&& CASCADING STARS [ANYA]
Nov 14, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -6
Post by SIMON COLLYNNS on Nov 14, 2014 16:53:54 GMT -6
He peered into the little mirror of a gadget that magnified the stars for him. Little fuzzy balls of light that shimmered within the lens of his telescope. Oh how he loved to watch the stars! He gasped in excitement as he sharpened the lens to see better. No one could take his fascination away from him for he knew so much about them and yet... so very little. He wanted to know more. MORE MORE! The stars were his inspiration and his distraction.
Yes, he had gone to visit both his father and his brother today. He spoke to the caretaker that looked after his father and found that he was in a deep state of depression at the moment. Constantly speaking about his son in the hospital and his wife who had died so many years ago. Hearing the terrible state his father was in Mercury left his own house and went to the hospital to check on his brother's condition. Nothing had changed. He didn't get any worse, nor did he get any better. He was just... Nothing. The problem was, he was paying a great amount of money for both of them and neither of them were getting better.
This was his way of coping. This was his escape. His dream was to someday feel the weightlessness of being up in space. There was nothing going for him here on earth except for the people he was constantly around who were all stupid, selfish, or cruel. So many people and he would want to get away from all of them, despite his social personality. If he could just explore the stars and loose himself in space then he would. He would loose himself in the vast openness of the universe. With so many beautiful sights and images. He would never be bored.
But this was a dream that was far from his reach, as he had yet to achieve a way for himself to build a rocket or machine that would last so long within the sky. So he continued to work for Galactic and to keep his family from the cold fingers of death.
He sighed at the beauty of the moon that he now looked at, a filter having been put into place so that he could look directly at it without becoming blind from the brightness of the light. The curves and the colors took his breath away. In this way, Mercury would have lost any focus on the world around him and would completely miss anyone approaching until it was too late for him.
Yes, he had gone to visit both his father and his brother today. He spoke to the caretaker that looked after his father and found that he was in a deep state of depression at the moment. Constantly speaking about his son in the hospital and his wife who had died so many years ago. Hearing the terrible state his father was in Mercury left his own house and went to the hospital to check on his brother's condition. Nothing had changed. He didn't get any worse, nor did he get any better. He was just... Nothing. The problem was, he was paying a great amount of money for both of them and neither of them were getting better.
This was his way of coping. This was his escape. His dream was to someday feel the weightlessness of being up in space. There was nothing going for him here on earth except for the people he was constantly around who were all stupid, selfish, or cruel. So many people and he would want to get away from all of them, despite his social personality. If he could just explore the stars and loose himself in space then he would. He would loose himself in the vast openness of the universe. With so many beautiful sights and images. He would never be bored.
But this was a dream that was far from his reach, as he had yet to achieve a way for himself to build a rocket or machine that would last so long within the sky. So he continued to work for Galactic and to keep his family from the cold fingers of death.
He sighed at the beauty of the moon that he now looked at, a filter having been put into place so that he could look directly at it without becoming blind from the brightness of the light. The curves and the colors took his breath away. In this way, Mercury would have lost any focus on the world around him and would completely miss anyone approaching until it was too late for him.
Anyanka Valentine, I know your were supposed to post it. But I was open and had an idea on how to start. xD
