Gold on the ceiling | Audio; @cuttingedge | OPEN (Backdated to 9/18!)

[knifecollecting]

[The message starts with a few seconds of silence before Jo clears her throat.]

If you haven't gone out tonight, well- [She lets out a laugh that ends in a sigh.] I never know what to call this. [It's unseen because this is a voice message, but she gestures to the dark around her without thinking.]

I think there's a meteor shower going on. I've seen a bunch of shooting stars. [Jo is used to watching for movement. The extra flashes caught her attention and definitely distracted her from her mission.]

We could see more if there weren't so many trees. [She sounds a little wistful as she adds that. Jo doesn't dislike the trees, but she does miss the wide-open skies she grew up with. If she ignores the dark branches on the horizon, she can pretend she's back home on a car roof.]

You should look, it's nice.

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Re: @riku; voice

[knifecollecting]

[The lake hadn't even occurred to her. She's not used to being near a body of water. Of course, the shore would be clearer...]

Nostalgic? How's that?

[equinoctials]

Long time ago, on my island, there was a meteor shower like this one. My best friend got pretty scared.

[ There's a soft puff, maybe fond laughter. ]

"What if a falling star hits the island?"

[ It sounds like there's more to that, but Riku instead turns his face up to the dark sky, remembering. ]

...We were just kids.

[knifecollecting]

[She smiles at the thought.]

I guess one never did, if you're talking about it.

[equinoctials]

Could say one of those was our lucky star. I think... some time after, we met Kairi.

[ There's a fondness in his voice, implying it's someone who became very special to them. ]

We were pretty much inseparable after that.

What about you? Anything like this ever happen on your world?

[knifecollecting]

[She doesn't press for more information. She can hear that he cares about whoever Kairi is. That's good.]

We had shooting stars. Nights where there were a lot of them happened but it's been a long time since I got to see it.

[equinoctials]

Guess whatever you were doing back home kept you pretty busy.

[ Looking back, Riku remembers it was always the same. Watching sunsets, watching stars with his friends on the beach.

Getting in a lot of trouble for that last one, especially for taking the boats out after dark when they were too young for it. ]

[knifecollecting]

Yeah. [She laughs, a quick, short noise.]

There was always more to do. People always need help.