Wonderer's Wish World 2: Evolutionary Rebirth

Darius' Planet

Day 12

Time: 5:48 AM

Location: ...

Primary Goal(s): Find the Others [6/15], Find the Truth of The World

Secondary Objective(s): Find Nightlight City, Find W's Notes

Darius yawned, startled awake from a sleep that had only lasted... Darius checked his watched. Yep, it was just was it felt like: twenty minutes. He yawned, not feeling rested in the slightest. But after the third attempt at sleep, maybe that was the universe telling him to give up.

So Darius did, leaning against the cold, bumpy wall with a sigh. The ship was completely silent and still, other than he and Greg, the only two awake, who acknowledged each other with a wave. Everyone else was sleeping, mostly near the back of the ship, as no one wanted to go anywhere near the corpse that hung beneath the control panel. None of them had the stomach to move it, so their they stayed, far, far away.

But beyond that was earth, and even more beyond that were the stars, still glittering beautifully, but Darius could only focus on the planet. It was so familiar, with it's whites, greens, and blues, but also, completely foreign. Darius already knew that this wasn't the planet he grew up on and knew, but it was still jarring to see something he should know out of the corner of his eye, and then look at it fully and not recognize any of it.

In the back of his mind, Darius worried about where they were headed. Luca, the most qualified person on this ship, had no idea, because apparently, this was only a row boat, or an escape pod, and it was impossible to drive. As soon as it left the port, it would go to one of the other Oraple colonies, set by a random generator. Yet another way Luya, and by extension this company, was keeping them trapped. There was no way to tell if it was going nearer or farther from Nightlight City, but by his luck, Darius would hazard to guess 'further'.

Shaking his head in despair, Darius raised his radio and began tapping away at it, for lack of anything better to do. He could put on the radio, but as he didn't have any earphones or headphones, he didn't bother, lest he accidentally wake up everyone else who was have better luck than he was.

To his surprise, he had a message waiting for him. That was a bit of a surprise, he hadn't even realized that someone had called him. Maybe that meant he was out more than he had thought.

Without thinking, he clicked it.

"Hey, kid! What's going on up there, we-!"

Darius jumped, jerking his head back to the hard metal behind him with a cry of pain. As fast as he could, he threw his hand over his radio, ineffectively muffling the sound, before he finally found the button to turn it off.

He let out a sigh of relief, and then winced as he took stock of the other people on the ship, some either lying down on the ground, or leaning against the walls, like he was. Most of them stayed unmoving, with only Greg looking up, and Darius gave him an apologetic look.

None of the other ones twitched, thankfully, except Ai, who shuddered, and then stretched out, looking at Darius with bleary eyes.

"Darius.... What...?"

"It was nothing," Darius told her quickly. "Just a call. Go back to sleep."

Ai blinked tiredly, and then did as he said, curling back into her little ball without any more questions. But Darius had to wonder if she was really asleep, as she wasn't breathing as deeply as before. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty about that.

Darius paused for a second, waiting in panicked vain to see if anyone else would wake up, but to his relief, they didn't. Darius breathed a sigh of relief, and then got back to his Red Box, this time ignoring the call for later. He started tapping around at some other things, digging deeper into the files that usually, he was too busy to look at.