Citizen 350 Raidar

The amount of rumors surrounding this place were endless. Darkness. A connection to the other World. How could one now grow curious when hearing of such Tales? Children might get nightmares from it and parents might use it to get them to behave. But Raidar was too old to get Controlled by such. And her curiosity was too strong to control her fear. 

Raidar was sure that most of the stories and Tales were going overboard. But they did say even if you fear nothing, this was something that would get you to know that feeling. Yet it was part of the test she had chosen. To prove that she was no longer a child. To Prove she could overcome fear. Yet she Had to say, while this was something that was on her mind when she decided to do this, is was by far not the only Motivation. Such a deep place to dive to, so far down. Surely there would be some interesting things down there. Something to discover and research. 

This test wasn't just a test to Prove she was brave. Not for Raidar herself at least. It was a test for herself, to see if she had what it took to become a researcher. She had decided this was what she wanted to become. But did she have the bravery to go to a place that might scare her just to learn? To a Potential dangerous place to seek out the danger to learn about it? 

This was what had brought her here today. Her body was moving further and further down, diving into the deeps of the trench. The deepest place. She had left the light behind herself a little while ago. The darkness around her started to feel… pressuring. It was like walls where coming closer and closer. The longer she stayed in this darkness the louder her heartbeat seemed to grow. It was so quiet. Not a single fish Was around. Or any animal for that matter. It was just darkness. With her eyes growing useless perhaps it should be of no surprise that her focus went more to her heartbeat and the slight sounds of her swimming made. All in all she had to say it was pretty… uncomfortable. She could hear herself swim. Her heart breath In her chest. But she could see. How was she supposed to know if she was swimming up or down? When no light was around and no ground touched her feet? 

It was a thought that grew louder With every moment, just like her heart. Pounding in her mind. She wanted to go back, wanted to return to the light area. Even her hallo did not make her see more. But at least she could see her feet. This was what she focused on when she felt the fear crawling in. She stopped her swimming and took a moment to look at her feet, her fur and tail. See that she was alright, and that she was here. Like that she could swim just a little bit further each time. 

It felt like an eternity. But then finally, there. Below her a glow, so faint she might have overlooked it easily if he wasn't so focused ,appeared. Light!! She wiped her tail to race forward- and indeed. There it was. Below her the ground unfolded in the darkness. Glowing plants growing on it, swinging in the Waters waves. It looked as if the ground was dancing to welcome her. The relief that flooded her body could not be described in words. Raidar could have cried of happiness. She let her feet sink into the sand, feeling it Beneath her Toes. She did it! She really made it. And this view!

Never in her life would she have expected to find something like this down here. This would not be the last time she came here. The amount of research she would be able to do on this place alone would let her come down Here again and again. In awe she looked around, feeling her heart grow warm. She couldn't wait to go back and tell everyone about her finding. And how she actually managed to fight her fear and discovered a whole New World. 

Artist: Askila