A Crown of Roses

bonus/proof:

thats it! all 8 pages! i had a lot of fun drawing this, thank you for everybodys kind words on the preview post.

The Freeze. That's what I had decided to call it. (Such a poet aren't I?). We were 98 days after the freeze now. Once I had thought that the winter would end but now I am not so sure. We were almost a hundred days since the Aurora and the weather has only gotten colder. Almost like the sun has been dying out. Freezing itself like the dying ice cube that was the earth.

In Truth I don't know why I am even writing this to you now; great reader of the future. Perhaps I am acting in defiance of Entropy, and energy decay. In some kind of hope that my last days will at least be entertaining to whatever asshole gods turned the thermostat down.

I guess Alan Kay said it best. 'We often think of survivalists as men fighting against nature, this is silly, for the man who fights against nature will die' or however the quote goes. I can't exactly whip out the old trusty smartphone and lookup my quotes for accuracy. I haven't died yet.

clocky scientist: that's correct. it seems to be their primary method of reproduction.

marine commander: by god, the universe really is a horrible place... hey, ensign. you feeling alright?