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bakerstreet2014-06-23 08:46 pm
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( stargazing )

the stargazing meme
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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!
Captain Jack Harkness | Torchwood | Open to anything
Nine!
My word, the sky certainly is lovely tonight. I do believe I've never seen so many stars!
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Nice, isn't it?
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Why, yes. How very providential to see such glory on this night.
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Captain Jack Harkness, [he introduced himself with a charming smile and an interested glance] and you are?
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Charmed, I'm sure. I am Maribelle, daughter of the Duke of Themis. [And here, she gives a graceful curtsey, inclining her head slightly.]
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The stars are always there, war or not. [He looks to her again.] I'm guessing you don't get to look at them much.
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Perhaps they feel as woefully neglected as those beneath them, in such a sorry state. [she doesn't respond to the last remark, making the answer obvious.]
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I wonder. [His gaze goes back to the sky, his expression a little wistful. Another time, and he might have something else to say to that, but she caught him in a philosophical mood. He doesn't think the stars have any particular opinion, but the rest of that statement, he can sympathise with. The suffering that goes along with a war is something he understands all too well.]
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Perhaps they are free from such strife. One can only hope. [She continues to gaze upward, lost in thought.]
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If it helps, I don't think the stars think or feel much of anything.
[Not at all like the people who look up at them.]
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Perhaps they do, Captain, and we merely lack the means to communicate with them. [Hers was a world of gods and magic, after all, and stranger things had happened.]
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[He laughed a little.] Perhaps they do, [he repeated back. It would sound mocking, except it clearly wasn't. Knowing, at least in broad strokes, the science behind a star, her suggestion did sound a little ridiculous. But it was a nice thought. And who knew? Maybe she was even right. Stranger things had happened.]
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If I may ask, what brings you to such a dangerous area alone? It's not precisely safe to travel by oneself at night. [Naturally, she isn't alone; the army camp isn't terribly far off, and she'd told Lissa where she was going. But she can take care of herself, and she's uncertain as to whether this stranger can.]
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And what manner of places, pray tell, do you go, that danger holds no trouble for you?
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[Said in that way that makes people think he's joking, even when he very much isn't. She won't believe him. It's one thing to speculate that the stars theoretically might be sentient. It's another to believe someone's been out in space when it's impossible. And he knows it.]
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Is that any way to answer a lady whose acquaintance you have only just met? [honestly, this rabble and their disrespect. Why does she bother?]
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I guess not. [He didn't mean any offense, and that comes across even if he's not exactly apologetic.]
I came from a long way away. [That's probably more palatable than quips about the stars, and no less true.] There wasn't anything special that brought me here. I just don't really have anywhere I belong anymore.
[He did, once, but that was a long time ago, now.]
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And then she hears the rest of it, and the anger leaves her completely. There's something so sad in his eyes that she can't help but tentatively reach out and pat him on the hand - before quickly withdrawing it, of course. There's been enough breach of protocol for this night, thank you.]
You poor thing. I can't imagine how that must feel.
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Most people can't.
[Not the part about being a drifter--there were others out there who understood that bit all too well--but everything else he's not going to say and she wouldn't believe anyway.
But he's not one to stay on sad topics for long.]
What about you? You grew up here?
[She mentioned a Duke, so he can assume well enough. But still, there's genuine interest behind the question.]
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I grew up in Themis. It's rather far from here. [She breathes an almost imperceptible sigh, wondering how her dear father is doing.]
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The war brought you here?
[It's a guess. He hasn't been on this planet long enough to get much of a sense of its geography or history. But it's a reasonable assumption, he thinks.]
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Indeed. I am a member of the Shepherds, the royal army of Ylisse.
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You're a soldier. [He smiles, just slightly.] Me too. Or I used to be. It's been a while.
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