Four weeks and counting down

We were strangers, starting out on a journey.
Never knew what we have to go through.
Now here we are,
I'm suddenly standing,
Right at the beginning with you.

I always love this song after watching the cartoon.
But somehow it is not so applicable here.

We were strangers indeed, perhaps yes, starting out on a journey. A journey that takes us across time, across space, across the world.
A handshake, a smile, and words of greetings, that was all. Nothing more expected except what was expected of us.
Then, it began with a joke.
A desire, a need, and we were stuck together on a journey we never thought to embark on.
It is rocky land, in a volcano that can erupt anytime. And when it erupts, many people will die.