He raised the wand. The alien ship dissolved around them, revealing the naked stars. Floppy hopped off the stage, through the vacuum of space without a suit, and landed on the Odyssey ’s hull. He looked back at Lia, gave a little salute with his carrot wand, and then tapped it against the hull.
Hesitantly, she pressed [OFFER CARROT].
Lia felt her own face split into a helpless, tear-streaked grin. It wasn’t a joke. It was a feeling—the universe, for one second, winking at her. Bunny Girl--39-s Strange Alien Adventure.rar
“I’ll go,” said Lia.
Floppy’s stitched smile widened into something genuine. THAT IS MY FAVORITE SET LIST. He raised the wand
The airlock hissed. Lia drifted across the void, her tether line snaking behind her like a silver tail. The alien ship’s hull was warm, humming with a language she couldn’t hear but felt in her teeth. She found a manual hatch—a circular iris that, when touched, irised open with a wet, organic sigh.
ESPECIALLY RED DWARFS. THEY ARE GRUMPY. MY DUTY WAS TO PERFORM. BUT MY SHIP BROKE. I RAN OUT OF LAUGHTER. YOU GAVE ME A CARROT. THAT IS THE FUEL FOR JOY. He looked back at Lia, gave a little
And then she saw it.
She didn’t tell them about Floppy. Some things are better as a mystery. But she kept the carrot wand, which now sat in a glass case in her quarters, and every time the crew got too serious, she’d tap it against the bulkhead.
A small, crescent-shaped platform glowed under a single spotlight. On it sat a top hat, a pair of white gloves, and a carrot-shaped wand. And behind the stage, trapped inside a glass cylinder filled with a bubbling, cotton-candy-pink fluid, was a creature that looked exactly like a giant, two-foot-tall plush bunny. Its button eyes were dark, its fur was pristine, and its stitched-on smile was frozen in perpetual cheer.