Stars Die ("effulgence")
Title: Stars Die
Fandom: The Sandman
Rating: General.
Challenge: "effulgence"
Inspired by the title of a Porcupine Tree song (and rarities album).
Sandman © DC Comics.
Two humanoid aliens met in an abandoned space station orbiting a swollen dull-red star.
"Has everybody been evacuated from this star system?" one asked.
"We are the last," the other alien said, "except for her." He pointed at a pale young woman, absently gazing through a window.
"Didn't you tell her that this star is dying?" the first asked.
"Yes," the second said. "She said, 'that's why I'm here'."
"How can she stare at an unstable sun like that? Its effulgence will blind her!"
"I warned her. But she put on those dark glasses, and said she was 'peachy keen'."