Moon Crater 11:50 PM, Dec. 3
Nobody told you stardom would be this boring. You thought the five-year wait just to get into the sky was bad, but at least you had an earth to occupy yourself with, humans doddering around like flies - rather amusing flies. You haven't seen humans on the moon in forever. You've seen nothing, in fact, but the same dull rocks in the same musty craters, and the stars who made it to the sky saying don't worry, it'll be your turn soon, everyone gets their chance, stay pretty, you should really shine more.
You have to admit, though, he was right. Your turn came. A leap second, your time to plunge off this rock into their sky, stop clocks, fulfill a few wishes if you must, and dazzle everyone who watches - that, or miss the landing and live the rest of your life swaddled by a cold ocean. Your debut: all the stars do it.
The sky is cold. Midnight is soon. Leap time.
An Interactive Lull by Sarah Morayati
Release 2 / Serial number 081230 / Inform 7 build 5U92 (I6/v6.31 lib 6/12N)
Well, it's private, at least. They assured you of this. It's a crumbly gray hole dug into a gray field, yes, and the air's choked with dust. You can't move without kicking up a new cloud and blinding yourself for a few seconds, not that there'd be much to miss. But at least people can't see you here. Even if someone down below were to look at the sky when you were out of your trench, they'd merely see a shiny speck. Windows get them all the time. Nothing to dwell upon.
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