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Levi scoffed dramatically as he eyed his companions. He sighed and glanced down at his feet. "I..." He bit his lip before he looked back up at the two, Erwin and Hanji, "I actually agree with Hanji. We should be exploring the space before us. Identifying places, learning about worlds that pop up every now and then. We are scouts, are we not?"
Hanji jumped up and down squealing with joy; she was always hyper so no one thought a second of it. Levi ran his fingers through his raven hair, chucking softly.
"I mean, there's actual signs of life on this planet, and they look like us, too. However, they're evidently not as advanced as us.”
“Definitely aren’t advanced as us. They’re down there, still trying to figure this shit out. Their technology could definitely use some improvement.” Hanji snickered.
“Yes, and that’s why we shouldn’t go down there. It’s dangerous. You don’t know how they’ll react to seeing otherworldly beings.”
Erwin sounded exasperated, and he certainly was considering how furrowed his eyebrows were. How he scratched the back of his head. But when Levi looked up at the male, he could see it, the adventurous glint in his eyes, the need, the want, the desire to explore and jot down every single piece of information he could from the newfound planet.
Erwin blew out air from his nose, and shook his head, “Fine-“
“We weren’t asking for your permission. Zackly gave us his permission.” Levi smirked, a taunting glimmer in his eyes. The short male had gone ahead, without consulting anyone, and decided to inquire on whether or not he could go to the new planet.
Erwin rolled his eyes, “I’m going to consult Pixis about this, I already know which of the scouts you’re going to bring. And knowing them, they’ll agree. Find more about that planet, and how we need to act.”
Levi grinned, “Yes, Commander.”
Hanji pulled up the file on the planet and Galaxy 0573, “There really isn’t much. We’re going to have to just get there. Luckily, we won’t have any trouble blending in.”
She brought the image back up, it was a person in some sort of tube,, looked exactly like the Roseans.
Levi stared hard at the being, “We really do look alike… We need to be prepared for anything. How to act. We copy other people. I wonder what they eat.”
Hanji smiled toothily, “Well. let’s go prepare, shall we?”
He could’ve turned back, and forget about the planet he spotted along the holo screen. He didn’t mean to find it. Levi has just gotten bored of sitting around and listening to Hanji ramble about the infinite but “not infinite” amount of stars.
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“I’m telling you Levi, there’s got to be an end somewhere. Maybe. Probably not.”
She was also drunk off of berries.
Levi was dragging his fingers around in small circles along the screen and pulled up a map of space. Stupidly enough, he started counting the sparkling, bright dots that were stars. The raven scrolled through the galaxies, pulling up different universes and reading useless files of information. He began to tune out Hanji. He scrolled several thousands of light years away from their current planet and named off all the galaxies as they passed on the screen. As he went further he noticed uncharted planets came into display. Levi’s scrolling slowed down to a stop, on one particular area.
“UNKNOWN GALAXY”
“Unknown Galaxy, hm?” Levi placed his finger tip on a random planet; mixes of dark and medium blues appeared, “Water, maybe.” He tapped his finger and spun it around. “Land masses. Greens, browns.” He whispered. An extreme thought flew into his head.
“ Uncharted galaxy, planets, star… Would there be possible life?”
Levi shot up out of his seat and ran out the study.
Hanji jumped, confusion etched into her face. “L-Levi?!”
The brunette glanced at the screen, eyes widening as she viewed the information.
Levi entered a bright white hallway, columns passing him as he ran to the Room Of Order.
He halted, hands scrambling for his arm band to present to the scanner on the wall.
“Hurry, Hurry.”
“Access Granted” flashed in bright red, the doors opening in what seemed to be a slow manner.
As soon as enough space for Levi to fit through opened up, Levi zoomed in.
“Zackly!”
An averaged height man, with oval glasses slowly brought his head up to look at Levi.
“Yes?”
Darius Zackly was in charge of the military forces among the planet Rose; A matriarchy rules it.
Levi huffed, he usually isn’t this excited for anything. Yet, new found information made him feel high and also anxious.
“I found a galaxy, or well, I was scrolling around a saw we found a galaxy but it isn’t named.”
“Yes, Galaxy 0573, unnamed, unexplored. One of our astronomers found it. She paid no attention to it however. Why are you?”
Levi smiled, “Because one of the planets is habitable for life. What she didn’t notice is that it’s distance from its star gives it the ability for life to exist. The right amount of heat is produced. I mea-”
“You’re just a scout, how do you know so much?”
“Hanji.”
“Right. Carry on.”
“I didn’t look at it long enough, but with your permission and more information, I’d like to travel to the planet and explore it.”
Zackly removed his glasses, and clasped his hands together. “Levi. You’ll need a group, a trusted group. And a higher up to accompany you. If you can find one, you may go. But understand this, I, myself, have viewed all the planets in Galaxy 0573. I know which one you’re talking about. There is life. That is why I haven’t named it. I figured Erwin or Hanji would have asked to travel.”
“Well, Erwin is busy with his mate and such.”
“This planet has life Levi, that’s not abnormal. What is abnormal, is we look similar to them. The similarities is uncanny. They aren’t as intelligent however, they are far, far, far behind us. I managed to snag a image of a spacecraft with one of their beings in it. You may view it if you like. Follow me.”
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Petra squeaked, “Ooh, I’m so ready for another planet. How many light years are we jumping.”
Erwin sat in the front of the aircraft, being the pilot and all.
“In our terms anyway, We’d get there in 15 light years. However, we'll cut through the wormholes to get their faster. ” Wormholes were a break in space, they weren't easy to spot. However, if one was using specific rays then they are capable of being found. The scouts used them often especially when traveling to far distances. It wasn't ever fun for first timers. Nausea caught up to them quickly. This specific group, Petra Ral, Gunther Schlutz, Oluo Bozado, Eld Jinn, were used to it. A few others came along as well however they've never traveled so far, so they were kept elsewhere - in a separate chamber. They were inside tube-like machines filled with liquid that kept them asleep for the entirety of their travels. The scouts referred to it a cryo-sleeping.
Oluo huffed, “Why are we jumping to a planet we know absolutely nothing about. Except for a funny looking being.”
“He kind of looks like you, Oluo.” Gunther smirked.
“He looks like all of us. And how do you know that’s even a he. May look like a he, might be a she.”
Levi stepped up, “Also kind of like you, Oluo.”
It was too late to back out now, they were aboard the spacecraft, they called it the ArmoredRogue . It stood still, on the ground. Quite large, large enough to fit an entire family of 20. It seemed to built for one too. Bathrooms, cafeteria, rooms to sleep in. The ArmoredRogue belonged to the Scouts.
“Everyone seated? Strapped in?”
A unison of ‘Yes’ sounded through the spacious area.
Hanji started counting down from 10, everyone checking their areas and prepping for their duties. Gravity would soon leave them, it was always the fun part.
Levi mouthed, “And take off.”