Crease: Chapter 5 (Different Horizons)
At the entrance of the Deepspace Tunnel, the DAA's patrol team and the Farspace Fleet briefly glides through their respective airspaces. They pass each other like two ships in the night.
“Today’s patrol mission follows the same protocol as always. Probe the shallow layers of the Deepspace Tunnel, and report back on the latest terrestrial magnetic field conditions.”
After giving one final rundown of the mission objectives to the team, Gideon notices his junior colleague in the corner. He just made it through the probationary period, and his nerves are practically written all over his face. Gideon smiles cheerfully and pats him reassuringly on his back. “You’ll get better at handling this with a couple more missions. Everyone started out the same way too.”
The junior colleague nods his head, and he begins position his limbs at specific angles in a series of strange poses. Whether he's doing this from excessive nerves or otherwise is hard to tell.
“What are you doing? What kind of technique is that?” Gideon says with furrowed brows. The sentiment of “I don’t understand” is written plainly on his face.
“These are the most common poses seen on the Heartthrob’s plastic figurine posts! Rumour has it that you’ll get the Heartthrob’s protective blessing if you pose like them before a mission!”
Gideon looks like he's about to say something, but the overhead announcement reminds them that it’s time to depart. With an unreadable smile, Gideon imitates the junior’s poses, causing the other team members to laugh. Their footsteps are noticeably lighter on the way out.
At the entrance of the Deepspace Tunnel, the DAA’s patrol unit briefly crosses paths with the Farspace Fleet, gliding through their respective airspaces.
Gideon leads the navigation with the trainee aircraft. His gaze is fixed at the very front of the Farspace Fleet, where a warship is being steered by the newly-appointed Colonel.
They used to joke with each other about the future; that if the both of them ever found themselves leading a fleet of trainees towards the same destination, then they’d compete to see whose students could fly better and faster. In the present day, the DAA carries research data towards Earth, while the Farspace Fleet pushes deeper into the unknown regions of the Deepspace Tunnel.
Like two ships passing in the night, they head in opposite directions from the other.
05 Different Horizons
“此次巡航任务与常规相同，探测隧道浅层，反馈最新对地磁场情况。”
向队员最后一次强调任务目标，蒋飞注意到角落里一个刚熬过试用期的后辈溢于言表的紧张。他笑嘻嘻地拍拍后辈肩膀：“多出几次任务就好了，大家都是这么过来的。”后辈点点头，不知道是不是紧张过度，四肢正按照特定角度摆出几个怪异的姿势。
“这是干什么，做什么法？”蒋飞的脸皱起来，脸上写满了“我不理解”。
“这是署草的帖子里最常见的几个模型姿势，据说任务前摆这几下能够得到署草庇护！”
蒋飞正想说什么，头顶响起的广播通知提醒启航，他似笑非笑地也学着后辈的样子做了个相同的姿势。队员们笑起来，出发的脚步轻快不少。
深空隧道口，航天署的巡航队伍与远空舰队短暂地滑过各自的空域。
蒋飞以教练机领航，凝望远空舰队最前列、由新任执舰官驾驶的那一架战舰。曾经他们调侃彼此，如果未来在深空航天署带教，向着同一个目的地，要比一比谁的学员飞得更好、更快。如今航天署携科研数据驶向地面，远空舰队向着隧道深处那片未知区域深入。
他们擦肩而过，背道而去。
Source for CN Transcript: lysk.site/主线/世界深处/折痕
05 Different Horizons
"This patrol follows standard protocol. Probe the shallow Deepspace Tunnel layers and report back on the latest terrestrial magnetic field conditions."
After giving the team one final. rundown of their mission objectives, Gideon notices a junior colleague in the corner. He barely made it through his probationary period, and his nervousness is written all over his face. He grins and reassuringly pats his colleague's shoulder.
"It gets easier after a few missions. We've all been there."
The junior nods. Whether from excessive nerves or something else, he begins positioning his limbs at specific angles in a series of strange poses.
"What are you doing? What kind of technique is that?" Gideon's face scrunches up, his bewilderment evident.
"These are some of the most common model poses from the DAA heartthrob's posts. They say doing them before a mission gets you his protective blessing!"
Gideon is about to say something when the overhead announcement reminds them that it's time to depart. With an unreadable smile, he mimics the junior's pose. The team bursts into laughter, and their steps are noticeably lighter as they head out.
At the entrance of the Deepspace Tunnel, the DAA's patrol briefly crosses paths with the Farspace Fleet as they glide through their respective airspaces.
Gideon navigates with his trainer aircraft, his gaze fixed on the warship at the front of the Farspace Fleet where the newly appointed Colonel is.
They used to joke about the future. And they imagined that if they both ended up as instructors at the Deepspace Aviation Administration, heading toward the same destination, they'd compete to see whose students could fly better and faster. Now, DAA carries research data toward Earth while the Farspace Fleet pushes deeper into the unknown regions of the Deepspace Tunnel.
They pass each other and go their separate ways.
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