To the moon...
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kengr"I still say it's gotta be volcanic," argued Arthur.
"It can't be. The moon isn't active enough for that," Dave replied.
It was an old argument but it helped pass the time while they ran the otherwise boring search grid.
Suddenly a light flashed on the control panel of the lunar buggy, and an alarm sounded.
"It's another water vapor spike! And this time we're close. Check the differential detectors, Dave!"
"I am, looks to be off that way," Dave replied as he steered onto a new course.
"Be careful, the map says we're heading for a rille."
Sure enough they found themselves on the edge of one of the small valleys.
"Look, it's definitely a collapsed lava tube. And there's section that hasn't collapsed," Arthur said as he pointed at a dark opening perhaps a hundred meters away.
They quickly suited up after radioing base.
It only took a few minutes to reach the mouth of the lava tube. They entered carefully shining their lights to check for hazards.
"Wow, the vapor level is still high but dropping."
Arthur had been looking ahead while Dave checked the meter.
"Uh, Dave...". His tone got Dave's attention. He looked up. And froze at the sight of bodies. Lots of them.
Many were more like mummies but some were less so. Including one that was obviously freshly dead.
It was months before the investigation was anywhere near complete.
Dave was reading a headline in the rec room "Jimmy Hoffa found on Moon".
"Well, that explains a lot of disappearances. But we still don't know how they got there..."
"It can't be. The moon isn't active enough for that," Dave replied.
It was an old argument but it helped pass the time while they ran the otherwise boring search grid.
Suddenly a light flashed on the control panel of the lunar buggy, and an alarm sounded.
"It's another water vapor spike! And this time we're close. Check the differential detectors, Dave!"
"I am, looks to be off that way," Dave replied as he steered onto a new course.
"Be careful, the map says we're heading for a rille."
Sure enough they found themselves on the edge of one of the small valleys.
"Look, it's definitely a collapsed lava tube. And there's section that hasn't collapsed," Arthur said as he pointed at a dark opening perhaps a hundred meters away.
They quickly suited up after radioing base.
It only took a few minutes to reach the mouth of the lava tube. They entered carefully shining their lights to check for hazards.
"Wow, the vapor level is still high but dropping."
Arthur had been looking ahead while Dave checked the meter.
"Uh, Dave...". His tone got Dave's attention. He looked up. And froze at the sight of bodies. Lots of them.
Many were more like mummies but some were less so. Including one that was obviously freshly dead.
It was months before the investigation was anywhere near complete.
Dave was reading a headline in the rec room "Jimmy Hoffa found on Moon".
"Well, that explains a lot of disappearances. But we still don't know how they got there..."
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Date: 2020-08-10 09:24 am (UTC)Heh.. well that's one place to get rid of the bodies if you can teleport that far.
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Date: 2020-08-10 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-10 11:33 am (UTC)Sure did! Pow, To the Moon!
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Date: 2020-08-10 07:55 pm (UTC)If I expand it, I'm probably going to add Judge Crater and Benjamin Bathurst.
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Date: 2020-08-10 07:58 pm (UTC)I had, I was thinking maybe a location passed down to teleporters, rather than one really long lived one..
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Date: 2020-08-10 08:13 pm (UTC)Or maybe its a gizmo that dumps things there. all sorts of possibilities.
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Date: 2020-08-10 08:17 pm (UTC)If you're really prepared, you can buy spacesuits... but yeah, a portal you can throw someone through would be a lot easier.
Yes ...
Date: 2020-08-10 08:27 pm (UTC)