sapanwood: (☄  wonder  | cut off)
Suou Pavlichenko ([personal profile] sapanwood) wrote2009-11-28 03:35 am

☄ fourth meteor



... I had never seen the moon before.

When I took this picture, three weeks ago, it was the first time I ever saw it. I didn't think it would be so bright! We had pictures from before it disappeared, but to see the glow with your own eyes...

It's hard for me to describe. Beautiful, amazing, breathtaking-

Thirteen years ago was when the moon disappeared with all the stars. The stars came back, but they were all a fabrication. I've always wondered what makes the fake stars different from the real ones. Maybe they were brighter? There must have been a lot more in the sky, and they didn't fall as often. I haven't even seen one fall since I've come here...

The day they vanished was when the Gates appeared. The one in Brazil was named "Heaven's Gate" and the one in Tokyo was called "Hell's Gate." But they're not really gates- that's just a nickname. They are areas which suddenly became inaccessible; everything around them was destroyed and weird phenomena began to occur within their limits.

In a single night, everything changed for people all over the world. And everything is still changing. There was a huge war where countries fought for control over the Gates. Papa said part of the reason was because of the abnormal substances inside of them... and because of the knowledge that can be gained from studying them. But the truth is that no one really understands the Gates yet, no one understands why the stars disappeared, why all the satellites suddenly vanished, why the moon went away...

They say "You can retrieve what you lost from the Gate." I've always wondered what that meant.

[ooc: Picture by this talented photographer. ♥ ]

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really. I guess... I'd be more like two.

MIND BLOWN

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You're... you're awfully big for a two-year old!

|D; - 1/2

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... sometimes he forgets how normal people react. ]

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
... it's complicated. Sixteen works too, I guess.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You come from another world, so it probably makes sense there. And you seem more like a sixteen year old, than a two-year old, for sure!

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I would.

... how old are you?

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thirteen.

... I don't even know your name yet.

1/2

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Suou.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
... Hey, do you want to go on a trip with Blue and me?

We're going to the Wild, so I can see the moon away from the city lights. I bet Blue wouldn't mind!

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
... sure. Does it really look that different out there?

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
The lights drown out the stars, so you can't see that many from the City. In real darkness, you can see hundreds-- maybe even thousands of stars!

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I've seen that many before.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Not if you've lived in a City all your life.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-29 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Then what? You've never looked at the sky?