Prologue

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Silence, then....a static? No. It's the crackle of the coms, though the words being spoken are unintelligible they will me to open my eyes, but I am met with darkness. And though I am encased in darkness, my body is complimented with a comfortable sensation surrounding it.....the seed shell.

I try to move but am stopped by a fire of pain erupting in my side, the coms also erupt in what can only be interpreted as screaming, multiple voices all screaming the same word. No, it's a name. Fuyu. My eyes widen upon recollection of who that name belongs to, Fuyu was my partner. Well she was called a pistil by everyone else, but we called each other partners, as we had for a while now. Then I realize those screams, they're of desperation or sorrow, but as this comes to me, my surroundings shake violently then go still for a short time.

Of course this death-like peacefulness was interrupted all too quickly by what I could only presume was a collision, most likely with the ground. As the after shocks of the impact subside my eyes are stung by a light bursting through the padded walls of the seed shell, I had no strength to reach for the shell's hatch button so all I could do was stare at the snow pushing through the crack.

The white, pristine surface was slowly stained by red from all sides, It seemed that the pod had landed with the 'upside' facing downwards. It also seemed I was losing an immense amount of blood, hence why the snow that came through crack was now a deep crimson....another great realization as my consciousness fades to the cacophony of screams in the coms.

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