Hikya-kukan are space-faring couriers, tasked with sending vital information that conventional quantum communications are unreliable for. A humble job that, given political unrest, becomes some colonies' only source of contact to the rest of the cosmos.
Hikyaku, a fellow delivery woman burned out from worklife, gets her next big assignment… or in this case, her last assignment:
1 year from now, the universe shall collapse within itself due to a false vacuum. There is no way of stopping it, any attempt is deemed futile.
She must deliver this message across various remote civilizations through interstellar space. Sided with her robotic assistant Ako, she begins her last job as the messenger of the end times.
Unknowing to her, this journey was going to unravel her life more than the people she would meet.
The story was initially meant to be a submission for the MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest but due to personal complications it is a standalone story. The main premise was inspired by one of the contest's themes: "The end is now". I hope to return to writing once I settle things with my life.
The story was initially meant to be a submission for the MAL x Honeyfeed Writing Contest but due to personal complications it is a standalone story. The main premise was inspired by one of the contest's themes: "The end is now". I hope to return to writing once I set...
