[SF Demo] Astronomy

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Aug 21, 2022 8:32:50 GMT -5

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Post by d7m fraser birk ♚ frankel on Aug 21, 2022 8:32:50 GMT -5

Astronomy Demonstration

The lights are down in the convention hall and all eyes now turn to the night sky. Outside on the lawns, far from the light pollution of the hustle and bustle in District six line a handful of different sized telescopes. Until the sun rises, any attendee is welcome to discover the wonders of space with their very own eyes.

From constellations to planets far and beyond, there is a lot to discover through the different scopes. Twenty new stars are currently being observed and attendees are welcome to put forwards a name for these new discoveries

The Rules
- There will be 20 stars to name, these can be named anything (so long as they are PG-13!).
- You are free to include NPCs who are astronomer guides to your posts.
- Please add your chosen star name within your post.
- By posting in this event, you will be awarded 1 science fair point.
- Posts in this thread must be a minimum of 100 words long.
- You have until 23:59 PST 19th September to participate.
- Star names will be first come first serve (though I doubt we will reach 20).

Star names
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More entrants welcome until the end of the event.

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Aug 27, 2022 13:27:38 GMT -5

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Post by d10f ekta ram // [earthling] on Aug 27, 2022 13:27:38 GMT -5

She did not care to spend her evenings socializing.

At home, after she'd finished her chores and homework, she continued her studies. Whether it was with an intensive project or a long evening of exploring the encyclopedia, Cantara always felt most herself when she was expanding her mind. During the course of the Science Fair she'd found herself busiest after dinner. There were demonstrations to attend, tryptics to ponder, halls to explore. Each night, before retiring, she wandered outside and stared at the vast cosmos for awhile, trying to make sense of their place in it.

It occured to her one evening, during her starry meditation, that there could simply be no explanation - at least not one that a human mind could fathom. With a tight smile she stepped away from the telescope and scrawled GODDESS on the star name suggestion list.

Somewhere, the Goddess star burned brightly, confidently.

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Aug 29, 2022 6:56:52 GMT -5

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Post by d7m fraser birk ♚ frankel on Aug 29, 2022 6:56:52 GMT -5

FLYNN GARNER

The evening is already crawling in, today has been exhausting. Being an audience member, competitor, and reluctant autograph signer. Even so late in the day, the activity at the fair has not slowed down. Outside the sky is clear, a perfect set up for all the telescopes that are dotted across the turfed bank.

What exciting thing am I going to discover tonight?

Balls of flaming gas millions, billions, trillions, and gazillions of miles away. Some believe that these stars are our friends and family that have been taken away. I guess it is something nice to believe in, it takes away some pain that comes with the mourning. Except science swamps my mind and I can’t quite figure out where Quinn, Aurora and the others really are right now. In the dirt? In the sky? I can send them up there right now, another memorial that will exist even after I have gone.

Aurora-Quinn. I squibble on the piece of paper in the star names suggestion box. It will mean their memory lives on for as long as the star shines bright in the sky.

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Sept 3, 2022 9:46:41 GMT -5

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Post by kap on Sept 3, 2022 9:46:41 GMT -5

Joule Spark

Did you see the sparks filled with hope?
You are not alone

♛
Joule wasn't really surprised to be the oldest one in the place. A lot of people her age probably didn't have the desire to enter a science fair anymore. She was thirty years old, but she still knew how to have fun like a kid. Thirty wasn't old. No. She wasn't quite there yet. Her mother was much closer to "old" status than she was.

Looking up at the stars, for some reason, there was just one concept that came into her head as a way of coming up with a name: to name it after her siblings that she'd lost to the Games. The problem? There were three of them: Bolts, Florence and Industria. How could she possibly combine all three of those names into a name for one star? She had to think.

Bolts probably would've thought himself to be unworthy to have a star named after him (oh how wrong he would have been), and likely would've insisted the honor be passed to one of his sisters. Still, Joule couldn't leave him out. No, she needed an idea that encompassed all three of them.

It might've sounded complicated, the idea she came up with, but maybe it also sounded a bit science-y.

BFI-Spark Three.

Bolts, Florence and Industria Spark of District Three. BFI-Spark Three. It was perfect. She just hoped they'd take it. It didn't sound like anything fancy, but it meant a lot to her. So, she wrote BFI-Spark Three on the slip of paper and submitted it. This was something special.

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Sept 17, 2022 17:05:06 GMT -5

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Post by 🌱 kaitlin. on Sept 17, 2022 17:05:06 GMT -5

✵ sybil mars ✵

Sybil has never much liked astronomy.

Calder Mars never made a habit of trying to make her like it either, and she's never quite been able to stop resenting him for it. It's three o'clock in the morning and the guilt for feeling that way won't escape her brain. Strange bed, familiar place, wakefulness draws her out of bed the night of the science fair and down to the lawns outside.

Jaw tight, it trembles as she mentally pries it open and sucks in a gasp of cold night air. It feels sharp against her chest, breathless girl, translucent, barely there.

Sybil's hands shake, so she grabs the edges of her jacket and pulls it tighter around herself, trying to hold herself together. ~~Look who ran again.~~ She stops breathing, shoulders hitching higher, making herself smaller, smaller, then a gasp. ~~Take a breath, take a breath, take a breath, take~~—a streetlight flickers to life at the end of the quad, then blinks back out. The light reflects in Sybil's eyes and she blinks, shakes her head and forces herself towards one of the telescopes.

Sybil and the demons she ruins herself with. Index finger outstretched, she traces a single delicate line along the barrel. It's a pale haunting. Ghost girl, she doesn't bother to look through the lens.

There's tears in her eyes when she steps away and furiously scribbles Calder at the bottom of the list of names.

"Don't say I never did anything for you, old man," voice hoarse, she walks away from the stars.

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[SF Demo] Astronomy Sept 17, 2022 21:41:23 GMT -5

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Post by [ retro gm ] angel lí ✨ on Sept 17, 2022 21:41:23 GMT -5

esra perry ;

My big sister Simone doesn't know I'm here, but I'm a firm believer in following the motto that what Simone doesn't know won't hurt her. And besides, she wouldn't have let me come anyway. So I do what I do best: I lie, and I sneak, and I practice my best sorry face for when I get back - if she even notices I'm gone in the first place. You'd think it easy to keep track of your one and only (that we know of) sister, but you'd be surprised in our house!

She's always working anyway - why pay taxes to the Capitol when you can just get stuff for free? I nicked my train ticket from an old lady's pocket on the train station (don't judge - I needed it more than her anyway). Had my rucksack and my sister's I.D. ready to go. 'Simone Perry' with a smile and a beat, those suckers clipped my ticket and let me on easy!

So I'm here, wandering around District Six - technically illegally, oooo, does that make me a Wanderer? I bet I'm all mysterious-like. Mystery girl far away from home, Simone will think I'm staying over at one of the girls' houses for a week. She won't care - one less mouth to feed. And they're feeding us great here! I got an actual roast potato last night. With butter! I think I'll stay here forever. Bet I could get a job and my own place...

wait, shit, I forgot I told Ace I was gonna try leg it to Six. He better keep his damn mouth shut or I'll tell Simone about his cigarette stash under the floorboards - he tried to act the fool when I confronted him about that. Blackmail tastes so sweet, flushed little brother trying to act like he didn't know what I was talking about. I know a thief when I see one, cause it takes one to know one!

Name a star, huh? Alright - let's be sneaky about this. "I'll name a star for my darling little sister," god I could laugh, biting it down as a grin. "Esra!"

Simone will be fuming, but I think it's worth it to name a star after myself.