Wandering Winchester, Where Does She Go?

Natalie tried to cover it up, tried to make him feel better, but even as her words flowed through his ears he knew that it was only a matter of time before he drove her away too. He shook his head, letting out a whine as he said in a quiet, crackly voice, “You’d all be better off without me.”

she hurried quickly up through the building, using a spare key to let herself inside. "Pascal? Where are you?" She called out, walking into the apartment and closing the door behind her. She looked around, making her way further in, and she soon found a guitar lying on the floor against a wall, and it made her wonder what exactly was going on. She checked his bedroom, but couldn't find him there, she checked the kitchen and Kat's bedroom, and then headed for the bathroom, and there she found him, pretty much bloody from head to toe.

Werewolf // Cocorosie

"Oh. Constellations are nice. Pretty,” she shrugged, trying to appear nonchalant.  Ellie wasn’t exactly afraid of Natalie, but rather puzzled by her. As another observer, Ellie knew she was noticing and watching different things then was. The younger girl noticed the way the elder’s eyes were almost darkened with knowledge and insight. 

"I…like the day, better. It’s…comforting,” she confessed, feeling it strangely necessary thing to say. It was true, Ellie felt more comfortable in day lights, but the stars were something she admired greatly as well. Many nights had been spent in her lifetime staring up at them, telling herself their stories to still the suffocating darkness.

"Draco?" She finally asked, her gaze moving from the younger girl to follow the few people milling around outside the planetarium that she could see. Something in her told her that not a lot of people were goin to visit their stall, but it wasn't something that deterred her from being here. Rather, it was an encouragement to be here. 

"I always liked Scorpius, and the story that goes with that. There's this star in the heart of the constellation.. It starts with an A, I can't remember the exact name, but it's one of the brightest stars in the sun's path." She mused, glancing back to Ellie.

Natalie had always been interested in the night sky, and while she found the stars very interesting, her real interest was the darkness around them, although she knew it wasn't true darkness. Every inch of darkness was filled with stars the eyes couldn't see. She had always found that interesting, the complexity for the night sky, and the same was true for her and people. She'd always been intrigued by the diversity of people, everywhere. How different everyone could be. And if you didn't look hard enough, you might miss some of the most important parts of a person. And so she watched, seeing all that others missed, and that seemingly impossible knowledge of everyone and their secrets often earned her a creepy and eerie reputation. 

     There’s nobody here. I bet you nobody will be here until five minutes before we have to go.

New planetarium show lights up the dark

The latest planetarium show at the Hayden Planetarium, located in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, doesn’t focus on what we can see—the stars, planets, nebulae and moons known to amateur star gazers the world over. It shows what we can’t see, and it uses rigorous science in the form of computer simulations to do it.

[ Aria was becoming increasingly irritated at the lack of stimulating activity. She knew most of what was being displayed or played, obviously. So, she approached one of the other ‘volunteers’— ]

     When are we allowed to go on a break?

Ellie’s looked back up from their dutiful stare on her shoelaces to face Natalie through squinted eyes, as if the girl gave off sun that hurt to look at directly. In a way, she did. However, she was more like morning snow, muted and pallid, yet still shining intensely against a dull sky. The crease between her brows and the focused look on her face snapped back to a more neutral expression when Ellie realized she had been spoken to again.

"Oh! Sorry…um…um, my parents thought I’d—I mean, I…signed up. Sorry,” she murmured, clearing her throat mid-sentence. Ellie wasn’t quite sure what she was apologizing for, but it felt like it was needed. Patience for severe disquietude was a quality rarely found in the people Ellie knew. however, that number diminished with each passing day. Had it not been inappropriate for the conversation, Ellie probably would have face-palmed then.

"You? Oh, um, I mean, and you?” she corrected herself, a nervous half-smile ghosting on her lips. Lifting her eyelashes, Ellie allowed herself to look Natalie right in the eyes. She was nearly surprised to find the cool, clear look of an observant person there. It was like looking down a well, where clarity and translucent water veiled the surface, but a closer look revealed only a mist of darkness. This didn’t scare Ellie one bit. It intrigued her.

Ellie was alike in a lot of ways already, but different in just as many. And one difference was that Natalie didn't feel the instinct to protect her from anything, (further affirming in her mind that, yes, Pascal was an outlier, not the norm) but nor did she wish to see anything bad happen to the sophomore. She felt more or less... neutral. Although a part of her was eager to see what would happen if she was put in an unusual situation that she couldn't really handle, a passing curiosity at best. 

"I signed up," She answered the returning question. She knew that she had to, and so she had chosen something that would interest her. The planetarium. Which would, hopefully, also prove to be a place that wouldn't be over-crowded often. She didn't want to talk to that many people while volunteering here. 

"I like the stars," she went on to say, feeling a certain compulsion to fill some of the silence as Ellie stared at her like she was trying to work something out, trying to understand something, like she was trying to read Natalie. It wasn't something she was used to experiencing, really. It generally operated the other way around.