Tumblr prompt from anon: "A thousand points of light." SC pre-conservatory blupjeans
It feels like it's going to be a good easy year. And then it's not. Not an easy one at least.
One-minute Taako on the bow of the Starblaster has eyes on the Light of Creation just a few miles from their current position. They can get right over there and pick it up, no problem. The mission for the year could be done before the sun finishes setting.
But then up on the mast and pointing in the opposite direction Magnus shouts he has it. Taako yells at him to shut up. But now he's seeing Two Light of Creations.
(Or Lights of Creation? Him and Lucretia will argue schematics and grammar for a week.)
Then another falls. And Another. Lup sees more far off breaking through the atmosphere, east and above of where Taako's tracking his. Magnus and Merle see another five each. Barry counts four in the west. Captain Davenport face suddenly pale as he too calls he has at least eight in sight. More fall as they count them off them. Lucretia can't jot down their sighting and positions fast enough, even with two hands.
The Lights fall. Some slowly on the horizon. Some so close they are zipping past the ship scattering out to land below. And other lights rise to meet them with a bang loud enough to rock the ship in its high orbit. Sparklers shoot off in every direction. Comets burning towards the ground. Shooting stars in the sky. Fireworks of Every colour. A thousand points of light.
"It must be some sort of yearly celebration." Lucretia frowns. The entire coast, from the big city to every little settlement, down below is suddenly lit up and partying. "A regular meteorite shower for them to launch fireworks like this I mean."
"And somewhere amongst them could possibly be the real Light of Creation." Dav says very unhappy. "Anyone think know for sure they saw the real one?"
It's a resounding maybe. The captain swears and yelling instructions to the crew as he decides to navigate them out of there and prepare to come back in to land.
Lup didn't hear him. She's stood leaning up over the side, too mesmerised by the lights. Lights that continue to fall and more fireworks that rise up to meet them. The falling stars and the flower like explosions.
Barry only half does as he's told. He's too enchanted with the way Lup looks marvelling up at the sky. How the colours dance across her face...
In that moment he is resolved to tell her how he feels about her. He crosses the deck not registering Merle talking to him. He is so in love with her and here she looks so perfect. And today right now is the day he'd going to tell her-
But then he takes a small meteorite to the noggin. And is knocked out for a good twenty minutes. He has busted his glasses and loses his nerve to ask Lup out. Again, on both counts. The group hug when he wakes up is much appreciated though. Everyone teases the shit out him once it's clear he's okay and they aren't going to lose him.
But Lup still stays at his side in the med bay long after the others have gone.
This cycle won't be an easy one. But it is a pretty good one.