Beneath the stars

[regenleif]

The hills surrounding the small town were dotted with people, wrapped in cloaks and blankets. Out to watch the lunar eclipse. Not much happened in the tiny town where people were pulled in from worlds far and wide, and so it was an event that had generated a lot of excitement.

High up on the hill, apart from the crowds Capell sat watching the sky. What would have been feared in his world was being celebrated here, it was a strange thought.

He brought the flute he held to his lips, playing softly and hoping it didn't disturb anyone too much.

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[regenleif]

It was beginning then. Capell looked up as well watching as a darkness spread over the moon. People here were very different from home. No one had lunaglyphs; something Capell still found difficult to get used to and the air was almost like a festival.

whoops all my icons broke OH WELL

[antechamber]

The hush lasted only as long as it took for the crowd to realise the eclipse was going to take a while. When conversations sprang back up around them, Ledo glanced around, then back at Capell.

"How long does it last?"

[regenleif]

"A while I think." Capell wasn't sure. "I think each one is different, the moon is full tonight so it might take a while."

He looked up watching as the moon was slowly swallowed by darkness.

[antechamber]

Ledo settled back to watch the moon more comfortably, glad suddenly for the company.

"Did it look the same on your planet?"

[regenleif]

Capell did the same, linking his arms beneath his head. "No, it is a lot smaller here and where I come from it was always chained though it is not anymore."

[antechamber]

"The moon was... chained?" He had trouble believing that, but then not all of the worlds he'd heard of obeyed what he thought of as fundamental laws of reality. "Why?"

[regenleif]

"Because this group called the order of chains wanted it's power for themselves." He frowned up at the moon.

"And the god who lived on the moon wanted humans as his mindless obedient servants."

[antechamber]

And didn't that sound familiar.

"But someone stopped him." The past tense implied that, and Ledo hoped so. He hated to think that anyone on any planet could succeed at that goal.

[regenleif]

"Yeah, we stopped him." Capell smiled softly. "The moon isn't chained anymore."

[antechamber]

Ledo looked back up at the moon, trying to imagine the technology needed to chain it to the planet. Wouldn't that affect the tides? He was sure Bevel had mentioned something to that effect.

"How did you do that?"

[regenleif]

Capell looked over at him and smiled sadly. "I had a lot of friends to help me." He said, "We traveled around to cut all the chains, though I didn't start it, I just took over..."