Stargazing

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Who: Rosalina, Anyone
What: The mother of the cosmos doesn't know this sector of space... Time to fix that.
Where: The roof of the mansion
When: March 4, late at night
Warnings: S for SPACE

Rosalina was put off by this place for many reasons, not the least of which being because she knew space. She knew the stars. She'd helped RAISE most of the stars. But here... Nothing was familiar to her, not even the sky. To one such as her, it was a most unsettling experience. She longed for her children. She longed for her home on the Comet Observatory. She'd never been apart from them for so long...

While the Lumas with her were sleeping (because even baby stars needed their rest), Rosalina set out for the roof and the best vantage point she could find. She took her telescope with her, the only thing she had brought with her from the academy, and one of her most treasured possessions. And with it, she looked out over the starry sky. If she could not recognize the stars, she would just have to chart them. 

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[will_be_god]

Cyrus had to busy his mind. Since their..."arrival", and especially since the notice that they had failed somehow, that someone viewed this as some sort of game or experiment...

He couldn't even think about what it was he shouldn't be thinking about. So he had put himself to work as best he could, sorting and stabilizing and cataloging, seeking order wherever he could.

He didn't go up there to look at the stars. From a glance he could tell that they were too chaotic, unlike any pattern found anywhere in the world. But the roof provided an excellent place to get his bearings.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Rosalina looked up slowly from the telescope when she heard footsteps that were not her own on the roof. When Cyrus emerged, she could tell right away that he was not there to see her. He was too distant, too distracted. "We seem to run into each other a lot lately," she commented.

[will_be_god]

A familiar voice, a familiar face. He would associate her with this turbulent time if not for her resemblance to the Champion.

Cyrus sighed, pondering the nagging thought that Sinnoh may not even exist any more. None of his followers, no Spear Pillar...

It was too terrifying to consider. So he engaged himself with conversation.

"We share the same interest in the universe. We understand the big picture..."

[mach_n_roll]

"Hey, what'cha doin'?"

The question comes from higher up on the roof and behind her. The tops of houses were one of Sonic's natural habitats, and the pretty blonde woman with the weird glow about her was a curious new addition to the environment.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

"Am I to take that to mean you want to view the stars with me?" she asked simply.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Rosalina was perhaps a bit too focused on the viewfinder of her telescope, and when Sonic spoke up, she jumped a bit. "Oh! I didn't expect company," she said, following the voice and spotting Sonic. She smiled softly. "I'm watching the stars. The night sky is so different here... Care to join me?"

[mach_n_roll]

"The stars?"

He glances up at the sky now, his ears twitching thoughtfully. "Actually you're right. I didn't really look at 'em closely enough to notice until now..."

He slides down the shingles and lands on her platform with a quiet thump. "So, uh... what does that mean?"

[drawin_on_trees]

The roof wasn't a very safe place for kids to play, which is exactly why Skull Kid came up here to play. He was in search of some nice rocks to throw off the top of the mansion when he spotted Rosalina and her telescope. AN ADULT OH NO. He let out a yelp and looked around for something to hide behind before he got busted.

[will_be_god]

In truth, he hadn't considered that. After a brief thought, he nodded.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

"In simplest terms," Rosalina explained, "it means we're in a part of space that even I am not familiar with. And that worries me, because I didn't realize there WERE parts of space that I wasn't familiar with."

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Rosalina responded by stepping back from the telescope, gesturing to it for Cyrus to take a look for himself.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Unfortunately for Skull Kid, Rosalina was a mom. That meant she had a sixth sense for unruly children. And the moment he thought he was in hiding, she called out to him. "You don't need to hide, you know. It's okay, you can come out."

[mach_n_roll]

"But space is huge, right? How could you know all of it?"

Sonic tilts his head, the image carrying tiny bit of resemblance to a confused dog. What is this girl? No, really.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

"It tends to happen when you've lived as long as I have, and raised many of the stars in the sky from infancy," she said simply with a small laugh.

[drawin_on_trees]

"I'm not gonna get in trouble?" He asked, not budging.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

She smiled. "Being up on the roof is hardly deserving of punishment, even if it were my place to administer it," she told him. "Don't worry, it's okay."

[will_be_god]

He took the opportunity, but after a silent minute or two, Cyrus stepped back from the eyepiece. "...Everywhere I look, I'm reminded further of the pressing need to get to the bottom of this. We aren't being told the truth. We must discover it for ourselves."

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

"On that matter, we fully agree," Rosalina replied. "It's disconcerting... I believed I knew every star in the sky. But here, I don't recognize any of them... It's as if we are outside of our known universe."

[idonthateyou]

Vivian was sleepy, heading back to her room after a day of exploration. She spotted Rosalina on the roof from a distance and it woke her right up where she stood. She saw the telescope, redirected her gaze upward, and failed to see what she was missing. Now she had to know!

Soon after she's inside, she's up where Rosalina is, looking up while walking toward her.

"Hello."

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Rosalina turned her head and smiled behind her at the new arrival. "Hello," she said in response. "Can't sleep?"

[idonthateyou]

"I can sleep," she answered, not really thinking about it. She's beside the telescope when she asked, "What are you looking for?"

[drawin_on_trees]

"Okay, if you say so..." He slowly approached. "Whatcha doin'?"

[will_be_god]

Outside it entirely, not simply moved elsewhere within it. "You would know them from any angle, from what you have said..."


The ramifications were so overwhelming that he had to sit, feeling pushed into the ground. "...I tried," he whispered to the stars.

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

Rosalina turned her gaze to the heavens and sighed softly. "Stars that are familiar to me," she said.

She shook her head and smiled at Vivian. "Would you care to look at the stars with me?"

[ladyoftheshootingstars]

"I'm looking at the stars," she explained, gesturing to her telescope. "We may be in unfamiliar space, but they are still lovely... Would you care to look?"