PP SYS Ch 6: Cosmog’s Playground

PP SYS Ch 6: Cosmog’s Playground

"What?" I asked as I stared at her in confusion, and Nurse Joy gave a small gasp behind me. As the doors opened up, revealing a massive room with what looked like stars strewn about on the ceiling. But that wasn't all, as there were two suns in the sky above us, casting everything in an eerie glow. In the center of this room was a small creature that looked like it was made of pure energy huddled close to one of these suns for warmth.

"Welcome to Cosmog's Playground," Mohn said as we entered this strange place, and my jaw dropped open at what I saw before us.

As we walked through double doors into this secret room deep within Aether Paradise, my heart began to race when I saw Cosmog lying on its side near one of two suns hanging in the sky above us, looking weak and frail as if it hadn't eaten in days.

"What is going on here?" Nurse Joy asked as she stared at the scene before us with a look of confusion and concern on her face. "Why is Cosmog here by itself?"

"Cosmog has been acting strange for the last month," Lusamine explained as she led us over to where Cosmog was lying, looking weak and frail. "We have tried everything that we can think of, but nothing seems to be working." She then turned towards me with a pleading look in her eyes. "You are our last hope."

"Me? What can I do?" I asked as I stared at Cosmog in concern. "I just woke up yesterday."

"Don't look at me like that! I haven't seen Cosmog in 5...15 years, and it is weird with you both just standing there watching me expectantly," I explained as I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment. "I just need a moment to think about this."

Lusamine and Mohn both nodded their heads in understanding, and we all turned towards Cosmog, who was still floating on her side above, looking weak and frail. Nurse Joy had been right; something was definitely wrong with it, but I just didn't know what it could be. There were too many possibilities to even narrow it down to one thing, let alone a few things. So much had changed since I had originally fallen asleep that anything could have happened while I was gone that would cause this. For all I knew, there might not even be an answer, or at least not one without more testing by Cryo, but it wasn't like I could just say that to these two.

"Do you have any idea what is wrong with it?" Lusamine asked after several long minutes of silence as she stared at me intently with her violet eyes which were nearly impossible for me to look away from when she gave me her full attention like this, despite how intense they could sometimes be. "Any idea at all?" She then took a step closer to me as she waited.

Lusamine was extremely pretty in her own unique way, and it was easy to see how Mohn had fallen for her, even though she could be a bit scary when she wanted to be. I shook my head, trying to clear it of any thoughts that weren't related to Cosmog before finally responding. "I'm sorry, but I have no idea what is wrong with her."

"Lusamine," Mohn said as he stepped forward and put his hand on her shoulder in an attempt to get her attention off of me which wasn't all that hard given how intense she could sometimes be. "We need to give Landon some space so he can think."

"But-" She began before Mohn cut her off.

"No buts," He said as he stared at her intently with a serious expression on his face. "We need to give him some space, or we are never going to figure out what is wrong with Cosmog."