maddest: (whatever shall we do)
maddest ([personal profile] maddest) wrote2011-08-22 12:20 am

[video] star light star bright

Dear Adstringendum,

I'd like to hold a contest.

You see, we have a starfull of skies, pardon, sky full of stars, but no lore to fill it with. The constellations in my world all tell stories about heroes long fallen, about Gods and Goddesses and immortals and divinity.

I propose we make a little bit of the same for ourselves here!

The rules are simple. Find a constellation from the nighttime- be it the summer or winter sky- and remember and recount for me a 'legend' about that cluster. You can find images of the nighttime skies in old PCD video posts, if you look back.

We're talking about legend here, so any stories you tell should either be a year old at least, or should focus on events surrounding people who are no longer with us, or whose memories have been lost since the events themselves. That, or events that happened a year or so or more ago. I only want secondhand retellings. The stars are about myth, after all.

The winner will get the package of cookies I salvaged yesterday.

I'll start.



Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was an event in Adstringendum where the streets were patrolled by mean, crusty creatures called gnomes. These dreaded gnomes bossed, and bullied the city dwellers into living in buildings like dormitories for the better part of a week.

Weep and wail as they might, a curfew was strictly enforced, by the dreaded gnomes with their teeth and clubs. Enemy was planted abed next to other enemies, conflict started afresh, and by the end of the week the city was in such cranky, over exhausted turmoil, that the animus in their infinite wisdom flung the gnome creatures into the sky, never to be seen again.

The citizens of Adstringendum were released from their dormitory prison, and all that was left of the gnomes was a small cluster, just there- of stars. If you look close you see the outline of their little pot-bellies.

[video] lol poor thing.

[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)














Well, we've set the bar low? Which will probably lessen nerves.

[video] Fiction is not his thing. XD

[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's hope so.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
That you very much, all the same.

How are things sorting themselves out in your little tangle? We've all heard stirrings.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Smile. Shrug.]

Things could be better. It's unfortunate that you've all been subjected to our problems, though.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's Adstringendum. Everyone is wrapped up in everyone else constantly.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
True enough, Monsieur. But a bit embarrassing, all the same.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I can see how it would be, especially for a private sort of person.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Back home, it would have been a disaster.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
People know things about me here that would get me killed at home.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? Your life at home must be very dramatic.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Curious. Just a quick smile, though it probably doesn't look -completely- harmless this time around.]

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
But that isn't something to discuss on the network.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Off the network, then. At a later date.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
When this event doesn't leave us stranded with pleasantries.

[Said with a smile. Through his teeth. Mireille, go away. -_-]

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I'm lucky to only have got a mild dose of it.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. I seem to have been effected very... thoroughly.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chuckle.]

I'll talk to you at a more opportune time, Monsieur. Your name?

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-22 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you stay with us during the zombie attack? We might have met.

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[identity profile] population-ctrl.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
To ensure our safety. Yes, I remember.

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[identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com 2011-08-23 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I'm glad to meet you again under better circumstances.

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