( stargazing )

[absurdities]

the stargazing meme

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oo2. reply to others in character
oo3. use the rng and enter 1-10
oo4. play out what happens—anything goes!
oo5. profit? oh yeah!
prompts

one → meteor shower you just saw a falling star! and another! make a wish!
two → aliens what was that? was that really? omg no way a ufo!
three → lunar eclipse you've been sitting out for hours, waiting for this. it's so cool!
four → comet does it move fast or slow? either way, it's amazing.
five → full moon the moon is so huge! just don't look too long, it's really bright too.
six → star dust anything can happen in space. make up your own plot!
seven → solar eclipse this might be happening in the middle of the day!
eight → planet sighting is that a new star? nope, just a neighbor in the solar system!
nine → constellations do you know the stories behind these odd patterns?
ten → deep space normal stargazing isn't that much fun. you got a telescope!

Comments

Hal Mason | Falling Skies

[refusestofall]

Six

[anomaliiiiies]

[Jane's out investigating odd occurrences, and she's not paid one bit of attention this time to where she was going or even if there was anyone else in the vicinity.

[refusestofall]

[Hal is on patrol. He should have his partner with him, but there's a cold going around and half the crew is down so he's alone. He found a lake and decided to take a break and watch the stars. When he hears someone in the woods nearby, he quickly turns and aims up his rifle]

Who's out there?

[anomaliiiiies]

[Jane squeaked, surprised that someone was actually out there. She didn't expect anyone here. But she slowly poked her head and arms out from behind the tree she had been using as a backrest and stared at the man holding the rifle.]

Um, don't shoot? I'm just a scientist.

[refusestofall]

[he rose his gun instantly, taking the aim off the girl in the woods]

You shouldn't be out here alone, you know.

[anomaliiiiies]

[Jane shuffled out from behind the tree, and patted her side]

I have a taser, and my van is nearby. If necessary I can can run them over.

9 }

[stuckinastorm]

[Being Hal Mason's guardian is not he easiest thing in the world. First of all, fate seemed to be super amused with the idea of throwing her from one apocalypse into another. Second of all, her Calling decides to choose the first person she lays eyes on to kick in with and it happens to be one of the fighters of the second Mass.

Really, she thinks the Rifts just have it out for her.

Regardless, she pulls her own weight. She tries not to show off her more angelic traits when she doesn't have to - she can see from how they treat Ben that out of the normal abilities are not exactly kosher. Still, the moments when she can take the skitters by surprise are worth it.

Still, there are nights when she sneaks up onto the roof, just to let her wings out and breathe a little. To feel more like the angel she is than the human she's pretending to be. Tonight, however, there's a little snag in that agenda -- her ward is on the roof already.

And Claudia's timing continues to be fantastic.]

What are you doing up here?

[refusestofall]

Needed to get away for a bit.

[just another fight with his brother leaving the eldest Mason frustrated at the world in general. And with Maggie still laid up with her stitches, he had no one to talk to. So he was just on the roof watching the skies]

I can ask the same about you.

[stuckinastorm]

[She can feel the frustration knotting in the pit of her stomach, feelings that aren't hers, feelings she never wanted but she needs to figure them out anyway. She doesn't bring it up though, just gives a small smile before coming to stand next to him.]

I like looking at the stars. Makes me feel like home.

[and reassures her that this world isn't going to end the way the last one did. She won't have to watch them slowly go out again.]

[refusestofall]

Yeah. Matty liked to go camping in the backyard and tried to figure out how to play connect the dots with them, and usually dragged me outside.

[not that he would fight his baby brother. But he's 17 and making drawings in the sky with a kid isn't really cool, right?]

I can usually find the dippers, but never was good at finding any of the other constellations for him. But I was damn good at making sailboats.

[stuckinastorm]

It can be tough. The sky changes and stuff, but some of them are easier than others.

[she turns and points a bit.]

That's Orion's Belt.

Five

[drankthekoolaid]

[The swollen moon hung low, casting light over the ruins of a city that if you squinted, looked like it might be bustling with activity, the stars that were so much brighter these days creating an illusion of city lights as they twinkled through broken windows of the tall, abandoned skyscrapers.]

You're still dragging your feet. [She called out without even needing to turn around. After all this time, Maggie knew Hal's footsteps.]

[refusestofall]

Figured I'd let you know it was me, seeing that it's dark out and all.

[he walked over to sit next to her, the rifle across his lap]

You doing alright?

[drankthekoolaid]

Yeah, sure. That's why.

[Ready with a grin as he joined her, Maggie stared out at the view for another long moment before allowing her gaze to fall on Hal, their shoulders lightly brushing.]

When am I not? You not on patrol?

[refusestofall]

[he shook his head, smiling to himself at the contact]

Kinda hard to be on patrol when your partner is out stargazing.

[drankthekoolaid]

Yeah? Thought you might have traded me in for a newer model.

[Gently bumping her shoulder to his to show that she was teasing.]

5 - Full Moon

[sassiopath]

Certainly his family could use his help. They might even be seeking him out. That he wasn't there to be found was their problem, not his own.

Instead he was out during the full moon, trying to make sense of the world. Well that was the excuse he gave himself. The truth was the moon's pull had him on edge and being in a bar with so many people with their emotions running high, or in a hotel with all those noises and smells, as too overwhelming.

So he was out, looking up at the moon and considering the pull, the way it brought people to lunacy, and the changes the world was going through. Or, in truth, the desire for violence that ran beneath the surface, seemingly more at bay that night than others, oddly enough.

[refusestofall]

Hal, on the other hand, was actively trying to avoid his family. Okay, that wasn't fair - he was actively trying to avoid his younger brother who would drive him to drink if there actually was alcohol and he could get away with it.

So instead he decided to take a walk, lost in his own thoughts and not thinking about lifting his feet to keep his heels from dragging. Maggie always called him out on it, but at the moment he didn't care. he wasn't on patrol, just working out his frustration before he ended up trying to strangle Ben... well, attempting to at least. In his head.

"Stupid kid thinks he knows everything," he muttered to himself, then came up short at the sight of the man staring up at the moon. He could only see the man's back, so he wasn't sure if he was a part of the 2nd Mass or not, so his hands slid to his rifle carefully. "Sorry, didn't know anyone else was out here."

[sassiopath]

It was a trait they might well share. So many days Peter wanted to strangle those that were part of his family, by blood or pack. Yet he couldn't. Not only because he wasn't alpha, but because they couldn't afford to lose those they have for all they could be losing. Like their lives.

He heard the steps, listening. When he realized it wasn't pack, he was okay with it all. Strangers were a lot better right now than pack. Anyone was better than that. No, not true but close. There was worse, and they were all dealing with it. Or Peter was trying not to.

He turned slowly, chuckling. "Nope, just someone out trying to avoid stupid kids himself. Am I trespassing?"

[refusestofall]

Family. Can't live with them, and technically you can't take them out back and shoot them.

"Nah, man. Didn't even realize there were people living around here. Good to see new faces sometimes."

[sassiopath]

Oh technicalities were just that, and why should they be obeyed? Who needs those kind of restrictions?

"I don't really live around here. Just kept going until the urge to throttle someone had passed." He looked him over, eyes alighting on the rifle. "Am I going to get shot, even if I'm not trespassing?"

five

[rozpetac]

[Stiles is being wolf bait for an Omega wolf when he uh trips and falls into a bush.]

They gotta find themselves a new human for this.

[refusestofall]

[have a rifle in your face, Stiles.]

Might want to relax there a moment, buddy...

[rozpetac]

Shit really? Total human here, dude. Don't shoot.

[refusestofall]

[Hal's eyes go to the back of the kid's neck to check for a harness, then lowers the rifle and offers him a hand instead]

Little far from camp, aren't you?