"I like any species that sends nudes into the endless void."
- Eve
5 MINUTES LATER - DOC-DANGER - EARTH-ISH
High Roller, the Masked Man, and I are floating roughly where the Earth should be. Fox and Eve are out looking for clues.
"You left Megacles a God Machine, right?" High Roller asks.
I nod.
"Maybe she just moved everything."
I shrug. It's possible.
"Pluto's gone." says High Roller. "That's a good sign. Megacles wouldn't leave without Pluto."
I nod.
A portal opens. Fox comes through.
"Judging by the orbit of what's left - a few comets and dust clouds - the Sun's been gone for about 11 weeks." Fox glares at the Man in the Mask. "It disappeared around the same time as the Impossible Party."
I shake my head. Fuck.
We float there for a bit. Staring at nothing.
A portal opens. Eve comes through. She's dragging a big chunk of metal. "I found something. Maybe a clue." It's a Pioneer probe.
I hang my head. "Thank you. But, that isn't a clue. We fired that off to prove we existed. In case something happened to us."
"Oh." says Eve. "Should I put it back?"
"No." I tear a small plaque off the antenna strut. Hand it to Eve. "No. You were supposed to find it."
Eve's crying. I hold her.