It's the year 2212, science and technology had developed immensely. The human race had discovered many things overtime and the society was living their best lives. Planet Mars has now turned into the Independent State of Planet Mars, flying cars now...
SK18 LAUNCH SITE, RESTRICTED AREA, SONORAN DESERT, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES.
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The night before was almost a sleepless one. It goes without saying that no one could ever sleep if they were given the position he was in right now. Last night, he filled his thoughts by looking up at the night sky and now he'll soon join the matters and compounds up there — soon he'll be just like them; a silent wanderer in the big explosive world they call the universe. He's forced his eyes to shut close a couple of times throughout the night, but to no success. Even though he's only gotten a wink of sleep, it feels as if his soul was on fire.
Today almost seemed like a faraway fantasy many, many days ago. Like some kind of childish imagination, too high to reach. It still feels so surreal to actually be able to feel the pain from the pinch he did on himself to make sure he was alive and in his conscious self. It didn't even feel real when they arrived in Arizona a couple of days before to get themselves familiar with the site.
It's August 1st in the year 2212: launch date. Oh it's nothing really, just several hours of trying to push through the earth atmosphere and catapulting yourself into space.
Who is he kidding, it is a big deal.
Kim Seungmin didn't have an appetite to eat breakfast today. He felt sick to the stomach and it honestly feels like he's going to need a black rubbish bag by his side for most of today. All he wanted to do was rip his insides out just to stop feeling that way.
So, when he feels as if throwing up his bite of an apple, it really seemed like a good idea. But all the rush and hustle all around him made his mind forget about how tired he was from not getting his well-deserved rest last night and finally, after a few hours of anxious walks up and back the dormitory hall, his adrenaline was pumping and ready for action.
Everybody woke at 3 am. "I'm too excited to sleep," was the reason they had said. Excited? Pshh, Seungmin knows they all just wanted to run away and hide. The sun wasn't even up and it was still dark outside, the stars were still out and it didn't exactly feel like morning. But the energy felt inside the room was thick, almost bursting through the roof and they challenged his heartbeat. He felt his fingers tingle and he'd shift in his seat a lot as he tried to gulp down the last of his earthly food before having to get used to processed ones later on.
At six, everyone is up and ready. Seungmin dresses himself in a nice black tracksuit set, he'll change into his spacesuit later on and at this point, he was more than ready to press the rewind button if there was one. Please take me back to my own bed at home...
The rest of the team are putting their shoes on, the oldest out of all of them, Kim Woojin, holding the door open as their leader does last-minute checks of the common room they all share.
