( 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?

Comments

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[english_dignity]

Arthur had heard there'd be a meteor shower that night, which was why he'd gone (with his usual accompaniment of fairies) out to the country, spreading out a blanket up on a hill to watch. It was then that he heard a familiar sound. One he'd heard only once before, a very, very long time before.

Sitting up, he peered through the darkness. "Hello?"

Re: 1

[undyingly]

The Doctor wasn't the type to pass up a good light show. Not a chance. So he parked the TARDIS and strolled his way out. Ah. It really was a perfect night for it. Earth had a remarkably lovely view of the stars from time to time.

Hands in the pockets of his coat, he strolled his way up the hill, thoroughly surprised to hear a voice. Ha! So he wasn't the only one who'd thought this spot a good one. "Hello yourself," he called back as he came within sight, lifting a hand to offer a friendly little wave.

[english_dignity]

The nation stared at him for a moment before a barked laugh slipped out. There was no mistaking that face.

"You haven't aged a day," he said, waving him over. There was room to share on the blanket after all. Even in the dim light of the stars, those eyebrows were rather visible. "Hello again, Doctor."

[undyingly]

The Doctor found himself blinking, quite curious now. Someone he knew? That was interesting. Give him a second, and he'd place the face, certainly. Hopefully. Faces could be hard, though he could usually pull it out eventually.

"Yes, well. I moisturize. Wear sunscreen." A still somewhat puzzled grin settling on his features, he added. "Though, does that mean you have? Aged, I mean. A day or more."

[english_dignity]

"Quite a bit, I would say," Arthur said with a chuckle. "It's been what, nearly a thousand years? I was just a little boy then. Gained and lost an empire in the between."

[undyingly]

There it was. Memory wasn't the problem entirely; his memory expected a child, but time had done its usual. A grin nearly burst across his face now. "But still respectable. England!" He chirped out with a laugh himself. "How about that. All grown up. ...still keeping company with the fair folk though." Just the faintest flicker caught his eye, but he hadn't missed them entirely.

[english_dignity]

"Grown up, and sometimes I think growing old compared to some of the others. And of course," Arthur said cheerfully. "They've always been there for me, no matter how alliances shift. Come, sit with me. I assume you're here for the view?"