by Sonatao
Lost in time. Whispering quiet nothings to the void. He never expected anything to whisper back. On a shattered fragment of a once‑vast world, Yovan sits beneath the Sky Sea, watching its colors melt together as the music beneath his skin hums warm and low. The storms that roaring through the void above bringing with it nightmares of when the world was whole—when shadows moved through forests instead of stalking the remnants of what remained. And now, the barrier that had always protected his tiny rock is failing. Every storm is a gamble. Food, if he’s lucky. Death, if he’s not. Days stretch into weeks, bleeding into months and years. Spending his time rambling to the barrier in a language only he understands, arguing with the knavish Crack, and catching whatever falls off the other fragments onto his—he waits for the next time his eyes close and drag him back into visions of a place he’s never been, people he’s never known. A world made whole. Turned into a whisper as he wakes. Standing by the barrier, upon his Seven Thousandth, three hundredth and fiftieth consecutive victory over the Crack, the itching becomes unbearable. The frigid stone beneath his feet warms. The ever stalwart fragment creaks and shivers. The barriers low hum swells into a thunderous applause! A fracture splits his vision in two. His heart lurches. Jumping to protect Watt—his only friend—he lands fast and harsh on the cold stones, using his body to cover him. Behind him, a starship tears through the barrier and crashes onto his fragment, Yovan’s small world is invaded by Veskyra—the first person he has ever seen. Ashen‑pale, storm‑eyed, and dragging herself from the wreckage, she arrives like a miracle. But he couldn't have known, in the solitude addled brain of his as he dragged her into his cave for treatment, that the hole she punched through the barrier wasn’t the blessing he hoped for. //// What to expect: - Weak, weak MC, but intelligent, slow burn strengthening. - Romance, slow burn, psychologically active. - Action, though not for simple actions sake. - Ancient mysteries. Dreams. Spirits. Worlds. Politics. High Sci-Fi. Aliens!
