The Descent
i saw a shuttle trying to take off from the northern wing of the colony. It hung there just above one of the gravity tethers, pinned to the sky, and then fell back to the earth. The explosion ripped the northern wing apart and knocked out whatever remained of the emergency power. The only light i'm getting is from the window, from Aegis, but its never enough to scatter the figures I keep seeing.
They just keep standing there, smiling. I know they look familiar, but i don't want to say their names. They're not here. They can't be. And they have no reason to be so goddamned happy.
Since the emergency power's out, the air's stopped circulating, and the only thing that comes through the vents is some foul-smelling gas that makes me retch. I plugged up the vent, but it doesn't help much.
The whispers, the headaches, the nightmares: they're all getting worse.
The screams have stopped.
—
There are footsteps outside my door but they dont sound right. They dont sound like boots or bare feet. Sharp clicks and scraping like fingernails against glass. there's loud breathing two. Labored. It sounds like what ever's out there is having trouble just staying alive
it makes me want to open the door and help but I cant. i cant open the door and i shouldnt leave the room
the smiles stop when i think those thoughts
—
This is what you wanted for me! This is the life you wanted me to lead! You knew nothing and I told you so! I told you! I'll pay for this, you know. I'll pay for this, over and over! For both of us!
—
the ishimura is still up there
like an indifferent star
a blind god
theyre watching us suffer
right now
but they wont come back
why oh why wont they come back
—
if we had just listened, we wouldnt be out here in the first place. And now i'm going crazy arent I?
—
[Input unrecognizable. Auto-correcting to closest known symbols...]
[Working...]
[Uploaded.]
m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3? br34|{7h3h34r70ƒ7h3w0r£Ð 4nÐw47(h4££µp0n 17 $µƒƒ3r ƒ0r71m3µnÐ3nÐ1n9 7h3r3(4nb3n0p34(3 wh3n$74r9423r$7r3$p4$$ wh3r3 n0n3$h0µ£Ð3v3r3 7r34Ð ¥0µ7r13Ð70µnÐ3r$74nÐ $0m37h1n97h47$h0µ£Ðn3v3r h4v3b33n µn34r7h3Ð4nÐ 70¥3Ðw17h$0m37h1n97h47 1$ n070ƒ¥0µrm4|{1n9 7h3r3w1££b3 4 Ð4r|{n3$$n0w7h470n£¥ 0n3 w1££b34b£3 70$70p 4nÐÐ347hw1££r319nƒ0r ƒ4r£0n93r7h4n 17 3v3r$h0µ£Ðh4v3 7h394£4x¥w1££Ð4r|{3n4nÐ7h3 $74r$$w1££ƒ4££4nÐ 4££w1££p4¥ 49r347pr1(3 ƒ0r 4n19n0r4n7ƒ3w £00|{1n$1Ð3¥0µr$3£v3$ ƒ0r£19h71n7h3 (0m1n9Ð4¥$ƒ0r17 w1££b34££7h47(4r3$70 9µ1Ð3¥0µ £1v3wh1£3¥0µ(4n 4nÐ$h0µ£Ð¥0µw347h3r7h3Ð4r|{n3$$ 74|{3$0£4(34m0n9$77h34$h3$ 7h3nµmb3r0ƒ ¥0µrƒ473 1$ $1xƒ0µr733n? m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3 m4|{3µ$wh0£3
—
When ya call me that, smile!