Bit of relaxation - [OPEN]

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

Anybody wandering into the Sensoriums would find it in use. One thing that might stick out is the small red-head sprawled out in the middle of the sand of a private, but spacious beach. Lined along it were blue and white umbrellas over beach chairs, a few assorted palm trees and a single dock that jutted out a few hundred feet over the waters. A couple of surfboards were propped up against the wall of a small rest house home to a few tables and chairs as well as a bar. The atmosphere of it was that of class, but a laid back comfortable class. It was his and Gaignun's childhood dream to go to a real beach one day, after all, and peace was one thing they wanted to feel when they were there. So one of the things they had to do when their Foundation had begun to flourish was treat themselves to something they'd always wanted.

The view from the beach was a city with assorted tall buildings across the waters. Behind the city was where one could realize this place wasn't actually a planet, but a space colony protected by a huge dome. Giant, petal-like light reflectors could be seen outside, their shape implying that they could furl and cocoon the entire Foundation if needed be. Finally, beyond that, was a beautiful view of space.

There would have been a gigantic, towering red structure of a battleship that dwarfed even the city buildings sticking straight up and out from the middle of the waters, almost like a sword. But the thought of it at the moment caused Jr.'s stomach to turn slightly and he decided against it. At least for now, anyway. He liked the familiarity of the Sensoriums, too - Encephalon devices were strikingly similar to the technology. He closed his eyes and smiled, letting out a loud 'ahhhh' as he relaxed himself. Though he wasn't exactly opposed to visitors who would pop in by chance. At least a beach was a welcome thing to walk into. Especially after what had been going on lately. People deaging, a strike against the Ohm ... not to mention Jr. himself was still a bit sore from a surprise attack thanks to the random deaging crewmembers.

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[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Yep! Hardly feels like 'space', though."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"It's... pretty nice, I guess." Cagalli plopped down on the sand, chewing at her bottom lip.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Pretty nice? Come on!" he insisted a little less awkwardness from the girl. "It's a private beach, what's not to enjoy about it?"

A short pause. "I mean, if we were actually here."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"It's a private beach on a space colony... or a giant space ship." She began drawing slow circles in the sand with a finger.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"That's not much of a difference from any other beach!" He looked up, remembering the first time he had shown MOMO, Shion and the others the beach. It had been a pretty fun day ... until Jr. decided to show off the weather control.

"But this is a space colony! The Kukai Foundation, to be exactly. And I'm Jr., Gaignun Kukai Jr."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Cagalli Yula Atha." Beaches weren't usually in space. Even the PLANTs had their limitations; was this even bigger? "All the beaches I know are on Earth."

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Ah!" Jr. exclaimed. "You're from Earth, too?! Man, there sure are a lot of you."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"So I guess you aren't?" It was still a little odd, people being from anywhere outside of the Earth's little part of space... unless he was from Mars.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"That's right!" he said. "But Gaignun and I-- we've got a pretty good number of relics and antiques from there, where I'm from. I guess you could say that Earth is pretty popular, being so far away from us."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Relics?" They must be far, at least past the asteroid belt for 'relics' to apply. "Do they have colonies around Jupiter or Saturn... or... even farther out?" For all she knows, though, they could be in Andromeda. This ship's proof enough of the possibility.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

Jr. couldn't help but laugh at that. Cagalli seemed so surprised he was so far away from Earth, and assumed far meant somewhere else in that section of the galaxy. "I'm not anywhere near that galaxy, where I am. Ever heard of the Miltian star system?"

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Uh..." She thought for a moment, back to astronomy lessons, but no dice. "Nope. How far is it?"

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Far," he said matter-of-factly. "I'd give you a better idea of just how far, but..." But Jr. wasn't keen on telling anybody who came from or knew Earth that the future of their planet would entail it being lost. Though, he wondered, did that matter now? If everything was gone... "... but I'm not very good at that sorta thing."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

It was enough of an answer for Cagalli, at least. Astronomical distances were confusing at best when they stretched across galaxies. "So... at least where you're from... humanity spreads that far."

Which means that they didn't all kill each other by then.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Yep," he affirmed.

"It makes sense, doesn't it? I mean, advancement over such a huge period of time. Of course eventually every race with the potential for that kind of advancement would get off of their mother planet eventually."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"It just seems so far in the future..." Even with Technology's tendency to develop at an odd pace, the thought of moving beyond the solar system was hard to imagine.

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty far ahead. Well, I think, anyway. Hard to tell, sometimes, with all the different people that are here. But Earth-wise, we're a bit over four-thousand years from around the 2000s. AD."

[allnaturalseed.livejournal.com]

"Four... thousand... we're not even half that. Not even close." She'd love to be more accurate, but... who bothered to remember the exact date AD when they switched to the CE calendar anyways?