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[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[On the Plane appears a large mound of rubble, shifting uneasily as though it were just placed there and didn't have time to settle. A slightly corroded pillar stands next to the mound, teetering back and forth before it balances and stays where it is.

For a moment, nothing happens. Then... the rubble shifts and a hand pops out. It waves around before it finds good purchase among the rest of the debris, and soon, Ryotarou pulls himself out of the mess and rolls off the mound, stopping on his side. He's dirty and bloodied, and there are rips in his clothing where the sharper pieces broke through. The smaller cuts have healed already, but the larger ones are taking longer.

As it is, he just lets his head fall to the 'ground' and breathes in the fresh air.]

(ooc: ... This time, it is the fault of AIM dice.)

Comments

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I'm not asking you to make things up. I'd rather know about things... like Deneb, that everyone else knows.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Okay. [He seems content with that.] That's Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, typically. It's part of Canis Major... usually referred to as one of Orion's hunting dogs. But that context is hard to see in this kind of sky, I guess.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou smiles a little. He recognizes it from when the human Doctor pointed it out a few days prior.] Why is that?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

A lot of the legends have to do with the position of a constellation compared to others. Usually, Orion, the hunter, has his two dogs, Canis Major and Minor. And nearby, you can see Taurus, the bull, like he's ... fighting it. You know?

But all the stars are mixed up here, and they move, so it's more challenging.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[He nods a bit.] Then... where is Orion? Taurus?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Orion is up there. [He points to somewhere near where the "Bread" constellation is.]

Taurus... give me a minute.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[Ryotarou follows the pointing and searches for the constellation. He wants to ask if there's a story to it, but Sakurai is busy looking for Taurus, so he doesn't.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Found it! [He points at a constellation close to the horizon.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[He squints a bit to see it, then nods.] The skies really are different here.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Yeah... way different. I wish I could make a map. I saw an interesting constellation the other day that I didn't recognize, and I wanted to ask the Doctor about it.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

That wouldn't be possible, would it? Making a map. Sirius... it was somewhere else a few days ago.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Yeah, exactly.

[a pause]

How'd you know that? [Not suspicion, genuine curiosity.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

Mm... [slight headtilt] The Doctor who's human pointed it out to me.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Oh. That's nice of him.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[...? Ryotarou glances over to him.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[shrug... he and human!Ten didn't agree so much.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[headtilt] Sakurai...? Something wrong?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] It's just weird... how different people can be here, when their faces look the same.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

... Like the other Sakurai Yuuto?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... yeah. Or the different Doctors.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're that different. I mean... their tenth regeneration, at least.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

[A little shrug here... he's not sure he wants to talk about his other self. There's still so much he doesn't know, and ... ffffff.]

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

[A slightly curious look.]

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

... Whaaaat.

[saythistostart.livejournal.com]

What is it?