Scene 1
Leaving the mountains behind, the gang trekked steadily down the lower hills toward the city. The valley was lush and green. A short distance away, a brook made its way down to the the valley floor where it joined a river that flowed through the city.
Between them, they had the clothes they were wearing, the six laser guns with harness and the ability to use some sort of internal energy, like 'qi', to enable them to move faster, hit harder or expel it like a Jedi Force Push.
The downside to this ability was hat they didn't know how long it would last or whether the energy would recover itself if depleted.
"Well, since we're here we might as well enjoy it," Castor said.
"Dude, we should be trying to find a way to get back home," CK replied.
"Yeah, but we're stuck here till then, ain't we? And its not like we have any idea where 'here' is!" Castor retorted.
"Eh, we also might want to figure out what language we're going to use," Vincent added, "I'm not sure if they speak our kind of Mandarin or some early dialect."
The gang stopped.
That was a question they hadn't seriously considered. Were they in Qing Dynasty China? The soldiers they had encountered earlier wore uniforms that looked like they were from the Qing period. How were they going to communicate? Being Singaporean had its advantages. To a certain extent, they were somewhat multi-lingual. Mandarin and English came easily to them. Furthermore, between the six of them, they also understood and spoke some Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkien and a wee bit of Japanese and Malay.
"Well, assuming we're still in China.." Ben started speaking.
"Assuming, we arrived in China in the first place," James interrupted.
"Ya, there's no way of telling whether that blinding flash of light sent us to another dimension or just back in time," Vincent added
"So, that's the first thing we need to do," Edwin concluded, "find out where we actually are!"
The others nodded in agreement and the gang set off once more toward the city; toward civilization. At least, they hoped the people were civilized.
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