( hitch your wagon to a star )

[bottecellie]

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!

taken from here.

Comments

[you_dont_work_alone]

I'm kidding!

[Sort of. John looks over at Sherlock when he joins him.]

You're just.. obviously not used to it.

[The look he gives Sherlock is warm, though.]

But I do appreciate it. The offer, I mean. I know you don't really want to hear about those things.

[no_heart_to_burn]

Obviously.

[pause]

... That's amusing because you must also know that I can always just tune you out when you start talking about things I don't want to hear about, so it doesn't matter.

[you_dont_work_alone]

Yes, I know that.

[John smirks a bit as he glances to Sherlock and then looks up at the stars again.]

You've been a detective for awhile. I'm sure you've seen some unpleasant things. They probably never bother you.

[no_heart_to_burn]

Yes, that's right. We've had this discussion before. Not being bothered is a valid response.

[you_dont_work_alone]

You'd make a hell of a soldier.

Except for the following orders part.

[no_heart_to_burn]

Only one out of eight combat soldiers show signs of PTSD.

[you_dont_work_alone]

Is that right?

[He's not sure what to think about that.]

[no_heart_to_burn]

Apparently, according to the news. You know how the news loves facts, especially when they can be easily summarized into 140 characters or less.

I'd make an average soldier, I'm sure. That's probably why I'm not one.

[you_dont_work_alone]

[He smiled a bit.]

The mind is a funny thing, isn't it. At least you cured me of my limp.

While waiting for the reunion @ Haven...

[no_heart_to_burn]

No, the mind makes perfect sense. People just don't like to use it. Are you really giving me credit for curing your psychosomatic limp, though? [Because he will take credit if it's offered.]

Re: While waiting for the reunion @ Haven...

[you_dont_work_alone]

Well...

[He thinks about it.]

Yes. I know you knew what you were doing when you had me running up and down the streets after that cabbie.

Re: While waiting for the reunion @ Haven...

[no_heart_to_burn]

[Nod in agreement.]

Which was fun. And you agree with that.

[He smiles, fondly, leaving any digressions on the vacuity of human existence in comparison to momentary adrenaline rush unspoken. Such things are obvious, and John obviously knows it too, even if all the noise from society and evolutionary psychology sometimes make him do stupid things like develop a psychosomatic limp... and choose to look at stars for an extended period of time.]

[you_dont_work_alone]

It was fun.

[He can't deny it. After a few moments he sighs.]

Well, we better get inside before we both catch a cold.