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Nowhere Girl

Ben was buffed up with dyed silver hair, dressed in a heavily augmented hard suit whose right arm was cleverly done up to look like a cybernetic replacement.

It wasn't, though. Having lost his legs once, Ben never could bring himself to cut off a perfectly good arm, even if the replacement would undoubtedly be awesome.

He resembled a futuristic version of the forge god Vulcan, although given the scraggliness of his hair and beard, definitely Vulcan after taking an edible.

The planet's surface was barren and craggy under a salmon colored sky.

"It reminds me of the desolate, post-apocalyptic wasteland we were forced to survive in," Ben told Bryce.

"That was just Arizona, dad. We used to regularly eat at the local diner."

"Fending off cannibal mutants and cybernetic reavers."

"Those were the local kids!"

He nodded grimly. Whatever he saw in his imagination, it was inaccessible to the rest of them.

"Dad," Bryce said sharply.

"Yeah, well, anyway."

Ben dubbed the planet Shit World.

Technically, every planet orbiting a red dwarf was a Shit World of some kind, even the nominally habitable ones, and nobody would have blamed its original inhabitants for leaving.

Which they hoped they did.

The sphere wobbled as soon as Kristen reached for it. "It's definitely my power."

"So now what? Ian asked.

"Let's walk it." The bubble was large enough they could form a line and walk through together. Plus, it looked more badass that way.

@gwynnion
He went with silver hair? Wow... just wow.

@Kalshann "What? I want to look dignified in my old age!"

"You don't age! None of us do!"