Sky Eclipse: Episodes 1-3 by MORI Hiroshi

Author:MORI Hiroshi [MORI, Hiroshi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2021-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Episode 3: Waning Moon

Why had he been given to her, if only to be taken?

Who had called him away in the night so swiftly that he had not had time even to say ‘Farewell’ ...?

This excerpt is from Snowflake by Paul Gallico

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He seemed to have been dreaming of a festive dance party. The only thing that remained in his body forever was the rhythm, whether it was his breathing or the spasm. Still, when he slowly opened his eyes and looked around, there was a light nearby. It was the canopy. It was glowing vaguely, as if it was being electrically charged. It was beautiful. He wondered what kind of light it was. The sky was no longer bright. If it was the real sky, then he was no longer flying. He remembered. That was a certainty.

His body was cold, and he could not feel even half of it. He moved his neck to raise his head and looked at the meters. He felt as if they were indicating the condition of his body. But, they did not make any sense. The needles and the counters had all stopped. The indicators were also out. They were neither tilted not stopped. He felt a slight acceleration in a slow cycle. This does not seem to be a desert. Have I been swallowed by a whale?

How long has it been since the aircraft crashed?

Where am I?

He closed his eyes again. He went back to replaying the dream. Little by little, the images came back to him. His bodily sensation returned like a faint scent.

Yes, that was amazing.

The enemy aircraft that was spinning and closing in.

It was like buzzing wind.

His bullets were sure to hit the enemy. It was as if they were absorbed into the target. However, another aircraft stalled and stayed still pointing up in front of him. As if it was spreading its arms wide and standing.

He fired a shot again.

Evasion.

But, he might have been a moment, just a moment too late. He saw the canopy of that upstanding aircraft. There was another one above it, so he looked at that too. Either one of those moments would probably have been superfluous. In hindsight, he could notice that. There was no point in regretting it.

He turned to the left.

There was no time to control the flaps or the throttle. I’ll pass. He did not even think.

Up, for just a moment.

The aircraft pointed upward, but it could not kill the speed at all. As if it was gliding, it forcefully pressed the air against itself and got closer to the opponent. The enemy aircraft started to fall and was already in the smoke.

Into the smoke.

The main wing touched the opponent.

Invisible.

A loud noise and impact.

The reaction rolled his aircraft in the opposite direction, and then this time his aircraft started spinning. The world spun around him, round and round, but he could not quite comprehend what was transpiring because the surroundings were gray. He did not even recall closing his eyes.

When I was a child, I boxed.

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