The world makes several revolutionscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡox78GDS7cj
Around its star, while winters bring more snow.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYQz4Pr0DM
In time, the reflective crystals shine lightcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6GKAPRSRF
Upon the craft, feeding it energy.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuAd6COaU8
Slowly, the ship makes a recovery.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡap9NNksNEH
The ship transitions into liquid form:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBPScTKM22
Malleable, fluid, and moveable.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSA8OTqxU0
The puddle splits into three lesser ones,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BGhTkfOJL
Each tinged with a spectral hue of its own.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlljDGeQ3aC
First cyan, then magenta, then yellow.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkVlwalbI0
The three puddles reform into cocoons,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbGeOo3WXA
Where they spend another season waitingcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjhGV2WIg7
For the moment they will emerge, complete.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNECoVA08Q
Another layer of snow covers them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE7e8IK1pX
At winter’s height, they start to break open.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxonpjlRWe
From the largest, huge claws tear through the shell.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡATcDN6H1EC
A stout, four-legged beast, neither pig nor dog,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEwtMbt4Uo
Nose of a bat and feet as human hands,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdeZ17yY2S
Sticks its head through the opening it made.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36iYQ5dvdL
It pulls its stocky body through the hole.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD9ygNjjsq
Like the ship’s original appearance,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmPmHLAMGn
The creature’s surface is iridescent;copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43tAy47C91
Blue, pink, and yellow light bounces off it.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ6Heslr38
Though for this beast, cyan is dominant.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡToVR07veY7
It begins to peer around with four eyes.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsoeWEUMRF
Its gaze moves from the nearest cocoons herecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnMnFhL1hS
To the partly-cloudy skies above them,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8Q46wI4Xv
Blue peeking through the cover, out of reach.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f7hoZhwrr
It is unable to see past the wallscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpZUzdnmTC
Of the impact crater surrounding them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0smCrbVY36
It watches as the other two emerge.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ztnDMZDt6
A similar, pinkish being is next,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXACpSujTQ
This one longer, with a thinner body. copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKvLe8zFtB
It takes its time, unlike the first being,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAPGjuN6xk
Taking care to avoid breaking the husk.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5EUWmqCkj
Finally out, it stretches those long limbs,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO2ICq6WiR
Shaking off the recently-fallen snowcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1JJ4NNTKY
From its rose-toned bristled back and neck manes.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vOYBza405
It too takes stock of the land around it,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZNGZ7ii3a
Disappointment filling its first few thoughts.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3pA4IYQMt
The blue creature locked eyes on the red one,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxuEQs4JKV
Understanding somehow shared between them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqb4m8KrHm
Patiently, they waited for the smallestcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡcluhX0pEPe
Of the voyagers to escape the shell.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8uQsLXR0i
This one appeared in the worst condition.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJi7JWiQOS
The cocoon formed a single crack, then ten,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCioiWcQMfk
Followed by countless of tiny fissurescopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg2yVJnj4f
Littering its surface, until at last, copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPfXhSrPFb
They fell away with the wind, flaking off.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9YIE9AeCF
A small yellow-tinged beast stands in its place.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35WWV3jyL3
All together now, they count their numbers.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbkvFCPaqA
Three stand where there should be tens of thousands.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2HfUeBxft
The small one hangs its head down, shivering,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrfNgW2Xat
Though from realization, not the cold.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡmToKDEECQq
The other two also bow their heads low.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBAePEmCuo
Mourning interrupted by survival,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡunVXyqNhJA
The three beasts are driven to journey far.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf6oEF5G4A
This crater, white with snow and ice, uselesscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NuAklf3Jo
For creatures that subsist off of color.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVXSA9FWap
Cyan leads the pack in scaling the walls.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQs75FhuPd
They reach the top with no difficultycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1H7zw84oT
Despite spending those eons in stasis.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsLGaY0oSV
Pausing to take a look at the landscape,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2Q5rKNEOx
Any hope there might have been of a homecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TBtSjOK75
On this planet for them had been squandered.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHYD67BUqE
Blinding, white surroundings spanned far and wide,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWl3IAQhT8
Broken only by the sparse, barren woods,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WnKiolJrz
Thin black trunks sticking up out of the snow.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9rCqGdcHP
Here, there is no color for them to eat.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡugwGnWWNdH
This world might just be this way everywhere.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡIG6qSTGYnp
The small one grows somber; the others join.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡubda7lZ4wv
Perhaps their destiny was to slowly,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡprQpilr9hg
Hopelessly, dwindle into nothingness:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrVgAhJVak
Punishment for their kinds’ star-feasting ways.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2L4yDYMNCo
Headstrong, the cyan bids them to move on.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaUrWqoemO
The cyan one’s hope has quickly fadedcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5sdRpy8q7
Just as it had done for the two others,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6s509bE5Ku
Though it believed a distraction welcome.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKUCDkaEPq
It proposed a migration for the three:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH9KoxUN4y
A journey in search of their sustenancecopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡf89YUijK1s
Along with hope that this world had color.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8Sc1Vjbbo
As they travel, memories are restored.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWbTgHN6Gu
Their names are the first things to come to mind:copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6rzyzud7f
Cerule for the cyan beast, the largest, copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpT26V3XKi
Rozengard for the long, magenta one,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoTF3POdgy
And Kitrina, the meek yellow creature.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1c26z8O6qx
Other memories begin to flow back.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVAaXdcZvI
Friends, family, colleagues, all those missing,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡc60qcQ6REc
Having long since faded to nothingness,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHYv0ppIhd
A fate that reminds them of the dangerscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYWn2uYhAo
This world may yet hold, though its star brings hope.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdIILqb1rS
Sunlight shines down upon the travelers,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwRPkdWl34
Bouncing around off of the snow and ice,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDNYtaK1TV
And refracting through the water crystals.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPoIgEbyXQ
White light splits into a spectral arraycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDT6rgP0t0
Made up of all of the rainbow’s colors.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYSJJpdjdH
These do not go unnoticed by the beasts,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwOna9nbhI
Who, as well as recalling their food needs,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDQitJw7rW
Remember the old name of their species.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLPrdY1eBw
Boyani, referring to their own kind,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDR0t8PneW
An empire a whole universe away.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14KPNBgvNV
It is hard to think of anything else,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmfuTo9POb
With the surrounding lands devoid of hues.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRIfuAdWOZ
So far into their thoughts they had fallen,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs8WTwwMo5
That they hardly noticed the setting sun.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA6J6x4uF4
It was Kitrina who pointed it out.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwFFvuLonG
The light was scattering across the sky,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPAjPJfI58
Light polarizing until red remained.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡef6r4oqchj
Illuminated on a distance plaincopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡavaVePXsq0
Sat a curious arrangement of rocks.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj7HMayNEk
The three decided to investigate.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeEcAqSL3n
At this point the sky’s intensity peaked.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MJ3VVEn6O
Though their kind preferred direct contact whencopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLoSO6dOdV
It came to drawing color from objects,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI4pydMQ2v
A shade this intense could not be ignoredcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jb27QNgUM
By the starved trio of pale wanderers.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzF7K2AaDj
Angling their bodies toward the sunset,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFpsKQZbkd
The beasts closed their eyes and opened their mouths,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCegCdLR2dv
As if the light were a physical thing.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCzvcTn9Qg
In terms of sustenance, this would do, now,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7VH1fqfpW
As they felt energy return to them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡWyugWH9Y6r
Before long, night fell, covering the landcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1SiyC9L29
With its navy cloak of stars and the moon.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9u9FGFzlQI
The three moved on to a rock arrangement,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AYqP2DVwW
And as they neared, those large boulders lit up.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j51LOdK8k
Each had a square opening on their sides.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCufjVl1GX
Windows. From these, yellow rays of light shone,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKw8uqFqtKZ
Dancing lightly on the snow-covered ground. copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU051CeIcs
These were dwellings, and within their flat wallscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTucR1j0M3A
Moved figures, casting shadows on the snow.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRVxdf5BWh
The smaller buildings, unlit, seemed barren.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrYoTqfHWm
The three boyani cautiously approached,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTRtUZNv5G
The wavering lights catch their many eyes.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxsPMvErgi
They draw near; the village remains silent.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHDuQXqD8r
A crash from inside a house startles them, copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvCd9bc5zn
Cerule, the cyan, grunting in surprise.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cdHQ88zQx
The three scurry as quickly as they cancopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnyz2mCKfQ
Behind a small shed, away from the lights.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHhyR4EBPe
A few moments pass by in dead silence,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhGiRuiAMM
Yet no one comes out to investigate.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xd2gc84OA
Their attention turns to the shed itself.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdQYXJrkc2
Rozengard keeps watch while the strongest one,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡW084FNKcJo
Cerule, scratches at the door, fruitlessly.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1pnjq5SLe
More force is needed; he hurls his bodycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKt1dzVEsm
At the door with all his might, breaking it.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZqCcklsuV
Kitrina, worried, looks around in fear.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡVedo6gh40m
Inside is a pile of reddish, round fruits,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89oYsNUfkQ
Sitting atop a yellow stack of straw.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfL1vwEpB2
Both the fruits and hay are foreign to them,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb5ijBKANa
But the color, now that was familiar.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK4ZFmdvca
Cerule and Kitrina begin to feed.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2yQF4TuIN
Rozengard takes their place when they are done,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsnVlaloED
And by the end of the Boyani’s feast,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSnrQb7WZH
The apples and straw became a steel-grey,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw3L0IIbLK
Any shred of color torn right from them.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYLxQAFrET
These hues are poor, but better than sunlight.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKaMdDJBqN
Satisfied for now, they retreat awaycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡHomomsdHeu
Into deeper woods beyond the village.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBAQQDpTDS
The moon illuminates their path somewhat,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXHREYzVXp
Though is not as welcome as the sun’s rays,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDegbO7OY3
Monochromatic moonlight weak and faint.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAN04EcRec
When the village’s light is no longercopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaVIHe3lOo
Visible, they stop to rest til daybreak.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaTrpTQt9Z
They bury themselves deep in the snowdriftscopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwAxIQe5Hy
Between the rough, dark trunks of leafless trees.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeEcwPH9Lt
Somehow, the white snow brings comfort, safety.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsbE0kldqk
It sparks memories of the pale white shipcopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ7TqNYM86
That held them for eons on its journey.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡriYiQbXsmR
The crew had not had enough energycopyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFJDeD6PuY
To experience fear or dread back then,copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWHzCR0vu8
Only a sense of calm serenity.copyright protection23ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXdGeKDh1T
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