Above, us, in the dark shadows of the outer solar system, there is the shape of something unknown, something unspeakable. It waits, it bides its time, and as the days of summer grow longer, so does its voice grow louder.<br><br>On the quiet island of Sarah Ann in the Pacific Ocean, home of the renowned Firmament Foundation, awkward teenager Eirian Calohan has come in search of the mystery of their father's recent demise. Instead, they are confronted with the stark contrast between languid life on the tiny island and an unspeakable cosmic horror.<br><br>Together with their new friends, they set out to unravel the truth surrounding the death of their father and to also uncover just what it is that the Foundation has reached out to in the dark eternal night of the distant void.

All Cats Are Beautiful

The response had been one of disgruntled resentment, but, with a thin smile, she had already known how it would end. No government could withstand the Foundation, not with so much of its money invested in propping up said institutions. It was never said openly, but it was information that was out there, information that was hard to misinterpret; to fall out of favour with a corporation the size of the Firmament Foundation was to run the risk of considerable economic loss and budgetary concerns, and certainly no country dependent on the Western stock market really wanted to chance such a possibility.


Thus, it was agreed, and without further discussion, FF-00, commonly known as Rei, formerly the Ayanami, continued on its two week journey out into the furthest reaches of the solar system.  4


Chapter 8