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“Let’s gooo!!!!” Spoke bounced out of the spaceship, eagerness written across his face. Mapicc trailed behind with an equally large grin.
They had been informed of a few planets that needed their data to be collected, including the one that they stood on right now. The last few were inhabited, so they were looking forward to meeting something interesting here.
“Heh.. do you think there’s going to be..... a tickle monster?????” Spoke wiggled his fingers in the air in front of Mapicc, and they both burst out laughing at the silly thought.
They walked on the unknown planet for quite some time, taking down the characteristics of it on a little tablet. Without the space suits, they probably looked like iPad kids.
They strolled through the unknown terrain, littered with rocks about half as tall as they were, small mountains and hills with maroon-coloured shrubs as well as the occasional blue flowers. It looked like an unfinished painting with how barren it was (as if there was supposed to be anything living on this stupid planet).
Some time later…
“Oh my GOSH. there’s literally NOTHING on this goddamn planet!” Mapicc yelled, throwing his hands in the air with exasperation. “Not even a tickle monster!!”
Spoke grumbled something about how the universe was so boring, then turned.
“Once we get back, I’m prolly gonna quit this stupid ahh job.” He scratched his back. “I’m bored, dude. Wanna play hide n’ seek?”
“Sure.”
“You counting?”
“Whatever. I’m counting to thirty.” Mapicc squatted down, covering his eyes.
“One..”
“Two…”
Spoke dashed towards the direction they came from, searching for a place to hide. Which. Is kind of hard. Since..
“There’s literally NO place where I can ACTUALLY hide!” Spoke ran his fingers through his hair nervously. Uh… Erm… He figured he’ll just hide behind one of the mountains.
Trekking his way around the mountains was hard enough, but having to navigate through so many rocks and plants was an issue he didn’t know he would have. For some reason, there were twice as many boulders on this path! Wait.
“I can just hide here! Mapicc would probably think I hid behind the mountain or something. He wouldn’t check here!” Spoke giggled as he pushed through the bushes and planted himself behind a boulder.
Now, before you say that playing hide n’ seek is dangerous, especially since their walkie talkies (yes they use walkie talkies. it’s much more fun to use!) have been accidentally disabled (they wanted to ‘save battery’), you must understand that if they don’t do anything else, they might go insane.
Spoke sat there for about 30 seconds without moving until he felt the need to fidget.
He plucked a blue flower from the ground and started playing with it, occasionally inspecting it. The petals of the delicate flower were a nice shade of ocean blue, a stark contrast to the dull surroundings it was planted in. Towards the centre of the flower, the shade of the flower became a little darker, with small, white dots scattered in the centre. It was… mesmerising, in a way.
As he stared at the flower for a little longer than he intended to, a rustle could be heard near him. He snapped out of his daze. How did Mapicc find him this fast!? His head turned, only to be face to face with…
Planetlord stumbled back, dropping the bundle of flowers he had been holding onto the floor. There were so many mixed emotions swirling inside of him. What the hell? There hasn’t been any life out here for decades! What is this animal?? He– The– HUH???
The creature had yelped and stumbled back, pointing a finger at them, shouting something incomprehensible. He didn’t know what this creature was pointing at, since his finger kept shaking.
Planetlord decided it was best to just calm him down first before they start screaming their heads off.
“Okay, okay, let’s calm down now.. uhm...” Planetlord patted their left shoulder as a sign of peace.
The creature seemed slightly confused. Did it not understand what it was saying?
“Are you.. from... another planet?” He tried another language. They were still met with the apprehensive looks from him.
This was going to take a long time. Planetlord scratched his neck nervously, eyes darting around, trying to figure out if he had come from another planet or if he had just spawned in.
“You–”
Planetlord’s head whipped around, staring at him.
“What did you just say?”
“You– Who are you!?”
“What…?” Planetlord took a step forward, his eyes narrowed. “How do you know this language?”
“What are you talking about? I’m just speaking English- or uh, Earth language? I don’t know what it’s called.” He shrugged.
Planetlord shook his head. “No, you are not. I know of that language, and you are definitely not speaking that.” He peered at the creature in front of him. “Is this.. human spacesuit?”
Spoke nodded awkwardly. “Yeah bro, I’m human.”
“No, you are not.”
“The HELL do you mean I’m not?!”
“You are not! You do not have the stench on you like normal humans do.”
“I’ll… take that as a compliment??”
“Let me get straight to the point,” Planetlord gripped Spoke’s shoulders, “You are not human. You are a voidling.”
Spoke was in a state of surprise.
“What– a voidling?”
The person in front of him nodded.
“...What’s that?”
The alien let go of his shoulders and proceeded to yell something in another language at him.
“You CANNOT be serious.” They dragged their hand down their face in annoyance. “You somehow get an astronaut position and get into space but you do not know what is a voidling?”
Spoke shrugged again, seeming a little amused.
After a small crashout and some really not nice words being thrown around, the alien sighed, exasperated.
“Okay, so a voidling is something that is from space. You come from the void. You know the void?” The alien explained.
“Mhm.”
“The.. uh.. Voidling. That is you. I do not know how you could live there for about 20 years without being caught.”
“Okay. And what does that mean?”
“You... Maybe you use the shadow and warp your appearance.. That must be why.”
“Yo, wait, I can do that!?”
“MAYBE! I’m not sure...”
The alien seemed to be pondering something.
“What is your name?”
“Uhh, Spoke.”
“I’m Planetlord, but you can call me Planet.”
“Woah, so you’re, what, the lord of the planets?”
“You can say so.”
Planet smiled as he picked up all the flowers on the floor.
Now that Spoke was calmed down, he could finally take a good look at the person in front of him.
Planet had long, fluffy, white hair (if you want me to be specific it’s alice blue hair!) that was tied into a single ponytail that swayed with the wind. 2 star shaped pins were pinned on each of the sides of his hair. He wore a gradient band that complemented his pale skin, with glowing stars on his face that looked similar to freckles. There were little mini planets and constellations swirling around his head as well, like a solar system.
A silky robe was draped onto him, looking like he had grabbed a small part of the galaxy and turned it into a piece of clothing. He could tell that under the robe, he was wearing a much fancier and posh outfit that probably suited the ‘lord’ part of his name, but for some reason he was covering it. He didn’t mind though. The robe looked really awesome already.
It was like he was literally staring at space. He had always dreamt of how it would look like when he was a little younger. Maybe it was a sea of endless stars. Or how about the amazing milky ways?
Planetlord was the literal definition of space.
And space.
Is so damn pretty.
After admiring the space being for a while, Spoke realised that they were picking the flowers that they dropped off the floor.
“What are all the flowers for?” Spoke pointed at the bunch of flowers on the floor.
“Oh, they are for this planet. I wanted to make it a little more lively, so I brought my own flowers!” Planet held one up, smiling with pride. “I made it myself, too.”
“Wow,” Spoke nodded. “Looks like you.”
“Oh, hahah.. thanks I guess.” Planet turned to Spoke. “Do you have another one of you humans running around here?”
“Oh, Mapicc? Yeah, he’s my friend.”
“I saw him just now. Why are you separated?”
“Uh… We were playing hide and seek?”
“...” Planet didn’t respond to that.
They made their way back to the ship, while Planet continued to theorise how Spoke could have possibly lived on Earth without reverting back to his original form.
“HOLD UP, I HAVE ANOTHER FORM?!” Spoke whirled his head around, grinning widely.
“Uh... Sort of..”
“THAT’S SO SICK!!” Spoke jumped, excited. “Wait until Mapicc hears this!”
“Until I hear what?” A familiar voice rang in the air, and another astronaut appeared in their view.
“Yoo, Mapicc!” Spoke ran over and gave him a high-five. “Okay, you won’t believe me, but trust me, what I’m about to tell you is absolutely true.”
“Sure,” Mapicc scoffed. His attention was brought to the new guy that came from nowhere, seeming a little startled for a bit before asking, “And who the heck is this guy?”
“Oh, they’re called Planetlord. Say hi, Planet!”
“Hi.” Planet gave a shy smile.
“Where the heck did you come from? Are you an alien on this planet?” Mapicc questioned.
Planet frowned. “I– Not really. Also, Spoke needs to tell you something.” He changed the topic.
“Yeah! Okay, guess what?”
“What?”
“I am actually NOT A HUMAN!”
“WHAT.” Mapicc nearly choked on his own spit.
Spoke nodded enthusiastically with a toothy grin. “Yeah! Planet over here said that I was some Vaderling or something.”
“Voidling,” Planet mumbled.
“Spoke,” Now it was Mapicc’s turn to furrow his eyebrows. “You can’t SERIOUSLY be believing something a random alien tells you.”
“That is.. kind of offensive, but I will let that slide.”
“No, no, I can prove it! I swear!” Spoke turned to Planet, “Speak to me in that language again!”
“Sure.” Planet cleared his throat, and they started to speak in another language to Spoke. “This is the language of the Voidlings.”
Mapicc was flabbergasted. “What!?”
Spoke told his friend, “He said that it was the language of the Voidlings.”
“WHAT!???” Mapicc was left with his mouth agape. “Either Spoke might actually be right for once and he’s not a human, which can’t be true since I knew him my whole life, OR you both are gaslighting me!”
“We do not have any gas though...?” Planet whispered to Spoke.
“It means we’re lying to him.”
“Ohhh.”
“YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING IN THAT LANGUAGE AGAIN!”
“I told you, I’m a VOIDLING!”
“But– I knew you your whole life! How can you be from some freaky planet in outer space?”
Planet’s eye twitched. Spoke replied with a shrug, “Something about how I have another form and this is just a human form or something.”
“This is so weird.”
“Yeah.”
Silence.
Planet spoke up. “Well... Voidlings usually live in space by themselves, but they can only breathe in their Voidling form. So unless you find a way to change back to Voidling form, then you can only do so little.”
Spoke fiddled with his thumbs. “So my real home is in... Space?”
“Yes.” They sighed. “Really against doing this, but if you want, you can stay in one of my houses on other planets.” They stole a quick glance at the pair. “I am guessing you both like space?”
“Yeah!”
“Meh.”
“We can visit around space if you like. While we travel, we can probably find ways on how to turn you back.”
Spoke’s eyes lit up like the stars in the sky. “Wait, for REAL!?”
Planet nodded.
Even Mapicc seemed excited.
The two looked at each other, sharing a mischievous grin, as if communicating telepathically. They pounced on the poor alien, cheering as they punched Planet’s shoulder playfully.
“OH YEAH!!”
“WE’RE GOING TO OUTER OUTER SPACE!!”
“I TOLD YOU THIS PLANET WAS GOING TO BE AWESOME!!”
Planet seemed a little tense at first, but seeing their happy smiles made them laugh a little too.
It has been a while since they had nice company.