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feeheeheeny · 11-06-2014, 06:40 AM

Text Cut: I hate them

The part of the film about the alien atmosphere was going a little over her head and Soph briefly reminded herself that she needed to go study up on chemistry - all those gases and chemical names were mostly familiar enough, but she wanted to know MORE. Science was super interesting, wasn't it? Maybe even becoming more familiar with chemistry as a subject could help with her potion-making, hm? POSSIBILITIES.

Then the film was TALKING about Europa and how it had a saltwater ocean beneath the ice with more liquid water than all the oceans, lakes, and rivers of the earth combined - that was INSANE. Soph wished they could go SEE Europa and explore a bit - it was probably a bit safer to check out than a planet, maybe, yeah? That's what SHE thought, at least. TO EUROPA!

But then the movie was over. The huge screen above them faded to black and Soph sat there in a post-film state of melancholy, processing all that she had just seen before turning to Tobes with a big smile on her face.

"Whaddya think?" She hesitated, but eventually rose to her feet as everyone else did around them and added, "I still don't think I believe in them, but... s'cool that SOME sort of life form could be out there, even just microbes. I like the possibilities of it all, y'know?"

11-06-2014, 06:40 AM	#176 (permalink)
feeheeheeny Dwarf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: #8000FF Posts: 35,312 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia "Mia" Adair Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Leigh Upstead Hufflepuff Fifth Year x11	Post #10 - The Planetarium Mod Babysitter \| be curious, not judgmental Text Cut: I hate them Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Exoplanets! Toby recognised that word, and the more he listened the more he sort of recognised a fact here and there that he'd definitely seen in his Astronomy textbook. But that was cool about the whole light levels thing, about how they monitored light levels of lights of stars because a small change of light level might be an indicator of a planet passing it. Man. Cool stuff. As the voice started on about microbes, the image on screen switched to where it was sort of panning through a reconstructed solar system. It wasn't incredibly realistic, but suddenly Toby could vividly imagine JUST how big space was, and he felt... small. Like, all that huge space, and he was a tiny speck on a tiny planet and... wow. WOW. He shifted in his seat, getting a tad fidgety. MOVING ON. Except now his thoughts were running away from him, and Toby was getting super distracted even though the voiceover was on about alien atmospheres. As the movie went on Toby tuned in and out and caught snippets of what was said, though probably not as much as he should be hearing. But no. C'mon Toby. FOCUS. The fifth year shook his head and looked back up at the projection just in time to see an image of that mars robot from waaaaay back when, which reminded him of just how old this film WAS. The voiceover transitioned from talking about Mars to the topic of Europa, one of Jupiters moons. Toby sat up a little straighter and tried super hard to pay attention, 'cause he was pretty sure that the movie was almost finished, and then he'd be able to get up and move about a bit. The part of the film about the alien atmosphere was going a little over her head and Soph briefly reminded herself that she needed to go study up on chemistry - all those gases and chemical names were mostly familiar enough, but she wanted to know MORE. Science was super interesting, wasn't it? Maybe even becoming more familiar with chemistry as a subject could help with her potion-making, hm? POSSIBILITIES. Then the film was TALKING about Europa and how it had a saltwater ocean beneath the ice with more liquid water than all the oceans, lakes, and rivers of the earth combined - that was INSANE. Soph wished they could go SEE Europa and explore a bit - it was probably a bit safer to check out than a planet, maybe, yeah? That's what SHE thought, at least. TO EUROPA! But then the movie was over. The huge screen above them faded to black and Soph sat there in a post-film state of melancholy, processing all that she had just seen before turning to Tobes with a big smile on her face. "Whaddya think?" She hesitated, but eventually rose to her feet as everyone else did around them and added, "*I still don't think I believe* in them, but... s'cool that SOME sort of life form could be out there, even just microbes. I like the possibilities of it all, y'know?**" __________________