New Houston, I'm approaching the outer rim
I will be out of direct com range soon and engaging hibernation
All systems are clear, mission is a go
Newton-8 over and out
Roger that Newton-8
Phase 2 is a go, godspeed
Awake out among the stars
Where no one else has been
We have traveled from afar
Now our task begins
Starlight closing
Departing from all that is known
Father, goodbye
Sacrifice made for all mankind
Signal fading
Lightyears of distance we have flown
Human experience
Will overcome the grand design
Disappeared
Last three probes
Here we are
Following
Volunteered
Heart and soul
Through the darkness flying
Determined to persevere
Sailing towards our last hope
Collapsed star
Lies waiting
Yet unclear
We don't know
If we'll be drawn apart
Spaghettified, atoms wide
Or pass into the unknown
Entering Double Helix Nebula
Subspace
Slip drive
Starting
Countdown
Five
Four
Three
Two
One
The tendrils of light beckon me closer
Dancing visions of radiant fantasy
Stardust forms the guiding beacon
To the throne room of the idiot god
The center calls us forth
To Nathan and Albert's Bridge
A chance for being reborn
If that's what it really is
The model is sound
We will be allowed
To pass
Even if I die
It's better this way
I had to leave
Couldn't stay
I must
Get away
Behold a fool, running from his problems
Bearing away his pain into the empty void of space
And the Challenger deep of the Milky Way
(Elevated vitals)
(Do not despair)
(Fulfilling our purpose)
(We are nearly there)
(Or are we?)
But nothing was ever quite so simple
Nothing gained without the venture
But this one saw fit to playing at being the hero
And cast himself into the leading role
Hurtling through the cosmos
Towards the deepest, darkest, bleakest, blackest hole
(Detecting Hawking radiation)
(Proceed with caution)
Mentally preparing to enter a heart of darkness (A heart of darkness)
Forming the will to pave the way (I will show us the way)
If the last of our ambitions fade with the light (A blueshifted sea)
At least we dared to sail the empty sea of night (What will become of me?)
Gliding around an accretion disk
Composed of stars long since dead
Diving into a black abyss
Not knowing what lies ahead
Ripped apart
At the seams
Excruciating existence petrified
Violent gamma
Particle beams
Cellular matter becomes ionised
Covalent structure
Returning to form
Consciousness becoming realised
Where are we now?
Told of a world
Of vibrant green, sight unseen
Life decays and fades away
Just as I am here today
Falling down
Towards my certain demise, powerless
Dying alone in this emptiness
A hopeful light flickers across the screen
System rebooted, scan underway
Do I have power again?
Error report, damaged array
I feel the darkness surrounding
Repair function will not engage
My head and heart are pounding
Ego corroding, please end the pain
Pain
Turned around
Course revised
No controls
Please advise
(Damage sustained, return to base)
(Going back the way we came)
(Remain calm, we shall proceed)
(Return yourself to hypersleep)
Can't turn back
Won't survive
Shields will fail
Vaporised
No choice now (Please stand by)
Shut it down (Can't comply)
We'll burn to death (Fate unknown)
Nothing left (Going back)
Access denied
Options limited
Death looming
Pull the plug and float into the void
Life support
Disengaged
Oxygen begins to fade
Controls dead
Sanity is frayed
Everything here an echo of my past
Each reflection becoming a little worse
Entropy shall claim me at last
Futility
Chapter and verse
Hail science
Hail the endless void
Adrift and alone within the endless cold
Of this celestial tomb
Closing my eyes one last time
To all I have to lose
Carried away
My body mourned by none
Nameless to the abyss
Shapes
Bright
Light
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