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 felt the soft brush of the creature as a small head pushed against Eirian’s open hand, cheeks rubbing against their palm.


::We’re with you, now. There is no going back.::


It faltered, the milk white eyes rolling uselessly in its engorged face, as the other rose from the ruination of the Firmament Foundation, rubble and dust falling from its shoulders as it rose to its full height—still a head shorter than the swollen shape of the other—and pitched forward, throwing its arms out in a wordless scream and grappling with the thing.


About its naked frame, the tentacles lashed, wrapping around it, trying to crush, and yet its grasp was too strong, the sheer force of its momentum pushing the other back, back, running through the trees around them, until, at last, they stumbled onto the Bight of Gloriana, the waves stirred in anticipation of one of them falling.


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