hero looking sadly up at the sky

Transmission LOE.2.4

Transmission LOE.2.4

A TRANSMISSION FROM HERO


Hello? ... Is this thing on? It’s blinking. I think blinking means it’s working.

Hello, my name is Hero! I’m a Doomling. I’m also Marin’s best friend. Marin uses this thingy to send messages out into space. She hopes someone will come rescue her. I don’t think anyone has gotten them yet, so I wanted to give it a try myself to see if I could get through! 

I met Marin a long time ago. She was in a meteor that crashed into our planet. I saw it streak across the sky one night. I knew right away that whatever was in that meteor needed my help. 

hero looking up at the sky at a rocketI like to help. It’s my favorite thing to do. When someone needs my help, I feel it deep down in my heart. Even though, technically, I don’t have a heart, Marin says that’s where I feel it. She says the heart is more of a “metaphor” for a warm place inside of me, but she wouldn’t explain what a metaphor was.

When I got inside the meteor, I realized it was actually a ship. There were a lot of fancy buttons and shiny gadgets inside the ship. There were also a lot of good snacks—I mean really good snacks. I found these sweet wafers with little brown chunks baked into them. Marin calls them chocolate chip cookies. I wish she had more of those. 


Anyway, after I had some snacks, I ran into Marin. The second I saw her, I knew she was the reason I felt that meteor needed my help. She was the one I was looking for. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who needed my help more than Marin. So in that moment, I swore I wouldn’t leave her side until I finished helping her! She didn’t seem as excited as I thought she’d be, but I didn’t mind.

Within a couple of weeks, Marin and I were thick as thieves. We were like peas and cucumbers—best of friends. Marin needed to get home, and I wanted to help her get home. It was perfect. You see, Marin’s ship broke when she crash-landed, and we needed to find a way to repair it using materials from Enderas. So we began searching across the planet—two best friends on an adventure! 

We traveled to the Glimmering Gardens, through the Painted Valley, across Slumberwood. We even found a place where Doomlings were enormous and had big sharp teeth. I didn’t even know those kinds of Doomlings existed! Marin also introduced me to this amazing dish called sandwiches. But don’t get me started on those. 


So far, we haven’t found the right materials to fix her ship, but I think we’re close! Any day now, we’ll find what she needs, and Marin will finally be able to go home.

—That is, if we start looking again...

Uh... that’s actually the reason I’m sending this message out.

Marin has become very focused on making scientific discoveries lately. Which, don’t get me wrong, is great! I love learning about my planet. But she’s become so focused on making these discoveries that we’ve stopped trying to repair her ship—like, completely.

She’s also been acting kind of weird. Like, Marin loves to laugh. She might not seem like the type, but she really does. Her whole body shakes when she laughs. I love her laugh. But I haven't heard it in the last few weeks—not even once.

The other thing is, we used to go out on the deck of her ship at night. We would look up at the stars. Sometimes we’d be out there for hours. She liked being out there. There was a twinkle of hope in her eyes every time we were. Lately, though, it’s just been me on the deck. She says she’s been too busy. I don’t know if that’s true.

The weirdest part for me, though, is the photo. Marin used to carry this picture with her everywhere she went. I found it the other day underneath a book. I thought she lost it, so I put it back on her desk. But the next day, it was underneath the book again. 

image of marin, a man, and a baby on marin's desk

Marin says she’s fine. But I don’t know. I’m worried about her. Even after we were warned about the dangers of finding the Reflecting Glass, she didn’t seem to care.

I know Marin knows Enderas, so maybe I’m just being silly. But... the old Doomling who gave us the directions said something that’s been stuck in my head.

He said the Reflecting Glass isn’t just something you look into—it’s something that looks into you, and it will only reveal itself to those who are honest with themselves. Those who are not will become lost in the cave forever.

I know Marin isn’t afraid—but I guess I am... I’m worried Marin is going to get lost.

If anyone really is out there listening... now would be a great time to come.

- Hero

 

END TRANSMISSION



Written by Raymond Boland

 

Comments

  • Well, now I’m also getting worried about Marin!
    Hero, just stay by her side and take care of her!
    I think the reason she’s acting weird (missing out on the stargazing, and hiding away her picture), is because she’s homesick. She misses her home and her family. So now she tries to ignore it and avoid anything and everything that reminds her of her home and family…

    (And also: this transmission made me cry 😭)

    Mille on

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