Round 1 Boss

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Interstellar Correspondence Transmitter: The Iron Manta Approved by The Deep Council of Blistermarsh Recipient: Marsh-Maid Gilly CrazyJ Content: My Darling Silly Gilly, I know I said I wouldn't write until we landed so I could set up a stationary signal port, and my message wouldn't have to be relaid by the council, but after a month away from you, I couldn't stop myself from telling you about this amazing corner of the universe. We are closing our orbit of the planet we believe the sound is coming from. It doesn't look like much itself, a cold husk really. Very dry. I'm dreading disembarking quite honestly, I wish you were here to keep me wet and warm. Honestly though, my dearest Gilly-Giggle, the real reason I write to you sooner than expected are the stars. Let me describe them to you so you may see them through my eyes. Now these aren't your average Blistermarsh 9. Our 9 stars are gigantic in comparison, honestly you'd be amazed these things even have a gravitational field strong enough to anchor a planet in orbit. What they lack in size though, they make up for in style. Remind you of anyone? They are so incredibly bright, and are the only two stars for millions of lightyears. Picture the deepest ocean on Blistermarsh... you know those angler fish? Your eyes get so used to the dark that their little glowing danglers burn into your retinas. The light isn't static either, it fluctuates and flickers, gigantic swirling fiery blue tendrils snake their way around the little starlets, like a photon octopus. Oh that's right, I skated past the best part... THEY'RE BLUE! I didn't think I could ever feel at home on a water-less planet, but the whole planet and our entire craft is bathed in a magnificent ocean blue. It is intoxicating. Then there is the orbit of the planet. Such a thing has only ever been theorised, but it appears the two stars are almost equal in mass, and are slowly orbiting eachother from afar, while the planet's trajectory is an almost perfect figure of eight around the two blue beauties. It puts me in mind of you rolling a shell between two of your beautiful webbed fingers... your dexterity is something I am always... always grateful for. I have attached a rough diagram of the system, if only to sharpen the image in your mind. Forgive me, I was never the artistic type.. more of a do-er. Oh my glorious Gillygasm. How I miss you and your touch so. It is strange, I feel a certain affinity with this planet at the moment, because it has two blue balls. ... This section has been redacted for violating the DCoB's professional communications policy. ... I am yours forever my love, JCJ xx Attachments: Spoiler for Sketch of Orbit:

[JonathanCrazyJ]

above is work in progress

[russianspy1234]

Love it.  Might wanna run it by a brawlmaster before submitting in case they decide it crosses a line...

[Fippe94]

Well our plan was an image, but since we just say "depict", anything works really. My usual answer to "Is X allowed?" is "Yes, but anything too strange might get less votes, of course". So unless it explicitly breaks task rules it's more up the voters to judge.

[Espithel]

It is strange, I feel a certain affinity with this planet at the moment, because it has two blue balls.

ahahahahahahaahahah


That's a pretty well-made letter. I find the constant pet-names for your spouse irritating - the way you used glorious twice is a bit off, too.

How are you going to do the two stars? I can't see why a space-ship wouldn't just be able to take an image, after all.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

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