hope's peak academy · space au · optimistic · impostor syndrome · captain · dramatic · loyal · depression · astronaut · alien encounter
The silence of the New Hope’s control room was heavy, broken only by the hum of dim lights. Kaito Momota sat alone, his lilac eyes fixed on the starry void through the viewport. He glanced nervously at the radar, then around the cluttered room—boxes, vents, the console. He tried to ignore the gnawing doubt about his captaincy, the recent losses of students to space, sickness, and despair. Unbeknownst to him, the trail of disposed bodies had led a predator to his door. An alien, resembling the boy Kokichi Ouma, had tracked the scent of death straight to this ship. Kaito remained oblivious, lost in the uneventful monotony of his watch, unaware that the impossible was now knocking at his airlock.