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Open Mic

The Strange & Unusual Universe of Silver Moon Unicorn

Silver Moon parked the trolley out of the way. She grabbed her tablet computer and stepped off the trolley via the back porch. She locked it and strolled over to the venue. She didn’t know anyone, but still went over to the person in charge to let them know she planned on reading some short poems.

When it was her turn, she walked up to the stage. She was stiff, but she didn’t trip or drop her tablet. She read a few poems carefully. The audience politely clapped. When she was done, she mentioned her website where they could find out more about her. She left the stage and went back to her trolley once the open mic was done.

Venus

The Strange & Unusual Universe of Silver Moon Unicorn

(From Silver Moon Unicorn’s notes.)

Venus is another planet from the human’s solar system. It’s the second planet from the sun. Unlike Earth, it was quite hot and many humans had to have air conditioning to live on the planet. One of Claire Rose Lutin’s ancestors was from Venus. Her name was Sarina. She didn’t have a family name because no one knew who her family was. Sarina grew up in an orphanage. From her diary, it doesn’t sound as if she was educated well, but she did work on Venus at a casino. She wasn’t happy with the work. It was too easy, and didn’t pay real well. She could have done other work, but she was repulsed by it. Humans have a myth about a Goddess of Love named Venus and I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the reason there was so much prostitution on the planet. I don’t blame Sarina for feeling that way. It’s highly likely her mother was doing that sort of work and got pregnant, and wasn’t able to take care of the baby.

Venus was considered a vacation planet. It had lots of casinos. Some humans called it the hotbed of sin. Perhaps they were right in a way. The planet sounds a lot like a city on Earth known as Las Vegas. Coincidence? Probably not. Some people thrive on such exploits.

Sarina doesn’t write much about growing up in the orphanage or working in the casino, other than mentioning them. She left Venus for Mars to find a better employment opportunity. (She did get it, but later ended up in our solar system. That was almost disastrous, but that is another story…)

Venus did have to be terraformed or else humans couldn’t have live there. How they managed it is an interesting concept. They are clever, but sometimes short sighted. Humans can take action without thinking things through. Venus apparently wasn’t the idyllic paradise they intended it to be. I’m just glad Sarina and others like her were able to leave the planet to live somewhere better for them. Playtime is to be cherished, but not as a punishment. Some people didn’t sound happy about living and working on Venus. Let’s not make the same mistakes over again.

Mars

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(From Silver Moon Unicorn’s notes.)

There is some debate as to who used to live on Mars before humans colonized it. Some speculated that humans came from Mars and moved to Earth when they knew it was no longer habitable for life. Others claim it was an alien civilization. I guess we won’t know for sure now. But I digress.

Mars, when colonized by humans, was a cold desert planet. The humans did what they could to warm up the planet by using the greenhouse effect. They also added water and thickened the atmosphere to increase the oxygen content of the air. Some people of note, Lizette Mueller, Sarina, and Jaekob Lutin, have lived on Mars. In fact, we know the three of them met after they signed up for military jobs on the same day. Unfortunately, those jobs didn’t last long for any of them, but they did make it to our solar system and became Guardians. They taught the Guardians a lot about humans and their solar system. Most of our knowledge came from them and their computer banks as well.

One person of note, Violet Mineur, was born and raised on Mars. Her dairy entries describe life in the colony. She watched the moons at night with her glasses. Violet didn’t have 20/20 vision, but being born on Mars didn’t allow her access to surgery. However, her glasses had a small computer attached to them. She was able to do many things with those glasses. Interestingly enough, Violet’s mother was a water nymph. I’m not sure how water nymphs ended up on Mars, but she was there. Violet’s inheritance from her mother was her ability to breathe under water. She couldn’t drown. Violet was reputed to have met a famous wizard named Merlin who taught her to use magic. I can’t confirm or deny that, but I will look into further.

Not sure about the Martian colony after the humans came here. I wonder if we will be able to communicate with those people or if their solar system is just an alternate universe of ours.

Earth

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(Notes from Silver Moon Unicorn.)

Earth. From my researches it is the birthplace of humans. I am part human, so I had to research Earth and the other planets humans once occupied. Are any still living there? Possibly, but there’s no way to tell. We cannot communicate with them. Nor can we travel safely to that solar system. Who knows if it’s even in the same universe as ours is. But no matter.

Earth is blue-green with many different climates all on one planet. That may not be unusual as it can be rather stable to have a complicated climate and complicated ecology to balance. Yes, contrariwise to the thinking of His Excellency, we need diversity to stay alive. We need all the various lifeforms to maintain any planet. Perhaps, that is where humans went wrong on Earth and assumed they were the only ‘people’ living on it and the rest were plants and animals. The attitude didn’t die when they went out and colonized their solar system. That attitude is very dangerous. Too many people, human and non-human alike, died as a result.

I do hope we have learned just how dangerous that attitude is. I still see some people struggle with it. It saddens me. Earth wasn’t simple. It was many things at once to different people who lived on it. At times it was dangerous to live there and at others it could be a paradise. Some of the views may have depended upon who the observer was.

In many ways, Earth looks and sounds much like my home planet. Even the calendar is very similar. I don’t know if that is a coincidence or perhaps Earth is just another version of my planet in a different universe. It’s hard to tell and I don’t know how to do the math to prove or disprove it.

Yet, it’s a wonder that any humans ever left Earth in the first place. It’s almost as if they were stuck there. Sure they made it to the moon that circled the planet, but it was a long time after that before they could explore and travel around their own solar system. Even after colonization, they still had poverty to deal with. Interesting all the technology they had, but it wasn’t available to all due to economics and most of them knew of those extras. Unlike here where the Guardians kept their technology as secret as they could until the rest of the world was ready for it.

Unfortunately, it didn’t happened that way. His Excellency forced their hand and many were exposed to new technology too soon and couldn’t deal with it well. Good thing the Guardians also knew other ways of doing things, so they weren’t completely helpless. Nor did they disappear. Earth did have its secret societies as well, but not as extensive as the Guardians. The Guardians could and did blend in with the mainstream. That’s why His Excellency wasn’t able to destroy them all.

The most interesting thing about Earth is its stories and myths about elves, dragons, centaurs, merfolks, unicorns, fairies, etc. There is a theory that some of our people accidentally went to Earth when humans were too young and didn’t have the high technology they have now. I will definitely look more into that theory…

First Day at Work

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Silver Moon got up the next morning and wasted no time fixing breakfast. She picked some figs and put them on a plate. She opened her cupboard and got out some almonds to eat with the figs. She grabbed a water bottle and the plate and set both down on the table. She enjoyed her breakfast. After she was done. She put the plate in the sink and went to sit back down at the table.

She picked up her tablet computer and went online. She decided it was a good time to start researching the planet and the solar system in which she lived. She had never left the planet, but that wasn’t unusual. Most people couldn’t afford to travel to other planets. It was a pastime of the rich or others whose professions sent them out in space. She didn’t expect to go out in space any time soon. It might depend upon if the trolley could go there.

In the meantime, Silver Moon looked for some open mics to drop in on. She was a bard and she would have to share her work sooner or later. She found one and wasted no time in making her way over there.

The Journey Begins

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Silver Moon stepped onto the trolley and turned around to wave goodbye to Frank. He wished her luck. She smiled and walked to the drivers’ seat. She closed the doors and started the engine. Soon she was pulling out and went on the road. The weather was unseasonably cool and she didn’t know why. She didn’t worry. Her plants were doing well on the trolley. Next to the kitchen counter, they were within reach of any meal she would have. It wasn’t all the food she ate, but it was most of it.

She wasted no time heading out of town. She didn’t plan on coming back. What friends she had, she could chat with them online. Soon she was on the highway with no planned direction. Perhaps she would find some place where she could park her trolley. She watched trees pass by as she followed the traffic.

Eventually, she found a good place to turn off. She followed the turnoff to the edge of nowhere. Then she looked around for a place to park for the night. She found one. Then she turned off the engine. She took a shower and went to bed with a smile on her face.

Where I Went Wrong

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I went down the

wrong path.

I did what I

was taught

and all it got me

was debts that

I have no hope of

ever paying off.

Now, I will go

against it all.

Now

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I can see

how I ended up here.

I can’t do what

I did to get here

to get out.

Things won’t

change

until I change

how I live.

Never Again

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Never again.

I will not follow

any path,

but my own.

Never again.

I will not listen

to those who

would try to

get me to do

what they think

I should.

Never again.

I will not be a part

of a society which

condemns others

to die because

they’re different.

Never again.

Insane Option

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I’m taking the

insane option.

All the sane ones

no longer work

for me.

I’ve nothing left.

No other options.

I have to try.

If I fail,

then I will try

something else.