Intro Shenanigans

[pleiade]

WHO: Asterope and y'all
WHERE: Whale Comb Sent Her, the Bishop, Wildcard her
WHAT: Introductory nonsuch
WHEN: Late August
WARNINGS: None explicit yet, but Asti is a genetically modified human who had a Bad Upbringing


1. Whale Comb Sent Her
Whether one's here to make a Soup Lies request or use the replicator, it's likely you'll run into Asterope, who's found a place to sit (or possibly perch, up on a counter or table with legs dangling) as she works out the specifics of the shape of what she's requesting from the replicator. She's working with a chunky piece of charcoal on a large sketchbook, trying to map and math the curves of a violin, before she tries to spend one of her replicator uses on it. Lots of curves, a couple spirals...for someone who's working from memory, she seems to have a good start on it.

As she works, she's humming, not really paying attention to anyone else in the room, yet.

2. White Pawn Takes Bishop
Asterope seems a little awed by the ship. She's been told most people don't live on their ships, and in truth she doesn't understand why. Sure, it might be cramped quarters, but she's used to kind of being in small, institutional spaces.

The other members of the crew can find her settling in, either in the kitchen acquainting herself with the protein dispenser, or picking out a bunk to take a nap in.

3. Wildcard
Find Asti anywhere else learning the lay of the land. She's more active at night, and spends a lot of time stargazing (sketching it all out in her sketchbook), if you want an excuse to run into her.

Comments

[silenziobruno]

It's a very pretty smile! Alberto likes shy people, more so when they start coming out of their shell. He doesn't really know much about real stars, so he shakes his head, but looks interested in knowing more.

"Two stars, like...they're good friends? That's why they stay close, all up in there? I like that idea, it's nice. And no, what it is?"

[pleiade]

She flips to a fresh page of her sketchbook, and begins to draw the dipper from memory; she's got the proportions down easily. "The big dipper is a constellation that's visible in the sky all year round, at least in the right parts of the world. If you follow these two stars forward, there's another star, Polaris, that can help you if you get lost, because it's always in the north. But these aren't the ones that are the favorite."

She circles the second star from the end on the handle. "If the night is very, very dark and quiet, you can see that there's not just one star here, but two. One's a lot fainter than the other, and it's hard to see sometimes, to where they used to use it as a vision test. Mizar and Alcor. Out in space, they're a binary star system, they revolve around one another, like they're holding hands and spinning in a circle together up in the sky."

[silenziobruno]

All his attention lands immediately on the sketchbook because it's rare to see paper on this planet. Alberto misses using them, he has to make do with drawing on wood planks, walls, and the like.

"You draw very well." He recognizes the figures of the constellations from what he's seen in Giulia's books, or at least the points and lines that represent stars. "I don't think I've seen those stars in the sky at night here. Maybe we need to be on the other side of the planet to spot them?"

There's an easy smile forming on his lips at the mention of the two stars and Alberto looks from the paper to her, eyes bright. "That's fantastic! If we were a star, I'd like to play with my friend Luca up there too, for as long as we could."