Friday, August 29- "Two Moons"

Two moons were in the sky, and the researchers on the submarine got sight of them. It was told that there was a world where bad things happened when two moons were out. No land in sight, the stars were dim and unrecognizable. Was this the forgotten planet of the Attai? They soon found out.
In the language of the inhabitants of this strange new world, "Attai" means "beautiful", it was anything but. For the nights seem to go on forever, and they almost do. Each night on Attai is seventy-three days long, and it gets cold and harsh. Worst of all, the smaller moon is cursed with death to all who look upon it. One of the lead researchers gazed at the smaller moon, trying to make out the craters and mountains, his eyes rolled back, and he struggled for air. He was dead within the minute.

It was minus 20 degrees and dropping, the food supply was running low on their submarine, and everyone on board began to go insane. At an attempt to survive, some sacrificed themselves to the second moon, others tried to eat themselves, and others tried to hoard the rest of the food.

All the water on Attai is fresh, bad news for submariners. The top of the water was rapidly freezing down. They had to surface fast, or run out of air. The ice was thick, but they managed. Even though they managed to do this in around an hour, four days later.. and they would all become victims of the two moons; buried in an icy sea.