Stars in your multitudes, scarce to be counted, filling the darkness with order and light.

[tookashirototheknee]

[Matt might be good at the network, but that doesn't mean he has complete control over his thoughts. Sometimes things slip through. But in this case, it's probably for the better.]

Oh, for the love of space peas, that's it!

[He pauses, and then sets out to make slightly more coherent comments. Standing in front of a mirror, at first all people can see is a detailed star chart. Anyone who is familiar with stars from earth would know this isn't exactly a view from Earth, but it's similar.]

So, I totally forgot that I got blessed with visions or hallucinations or something like that, but I had a... something of a star field. I don't know if I was there or in a planetarium or what, but I drew it out.

And then I realized. This is the star field as seen from Mars. I'd be a crap Garrison graduate if I couldn't figure that one out. So, uh, on top of everything else that's going on, we're going to Mars.

I haven't been there myself, but my dad's told me a lot about it, so I can help. I hope.

Comments

[carbonatedscientist]

Mars?

[Give him a moment, he'll be alright, he'll be alright...]

Where I come from...the Martian civilization was destroyed in some sort of terrible cataclysm. I've seen it. Or at least...footage of it.

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh...

[Matt's torn between excitement for a new culture and sympathy for the rest of the universe.]

I'm sorry. Hopefully this isn't that universe. Back home for me Mars is just... dusty.

[carbonatedscientist]

Just...

...if anyone finds any strange boxes, don't open the boxes.

[Though he hasn't been here that long, he figures that with this group, they're doomed in that scenario.]

[tookashirototheknee]

You know, that sounds like a good idea in any circumstance, to be honest.

[carbonatedscientist]

And yet if we look at this group...

...I don't think "good ideas" are popular with a certain segment of the population.

[Says the hero-type with zero sense of self-preservation.]

[tookashirototheknee]

Oh, you can say that one again. I know that I can be bad idea central sometimes, but I look like a cautious mouse compared to some people here.

[carbonatedscientist]

It's not that hard to be more cautious than some of the people here, that's the worrisome thing. There are just varying degrees of recklessness on display.