God: -shining as Lucifer, the morning star, in the dawn, and symbolizing the arrogance of desiring a beauty that is not god's. Venus 5:23. That which appears to be within grasp, and yet, is ever-
God sounds like every boy you are afraid of talking at once.
God: -of the vanity to be seen and to see. The human eye sees clearly by the light of god, but the devil by his own light, and thus sees only his own truth. The meaning of the parable-
Neptune: What a waste of time.
Jupiter: Shh, let's listen.
Neptune: Whatever.
God: -each of you shall choose. It is certain that the devil is coming.
Venus: Oh no.
God: It is certain.
Neptune: I told you.
God: It is absolutely certain the devil is already here.
Jupiter: ...
God: Parables I:I "The devil is only the shadow of man cast from the light of god." The meaning of this parable is that there is no devil. The weather is scheduled for 100 with humidity tomorrow. And now for the news-
Jupiter shuts off the radio.
Jupiter: I don't want to do this.
Venus: We should have called the captain.
Neptune: What would he have done, even.
Venus: Something else? It's okay, it's not the end of the world, it's not like being the devil means you're going to die. The devil just happens-
Neptune: Don't pity me.
Jupiter: It'll be the end of something.
Venus: It's me.
Neptune: Don't PITY ME.
3 AM
We know the devil. The fireflies are out tonight. So many we're afraid. We feel a little like we wish we could get away. Just for a little while. To some place that's not this shack. If the devil wasn't here then...something. There is something that could happen. The only thing in the world we want to do.
Neptune: We need to go.
Venus: It's too late. The devil's here. Just like on the radio.
Jupiter: This place is awful, it's just making everything worse. We should get out of here. We need to get out of here.
Venus: The captain won't let us...
Neptune: Screw him. Why do we have to deal with this. Why is this our problem! It's stupid. This is on purpose. There's no reason to come out to these supid woods. I can't believe I came here like we actually deserved it! What did they think was going to happen?
Jupiter: Neptune... It's-it will be okay. Okay? I think.
Neptune: Thanks.
Jupiter: Haha. I tried! Sort of...
Neptune: Ah. Ahahaha. No, I actually-
Venus: What was that?
Out the window, where Venus is pointing, there is a light like a flashlight. But it is not a flashlight.
Venus: What is it.
Jupiter goes to the window to see. And this time it's true. We can see it too. We know we should stay. We should just get it over with here, where it's easiest. It'll be better for him, too. But...
Jupiter: ...we should go.
Neptune: Seriously. God. Yes.
Venus: We shouldn't, I mean, isn't one of us supposed to stay here?
There's a light inside now. It doesn't do anything. It just wanders. It passes over Neptune and she shivers.
Neptune: Screw this. No waiting.
Jupiter: Now.
And we run. First it's left, then it's right, then it's both behind and ahead of us. It's like running from every firefly, it's like running froms streetlights, it's like running from the sun. And they want him so bad.
Jupiter: Come on, we're almost there. You're okay right? Right?
Venus: ...y-yeah.
Neptune: They hate streetlights, we should have run for the road!
Jupiter: I know.
Neptune: I'm not mad, okay! But I was fucking So if we die, you're not allowed to be mad??!
Jupiter: Ahah. That's fair.
Jupiter trips. It's 100% her fault. She's not even upset. She holds Venus under her as she hits the dirt.
Jupiter: Are you okay?
Venus: Yeah.
Jupiter leaps up and pulls Venus and crashes directly into the ground again. Her foot hurts so bad she almost screams.
Neptune: No, no, no, nononono. You're okay, aren't you? Please don't be doing this stupid thing that is not happening and not real.
Jupiter: S-sorry. Ohhhh god. Fuck. It's super bad.
Neptune holds Jupiter's hand so tight.
Jupiter: It's probably... going to be fine.
Neptune: Fuck you.
Venus stands up. The lights flicker.
Venus: Why. Why are you protecting me. Why won't you let me... Why can't you just let it have me. Why won't you go on without me. Why won't you? I don't want to be strong. I don't want to be that sort of person at all. The lights in the edge of my eyes. I want to see them so much. They're so horrible, I can't look away. I want them within and without me. All through and about me. I want feathers in my lungs and eyes on my skin. I want my heart to see and my lungs to fly. I want to undo the division of day and night. I want to cast light over the city and shine shadows where the streetlights used to be. You're gonna to say I shouldn't give up, and there's hope, and we can all get through this...
Jupiter: Please... don't.
Venus: And that's not a lie but...
Neptune: Venus, no, get a grip. Stop. I prmoise, I won't-
Venus: It's nobody's fault but mine.
Jupiter holds Neptune. For a second it look slike the light is lifting him up, like he's going up like Jeremiah. It's exactly what we imagined. We're so glad we're together now. But it still feels wrong. Stop for a second, and let us figure it out. But we don't deserve to get out with no regrets. We are ready, and we can see the way out, is right there, right through there.
4 AM
Venus is a suffocation of air and light, a midwest summer sun so punishing it feels like a dream. A summer that never ends is hell. Nothing could be worse than being hot and stick and surrounded by people who aguely hate you forever. A wet timeless nightmare of cloudy light. Venus reaches out to us. She has eyes to fly with and wings to see. As terrible as an angel, be afraid. That wing to see the truth and that eye to lay it bare. We feel the heat on our skin and recoil. It wants something from us, a lot of things, maybe everything. The devil is lonely. We kicked out the devil and it must miss us. It keeps begging to be let back, to let it in. And Venus did. Every wish of the eyees belongs to it. Nothing can escape this light. But we do. We can't feel the beat of the wings or the light of the eyes. We can't be seen. We chose to cover our faces. And the devil only ever gets one moment. For revenge, for love, for "please see me." But there is nothing to fear when there is two against the devil. Neptune brings the water. Her radio cackles and bubbles and foams at its sharpest edge. Jupiter brings the storm. Her radio blares and shrieks and the weight of it shudders. Our radios scream and crash against her and the devil is destroyed.
5 AM
We're on the second highest branch, so we can see everyone, but no one can see us. Everyone else is climbing around the sirens, checking if we can get them any louder in the daylight.
Jupiter: Good job, kiddo.
Venus hangs from the highest branch he can. Steam peels off him. Nothing we can do about that but let it blow into the wind. A little bit of the devil always gets away. Neptune crushes a leaf in her fingers. Jupiter holds her other hand. Like we need to.
Neptune: How much longer do we have?
Jupiter: Until it's all gone, probably.
Neptune: All day?
Jupiter: If we're lucky.
Neptune: Good.
Neptune checks her phone. But it's out of batteries.
Neptune: I'm so tired.
Jupiter: Me too.
Neptune: Don't be tired. If I fall asleep, who's going to stop me from falling?
Jupiter: I don't know. I guess we're both going to die.
Neptune: Haha.
Jupiter: ...I promise I won't actually, though.
Neptune: Good.
Jupiter: Otherwise I'll die, right?
Neptune: Right. Is your leg okay?
Jupiter: Yeah. So don't let me fall either.
Neptune: Ha. Okay. So say if Venus falls, I'll catch him, and then you'll catch me?
Jupiter: I'll totally try. But I think we'll definitely all die if that happens.
Neptune: In that case, you shouldn't then.
Jupiter: I shouldn't. But I probably totally would. Wouldn't I be so cool? Like a real hero.
Neptune: Ahahaha. You totally would. It'd be funny. ...not sweet at all.
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God sounds like every boy you are afraid of talking at once.
God: -of the vanity to be seen and to see. The human eye sees clearly by the light of god, but the devil by his own light, and thus sees only his own truth. The meaning of the parable-
Neptune: What a waste of time.
Jupiter: Shh, let's listen.
Neptune: Whatever.
God: -each of you shall choose. It is certain that the devil is coming.
Venus: Oh no.
God: It is certain.
Neptune: I told you.
God: It is absolutely certain the devil is already here.
Jupiter: ...
God: Parables I:I "The devil is only the shadow of man cast from the light of god." The meaning of this parable is that there is no devil. The weather is scheduled for 100 with humidity tomorrow. And now for the news-
Jupiter shuts off the radio.
Jupiter: I don't want to do this.
Venus: We should have called the captain.
Neptune: What would he have done, even.
Venus: Something else? It's okay, it's not the end of the world, it's not like being the devil means you're going to die. The devil just happens-
Neptune: Don't pity me.
Jupiter: It'll be the end of something.
Venus: It's me.
Neptune: Don't PITY ME.
3 AM
We know the devil. The fireflies are out tonight. So many we're afraid. We feel a little like we wish we could get away. Just for a little while. To some place that's not this shack. If the devil wasn't here then...something. There is something that could happen. The only thing in the world we want to do.
Neptune: We need to go.
Venus: It's too late. The devil's here. Just like on the radio.
Jupiter: This place is awful, it's just making everything worse. We should get out of here. We need to get out of here.
Venus: The captain won't let us...
Neptune: Screw him. Why do we have to deal with this. Why is this our problem! It's stupid. This is on purpose. There's no reason to come out to these supid woods. I can't believe I came here like we actually deserved it! What did they think was going to happen?
Jupiter: Neptune... It's-it will be okay. Okay? I think.
Neptune: Thanks.
Jupiter: Haha. I tried! Sort of...
Neptune: Ah. Ahahaha. No, I actually-
Venus: What was that?
Out the window, where Venus is pointing, there is a light like a flashlight. But it is not a flashlight.
Venus: What is it.
Jupiter goes to the window to see. And this time it's true. We can see it too. We know we should stay. We should just get it over with here, where it's easiest. It'll be better for him, too. But...
Jupiter: ...we should go.
Neptune: Seriously. God. Yes.
Venus: We shouldn't, I mean, isn't one of us supposed to stay here?
There's a light inside now. It doesn't do anything. It just wanders. It passes over Neptune and she shivers.
Neptune: Screw this. No waiting.
Jupiter: Now.
And we run. First it's left, then it's right, then it's both behind and ahead of us. It's like running from every firefly, it's like running froms streetlights, it's like running from the sun. And they want him so bad.
Jupiter: Come on, we're almost there. You're okay right? Right?
Venus: ...y-yeah.
Neptune: They hate streetlights, we should have run for the road!
Jupiter: I know.
Neptune: I'm not mad, okay! But I was fucking So if we die, you're not allowed to be mad??!
Jupiter: Ahah. That's fair.
Jupiter trips. It's 100% her fault. She's not even upset. She holds Venus under her as she hits the dirt.
Jupiter: Are you okay?
Venus: Yeah.
Jupiter leaps up and pulls Venus and crashes directly into the ground again. Her foot hurts so bad she almost screams.
Neptune: No, no, no, nononono. You're okay, aren't you? Please don't be doing this stupid thing that is not happening and not real.
Jupiter: S-sorry. Ohhhh god. Fuck. It's super bad.
Neptune holds Jupiter's hand so tight.
Jupiter: It's probably... going to be fine.
Neptune: Fuck you.
Venus stands up. The lights flicker.
Venus: Why. Why are you protecting me. Why won't you let me... Why can't you just let it have me. Why won't you go on without me. Why won't you? I don't want to be strong. I don't want to be that sort of person at all. The lights in the edge of my eyes. I want to see them so much. They're so horrible, I can't look away. I want them within and without me. All through and about me. I want feathers in my lungs and eyes on my skin. I want my heart to see and my lungs to fly. I want to undo the division of day and night. I want to cast light over the city and shine shadows where the streetlights used to be. You're gonna to say I shouldn't give up, and there's hope, and we can all get through this...
Jupiter: Please... don't.
Venus: And that's not a lie but...
Neptune: Venus, no, get a grip. Stop. I prmoise, I won't-
Venus: It's nobody's fault but mine.
Jupiter holds Neptune. For a second it look slike the light is lifting him up, like he's going up like Jeremiah. It's exactly what we imagined. We're so glad we're together now. But it still feels wrong. Stop for a second, and let us figure it out. But we don't deserve to get out with no regrets. We are ready, and we can see the way out, is right there, right through there.
4 AM
Venus is a suffocation of air and light, a midwest summer sun so punishing it feels like a dream. A summer that never ends is hell. Nothing could be worse than being hot and stick and surrounded by people who aguely hate you forever. A wet timeless nightmare of cloudy light. Venus reaches out to us. She has eyes to fly with and wings to see. As terrible as an angel, be afraid. That wing to see the truth and that eye to lay it bare. We feel the heat on our skin and recoil. It wants something from us, a lot of things, maybe everything. The devil is lonely. We kicked out the devil and it must miss us. It keeps begging to be let back, to let it in. And Venus did. Every wish of the eyees belongs to it. Nothing can escape this light. But we do. We can't feel the beat of the wings or the light of the eyes. We can't be seen. We chose to cover our faces. And the devil only ever gets one moment. For revenge, for love, for "please see me." But there is nothing to fear when there is two against the devil. Neptune brings the water. Her radio cackles and bubbles and foams at its sharpest edge. Jupiter brings the storm. Her radio blares and shrieks and the weight of it shudders. Our radios scream and crash against her and the devil is destroyed.
5 AM
We're on the second highest branch, so we can see everyone, but no one can see us. Everyone else is climbing around the sirens, checking if we can get them any louder in the daylight.
Jupiter: Good job, kiddo.
Venus hangs from the highest branch he can. Steam peels off him. Nothing we can do about that but let it blow into the wind. A little bit of the devil always gets away. Neptune crushes a leaf in her fingers. Jupiter holds her other hand. Like we need to.
Neptune: How much longer do we have?
Jupiter: Until it's all gone, probably.
Neptune: All day?
Jupiter: If we're lucky.
Neptune: Good.
Neptune checks her phone. But it's out of batteries.
Neptune: I'm so tired.
Jupiter: Me too.
Neptune: Don't be tired. If I fall asleep, who's going to stop me from falling?
Jupiter: I don't know. I guess we're both going to die.
Neptune: Haha.
Jupiter: ...I promise I won't actually, though.
Neptune: Good.
Jupiter: Otherwise I'll die, right?
Neptune: Right. Is your leg okay?
Jupiter: Yeah. So don't let me fall either.
Neptune: Ha. Okay. So say if Venus falls, I'll catch him, and then you'll catch me?
Jupiter: I'll totally try. But I think we'll definitely all die if that happens.
Neptune: In that case, you shouldn't then.
Jupiter: I shouldn't. But I probably totally would. Wouldn't I be so cool? Like a real hero.
Neptune: Ahahaha. You totally would. It'd be funny. ...not sweet at all.
We lean on each other. And we wait.