[Open Moons Mingle Log]

[serpentis]

Who: Anyone and Everyone!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Abeo, Accendo, Adsum
When: 2/3-2/7

[WELCOME TO THE MOONS ENJOY YOUR STAY DON'T GET ARRESTED.]

Comments

[noherald]

You don't enjoy making up your own? I'd never have known the difference, you know.

[There's a hint of laughter in his voice, eyes bright with amusement. That's what he's always done when humans ask ridiculous questions about trees-- sound convincing enough, and someone who doesn't have any clue will almost always believe it.]

[parricida]

[He laughs.]

Oh, I do enjoy lying, I promise you-- but I'd rather not mislead you on something so important. We do navigate by these stars, after all.

[noherald]

Yes, but wouldn't the stories about them change, anyway?

[Isn't that how it works? Arhen looks almost confused at the idea that it might not be the case.]

Even the well-known constellations aren't always identical. Silentir is either a dragon or a man, if you draw a few lines differently-- and of course humans don't claim that any of them represent our gods-- but the stars are the same, either way. I'm sure we have one or two they don't use.

[parricida]

Frankly, I've only ever heard the stories my own people have made up-- but yes, I suppose that's true. Though we're all rather far away from our own stars-- I suppose I could connect random ones and make up something, if you're truly bored.

[noherald]

Bored, no. Curious, that's an entirely different thing. [And he is always, always curious.] Would you? I'd like to know what sort of stories you make up.

[He's all attentiveness now, leaning forward, propped on his folded arms.]

[parricida]

Hmm, all right.

[The condensation on both their glasses is enough that he can draw on the bar. He details out a simple constellation-- two circles parallel to one another, connected by a line. It looks a bit like a basket, in fact.]

Now, I hardly have enough water to draw the rest of it, but there ought to be a figure behind it. It's Sikall, one of our more scientific goddesses. The one who showed Cardassians not only to fish, hunt and grow, but how to do so on a massive agricultural scale.

[noherald]

[Arhen watches with interest, following the small picture he maps out-- he glances back up to Garak when he speaks, though, listening every bit as intently. It doesn't matter whether it's a relevant constellation or not, stories are always fascinating.

They also often feed his curiosity more than they sate it, though.]

Is she the one you favor? Since you chose her, I mean.

[parricida]

I don't know about favor, but I certainly do enjoy her legend. I've always a soft spot for the clever ones.