Non-art book

NTB Oneshot #2

This isn't even the entirety of what I wrote for this but I've been putting it off long enough. Plus if I keep going it's gonna be a whole mini book-

Unlike the other unfinished one, this is canon to the post-story events.

Basically Dayan, Luci, and Moon Al went to Earth to visit Akik.

This was suggested a while back by RainbowDrawz

Enjoy

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I stepped out of the spaceship and immediately noticed a difference in temperature compared to Xero. It was definitely warmer here than it was back home, probably with Earth so close to this system's central star. There wasn't much flora or fauna around, besides some small beige creatures with long ears and thin fur. I tried to pick one up, but it fearfully darted away. Their movements were like small pounces.

I looked around where we had landed. The ground was soft and light, and my feet sank into it. Not too far away was a large hill with a big white building, a partially destroyed town below it - though it was obvious rebuilding was in progress. I saw some tall trees - or they looked like trees - some distance away. They were green, unlike Xero's plant life.

"Are you sure we're in the right place?"

I turned to see Luci in the door of the ship, her hand gripping the side of the open door.

"I think so," I replied, "These are the coordinates Akik gave me."

Before Akik had left Xero, Akik had given me the coordinates to the general area he lived in on Earth. This was because I had promised to visit him multiple times over, both since I was still guilty about my behavior when he had returned and because I was worried for him.

"You're absolutely sure?" Luci questioned again, "There's no one here."

"Maybe he's out somewhere." Because space travel works different with time, we couldn't give Akik an exact date for when we would arrive. He could be anywhere right now.

Although I assume he'd at least notice the fairly large spaceship landing a mile or so away from his most possible location.

"Should we look for him?"

Moon had come from the spaceship door as well, her star-shaped eyes darting around, taking in the new scenery.

"I could try to contact him," I said. I grabbed a small, tablet-looking object from my pocket and pressed a few buttons. It gave a small static noise, but nothing seemed to be working.

"Well, zait," I said in annoyance, putting the device away. "Guess it doesn't work here."

"How does it work hundreds of light years away, but not from within a few miles?" Luci asked.

"Well, these things are more made for long-distance communication," I shrugged. "Or maybe it's just Earth's atmosphere."

"Neither of those make sense."

"You got a better explanation?"

"No."

"Exactly."

I scanned the surroundings again, hoping to see at least one of the humans that Akik had brought to Xero multiple (Earth) months ago, but the surroundings were still barren of anything but the small bouncing creatures.

"Should we search for him?" Luci questioned.

"I don't know," I said, "If he's in the middle of something, I don't wanna interrupt him."