002 - The Stargazing Meme

[aflockofmemegulls]

the stargazing meme

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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

[nowonder]

If that's the kind of vocabulary you like to use.

[Oh. He caught that gaze, held it, fairly dared her to look away. His eyes danced with mirth and malice and so much interest, lips quirked wickedly. She was lovely. He could say that to himself without giving too much away.]

[Just better not to look at her mouth.]

I'm never idle, Alice. Hands always busy, one way or another. At this moment my pockets are empty, but you should have seen me an hour ago.

[It was a careless boast, something to occupy his mouth while he watched her. Didn't matter how she took it, didn't really matter what either of them said. He was just happy she was looking at him.]

[decepting]

Well we can't all be so limited.

(Petulant and childish, the sort of thing thrown around on the playground, like pulling somebody's hair to show that you liked them. There was a wholly new kind of danger in his eyes, a challenge, and when had she ever turned down one of those? Don't break, Alice. Not yet.

Except she did. Turning skyward once more as a laugh, high and girlish and altogether unlike her, tumbled from her lips)

It must have been an especially previous little trinket to have made you so proud.

sure did just notice i typed 6 instead of 7 in the first comment l o l

[nowonder]

I bow to your superior diction.

[And he does bow, ironically of course and far too deep, keeping his eyes on her as he doffs his hat. While he's down, she laughs, and he does too, deep in his throat and dangerous. Then he straightens and is suddenly, inexplicably closer.]

It was. Sad I had to get rid of it, but at least I've found something more interesting.

pffffttt I was just rolling with it XD

[decepting]

(the closeness doesn't throw her. for a woman used to dealing in the absurd, this whole exchange was simply par for the course. it's the way he's watching her that unsettles her, just slightly. ordinarily it isn't difficult for her to figure out a given person is thinking, but he's still a bit of a mystery. it's unnerving)

Is this the part where you compliment me, then?

(it's nothing new certainly, the things people will say to get what they want)

Tell me my eyes rival the most precious gems as I swoon into your arms?

(she's teasing, but only slightly. it's almost a dare. like she's waiting for him to give her an excuse to disappear here and now. a kind of privilege considering her limited patience and how very few people could have gotten her to stick around this long)

[nowonder]

Is this the part where I do what you expect me to, you mean?

[He laughs again, dark and deep, and leans in to speak in her ear.]

I never do the expected. Lesson one.

[And he pauses a moment, drinking her in, the smell and texture of her, before backing up, letting his fingers trail along the bark of a tree.]

Maybe you should compliment me. Shake it up.