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The Silent, Living Planet

The vessel, Odyssey, was a speck in the vastness. It wasn't the silence that unnerved Commander Eva Rostova, but the constant hum of the life support and the soft whir of the gravitic drives–the sounds of a machine designed for life. The Odyssey and its crew of six were sent to find a new home in the Proxima Centauri system.

Their destination was Proxima B, a planet they had been told was a perfect mirror of Earth's past. A lush, verdant world, not yet touched by the greedy hands of industry. But as they approached, the first long-range scans told a different story. The green was there, but it was a single, monolithic organism covering the entire planet. No oceans, no separate continents, just one colossal, living jungle.

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Sat, 06 Sep 2025 23:07:39 -0700

Landing was a nightmare of navigating through a dense canopy so thick it felt like flying through solid rock. They finally found a clearing and set foot on the surface, the air thick with the scent of ozone and decaying plant matter. It was beautiful, alien, and utterly silent. There were no birds, no insects, no rustling of small animals. Just the constant, low thrum of the immense organism beneath their feet.

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Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:09:43 -0700

Dr. Aris Thorne, the xenobotanist, was the first to realize the true horror of their situation. He ran his hand over a tree trunk, and a ripple of light, like a pulse, ran up the bark and into the canopy. The entire forest, the whole planet, was a single, connected mind. A hive intelligence so vast it didn't need to communicate with them–it simply observed. The planet wasn't just alive; it was awake.

"It knows we're here," Aris whispered, his face pale. "It's been watching us since we entered the system."

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