Date- 5-3-2194
Location- Pangea, Middle of the Menguu Region
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1.3 million kilometers of hot sand. That's how big the desert of Menguu is. A lone man with only his guitar walks upon a wide road dividing the desert. He doesn't know where he's going, nor does he care, as he is just going.
He hums a light tune to himself, continuing to do so even after feeling his mouth drying up and his feet burning. With the sun beaming as bright as it ever did, he carries his feet toward the direction he guessed was north.
"We're fresh out of winter yet the Menguu desert is still this hot...", the man thought to himself, still humming his tune.
As he hears the quick sounds of clamping, he curiously turns around and stops in his tracks, only to see a horse carrying what looks to be an old man, coming towards him.
"Hey young man, what are ye doin, goin down this road all by yerself?", questioned the old man once his horse slowed down to a stop.
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"Walking.", replied the guitar strapped man
"Walking? From this direction you'd only end up into the sorry region of Niipon."
"Then I'll keep walking."
The old man chuckles. "Get on the back young man, yer only going to hurt your legs walking this distance."
The man, finding to reason to refuse, gets on the back of the horse, cradling his guitar in hand.
"That's a fancy guitar ye got there. Where'd you get it?"
"A friend made it. I don't carry it for show, I'd be happy to play it for you if you wanna listen."
"Thanks fer the offer, but yer pick would definitely fall on this horse, and automobiles are just too damn expensive..."
"Yes but I'm sure your horse loves to carry you, or else she wouldn't have put up with this heat for so long!"
Both men laugh to themselves lightly
As he settles down, the old man asks, "Say young man, I never told you my name did I? The people back at my town call me Caishen, but my real name is Bo, Bo Dong. What's yours?"
The young man, holding his guitar in his hands, looks at the sun, quietly setting beyond the horizon.
After taking in the view, the man replies.
"Sputnik."