A human side of the story (human sidestory)

(Spoilers for AM2R, and also the original Metroid 2 and Samus Returns)

I skipped over posting about running into some more Galactic Federation soldiers, but I did find and visit the landing site of their ship(s - there's two teams, and you get to explore the research team's ship) before going to the Distribution Center and getting my swimsuit.

Things haven't been going much better for the ones who didn't go caving, huh?

Anyone home?

Well, nothing about this area is soothing, but that's perfect, and the music here is one of my favorites from the game. Entering the Metroid nest...

Sights and a snek

Pretty lava caves are pretty.

And the music was so nice and soothing for a while I almost forgot you're in this game.

Rainy branch

My new swimsuit!

Am enjoying how much of the user interface in Chozo technology is ball-based. Rolling around in Morph Ball form even when I don't need to is just so much fun.

Also, GRAVITYYYYY SUUUUIT!

Balls

What a perfect spot to be a ball in!

Technological marvels

(AM2R spoilers.)

 An elevator? In my Metroid 2?

Caving experiences in space

(Some spoilers for all three versions of Metroid 2.)

Pretty cordite crystals are pretty.

Look at this graph

Puuteroidut puut

Still awake, less early but still very cold.

Pilarit

Awake very early on a very cold morning night.

Calls back and forth

More bad birds.

Booms

The most successful one of my photos of the new year's eve fireworks:

And the most accidentally artsy-fartsy one because I couldn't choose which explosion to point the camera at: