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maskormenace2017-05-03 10:39 pm
oceanthief) wrote in maskormenace2017-05-03 10:39 pm
07 | video
[it's quite late at night when this video goes up. there's no thematic reason for the timing - Lapis has simply been up here alone with her thoughts for quite a while at this point, and only now collected herself enough to feel strong enough for social interaction.
when the feed clicks on to show where 'here' is, it's easy to understand the sentiment. the camera displays the dazzling expanse of the galaxy from an up close and personal angle, bobbing gently up and down to the beat of unseen wings. it's quiet for a time, in the velvety way only space can provide, before her voice cuts through it.]
We don't make patterns out of stars where I'm from - we don't even really name them. It's just sorted by cut and facet, so that you can find things as efficiently as possible.
...I guess if we had to stare up at the same sky every night for thousands of years it might've been different.
[the camera swings slightly to focus in on a cluster of stars which ought to be familiar to any resident of earth, even with the uncharacteristic closeup.]
Apparently humans call that one Scorpius? They think it used to be some kind of big monster until it got in a fight. [she pauses for a moment, a little uncertain.] I'm not really sure any of them know what stars are actually made of.
[Lapis flits the camera around to showcase a few more constellations: Libra, Centaurus, Lupus... it's difficult to tell whether she's doing it for the viewers at home or simply her own amusement, but it's beautiful all the same.]
You have to travel a lot further out than most people realize to lose shapes like that. There's nowhere in this system that you could look from and not know where you are; wherever you go, you can always find your way back.
There are places in other worlds that just don't exist here, though. Do you think there's anything left at the end of those paths?
[there's clearly something aside from galactic scenery weighing on Lapis' mind, but she keeps whatever's prompted this trip to herself. after another panoramic view of the stars, she wordlessly clicks the feed off.]
when the feed clicks on to show where 'here' is, it's easy to understand the sentiment. the camera displays the dazzling expanse of the galaxy from an up close and personal angle, bobbing gently up and down to the beat of unseen wings. it's quiet for a time, in the velvety way only space can provide, before her voice cuts through it.]
We don't make patterns out of stars where I'm from - we don't even really name them. It's just sorted by cut and facet, so that you can find things as efficiently as possible.
...I guess if we had to stare up at the same sky every night for thousands of years it might've been different.
[the camera swings slightly to focus in on a cluster of stars which ought to be familiar to any resident of earth, even with the uncharacteristic closeup.]
Apparently humans call that one Scorpius? They think it used to be some kind of big monster until it got in a fight. [she pauses for a moment, a little uncertain.] I'm not really sure any of them know what stars are actually made of.
[Lapis flits the camera around to showcase a few more constellations: Libra, Centaurus, Lupus... it's difficult to tell whether she's doing it for the viewers at home or simply her own amusement, but it's beautiful all the same.]
You have to travel a lot further out than most people realize to lose shapes like that. There's nowhere in this system that you could look from and not know where you are; wherever you go, you can always find your way back.
There are places in other worlds that just don't exist here, though. Do you think there's anything left at the end of those paths?
[there's clearly something aside from galactic scenery weighing on Lapis' mind, but she keeps whatever's prompted this trip to herself. after another panoramic view of the stars, she wordlessly clicks the feed off.]
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That's the same thing as pretending you don't have them.
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It's really not. We use our hands and arms for other things, like better controlling our movements and performing stylistic techniques, just not directly handling the ball itself.
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But that's even worse.
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Maybe you'll understand it better if you play it.
Do you know where Nonah Middle School is?
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No, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. The cities aren't very big here.
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Sakuma doesn't know whether to consider that a blessing or to sigh to himself once more at her demonstration of ignorance.]
Right.
Well, that's the school we all went to. Gran even played on the team. If you come by after classes let out, you might be able to watch everyone practicing.
And after, if you think you'd like to try playing yourself, I can stay a little later to show you some things.
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That sounds alright. It'd be nice to see at least once, anyway.
[even if she decides it's not something that she wants anyone other than Gran showing her, it seems a fitting sendoff to him to see at least one game from the people he played with.
...of course, she has no idea when classes end, so she's probably going to end up sitting in the bleachers for hours and waiting. but that's a petty detail.]