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

They found themself looking earnestly at Mauve, and hastily they reached out, seizing her hands, and forcing her to accept to accept the thin owb card they had received from Lilith.


“E-Eirian,” she stammered, blushing at the sudden contact. “What’s happened?”


“The Firmament Foundation,” they whispered, lips dry, “they’ve…they’ve made copies of all us. I think Poppy’s in danger. I think we’re all in danger.”


Hesitantly, she approached, one faltering step at a time. At a distance, her grandfather remained, proudly watching as she approached the cage, struggling to disguise her disgust at the shape of the thing her mother had become, the ballooning head, the tendrils that hesitantly explored the sides of the prison still.


“Mom,” she said in a soft, fearful voice. “Hey, Mom, it’s me, Poppy.”


Within its gaol, the creature slowly turned its face towards her, the eyes, once so vibrantly blue, now clouded and white.


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