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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[opticshots]

[ he can wait patiently to never know what exactly is behind that mask, just like everyone else. it's a mystery. ]

I don't know how far I'd go in agreeing they aren't backward. [ tali snorts, a little amused as well. maybe with a little more judgement, though. ] It'll be a handful without proper mapping equipment, but if you need another pair of eyes to help with comparison mapping, I'm curious to see what might have caused this.

[professorwolf]

[At least he's too polite to ask about it. He does, instead, give a bit of a chuckle.]

I come from eighteen seventy-five, on Earth. This place is rather more advanced than what I am used to. Regardless, I won't turn down help, seeing as I only notice patterns, I've never actually made a star chart, of my own.

[opticshots]

That was even a long time before humans made their first contact. I can't imagine what sort of technology you actually had to work with. [ her knowledge of human history isn't great, but she knows that they're leaps and bounds behind the rest of the galaxy in everything except stubbornness. that trait does come in handy, though. ]

Anyway, I've edited a couple of star charts before, and done some data transfer of them, so I'm sure we can figure out something.

[professorwolf]

Well before, yes, I know. We haven't even made it out of the aethersphere yet, much less considered life in other solar systems. Regardless, I'm used to it now, at least, and your help would be welcome.

((I have some infos now, if you'd like to play anything out with them poking at the star charts in person :3 or we can off-screen, however you'd like!))