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

“Yes,” was all she could manage by way of reply.


He waited for a moment, expecting something else, and then shrugged.


“Well, if that’s all, I’ll make sure Nurse Firth directs you to his room.”


The doctor offered his hand, and awkwardly, Eirian shook it, trying their hardest to disguise the tremble that ran through their limbs.


The cage stood at the centre of the room, a brilliantly lit Perspex box surrounded by shadow on all sides. Inside, the thing that still vaguely possessed Luna Labyrinth’s shape drifted back and forth, toes grazing the floor, bouncing off the walls, turning in the opposite direction and travelling as far as it could, before hitting another wall and turning again.


“How long has it been like this?” Labyrinth asked, looking down from the observation room above the vast basement in which the cage had been constructed.


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