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

“Don’t wait for an invite,” she snapped.


“R-Right,” Sumire stammered, and quickly turned to her tengu. “Little sisters, try psycho crusher again.”


“Crog, pincer attack,” Alaina said blankly.


The leviathan cried out from its varied mouths, the force of the psychic and physical attacks proving too much for it. It bowed its heads in defeat, breathing heavily—and, abruptly, from behind them, there came the pop of a something exploding outwards, and before it could resist, a net had ensnared the creature, holding it in place as five squat meows passed them, each with a different coloured armband; blue, red, green, yellow, pink.


In alarm the group turned, and Poppy felt a chill run down her spine at the sight of her grandfather, Doc Labyrinth, his face wrought in an expression of distaste, two scientists in white lab coats next to him, a younger man with sandy hair, and a shrewd looking woman with dark hair and glasses.


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