The cherry on the cake
“Chaos and order can be in constant balance, if you let.” — Miromolo V, King of Chewon.
Have you ever imagined entire chinese-like towns built on mountaintops?
If you’d like to go to a place like this, Chewo is your best bet. All their towns are like that.
Its inhabitants live in peaks high enough so you can’t quite breathe well at first, and you should not definitely not look down if you have troubles with heights. They would go down if they could, I’m sure of it, but Chewo has no real base or planet center. The cliffs are mere projections of the Great Mountain of Absurdia, leading to the infinite unknown below.
Fortunately for these people, they are not quite human anymore. Somehow, living on a different atmosphere and gravitational field made them something else. They call themself Chewoans, and Absurdia’s scientific community has acknowledged recently that they are no longer homo sapiens, but homo chewoan (cheers for them on being so special!).
They developed the ability of telekinesis, and their constant contact with magic are one of the reasons they excel at it. Few other races are as wise as their scholars, and even fewer have such a great dominion over spiritual arts, perhaps being left behind only by the Eldnari and Magili (I’ll get to them soon enough).
Despite being scholars by nature, in Chewo you will also encounter rustic buildings, fishermen and artisans too. They all find great happiness in small things and art, and they do not mind to get their hands (or minds) dirty with work.
Here are some tips if you are planning on visiting Chewo (please, do):
You might want to visit the Tower of Many Names, with its clear and amazing view of the End of the World as We Know It (do not mind the giant mouth full of teeth below). If that’s not your beach, maybe you should try the School of the Sphere, where the greatest train with their magic balls (do not laugh at that in front of them if you value your life, they are great mages).
Make sure to stop by at the Sky Port Fair as you enter Chewo’s capital Elonia. Do not forget, by any means, to buy yourself a cherry popsicle. Also, do not forget to schedule a tour over the Sacred Palace. The royal family lives in constant seclusion, despite being so humble. Beware not to annoy the guards with too many questions, though, because their patience is usually very short.
If you have interest for their economic activities, you might want to go to the Cherry Farm. That’s where they cultivate their magic cherry trees. Do not mistake their trunks with normal wood, as they are one of the best materials in Sky Ship building. That’s the main reason Chewo is a very strategic stop-by for merchants. The fact that they are in the middle of the way between Sakbana and Samora does help, though (gorks are not quite welcome, I’m sorry if you are one of them).
Chewo is an amazing place, and I plan on visiting it more often. Still, I’d like a few remarks: do not disturb peace or curse the royal family by any means, that will only get you much closer to the giant mouth full of teeth than desired. They are very peaceful, and far from any kinds of wars, so you don’t really need to bring any weapon. Just be careful with the galactic storms season around July; I hear people are forced to stay indoors for most of the month.
Clap if you already visited Chewo or really want to go there. Those who clap the most will be running for a pair of free flight tickets!
OK, I’m joking, they are way too expensive to be offered like that. Please, feel free to comment on the story or my grammar, though.
Tales of Absurdia are mostly short stories about our crazy universe. If you like this one, check out the first tale here. You can pretend that they’re fictional, but they are as real as your reality.
