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Adrift

calumamPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago2 min read

He missed it.

The feeling of weight on his shoulders, the sense of control.

There are wonders as far as the eye can see but he’s drifting and unable to grip onto a sense of reality which doesn’t end in suffocation or excruciating pain.

The vast emptiness around him provides nothing in the way of excitement after the potential hours he’s spent floating. It's just himself and his mind.


They ran around the garden playfully with water guns as their mother looked up from her book to smile. Her mind is at peace with their current situation. Her husband is living his dream and she's content and proud of the family they’ve created.

Overlapping skies of golden auburn splashes fill the overhead view as she leans back to look to the worlds above.

“He’ll be back soon”, she thought to herself.



While holding down the radio transmitting button on the wrist of his space suit, Gunthe calls out to the never-ending ether in a final attempt for rescue. He’s made his decision. It’s now or never.
“Mayday, mayday,

He pauses.
mayday, mayday…”

He clenches his fist with the little strength he has left in his soul. The picture of his wife and three children on the inside of his visor blurs as the vision in his right eye is clouded by emotion.

Suspended in a cradle of light and energy, drifting helplessly through the universe of Mensae, he reaches for the side of his helmet.



His mind cries out for an answer but the universe isn’t responding. He closes his eyes and pictures the faces of the ones he loves dearly, the memories of times much simpler.

The button clicks and the visor slides open.






INTERACTIVE POST

This story takes place in the fictional realm of @zuton. It is a quick short story that is open-ended and open to suggestions for change from the commenting audience.
As you can see, there are words wrapped in code blocks within the story, these are the interactive elements of the text. Suggest some changes in the comments below and change the reality.


read me again, with sound? - play me

all images in this post: @calumam ~ 2019 ~ CC BY 4.0

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