**'It burns. Why is it burning?' They fell to the floor, holding their throat as they screamed in pain. Their tribulation was cut short by vomit, their organs seemingly trying to evacuate the body. The room fell silent as their body slowly went limp, dread filling the room. "Everyone, quarantine in your rooms. Now."** The Monarch Explorer is on it's way into space to discover planets that are potentially habitable! Aaron, the crew's anxiety-plagued leader, wants everyone to have a good time. New technology allows for long-term sleep, which reduces aging significantly. Not to mention- the trip comes with an adorable AI to help the crew along! NOTES: -Dreams, sections where the text is all italics, are skippable and are there only to give insight to why a character is the way they are, or, a point of their past. -Trigger warnings will be posted for dreams, but not elsewhere in the story. Please understand that this story has (but does NOT support) mentioned/implied rape, toxic family dynamics/relationships, misogamy, and violence. It also includes death, spiraling into insanity, and other dark themes of such.