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Hello, Archivist. Good day to you. My friend and I have noticed a peculiar thing about observatories. They're great as places of power of the Vast, of course, but they're also named like a potential location for a ritual of the Eye. So, what do you say? How much of your Patron is present in a place intended for mine?

It is a harmonious collaboration that lets curious minds at once lose themselves in research and in infinity 💜

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throws a grenade through your window but instead of exploding, it releases an airborne substance that when inhaled fills you with the terror and wonder of the infinite cosmos and the comfort of a hundred billion brightly burning stars

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I’ve come to make a statement, as well as get any advice I can.

I was recently on a trip with some of my friends, and one of them mentioned offhandedly how any time they saw the night sky in all its beauty, they would get an existential crisis, so they were really glad they live in a big city.

As someone who’s aligned with the Infinite (though not an avatar— not yet), I was shocked. I knew some people are terrified by its scale, I myself experience that fear anytime I get near the ocean, but to hear someone say that about space? Something that has only ever brought me comfort, that drew me to the Vast in the first place?

I wanted to Show her. For a moment, I really wanted to push her in. Of course, not into space itself, but something like a massive field at night, where you feel you need to hold onto the ground to not fall Up.

I mean, I didn’t do it, for a long list of reasons, but one of those was this thought that felt out of place in my head, that she “wasn’t ready yet.” I don’t know what this means, but I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it whenever I have the time.

I don’t want to hurt my friend, but I want her to see what I see, feel the overwhelming rush of Infinity itself, and get the same joy that I do.

I don’t know what to do. I’m hoping this feeling goes away before my trip to the grand canyon, because I don’t want to do something I’ll regret.

Most avatars are cruel; it seems necessary, to serve something so horrible as Fear itself. But not all are. Some glimpsed something so beautiful, so meaningful, yet that everyone else seems to want to avert their eyes from. They spend their life trying to show these people, not to hurt them, only so they too can see that beauty.

Of course, the result is the same for those they try to share with. They’re not ready yet. It’s easy to become a monster not because you don’t care for others, but because you really think you know what’s best for them.

Good luck with your self control:)

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We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.

l photo: Tudor l quote: Ann Druyan

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Of course! Terribly sorry for the wait, technology hasn’t been working too well for me recently haha

Right now I'm looking into… well, me! I had a rather interesting encounter a while ago and it left me with some truly beautiful knowledge about the universe. However, when I try to share it with people their heads have a tendency to. Well. Let's just say that most people can’t fit the true scale of the universe in their heads.

It’s like trying to fill up a bag that doesn’t have enough space in it. Best case scenario, you can't fit it in and the subjects just show some standard catatonia symptoms for a couple of hours before returning to baseline, other times things spill out and the subjects experience short and/or long term memory loss, and worst case, the bag ruptures and then i have to clean blood off of the floor of my lab again. Blood stains are very annoying to clean up, I should really- oh. I’m getting off track again! Apologies, my mind tends to wander! I guess you could say I space out!

Anyway, I'm looking into the most effective methods to share my glorious knowledge of the ever-expanding cosmos and its true nature! My lab partner has a knack for choosing subjects that give interesting survey results, even if they tend to get quite off topic (they keep asking me to “let them go” like they didn’t come to my lab of their own free will, it’s pretty weird!) 

I’m still not quite sure what’s happened to me, but I’ve definitely noticed an interesting overlap in my current experiences and the experiences of people who are more receptive to the true beauty and scale of the universe, which I can also elaborate on if you want! Mostly just a tendency to want to find out the secrets of the universe, a propensity for staring at the night sky, and a fascination with cells and atoms and such! The subjects who survive also report similar sleep cycle disruptions and a similar need to share their new view! It’s very interesting! I would publish it if my credentials hadn’t been taken away by the board :(

"Hello there!!"

- @antique-store-of-fables

good day! what brings you to my corner of the internet? are you interested in my research?

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"Hello there!!"

- @antique-store-of-fables

good day! what brings you to my corner of the internet? are you interested in my research?

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nasahubble.

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fucking gotem lmao

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Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph around.

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats untethered away from the safety of the space shuttle, with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so.

Credit: NASA

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Star Formation in Pacman Nebula ©

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okay but what if my special interest is everything. life and existence itself. reality as we know it.

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hi! would you like to see infinity?

maria | scientist | she/her

(ooc under the cut)

rp blog for tma :) never run one of these before so we'll see how this goes! no nsfw please!

mod uses he/him, if i need to make ooc posts i will tag them as such

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Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A ©

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Spiral galaxy NGC 2566, 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis.

Credit: NASA/ ESA, Hubble