The first thing he smells is smoke, thick in his respiratory system. His limbs twitch. His eyes feel glued shut.
"Dr. Yoon," comes a resolute voice in the distance. "We have to try again."
"Yeah, I'm trying here!" another frantic, high-pitched voice yells out.
Soonyoung is detached from his body. In some corner of his mind, he almost can see the outline of his form flounder about, gleaming yellow-orange and flickering like a sparkler. But it's him. He can see figures huddling around where he's strapped down, holding two old-school defibrillator paddles—
Shit. He tries to force his eyes open—
"Clear!"
The paddles strike Soonyoung's chest with every modicum of electricity that's in them and there's one sharp inhale, and there are people all around him. he's choking. Coughing something up—
"Captain Kwon?"
"Captain!"
"Kwon, can you hear us?"
"Yoon, what the hell is happening?"
"Soonyoung?" a softer, deeper voice asks. "Soonyoung, are you there?"
Through the fog, a sudden tether to reality.
Soonyoung's eyes fly open.
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Click. Beep. "This is Officer Seungkwan Boo. Second-in-command on the Helios 96 Mission. Exploratory Division. Log number—never mind. It doesn't matter anymore. It stopped mattering a long time ago. Today was... today was something, that's for sure. Ah, the crew's still pretty shaken up. I'm still shaken up. I don't even know where to start... No, wait, yes I do. Dr. Yoon has reappeared for the first time in months. He looks... uh. He's definitely seen better days. Whatever he's been investigating is literally eating him alive. Jeon also got the astrophysicists to fess up about the bursts or— or flares, whatever it is that's going on. Jihoon thinks it's somehow connected to the, um, satellite we're supposed to find. And Junhui said he didn't wanna alarm anyone, which makes a lot of goddamn sense now. I'm terrified as hell. The thought that this satellite and its crew just got swept up and destroyed by these... flares... Fuck. Happy thoughts, Boo. Speaking of Jeon, Captain's back. Back from where, you ask? Your guess is as good as mine, Future Boo. Dr. Yoon keeps rambling about this box and psychology but I really have no idea. None of us do. We just found Soonyoung passed out near the laboratory, which forced Yoon out of his hermitage, I guess. Um. I think Jeon and Captain are back to their not-so-secret most-likely-prohibited-by-guidelines relationship, 'cause Jeon is speaking to him comfortably again. Don't really know what happened the first time, but I guess near-death experiences have a way of bringing people back together. Anyway. I keep getting this weird feeling, like... like things are changing here. For the worse, though. For starters, there's that box that supposedly almost demolished Kwon. There's the rogue satellite. There's Director Hong's plan moving forward. I don't mean to be neurotic, but... things might not get any better. It's all up in the air, and I don't like that for me. For us. Future Boo, I know I've recorded countless entries complaining about these guys, but. They are still good guys. They are. I can't help but be scared for Captain Kwon and for all of us, right? Anyway. I better go and get some sleep. We have a disgusting amount of work to catch up on tomorrow. Thank you, station crisis. Ha-ha. Officer Boo, signing out." Click.
Re: [FILL] so you'll have to hold me down
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The first thing he smells is smoke, thick in his respiratory system. His limbs twitch. His eyes feel glued shut.
"Dr. Yoon," comes a resolute voice in the distance. "We have to try again."
"Yeah, I'm trying here!" another frantic, high-pitched voice yells out.
Soonyoung is detached from his body. In some corner of his mind, he almost can see the outline of his form flounder about, gleaming yellow-orange and flickering like a sparkler. But it's him. He can see figures huddling around where he's strapped down, holding two old-school defibrillator paddles—
Shit. He tries to force his eyes open—
"Clear!"
The paddles strike Soonyoung's chest with every modicum of electricity that's in them and there's one sharp inhale, and there are people all around him. he's choking. Coughing something up—
"Captain Kwon?"
"Captain!"
"Kwon, can you hear us?"
"Yoon, what the hell is happening?"
"Soonyoung?" a softer, deeper voice asks. "Soonyoung, are you there?"
Through the fog, a sudden tether to reality.
Soonyoung's eyes fly open.
-
Click. Beep. "This is Officer Seungkwan Boo. Second-in-command on the Helios 96 Mission. Exploratory Division. Log number—never mind. It doesn't matter anymore. It stopped mattering a long time ago. Today was... today was something, that's for sure. Ah, the crew's still pretty shaken up. I'm still shaken up. I don't even know where to start... No, wait, yes I do. Dr. Yoon has reappeared for the first time in months. He looks... uh. He's definitely seen better days. Whatever he's been investigating is literally eating him alive. Jeon also got the astrophysicists to fess up about the bursts or— or flares, whatever it is that's going on. Jihoon thinks it's somehow connected to the, um, satellite we're supposed to find. And Junhui said he didn't wanna alarm anyone, which makes a lot of goddamn sense now. I'm terrified as hell. The thought that this satellite and its crew just got swept up and destroyed by these... flares... Fuck. Happy thoughts, Boo. Speaking of Jeon, Captain's back. Back from where, you ask? Your guess is as good as mine, Future Boo. Dr. Yoon keeps rambling about this box and psychology but I really have no idea. None of us do. We just found Soonyoung passed out near the laboratory, which forced Yoon out of his hermitage, I guess. Um. I think Jeon and Captain are back to their not-so-secret most-likely-prohibited-by-guidelines relationship, 'cause Jeon is speaking to him comfortably again. Don't really know what happened the first time, but I guess near-death experiences have a way of bringing people back together. Anyway. I keep getting this weird feeling, like... like things are changing here. For the worse, though. For starters, there's that box that supposedly almost demolished Kwon. There's the rogue satellite. There's Director Hong's plan moving forward. I don't mean to be neurotic, but... things might not get any better. It's all up in the air, and I don't like that for me. For us. Future Boo, I know I've recorded countless entries complaining about these guys, but. They are still good guys. They are. I can't help but be scared for Captain Kwon and for all of us, right? Anyway. I better go and get some sleep. We have a disgusting amount of work to catch up on tomorrow. Thank you, station crisis. Ha-ha. Officer Boo, signing out." Click.