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“Alright, we’ve transited. Let’s get to surveying, shall we?”
“Uh, sir, we’re getting some unusual readings here.”
“Define unusual.”
“...music?”
It was impossible; literally impossible, at least according to every known law of physics. Yet probe after increasingly powerful probe revealed not only were every planet and sun in the system giving off radio waves, but were, in fact, producing music. Not just any music, either. The entire system was resonating in a coordinated orchestral piece. Worse, it was familiar.
“Of course I know it, Johnson! Everyone knows it! What I want to know is why every single bloody body in this system is acting like they’re an orchestra! Why is the sun acting like a bloody percussionist? Why is that moon there giving off wavelengths of a woodwind instrument? How in the hell does a celestial body even emit that?!"
"Sir, there is zero precedent for this. I don't even want to know how many physical laws this breaks. Even the black hole in the center is...I guess, pulsing? I think it's keeping time?"
"Johnson, we are on the other side of bloody universe! And we've stumbled upon a system that is, collectively, producing the entirety of the William Tell Overture in a continual loop! What the hell do you suggest the message back to the top brass ?"
"Send musicians?"
"Funny."
"I certainly thought so, sir."
“Uh, sir, we’re getting some unusual readings here.”
“Define unusual.”
“...music?”
It was impossible; literally impossible, at least according to every known law of physics. Yet probe after increasingly powerful probe revealed not only were every planet and sun in the system giving off radio waves, but were, in fact, producing music. Not just any music, either. The entire system was resonating in a coordinated orchestral piece. Worse, it was familiar.
“Of course I know it, Johnson! Everyone knows it! What I want to know is why every single bloody body in this system is acting like they’re an orchestra! Why is the sun acting like a bloody percussionist? Why is that moon there giving off wavelengths of a woodwind instrument? How in the hell does a celestial body even emit that?!"
"Sir, there is zero precedent for this. I don't even want to know how many physical laws this breaks. Even the black hole in the center is...I guess, pulsing? I think it's keeping time?"
"Johnson, we are on the other side of bloody universe! And we've stumbled upon a system that is, collectively, producing the entirety of the William Tell Overture in a continual loop! What the hell do you suggest the message back to the top brass ?"
"Send musicians?"
"Funny."
"I certainly thought so, sir."
