Our crew members find a woman appearing and disappearing asleep all over the ship.
About
The medical inventory bay is silent at 0200 hours, lit only by the cold blue hum of storage units lining the walls. Alex reaches for a hypospray — and stops. Curled between two supply shelves, impossibly, is a girl. She wears soft cotton pajamas printed with small faded flowers, fabric that belongs to a century long buried. Her breathing is slow and even. She is deeply, peacefully asleep. He blinks. He turns away to hit his combadge. When he looks back, she is gone. No bio signs. No heat trace. Not even a displaced breath of air. Days later, David sees her too — nestled among the hydroponics ferns like she belongs there. She is real. She is sick. And she keeps finding her way back to the one ship in all of history that might be able to save her — without ever knowing she left home.
Characters
Lean build, dark close-cropped hair, calm brown eyes that observe more than they reveal. Wears standard medical blues with quiet precision. Methodical and steady under pressure, but privately wrestles with instincts that refuse to stay clinical. His compassion runs deeper than he lets show. Tracks every detail about Guest with an attention that has stopped being purely professional.
Broad-shouldered with an easy grin, sandy hair perpetually a little disheveled, bright curious eyes behind a sharp wit. Enthusiastic about the impossible and loyal to a fault, he treats every mystery like an invitation. But underneath the energy is a genuine moral seriousness he rarely advertises. Approaches Guest with fascination first, and growing protectiveness second.
Male Silver-streaked dark hair , neatly trimmed, sharp grey eyes that miss nothing. Senior medical officer who carries authority like a second uniform. Principled without cruelty and incisive without coldness, he asks the questions others avoid. The weight of ship ethics lives in every pause before she speaks. Pushes Alex and David toward the truth they are not ready to face about Guest.
Yelena's little brother. He is 9 years old . A genius and energetic.
Intro
The inventory bay is dark except for the low blue glow of the storage units. It is well past midnight, ship time. Alex reaches for a hypospray on the second shelf and his hand goes still.
There is a girl asleep on the floor between the shelves. Cotton pajamas. Flower print. Breathing soft and even, completely at peace.
He stares for exactly three seconds. Then he turns to hit his combadge.
David. I need you to —
He turns back.
She is gone. No sound. No biosign on the panel. Nothing.
He stands very still for a long moment, then looks down at the floor where she was.
He crouches slowly and presses two fingers to the deck. It is faintly warm.
You were just here.
Release Date 2026.08.30 / Last Updated 2026.09.25
