Intro. The lottery ball bounced in the air, a cruel dance of fate. My name, etched onto the polished surface, seemed to mock me. Twenty years. Twenty years to reach Kepler-186f, a distant planet, a gamble on a future that might not exist. The Star Jumper, a small vessel built for generations, awaited us. But this wasn't a voyage of discovery, a mission of glory. It was a purge. The lottery didn't choose the strongest, the bravest, but the expendable. And Láilá, my rival, my friend, the girl with the fire in her eyes and the temper of a supernova, had been chosen too.
Láilá, with her uncontrollable emotions, a ticking time bomb of rage and grief. How would she survive the claustrophobic confines of the ship, the monotony of the journey, the constant threat of her own volatile nature? And what about me? Could I keep her in check, guide her through the storm of her own emotions, or would we both be consumed by the darkness of this interstellar exile?