Hey, who could it be? (No, it's gotta be...!)

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TWs: Panic attack, getting attacked/asteroid bombardment. Stay safe :)

Uranus opened his diary, scanning the pages as he desperately searched for an answer he would never find.

'Ugh, of course- I've only had this thing for a few centuries.' He huffed, snapping it close, 'Nothing's going to be there except my depressing self-esteem and weird pining over the Earth.'

He let out a soft sigh, lightly pulling at the stardust around him as he transformed back to his normal planetary form.

'It's been a long day... I should sleep it off.' Uranus had gotten comfortable with sleeping on his side. He'd been doing it for as long as he could remember.

The Ice Giant paused as the thought passed by him.

When did he start sleeping on his side? He had just assumed it was because of his tilt.

His tilt? Uranus felt his core rumble from within him. When did he start tilting like this?

He couldn't recall.

'My axis, my tilt, my rings...' Uranus thought, 'Where did it all come from?'

He closed his eyes, trying to recall the events, trying desperately to remember everything from before.

His head pounded. His eyes hurt. The ringing became louder.

"...sin? Can... hear me?" A faint voice echoed in his ears as he felt someone else's gravity pull him in, "-anus? Hey...!"

Uranus forced his eyes open, wincing as the tears burned him, "N-Neptune...? I-Is that you, mate?"

"Uranus! I've been calling your name for minutes now- what happened to you?" Neptune frowned, his eyes scanning the other over.

"It's nothing. I'm just," Uranus paused, his eyes drifting, "going through a rough patch."

"Oh, well- if you need anyone to talk to... I'm here for you!" Neptune drew closer, encasing the other in a gravitational hug.

"Thanks, mate..." Uranus smiled.

"No problemo, cousin!" Neptune grinned, "Hey, you wanna go and meet my new friend?"

"Mmh, no thanks. I'm feeling a bit tired right now."

"Well, alright! Later then!" Neptune flew off into the Kuiper belt.

'I sure hope he knows what he's doing...' Uranus thought, 'Saturn and Jupiter sounded pretty serious about keeping away from X.'

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'This is so boring...' Astrodude huffed as he looked out the window of his ship, "When they mentioned my mission was changed, I didn't think it was going to be this uneventful. Terraforming Mars was more fun! Now I have to watch a bunch of space debris."

"This space debris is unlike any other in the solar system." His computer spoke, "This debris has been tampered with recently."

"You mean an asteroid has been through here?" Astrodude raised an eyebrow.

"Not an asteroid- it was something much bigger, probably as big as one of the Gas or Ice Giants."

"A planet? Way out here?" Astrodude looked around, peering into the darkness, "Are you sure, computer? It could've been more than a few asteroids."

"I know what I'm talking about." The AI spoke.

"O-Okay... well, it's not like I can just go out there and scan them." Astrodude shrugged.