*Earth That Was* (Complete)

At first, when scientists came down and told the Zillionaires that the sun was losing control over it’s gravity, the Zillionaires simply ignored it. They kept spending and buying, holding people ransom for mediocre wages and because they had their fingers in every single participle of the planet, they profited off the panic. They owned

**Earth That Was**

At first, when scientists came down and told the Zillionaires that the sun was losing control over it’s gravity, the Zillionaires simply ignored it. They kept spending and buying, holding people ransom for mediocre wages and because they had their fingers in every single participle of the planet, they profited off the panic. They owned

Chapter 2: Jupiter

Stargazer took a slow, steadying breath as the horizon beneath the cloud-cap came into focus on the solarsuit helmet. With a mind desperately seeking to describe the awesome beauty that rolled before them, only one small utterance made it through the radio, “We found… um … utopia?” But what did that even mean? Could such

Jorlit

At what point in his travels this eagerly shouldered habit had moved from a hobby to part of his career, he didn’t know, but moving from the first house, with a basket of freshly baked cookies in hand, he pondered this and many other things. Was the flour from the cookies grown from the mold

Jorlit

The days work was never done. Jorlit signed out of one job, the exciting and often frustrating solarnaut work, and headed to what he thought of as the labor he gave back to the individuals of the universe, the job he did out of love. It had started years ago as small acts of kindness

Kadvin And Marla

“On Jupiter Station, we are all fed by the Scarcity Program. At first we utilised an aeroponic sphere, although the first several designs were unsuccessful. Now that I think about it, Jupiter Station has several such stories, it’s kind-a built on trial and error!” Kadvin lay listening with rapt attention at first to the history

Marla and Kadvin

The Science Explorer, who was a tall light skinned red head with a lazy smile and sparkling green eyes, chuckled at the mystery and curiosity in Kadvin’s voice. “That’s polyclast! If lava was glass, that’d be polyclast! We heat up the powder material we call ‘resin’ — that’s a catch-all word that means nothing really

Kadvin

What lay before them on Jupiter Station was, in her mind, the most beautiful thing Kadvin had ever seen. Nothing could compare to this, the beautiful awe-striking expanse of space; the sparse yet constantly sparkling darkness consuming everything not held within those clear glass tubes.When a hand lifted to brush hair from their eyes, Kadvin

I won’t do these often

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Kadvin

Kadvin lay awake, staring at the ceiling above her, uncomfortably plagued with thoughts that seemed unrelenting despite their irrelevance to the possible futures that unfolded. Kadvin couldn’t focus on the future, though it was an exciting one, when their brain wouldn’t calm down enough to stop dredging up old memories. It had seemed innocent at

Polathy

This second shower was methodical and peaceful, devoid of questions or electronic interaction. It was simply washing, and remembering who one was before departing the water flow once more. When ze exited the shower this time, Polathy quickly blended up a shake of vegetables and fruit, and carried it to the brightly colored, dimly lit

Polathy

As ze started answering the questions, the treadmill provided mental stimulation as well, changing courses to add hills and steps as well as speeding up when ze answered wrong. At a certain difficulty level, the track changed texture, providing grass-and-sand-like runways as well as tarmac and dirt road. In zir closed eyes, ze saw home,

Polathy

But as ze stepped from the shower, and mounted zir treadmill, which ze strapped into around zir waist for safety, the questions got tougher, and ranged from anatomy and current treatment methods to ancient medical history. Who was the first doctor to discover the use of blood transfusions? What are the layers of the Terran

Polathy

Polathy had awoken before zir alarm went off that morning, staring at the ceiling, wondering at zir life so far. Had ze lived a good one? Had ze accomplished the things ze wanted to do? Was ze who ze wanted to be? Each question came with the softly reassuring sound of Quenica’s breathing, and that

Coralie

Coralie’s mind hummed with the instructions she’d received that morning as she painstakingly prepared her hair for the day. She had washed it the night before, setting it to soak in lotion overnight, so the tight and healthy curls would embrace the braids she pulled them into, as the false sunrise that was her quarters

Jupiter Station

All of Alpha Team was mesmerised by the new experience, heads craning to stare up at Jupiter’s 80 circling moons – only some of which could be seen at any time – or to try and count the galaxies one could see from their position. Deskin strolled cautiously to the edge of the carpet and

Alpha Team

A mission! An actual mission, Deskin was bouncing around his quarters, a silly grin on his face where no-one could judge his wildness. Small hand motions, a rhythmic sort of controlled flail, accompanied each bounce, though encumbrances such as preparing his suit and getting his overnight kit bag ready interrupted the motion occasionally. By the

Alpha Team

You see, Deskin was a solarnaut. After the great Flares, and when the world had drawn into the safety of the Cores, a new technology had been developed after decades of study: Tardigradium. While technically an element, it was also a living material, that had to be grown and developed, a process called “Curing”. However,

Deskin

A young man glanced back and forth in front of the mirror between himself and his reflection. He was so flat, it was just like every other piece of armor he had seen, but it *felt* like magic. The magnetic binder underneath clung like a second skin to his body, subtly pulsing with the wires

Deskin

He shifted underneath the heavy solarsuit again, grumbling to himself more internally than could be heard in the otherwise quiet room. Not only was it bulky and uncomfortable, it seemed to always be where he wanted himself to be instead. It also accentuated parts of him he didn’t appreciate. It has taken exactly ten seconds