!.TSAF.R.U.FI.ZID.LLAC   by Zero Hour BBS

__________ __________ / /_ TIME AND THE UNIVERSE ARE BORN AS ONE. /\ \ \ /_________/ /\ / \ \__ \ \ ___/_/ /_ FIFTEEN BILLION YEARS AGO, THERE IS \ \ / \ \____\ \/ /\ ONLY BLINDING, WHITE LIGHT. \ \ \ \ / ___/_/ \ \ \____\____\ \ \ ___\__/___ QUARKS FORM OUT OF HYDROGEN. \ ___/____/ \_____\___ /\ MINUTES LATER, THE UNIVERSE IS \__/ /_ / /____/ \ TOTALLY OPAQUE. /_______/ /\ / __/__ \ / / ___/_/ \ / / /\_\/ FORM AND SUBSTANCE ARE IRRELEVANT, \ \ \ \ /_________/ \ IN THE OPACITY, LIGHT IS UNABLE TO \ \ \ \ _\______ / TRAVEL, ELECTRONS ARE UNABLE TO STAY ___\____\_ \ / _\ \____/ IN ORBITS, AND SUPER-HOT / / /\___\/ /\ \_______\ TEMPERATURES DROP DRASTICALLY. / / / \ / \_\___ \ / / / / / / / / HOURS LATER, THOUGH, A RIFT FORMS / / / / / / __/ __/ AND ENTROPY FLOODS THE UNIVERSE, /_________/ / \ / \ ___\____ ALMOST 25 PERCENT OF THE HYDROGEN \ _____/__ \/____// ___/_ TURNS TO HELIUM, AND THE UNIVERSE \______\ \ /\ \ \ IS BORN OLD, LOSING BILLIONS OF /\ \_______\ / \ \ \ YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE. / \_\___ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / \ \________/ FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF / / __/ __/ \ / YEARS, THE UNIVERSE COOLS AS LOOSE \ / \ \ \________/ MATTER FLOATS LISTLESSLY IN THE NOW- \/____/____/sYz TRANSLUCENT UNIVERSE