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priscaTitle: Long Way Home
Characters: Ryland Grace, mention of Rocky
Prompt: green-eyed monster
Words: 379
Spoiler!!!
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Ryland shut the computer down, and again he realized the emptiness of the spaceship. Hard to believe, but he missed Rocky, like he had never missed any people on Earth. Rocky, the alien engineer, coming from Erid, a planet no one on Earth had ever heard about.
He had neither. When he had thought about aliens before, he had always pictured them as little monsters, with a small body, long arms, and a much too big head with green eyes. A pretty shallow image coming from old movies and books he had enjoyed as a teenager; as a scientist, he should have known better. But after growing up, he never wasted his time thinking about aliens; the chance to meet one of them was not very high.
Until one day everything changed. The sun started to dim out, the Earth would die sooner or later, if not some heroic astronauts would make their way to a far away planet to find a solution. He was not heroic, he was not an astronaut, and sometimes it still felt like a nightmare that he ended up as the last living human being on the starship.
Alone. Until he had met him. A spider-like creature without eyes but with five arms. Alone on his spaceship, coming from Erid, to save his species. It took some time to find a way to communicate with each other, but then he recognized Rocky's brilliant knowledge as an engineer, and Rocky found out about his understanding of biology and chemistry. Two species who couldn't be more different, but it was only smart to work together because they both were looking for the same.
In the course of time, they grew together, and Ryland started to forget that he was working together with an alien. Rocky turned into a friend; honestly, he had never had a real friend on Earth. No one whose presence he enjoyed so much; no one with whom he could laugh, argue, and discuss as with Rocky, no one whose opinion he respected and trusted so much.
It was over. Ryland sighed. Their mission had ended, and Rocky was on his way home to Erid while he had to return to Earth. A long and lonely way. But he would never forget him.
Characters: Ryland Grace, mention of Rocky
Prompt: green-eyed monster
Words: 379
Spoiler!!!
:::
Ryland shut the computer down, and again he realized the emptiness of the spaceship. Hard to believe, but he missed Rocky, like he had never missed any people on Earth. Rocky, the alien engineer, coming from Erid, a planet no one on Earth had ever heard about.
He had neither. When he had thought about aliens before, he had always pictured them as little monsters, with a small body, long arms, and a much too big head with green eyes. A pretty shallow image coming from old movies and books he had enjoyed as a teenager; as a scientist, he should have known better. But after growing up, he never wasted his time thinking about aliens; the chance to meet one of them was not very high.
Until one day everything changed. The sun started to dim out, the Earth would die sooner or later, if not some heroic astronauts would make their way to a far away planet to find a solution. He was not heroic, he was not an astronaut, and sometimes it still felt like a nightmare that he ended up as the last living human being on the starship.
Alone. Until he had met him. A spider-like creature without eyes but with five arms. Alone on his spaceship, coming from Erid, to save his species. It took some time to find a way to communicate with each other, but then he recognized Rocky's brilliant knowledge as an engineer, and Rocky found out about his understanding of biology and chemistry. Two species who couldn't be more different, but it was only smart to work together because they both were looking for the same.
In the course of time, they grew together, and Ryland started to forget that he was working together with an alien. Rocky turned into a friend; honestly, he had never had a real friend on Earth. No one whose presence he enjoyed so much; no one with whom he could laugh, argue, and discuss as with Rocky, no one whose opinion he respected and trusted so much.
It was over. Ryland sighed. Their mission had ended, and Rocky was on his way home to Erid while he had to return to Earth. A long and lonely way. But he would never forget him.