"That's a lot of stars."
Cassiopeia turned out to be a prosperous planet. The lab they were in seemed to be a bit away from the towering city ahead.
Situated on the hill where the lab was set, the group could easily see the sky.
"Of course," Leo replied, "But the brightest ones are you guys." He pointed to five incandescent stars, larger and brighter than the rest.
"Well, one of us is going to have to change," Amy joked sarcastically.
"Why must you change?" Virgo responded, unknowing of what it meant.
"Err...." Amy tried to explain.
"It's an Earth thing," Lori explained.
"Humans are strange creatures, Cap commented, "Even if we did create them." The girls looked at each other.
"When you think of it that way," Lori noted, "It sounds pretty weird.
"I think I'm having an existential crisis," Alice muttered to the amusement of the scientists.
"So, where exactly are we going?" Judie inquired.
"We're going to a local restaurant to view the culture," Cap stated.
"Then we're heading to the Arcane forest," Castor finished.
"That was delicious," Maddie commented as they sauntered towards a forest.
The sign before them was towering, filled with purple-tinted trees.
"woah," Amy commented, "I have at least 100 words I could use to describe this, but none of them could would suffice."
"It is a planetary landmark," Virgo stated.
"Wait, you means there's more planets?" Judie inquired.
"Of course," Cap explained, "There's whole communities out there!"
"All our forests are green," Lori commented.
"Green?" Pollux noted, "that's strange."
The group, both the scientists and the girls, ended up laughing.
~~~~~
"Should we speed things up?"
"Bring it on."
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Broken System
Science FictionWhat if Earth wasn't really Earth? What if our whole world was just a computer simulation? And what if the simulation began to break down? Watch as five friends are taken on a journey to save the world and discover the truth about our universe.
