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[iluminar]

Are we truly on the moon?

[ She sounds curious, curious enough to ask again but this time to the network now that she's been given proper instruction on how to work it and the device given to her. Lucrezia's already asked both her mother and her brother, but asking network-wide means making friends. ]

Has it always been this bleak? We see it high up in the sky, unable to ever touch it. It shines down light should we happen to lose our way—and this is how it really is? What a lonely place to be.

And space—God’s light must not reach far.

[ It doesn’t make sense. It shouldn’t be possible. Yet here they all are. And she'll put behind her the chaotic welcome she had been greeted with, monsters and carnage, death littering the corridors a week ago. ]

I cannot help but think that space is a far darker world than that of Rome.

[ But how could such a thing even be possible? ]

Comments

audio.

[coiffeur]

It's nice to hear such poetic words from such a nice voice, but sadly, I will have to say this is the moon. It's not a goddess in disguise nor anything besides rock. Yet it doesn't have to be lonely -- I've met some friendly faces already, and I'm always open to meeting more.

audio.

[iluminar]

A rock and yet it shines the brightest.

Do you wish it then, that you and I become friends?

voice

[latkje]

But just think— if we are truly on the moon, we're that much closer to the stars!

voice

[iluminar]

Do you believe so? Have you seen many of them then, these stars?

audio

[vaccination]

[All that stuff sounds pretty... deep. Or something. Ellie does the easy thing and just ignores it all entirely.]

Uh, hey. How are you doing?

audio

[iluminar]

[This voice sounds familiar to her...

hay gurl hay]

I am as well as one can be- when on the moon. And you?

audio

[ready_to_bloom]

[Caspian still hasn't gotten over his awe of being on the moon, no matter how long they've been here now.]

It's amazing, isn't it? This far away from the earth, and we came here in the blink of an eye.

audio

[iluminar]

Will we ever return to it?

action; i'm a rebel

[cesar]

[ After all these years, he shouldn't be surprised to see her bounce back so fast; all light and bubbling joy. She has always been the stronger one of the two, they fail to see that, too blinded by her golden hair and those smiles brighter than the sun. Not that he's one to talk, already too far gone and grinning like a doofus in the corner of the room and watching her weave her charms around the entire Transport population.

Making friends, she calls it. How humble. ]

But here, at least, we lack old men in skirts.

action; it fits you i love it

[iluminar]

[ A girl must have friends, Cesare. All of the friends. ]

Take care, brother, for you yourself are still an old man in a skirt.

[ Lucrezia's smile is as teasing as her tone as she looks over to where he's seated. That doofus look widens her smile. Too bad he's that far away that she can't tweak his chin. ]

voice;

[hashtagyolt]

Well, seeing as there's no real atmosphere to reflect the light around us, yeah I guess the moon would be darker than Rome.

voice;

[iluminar]

Do you know much about the moon?

voice

[khajidont]

It's the moon all right. But life reaches a whole lot further than you'd think. Maybe there's not much here, but there's as much life on some other planets as there is on Earth.

voice

[iluminar]

Then there is more than one Rome?

[ because every planet has gotta have the same cultures and lifestyles, countries, cities. laws. ]

action. #rebel lyfe.

[matre]

[ vanozza smiles at lucrezia over her sewing. her golden daughter, ever a ray of light. ]

The poets have deceived themselves. Beauty is in mystery. Look what a little jaunt has done to the heavens.

action. #ghetto lyfe.

[iluminar]

[ taking a break from all these conversations she's begun, she looks up from her device to where her mother sits. ]

The heavens remain dark and cold without the presence of the Holy Father. I wonder why that is.

[ they're the holy family dammit, their presence should be enough to bring light and warmth. ]

audio;

[getoffmyearth]

If you think the moon is depressing, don't ever leave the galaxy.

audio;

[iluminar]

You mean return to earth?

audio.

[scinlae]

Space would be the darkest of all, for it is empty void that would consume us.

Re: audio.

[iluminar]

Already it has begun.

voice;

[awarlock]

I've found that it's better to look to people as your light when you lose your way. Then space is less dark than it seems.

Re: voice;

[iluminar]

Many friendships are in our future, then.

video;

[worldswillburn]

Don't really know why people keep expecting much out of a moon.

audio;

[iluminar]

I suspect this is not your first time on it.

video.

[wolfskin]

Does the moon sadden you so? [ with all that has happened he would not be surprised. ]

audio.

[iluminar]

In some ways, yes. Is it not the same for you?