After days of navigating through endless storms aboard the Stormwalker, Jaxon finally arrived at the destination marked on the map: a vast, domed city hidden beneath layers of toxic mist and stone.The city shimmered with faint light, its spires rising like ghostly fingers reaching for a sun that would never shine through the planet’s thick atmosphere. Automated systems still functioned here, keeping the air clean and the power flowing.
Inside the city, Jaxon uncovered archives filled with holographic records. They told the story of the Venari, the ancient inhabitants of Venus. They were explorers, dreamers, and ultimately victims of their planet’s wrath. The storms grew too powerful, the ground too unstable. Their civilisation collapsed, and the survivors fled—some to distant stars, others, perhaps, lost in the winds.
In the centre of the city, Jaxon found a launch platform and a single spacecraft, remarkably intact. It was built for one.
The beacon he had activated days earlier had gone unanswered. No rescue was coming.
The whispers returned, soft but insistent.
"Take the path. Continue the story."
Jaxon faced a choice: remain on Venus, a child grown into a survivor, or take the chance to leave and carry the story of the Venari back to the stars.
With trembling hands, he prepared the ancient ship for launch.
Source: Some or all of the content was generated using an AI language model
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