Talking about one of my Stories: â¨Starlightâ¨
Starlight is a Slice of Life that takes place on the constellations of the Zodiacs. Each Main Character is based on a Zodiac Sign.
Part 6: The Star Dolls as a Species
Ze Lore? ( a work in progress)
First things first, the species are called Star Dolls because of how many times I've given them different outfits. In other words, dolling them up, hence the name Star Dolls.
Because of how much zodiacs supposedly influence human affairs and personality traits, I thought it would be fun if life on the stars was somewhat based on life on Earth.
Once upon a time, there a lonely Goddess who spent time in space. She wanted to find a way to make some friends. Then, a lightbulb turned on, and figured out a way to do so.
You know how in Tinkerbell, fairies are born via a human baby's first giggle? Star Dolls are born when a human baby's eyes meets natural light for the first time. Light from the sun, moon, stars, just not artificial light from lightbulbs. Some of the light that enter our eyes doesn't get absorbed and instead gets reflected (that's what causes the red-eye affect in photography, I think). The spark of reflected light travels all the way to space. Childbirth is very bright on space.
On March 21st 500 BCE, the first spark of reflected light was aimlessly floating in air. While floating, it saw the night sky full of sparkles and fellows sparks of lights and decided to make the journey up there. When it arrived to space, it was spotted by a Goddess. The Goddess gently held the now confused spark, and decided to give it a home of the star Hamal, Aries' brightest star. Upon landing on it, the light flashed and morphed into a humanoid being that resembled the Goddess. For obvious reasons, this endeared the Goddess and in return, she gifted the being some fun little ram horns on her. She nurtured and cared for the being of light, making Hamal a proper home for the little lass.
30 days later, another spark of light was spotted, floating around Aldebaran. The Goddess noticed her, and tried to draw her in, but to no avail. Then the goddess crafted something that would appeal to her, something sweet to eat. That light changed it's form to resemble to goddess to feast upon it, and joined the fellow spark. More sparks flew and joined the group until there was 12 sparks, gifted their little features, including little emblems on their frocks to remember the days she met them.
Once the pattern was established, she made the number of sparks began grow to match the actual number of people born everyday on Earth. Most journeyed to space, some stayed and befriended Earth's fireflies. It became a lively and joyful society, blessed by various gifts of the Goddess, like food, weather of all types, etc. One day, one of the Cancerians (because Cancer is referred to as the mother of the zodiac) asked the Goddess if it was possible to have children of her own.
The Goddess decided to use her light spell as the way for the Cancerian to have biological child, (and the rest is history because I don't know what else to write.)
The Biology (the more fun stuff I know how to write)
First things first, Star Dolls have green blood. Which means instead of having peachy skin with red/pink undertones, their skin is more olive with green undertones. Everything that would be pink on our body is teal/seafoam green on theirs. Everything red is now bright lime green.
Take blushing for example
Secondly, zodiacs aren't just organized by element, but by modality, called Cardinal, Fixed and Mutual.
Cardinal signs are marked at the beginning of the season; Aries - spring (Mar and Apr), Cancer - summer (June and July), Libra - autumn (Sept-Oct) and Capricorn - winter (Dec-Jan). These signs the initiators, and in this story, these guys thrive in their respective seasons because they don't get affect by the negatives. However, they get very weak during the opposite season. In other words, Capricornian Star Dolls doesn't get cold from winter weather, they can keep their balance on ice, but they despise summer. They're very prone to heatstroke, intensely sweats and feels heat strongly. Spring and fall feel like spring and fall. Cancerians are the opposite; not getting hot and sweaty during the summer time, freezing and prone to frostbite in the wintertime, can't keep their balance on ice, spring and fall is normal. Arians get horrible seasonal allergies in the fall, winter and summer are normal, spring is heavenly, and Librans are vice versa.
Mutual signs are marked at the seasonal transitions; Gemini - spring to summer (May and June), Virgo - summer to autumn (Aug and Sept), Sagittarius - autumn to winter (Nov and Dec) and Pisces - winter to spring (Feb and March). These signs are the adaptors, and in this story, when they reach puberty, they gain the ability to change their form. Geminians can shapeshift, Virgoans can sprout wings, Sagittarians can turn into centaurs, and when completely submerged in water, Pisceans can turn into mermaids. Because of this, Pisceans are born with very sharp teeth like sirens.
Fixed Signs are marked in the middle of the season; Taurus - spring (Apr and May), Leo - summer (July and Aug), Scorpio - autumn (Oct and Nov) and Aquarius - winter (Jan and Feb). These signs are the stabilizers, and in this story, they have to ability to conjure with their respective elements. Because of this, over history Taureans often take to role of building structures.
Lil Fun Facts for each Star Doll Type
When Arian Star Dolls get extremely pissed, they get little ram eyes.
The disease cancer doesn't exist because when originally I was drew Candice's outfits, I wrote "Cancer the Crab" because "Cancer" by itself just felt wrong. Now there's no more cancer the sickness.
Leonine Star Dolls have protractible claws
Because Virgo is the ruler of the gut, Virgoan Star Dolls often have stomach issues, especially during periods
Libran Star Dolls will always have more hair on one side of the hair than the other, regardless of the style.
Because Scorpio is the ruler of reproductive organs, Scorpionic Star Dolls have particularly heavy flow during periods
Ophiuchan Star Dolls are rare, often parented by Scorpionics and Sagittarians
Because Capricorn is the ruler of body hair (apparently 𫪠I just did this because goat) Capricornian Star Dolls can grow lots of facial and body hair, all genders :]
Because the symbol specifically says the "sea goat", they are also great swimmers