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. ♥ ]
freckleddoll: (Freckles - so strange)

voice;

[personal profile] freckleddoll 2009-11-28 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
Blimey, all of that sounds right weird. Fancy never seein' the moon before...

voice

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
Just as it sounds weird imagining a world with the moon...
freckleddoll: (Freckles - it's the basics)

voice

[personal profile] freckleddoll 2009-11-28 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
S'pretty t'look at though, ain't it? Could never see it properly when I was still in London, but once we left finally got a good look at it...

voice

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, I spent almost a whole night taking shots last week! If I went to mountain, I think I could get away from the light pollution completely--

... I didn't even mean to post this, what is-
Edited 2009-11-28 09:55 (UTC)

voice

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
A curse?
freckleddoll: (Freckles - confused)

voice

[personal profile] freckleddoll 2009-11-28 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
The picture really turned out lovely...

...you didn't? Could be a curse. Seems t'be one of those weekends.

[identity profile] playstheblues.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
Never?

voice

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
I only meant to post the picture, not to talk about all that...

Mao won't like it.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Only when I came to the City.
freckleddoll: (Freckles - well ya know...)

voice

[personal profile] freckleddoll 2009-11-28 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well...it don' really matter somewhere like 'ere, does it? Everyone comes from different worlds.
thenormalsquint: ([Angela]: are you brain damaged?)

[personal profile] thenormalsquint 2009-11-28 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You never saw the moon? Gates? In Brazil?

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean, fake stars?

[identity profile] playstheblues.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. That doesn't bother you?

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always wanted to see it, especially when Papa would tell me stories about how the sky used to look, but... it's nothing I can change. That's just how things are in my world.

I'm just lucky I got to see it here.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
All of it happened the year before I was born.

...I- I guess my version of earth is really strange, huh?

[identity profile] playstheblues.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, away from the City, it's a lot prettier. I can take you, if you want.
thenormalsquint: ([Angela]: silent contemplation)

[personal profile] thenormalsquint 2009-11-28 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Admittedly, yes. I lived in Brazil for a while and never heard of a gate anything. And we had the moon. How does somebody make fake stars anyway? Didn't anybody ask where the moon went?

IDK DTB SOB

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
People older than me say that they look different now. I can't think of why, except...

Maybe they're not really in space.

VOICE

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if there's anyone from mine here. If they see this then...

We've been fine for three weeks. I'm just worrying too much.

DTB: too fabulous for logic!

[identity profile] obliviomancy.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it'd make a lot more sense that way. Real stars aren't exactly easy to get rid of.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? You would do that-- I've always wanted to visit the forest and the mountain since coming here!

[identity profile] playstheblues.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be happy to take you, Suou.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
They're still trying to figure that out, or maybe they won't tell us why... It was only two years ago that they stopped hiding the Gates from people.

Maybe it was aliens.

[identity profile] sapanwood.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! By the way, I'll be taking lots of pictures of you too since you're with me. There's no avoiding it!

[identity profile] playstheblues.livejournal.com 2009-11-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's okay. Just make sure to get my good side.

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