flightworks | elman (kinome) 9

Part 9 can be read here!

This chapter involves mentions of emeto, body horror, and existential horror.

Owan: We made it...

Mugica: I can barely see what's around me... Something could pop out at any minute...
Mugica: Ah!!
[sfx: muzzy...]
Mugica: S--something's there...?!

ELMAN
A Zero-Space Outbreak?! My Family Has Vanished Into the Universe! (IX)

Moments in the past, but not too many...

[sfx: WARP!]
Story: I've found the signal for a zero-space phenomenon right in the neighborhood of the coordinates Elman gave us. So we'll be warping straight into it. (Actually we're already warping there.)
Mugica: hngyeh...? but won't we fall apart in a zero space thingie? i'm gonna fall apart again...
They're spacesick.
Story: We won't fall apart, because we have these helmets.
Mugica: Oh... that thingy from before... What is that anyway?
Story: It's a safety helmet.
Story: We don't possess the energy necessary to maintain shape in zero space, so if we don't keep these helmets on we'll dissolve slowly.
Mugica: Whazzat mean? "The energy necessary to maintain shape"????
[sfx: blah blah blah]
Story: ...when the energy in space that's needed to create particle energy reaches zero, we run out of particle energy in our bodies, and the composite required to maintain physical matter...
Mugica: Never mind.
Mugica: Storin, you kinda suck at explaining stuff, huh.
Story: Don't be rude!
Owan: (They ain't wrong, tho...)
Story: But anyway, these helmets will prevent us from dissolving!
Mugica: Okay... I hope Marianne's doing ok... urp.
Story: Please worry about yourself right now.
Story: Hang in there a little longer! We're almost to the exit!

Mugica: Okay, Storin! Let's find Marianne!
Story: I can't believe you were on the verge of death just a moment ago.
Mugica: WAHOO!!!!!!! HERE I GO!!!!!!!!!!
Story: Still, this area is sure filled with particles. It's almost like a thick fog.
Story: The visibility here is terrible, so let's split up. I'm going this way.
Owan: Okay, I'll go that way then.
Story: Mx Mugica, you handle that direction, please.
Mugica: Huh? We're splitting the party?! You're gonna leave me all alone in this creepy place?!! Let's look together instead! Okay? Okay???
Owan: Shut up and get going.
Mugica: You're merciless!!!
Story: Oh, right, I nearly forgot.
Mugica: What?
Story: We're looking for Marianne's order profile... a sparkling ball like this.
Story: Well, if you find her, shout for us as loud as you can.
Mugica: O-okay... That's pretty primitive...

Mugica: Waaahh, I'm scared... It's so creepy here...
Mugica: I can barely see what's around me... Something could pop out at any minute...
Mugica: Ah!!
[sfx: muzzy...]
Mugica: S--something's there...?!
Mugica: What is it...? I hope it's not a scary monster...
Like this. "Imma rip you limb from limb!"

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's Note: The monster was supposed to be something like a namahage, but it didn't turn out very namahage-ish.

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