Surviving Deep Space - Thursday, Period Two - 8/13

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"I'm going to keep the lecture short today because our lesson is practical."

He gestured to the doors that were arrayed behind him.

"Each one of you will be entering a simulated psimoon. Psimoons, as the name might suggest, are planetoids which react to the mind of one person, adapting their terrain to mimic the person's mental state. Your mission, and you're going to accept it if I have to shove you through the door, the lot of you, is to explore your own psimoon and return 'alive' by the end of class.

"If you like it, you can even bring some of your friends to enjoy your psimoon. Once it's locked on an individual, it stays locked."

He beamed brilliantly.

"Good luck."

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Re: "Land" on your Psimoon

[glacial_queen]

Karla stood before the door, breathing deeply and using one of the meditation techniques she'd learned.

Then she opened the door and stepped inside. Into a very familiar landscape. It was the loch on the estate, the one she used to swim in as a girl. Sunlight dappled the ground as it shone through the trees and the air smelled fresh and clean. Good. Great. This wasn't so bad. Maybe the meditation was working.

She turned and waved Tahiri and anyone else who wanted to come in through the door. "Looks like I'm in a good mood today," she said.