Space and a Melted Face
Drabble #340-Produce in a Sci-Fi Genre
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She buckled up her belt and prepared for take-off. Going into space to study alternate life forces had always been a dream.
As the rocket boosters blared, her alien counterpart produced a noise she couldn’t identify. He was, after all, from the planet Zedom, just one light-year away.
The ship took off and thrust them both back into their seats.
As the g-forces took over, her rocket-mates face began to pull away. He screeched violently as his exoskeleton fell off and revealed a grotesque figure of sineu, tendons, and melted flesh.
Maybe this was a bad idea.
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