Tiempo y Espacio, Fortuna / Time and Space, Fortune
Un saludos a todos, el siguiente relato fue inspirado por el arte digital de @xpilar, los invito a que visiten su blog. La imagen que motivó este relato es la siguiente.
Greetings to all, the following story was inspired by the digital art of @xpilar, I invite you to visit his blog. The picture that motivated this story is the following.
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Fortuna
Por primera vez en su vida fue tan afortunado, para un habitante de Belerofonte, uno de los mundos más pobres de todas las colonias, poder tener un viaje completamente pago a Taranis era realmente algo inconcebible, aquella mañana en que, como siempre, entró a la tienda de alimentos a comprar un pastelillo y una taza de café para desayunar, antes de abordar el ascensor a la mina, además de su habitual abono de lotería semanal, nunca se imaginó de que por fin, su número sería el afortunado, de entre los quince cien mil millones que entraban en juego.
No ganó el premio mayor, eso hubiese cambiado su vida por completo, ganó algo más modesto, fue uno de los mil afortunados, en las treinta y dos colonias, que obtuvo un viaje a Taranis, uno de los más exclusivos y costosos balnearios que existen, el único mundo santuario que habia sido abierto a la actividad turística de lujo, mientras la mayoría de ellos son parques para excursionistas aficionados a actividades al aire libre, Taranis cuenta con hoteles, casinos, centros de compras, balnearios y parques acuáticos.
Fue alojado en uno de los más lujosos hoteles frente al lago Gigante, el premio incluía tres mil créditos para gastarlos en las diversas atracciones, ya había visitado dos casinos, pero eso de jugar no le gustó, prefirió aprovecharlo en varios de los espectáculos que se presentaban, acróbatas de Aurora, Bailarinas de Perseo 9 y una variada selección de prestidigitadores venidos de varios mundos y estaciones espaciales; además tomó clases de nado con traje subacuático y realizo varias excursiones en sumergible al fondo del lago.
En su última noche, decidió tomar un viaje en un pequeño bote autoguiado que lo pasearía por una parte del lago para contemplar el cristalino cielo nocturno del planeta, su viaje empezó poco antes del anochecer, pudo ver una familia de delfines de agua dulce saltando en el horizonte mientras contemplaba el ocaso, luego la salida de dos de las lunas de Terenis y el eclipsamiento de una por la otra.
Mientras esto sucedía, no pudo notar que el pequeño bote se dirigía a los restos emergidos de un antiguo robot draga averiado, de la época de la terraformación del planeta, que hasta hace pocas horas estuvo en el fondo del lago y a consecuencia de algunas excavaciones en el fondo, que estuvieron haciendo los robots de mantenimiento, se liberó de las rocas que lo tenían sujeto y emergió parcialmente, asomando en la superficie, una de sus aristas.
El sistema de guiado del bote no tenía incluido en su base de datos ese nuevo objeto y sólo una pequeña parte, difícilmente visible de la draga, se asomaba en la superficie, por lo que los sensores no pudieron diferenciarla de vegetación flotante, esa pequeña arista fue suficiente para hacer un boquete lo bastante grande en el casco del bote.
El agua empezó a entrar abundantemente y la línea de flotación del bote a descender rápidamente, al cabo de escasos minutos, el agua ya cubría los pies de Alexis, quien ya no se sentía tan afortunado, la IA del bote lo guio hasta la orilla en medio de unas rocas en las que quedó retenido y no pudo seguir avanzando, se lanzó al agua y con dificultad nado en medio de la oscuridad hasta la orilla, para ver tras él cómo el bote se ladeaba y quedaba parcialmente hundido en medio de aquellas rocas.
Bueno aun sigo siendo afortunado, pensó, al menos no me ahogue en el lago. Al cabo de tres horas, un bote de rescate llegó para llevarlo de regreso al hotel; cansado y adolorido por toda su imprevista aventura, su suerte acabaría aquella noche, pues se quedaría dormido mientras tomaba un baño de tina caliente, ahogándose, para ser encontrado la mañana siguiente por el robot mucama, cuando se disponía a limpiar la habitación.
English
Fortune
For the first time in his life he was so lucky, for an inhabitant of Bellerophon, one of the poorest worlds of all the colonies, to have a completely paid trip to Taranis was really something inconceivable, that morning when, as always, he entered the food store to buy a pastry and a cup of coffee for breakfast, before boarding the elevator to the mine, in addition to his usual weekly lottery ticket, he never imagined that finally, his number would be the lucky one, between the fifteen hundred thousand million that came into play.
He did not win the jackpot, that would have changed his life completely, he won something more modest, he was one of the lucky thousand, in the thirty-two colonies, who got a trip to Taranis, one of the most exclusive and expensive spas that exist , the only sanctuary world that had been open to luxury tourist activity, while most of them are parks for outdoor hikers, Taranis has hotels, casinos, shopping centers, spas and water parks.
He was lodged in one of the most luxurious hotels in front of the Giant Lake, the prize included three thousand credits to spend in the different attractions, he had already visited two casinos, but that of playing did not like it, he preferred to take advantage of it in several of the shows that they presented, acrobats of Aurora, Dancers of Perseus 9 and a varied selection of conjurers from various worlds and space stations; He also took swimming lessons with an underwater suit and made several submersible trips to the bottom of the lake.
On his last night, he decided to take a trip in a small self-guided boat that would take him by a part of the lake to contemplate the crystalline night sky of the planet, his trip began shortly before nightfall, he could see a family of freshwater dolphins jumping in the horizon while contemplating the decline, then the departure of two of Terenis' moons and the eclipse of one by the other.
While this was happening, he could not notice that the small boat was heading for the remains of an old robot dredge robot, from the time of the terraforming of the planet, which until a few hours ago was at the bottom of the lake and as a result of some excavations in the bottom, which the maintenance robots were doing, was released from the rocks that held it and emerged partially, poking out on the surface, one of its edges.
The guidance system of the boat did not have this new object included in its database and only a small part, hardly visible from the dredge, appeared on the surface, so the sensors could not differentiate it from floating vegetation, that small edge It was enough to make a big enough hole in the hull of the boat.
The water began to enter abundantly and the waterline of the boat to descend quickly, after a few minutes, the water already covered the feet of Alexis, who no longer felt so lucky, the AI of the boat guided him to the shore in half of rocks in which he was retained and could not move forward, he threw himself into the water and with difficulty swam in the middle of the darkness to the shore, to see behind him how the boat tilted and was partially sunk in the middle of those rocks .
Well, I'm still lucky, he thought, at least I did not drown in the lake. After three hours, a rescue boat arrived to take him back to the hotel; tired and sore for all his unforeseen adventure, his luck would end that night, he would fall asleep while taking a hot tub bath, drowning, to be found the next morning by the robot maid, when he was about to clean the room.
Otros relatos de la serie Tiempo y Espacio / Other stories from the series Time and Space
- Los Puentes / The Bridges
- El Vacío / The Void
- Eventos poco Afortunados / Unfortunate Events
- Silecio / Silence
- Al Final / At the End
- Ascenso / Climb
- Taranis / Taranis
- Día de Pesca / Fishing Day
- Fortuna / Fortune
- Después de la Tormenta / After the Storm
- Orfeo / Orpheus
- Minando mundos / Mining worlds
- Cangrejos / Crabs
- El Zoológico Terrestre / The Earth Zoo
- El Destino de Fenrir / The Fate of Fenrir
- Mundo Océano / Ocean World
- Púlsar / Pulsar
- Esferas / Spheres
- El Laboratorio de la Isla / The Island Laboratory
- El Reactor (1/2) / The Reactor (1/2)
- El Reactor (2/2) / The Reactor (2/2)
- Terror Nocturno / Night Terror
- La Masa Gris / The Grey Mass
- Encuentro / Meeting
- El Nodo / The Node
- Los Inus / The Inus
- Singularidad / Singularity
- Evolución / Evolution
Sólo me queda agradecer a @xpilar por permitirme usar su arte digital en mi publicación y por motivarla. Muchas Gracias @xpilar
Gracias a todos por visitar mi publicación, espero sus comentario y agradezco su apoyo, hasta la próxima
I can only thank @xpilar for allowing me to use his digital art in my publication and for motivating my creation. Thank you very much @xpilar
Thank you all for visiting my publication, I hope your comments and I appreciate your support, until next time
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