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Broken Voyagers
So their morning had been spent rushing from their hotel to the famous museum and tickets in hand, they had hurried past still sleepy and dawdling tourists, had ignored the extensive and abundant collections housed on the premises, had by-passed all of the 11,000 exhibits on display which ranged from Prehistory to Late Antiquity to reach the one and only object Bette had wanted to see; a sight she had wanted Tina to share with her.
“Can you believe it?” Bette asked a little emotion seeping in her voice.
Tina shook her head as she carried on looking at the three flat, misshapen pieces of bronze in the glass cabinet in front of her. They were all shades of green, from emerald to forest. As they had approached, slowing their light jogging pace through the meandering corridors and rooms of the Museum, Tina had thought they were going to see some rocks maybe coloured here and there with patches of mould.
But the sight she had uncovered as she and Bette had got closer though, was anything but the mundane geological find she had initially thought Bette had dragged her out of bed to see. What she was looking at was altogether stunning.
Crammed inside the three lumps of indeterminate material, obscured by seawater corrosion, were traces of a technology that appeared most definitely modern; gears with neat triangular teeth, just like the ones in the inside of a clock and a ring divided into degrees. It resembled the protractor she had been loathed to use in mathematics class during geometry lessons when she was in school. The piece was sophisticated and appeared years ahead of its time for an object which had been accurately dated as being over 2,000 years old.
“So?” Tina asked, “How…why…?” She wasn’t entirely sure what to ask.
Bette smiled at her girlfriend’s bafflement.
“We have two storms to thank for the retrieval of this!” Bette pointed dramatically to the corroded mechanism. “The first one happened 2000 years ago, in 65BC. During this storm, a Roman vessel carrying loot from Asia Minor and bound for Rome was wrecked and went down near the island of Antikythera.”
“You mean?” Tina’s head whipped around as she heard the name.
“Yes.” Bette nodded. “Our next dive. The Antikythera wreck. The second storm in 1900 forced some sponge divers near the island where they, quite by chance, discovered the wreck. This in turn led to the first major underwater archaeological expedition during which, in addition to sculptures and other art works, an amorphous lump of bronze, was found.”
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(14 votes, average: 4.79 out of 5)
Hi! You one of my favourite writers and i very glad and happy that you returned and finished this amazing story! Thank you very much!
After i reading i leave another comment which will be more about story plot.
Wow Kins this takes care of my weekend reading!
Will comment again when I’ve read it.
Thanks in advance for posting.
SG
So glad you finished this story! Thank you for sticking it out and giving us this story. Loved it
Hi Kins,
So glad to see this story! It will take some time to read it and i will leave a comment after i finish.
Hi, welcom back, Kins!
Thank you for finished this story! Ok, now i’m going to read it.
Hi, Kins
Oh my God, Kins, welcome back, after almost 2 years, it’s been a long time, but reading the whole story now I feel, the wait was worth.
You have given us a quite wonderful and interesting story full of adventures and riddles and full of love of my favorite couple Bette and Tina.
You ended the story in a very good way, but I feel as if I want to know more about them, if Bette gets the funding for her project in Mexico, the wedding, their partnership, what Tina does for a job… and many more things.
I hope we could read more new beautiful stories from you; I like very much your style.
Thank you very much and please, post other TIBETTE stories
P
Ok, i read again this story, this time the whole and i’m ready to leave another comment.
First – thank you again for finish the story.
Second – happy to see happy final -treasure was found, bitch Kelly got lost. And i must say i like how you got rid from her – like in life we can say with 100% probability what happened – or she sank or she was killed by shark.
Third – i like how you described Bette and Tina and love between them. I like it in all your stories (maybe with one exception – in Frozen beginnings i don’t like your Bette during the story, but in final she corrected :) )
So, welcome back and maybe in the future we can see another great story from you? I really hope so.
Hi Kins,
Really enjoyed the read, thank you so much.
A great Story and I loved reading it in one post. As an English Lady I really enjoyed your explanation of Cricket!
I would love it if you would now consider a Sequel with these two characters.
Thanks again for posting.
SG
Welcom back, Kins!
I was a silent reader a long time, but after you finished this story i must register to say – “Thank you for fantastic story! And i hope this story won’t be your last on this site!”
Totaly agree with MissOne – i hope this story won’t be the last from you too!
Hi Kins,
You took us trough a incredible journey! Full of adventures, little clues i tried to catch to find the treasure, the background on the history of those ships and of course the love between Bette & Tina.
I really hope you will continu with a sequel or a new story.
Thank you so much for posting the whole story after two long years!
In-cre-di-ble! Kins, thank you so much for returning to this story and for giving us such a glorious and sweet ending. You’re such a talented writer. What a wonderful plot with astonishing details to the treasure hunt.
I second the previous comments and hope you’ll find the inspiration (and time) to work on a sequel. Maybe Bette’s project in Mexico with a twist with some unexpected traces of a legendary Aztec treasure ;)
Well ive read it at last.So pleased you managed to finish this story.I know how long it was in conception and all the research you did for its authenticity.
A great read.Loved the shark sequence.Found it quite thrilling.
Not as thrilling as the love scenes that you tell so well between Bette and Tina tho ????
Look forward to the next story that you will write for us.
Don’t make it too long a wait tho
C.x
Kins…!!! Yay! It’s really you!!
^_^
First, am so happy to see your name appear again! :) been so long!! So Glad to hear from you! hope all are fine for you and your love one!
Second, OMG…! The Long story at once!! Woohooo… such a great treat! THANKS!!
And third…. LOVE your story! This is so worthy! Appreciate your hard work in researching, plotting, writing and sharing this wonderful story! Your writing style is getting more interesting and fantastic! It’s Long pages but I just can’t stop reading it – well there’s a moment where I wanted to stop reading when that low creature kidnap her (ugh.. I don’t want to spoil the story).. it’s too much for me.. >.<
Again… thanks for sharing your talent here! :) if you ever consider to publish this, do update us here! ;-)
Take care always Kins! ^.^
Just finished reading. It was a fun read. Thanks for the adventure.
Wow!!!! Such rich detail that it feels so true ,.. as if you have near lived these experiences ur self. And along w the romance of it, I learned so much about ship wrecks and diving. Do post it on AO3 as well to get a broader audience… it belongs to stories worth sharing :)