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  BRAD, ADAM, SHANE AND Kara walked through the Shilin Night market amazed at all the lights and good smells. The sun had just set and the market became lit with thousands of bright colors. Kara wanted to stop at each vendor and look for jewelry for her granddaughters. Jennie made her Nai Nai promise to get her something sparkly, pink and glittery.  Suddenly, the group was hit by a highly potent repulsive smell. They looked at each other in disgust. Brad reared his head back and laughed, “that’s stinky tofu!” He said with delight. They stopped at the stand and Brad insisted they try it. Adam and Shane gagged helplessly and spit the morsels out. Seeing this, Kara politely and humorously refused to try it. Brad had filmed their reactions and sent the videos to the family chat titled, "R4E" -- an acronym meaning Richards for(4) Ever. He expected to see a picture of the girls on the Ferris wheel. Brad dialed Chelsea. It was not normal for Chelsea to not answer. Brad began to worr...

[Eden (Opimum-Rex)] BLACKBOX DATA: PRESTORM 119, 3609 Quarantine — active.  Patient — secured. Intravenous — attached. Vitals — stable; foreign body detected. Health history upload — Avangeline Ross.  [end of data] AVA: JOURNAL: PRESTORM 119, 3609 Anita, please. I know you’re scared. I am too. But this needs to be my choice. This thing inside me, I know it sounds insane, but it’s here for a reason. I can feel it. Please. I beg you. Please don’t kill it.  Please, I'm begging you.  [Ava paused 00:13:03] The planet. Send me to the planet.  Anita, let me deliver it on the new planet.  I promise I won’t try anything. Send me in a pod by myself. If I survive and the creature isn’t a problem, I’ll send a transmission to you. Just orbit the planet and I’ll keep in contact with you. You won't be in any danger. This won’t impact any of the crew, just me.  Anita, please.  “System:” transfer entry to Captain Anita Marson.  [entry shared with Anita Sonja ...

Once upon a time, there was a little honey bee named, Keen.  Keen wanted to find true love. He felt like if he did, he would be the happiest bee in the world!! It felt like his calling in life to love someone that much, and to be loved that much by someone in return.  Keen also wanted to go to Paris really badly. He thought it was a beautiful, magical place, and so romantic. He imagined taking in the view of the Eiffel Tower at sunset with his little lady. It was going to be awesome.  Day after day, Keen would rush from flower to flower, sure that he was going to bump into that special person one day, and he’d just know. You know?  But you see, Keen was so busy that he didn’t really appreciate the people who were around him as much. He would cut a conversation short, or he’d dismiss other precious little bees because they weren’t her. He didn’t want to waste any time!  Keen started to feel sad, you see. He lived in Ohio, and Paris started to feel further and fur...

[Picture of Wormhole taken from the observation deck] DURING EARTH'S WINTERS AFTER the events of WWIII, lethal nuclear storms combust spontaneously on the surface and in the atmosphere. The storms lasted for 61 days annually.  A year no longer became reckoned by months. It was advantageous to know the timeline relative to the next lethal storming season.  The new year began the first day after the 61 days of storms (Postorm 1). Postorm continued for 152 days. 152 days marked the halfway point to the storm season. After 152 days, a countdown began until day one of the storm season.  Succinctly a year was as follows:  Postorm – 152 days ascending;  Prestorm – 152 days descending;  Storm – 61 days ascending.  — Editing Team AVA: JOURNAL: POSTORM 152, 3597: I’m Avangeline Ross. I’m 27 and I’ve been selected to be the astronomer for the Madonna Mission.  It’s certainly not because I’m the best. There are plenty of men and women, mostly men, who know fa...

The year of the Madonna Mission was 3598.  Russia destroyed America with four nuclear bombings in the year 2105. In retaliation, Europe sent two nukes to Russia. The world was in shock. National borders completely dissolved and all infrastructure collapsed. The devastation of World War III plummeted humanity into another dark age. This went on for several hundred years. New nations rose from the ashes and began to rebuild. When tribal anarchy subsided and international communication was restored in the late 2,500’s — it took only 150 years for technology to be restored to its peak performance before WWIII. The world was pulled out of its second dark age. With diplomacy resumed, accountability was quickly established for nuclear warfare unanimously by every new nation.  Commercial space travel development provided for the colonization of Mars. The first colony was established in the year 3152. Not long after the colonization — the New World Order (NWO) launched a premeditated w...