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[wizard_redfive]

[Out of all the spooky things happening today, there is one thing that really bothers Dairine. So her voice has a slight edge to it when she addresses the journal.]

So… it snuffed out the sun. Or at least effectively did. This certainly puts the castle at a new low.

Well, let’s hope it’s temporary. Having the sun go out is not an experience I personally wanted to repeat. Too bad we can’t go off planet and check on it. [Mutter mutter grumble]

Anyway, if anyone needs it, I have a light set up.

[Dairine is heading towards the lobby and ballroom, with a small glowing bluish light floating next to her. She might not look it, but she’s on high alert, just in case the castle decides to stop playing around. Approach with caution.]

((OCC: Open open open! Journal or action. Also, if you’re character got a Christmas gift from Dairine, feel free to comment about it if you want. Because I am lateeee.))

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Action (Totally not spazzing over the fact that you play Dairine. Not at all.)

[toyhopes]

[Vivi was following the light and heard the older girl. She creeps up slowly and nervously.]

They snuffed out the sun? Is that why it's so dark? Why did they do that?

[atadiscoverer]

Wait. Your sun went out?

[wizard_redfive]

For a while. It was on the news and everything.

[atadiscoverer]

Extinguishing a sun... Sounds like something Rodney would do...

[Excuse him, just musing about home.]

How did you fix it?

[beyondimagining]

[Will is in the lobby already, seated next to a ball of light burning with a bright clear flame. He gazes into it thoughtfully.]

[inafadingcrown]

You have experienced such a thing before?

[wizard_redfive]

A few times, but only once with my sun.

[inafadingcrown]

Then you have also experience with other suns? [Dairine, you puzzle her in the best possible way.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine walks into the lobby, with her pinpoint of light slightly ahead of her. Occasionally it dims and flickers, despite Dairine’s routine adjustments to the spell.]

[wizard_redfive]

And other stars. The sun is just a close star after all.

[inafadingcrown]

Is it? In my own world, there was a time before the sun. Indeed, it is a time within my memory. But the stars, it is said, were the sight that met the Elves upon their awakening.

Action (Aaaaah! More people who know Dair! 8D)

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine looks over her shoulder in a totally calm and collected manner WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. …Oh. A kid? Has she been lost in the dark?

She turns to face Vivi, scratching the back of her neck idly. How to explain…]

Seems like it. Because some people can be pretty mean, including the castle.

Does Dairine need to teach Galadriel about astronomy too?

[wizard_redfive]

Not all stars are born at the same time. My star--well, Earth's star, Sol, is fairly young. So once there was a time with no sun, just other stars. [Not that there was an Earth around that time.] Doesn't make it any less of a star.

Elves have been around a long time in your world, haven't they?

[wizard_redfive]

Someone you know?

[This whole post is musing about home. No problem at all.]

Oh, that wasn’t me. It was my sister's assignment. From what I remember, she got rid of the One Who snuffed it out, and the sun came back.

Action (I absolutely love Dair! The Wizardry books were my favorite ever!)

[toyhopes]

[She's going to come as close to Dairine and the light as she can and pester her with all of her questions. What else are clever looking older girls for?] Has the sun been snuffed out before? Can it be relit? Like a candle? That doesn't sound right... my papa said that the sun is really huge.

[atadiscoverer]

[This sounds as ridiculous as Atlantis.]

In space?

And, aye. Dr. Rodney McKay. He once blew up a solar system.

...Maybe. Tolkien stars are special, okay? One is literally a guy in a ship with a shiny jewel

[inafadingcrown]

Then mayhaps we have the Lady Varda to thank for the sun also. [Half-talking, half musing to herself there.]

We have. We were the firstborn of the races of Middle-Earth. It is said that my father's father, the High King Finwë was among those created by Eru Ilúvatar himself. [...Galadriel, stop bragging about your lineage.]

[beyondimagining]

[Will stands up and cups his own dim light in his hands as he calls out to her.]

Dairine?

Well, stars are technically alive in YW canon, so I guess they count as special too.

[wizard_redfive]

[Brag away. Dairine won't mind--not from Galadriel. Not to mention, it's interesting.]

Lady Varda? Eru Ilúvatar? Are those the Powers that Be in Middle-Earth?

[wizard_redfive]

[Ah, Atlantis. Not one of wizardry’s finest hours.]

Actually she was in New York City.

[Dairine frowns.] Yeah, that definitely sounds familiar. I know SomeOne who would do that sort of thing. Probably has.

Action (Hi, you are apparently me. Nice to meet you. :3)

[wizard_redfive]

[For protecting you from dark scary monsters. But not much else.]

I don’t know about this sun, but my sun back home has. Don't worry though. It came back an hour or two later. [Though it sustained some complications--yeah, don't mention that.]

It is. I've seen the sun up close and let me tell you, it is gigantic. I know only of one Person who can snuff out a sun. Well, two now.

[inafadingcrown]

You might say as much. [It's a rather complex situation and she's unsure if Dairine would be interested.]

[atadiscoverer]

Oh, it was a mistake. Rodney would never intentionally blow up a solar system.

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine winces in sympathy.] Oo, ouch. Pretty big mistake to make.

Btw, would you like Dairine to give Galadriel her gift now or have it already received?

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine is always interested.]

What did They do?