( stargazing )

[absurdities]

the stargazing meme

oo1. comment with your characters
make sure to put names, series, & preferences somewhere!
you can use < ! > sans the spaces to make the comment "blank"
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

[watchmaker]

[OMG NOBODY'S PERFECT, OKAY. he's going again only ... making no effort to hide it this time.] I'm driving. [DRAMA QUEEN HUFF as he moves past her to get in the driver's side.]

[look he may be dumb as a box of hair about locks, but he doesn't have that problem with the actual hot wiring part. look at his beautiful i see how all the pieces fit blah blah blah mind go. (repair 25 bc that's what you roll for hot wiring apparently).] There. Ready?

[bittersweeter]

[That's so hot. But she don't care, she finally got used to driving in England, no need to fuck up her flow now. So carry on, princess.]

Always.

[watchmaker]

[he waits for her to get in, and away they go! wheeeeeee chicago traffic ...] So, I guess the question now is where to?

[bittersweeter]

Navy Pier has a Ferris wheel? [Local knowledge 14 = touristy stuff I guess.] And a planetarium.

[watchmaker]

All right. I don't think I've ever been, actually. [and it's gonna show, but at least he's been in the area long enough to have a rough idea of where he's going. (nav 12)]

[bittersweeter]

Like, ever? Or just to this one? I can't remember... either. Although I stopped the London Eye from falling into the Thames?

[watchmaker]

[w h a t] ... How did you do that?

[bittersweeter]

My freaky little mind control cancelled out someone else's. It was some weird magic crap, I wasn't really listening.

[watchmaker]

Impressive. That's one up you've got on me, I guess.

[bittersweeter]

[Shrug, she will just be over here rifling through the glovebox.] Saving the Eye was just sort of incidental.

[watchmaker]

Doesn't mean it can't be one hell of a resume bullet. All I've done is flip a few cars. [while they're at a light, he fiddles with the radio, apparently not pleased with any station's current selections.] What kind of mind control were you going up against?

[bittersweeter]

I don't know, some technomagic trance. Zero doesn't trust me to actually tell me anything useful.

[Shit outta luck for finding anything fun in the glove box. :( Just a boring old bic lighter. Which... Lila has like 47 of.]

[watchmaker]

[that reads "probably not of interest to him" so he'll move right along to] Zero?

[bittersweeter]

Yeah, comes right before One. Surly butthead incapable of withstanding my considerable charms. [aka she annoyed him into submission, but YOU KNOW, SAME THING.]

[watchmaker]

If he's so incapable, maybe you should work him a little harder.

[bittersweeter]

[She completely scowls, tbh.]

He is, like, the only person that can fight me off. It's really annoying. If I tried any harder I would just shoot him because I was pissed.

[THOUGH TO BE FAIR: her test subjects are few and far between. :( ]

[watchmaker]

[he catches a glance at her scowl while driving and suddenly feels like yeesh.] Fine, fine. Understood. Hopefully you won't have to save any rides from falling into Lake Michigan tonight.

[bittersweeter]

[Welcome to the mercurial mood swings of the irascible Lila Zacharov.]

Hey, you're the one that can flip trucks. I'll leave it to you for now.

[watchmaker]

A truck isn't the same as a Ferris wheel. [he's just being argumentative for the sake of it tbh ... ]

[bittersweeter]

So you're saying you can't do it? [Oooh, girl is calling you out, son.]

[watchmaker]

I never said that. However, I am saying I think it would be a bad idea. [and he's sort of afraid his brain would explode or something. just a little.]

[bittersweeter]

Well, luckily, I won't care if it falls down. [So sweet, Lila.] So neither of us have to worry about it.

[watchmaker]

Good. Besides, how are we gonna ride it if I demolish it?

[bittersweeter]

True enough. [She wiggles deeper into the seat and pulls her legs up to rest her feet agaist the dashboard. She flicks the lighter absently, letting the flame pop up before she blows it out. And then she does it again. Traffic is boring.]

[watchmaker]

[that it does. GOOD THING THEY'RE HERE NOW. if only there was ... a place to park in the god damn parking garage ... sylar is working on it tho.] In moments like these, sometimes I remember that I miss New York.