"Doctor! We're connected!", shouted by the man with a headset.

A man wearing a lab coat sat down on the chair facing the mic. He cleared his throat and started speaking.

"We are attempting to contact the Wyndoria vessel, Disdain. This is a call for help. Our equipment on hand can only send messages one way. We have no means to receive your response. But we are sure that we are connected to the right vessel because we know your secure line. Please record the whole message and make sure that General Marcus Gallant hears this. We will give you moments to prepare for the recording."

The Doctor paused and closed his eyes. He waited for few moments, sighed, then started speaking again.

"I am Dr. Wilter von Phar, Wyndoria Soldier #02710. I'm the Head of Wyndoria Weaponry Defense or WWD of the Wyndoria Hidden Arms Research Facility, aka WHARF. It is an underwater facility located 150 kms 5^o West of South of Dornough City. Our Research facility has been attacked by an armed group we believe to be Glizzarians. They were wearing suits with insignia of the Glizzarian army and were equipped with Rugner MG's, the weapon mass produced in Glizzaria. Director Kiat Anders was killed in the bomb blast when the assailants infiltrated our facility. Together with the head of Wyndoria Weaponry Offense, Dr. Wellon Vanguard, we ordered the evacuation of all personnel. We followed protocol 52 which prompted the destruction of our facility. The Glizzarians were after our research and attempted to copy it but we managed to stop the process. But we have reason to believe that they may have copied some information but we are on the process of determining what. Judging from our initial scan of last data accessed, they were able copy a portion of our WWO database. WWO stands for Wyndoria Weaponry Offense. The WWO database contains all of our research about newly devised offensive weapons. They escaped with the portion of the database. I was able to escape with five others and we were able to backup copy all our research. We are currently trapped in the WWD # 2 test capsule 32 meters East of the facility. I had this prototype prepared in case something like this will happen. We only have three days worth of food and battery life of four days. We are in dire need of rescue.

Please... help us.

We will try to discover what they copied on our end. But it is of great importance to prepare if in case they plan to use those new weapons. We can help with the prepations by means of the WWD Database. It contains all research about defensive weapons.

Again, we can help. Please hurry. The earlier we can prepare the better chances that we can come up with counter measures against the WWO weapons.

Again this is Dr. Wilter von Phar, Wyndoria Soldier #02710.

Over and out."

Wilter put down the mic.

"Disconnect the line", mouthed the doctor.

"Disconnecting line", the headset guy said. "Disconnected."

"Start rescan of Research data. We need to find out what they copied.", ordered by the doctor.

"Data scan started.", the headset guy.

"What do we do now doctor?", asked the doctor's nervous lab rat.

"Now...", the doctor said calmly, "...We wait".

Hindi nyo ba napapansin na super duper init ngayon kahit madaling araw nah dito sda Maynila? Sorry ha. Wala kasing aircon yung kwarto ko. Kaya gusto ko tuloy tumira muna ulet sa bahay ko sa cavite kasi malamig ang mga gabi dun eh. Di kasi ako makatulog pag mainit. Yung timong nakatapat nga sayo yung electric fan pero kalahati lang ng katawan mo yun. Yung kalahating part na nakahiga sa kama mo, basang basa na ng pawis. Dahil sa hindi ako makatulog, tumakbo na naman ang wild imagination ko.

May story project kasi kami ng mga kaibigan ko. Tinawag namin itong Forlorn. Medyo mahilig kami sa mga sad story kasi eh. Samin kasi ang magandang love story laging may pain at deep struggling at conflict. Kaya karapat dapat lang na Forlorn ang gawing pamagat sa story na yun. Actually, meron kaming draft na isang story na ang main author ay ang aming leader na si Manong. Story yun about a fictional world ruled by royal families na ang story flow ay ang typical, "I'll take over the kingdom, then the world" plot.

Ngayon, sinusubukan namin isyndicate yung story by having other paths with the story and its world. Like inclusion ng mga fantasy stuff like magic and such. Yung character kasi na based sa akin, si Wilter von Phar (I use this also as my pen name), is a magician kaya gusto ko din may magic talaga.

Dahil nga hindi ako makatulog, nag-isip nalang ako ng mga pwedeng gawin story elements dun sa Forlorn. Nainspire ako dun sa Esper system ng Final Fanatsy XIII. Yung bawat isang character meron parang partner na summon. Sa version ko ng Forlorn, bawat main Character meron din special guardian Spirit. Well wala pa akong jargon term sa kanila kaya for now I call them Spirits. So far, meron nakong concrete Spirits for the Characters Feiril, Cyrone, Aegiore, Wilter, and a villain.

Tapos, after so much thinking at hindi pa din ako nakatulog, napagdesisyunan kong panuorin yung Yakuza Arc nung Black Lagoon. Sira kasi yung file nung una ko kasi syang pinanuod kaya hindi ko napanuod yung exciting part. At dahil sa pinanuod ko ulet yun, nainspire ulet ako sa isang topic.

Nainspire akong isulat ang isang alternate Philippines. More specifically, an alternate Tondo. What if, hindi nawala ang mga gangsters sa Manila after the great Mga Siga ng Tondo passed on? What if, they were succeeded by their own corresponding heirs? Ano kaya ang Tondo ngayon? Sinusubukan ko syang hindi gawin Black Lagoon-ish. Pero may factor yung animé na yun kaya may certain tribute ako sa kanila.

May isang character ulet na inspired sa akin. Isang Chemical Engineer na ang kinabubuhay ay paggawa ng drugs and explosives. Gusto ko kasi ipakita yung dark side of misuse of technology. Ang mindset ko kasi, technology is neutral. It depends on the people using the technology if it will be beneficial or sacrificial. Ayun.

Unfortunately, nasira yung ilang keys ng keyboard ko kaya hindi ko sila masimulan! Siguro its high time na bumili nako ng wireless keyboard. haaay!

Introduction
The following are the different "humans" created by the Spirits.

Wynds
Created by the Spirit Whiffling.
Creatures with Bird Wings.
The Best Warriors of Florron.

Phars
Created by the Spirit Combuster.
Creatures who can withstand high temperatures.
The Best Blacksmiths of Florron

Shorhes
Created by the Spirit Kelpie.
Creatures who can breathe underwater.
The Best Thinkers of Florron.

Glitz
Created by the Spirit Glaze.
Creatures who can withstand low temperatures.
The Best Concealers of Florron.

Cosmos Tribe
Created by the Spirit Alluvium
Creatures who have tough skins.
The Best Defenders of Florron.

Basilius
Created by the Spirit Glisten.
Creatures who have metal-like bodies.
The Swiftest in Florron.

Introduction
The world of Florron was believed to have been created by Elemental spirits. Through the Spirits' harmonious power they created a world of balance where everything is beautiful and peaceful. The Spirits, being of higher order, couldn't do anything on their created world because they created a different plane of existence. Thus, they decided to make being to take care of their created world which they called "humans". Each of the Spirits created their own "Human" servant.

Whiffling
Element of Air.
Creator of the Wynds.
Embodied by a Bird.
Corporeal Form: A man with a bow.

Combuster
Element of Fire.
Creator of the Phars.
Embodied by a Dragon.
Corporeal Form: A man with a sword.

Kelpie
Element of Water
Created the Shorhes.
Embodied by a Horse.
Corporeal Form: A woman with a lasso

Glaze
Element of Ice.
Created the Glitz.
Embodied by a Horse.
Corporeal Form: A woman with a lance

Alluvium
Element of Earth.
Created the Cosmos.
Embodied by an Armadillo.
Corporeal Form: A man with a shield.

Glisten
Element of Lightning.
Created the Basilius.
Embodied by a Tiger.
Corporeal Form: A woman with trident.