6 Billion A.D./Chapter 4

Chapter 4: (...)

Tentative Synopsis: Desperate in love, Rigel searches for Sophiy, spanning hundreds of years.

4.1

There are planets in this universe, the equivalant of which may be of something like a warehouse or a club store. A place where commerce occurs but little of it is informed by anything but consumerist impulses. A planet where the merchants hawk their goods not to other merchants but to the unassuming masses. Aelerion as it was known in comprehensible english was one of those places.

4.2

My search brought me to a number of strange places. One of them was the the research station Diromo. They were studying (...). I always followed the same procedure: have you seen this women, followed by her holopicture. It was the only picture I had of Sophiy. There was something peculiar going on at this station...

4.3

The... ... ...

4.4

The (disturbance) opened up. It seemed to spread to infinity, not opening but a line expanding in every direction. What was it? I immediately turn on thrusters to get away but it was too late. The fabric of space began to change around me. It was beautiful. The whole ordeal took only moments but I found myself in a strange place. Perfect spheres whirled in every direction. They were not planet or moons, but appeared to be manmade.

4.5

Had it really been 400 years, searching every part of the quadrant? It flew by so quickly. And just like that there she was on a military recruitment video. And all the love I harbored for so many years was still there. Sophiy the soldier.

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