The Stargazing Meme

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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

[waterfell]

I'm telling you it's the truth.

[lost_sailor]

...My apologies if that was abrupt. I've never heard of such machines in my travels.

[waterfell]

That's surprising, if you've traveled to many countries. There aren't many places in the world that don't make use of them.

[lost_sailor]

...Then this world isn't one that I'm familiar with.

[Because such technology wasn't common in Weyard.]

[waterfell]

[In the guise of Mizuno Ami, she plays dumb, and says nothing of Econtra or the nexus or the multiverse she knows.]

Not the same world?

[lost_sailor]

I have never heard of 'Japan' or 'Asia' before setting foot on this beach and speaking with you, Miss. Nor have I ever heard of flying ships and their methods of propulsion being so common.

...The currents are also different.

[A fact that should have been his first clue.]

[waterfell]

You're saying you've never seen a flying ship but yours, or ones with these engines, but you have experience with some of sort of alternate dimension? [She makes herself sound skeptical, sticks to the science that's only beginning to explore these possibilities.]

[lost_sailor]

Please. I'm just a humble sailor. I'm not familiar with what you're talking about.

[Spoken honestly, though he was slowly becoming tired of speaking in circles with this young woman.]

[waterfell]

[Tired of circles herself, she shifts the subject slightly.]

If you're that far away from your home, what will you do?

[lost_sailor]

Keep traveling.

[The answer required no thought. Once he discovered the joys and wonders of the world, he never felt a true need to return home.]

What of yourself? If you were stranded far from your home and banished from it, what would you do?

[waterfell]

The same as you. [She admits this almost naturally.] I want to see all the places I haven't been yet.

[lost_sailor]

Ah, so we're alike.

What kind of lands have you seen? It's plain that our experiences are different, but we can still share stories and possibly learn something from them.

[waterfell]

I've traveled to the middle east and Germany, and I studied for awhile in America.

[Anywhere else she's been isn't somewhere she mentions right now.]

[lost_sailor]

Those cities and regions are also unfamiliar to me. What are they like?

[waterfell]

They're large cities, filled with many people. [Highly energized.] They have tall buildings and wide roads.

[lost_sailor]

They must be impressive to behold.

[waterfell]

I grew up there. I'm used to it by now. But it's beautiful sometimes at night.

[lost_sailor]

I'd imagine so.

...I've not seen many large cities in my travels. Even my homeland lacks what you're describing.

[waterfell]

[A world like that...]

If it's like that, your land should strive to develop more, and grow.

[lost_sailor]

The continents aren't heavily populated-- but, it is possible that we can develop what you're describing. Someday.

[waterfell]

Call it a goal for you to strive towards. If you think you can achieve it.

[lost_sailor]

It's possible. There's a lot of work that we need to do, but it might happen while we're in the process of achieving our goals.

[waterfell]

[Humans have a far way to go. But even she knows they've started to make progress, and will make more. It's given her a sliver of respect for them, finally.]

Good luck to you, then! I'll give you some advice, if you want.

[lost_sailor]

[He was a sailor and adventurer, like all of his friends. The desire for an honest challenge was as strong as any incoming tide, but he knew that every journeyman needed a word of guidance when the path became unclear.]

I'm listening.

[waterfell]

Don't just say 'it might happen'. If you want to see that future, make it for yourself. [Time to study those seas and make some better maps, sailor.]