thing you call Electricity?
“I’m curious Moondancer? Are you creating a thermal generator or a wind turbine? I don’t suppose you're going nuclear yet?” Sandra asked. Moondancer looked at her with a neutral expression.
“It will be muscle-powered,” Moondancer said which took Sandra by surprise.
“I should have expected as much,” Sandra said. As soon as the girls returned to Moondancer’s Hut the next part of the plan began with melting down a bunch more copper which wore the villagers out. As for Moondancer, her face was all puffed up all of a sudden.
“We will hammer the copper to stretch it, turn it into a disk and grind it down,” Moondancer said in an odd voice caused by her face being all puffed up. Sylvia began using the new iron hammer Moondancer made to hammer the copper. Next Moondancer began using a measuring tool to form the circumference needed to cut out the disk.
“HEY, let's try and grind this disk down with Corundum. It’s one of the hardest rocks I got,” Sylvia suggested.
“The second strongest mineral after diamond, I love your collection Sylvia,” Moondancer said. Gina and Kira began grinding down the giant copper disk with Gina holding the corundum in place while Kira spun the disk stupidly fast. Next Moondancer began dipping some copper wires in what looked like a clay bowl of Lacquer. “I thought we coat the copper wires with Phosphoric acid but this lacquer should work just fine. Sandra approaches her while she did it.
“I’ve been wracking my brain to come up with the perfect quip but I’m just going to ask,” Sandra said.
“What?” Moondancer asked.
“Why do you look like a human marshmallow?” Sandra asked.
“Lacquer Poisoning,” Moondancer said. Sometime later the newest addition to the Kingdom of Science was a contraption made from wood, bamboo, two magnets, and two giant copper disks with crank handles and copper wires attached to them.
“Oh yeah,” Sylvia said with joy.
“The Kingdom of Science advances,” Moondancer said now cured of her Lacquer Poisoning. “Our Dual-wield hand crank generator is now complete.
Power Generator Acquired
“So do we need to spin them both in unison?” Gina asked.
“That seems pretty challenging,” Kira said.
“Not if two people do it,” Aki said.
“If they get out of sync it will break down, the timing has to be perfect,” Sylvia said.
“Not to brag or anything but Kira and I are perfectly coordinated and have tons of energy,” Gina said pridefully.
“Oh really then prove it,” Moondancer said. Suddenly Kira and Gina began cranking the generator crazy fast while maintaining perfect synchronization. It was now Nighttime and Sandra was now curious as to what Moondancer had planned for this Generator. Suddenly Moondancer showed Sandra a leaf with what looked like some kind of filament on it. “It's a steam-roasted Bamboo Fiber. Sandra was still confused as Moondancer climbed onto her roof along with the filament and wires from the generator.
“Does it have to be that high up?” Aki asked.
“Not really but I figured why not,” Moondancer said. Suddenly Sandra realized what Moondancer was doing.
“I see now, She is using that bamboo fiber to create an Edison Lightbulb,” Sandra said.
“What’s a Bulb Of Light?” Aki asked.
“Sylvia? Does the Night scare you?” Moondancer asked.
“Of course because everything gets dark. Why do you ask?” Sylvia asked.
“Back home there was no darkness,” Moondancer said before explaining further. “With old man Edison’s Incandescent Lightbulb Humanity beat back the night, conquering all twenty-four hours of the day. With the power of science, mankind defeated the darkness. Moondancer paused in suspense as she prepared the wires. “And now we are going to do it again. She suddenly put the ends of the wires on the fiber which caused it to light up. The bright light it was creating amazed all that were present but not as much as it did Sandra who now believed Moondancer could build a new civilization on this primitive island. Suddenly the bamboo Fiber burned and broke.
“Aw man the light went out,” Sylvia said.
“Relax Sylvia that was just a demonstration of the power of electricity, we will be making real Lightbulbs some other day but right now we have a cure-all sulfa drug to make,” Moondancer said.
Meanwhile, inside Lucy’s Room, the empress was by her side when she saw the light coming from Moondancer’s Hut outside the window.
“Light at night? How could this be possible?” The empress asked before it hit her. “This must be some of Moondancer’s science. Lucy woke up and also saw the light and was amazed by it.
“Mom, what is that light?” Lucy asked.
“I don’t know but I must say I'm impressed,” The empress said.
On Prison Island adjacent to Lycoris Island one of the men saw the light coming from the island and ran to inform the leader of what is now the new kingdom of might established after overthrowing the guards. The man ran into a room with a big man with long black hair and muscles sitting on a rock throne.
“Sir There is a bright light coming from lycoris Island, “The man said.
“Probably just a big brush fire from today’s thunderstorm,” The big man said.
“That’s just it, it's not a fire, It looks like something from an Edison Lightbulb,” The other man said which suddenly peaked the bigger man’s interest.
“So those brawny bimbos have started growing some brains, Now things are getting interesting,” The bigger man said. Suddenly another man came in.
“Magnus I have some news to report,” The third man said.
“What is it, Greg?” Magnus asked.
“We have some new arrivals whose small boat washed up on the beach a while ago,” Greg said. Suddenly the new arrivals were brought in and were revealed to be a handful of the passengers from the SS. Borealis three of which were Moondancer’s family.
“Sir where are we?” One of the male passengers asked.
“You are on Prison island a small landmass that is connected to Lycoris Island,” Magnus said.
“Prison Island?” One of the female passengers asked in confusion. Magnus wasted no time in deciding what to do with the new arrivals.
“The men can stay but as for the women, Greg, Stan. Escort them to the dungeon,” Magnus ordered before all the ladies including Moondancer’s Mom and Sister were escorted out of the room.
“Hey, now that was my wife and child you just incarcerated,” Moondancer’s dad said.
“Too bad, All women are our enemies,” Magnus said. “Now you can either join us or rot in the dungeon with your family. Moondancer’s dad opted for the third option which was to go to Lycoris Island to find help. He was in great shape and used to be a varsity track star back in high school.
“Is that guy insane he is going to get killed by those heartless amazons,” Greg said.
“Let him be he chose his fate,” Magnus said before returning to his throne.
Author's Note
sorry for the long wait and I hope this chapter gets you excited for my version of the stone wars.
Moondancer and Sylvia were relaxing while Kira and Gina were busy brushing up on their sparing and Sandra was busy making a new outfit for herself since her current one was too tattered to wear anymore.
“So what’s next on our roadmap?” Sylvia asked.
“Another fundamental component of civilization and the first material in history to ever be synthesized using science. It’s called Glass,” Moondancer said.
“Glass? But now that we have electricity isn’t the plan to start making medicine?” Sylvia asked.
“Not yet first we need glass, those clay pots won’t cut it for the kind of experiments we will be doing, glass can stand up to just about any chemical, in fact, there would be no chemistry without it,” Moondancer said before continuing. “And it's ten billion percent easy to process. It can fragile or durable as hell, you can even see through it which means you can observe the reaction inside.
“Are you being serious, that is amazing,” Sylvia said.
“And to top it off once glass is acquired even our resident ninja can benefit from it,” Moondancer said referring to Aki who was doing some target practice but not hitting the target.
“For some reason, I have the fuzzy sickness so Aiming is a challenge,” Aki said before putting on some odd-looking goggles made of wood with small holes in them. on. “But if I wear these it becomes a little easier to see for some reason.
“It's called the pinhole effect,” Moondancer said before explaining. “When you look at an object through a small hole the light passes through narrows and brings it into focus.
“So Glass and the fuzzy sickness are they connected somehow?” Sylvia asked.
“Girl they are ten billion percent connected,” Moondancer said before approaching Aki and getting at eye level with her. “Here is the deal Aki. You're near-sighted as hell. It's not some kind of sickness. There is nothing wrong with you,” Moondancer then took her glasses off. “In a technological civilization, this is no big deal at all. We have scientific eyes made out of glass. They are called glasses and they help people like me and many others see clearly.
“So people can use science to make new eyes? That's amazing,” Aki said.
“It sure is,” Moondancer said before putting her glasses back on.
“If it is possible I want to see our island, no the world without all the fuzziness if only for a little while,” Aki said.
“Well, you got me excited. Let's make some of this glass already,” Gina said.
“What materials are we going to need?” Sylvia said. Suddenly Moondancer brought out some small pickaxes from her house and had everyone except for Sandra follow her.
“Glass is made out of silica or quartz sand. But I did not see any of that in the Sylvia collection,” Moondancer said.
“Why exactly should I waste time collecting sand when it's practically everywhere?” Sylvia said.
“But I did find a clue that will lead us to some,” Moondancer said referring to the see-through rock Sylvia was holding. Suddenly the girls were in front of a cliff face.
“This is the spot, when I was a kid I found this cool see-through rock right here,” Sylvia said.
“That translucent rock you have there is called a quartz crystal and it's found in areas of decayed granite,” Moondancer said while chipping away at the ground on top of the cliff with her pickaxe before breaking the top layer revealing a bunch of sand and then grabbing it. “And in my hand is lots of the raw material needed to make glass. The girls all began chipping away at the cliff and gathering the quartz sand they find. Soon they now had baskets full of it and by the time they got back, Sandra was now wearing what looked like a simple dress made from the pelts.
“Ok, you got a lot of sand now how will the great and scientific Moondancer turn it into glass?” Sandra asked using her magician’s jargon to get the other hyped.
“First we crush all the quartz sand down into even finer grains,” Moondancer said as Gina and Kira began using big round blocks to do just that. Next Moondancer mixed the grains with a bunch of other stuff before putting it into the furnace. “Then we mix it with a bunch of other stuff and melt it.
“Do we need to get anything?” Sylvia asked.
“Actually we already gathered everything, all of our hard work keeps paying off. We added ten percent calcium carbonate and twenty percent cooked seaweed like how we made soap. After melting it for some time everyone looked tired. “Now that that is done. Moondancer paused before a flashback played through her head.
“I can't believe you got Galena, lead has been acquired, “Moondancer said before returning to the moment. “We throw in a bit of molten lead and behold, super transparent crystal glass, perfect for a lens. The others all looked impressed.
“Wow it looks like a piece of ice,” Aki said.
“Or some kind of gem,” Kira said. Suddenly Aki pointed towards a device made from a bamboo tube with two smaller pieces of bamboo on both sides and some strings.
“So what is this tool thingy for?” Aki asked.
“It will polish the glass, cause doing it by hand will kill us,” Moondancer said before Sylvia had an idea.
“I bet we can use that corundum stuff I got to do it,” Sylvia said.
“Glass has a mos hardness rating of six, corundum’s is nine so it's perfect,” Moondancer said.
“Oh yeah it's going to work,” Sylvia said.
“Of course, diamond is the hardest rock of all topping the charts at a solid 10,” Moondancer said.
“No way Diamond is so fricking amazing,” Sylvia said as her eyes lit up.
“There they go with the stone talk again,” Gina said. Moondancer and Sylvia began polishing the lens while also giving Aki an eye exam with an eye chart drawn on a pelt with ink in the form of shapes. They kept polishing the lens until it was at the right prescription for Aki. Moondancer then cut some holes for the lenses into Aki's goggles before putting them in. Sylvia and Moondancer took Aki to what looked like a field full of sunflowers.
“Aki I want you to look straight ahead and tell us what you see,” Moondancer said as Aki did.
“I see sunflowers, it's not like I'm completely blind I just need to focus,” Aki said before Moondancer pulled Aki’s goggles down which then caused her to see those sunflowers in very crystal clear detail right down to the dew drops on them. “I can see, I can see and everything is more beautiful than I ever imagined.
“That is the power of the eyes of science,” Moondancer said.
“You two look so cool,” Aki said.
“Well now that Aki leveled up on her labor potential we can get started on making a full chemistry set,” Moondancer said.
Glass Aquired
The girls were now back at the base which essentially was just Moondancer’s hut. Moondancer and Sylvia were now pouring and stirring black rocks inside a clay cauldron that was heated up by the fire beneath it.
“Time to start our primitive glassmaking class,” Moondancer said while smiling wickedly.
“Yeah, I’m ready to do this moondancer. We keep throwing in these black rocks right?” Sylvia said. Suddenly Aki ran up to them carrying another pot full of rocks at high speed.
“Leave it to me to keep them coming,” Aki said which surprised them.
“Wow Aki your like a little speed demon now,” Sylvia said.
“Now that I have this clear sight it makes things much easier,” Aki said before noticing the bubbling foam inside the cauldron. “Woah there are white bubbles coming out of that stuff.
“That’s exactly what we want, when you heat obsidian like this it creates a foam,” Moondancer explained before she and Sylvia began spreading that foam on the furnace used to make the lenses for Aki’s glasses. “Then we use that foam as insolation to create a specialized glass-blowing furnace. Next Moondancer donned a heavy apron that looked like something a blacksmith would wear when working in extremely hot temperatures. She then poured some melted Iron into a bamboo mold. “Next we will craft an iron straw, use it to blow up the glass with air, and that it. Sylvia broke the mold with an axe then took the iron straw that was made to dip one end of it into the molten glass inside the glass furnace. She then blew air into it which caused the molten glass on the other end to expand and take shape. Unfortunately, her first attempts at making something were a failure.
“Hey that's okay, that was our first try, When I started making clay pots it took months before I got them down right,” Moondancer said to Sylvia's annoyance.
“IT’S NOT FINE, WE DON’T HAVE MONTHS TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME, MY SISTER IS GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE,” Sylvia shouted.
“Well what did you expect, I’m not a glass craftsman so trial and error is the only thing I can do,” Moondancer said which gave Sylvia a thought.
“Did you say, craftsmen?” Sylvia asked which gave her an idea of how to solve this problem. Now the girls minus Sylvia were waiting outside of the village gate. Suddenly Sylvia was coming back with an elderly woman who was tied up and being pulled by Sylvia.
“I don’t like this one bit Sylvia,” The old woman said.
“Who the heck is that old lady?” Moondancer asked herself inside her mind before Sylvia clapped her hands together to beg.
“Oh come on Granny Maxine, we are in dire need of your crafting skills,” Sylvia pleaded.
“Now is this how you youngling ask for favors these days? Because I can tell you I am not into this kinky rope play stuff. And I am most certainly not interested in whatever witchcraft you all are up to,” Maxine said.
“See that’s why we had to do this the hard way,” Sylvia said. Suddenly Aki walked up to them with the bottle of lacquer Moondancer used to make magnets.
“Granny sorry for not returning your lacquer sooner,” Aki said apologetically.
“That slipped my mind Aki, but thank you for returning it,” Maxine said.
“Hey were you the one who built that impressive wall around the village?” Moondancer asked.
“Darn right that was my best creation,” Maxine said.
“I knew an expert craftsperson had to be behind it with how well-made and detailed it was,” Moondancer said.
“While I am flattered by the compliment I’m still not helping you with whatever you are,” Maxine said before noticing the failed attempts at making glass on the ground. “Wait what is see-through stonework you got, wow. Suddenly Moondancer and Sylvia had wicked looks on their faces as if they lured the old lady into their trap. Suddenly Moondancer grabbed the iron straw.
“We won’t force you to help if you don’t want to, so just sit back and watch the show, because I guarantee you will ten billion percent be entertained granny,” Moondancer said before sticking one end into the furnace and then pulling it out to Maxine’s intrigue.
“It seems heat makes the material pliable and soft, like blubber,” Maxine said in her mind. Sylvia joined in and began blowing air into hers. “The shape changes so easily.
“Dam I blew up too much again,” Sylvia said while spinning it. Suddenly Maxine was jumping up and down trying to get free.
“What do you two think you're doing, stop, “Maxine demanded. They kept going and Moondancer began spinning hers. “She is not spinning it steadily at all. At this rate, she won’t make a good vessel or anything worth the effort. Are they doing it this badly on purpose just to piss me off? because it is working. Suddenly Moondancer looked back at her while smiling wickedly.
“There is no way an expert craftswoman like her is just going to stand there and watch a couple of noobs do something drultastic as glassblowing. How much of this can you take Granny Maxine?” Moondancer said. Suddenly Maxine looked ready to explode.
“I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE,” Maxine shouted before she used all of her strength to break out of the rope while looking ripped for a woman her age to Moondancer and Sylvia's shock. “You got me real good dammit. Maxine then grabbed the straw. “Here girls let me take a crack at it. Suddenly Maxine began doing the blowing before spinning it stupidly fast and steadily. Sylvia and Moondancer watched as Maxine demonstrated mastery of the art of glassblowing.
“Wow Granny Maxine, you have never seen it before and you're like a glassblowing master, “Sylvia said.
“It's because she has all those years of crafting experience, “Moondancer said.
“I have been a craftswoman for fifty years, believe it or not, in fact, I’m quite a big deal,” Maxine said sometime later A new structure was built right next to Moondancer’s hut. This structure had selves full of clay pots and glass equipment but what was most noticeable was the table with a glass island on top of it.
Glass Equipment and Science Lab acquired
“Woah now that is impressive,” Sylvia said.
“I’ll say now we can do some real science,” Moondancer said.
“Now do we start making medicine?” Sylvia asked.
“We are still a few steps away, You need to be patient, did you forget the roadmap?” Moondancer said. Just then Moondancer’s Dad ran into the clearing where they were.
“Halt men are forbidden from setting foot on our island,” Kira said while pointing her spear at him. Before she could hurt him Moondancer was shocked to see her father again.
“Moondancer? Your alive,” Moondancer’s Dad said while crying tears of joy.
“Kira lower your spear, that’s my dad,” Moondancer said before Kira complied allowing Moondancer’s dad to hug her. Moondancer filled him in on everything that has happened before he filled her in on what was happening on his end.
“We need to save your mother and sister,” Moondancer’s dad said.
“They are going to have to wait, right now we have a sulfa drug to finish, “Moondancer said.
“And how far are you in making that?” Moondancer’s dad asked.
“We just obtained glass and soon we will need to suck it up and go get the next ingredient,” Moondancer said.
“Which is?” Sylvia asked.
“The most dangerous one, Sophiric Acid,” Moondancer said.
Author's Note
hope you all enjoy this chapter.
The First Project :Cure All Sulfa Drug
A few days after Sylvia started helping Moondancer a very frightening turn of events occurred inside the palace. Sylvia’s older sister was in bed with a very bad cough and severe pain. The empress recognized this ailment as something that has claimed the lives of a good amount of her people over the years and was devastated to see one of her own children inflicted with it. Sylvia knew only one person who could help.
Meanwhile, with Moondancer she was busy making some upgrades to her hut by replacing the rotting leaves of her roof with a wooden one by cutting down some trees. As soon as she finished she looked very tired.
“I’m I the only one on this island who isn't practically a gorilla?” Moondancer asked herself sarcastically before Sylvia showed up.
“All the women on Lycoris Island are strong we are amazons after all,” Sylvia said. “But anyway we have a very serious problem.
“What’s the problem?” Moondancer asked.
“My sister has fallen ill and no one knows what to do,” Sylvia explained.
“I’m guessing you have no doctors in your village?” Moondancer asked.
“Whats a Doctor?” Sylvia asked.
“A specialist in the field of medicine which brings us to the first project of the kingdom of science,” Moondancer said while smiling wickedly.
“Which is?” Sylvia asked.
“Making an antibiotic, A wonder drug that will kill the hostile bacteria infecting our patient,” Moondancer said before going into the history behind it. “Since its discovery in the early twentieth century, it saved hundreds of millions of lives, we can’t do any blood tests and we don’t know what your sister is actually suffering from, But I’m sure it's worth trying anyway.
“So what do we need?” Sylvia asked while getting excited.
“Well we are basically missing everything so pay attention,” Moondancer said before drawing some stuff in the dirt. “There are two routes to making antibiotics, the biological route making penicillin from living things or the stone route making sulfa drugs from rocks.
“Living things? Rocks? How do you cure someone with those?” Sylvia asked.
“Penicillin which is made from green mold is more well known but I doubt we will find any on this island so that is out of the question,” Moondancer said before continuing. “If we take the stone route and make sulfa drugs we will need a ton of diligence and womanpower but even on this primitive island, we can make it happen.
“Then let's take the stone route,” Sylvia said stoically.
“You get the position we are in don’t you? None of us are gods or even geniuses, to be honest, we got to do this step by step, and like they say we gotta crawl before we can walk,” Moondancer said before drawing her scientific roadmap on the ground which listed the various things they needed along with illustrations of Moondancer holding an iron club at the start, Sylvia shooting electricity, the empress drinking some wine, Kira working at a sushi place which was meant to represent vinegar, Moondancer washing dishes, Gina sprinkling salt on some onigiri, A black and white pomeranian peeing on a lamppost, and the finished drug at the finish line. “All right the stone route it is, we will get each item one by one.
“I’m guessing this iron stuff is first, I don’t even know what that is, I have so much to learn,” Sylvia said.
“Iron is not particularly easy to come by,” Moondancer said.
“So what do we need to make Iron?” Sylvia asked.
“First we need black sand which is a mixture of magnetic minerals such as magnetite but to find that we need magnets,” Moondancer said. “If only I had a compass.
“Compass?” Sylvia asked confused.
“It's an extremely useful tool for navigating. It uses a magnetic needle to detect the earth’s magnetic field to always point true north,” Moondancer explained.
“Something like this?” Sylvia explained before filling a pot with water then placed a small black rock on a leaf in the center of the water. The rock moved the leaf around like the needle on a compass.
“That's a magnet,” Moondancer said impressed by the fact Sylvia had one but did not know what it was.
“Of course, you would know,” Sylvia said.
“This is good where did you find it?” Moondancer asked.
“I found it on top of that bald mountain over there,” Sylvia said while pointing to a mountain in the distance.
“Just how big is this island anyway?” Moondancer asked while they walked towards the village.
“No one really knows,” Sylvia said before the two of them entered the village under the watchful eyes of Kira and Gina. They soon arrived at a building that looked like a small shed. Inside the shed was various types of minerals and plants which really amazed Moondancer.
“No way, You actually collected all these minerals and plants?” Moondancer asked in shock and awe.
“I sure did, my mom didn't want any of it inside the palace so I had to keep all of it here,” Sylvia said as Moondancer examined everything.
“I can’t believe you got Galena, Lead has been acquired,” Moondancer said with joy while holding a grey rock.
“Your free to marvel at my vast collection anytime but right now time is of the essence,” Sylvia said before grabbing all the magnets she had.
“Just what are the two of you up to?” Kira asked before Moondancer had a wicked grin on her face.
“We are making Iron,” Moondancer said which shocked them.
“I,” Kira said before Gina picked up the second half.
“Ron?” Gina asked.
“Help us out and I will show you,” Moondancer said.
“Very well but just know the empress told us to keep an eye on you so don’t pull anything,” Kira said.
“All right now that we have magnets let's head to the river,” Sylvia said leading the way while wearing a bikini made from animal pelts. The four girls trudged the river gathering tons of black sand which was just the first step to making Iron. Once they gathered enough of it they set the pots of it down by Moondancer’s hut.
Iron Sand Acquired
“We helped you gather your sand now can you tell us what your planning to do with this Iron Stuff?” Gina asked.
“I’m sure you heard about my sister right?” Sylvia asked.
“You mean Lucy? We heard she has fallen ill by that horrible disease,” Kira said.
“Well Moondancer is working on a cure for that disease,” Sylvia said.
“That's right and once you see what I got planned for this Iron we will be one step closer to modern civilization,” Moondancer said.
“So how does this sand become Iron?” Gina asked.
“We mix four parts of the sand to one part coal and bake it,” Moondancer said.
“That sounds easy enough,” Kira said.
“The bad news is it's much harder than it sounds, Nothing like making clay pots,” Moondancer said before continuing. “That will be our next problem to solve, wood can burn up to 700 degrees but iron making requires much higher temperatures we’re talking 1500 degrees or more.
“So how are we going to get it that hot? Is it even possible?” Sylvia asked.
“We gotta blow like hell,” Moondancer said while making a whistling face along with the whistle sound. Before they moved on Moondancer began crafting an Iron Making furnace with four bamboo tubes at the bottom which was where they would be blowing air into to heat it up. Next, she made four bellows out of bamboo and animal pelts. “Now that we have our furnace time to explain how we will reach 1500 degrees. We will be providing it with as much oxygen as we can with these bellows hopefully increasing the fire’s damage points from 700 to 1500.
“This thing blows air? I’m sure I can do that all on my own with a handy device like this,” Sylvia said.
“Try it out and get back to me on that, the truth is we will never have enough womanpower,” Moondance said before all four of them began pumping air into the lit furnace crazy fast. The four of them made some painful expressions as they did which indicated how difficult the task was.
“My arms feel like they are about to fall off,” Gina whined.
“Don’t you dare slow down and let it get cold,” Moondancer shouted.
“How much longer do we need to keep doing this?” Sylvia asked.
“Let's see maybe twenty to thirty more hours,” Moondancer said.
“IRON MAKING IS BAD,” Sylvia, Kira, and Gina shouted in unison. Suddenly all four of them collapsed from exhaustion.
“The kingdom of science really needs a population boom,” Moondancer said while trying to get up.
“I’m afraid no one is willing to help an outsider since they are very cautious about them,” Kira said.
“And unless we know what the villagers want they won’t even consider helping us,” Sylvia said.
“If only there was a way to plan an intel mission,” Moondancer said.
“Leave that to me,” A voice that sounded like a little girl said before it was revealed that a little girl who appeared to be around seven with blonde hair and green eyes was there.
“Aki? what are you doing here?” Gina asked.
“I wanted to see who this outsider everyone was talking about was and I can tell she is not a bad person,” Aki said.
“Well I must commend you on your stealth,” Moondancer said before she came up with an idea. “Say how good are you at hiding?
“I’m the hide and seek champion on this whole island, no one can find me,” Aki said boastfully.
“Then your perfect for what we need right now,” Moondancer said.
“How may I be useful to you?” Aki asked.
“I need you to go around the village and listen to what the villagers say, keep your ears open for anything that might tell us what they want then report back to us,” Moondancer said.
“Consider it done,” Aki said before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
“Smoke bombs?” Moondancer said intrigued by what Aki just used.
“We don’t know why but Aki has this thing for something called ninjas,” Kira said.
“I’m guessing the father was from japan and their knowledge of the culture was passed on to her,” Moondancer said. Meanwhile, with Aki, she hid while listening in on the conversations going on.
“Looks like today’s caught is a good one,” A woman said while her daughter looked bored with it.
“All we ever eat is fish, why can’t we eat something new for once,” The daughter complained. Next was three girls who all looked to be seventeen.
“What do you think our future mates will be like?” The girl with long red hair asked.
“I just want someone cute and can feed me,” The girl with short blonde hair said.
“I just want someone strong like I am,” A girl with tanned skin and short black hair said.
“I know we are each a month from being eighteen but our taste in men is different, I just hope that prison has what we are looking for,” The girl with blonde hair said. After Aki finished her spying she returned to Moondancer and the others to report her findings.
“So how did the mission go Aki?” Moondancer asked.
“It went well I think I might have found what everyone wants,” Aki said before getting into the details. “First there is what the valley sisters scarlet, Chloe, and Aleya had to say.
“Those three are the most popular girls in the village,” Sylvia said.
“I hope whatever they want is something we can make with our limited resources,” Moondancer said.
“They want Boyfriends,” Aki shouted like she was announcing it.
“There is no way in hell we are making one of those,” Moondancer said while Aki explained what they were looking for in a man which hinted towards something. “The girl who wants food might work, what does she want?
“A big feast with wild game and stuff, Oh that reminds me, I overheard Dana the village glutton complain to her mom that she is bored to death of eating fish all the time so all she really wants is to try something new,” Aki said which caused Moondancer to smile.
“Well done Aki now we know what we can kind of science to temp them with,” Moondancer said.
“So are you going to cook for them?” Gina asked.
“But what does cooking have to do with science?” Sylvia asked.
“Everything actually, Food is science, after all, I mean do you think the umami quality of the grilled fish you eat is just some kind of random accident, No it's glutamic and inosinic acids,” Moondancer said. “Now the question is what should we make. Suddenly Aki was playing with what looked like a small black and white pomeranian jumping at what looked like a green plant. “Hey, Aki what are you playing with over there?
“This is my buddy Rollie’s favorite toy, dog tail millet,” Aki said.
“You mean Foxtail Millet,” Moondancer corrected before she came up with an idea. “I think I just came up with an idea.
“Don’t tell me you're going to feed them that yucky Foxtail Millet,” Sylvia said.
“Heck no, the texture would be too crumbly and the after taste would be horribly bitter,” Moondancer said remembering the time someone made her eat ramen noodles made from Foxtail Millet. “But I do know a recipe that will bring them to our side but first we need to find some wheat.
“There is a wheat field a little bit north of here,” Kira said.
“Wait you know what wheat is?” Moondancer asked.
“Of course we do, we may not have any of this science you're so proud of but we do know how to grow crops and build homes,” Kira said.
“And your sure none of the villagers will mind?” Moondancer asked.
“This is a wild wheat field so no one will care,” Kira said. As soon as they reach the field Kira cut down the stocks and gathered them. As soon as the girls returned to Moondancer’s hut they began the process of turning the wheat into flour.
“Now that we have flour let's begin by cracking in some wild bird eggs and adding a dash of potassium carbonate for some elasticity,” Moondancer said before adding the ingredients to the flour and kneading it. “It's a dish of science accidentally discovered by some unknown Mongol around the fourth century. Moondancer then looked at Sylvia. “That's right he was probably a crazy nut that would literally try anything just like you, Way back in fourth century Mongolia. Moondance them began cutting the dough she made into noodles before adding some bird meat and vegetables to some soup stock along with some small fish. The smell of the broth began to whet the appetites of the others.
“That smells so good,” Sylvia said.
“And of course, We had a name for this stupidly yummy bowl of science back home, We called it Ramen,” Moondancer said before setting a bowl of it on a big rock that was carved into a table.
“It does look enticing,” Kira said.
“May we try some?” Sylvia asked.
“Be my guest,” Moondancer said while setting out five bowls. Sylvia began by slurping her first and the look on her face said it all.
“It's AMAZING,” Sylvia shouted. “The noodles go down smoothly and the meat and vegetables add some extra flavor.
“So slurpy and good,” Kira, Gina, and Aki said in unison.
“Now it's my turn,” Moondancer said before slurping hers down too. “ It may not taste anything like back home but it is still delicious and a winner,” Moondancer said.
The next day Moondancer and her group approached the village with a small ramen cart with Aki playing the ocarina on top. The villagers curious about the sound came running to find out what was making it and were met with the delicious scent of ramen.
Author's Note
since we have no enemies yet Moondancer has no reason to make gunpowder so I decided to just skip to the first project. As for the scientific roadmaps, I might commission someone to make them for me in the future since the visuals are what most people like about Dr.Stone.