I've seen some damn strange things in this land, and a few I'd like to forget, but this takes unreal to new heights. I think now I understand what happened in this land. Some have speculated before that it could've only been done by aliens. I'll give the crazies that at least - this thing can't have been made by human hand. Whatever's holding open that portal is likely powering this... what to even call it. I've named it the Colossus. It's like someone took the biggest steam engine factory you can imagine, bolted a orbital laser to it and gave it a body that funnels water into it. It's slowly draining what appears to be a large lake to power itself, though it's body stems from the portal. that must be it's primary method of locomotion, considering the land's now a desert. Where -that- comes from is anybody's guess. Even from this distance it's easily the size of a small city.



I'm sure some jack booted general type's going to want to try and put this thing to use, and the money I'll make off guiding officials down here alone assuages my conscience somewhat about that. Still, it nags at me (nevermind what in the hell it'll do if someone interferes with it) - what's it drawing? Perhaps it's simply some automaton, some alien engineers project turned loose on an resource rich world to see what happens. Maybe it's some kind of cosmic arts project, etching far flung worlds with the equivalent of alien graffiti. A sort of galactic Banksy, if you will. Who knows. For now, I'm going to stay here a few days and enjoy the raw beauty of watching this thing do it's work. Something majestic about the thrumming sound of water and the crash of laser, out here in all this solitude, churning away.