BLUE PLANET

THE QUEEN'S FACE

Venera was very surprised.

The voice of Queen Ishtar when she mentioned her name, instantly turned loud and loud. No longer does it sound like the melodious song of nature as before.

Venera looked deeper.

"You, Venusian Venera, have entered my garden" said the queen. His voice was blaring throughout the room.

“M... Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Venera fell at the queen's feet. "I... I have done presumptuous,” Venera replied in a shrill voice full of fear.  

He looked down even deeper until his head almost touched the cold palace floor.

"Wake up, Venera," the queen's order was firm.

Venera was still motionless. His body is paralyzed.

"Stand!" Queen Ishtar exclaimed.

Venera immediately pushed her body with all her might to stand on her two unsteady legs.

“Thanks to your head, Venera,” orders the queen. "Don't duck like that."

Venera. “Ta... Your Eminence..?”

“Our talk is gonna be long, you know?" The queen's voice suddenly turned soft again. "And I don't want you to feel uncomfortable because you've been in that position for too long. Even if left unchecked, over time your muscles and spine can be damaged. You don't want that to happen, do you?"

Venera.

For a moment, the Queen's words.

"Well," continued Queen Ishtar, "from that, now lift your head."

Then Venera began to slowly raise her face.  

Just a little, so he can look straight ahead.

And stared at the palace emblem on Queen Ishtar's clothes which made her immediately kneel in salute while in the garden earlier.

“And you, can also see my face,” Queen Ishtar said again.

Venera was so shocked that she thought her hearing was not working properly.

"M... I'm sorry, Your Highness...?" tanyanya doubt.

"Yes, Venera. You didn't hear me wrong. You can see my face" Queen Ishtar said.

“T... but…?  Y... Her Majesty? Isn...”

“It will definitely feel very uncomfortable is not it, if we chat with the interlocutor who we can not see his face?” queen Ishtar said very gently. "In addition to observing the facial expressions of the interlocutor is also very necessary, Venera, so that you can learn to understand the various characters that exist. Sometimes what is said does not match what is thought. But that we can know if we are used to observe the face of our interlocutor carefully."

Venera was silent for a moment.

During this time, the most important rule that must be obeyed by the venusians about Queen Ishtar is 'forbidden to look at the face, obliged to bow, and not allowed to question or discuss anything related to personal life, the Queen's thoughts, and attitude'.

Venera's still not moving. Between confusion, fear and amazement, thinking about what exactly will happen in a moment.

“Already. It's okay, Venera. Come on, lift your face,” Queen Ishtar said again.

 

And finally, with all his strength and courage, Venera turned her head.

He looked up far above his head, staring right into the queen's face.

And stunned.

He immediately remembered his strange dream that night, where a pair of blue eyes were watching him from behind a dazzling white light.

And those two big blue eyeballs were now in front of him, looking at him warmly and affectionately.

His eyelids, which were shaped like dewdrops in the morning, gnawed in graceful movements, throwing rows of plump hairs at their edges in rhythmic smooth waves.

Her smiling red lips were friendly, reminding Venera of the beautiful arches of the beautiful petals that were inside the mysterious garden.

A very beautiful golden-colored star crown, majestic on top of long silver hair that framed her face perfectly.

Incredibly beautiful.

Even if the word ‘cantik’ can still represent his appearance.

Queen Ishtar's face reflected an expression of tenderness as well as dignity. The face that made Venera feel like hugging her longingly, but at the same time also wanted to kneel in her honor.

It's not like a venusian face.  

Not even like a face.

Venera felt as if she was looking at something very broad and deep.

Unlimited and unexplained.

Venera really felt bewitched.

Queen Ishtar's beauty charm binds her very strongly.

Perhaps this is why it is strictly forbidden to see the face of the queen.

"Well, so much better, right?" said Queen Ishtar made Venera aware of her trance condition. “Now, come here Venera, sit with me. We'll talk.”

“Eh... b. well, Your Highness.” Venera immediately took his eyes off the queen's face and walked up to her.

In the middle of the room, just seen by Venera, there is a white glass table with two large chairs made of the same material. There was a strange object nearby. Like a thin, colorless sheet of glass floating in the air.

Queen Ishtar moved her hand, allowing Venera to sit down.

Venera soon occupied one of the seats, though it was a little difficult to lift his own body onto it. Because it seemed like these items were made specifically for Queen Ishtar with her extremely high body size.

Queen Ishtar placed herself on another seat before Venera.

Venera looked down at the surface of the white glass table with mixed feelings.

Instead of being punished, he was allowed to stare in the face, sit down together, and now he is going to have a conversation with Queen Ishtar?

"Well, Venera, do you like that park?" ask Queen Ishtar.

“S... Like it, Your Majesty," replied Venera.

“What do you like about that park?” ask the queen again.

“Eh... flowers, trees, animals, then...the sky...” Venera held back her sentence thinking whether Queen Ishtar was waiting for her to mention Marxism or not, and whether it was necessary to mention it because the queen seemed to have known it all.

Queen Ishtar just smiled then stood up from her seat.

He stepped closer to the large floating glass slab, a foreign object that made Venera curious about its function and usefulness.

Queen Ishtar shook her hands in front of the glass plate in a smooth motion.

And the entire glass plate now displays a dark black color throughout the surface.

Venera was amazed to see the thing that turned out to be very magical. That thing can change color.

But then the deep black color that meets the surface of the plate slowly began to be filled with colorful dots. Very small dots.

Venera squinted her eyes observing the dots, thinking something was wrong with her eyes.

But apparently not. The dots were indeed moving, as if approaching towards Venera. But very slowly.

Then along with the magnification of the picture of the dots, now Venera can see that the dots turned out to be in groups and formed a variety of colorful patterns.

Some are shaped like whirlpools, some are like flower petals, some are tangible like a thin fog with a random shape.

Venera was still watching closely. He was very curious about the pictures of moving points.

“Note, Venera," said Queen Ishtar. "It's part of the universe."