The Universe Ends With You

Chapter 8

Fink lands the ship on the planet of the Gazorpians.
The landing gears slowly extends downward, hitting the seemingly soggy ground, that is radiated to the core.

Mask...

Fink reaches behind the chair. A small green mask sits strapped to the back of the chair. Fink pulls on a cord, that keeps it secured.  The Mask clatters to the floor, and Fink quickly snaps it up, and places it on his face. Two straps extend from the front  of the mask, and Fink wraps them around his head and securely tightens it.

Open the door, and...

Fink pulls on a red lever that lays above the door. He pulls on it and the side- the door- of the ships flips up. The rugged air of the radiation filters through Fink's mask- its poisonous stench still there. The planet of the Gazorpians is stained red- and sandy. Rubble is what remains of buildings- the whole planet is very dark...and cold. But Fink had lived in a cave/ mineshaft all of his life. So it was tolerable.

The only light source was coming off of the ships- massive lights, that lined the outside of the ship.
Fink steps out into the dark planet.

Wait...

Fink turns back to the ship.

A light...

Fink walks back into the ship and looks around for a light- his back to the control panel- his blue skin shimmers in the lights.

Under the CP...

Fink looks under the CP-or Control panel- A torch lays under near it- strapped to the floor. Fink pulls it out of its straps. It's medal chassis, gleams in the lights- a small metal trigger underneath makes the torch look like a blaster- maybe it was for all Fink knew. Fink pulls the trigger of the torch and a blindingly bright light explodes from the hunk of metal.  It burns Fink's eyes- but he quickly adapts.

Fink exits the ship again- the torch lighting his path- he walks through a pile of red sand- causing Fink to stumble- and fall. Fink quickly regains himself and then continues on. The mask limits his view- but he can still see a little.

After a moment longer of walking Fink finds what looks like a pile of rumble. A small gap- allows entrance to the inside.  Fink walks up to hole- and slowly wiggles himself inside. Once he is inside, Fink sees...4 dead Gazorpians. Their bodies on the side of massive. Their flesh patchy and torn- the color spotty green and black- rot.  Fink doesn't know what they are- but the voice tells him.

Family...

You're family...

Fink thinks to himself- "what's a family?"
The voice doesn't- or can't read his mind.  Fink slips back out of the gap- back to the outside world. Fink swings the torch around- looking for anything else. He sees another pile of rubble, and journeys over to it.

When he gets up to it- Fink sees no opening. He looks at the wall- someone written in Gazorpian is written on the wall. Fink stares at it- unable to read it. So the voice reads it for him.

For the few outside, never forget- that you are still loved- even if you have been taken.
Iliad opens the door to the ones who never forget their life. Never forget, where they started. Iliad is-

The rest of the writing smudged or destroyed. The voice ends there. Gone. Fink is on his own.

Fink unclear of what the message has meant, and who Iliad is or was.

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After visiting a few more buildings, Fink found the Chancellor. The Chancellor who had been murdered. The Chancellor  who had indirectly killed all of the Gazorpians. All of the- expect the now 33 that were alive. And the 4 that had been secured by the Talos.

Fink's brain- or whatever was in his head- scrapes itself- making Fink gaze into the nothing- as his vision begins to fade. His vision slowly fades into black- but he flushes it away. Fink begins to run- as fast as he could in the mask he wore on his face. He trips over red sand piles- his unclothed feet swell from the radiated sand- long exposure- and they begin to burn. There's the ship. Fink thinks. So close. His feet burn and his neck begins to burn from falling into the sand, and Fink claws his fingers in his neck. His neck swells- and he ignores it. Very close, now. His whole body burn. His blue skins seems to glow green in his vision. There. Fink jumps into the open door of the ship. And pulls the lever that is above the door. The door slams closed. FINK Scrambles to take the mask off. But the whole ships is full of radiation.

A white smoke looking glass pours into the ship- form the ship. Fink manages to rip the mask off, just before his vision goes completely white. As he is drowsed by the white gas.

me...