I stepped back against the dark space and felt a wall. It was cold and unyielding. There was a vibration, like I was moving, only I didn’t know where and that bothered me. After a few seconds doors opened like in an elevator and too-dark turned to too-bright. When my eyes adjusted, I was staring into a ring of creatures I had never seen before.
Month: December 2019
On my watch time goes in a circle
Each second forming a sector of the one with
Infinitely many sides, where sixty seconds squared equals
Nothing very important.
I stepped out of my space vehicle. Planet Ilta! After three weeks of flight I had made it outside the Milky way. Looking towards the horizon, I noticed an object floating in the sky. It seemed too far away to see, but my Helpfulnesses, whom I had enlisted to help me on my vacation, were still getting things set up. I might as well check it out and take a walk. As I walked towards the object, the ground gave way under my feet, as if it were on springs. I had not imagined Ilta to be like this and it was hard to keep my balance. I jumped, tentatively, then in bigger bounds. It was far easier then walking. I hopped around, feeling the air. It was cool but not uncomfortable. I held out my arms and tried to get used to the environment. The ground was bright purple, so intensely colored that it seemed to radiate color. There were no hills, but flat purple ground stretching out as far as I could see to meet a neon yellow sky. It hurt to look at such a bright color, so I kept my gaze down. And there were the strange objects, which I noticed as I walked, always floating and bobbing in the air. They were like round things with wings. Some smaller ones were flying and buzzing around my head, and I ducked as one passed right over me. “Sorry!” a voice said.