003 -- voice;

[leaps]

When I signed up for Starfleet, I figured I'd be seeing a lot more stars.

[ there's a pause and then a quiet sound that veers just along the edge of embarassment before ]

You know, I used to say I'd see the entire Argo Navis. It's this giant constellation--or it was a constellation, before it got broken up into six different parts. Six parts of the ship Argo from Greek myth, I bet it was something to see, if you could swing it. You can't even see all of it unless you head out to a certain latitude point, so I guess when I was little I thought getting closer to the stars themselves would be a good way to skip that step.

[ another pause. there's the tap of fingers along a countertop. sulu's shrugging, but it's a voice transmission, so. ]

Just strange to think it's not out there, even if this ship did have windows. Hard to gauge how far we've gone without...well, windows and stars.

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[tumbleweeds]

You know your myths?

[ Way to focus on... not anything even remotely relevant to the point of this, Jaye. ]

[leaps]

[ BUT JAYE HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT STARS ]

Some of them. My grandmother had this giant book of myths from around the world.

[ another shrug goes here lol audio feed ]

She mostly read me the Japanese myths, but when I got bigger I read through the rest.

[tumbleweeds]

[ HE CAN TALK ABOUT STARS WITH EVERYONE ELSE SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT MYTHS ]

Any from North America? [ Whoops sounding a little eager there, Jaye. ] Did you have any favorites?

[voice]

[yardbird]

[Murphy can relate. For someone who's spent years never being allowed to see a night sky, something as simple as stars is just one of those things you never thought you'd appreciate the way he does.]

It's odd. You'd think that there would be some kinda vista point somewhere so we could get a good look at the outside. Not a big fan of this... of bein' stuck all of the time.

[Trapped all over again.]

[leaps]

The captain can probably see out. If he wants.

[ SUCH RESENTMENT. ]

I don't know who'd design a ship without windows though.

[yardbird]

Probably.

[Murphy would as well, except he would probably be more concerned if the captain couldn't see what was ahead of them, so. Mixed feelings on the matter.]

No idea. Doesn't seem at all healthy for our mental state, though.

voice;

[sharp]

[ Amy finds it funny that somebody actually brought this up before her. She thought she might be the only one who actually cared (besides the Doctor maybe). ]

It's a bit cruel, isn't it? We're so close. But not exactly.

[ a sigh. ]

I said the same thing when I was younger, too. About stars, I mean. Most people thought I was mad.

[leaps]

[ SULU CARES THE MOST ]

You can see from the shuttles. But we're not really allowed in them.

[ omg kindred ]

Most people thought I was weird.

[sharp]

[ SHE LIKES HIM ALREADY. ]

What good is that then?

[ i mean, really. tease. ]

Me too. Even the psychiatrists.

[ definitely makes her sound crazy but she's learned to laugh at it. ]

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[anomalies]

there's some stuff in the science department
remote telescopes in the hull, i think.
i looked out a couple times

but i'm not exactly a star expert so i suppose it was pretty pointless.
you might enjoy it?

[leaps]

Thanks. I'll have to go look.

I spend most of my time down in Engineering. Guess it's time to change that.

[anomalies]

[ him too sulu him too. but the promise of SCIENCE is a pretty strong motivator. ]

me too. or i did. now it's kind of 50/50
i guess there's something to be said for exploring.

[ w . . . a i t ]

hang on. did you say argo

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[heterophobe]

What the fuck does it matter? [ that's the spirit! ] We're trapped here indefinitely. Here, or there, we're still afloat until the ship gets raided, explodes, or eventually murders us all- if you go for that theory.

[leaps]

[ RUDE ]

I know. But if I could see the stars, it'd feel more like [ sulu stutters a beat over the word home ] what a starship should be.

[heterophobe]

[ DUH ]

Can you name a single time anything on the Tranquility has been what it should be? [ cold hard truth, free of charge. step right up. get kicked in the balls. ]

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[scamp]

[Miles likes - liked - looking at the stars at night. They were one of the very rare things that could slow him down and let him relax for a little while, where no one could reach him. Not that it's something he's really in the mood to share.]

Fuckin' claustrophobic, if ya ask me.

[leaps]

Being closed in without a way to look out? You could say that.

[scamp]

I say it 'cause it is.

( voice )

[cheerioless]

That's honestly one of the worst things about being here. Not being able to see the stars.

[ and honestly what chokes quinn the most is this probably means she'll never see a shooting star. she never saw any in lima because of the city, and now she's here in space and can't see any of them.

...of course that also makes her wonder if they're actually in space, but she doesn't want to think about that. nope. ]

[leaps]

You really think so?

[cheerioless]

Stars are comforting...I guess. No matter where you are, what's going on - they're there. Um... besides, what's the point of being in space if we can't see them?

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[the_vishual]

For a few moments during the first wave, I was convinced we weren't actually on a ship due to the lack of stars.

[leaps]

I bet a lot of people had that moment. There's a lot of civilians on board who thinks it's all just...

[ a game or a trick or something to fuck with their heads but sulu doesn't want to say that. ]

[meddler]

[ perhaps with a touch of arrogance... ]

I've seen better.

[ but all the same, it's really disturbing, being on a ship with no windows. or maybe more... disconcerting. ]

[leaps]

Better's a matter of opinion. Doesn't everyone have a soft spot for their home galaxy?