Stargazer

Look into the depths of the sky, past the obscuring light of the well of possibility and consider the cosmos. A stargazer is a celestial mathematician who is master of their craft. With study required for years, a Stargazer must etch to Binding a new and peer reviewed theory of the cosmos or astronomical finding.   With the telescope out of Saburra and the libraries and information centres across Levis, discovery is the by word of the stargazer. The biggest achievement of the stargazer was designing the mercurial material that lines the base of the Saburra telescope, allowing the lenses to catch the images of deep space and allow mathematicians to plot the sky using the magical laws of the universe.

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Kaid Renn was on the land train to Saburra, countryside zooming below and around him as the near invisible walls of the train let him see the rushing forests and plains below, darting over the mountain pass and down the other side, steam billowing past the walls containing him as he rushes towards the desert and the next part of his path. He seeks an audience with the Stargazer of Saburra, in an effort to both progress his future and possibly pull his boss back to this realm. Again.   Beside him sits the massive Satyr from Thalia's last visit to the far reaches of space; bought back by adventurers and now very firmly squeezing his hand to reassure his shot through nerves. Between them sits a small bag, containing some of Pan's tools and some of Kaid's clothes, a binding and beside the bag a massive set of reed-pipes, remade in the Levis way to Pan's exacting specifications, but fresh and almost alive between them, like the desire that simmered between them constantly.   He had sent a message through the Br1n Network ahead of time and had been told he would be met at the station by one of the Stargazer's attentant-come-lovers. Certainly something to gossip about, but not that stunning given the prestige of the role. Still the journey had him nervous with how everything was on the line for the man.... again.   Arriving at the station was a dirvish of activity, people embarking and disembarking, goods being loaded and transported around as stationside trades were going on all around them and all this just outside the footprint of the raised city of Saburra that rose in sandblown and sun-hardened bark and massive vinular sails, casting shadow over all but the spire of the Network and the dome of the telescope - pushing out hope even as Kaid stared.   A cascade of silks and enthusiasm interrupts his distraction, and a surprising loud but polite cough drives into his thoughts. "Mathematician Renn? Mister Pan? My master requires your presence and welcomes you to this city. I am Aeris and I am your guide."   To be continued later :P