53: Microsopium

Brick has done his usual introduction and a skinny, small-framed she-cat pads onto the stage.

"Hallo, everyone! I am Tinycloud from SkyClan! I'll be presenting Microsopium, the next constellation!" Her ears twitched.

The crowd does its usual cheer.

"Bouncefire says it's a coincidence I got a constellation like this one and mocked me for my tiny size..." the she-cat's voice trailed off, and she looked rather dejected for a few moments. Then her blue eyes brightened and she gave an excited bounce, tail waving.

A few tails in the crowd wave back in automatic response.

"It's my first time doing something like this! Well, uh, Microsopium is the 66th biggest constellation in our sky, so not very big...." Her whiskers twitched nervously. "It has no mythology at all associated it and is named after the microscope! It is located in the Southern Hemisphere, so it'd be pretty difficult to see from here — we're in the Northern Hemisphere."

Several 'ah's and 'mhmm I never knew that's ripple among the crowd. Tinycloud begins to speak quickly.

"Some Twoleg called Nicholas Louis de Lacaille introduced it in the 18th century. Actually, it's a wonder he found it at all because Microsopium's stars are so dull compared to so many others.

"Its stars consist of Gamma Microscopii, Epsilon Microscopii, Theta Microscopii, Alpha Microscopii, (a few yawns can be heard from the crowd) AX Microscopii, AU Microscopii, BO Microscopii and WASP-7. The last one actually has a planet orbiting it called WASP-7b. Strange names, right? Hey, by the way, have you all heard about the new planets discovered?! There are seven Earth-sized ones orbiting a star in somewhere not that far away! THE THING IS, THEY MIGHT BE HOME TO LIFE! OTHER CATS A POSSIBILITY ON ANOTHER PLANET! MAYBE WE CAN, LIKE, TRADE CATMINT WITH THEM OR SOMETHING!"

The crowd remains silent.

"Oh, okay, I get the message, I'll stop now."

Tinycloud steps off the stage, offering space for the next presenter.

Written by Saph! 🍩✨ Mhm, I just noticed how ridiculously short the chapter is. Well, I wrote a 1500 word one the other day... in my defence, I have a lot of homework to catch up on. Pfft no, I'm not typing a lot in the a/n to keep the word count up, not that anyone cares. Right. Definitely have a nice day! (400 words now)



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