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Dogs on Mars. Who would've thought that?

It has always been my dream to go to Mars, but as I got older I realised, that the chances for that to happen were next to non-existent.
But here I am. What a surreal moment this is. It is beyond any comprehension.
...

It was a very long way up here. Not only because of the distance between Earth and Mars, but also the long way of becoming a dog that will be sent to space. Who would've thought this? This is Mars! I am standing near the Schiaparelli crater on Mars, 56 million kilometres from home.
I guess it did pay off to leave Cornwall back then to pursue this dream. I hope Summer watched on TV as we made our first EVA. She was very worried about me when I left.

...

And I hope you see this aswell, wherever you might be, in a strange world, dimension or in the afterlife.

You know I wouldn't be up here without you. Without what you've been telling me, back in this night, on the cliff edge in Cornwall. You gave me hope and the courage to pursue this dream and, even though I don't know how, it worked. I owe this step to you. And I am unbelievably thankful for that.

"Hey Dylan, are you alright?" I suddenly heard a voice calling me through my wireless. It was Akira, one of the other dogs, who were chosen for this mission. In fact, we are a group of three, Akira, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Otis, a Labrador and me.

"Yes." I reply. "I just got a bit lost in my thoughts. Just look at this view. We are the first dogs to ever see the surface of another planet. And what a view it is."

"It's mind-boggling, isn't it?.
...
Are you thinking about your family again?"

...

"I guess I am. I try to not think of them as much and concentrate on our mission, but I can't help it. I have to think of them every time I watch up to the stars."

"Hey it's alright. Our humans do the most work up here, remember? You think about them as much as you like, just don't make yourself miserable, okay?"

Our objective up here is very simple actually. Where are basically just here, so our human supervisors can study how dogs perform on the surface and in a space suit fundamentally. We are not here to do any actual work or researching, we are to be researched. Dogs can't be scientists, I learned that a very long time ago. But we can do our best helping the human scientists with their studies on whatever we can be useful for.

"I won't Akira, promised."

"Alright then. I'ma head inside, see what O is up to. You coming too?"

"I'll be there with you in a bit."

Akira went off for the station. I remained a while to admire the view a little longer.

A moment of silence passes. An eerie, steady sonority, the sound of which I could not even begin to describe, accompanies every second I spend on the surface. It sounds so otherworldly, but also very calming.

I look up to the stars again. They are, technically, still the same stars that I used to spot so often from Earth, but they look so different up here. I can't help it but think about you again and this night in Cornwall.
Gone for so long, but still so very present for me. You caused the turning point in my life that eventually put me up here. A small glimmer of hope in this wreckage that was me and you found it and showed it to me.

...

I wish you could see this place. I wish I could show you this place. It seems like there is no evil on this world. Natural forces, yes, but nothing evil.

I can't wait to tell you all about it, even though this day may still be far in the future.

...

For now, I will continue this surreal adventure of a lifetime. I'm excited to see, where it'll lead me.
I'm filled with determination for the future, but for some reason I feel like something dark from the past is lurking somewhere, waiting to make it's way back into my life...

__________________________________

Well, here we finally are. This is another part of the "Join me in Death"-story, taking place in an alternate universe.
Sorry, that this took so long, suffered from Sahara-like weather and art-block. This is not the most special piece of this story, it's more of a bridge leading to a new multi-part story in the future. That's also why it's relatively short. Hope you enjoy it anyways!

Next Part

To read the previous parts of this story, click here:

Join me in Death (part 1)
The forbidden Reunion (part 2)
The promise (part 3)

"101 Dalmatian Street" is © by Passion Animation Studios, Atomic Cartoons & Disney.

Description
Dogs on Mars. Who would've thought that?

It has always been my dream to go to Mars, but as I got older I realised, that the chances for that to happen were next to non-existent.
But here I am. What a surreal moment this is. It is beyond any comprehension.
...

It was a very long way up here. Not only because of the distance between Earth and Mars, but also the long way of becoming a dog that will be sent to space. Who would've thought this? This is Mars! I am standing near the Schiaparelli crater on Mars, 56 million kilometres from home.
I guess it did pay off to leave Cornwall back then to pursue this dream. I hope Summer watched on TV as we made our first EVA. She was very worried about me when I left.

...

And I hope you see this aswell, wherever you might be, in a strange world, dimension or in the afterlife.

You know I wouldn't be up here without you. Without what you've been telling me, back in this night, on the cliff edge in Cornwall. You gave me hope and the courage to pursue this dream and, even though I don't know how, it worked. I owe this step to you. And I am unbelievably thankful for that.

"Hey Dylan, are you alright?" I suddenly heard a voice calling me through my wireless. It was Akira, one of the other dogs, who were chosen for this mission. In fact, we are a group of three, Akira, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Otis, a Labrador and me.

"Yes." I reply. "I just got a bit lost in my thoughts. Just look at this view. We are the first dogs to ever see the surface of another planet. And what a view it is."

"It's mind-boggling, isn't it?.
...
Are you thinking about your family again?"

...

"I guess I am. I try to not think of them as much and concentrate on our mission, but I can't help it. I have to think of them every time I watch up to the stars."

"Hey it's alright. Our humans do the most work up here, remember? You think about them as much as you like, just don't make yourself miserable, okay?"

Our objective up here is very simple actually. Where are basically just here, so our human supervisors can study how dogs perform on the surface and in a space suit fundamentally. We are not here to do any actual work or researching, we are to be researched. Dogs can't be scientists, I learned that a very long time ago. But we can do our best helping the human scientists with their studies on whatever we can be useful for.

"I won't Akira, promised."

"Alright then. I'ma head inside, see what O is up to. You coming too?"

"I'll be there with you in a bit."

Akira went off for the station. I remained a while to admire the view a little longer.

A moment of silence passes. An eerie, steady sonority, the sound of which I could not even begin to describe, accompanies every second I spend on the surface. It sounds so otherworldly, but also very calming.

I look up to the stars again. They are, technically, still the same stars that I used to spot so often from Earth, but they look so different up here. I can't help it but think about you again and this night in Cornwall.
Gone for so long, but still so very present for me. You caused the turning point in my life that eventually put me up here. A small glimmer of hope in this wreckage that was me and you found it and showed it to me.

...

I wish you could see this place. I wish I could show you this place. It seems like there is no evil on this world. Natural forces, yes, but nothing evil.

I can't wait to tell you all about it, even though this day may still be far in the future.

...

For now, I will continue this surreal adventure of a lifetime. I'm excited to see, where it'll lead me.
I'm filled with determination for the future, but for some reason I feel like something dark from the past is lurking somewhere, waiting to make it's way back into my life...

__________________________________

Well, here we finally are. This is another part of the "Join me in Death"-story, taking place in an alternate universe.
Sorry, that this took so long, suffered from Sahara-like weather and art-block. This is not the most special piece of this story, it's more of a bridge leading to a new multi-part story in the future. That's also why it's relatively short. Hope you enjoy it anyways!

Next Part

To read the previous parts of this story, click here:

Join me in Death (part 1)
The forbidden Reunion (part 2)
The promise (part 3)

"101 Dalmatian Street" is © by Passion Animation Studios, Atomic Cartoons & Disney.