Period Pieces.

by Altlus


August 25, 1908.

Somewhere in the Siberian Tundra

The Expeditionary team trudged through the remnants of what was once part of a forest, now a desolate and scorched wasteland of toppled down trees as far as the eye could see. Those making the journey through this almost biblical scene were astonished and in disbelief at the untold devastation that lay before them. for what they had seen could only have been made by a force almost biblical in size and scale.

Arcanis lead the team further through this hellscape of blackened logs and burnt Earth. Clad in a fur coat, he wandered on, determined to reach the epicenter this wasteland.

Ever since he sensed the blast back in the 30th of july, Arcanis had been overcome with a gut feeling that something had arrived into this world. Something that was of his own world not something from outer space. It took several days for him to prepare and charter this expedition to Siberia. several days to cross the Arctic sea and brave is many ice floes, and several days to make it to this site. which He and his Team nearly got themselves lost trying to find if it weren't for the help of local settlers and Evenki natives pointing them the way.

The Expedition gradually made it's way to an almost perfectly circular patch of nothing but flat ground. It was here, Arcanis notioned his men and his close colleagues to stop and approach cautiously. Out here, there was nothing but silence. Just the wind and silence. In the center of the crater, a thin trail of smoke rose from the ground and a faint bluish glow could be seen by all in the group. Colored wisps could be seen flying from the glowing object. swirling playfully skywards before disappearing into the air. Arcanis and a few others neared the glow as the rest were too apprehensive of whatever the object in the center may be. Unsure if it was dangerous or not.

Arcanis and others gradually felt a familiar sensation wash over them. Radiating from the object laying just before them. Whatever this anomaly was, there was magic tied to the thing. Not just ordinary magic. What he was feeling was the presence of Equestrian Magic lying before him. Once He and his colleagues got close enough, he realized the nature of the Object before him.

"Well Doc!",one of his colleagues answered. "What do you supposed this thing might be exactly?".