Starlight, Starbright... [Video | Thursday night]

[professorwolf]

Good evening... Randolph Lyall here.

[For those of them who don't recognize him by now. His face is only on camera briefly, however, before he turns it up to the now-clear sky, panning slowly and steadily around to show as much of it as he can-- well, the parts he's noticed have changed. Wherever he is, it's far enough from Poseidon and any residual lights that the stars are very clear.]

I'm not really sure if anyone has noticed, but the sky has changed from what I remember. I spend most of my nights out under it, especially lately, so I take note of the stars quite a bit. That set there--

[He pauses the camera over one constellation in particular.]

--belongs several feet over to my left, and this one--

[He moves the camera again.]

--belongs several along the horizon at this time of night. Even worse, at least one formation I've actually taken note of seems to have vanished entirely, or at least is now missing enough pieces that I can no longer identify it.

[He doesn't memorize every star there is, you know. Just the patterns that help keep him on track when scent trails fail him, or that stand out when a nocturnal wolf is bored and watching the stars.]

I'm not at all sure what could do such a thing. Whether the planet system has moved and we didn't notice, whether something is blocking them out, or... well, I'm open to ideas, if anyone has any.

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[professorwolf]

I'm fairly certain your drinking or lack of drinking doesn't have anything to do with it.

[The camera's back on Lyall, now, and he looks a bit bemused by the suggestion that it might have.]

I wouldn't put anything past this place, to be honest, but I will admit moving the whole planet would be a feat I'm not sure is doable. I already know it's not just that we've been moved in time, ourselves, unless it happened entirely without notice... I discovered the problem last night, and today has been perfectly normal, otherwise.

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Still haven't heard of a better explanation for our last bout of time travel.

[Lyall you have to understand how drunk he got the night before]

It's always been just us affected before. But stars don't change that much in a couple weeks.

[professorwolf]

[He decides not to comment on the bit about the earlier time travel. He's certain Salvation had plenty to say on the subject that made plenty of sense.]

I know, something has to have changed. The ones entirely missing could be being blocked by something, but the ones that moved have me utterly baffled. I know stars move depending on season, but the seasons haven't changed at all, and over thousands of years, but it doesn't seem like it ought to have been that long.

Perhaps someone ought to consult Salvation.

[Speaking of her, since she's the one among them most likely to know if something temporal or spacial has changed...]

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Probably our best bet. This shouldn't happen without a change in galactic positioning. So drift or... the other option doesn't even sound like it should be possible.

[professorwolf]

I suppose I'll do that, then, unless some other enterprising individual decides to get to it before I can. Which really won't be all that long from now-- I might as well just head up there tonight, rather than waiting, I suppose.

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Have you heard from any of the techies that practically live out there yet?

[professorwolf]

Stark told me to keep an eye on it, but nothing more than that.

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Well, I guess since you're heading out anyway it doesn't really save much time to get them to ask anyway.

[professorwolf]

Not really, no. Though I might get there to find out it's already been asked. I suppose we'll see.