No, No No No No, No!!!

Crynn POV

Time has elapsed, before, we were in the 'Black Box' and now, we're back in our beloved MS-69 Super Submarine, how peaceful, we left and go like the Arctic wind, except, it's the Antarctic wind. Just a small bonus, do you know that Antarctica is one of the world's most windiest locations, winds here can go up to 200 miles an hour and the Arctic in fact, has a wind speed that varies on location.

"So, no one wants to tell me, what exactly it is that we are going to do after this? Ay?" V franticly waved her arms in front of Jill's eyes, I could've sworn I saw a tick appear on Jill's forehead right then and there. "V, have you ever dreamt to go to the moon? You know like the three men back in the 60s. One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," Aria carefully picked.

"No, no no no no, no!!!" Before we could even say more, V had already started to stumble backwards while shouting the same two letter word six times. "Come on, you haven't even heard all of it," Calian slurred, shaking his head while he dropped down on a blue chair, spinning lightly, trying to provide subtle distractions to V, not that it worked.

"No! I know what you're going to say next and this is final, I am not going to the moon!" Ouch, couldn't you say it a bit gently, that's just not giving us a chance. "Hear us out, don't get so worked up so fast, stay calm, breathe in, breathe out," 4 words I learned in a yoga class that I shouldn't say to an angry person.

"Can't you see I'm breathing like normal! Either way, I'm done! There's too much at stake for me, I am not risking everything for an insane Apollo 11 counterfeit!" Well, this is getting difficult and look at that, she's already starting to walk heftily towards the bridge's exit. That is, before the exit suddenly closed without warning in front of her, I knew Jill did that and oh, V's going to be so pissed.

"I can give you a guarantee of safety, and of assurance. Both on yourself and on those you wish it on. Plus, further compensation and payments," Jill said as soon as V turned around with a glare on her eyes. "Oh please, how would you even accomplish that, huh?" V dismissed Jill with a flap of her hand.

"This is an opportunity that doesn't come a second time in your life. The moon, space, don't you want to see it. The sea of stars, the celestial bodies floating in an endless void? An art, never will be broken by man, don't you want to wish for it?" I interjected before things get hot between Jill and V, relying on my sweet wordings, let's see if I can manage to sway V.

"I'm not risking my entire life for that," says the woman we literally pulled a soul from a Grim Reaper's hands for. "You won't be risking anything, nothing. You'll come back, even if you die, you have earned utmost protection from our higher-ups as a result of this collaborative work we've been through for the past few weeks," it sounds like Jill is committing heavy fraud.

Especially that bit where she said that she could resurrect V, how are we supposed to do that?! Another ritual??? "Tch, I'll think about it, now, open this door," V had a scornful expression on as the door opened at her 'will', making an exit out of the tense situation on the bridge. Phew, now that that's done.

"So, moon huh, anyone here ever been to space?" I figure, I'll open up the subject starting with a simple question both to ease the talk and smoothen the mood. "I haven't been to the moon, but I have been to International Space Station, close enough to the moon don't you think?" Pardon? Did I just hear Calian saying that he had been to the ISS?

"But I thought the Space Adventures company no longer opens it's ISS tourism service since the last launch in 2009?" Aria said which is true, they did stop their ISS flight services. Oh poor Jill, looks like she has absolutely no clue what we're talking about. Well, she is not from the original Earth so it's not a big deal.

"Keeping up with your news, I see. 2009 indeed became the last flight for the Space Adventures Company, publicly that is. Get it, the rest of the flights conducted are only privately known but don't worry, it's not illegal, just exclusive. I have been to the ISS in 2018, it was quite the week of experience, how astronauts lived in space, I will never forget it," well, capitalism to the bone.

"Aren't anyone here curious about the contents we've gotten inside this all-round scanner," Jill's voice pulled us out of our group conversation into a more serious one. "Who wouldn't be," I spoke as Jill hummed, inserting the scanner drive to the main bridge console. "By the way, how are you so confident in what you previously said in the end to V?" Calian asked, almost forgot about that one.

"I went and inquired the supervisor, mentally of course, on what I should do to V. And he said, or it said that it will give V sufficient compensation and rewards for the effort she had put into this venture of ours," oh, ehm... okay then. I thought they were just empty words but that doesn't look like it, the supervisor's promise should be useful, right?

"Looks like the drive had successfully loaded in, look at that size," yup, that's a lot of terabytes, yup, not even gigabyte, this age of digital storage had far surpassed our 2020 modern age. "Oh look, joy, we've got all the information we need to go to space," I can't believe this, we really are going to space, aren't we.

"The moon, huh."