Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

[notzubats]

Who: Everybody! It's a planet mingle!
Broadcast: If You want!
Action: On the Holding Hands plant!
When: From June 23 until whenever we need a new mingle.

[At long last, the fleet has arrived to a new planet. This means it's time for a mingle guys! Get in! ]

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[castrationfist]

"Hyperion", you say... That annoying jerk being reduced to a tree makes me happy, I'll admit, but it's kind of frustrating that he gets things named after him like that.

[Hi, Clay, it's a fox girl in weird Japanese-styled clothes.]

You seem to know a lot, though. You must really like trees.

[geonomy]

[Oh hey, it's the new crewmate who hangs around Hermione a lot! Clay looks at her with a raised eyebrow, though the smile never leaves his face.]

So Hyperion is a person's name where you come from? [He shrugs a bit then, squatting down so that he can talk to her better, though he keeps his hand on the tree still.]

Nah, not really trees. More like I really like my planet.

[castrationfist]

Not a person, a Titan, from Greek legends. I never met him myself, but even I've heard of him.

[Honestly, it's a good thing she wears those raised sandals, or else even squatting wouldn't put him anywhere near eye level. She's tiny.]

Oooh? Nature in general, then? Or did you mean something else?

[geonomy]

Oh. Huh... Like those guys from Hercules?

[... Not much on legends here. Or, well, legends that don't involve stars.]

Something else, actually! I mean, nature's okay; it lets a planet become habitable for human beings. But I'm more of an astronomy guy. I study things in space for a living!

[castrationfist]

... Well, I suppose so....

[She seems a little disappointed, but she does perk up at the next bit.]

Oh? I'd like to hear about that. I studied the stars when I was alive, but a thousand years must have made that study much more interesting.

[geonomy]

Oh, did it ever!

[Caster, you poor, poor soul. Clay slides off the root, getting closer to her so that he can talk excitedly.]

So many advancements have been made in that field! In 1608, Hans Lippershey invented the telescope, a device that lets you see things that are far away as if they were close up. This led to so many more fields of science devoted to space and even things unrelated to open up! In 1873, the oldest - well, back then it was probably the first, but right now it's the oldest, it's called the Quito Astronomical Observatory, and it was built at that time. And now in our time, people all around the world can see through that observatory by using computers! We've discovered so much about space in the past twenty years alone; we've had missions to the moon, to Mars, we've retrieved rocks and samples, and right now we're seeking out possible life or a planet that can support it! We know about universes outside of our own, and the fact that there are billions upon billions of them out there! [He spreads his arms out, absolutely ecstatic with his whole explanation.] We've advanced the study so much, and it only continues to grow day by day!

[castrationfist]

[No, not poor Caster, she's listening attentively, a sleeve raised to cover her mouth to hide the very broad grin she has under it.

(She's also noticing he didn't even seem to blink at the 'when she was alive' comment. This guy seems interesting.)]

That's right... And now the study has advanced so far you can determine the very elements that make up a star just by the color of its light. The stars that were once so distant are now within your grasp, and humans shall leave the Earth behind, far beyond even the prying eyes of the Moon Cell...

That is the history of your world, is it not? The history that was meant to happen, that humans will venture into space to spread to the stars. Mystery and magic dwindle, and science becomes the pillar of humanity, laying bare even the secrets of the stars.

[geonomy]

[It's more like he has seen (and heard) some shit, nothing really surprises him anymore. But anyway! The fact that she seems interested and her prediction of the future just makes Clay all the more excited; have humans advanced that far? In her world, at least?]

Well, we haven't done it yet, but that's definitely what we're striving to do! Even now, we're exploring space, trying to find a planet suitable for human life. Leaving Earth isn't an option right now, but maybe someday in the future - probably way beyond my time, but eventually? I know it's going to happen. Science will prevail, and humanity as we know it will leave Earth and travel among the stars; that's the future I want to happen!

[castrationfist]

The Earth was only ever the start for humanity. The yearning for exploration, to discover the new, to leave one's nest... These are ingrained into humanity. When magi leave their bodies to send their souls alone to the Moon, that stems from such a drive. To reach enlightenment and escape Samsara, that too is discovery of the unknown. In timelines when humans reach for the stars, they follow that same feeling, whether it is science or magic... It is the nature of humans.

Well, this star will get a little lonely when that happens, but it's all right! I suppose this is how a mother feels when her children gain independence? It's a normal thing. Who knows what will rise up on Earth once humans have left it, anyway? And, I'll still have foxes!

[She is, in fact, just casually referring to herself as a star. In case this conversation wasn't weird enough yet.]