002 - The Stargazing Meme

[aflockofmemegulls]

the stargazing meme

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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

[megamind]

[ It's incredible! It's rare! It's a lunar eclipse and happens to be awesome. That's what Megamind's out watching for it, ready to make some memories and maybe get some pictures with his fancy-dancy night-time camera, made for low-light exposures and astral bodies. ]

[ Also, he might be trying to impress somebody. Maybe. Just possibly. A little bit. (Totally.) ]

[memoryguardian]

[In her centuries of life, she'd seen many a lunar eclipse. Even so, she never stopped appreciating them. Tooth was taking a moment to enjoy the spectacle when someone catches her eye.

Is that man blue? Oh, it doesn't surprise her! She knows a 6'1" rabbit, after all. It certainly is new though, even for her, and she finds herself curious. The fairy flits over and in the process bursts any personal bubble he may have hoped to have.]

That is one impressive camera. You're going to get some great pictures!

[Small talk. That was how "normal" people broke the ice, right?]

[megamind]

[ SQUAWK ]

[ Megamind backpeddels from the camera rapidly, eyes huge. OH HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THAT'S EVIL THAT-- ]

[ That's a bird... woman? ]

[ Okay, okay, stay cool. Bird woman. No big deal. He straightens, smoothes his mantle and tugs on his glove before he attempts to be... smooth. ]

Why, yes. Everything I have is impressive. [ He grins... and gestures to the camera, breaking character as eagerness overtakes him. ] I'm totally going to get some deep space photos tonight... in fact, a few rare nubulae should be visible if I angle it right!

[... he went from innuendo to nerding in about five seconds flat. So much for 'smooth'. ]

[memoryguardian]

Really? That's amazing!

[Guess who's actually impressed? This bird woman, that's who.

Tooth twirls back around mid-air to look at the sky.]

Which nubulae, exactly? I doubt you'd be able to see it but my favorite is the Hourglass Nebula! Oh, or the Butterfly Nebula!

so I typed this on the tablet before lab and the computer ate it :(

[megamind]

Well, uh, it's the wrong season for the Hourlgass, anyawy--

[ Oh god bird woman is talking to him. And is not, you know, telling him he's stupid, or big headed, or a failure. Suddenly talking seems much more daunting. ]

You know I never caught your, uh, name.

totally fine! I am the slowest tagger so haha.

[memoryguardian]

Oh!

[Flipping back around, Tooth is still all smiles and sparkles.]

My name is Toothiana! You can just call me Tooth for short though. And you are?

.

[megamind]

I am Megamind.

Did you say Tooth?

[ Because that's a little weird okay. He's tilting his heat, because do bird women even have teeth or do they have a beak like bone ridge like his brain says they should? ]

[ ... no those are teeth. ]

[ Weird. ]

[memoryguardian]

[Megamind? That was a... fitting name.]

I did say Tooth! It's also short for Tooth Fairy.

[Yeah, she just said that totally casually.]