[Video/Action] Stargazing

[innocent_royal]

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[It was early in the night in Nova City, and a certain young princess was in her room in Satsuki's home, dressed for bed, but sitting by a open window and looking up at a clear night sky with a full moon. Anastasia was still thinking about her best friend who has long since returned home.

Going for a walk is very tempting right now, but she doesn't know where she can safely go alone at this hour. She really wants someone to talk to, though, so she grabs her phone and turns on to a video feed, hoping there are others awake. Feel free to pass by her open window and tell her to go to bed.]

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"Good evening, everyone. Can you tell me about superstitions revolving around your respective worlds' moon?"

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[astronema]

[Astronema sighs. Her reply sounds distinctly bored.]

Which world, which moon...

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[innocent_royal]

[That's a peculiar response. Anastasia blinked in mild confusion before speaking up.]

"...Your home world, and its moon?"

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[astronema]

I have no such thing, I roamed the stars.

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[innocent_royal]

"Roamed the stars?"

[Being from a feudal world, the young princess couldn't wrap her head around it.]

"I... don't quite understand. How do you 'roam the stars?"

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[astronema]

With a ship, generally.

[Astronema squints slightly at the video.]

Oh, you're from one of those planets. No space travel yet? Pity.

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[02crusnikabel]

[What's the princess up to lately? Upon her question, Abel gave some serious thought.]

"Moon? Do you mean the moon that comes out at night?"

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[innocent_royal]

"Yes, the moon that shines brightly at night."

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[02crusnikabel]

[Much of Abel's world revolves around the history of humans vs. space vampires wars, so Anastasia won't get it.]

My Earth has two moons. The regular moon that humans have known for centuries, and a satellite moon called vampire's moon, where it shone red during some seasons. The Earth people believe the vampires descend from there, but it's really a myth.

[Well, no, it's not a myth. The truth is, the secondary moon is really the Ark, where Abel and his 3 siblings found the alien ship that give them all vampire powers and race of vampires where they live in the Methuselah empire. But the small princess doesn't have to know. It's not really important.]

But I rather like the story, the other myth, where a rabbit lives on the moon to make mochi instead. I believe that story very much.

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[innocent_royal]

"I want to believe it, too. I love bunnies."

[That vampire's moon sounds scary, though. No doubt the Empire of her world would worship a red moon.]

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[02crusnikabel]

[Both of his moons are kinda dead, nothing but cold outer space and being a floating rock that orbits around his Earth.]

"Me too. That reminds me, are you up for some mochi?"

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[innocent_royal]

[She blinks...]

"What is mochi?"

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[lunarlegionnaire]

On mine, the full moon was thought to cause insanity. Those affected were called 'lunatics,' which stems from an old word meaning 'moon.'

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[innocent_royal]

"Insanity? Truly? That sounds scary. Did it affect certain kinds of people? Or was it conditional?"

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[lunarlegionnaire]

Well as time went by, people figured lunacy had more to do with sleep deprivation from the full moon's light than anything mystical.

You ask me, there's just something about its majesty that brings out the worst--- and the best--- in everyone. But only if you let it.

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[innocent_royal]

"I can understand that. A full moon is really bright. Though, I kind of like sleeping to moonlight. It makes the dark less scary."

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[lunarlegionnaire]

[He smiles at that.]

Maybe that's why it's there. To be that light in the night that everyone can look at when they're lost or afraid. Then they remember 'endless dark' isn't really that endless.

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[innocent_royal]

"That's a wonderful way to put it. I don't believe we have spoken before. My name is Anastasia."

[hero_for_fun]

Well I dunno anything 'bout superstitions, but I did get kicked to the moon once.

It was pretty neat. Wish I'd brought a bigger rock back.

[innocent_royal]

[She needs a moment for her young mind to process that.]

"...to the moon? That's really possible?"

[hero_for_fun]

Yeah, I mean, I could go back if I was on Earth but jumping back down from it is totally dangerous. I could completely wreck it if I'm not careful...

That would be bad, because we need it for like, tides and stuff.

[innocent_royal]

"You must be really strong. Who are you? If you don't mind my asking."

[hero_for_fun]

Oh, I'm just Saitama. Who're you?

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[youfool]

[Never fear, the human sleeping aid is here. Is it time for words? With him, when isn't it?]

"Certainly! Marc has already addressed its prominent aspects: its invitation to madness and its lesser light. I'd like to expound upon that opening salvo of mysticism.

Picture a moon, waxing and on the increase, poised between two towers. Not crumbling ones; erect and complete, siding the path to the unknown. In the sky the Moon, with a look of understanding and peace, sheds dew upon the night grass. Before it howl two armless beasts; a dog and a wolf, or another dog. They bay fruitlessly, trying to realize what they cannot articulate; to become what they yearn yet do not know.

That, I think, sums up The Moon well. It represents the life of the imagination, not the spirit. It's reflected light that comes from its better; an imperfect gleam which is sometimes all men have in the darkness. No wonder it drives men mad! Being almost everything; being sought for a wholeness it doesn't have. And yet, if there is a man in the moon; if it has a face, it looks on peacefully at the unrealized beasts. Soon day will break, and the howls might become wonderful, articulate suns yet. But not yet.

As a matter of fact, I believe I've met someone much like the Moon here in Genessia. Yes. Very like.

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[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia tried her best to try understand, even pretending to understand before giving up.]

"I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."

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[youfool]

[He's a little disappointed. Then he chuckles instead.]

Heh, well it's not unusual for superstition to be nonsense. Talk about lunacy, eh? If that isn't moonish, I don't know what is.

Why do you ask, anyway? About The Moon.