Who Died Today?

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Outline:

Emily wakes up. She is laying in bed, facing the large panorama window. Her eyes wander across the familiar gray moonscape outside before fixating on the half-visible Earth ball for a moment. A noise - someone is in her module.

She turns around to find her older sister Lena sitting against the wall - tears running down her face. After a moment to fully wake up and grasp the situation, Emily asks:
Who?
Lena snivels and points to the ring on her finger. Dictionary to the rescue! Is that the right word? ... A grim but not uncommon way for days to begin lately. That leaves five of them, and since Tony is gone there is no more hope for a cure.

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The air hisses in the lines as the door closes behind them. The noise of the vacuum pumps kicks in and begins to slowly fade.