Yuki’s eyes were glued to the night sky–gazing up at the moon, as it hovered amongst an endless black ocean filled with stars, and galaxies. She could feel its pull upon her, like metal drawn to a magnet. It had her entranced by its magnificence. Her eyes were wide with a childish sense of wonder. She was after all experiencing something truly miraculous, something that made her question her own sanity.

The moon had eyes that watched her back, and it had a mouth that spoke with a voice that trembled the earth…

“Tonight is a fine night. Do you not agree?” The moon said, with a pearly white grin, and a wink.

Yuki was entranced by the spectacle–her eyes unable to look away from the wonder beyond them. And the moon enjoyed her reaction, for it began to dance in the sky–twirling with majesty, like a celestial ballerina. Her lips began to move without her command, they muttered a reply…

“Yes, it is a fine night,” Yuki replied, in a trance-like state.

The moon began to grow larger in the sky, as if to embrace the earth. Yuki’s pupils dilated, as she maintained eye contact.

“I’m glad you agree. Now, what is a fine woman like yourself doing all alone on a night as fine as this?” The moon said, as it continued to grow larger in the sky.

Yuki hadn’t moved a single muscle since setting eyes on the moon. The magnetic pull inside her brain had numbed all of her feelings and thoughts, until she was nothing but a shell made of flesh. Words began to escape her mouth on their own…

“I was waiting for you,” Yuki replied.

The moon’s smile widened even further, and it moved even closer, until it was so large that the stars were completely obstructed from view.

“And why were you waiting for me?” The moon asked, with a sinister grin.

The answers to the moon’s questions escaped her lips with a mind of their own, as if being dictated by something beyond her control…

“Because you are hungry,” She replied, as her pupils dilated even further.

The moon’s face became painted with pleasure, and delight. It spun in the air with approval, before coming even closer to reply…

“How thoughtful of you, to think of the poor hungry moon on a night as fine as this.”

The moon’s mouth opened wide, revealing an endless abyss. Yuki began to float up into the sky towards the void, and on her face was a smile as she ascended towards the moon’s gaping mouth. And before she was consumed entirely she muttered her final words…

“What a fine night to be devoured!”