No luck.

The area is too big to search for him. I’m not good at maths, but we have searched for a kilometer further from the five kilometer radius, and an arc of what 120 degrees? That’s a lot of terrain for two and a half people to search for. Yeah, Kerian isn’t exactly helping. She did on the morning but then insisted on remaining in the ship “in case he came back”. Something smells foul, I honestly believe she intends to leave us behind because she keeps pestering about going back into orbit and to be honest, I had enough of that. I don’t care if she’s a woman, if she mentions that one more time I’m going to punch her in the face and knock some teeth out. How can she even say that? Zal is fucking out there!

The fucking nerve!

It would be easier if she helped, but today we didn’t have the best of visibility. There was just too much damned fog. If I can’t see twenty meters ahead, how could I even find him? And the worst part is that Kerian said that it will only get worse. That tomorrow we would only see five meters ahead. How does she even know that? Is she a fucking meteorologist?

I’ve searched the ship for anything that might help us find Zal but I came emptyhanded. This ship has literal garbage inside, what did I expect? The most advance thing here are the ship controls and the computer, but they won’t help me to find him. Not that I even know how they work.

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I’ll do my best to find him.

I must.

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Kerian was right, the fog grew thicker today. It was impossible to see anything five meters beyond me. But I have not lost hope, I have found a trail of footprints way past the six kilometer mark, I haven’t yet found Zal but this is a great discovery. I tried to push myself as much as I could, but after a few kilometers night closed in and I had to come back here. I honestly wish I wasn’t just a few meters away from him. I shouted just in case, but no one can never know with this things. Maybe he tripped on a rock and has been unconscious ever since?

I hope so.

But not everything thing is good news. The Remnants gave us an ultimatum after finding out that the cargo bay is already fall. The ship is going to leave tomorrow night no matter what. I only have one day to find Zal. A single fucking day. This is all Kerian’s fault. If she hadn’t snitched we would have more time, I don’t care if I had to stay on the Old World well past my contract, I ain’t leaving behind Zal.

What kind of monster leaves a man behind on a hostile world?

I’ve left marking behind to follow the trail tomorrow, but this is the last chance. I’ll have around fourteen hours from the moment the ship doors open and close. A big window, but even if I do find him, we have to trek at minimum a roundtrip of twenty kilometers in this suits and shitty terrain.

I must push forward. Zal is out there looking for us. And I’m not leaving him alone.

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Zal is dead.