Re: Mini-Grand 5105 (Round 1: Bernal Sphere Upsilon)
07-17-2011, 01:09 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by TimeothyHour.
The space station floated in nothing.
Her name was Bernal, and she was married to Athena, that great goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Exploration and discovery were committed in her bosom.
The nothing wrapped around her, Bernal, married to Athena. It hugged and pressed and smothered the great building, floating in the sky. The resilience of the woman was just enough to prevent her collapse under its nonexistent weight, and the greatness of the nothing was enough to prevent her from freeing herself from its bonds.
But then more nothing was added, and the cup overflowed.
In a deep, unsupervised storage area of the building, floating in the endless sky of nothing, a window began to crack.
The space station floated in nothing.
Her name was Bernal, and she was married to Athena, that great goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Exploration and discovery were committed in her bosom.
The nothing wrapped around her, Bernal, married to Athena. It hugged and pressed and smothered the great building, floating in the sky. The resilience of the woman was just enough to prevent her collapse under its nonexistent weight, and the greatness of the nothing was enough to prevent her from freeing herself from its bonds.
But then more nothing was added, and the cup overflowed.
In a deep, unsupervised storage area of the building, floating in the endless sky of nothing, a window began to crack.