Stavl Zosimov
Shadows of past worlds

CHAPTER ONE

BUCKS and CENTA sitting in the apartment on the couch, watching TV and cracking sunflower seeds. On the screen show ads.

DICTOR

And now the future has come already now! And any resident of our beautiful planet is already quite possible, regardless of age, to take part and relax on the space orbital station. Especially since the prices are not so much different from the tour, for example, in foreign southern countries. Hurry up to take seats and become the first tourist in outer space. There's a 50% discount on travel to the Orbital Station! And remember, the discounts will expire at 23:00 Moscow time today.

BUCKS

Wow, LUSA CHEBOTINA, look at this exciting offer!

LUSA CHEBOTINA

Yes, it sounds amazing! We could experience weightlessness!

BUCKS

Let's buy a ticket and go to space! Go, CENTA , fill in, until the discount burned.

CENTA

And the money is enough?

BUCKS

If that, Micro-loan take. I will keep a blog from there online, and we definitely not just pay back the micro-credit, but also have enough for a second trip.

CENTA gets up from the couch and goes to the computer desk. She sits down, opens the travel agency's website, and fills out the online order form on her home computer monitor, booking a trip to the Orbital Station.

CENTA

Well, that's it, dear? In a few days, we'll be somewhere in space!

BUCKS

This will be our most unforgettable adventure!

Passengers enter the cabin via the ramp, including BUCKS and CENTA . The cosmonaut checks the boarding tickets and welcomes them to take their seats on board the space shuttle. BUCKS and CENTA stop in front of the cosmonaut.

COSMONAUT

Welcome aboard! Are you ready for weightlessness?

BUCKS looks at the nametag on the cosmonaut's chest.

BUCKS

Of course, flight attendant Lyra! We are so excited!

COSMOPLANET

It is more correct to call us kosmoplanet and then your orders will be faster.

BUCKS

Of course, kosmoplanet Lyra!

CENTA

BUCKS , it will be such an incredible opportunity to see the Earth from space!

BUCKS

And long to fly-that?

COSMOPOLITAN

12 hours, but according to the instructions, in order to avoid overloads when leaving the ionosphere, the salon will be filled with a calming gas, which will put you to sleep until the docking with the station.

BUCKS and CENTA enter their room, close the door and begin to arrange. CENTA takes the instructions and reads. BUCKS looks at the tablet control apartment.

BUCKS

Look, my love, there's even a weightlessness feature.

CENTA

Seriously?!

BUCKS

Yes, here's the button.

BUCKS presses it, and their bodies slowly begin to float in the space of the apartment. BUCKS and CENTA float in weightlessness, watching the Earth from the porthole.

CENTA

(laughing)

Oh, look, BUCKS , I can fly!

BUCKS

It's such an amazing feeling! We're beyond gravity!

CENTA

We have so many reasons to take photos, it's an incredible journey!

BUCKS and CENTA watch the sunrise through the ship's window as they fly.

BUCKS

Beloved CENTA , this is the best thing we've ever done!

CENTA

Yes, this is our dream come true! And nothing can compare to this beauty. And now turn on the gravity, it's time for dinner and sleep.

BUCKS

And tomorrow we'll be full of fun.

BUCKS , like a breaststroke swimmer, paddling his hands through the air, trying to swim through the air to the tablet. Centa looks at him in surprise and smiles.

CENTA

Honey, you can turn it off on the bracelet.

CENTA clicks on the bracelets and they slowly fall.

BUCKS

In the movies, they just fell like stones on the floor.

CENTA

Progress. Slowly turning on the lights, slowly turning on gravity.

BUCKS

Thank you, space, for this incredible adventure!

CENTA

We will forever be grateful for such a gift for our honeymoon.

BUCKS

This is something incredible, now it remains to sign.

CENTA

Well, we, dear, are a romantic couple, isn't it?

BUCKS

Well, yes, my swallow!

CENTA

So, let's consider it as an advance honeymoon.

BUCKS and CENTA engage in sexual intercourse at night, using techniques and positions from the Kama Sutra.

The friendly staff greets the BUCKS and CENTA and other tourists in the central foyer hall.

GUIDE

Welcome to the space station! We are glad to see you here. Are you ready to go for a walk in outer space?

BUCKS

Of course, we are looking forward to this moment!

CENTA

Yes, it is so exciting! We are ready.

GUIDE

Then follow me.

The guide leads the tourists to a special room where the spacesuits for the walk in outer space are stored. The staff helps BUCKS and LUSA CHEBOTINA, as well as the other participants in this walk, to put on the spacesuits. The door opens, and they slowly walk out into space. Then, when they reach the launch pad, an automatic safety rope is attached to each of them.

BUCKS and CENTA lift off from the platform and smoothly wave their arms, smoothly moving in weightlessness, looking at each other and at the panorama of the surrounding space.

BUCKS

It's so incredible! We are right in the Universe!

CENTA

Yes, it's so beautiful! Look at the stars and planets around us.

BUCKS and CENTA enthusiastically praise everything they see and marvel at the unimaginable beauty of space.

BUCKS

CENTA, do you see this?!

CENTA

Yes, this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. And have you turned on the camera, for streaming?

BUCKS

Of course, now our subscribers in online mode see us, see all the things we see and put likes.

CENTA

Then you need to watch your speech.

BUCKS

Come on?! All the same, its own… And we are not in school. Oh?! Already the first comments have gone.

CENTA

On the voice switch?! Let the Neural Network voice.

BUCKS

The neural network. Heard?

NEURAL NETWORK

Yes.

BUCKS

Then perform.

NEURAL NETWORK

Comment one from the subscriber Ruble: So Krashevo, I want too!

BUCKS

Answer them at your discretion. But read everything.

NEURAL NETWORK

Comment two, from the subscriber Coin: Damn. I'll definitely take this tour on my next flight. It's a pity that the tickets will be burned. Response from Zhuk: Sell them through Neural Network Advertising. It only takes half a minute. Response from Koin's subscriber:

Thank you, I'll sell them right now…

BUCKS and CENTA happily share their experiences and enjoy the unique thrill of exploring outer space. They return to the space station with excitement.

GUIDE

Well, how about that for breakfast?

BUCKS

General drop!

CENTA

I almost peed myself from the sensations. More cool than any sex will be!

GUIDE

Well, this is already overkill, although many of the staff expressed desire to coalesce it is in zero gravity and therefore our developers and added the function of disabling gravity in the smart room teams.

CENTA

We didn't know, but we've already tried it.

BUCKS

Tonight, after our walk, we'll experience this form of love.

GUIDE

Just don't forget to fasten your safety belts.

BUCKS

Why is that?

GUIDE

To prevent you from breaking through the hull in a fit of passion and flying into outer space.

CENTA

Thank you for your warning.

GUIDE

And if you're not tired, I suggest continuing to explore the other attractions on the station.

BUCKS and CENTA are standing at a table, listening to a master class on cooking molecular food in zero gravity. The CHEF, tall and slender, wearing a starched white jacket, greets them cheerfully.

CHEFS

Welcome to the amazing world of molecular cooking in space!

BUCKS and CENTA nod in interest.

CHEF

Today we will be cooking a simple but delicious dish of cheese and fruit. Ready to start? But first I want to give a general idea of what this miracle is, molecular cuisine?!

TOURIST

I, personally, all in the eye, Chef. Long dreamed of learning such a latest craft.

CHEF

Thank you. For a person not accustomed to culinary delights, molecular cuisine will seem something out of the ordinary. This is not surprising: the room equipped with unknown devices, flasks and test tubes will seem more like a chemical laboratory than a kitchen. Such an environment reigns on my territory of the food module of the ISS. And I constantly have to defend the scientific approach to cooking, because I am not only a cook, but also a chemist, physicist and biologist.

TOURIST

But there are many supporters of this cuisine?

CHEF (continuing)

Yes. Adherents of molecular cuisine claim that the use of knowledge about the chemical and physical properties of a product will allow you to create the most useful dish with impeccable taste and even in zero gravity.

BUCKS

Well, CENTA , maybe we'll open a molecular food section in the blog?

CENTA

Aren't you broadcasting online?

BUCKS

No. My mini camera's battery died. But I'll try to ask the ship's security service to lend me this footage from the surveillance cameras.

LYUSYA CHEBOTINA

They gave it to you…

BUCKS

What can't be bought with money can be bought with more money. And what can't be bought with more money can be bought with very much money. And so on and so forth.

CHEF

I'm sorry, young people, but if you're not interested, then you can quite leave the module and get carried away by something more interesting for you than the preparation of

molecular food?! After all, you are not alone here and just hold everyone back.

CENTA

Please forgive us.

CHEF

(smiling)

All hockey! And so, continue…

(pointing to the table with the products)

Now it's your turn, gentlemen tourists! Take a piece of cheese, pineapple and a drop of kiwi-sauce, and start cooking, repeating after me!

The chef carefully wraps a piece of cheese in a pineapple, adding kiwi sauce. BUCKS and LUSA CHEBOTINA follow the chef, repeating the actions. They are engrossed in cooking.

CHEF (continuing)

Now put it in a special package and wait a few minutes.

BUCKS

Is that all?

LUSA CHEBOTINA

(in a low voice)

Be quiet, don't embarrass me. Or they'll kick you out…

CHEF

After a while, the dish is ready. Can you smell the aroma filling the air?

BUCKS and Centa, along with the rest of the tourists, smile, delighted with their creation.

CHEF (continuing)

Enjoy your meal, my dear gourmet tourists! I hope you enjoyed making this dish yourself, without the influence of earthly gravity..

The BUCKS and LUCY CHEBOTINA smile gratefully and proceed to enjoy what they have prepared, following the chef's lead.

THE BUCKS

Inn! Is it delicious?!

LUCY CHEBOTINA

That's not the word!

THE CHEF

Tomorrow, if you are interested in molecular cuisine, I will be waiting for you here at the same time. We will be discussing the new recipe and its preparation.

THE BUCKS

Can I ask a question?

CHEF

Of course.

BUCKS

I'm a blogger. I have ten million subscribers.

CHEF

Excuse me, ten what?

BUCKS

Sorry. Ten million subscribers and here on the station I'm online mode my blog. Can I tomorrow all that you say, I will be to carry live?

CHEF COOK

Yes, no problem, if the command of the ship will approve such a tourist whim.

CENTA

And you think that they may not approve?

CHEF COOK

This is still a strategic facility, and a lot of things that can get into the camera may be classified.

BUCKS

So, it's not allowed.

The chef shrugs his shoulders and smiles sweetly.

LYUSYA CHEBOTINA

(offended)

You, Blogger, then who are you?

BUCKS

(sucking up)

Oh, sorry, we're bloggers.

LYUSYA CHEBOTINA

It's late. You'll be driving the car at night.

BUCKS

(tearing up)

Why, dear?!

LYUSYA CHEBOTINA

Khe… He's a blogger, and I'm just a prefix…

Chapter Two

BUCKS and CENTA are sitting in special 3D glasses, immersed in an amazing panorama simulating a flight to other planets. The effects of hallucinations from the Neural Network take them into the world of alien flora and fauna.

GUIDE NEURAL NETWORK

(voice with a touch of enthusiasm): Greetings, travelers! Today we are embarking on an amazing journey through the incredible worlds of our galaxy.

BUCKS

(with admiration)

Wow, CENTA , look, CENTA , what amazing creatures!

I would love to go on such an excursion in real life.

CENTA

(with admiration)

It's truly amazing! Neural Network, is it possible in the future to travel to other planets like we did here?

NEURO-NETWORK

Planning for tourist trips to other planets is already underway. Perhaps in the near future you will be able to fulfill your dream and go on a real space adventure.

BUCKS and CENTA exchange glances, their faces shining with the opportunity to travel beyond the Earth. All three continue to enjoy an amazing journey through alien worlds.

After a few moments, the screen goes dark, and BUCKS and CENTA slowly remove their goggles, turning to each other with smiles on their faces.

BUCKS

What an amazing experience! I'm sure that sooner or later, we will be able to travel to other planets.

CENTA

It was amazing! I can't wait for it to become a reality.

They stand up, embracing each other, and make their way out of the virtual reality module, holding hands.

CENTA (continuing)

Apparently, future space travel will not only be a dream, but also a reality for us.

BUCKS

Can you imagine, a blogger from another planet?!

CENTA

It's going to be the end! The whole world will subscribe to us!

BUCKS

Just imagine, nine billion subscribers!

BUCKS

It's unfathomable…

BUCKS and CENTA enter the living module, walk down the corridor and enter their apartment.

BUCKS wakes up and sees that CENTA has disappeared. He quickly remembers that they both spent the second night on the station making love. BUCKS rubs his eyes.

BUCKS

(confused)

CENTA ? CENTA !

THE BUCKS gets up from the bed and walks quickly to the shower.

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