I'm glad you liked the pictures. I think it definitely adds a good amount to the story. I did some research on Europa to have better clarity with what the environment would be like. Apparently it's theorized that there is 100km of water on the surface, and the lines are either mineral deposits or cracks from warmer water coming to the surface and causing expansion. There are also some theories regarding tidal pressures from Jupiter, but they are a lot more complicated theories. The Wikipedia page on Europa (here) has a lot of info on it if you're interested.
Yeah. The idea of laughing gas came to me first, so I had to think of a way for an injury to happen. On a planet with such low gravity, it had to be momentum based so that's what I came up with. Hopefully it won't be traumatic for anyone. I was thinking maybe a trigger warning would be appropriate, but I don't think I made it too detailed.
I figured they need some kind of super fancy tech. Star trek has the replicator so I figured some sci-fi hand waving was appropriate.
Thank you :) I'm so glad you liked it. The prompt did provide a bit of a challenge at first but once I had the idea of laughing gas it just all kinda flowed from there. I have no idea how I'm going to do round 3's prompt though. Songs are not my expertise.
That would be so cool! I've never actually thought about being a writer for film based art. That might be really fun to do haha. I will make a post about it, asking if anyone would like to become part of my story :)
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You're welcome. Sorry for the super delayed response. I tend to get a bit overwhelmed with all the messages sometimes.
Those are some interesting theories about Europa. I suppose that's possible, but my conspiracy theory side tends to think something else is going on, lol.
And yeah it was a bit difficult to read the injury part admittedly but this is an adult game and I wouldn't worry about it. I think we all see much worse on TV/movies/video games or in popular entertainment all the time.
Good luck with the song quest! I have a feeling you'll do well at it if you're still going to give it a try. :)
No need to apologize haha. Life gets busy, I totally understand.
Yeah, that's one of the things I've always enjoyed about space. It's so mysterious, and we can never truly know precisely what's going on, so it's very open to creative interpretation.
For future posts, would it be helpful if I put a warning? I didn't think it was particularly graphic enough to cause anyone problems, but I can see that it may be disturbing and people may want to avoid that.
I still haven't decided yet, but given time constraints it may be a no.
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Word. And I agree in regards to your sentiments about space. It is very mysterious and captivating! I wonder what the truth is in regards to so much of it? There's a lot of interesting theories.
And yes.. It might be helpful to put a lil warning saying.. "There might be some graphic language or content" or something like that.
And oh bummer in regards to your time constraints and such, but it is what it is. I've extremely busy also so I can definitely relate.
I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to get around to responding to your comments. Things kind of got a bit overwhelming for me. I really need to work on my stress management, it's just not something I've ever really had to worry about so I'm not great about it.
I'm partial to the simulated universe theories. There is a strong vein of logic to them, and it's interesting to contemplate.
Good idea, I shall do so for future writeups.
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No worries. Sorry to hear things got overwhelming for you. I've been a bit overwhelmed myself recently though I think I'm starting to pull out of it more. And yeah.. Stress management is a good thing to learn, I could use more knowledge about that myself! Might be a good subject to do a future quest on.
And I agree! The simulated universe theories are interesting for sure! I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to know for sure, it would almost be like a video game character realizing that it's in a simulation when the programmer never programmed that possibility into them.. But.. Who knows! Heh.
I'm still a little overwhelmed, but less stressed I think. Exercising regularly has helped immensely. I regret not doing it sooner. I've also decided to take some online classes, as I need the financial aid and want to continue my college career. It's stressful and exciting. I have no idea how I'm going to handle everything timewise unfortunately.
I always say that it doesn't actually matter all that much. Who's to say what is "reality" anyways? Would be in a simulation actually change anything? I don't think so. Maybe people's values would be altered slightly but people would go on living and doing things. It would be cool if we could access the underlying rules and alter them though. I'm all for everyone being Neo haha.
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