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driftfleet2018-09-04 03:47 pm
unbearablynaive) wrote in driftfleet2018-09-04 03:47 pm
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Who: The Vision
Broadcast: Video from the planet's surface
Action: Locked to Wanda
When: Now
[This video opens up with a view of a sea of dunes stretching out as far as the eye can see, lit only by the stars above. Some of those stars are moving about in a lively fashion - space traffic, though even the large stations are no more than points of light from this distance. Then the camera pans over to view some shadowy but dramatic rock formations - sandstone or a similar sedimentary rock, though it's hard to tell without more light. The voice narrating the scene has a gentle tone and a British accent, almost like a nature documentary. It's only very slightly muffled by the helmet he's wearing.]
A desert planet is hardly unusual. It's the most common type of rocky exoplanet according to the science in my time. Yet here we see several signs that this was not - and need not always be - the case. Look at the gentle curves in the rocks and the way the sand forms dunes. These are signs of more wind and water than the planet has. Did it have a stronger gravitational pull when it was younger? Did its atmosphere bleed off over time? Are these problems that could be fixed, with the right resources and engineering?
And would that effort destroy the view of the stars above? [He focuses the video a little more on the sky. Granted, they can see the stars any time from their own ships, but there's something about being on a planet that makes it different. The perspective, perhaps? A field of infinite stars is enough that the mind loses its focus unless there's something to compare it to, something to give it context.]
It might. Or it might allow even more people to see their beauty.
It's worth a look if you, like me, find the walls and ceilings too enclosing at times. But do wear your protective gear or you won't make it far outside a shuttle. This planet isn't for the unprepared.
[The view sweeps back to the dunes again, where it rests for a few moments before blinking out.]
[The Vision clicks off the communicator feed and smiles over at Wanda. He's in a full exosuit - he wouldn't need it if he decided to stay intangible throughout the trip, but then he wouldn't be able to grab a couple rocks as souvenirs. Or hold her hand through the gloves as they fly, because here is a space meant for such things.
And he really has missed flying.]
Shall we go to the top of that spire? It looks broad enough for the both of us.
Broadcast: Video from the planet's surface
Action: Locked to Wanda
When: Now
[This video opens up with a view of a sea of dunes stretching out as far as the eye can see, lit only by the stars above. Some of those stars are moving about in a lively fashion - space traffic, though even the large stations are no more than points of light from this distance. Then the camera pans over to view some shadowy but dramatic rock formations - sandstone or a similar sedimentary rock, though it's hard to tell without more light. The voice narrating the scene has a gentle tone and a British accent, almost like a nature documentary. It's only very slightly muffled by the helmet he's wearing.]
A desert planet is hardly unusual. It's the most common type of rocky exoplanet according to the science in my time. Yet here we see several signs that this was not - and need not always be - the case. Look at the gentle curves in the rocks and the way the sand forms dunes. These are signs of more wind and water than the planet has. Did it have a stronger gravitational pull when it was younger? Did its atmosphere bleed off over time? Are these problems that could be fixed, with the right resources and engineering?
And would that effort destroy the view of the stars above? [He focuses the video a little more on the sky. Granted, they can see the stars any time from their own ships, but there's something about being on a planet that makes it different. The perspective, perhaps? A field of infinite stars is enough that the mind loses its focus unless there's something to compare it to, something to give it context.]
It might. Or it might allow even more people to see their beauty.
It's worth a look if you, like me, find the walls and ceilings too enclosing at times. But do wear your protective gear or you won't make it far outside a shuttle. This planet isn't for the unprepared.
[The view sweeps back to the dunes again, where it rests for a few moments before blinking out.]
[The Vision clicks off the communicator feed and smiles over at Wanda. He's in a full exosuit - he wouldn't need it if he decided to stay intangible throughout the trip, but then he wouldn't be able to grab a couple rocks as souvenirs. Or hold her hand through the gloves as they fly, because here is a space meant for such things.
And he really has missed flying.]
Shall we go to the top of that spire? It looks broad enough for the both of us.
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Her hand seeks out his as they kiss, lacing her fingers with his the way he'd showed her last night.]
Is this all right? I want you to see. [Punctuated with a quick, soft kiss.] You deserve that.
[She flicks a finger on her free hand and her top shifts to very deliberately reveal a hand's breadth of skin around her waist. An offering, if he wishes to indulge, but it's well within her comfort zone.]
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[It's a tremendous boost to his confidence, actually, to know that his presence and simple touches can give Wanda the comfort and happiness she craves. Even better is knowing that she really does love him, not because he's inhuman or in spite of it but as part of the whole that makes him who he is. So many people are distracted by what he is that they don't bother to learn who he is, or if they do it's an afterthought.
Not Wanda.
He kisses her again and moves his hand down to the offered skin, delightfully smooth and a natural place to rest his hand when he holds her close. It's so warm and comfortable, laying here with her. He could get used to this so easily.]
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I love you, Vision.
[All of him, always. And when she kisses him again, it flares brighter in her mind, so brightly that she's laughing when they part.]
Do we have to get up? I want to stay with you a little longer.
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I love you, Wanda. And, er, no. We do not have to get up yet.
[He curls up into her a little more.]
I'll stay with you as long as you like.
[Today, yes. And beyond that--he means it. It's not quite the promise he wanted to make to her back in Edinburgh, but it might very well become that in time. For now, this is more than enough.]