Shinjo Suh-Hyun's Epilogue - Meteors
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 6:32 am
The small craft slowed coming to a stop. Well stop was relative in this case, from the perspective of an observer on the planet below the craft had stopped. One viewing it from space would see it still moving, matching the slow turn of the planet it now orbited. Inside the pilot ran a few checks. Satisfied, she looked back at the other occupant.
"Check your suit's seal." Suh-Hyun said, her passenger patted his space suit and ran his hands over the seals then gave a thumbs up. She smiled in return, "Alright I am reclaiming cabin pressure." With a press of a few buttons there was a hiss of air as power fans drained the atmosphere from the ship's small interior.
Her hand hovering over the emergency override, Suh-Hyun divided her attention between her passenger and her own suit. Once the indicator for equalized pressure came on she asked, "Everything alright?" Again another thumbs up from the other occupant.
"Alright opening the hatch way." Suh-Hyun unstrapped herself from the pilot's seat and pushed off. She drifted through zero-g with all the grace of one who had been lived a life in space. Every motion was instinctively efficient, minimizing unwanted twists and turns as she sailed to the hatch. With what would have been a loud clang, had their been air to carry it, she worked the door's secured latch. Pushing up the craft suddenly found itself open to the stars. Her body shifted upwards at a slow pace, the last remnants of pressure in the cabin pushing Suh-Hyun as they rushed to escape and equalize with the outside.
Gripping the frame of the hatch, Suh-Hyun launched herself out into the void. With practiced ease she grabbed the outside grip and hooked a safety tether onto the little bar. Twisting in zero-g, she gazed out at the planet below. Above it their was a trail of fire, then another, then more. She watched them for just a second, thousands of tiny meteorites impacting the upper atmosphere and burning like small comets before disappearing forever.
"It just started," Suh-Hyun grinned a turned back to look in the hatch at her passenger. From the interior he could see the Unicorn framed by the blue of the planet and behind her streaks of fantastical light fluttered in and out of existence. She extended her hand towards him. "Come on Akito-san, you don't want to miss it."
"Check your suit's seal." Suh-Hyun said, her passenger patted his space suit and ran his hands over the seals then gave a thumbs up. She smiled in return, "Alright I am reclaiming cabin pressure." With a press of a few buttons there was a hiss of air as power fans drained the atmosphere from the ship's small interior.
Her hand hovering over the emergency override, Suh-Hyun divided her attention between her passenger and her own suit. Once the indicator for equalized pressure came on she asked, "Everything alright?" Again another thumbs up from the other occupant.
"Alright opening the hatch way." Suh-Hyun unstrapped herself from the pilot's seat and pushed off. She drifted through zero-g with all the grace of one who had been lived a life in space. Every motion was instinctively efficient, minimizing unwanted twists and turns as she sailed to the hatch. With what would have been a loud clang, had their been air to carry it, she worked the door's secured latch. Pushing up the craft suddenly found itself open to the stars. Her body shifted upwards at a slow pace, the last remnants of pressure in the cabin pushing Suh-Hyun as they rushed to escape and equalize with the outside.
Gripping the frame of the hatch, Suh-Hyun launched herself out into the void. With practiced ease she grabbed the outside grip and hooked a safety tether onto the little bar. Twisting in zero-g, she gazed out at the planet below. Above it their was a trail of fire, then another, then more. She watched them for just a second, thousands of tiny meteorites impacting the upper atmosphere and burning like small comets before disappearing forever.
"It just started," Suh-Hyun grinned a turned back to look in the hatch at her passenger. From the interior he could see the Unicorn framed by the blue of the planet and behind her streaks of fantastical light fluttered in and out of existence. She extended her hand towards him. "Come on Akito-san, you don't want to miss it."