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[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]

[ THIS IS CONFUSING WHAT'S HAPPENING ]

Some. I used to like the one about Lakota chief, the one the gods punished by making his hand a constellation, mostly because of the warrior whose father was a star. [ sulu knows how to stay on topic. ] And the one about Coyote creating the Milky Way.

[ and then, a little defensively. ]

I was five.

[leaps]

The captain can probably see out. If he wants.

[ SUCH RESENTMENT. ]

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

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[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.

[tumbleweeds]

[ YOU FOUND JAYE'S HOBBY CONGRATULATIONS ]

So you've always liked stars?

[ She didn't mean for it to be a question but it came out as one anyway. Oops. Still, right afterward, she laughs slightly. ]

Coyote hates some of the stories told about him -- the ones that make him look stupid, anyway.

[leaps]

Since I was in the cradle. My mom put the glow in the dark ones on my ceiling.

[ mama sulu knew what was up ]

He...wait, what?

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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]

[ 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.

[leaps]

Thanks. I'll have to go look.

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

[tumbleweeds]

Aw, cute. I think we had some of those -- in my brother's room, maybe.

[ Oh. Oops. She always forgets who knows what. ]

He's my boss.

[ SURPRISE X2 ]

[leaps]

The real one?

[ w h a t ]

[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

[tumbleweeds]

Yeah, the real one. I didn't become a shapeshifter by myself. Perk of the job.

[ There's a shrug, though he can't see it. ]

Back where I'm from, they blend in as mortals and hire two actual mortals to help them adapt with the world. We're better at it.

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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]

[ THAT IS ALMOST AS COOL AS HIS JOB, JAYE sulu's biased whoops ]

What's that job application look like?

[leaps]

[ science lures many a young lad down to the science department it's true ]

Yeah, that's the name of the constellation. Why?

[tumbleweeds]

[ no1surprised

Good job making her laugh, though. ]

All interviews, on-the-spot hire in the most random of places -- mine was a bar. Job's usually for life but the benefits are amazing.

[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.

[leaps]

Like shape-shifting?

[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. ]

[tumbleweeds]

That sort of perk depends on the god.

[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. ]