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

“Thank you, Seymour,” he said, “please keep me informed as to how it goes.”


“Yes, sir,” the young man said, swiftly retreating as Labyrinth turned his attention back to the vast, towering shape in whose shadow he stood.


It was a miracle, in many ways, a terrifying testament to how far they had come in the last thirty years. Immobile and silent, stoic and unknowable, there was no mistaking the giant creature for what it was: a homunculus awaiting both a human pilot and the addition of a secondary homunculus. In another thirty years, there would be no need for massive vessels like the Ayanami, there would be only such colossal and daunting titans as this, FF-XX, as it was designated, though Labyrinth had another name for it.


Chapter 20