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

“Crog, spirit balm,” Alaina added calmly.


From the ridged back of the crog, a shimmer of light exuded, washing over the gathered homunculi, catching Penelope in its wave and adding to her apple-red flesh a faint glow as her fist launched forward towards the first of the leviathan’s heads. Her hand smashed into the side of the creature’s face, sending the head reeling back, as above her, another of the heads reared up.


The homunculus leapt up, bouncing off Penelope’s shoulder and launching himself at the throat of the rearing snake head, sinking his teeth into its throat, pushing it down away from her with the force of his impact and sending it smashing against another of the heads.


Sumire and Lilith exchanged a glance and nodded.


“Psycho Crusher!” they said in unison.


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