tidalsedge

[tidalsedge]

In the deep recesses of your mind you hear a child's laughter, and you are transported back to a forest, the trees tall and dark. You can hear the sound of birds chittering above but leaf cover is so dense the sun barely penetrates. There you are following the pattern on the ground left by the sun. you leap from the darkness into a single beam of light and look up. Making the observation that there is a hole in the canopy of trees that is allowing the sun to break through.

Your fathers voice echoes and you follow it. Suddenly the forest ends and there is a Giant rock face towering in a semi circle around a small pool.

Your father is in the water beckoning. The water of this pool sits in a natural rock basin, algae and sunlight work together to make the water turquoise and warm. You wade in, the sensation of water making you shiver. How clearly the line between wet legs and dry torso seems to you.

That's when you see the black. The turquoise water ends and a cavern opens up going deep underneath the rock face. Like the forest, there is no light down there. Just a deep unknown, you can feel that same unknown in your chest. Tightness.

Your father sits on the edge of the drop, his legs splashing carefree in the blackness. He reaches for you and and that tightness blooms into a scream.

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[tidalsedge]

Ever since you were a child you discovered peace only in isolation. Picking your way through the rocky beaches and forests of your homeworld. You would keep sketchbooks and collect specimens. Your bedroom walls a kaleidoscope of nature. 

 “Our little Naturalist” your parents called you fondly. 

 A truly passionate naturalist was highly sought after back when Earth was full of undiscovered places and an empire financed science in the name of expansion. It is no surprise that you would choose this career. Only it looks a little different from Darwin and the naturalists of the British empire.  

   Expansion is still the name of the game, but earth is old news. Humanity has taken to Space. 

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[tidalsedge]

LOG D57H1394/Specimen 7Ob49

When in its natural environment, which is coastal, these coral-like creatures are lively. Before bringing 7Ob49 into your lab the red tendrils were wriggling and had a gooey texture.

When holding your hand above them they reached out in a curious attempt to explore your fingers and curl around your skin.

Once plucked from the environment the entire specimen froze in place and hardened. Other than the obvious death it remains perfectly intact. You have observed this phenomenon with several other specimens collected from the seashore. Curious. As if life comes directly from being connected to the surface.

Will continue to investigate this further.

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[tidalsedge]

You pick your way along the silent shore. Lost in thought, you step delicately over tide pools. For a moment you exist inside them; Nestled amongst the craggy rocks eaten away by time and ocean. Gooey slimy lifeforms explore your image making it seem like they are growing from the suit. Your steps cause enough of a disruption to trigger a change in them, from calm camouflage to flashes of bright colors warning of a toxic nature. When you move on, everything settles.

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[tidalsedge]

You find yourself completely alone on an unexplored exoplanet.

On purpose.

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