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==== The Perfected ====

The Moon is also being affected by the strange happenings of the rift storms. An amateur astronomer originally discovered strange shadows and movement on the lunar surface. After informing the proper authorities within a matter of months a mission was mounted to go to the planet's surface and find out exactly what was happening. What was found was giant fortress communities of a creature calling itself collectively "The Perfection". On the lunar surface it did not travel with a spacesuit, and instead walked completely naked. It does not have any obvious sexual characteristics and each of them has an identical appearance. Their skin is pale, to the point of being translucent, and each of them are completely hairless. Instead of a normal face there is a large bone frill that extends from just above their noses towards above their heads. Their mouths extend far farther than a jaw should, and when opened show a direct line to their stomach. Strange growths, that appear to be similar to arms, sprout by the dozen from their torso seemingly at random. These curl around them to cover their bodies. They do not seem to speak to each other and instead communicate telepathically by some kind of link. When a leader Perfection is not around the creatures will descend on each other and devour their fallen until one of them eats enough and becomes a new leader cast. There does not seem to be any physical change, but there is an increased intelligence.

During the mission the astronauts managed to convince one of the perfection to come aboard their vessel. They interrogated it, and while the astronauts were able to understand what it said, men from Nasa were only able yo hear a series of clicks and scratching noises. So instead the astronauts communicated what the creature heard. It goes as follows:

"What are you?"

"We are you, but not. We are what you wish to be, we are you realized."

"What does that mean?"

"If you were to be perfect, if every decision you made had been correct, if every day the sun had shined in just the right way.. maybe you would be us." The astronauts were confused, and upon asking further questions the creature would say it doesn't understand. Then they asked it about the arms.

"They are our shame, they cover what is to great for your eyes." The astronauts then forced the creature, against orders, to show them what was under the arms, and then the broadcast is only blood curtailing screams. The screaming broadcast has gone on for the four months since it began, never stopping and sometimes even changing in octave. The one member who was not watching at the time was heard trying to fix it, panicking because he could hear "scratching on the outside of the hull" and occasionally saw arms on the small window ports (pale arms like the creature). His transmission cut out when he lost power, but the other screaming one remained. It is unknown what happened to the last astronaut, however it is thought he perished that day or shorty after. No subsequent mission as been mounted, but the structures on the moon have continued to grow larger.