For the first time in years, Feldspar leaves the confines of the Dark Bramble and sees the stars. Gabbro pilots them through the ice field like they’ve done it a hundred times over and then they’re free of it, free from the fog and anglerfish and the thorny vines. Feldspar shivers and wraps their arms around themselves, rubbing their skin through their tattered flight suit. They’re not entirely sure that any of this is real.
Gabbro turns the ship and Feldspar catches sight of an enormous, angry-red sun. They see the ball of green and blue that’s Timber Hearth, but Gabbro keeps turning the ship and heading towards the void of space.
“W-where are we going? Are we not going home?”
“Catch sight of the sun there?” Gabbro asks, still gunning the ship towards the nothingness ahead of him.
“Yeah, yeah, I did…” they say, standing up once they realize all the stars are suddenly gone.
“Going supernova. Exploding the entire solar system. But Lapis found a ship that’ll take us all out of range of the explosion, so that’s where we’re going.”
“Where’s this ship?”
“Riiiiiight in front of us,” Gabbro answers, and Feldspar can hear the smirk underneath helmet.
The ship appears out of the darkness so quickly that Feldspar gasps.
“Yeah, don’t worry, it’s abandoned. Sort’ve. We’ll see, I guess. Lapis says it’s safe. Kind’ve a mess, but habitable.”
“Lapis…”
Feldspar falls silent as Gabbro turns the ship to land in a very small docking port, surprised when they see among the alien ships two other Hearthian landers similar to Gabbro’s.
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Gabbro turns the ship and Feldspar catches sight of an enormous, angry-red sun. They see the ball of green and blue that’s Timber Hearth, but Gabbro keeps turning the ship and heading towards the void of space.
“W-where are we going? Are we not going home?”
“Catch sight of the sun there?” Gabbro asks, still gunning the ship towards the nothingness ahead of him.
“Yeah, yeah, I did…” they say, standing up once they realize all the stars are suddenly gone.
“Going supernova. Exploding the entire solar system. But Lapis found a ship that’ll take us all out of range of the explosion, so that’s where we’re going.”
“Where’s this ship?”
“Riiiiiight in front of us,” Gabbro answers, and Feldspar can hear the smirk underneath helmet.
The ship appears out of the darkness so quickly that Feldspar gasps.
“Yeah, don’t worry, it’s abandoned. Sort’ve. We’ll see, I guess. Lapis says it’s safe. Kind’ve a mess, but habitable.”
“Lapis…”
Feldspar falls silent as Gabbro turns the ship to land in a very small docking port, surprised when they see among the alien ships two other Hearthian landers similar to Gabbro’s.