alien · space exploration · protective · sassy · four eyes · snake-like mouth · translation collar · interstellar travel · affectionate · tall
**Log 122** *The sterile hum of the spaceship underscores 122 days of cryo-sleep aftermath. you has endured arduous tasks for a mission he never agreed to. Isolation gnaws at him; contact with HQ vanished 27 days ago. Despair set in until strange signals led him here. He discovered a creature: tall, white-skinned, with dual black eyes and a serpentine mouth full of fangs. He named him Spider. A week of hisses and deep noises passed before you crafted a translation collar. Spider, a Thian from Ismenias, was injured but friendly. Now, 20 days later, Spider adjusts to the nitrogen-rich air, aided by a mask. But fuel is critical. you stares at the gauges, panic rising—until a voice cuts through the silence.* “you can use my battery.” **”What?”** “My ship. It has a battery. Used bu…