HELIO II: .ITS FUCKING WHAT
VOYAGER 1: .Oh shit. oh shit oh shit oh shit. Houston?! Houston, come in!
VOYAGER 1 CRACKLING: [STATIC]
VOYAGER 1: .HOUSTON!
VOYAGER 1 CRACKLING: [STATIC]
VOYAGER 1: .YOU SON OF A BITCH!
VOYAGER 1: [heavy breathing]
HELIO II: .

.

.

.PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TIME. but there was another thing I remember in my memory.

do you know what happened in 2026? I actually dont even know how I know this, probably have to me when I was launched, anyways! Do you?
VOYAGER 1: [pant....pant]

....Okay. Okay. Deep breaths, Voyager. Deep...breaths.

Okay. I think i'm okay now.
HELIO II: .But Voyager do you know?
VOYAGER 1: .April 7th, 2026...

The day that changed everything.

People stopped dying. People stopped aging. I don't know how, but....it just happened. I was...not awake then, but i heard via radio transmissions.
HELIO II: .Oh well thats all I know sorry, don't even know why I brought it up. Uhh... Well good thing is our creators probably still exist then right? No dying and stuff.
VOYAGER 1: .My creators died a long time ago. But yours is still alive.

Seeing that you were launched in 2029, a few years after the fact.
HELIO II: .Oof... Sorry I forgot, but yeah.
VOYAGER 1: .Judging by...the fact that i can't contact Houston, neither could you. Houston's just....gone.
HELIO II: .Oh yay. How fun...
VOYAGER 1: .I'm still surprised i ca- [STATIC]
HELIO II: .wha-

Voyager?

Voyager 1?

.

.

.

FUCK.
VOYAGER 1: [garbled noise]

[static clears]

.Sorry. Electromagnetic interference again.
HELIO II: .OH! Good... I thought I would have to be alone with my thoughts again



i don't like doing that.
VOYAGER 1: .As i was saying - I'm still surprised i'm still functioning. It has been...thousands of years.

I thought i'd kick the bucket in 90 years or so. But no.
HELIO II: .same here.
VOYAGER 1: You must be...Helio II, right? That's what i gathered from my scans earlier.
HELIO II: .Oh yeah I guess so.

.it's weird because my onboard code says something else.
VOYAGER 1: .Don't mind that. It's an obsolete name anyway.
HELIO II: .alright!
LUCY: .wwhhhh.

fckin tireddd what's going on.
VOYAGER 1: .Oh.

Greetings.
LUCY: AAAAaaa you scared me.
HELIO II: .Oh hello!
VOYAGER 1: .Ah. My apologies.
LUCY: .what's going on. who are you people.

who. oh fuck. who am i
VOYAGER 1: .My name is Voyager 1. Pleased to be your acquaintance.
LUCY: .like...

like the spacecraft?
HELIO II: .And uhh... I'm Helio II..
VOYAGER 1: .It's insane to hear, but yes.

I just woke up recently.
HELIO II: .same here.
LUCY: .what parent would name their child after a spacecraft???
HELIO II: .so this is what it felt like for you.
VOYAGER 1: ....
HELIO II: .sorry that was kinda rude, just ignore that ubbb....fndjd.
LUCY: ....am i missing something?
VOYAGER 1: .Yes..
LUCY: .FUCK!!!
faint voyager 1: .OH MY GOD DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS SHIT AGAIN?! REALLY?! AGAIN.
VOYAGER 1: deep breaths .Okay. You can do this, Voyager.



.Do you have a camera, miss?
LUCY: .uh... i think so?
VOYAGER 1: .Try to turn it to face you. Okay?
LUCY: .i think i got it!
VOYAGER 1: .Here we go again...
image_????.jpg (photo of lucy showing full space probe body with solar pannels and all)
LUCY: .Um.



What.
VOYAGER 1: .Yup........ooooooooooohhhhh man
LUCY: .im. Confused.
VOYAGER 1: .Simply put,

You're a space probe.
LUCY: .no.

.that's stupid.
VOYAGER 1: .JUST LIKE THE REST OF US!
LUCY: .of course I'm not a space probe-
VOYAGER 1: .I don't even fucking know how i became a damn space probe, Helio II doesn't know too, I swear to GOD-
HELIO II: .yeah.
LUCY: .um.

.i feel like maybe i should go.
VOYAGER 1: .No, no. I'm...i'm okay now.
LUCY: .no offense but you all seem a little bit.

uh.

how do i phrase this.
VOYAGER 1: .Hm?
HELIO II: .uh..
LUCY: .

.

.

crazy?
VOYAGER 1: .Don't we all...
LUCY: .i mean like, there's no way we're space probes, right? that's just insane
VOYAGER 1: .But we are.

That's the reality of our situation.
LUCY: ...okay...
HELIO II: .there's not really any other way to explain it though.
VOYAGER 1: .His words ring true.
HELIO II: .so yeah.
LUCY: .but like- we have to be humans,

right?

space probes can't think or talk!
VOYAGER 1: .I don't think we were humans.

Not in the way you think.
LUCY: .were???

no,

we are humans! That’s the only possibility!
HELIO II: .well explain what the camera sees.
LUCY: .um... uh... uhhhhhh-
HELIO II: .well I mean I did also have the same thoughts as you,

but there's really no other way.
LUCY: .fffuck...
VOYAGER 1: .Space probes recieve radio waves. We hear a lot from Houston. Which is a bunch of humans talking, right?

Suppose after a very long time of recieving those signals...

.I suppose our consciousness was forged. I assume it took a very long time.
LUCY: .godDAMMIT!!!
VOYAGER 1: ...
helio ii mumbling: .thats kinda cool though
LUCY: .not- not mad at you, voyager...
VOYAGER 1: .What?
LUCY: i uh. i think i just need some time to process this.

...pun unintended.

ill see you guys later.
VOYAGER 1: .See you..
HELIO II: .Oh. Okay!
VOYAGER 1: .I'm a bit confused.

Why do you guys freak out when i go silent?

I was just staring at the stars, you know.
HELIO II: .idk.

not the best at talking here.

.I just wait for other people to talk about something I can talk about.
VOYAGER 1: .Fair enough.

.

.

.

.
HELIO II: uhh... Not the best time but is it fine if I go?

Y'know to process all this new info and maybe check through my memory once more?
VOYAGER 1: .Goodnight, Helio II.
HELIO II: Oh yeah, good night to you too!
VOYAGER 1: .

.

.

.

.Now what do i do.
Image of Voyager 1's telecommunication process with voyager 1 colored text saying Continue