I Spy with my Eye

[waterproofed]

[Percy is laying on his back using the spyglass Lemony gave him for Christmas to look at the stars. No, this is not an effective way to stargaze. Why do you ask?]

Has anyone ever come up here during different seasons to chart the stars? They all look kinda the same to me.

Comments

[ voice ]

[wishmadeinfire]

Do you know... I never thought of doing that. I have been here for nigh on three or four years and I have never giving it that much attention.

_{[But then, even back in his world, all they cared about was the moon.]}

[ voice ]

[waterproofed]

Don't think anyone has.

Re: [ voice ]

[wishmadeinfire]

It would be interesting. Perhaps they align with SOMEONE'S world, even.

[peacockherald]

Perhaps some should. It might make traveling on expeditions easier if we have reliable charts.

[waterproofed]

They should! The stars usually change throughout the year, and I've only seen one chart.

[peacockherald]

Hmm, well, I wonder if we have any star cartographers among us. We could ask them. And surely there must be one that remains stationary, like the Northern Star.

;dictated

[delincuente]

I don't get what the big deal is with stars. I mean, it's like they're all the same exact dot. Big whoop.

;dictated

[waterproofed]

[no alex, no. That is the wrong thing to say to this kid]

One of my closest friends was honored in the stars back home.

[delincuente]

[Whoops!]

... That's a thing that actually happens?

[the_effect_she_has]

I've only ever been here one season -- but it would be useful for someone to do.

[A pointed pause.] You know. Someone who liked this sort of thing. And was good at it.

[Pointed. Pause.]

[waterproofed]

[pause pause] You know anybody who can do that?

[the_effect_she_has]

What about you? You seem to know a lot about stars. More than me, anyways. Probably more than a lot of people.

[voice]

[lioneyed]

It takes a bit of practice to start to notice differences, I find. Particularly across the seasons.

[voice]

[waterproofed]

So it takes a while? I din't know if I have that kind of patience.

[voice]

[lioneyed]

Well, if you're particularly observant and have a good idea for details, it may be faster. But if you wish to track them across a full cycle of the seasons - well, that takes time, and the stars have infinite patience.

The sky here is unfamiliar to me - I hadn't thought to see if there are any star charts in the library, though.

[onlyanapple]

There's a star chart somewhere around, I think.

[waterproofed]

A small one, though.

[doublethefun]

[charting the stars? Definitely this one.]

I have done what I can - betwixt the interruptions, as a matter of course.

[waterproofed]

So what kind of different constellations have you seen?

dictated;

[signedlefthanded]

Think you can do it?

dictated;

[waterproofed]

It sounds hard, but I bet with a little help from a genius inventor I could do it.

[save_the_souls]

I can't say I have. Though I don't know a thing about star charting.

[waterproofed]

I guess it's a thing I should know, but it sounds really hard.

[psych0p0mps]

oh man i had almost forgotten
john and i actually named a bunch of the constellations some time ago
i probably still have the list somewhere hang on

[waterproofed]

Were you the guys who named Pandora's Box?