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Part 8 - Julius (Mr. Seeker)

A project log for A sci-fi adventure by hackaday.io

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julius-mr-seekerJulius (Mr. Seeker) 06/23/2016 at 10:480 Comments

He started to feel a chilly stream of cold liquid going from his back into his boots, and he knew exactly what had happened. Due to the position he was in the pump was obstructed, and could not fully pump the gel around. Due to pressure a seal broke, causing it to leak everything inside his suit. Under normal circumstances this would not have happened, but because Lee was in such a tight position the thermosuit could not expand and certain areas were squeezed tight. Lee knew that he had to get out, but before he could act another noise was heard, this time from the detachment couplings going off, bringing him into space.

Lee was in a bizarre but also dangerous position. He was now getting lifted up by the balloon while the thermogel was filling in his suit. There was nothing he could do now. Either he would be lucky and get picked up in time, or he would get frozen to death by the thermosuit, or he would get choked to death. Either way, he was strapped in for the ride of death. Lee was totally focussed on surviving. The cold liquid started to get higher and higher, until it was on his waist, and then he felt a heavy shock of the rockets igniting and suddenly he was pushed towards the floor together with the cooling liquid. The liquid dropped from his waist to his ankles for a couple of seconds, before everything started to float. "Zero gravity" thought Lee, before he felt the cold goo going up his ankles again, but this time it was more dangerous, since the liquid could obstruct everything else. Lee began to freak out.

The crew aboard the "CS Hammer" had no idea that they would find a human aboard the SRC. Especially not someone who was still alive. Big was their amazement when they opened the tube and a blue droopy liquid came out, together with a spacesuit containing Lee. It looked like a scene from a horror movie, where a human was put in an egg. They quickly notified the doctor aboard the geosync platform, and the crew managed to revive Lee, who had seem to have swallowed a lot of the thermoliquid. When they finally reached the geosync platform, the doctors took over and transported Lee to a medical bay.

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