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Nëmi

Cold, vast, chaotic, and enshrouded in darkness. Amongst the vast emptiness lies a single world, not even amounting to a spec on a cosmic scale. The breathtaking sight of the little blue ball of dirt and water is home to the only form of intelligent life in this reality. Seen from above it would be unbelievably large to any who stood before it. Out of endless possibilities, This reality is one where earth, and the universe it inhabited, was truly unrepeatable. A one of a kind world that grabbed the attention of a truly unique little girl.

Nëmi, a warm coffee toned little girl, stands in the void of space, being the divide between Earth's magnificent blue radiating atmosphere, and the dark, desolant, and unforgiving void behind her. The little girl, wearing simple brown robes, and what seemed to be a small flat grey stone, like a crown on the top of her head. The matte grey stone, subtly contrasting with her short silver hair that matched with her enchanting silver eyes. Nëmi’s eyes glisten as she stares in pure awe, completely captivated by what is known as the most beautiful place in this known universe, the blue marble. If seen from below, one could have easily mistaken Nëmi’s eyes for a pair of stars that outshined even the brightest of celestial bodies. A sight that would unfortunately go unnoticed for the time being, as the earth's surface was completely covered in a thick layer of grey, spanning far past the horizon from where she stood.

While hiding beside Earth's shadow, Nëmi becomes entranced at the prospect of a real and proper life on this little blue planet. A life where Nëmi could have countless friends and adventures, one where everything is real and out of her control. The raw excitement fills her face with a goofy smile that spans from ear to ear. Nëmi begins to take a step forward, ready for whatever her first proper life has in store for her. However, before Nëmi could take her first step forward, a satellite then flies behind her at supersonic speeds awakening her from her entranced state, and reminding her of the home she is to leave behind.

Nëmi’s hair, along with her simple dark brown robes that cover her down to her knees and elbows, begin to look as if they were fluttering in the wind. Although she stood in the vacuum of space, the satellite that passed her by, did it so closely that it managed to give a slight gravitational pull, giving the illusion of her hair and robes dancing in a nonexistent wind. Nëmi then looks over her shoulder to glance at the cold embrace she once called home. In her eyes it was not a dark and vacant void, but a glamorous heavenly array that embellished her eyes with the powerful hues of cosmic blues and purples, in company with the scattered shimmering whites, infinitely illuminating the immeasurable darkness. Nëmi closes her eyes, forever retaining the sight she just laid her eyes on. The little girl Shifts her feet around and opens her eyes, the reflection no longer present in her now sombre but enchanting silver eyes. Nëmi gives her full attention to the luminous darkness, reaching out with her little arm as if to grab the stars beyond her physical reach with an open palm. Nëmi’s feet then suddenly give way, as if she was standing on a trap door that suddenly opened, as she begins to fall, allowing herself to be pulled down to her new home. With her mournful eyes fixated on the worlds above, Nëmi gives a mournful smile as she gives a final farewell to the darkening void that fades to a deep shade of blue.

With her back towards the planet, Nëmi finds herself in Earth's terminator, the sliver of Earth where day and night converge. Facing the veil of night, and with the sun rising behind her, casting its life giving light and revealing subtle iridescent hues in Nëmi’s hair. The strong array of colours, casting back their cosmic shades of bright blues and purples from the cosmos within her. Her strange almost glowing hair resembles a soapy bubble that subtly changes its hue depending on how light hits it.

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With Nëmi’s hair and clothes serenely dancing in her graceful descent, time comes to a stall. The reds and yellows from the blinding sun, dominating across the horizon and the near pitch black sky She faced now enveloped by its beautiful shade of blue, in a vibrant contrast with the white and grey layers of clouds that lay just below her. The calming sight puts Nëmi at ease, as she closes her eyes and lets go of her former idol above. Nëmi, seemingly floating in time, looked as if she was laying on the clouds just below her. The warm colours from the sun surround her with a calming embrace, causing Nëmi to feel a strange sensation in her chest begin to fill with a warm light. The clocks of time resume and Nëmi takes in her first breath, as she pierces the clouds below.

Water begins to condensate on the surface of Nëmi’s skin. The small droplets of water rapidly forming and jetting upward, refreshing her from the air around her that subtly grows warmer and thicker. She begins to smile, accepting this favourable reception while racing down to her new home. Nëmi’s chest begins to flutter, filling up with giddy excitement. She opens her eyes as they briefly flash with the cosmic colours she locked in her memories. The magnificent hues in her eyes matched the iridescent colours in her hair. However, unlike the tint in her hair that reacts with light, her eyes shined with such intensity that the clouds around her also briefly glowed in these spectacular colours.

Nëmi, with eyes filled with enthusiasm and her smile now spanning across her face, turns to face the ground below and then takes in an unfathomably deep breath, nearly swallowing the clouds around her. She puffs out her chest and pulls her arms back when she exhales a mighty gale of vortex-like winds, parting the clouded sky in an instant. Light comes crashing down to the Earth's surface, revealing the extensive lands the little blue ball of dirt had to offer. Nëmi’s stares in awe at the pure beauty of it all. Vast mountains out in the distance, looking like nothing more than anthills leading to the powerful greens from the forest treetops below, and that itself separated by the white sands from the oceans superficially boundless deep blues. Everything conglomerates into a breathtaking masterpiece that strikes all her senses, and hits her with a vibrant welcome.

“Wow!” Nëmi's sweet, upbeat, and ethereal voice fills the air around in a soothing aura as she begins to laugh with pure joy. She then spots a flock of birds in the corner of her eye. Fixated on the flock she flips her little body over, facing the sky again only to look up at the birds just to say

“HELLO!!!!” as she falls past them at unyielding speeds. Nëmi then flips back around to face the ground below when she is then unexpectedly presented with a woman in blue, surrounded by a blur of three, no, four other people, just a few metres below from where Nëmi was. Nëmi’s eyes fixate on the strange out of place woman, as the woman was the only one directly below her, and staring up at Nëmi in complete disbelief. The mysterious woman possessed a pair of glimmering sapphire eyes, eyes so vibrant, one could say the very gems were embedded into her eyes.

“Beautiful…” was the first thought that came to mind and the only words Nëmi could mutter before the sudden realisation that she was a lot closer to the ground than she had anticipated. Nëmi enters in a state of panic, flailing her little arms and legs in an erratic display while her head fills with a fog, impairing her train of thought. The only logical act she could think of doing was to “stop, Stop, STOP STOP STOP!” Nëmi yells out in an unintelligible slur.

Unfortunately for the mysterious woman below, Nëmi, still new to this world and its physics, not to mention the unexpectedness of the situation, had no way of fully controlling herself in such a scenario. Nëmi prevented herself from coming to a complete dead stop, thinking that such an act would create a powerful shockwave, similar to an explosion, that would somehow injure the woman below. Nëmi pulls her head back, points her feet down and tucks in her knees, curling up into a tiny ball clenching her fist, desperately trying to slow down her descent. Realising she would not be able to stop in time she squeezes her eyes, bracing for impact, yelling out “OH SHIT!” as she tumbles onto the woman below.

And the adventure begins….