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theglowiest-worm‌:

Mirium quirked the corners of her mouth up when she saw him nod, read the affirmative on his lips. She was glad the soup had been a good choice. The girl scribbled that down too, itching to get away, to hide and breathe a bit. His thanks made her warmer, though, than she had been all evening.

When he smiled at her the ball of anxiety in her chest loosened and her shoulders sagged forward, eyes wide and a bit watery with tiredness. She watched him speak warily, for a moment, unsure about the nature of his offer. Until he got to the part about being a teacher, that is. Mirium brightened up at that, then, and nodded her head.

Careful with her apron, Mirium sat herself across from the man and squished the mound of her cheek into the palm of her hand, thanking him with a small smile.

Dropping her eyes for a moment, Mirium fiddled with her fingers on the tabletop before sighing a bit. She sparked up her magick, the light dimmer than normal as it flashed above her head. “I appreciate this, really. I–I don’t know what’s wrong just that it…is.”

It was killing Delbert not to ramble on. His nerves made his mouth want to move a mile a minuet, attempting to save face by spilling out every thought that came to mind. But--- He wasn’t sure how well the girl could keep up with him. She was doing fine so far, but he felt as though he should perhaps choose his words carefully and not make things harder for her. So, for once in his life, Delbert sat quiet for a moment. Letting her make up her mind.

When she actually moved to sit across from him, the teacher immediately knew that he’d done the right thing by offering her a seat. That small smile of hers was enough for him to relax a bit. ---- He’d become a rather good listener over his past few months of working at Pride U. Given the chance, some students just liked to talk about their day to someone who would listen. Others saw him as a father figure and would ask him for advice on their young adult world problems. ( Mind you, Delbert was very bad at advice and told them as much, but they continued to come and ask regardless. )

He was about to give her the same warning when words suddenly appeared in the air. ----- Delbert was astonished to say the least. It took him a moment to come back to the moment, nodding his head. “ There’s nothing wrong with not knowing. “ He agreed with a bit of a one sided shrug. “ Sometimes your gut knows before it catches up to your brain. “ 

#theglowiest-worm #{ alsdfja;lsd THANK YOU } #{ im sleepy and replying at midnight so if this reply is awkward or bad that's why xD }

[dxlbert]

theglowiest-worm‌:

Mirium nodded her head, arching a delicate brow at the older man’s frazzled appearance and overall air of…disaray. There was something there that caught her eye, something there that reminded her a bit of herself, right this very moment. It made the brunette pause, the cap of her pen taptaptapping against the edge of her pad of paper. A little frown furrowed her brow as she watched his mouth move, having a hard time catching all of the things he said. 

One word stood out though. 

Coffee. Now, that she could do. 

Scribbling it down on her paper, the brunette nodded her head to herself and made to turn back around, to leave, but she paused. He was still talking, still asking her something…what was it…

Are you alright?

That made her stop. It made her stare. She didn’t know how to respond. And he’d…he had asked something else hadn’t he? What she would recommend…

Reaching over to move the menu to the edge of the table he’d sat himself at, Mirium perused it for a moment before tapping the tip of her index finger against the page. Their seasonal soup was always good, if he liked squash. 

As to the other thing, well, she glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and gave a small shrug, not knowing how to answer him. She didn’t know if she was okay. 

Oh poor thing, Delbert thought, hand dropping away from his messy hair, she’s only just walked up to the table and already I’m driving her up a wall. This was supposed to be quick and easy. He didn’t want to be one those guests, giving the staff a hard time. No, he was normally very prompt and organized !! ( or so he told himself. ) 

... Or maybe it’s not me. 

He watched her expression carefully, wondering why she hadn’t said anything yet. Maybe she was so caught off guard by his awkward panic that he’d stunned her into silence. Maybe she was so annoyed by him she didn’t have time for words. Maybe... He followed her finger, first to her lips to ponder then to the menu before him. Maybe she just didn’t speak.

The realization made his eyebrows go up a bit. “ Oh!! Oh yes, good choice. “ He agreed, back at the topic at hand “ That sounds perfect. Thank you. “ And it really did. Warm soup on a cold, winter day would just hit the spot. 

“ Oh. Well. “ His excitement died down a bit as she shrugged. “ I know it’s not really my place to press, but if you need a moment to hide, by all means sit down. --- You can blame it on me if your manager comes over. Say I bothered you into sitting with me. “ 

Or was that creepy?? That’s kind of creepy right?? For a random patron to ask his waitress to sit with him?? Big Yikes?? “ You don’t have to!! That wasn’t me wanting company or anything, I just meant--- If you need to take a breather. Or vent it out. You’re more than welcome to. I’m a teacher with an open door policy, so I’m very used to lending an ear if need be.  “ 

#{ ahhhh i'm so glad ! } #theglowiest-worm

[dxlbert]

melody-the-unwritten‌:

“Well no if you’re talking about science I don’t think anyone would let her in. A darn shame honestly considering she would open a few eyes to any possibilty.” Melody constantly had her mind changed on things since she had arrived. Arista had a way of making people see things differently.

“Another?” Glancing at her cup Melody shrugged, how could she say no to that. “I don’t say no to a coffee high first thing in the morning.”

Delbert didn’t really follow. Where they talking about this girl’s cousin he didn’t recognize ?? Or the student he’d accidentally bad mouthed or-- ?? His mind was a million places at once and it wasn’t even noon yet. “ Anyone can get into science. “ He replied with a bit chuckle, more at himself than anything else. “ I very much dislike the term crazy, yet I feel like you have to be to actually understand anything happening in this field. “ 

He hummed in affirmation, shuffling his papers neatly away. “ It’s the least I could do for ruining your first cup with my rambling. “ Early morning coffee was meant to be savored. Slowly devoured, eyes half lidded. It was poetry in a cup, not meant for annoyed astrophysicists to interrupt. “ Miss- “ He called as a barista passed him by, “ Can I order two more of whatever it was she was having?? On my tab, of course. “

The waitress gave him a quick bob of her head, accompanied by a polite smile, and was on her way. “ I’m Delbert, by the way. “ He introduced, teasing.“ So you know who to stay clear of next time you’re trying to relax. “

Black Holes || Open

#melody-the-unwritten

[dxlbert]

#tw space #( i don't know what happened to my tags lmao ---- gotta redo 'em ) #( insert space/aesthetic tag here tbd )

[dxlbert]

Consider me expelled. N° 60 | Kill Your Darlings

#ミ★ 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹𝒷𝓎𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝓂𝑒𝓃 || face

[dxlbert]

mrsrcbinscn·:

Franny was actually considering addressing Dr. Doppler first.

When he started reading out loud to himself in the universal Incredulous-Teacher-is-Shook-by-Student’s-Shit tone, she thought, ‘ah, should I ask?’ She decided on ‘don’t ask’ right before he turned to her and spoke to her on his own.

“Eh. Big ol’ X there, Dr. Doppler.” Franny said, making an X with her arms. “It’s basic white girl hours for me; iced chai.”

Franny slid her chair from her table to Dr. Doppler’s side, going ahead and snooping at what he was reading. They’d run into each other at Hatter’s before work and ended up making the walk to campus together a couple times before, so she assumed they were at least well on the way to bein’ friends. Mild snooping when he’d practically invited her to peek was surely allowed.

“Oh, always share. I love the tea.” Franny said. “Is this a problem student? One who thinks they’re clever when they’re really not? Or just a veritable dickhead?”

She took a sip of her iced chai and read the quote herself. “Huh. That’s Tolstoy? I mean, hell if I know, Russian literature was never my cup of borscht, but. Sounds like the kid’s trying to be fake deep. And what does Tolstoy have to do with space? Are you sure this kid ain’t just tryin’a troll ya?”

Despite Delbert being relatively peeved at his student and it being such an early hour ( with very little coffee in his system yet ), Franny managed to make the Doctor crack a smile. Something about the phrase ‘ white girl hours ‘ tickled him just the right way. ---- Or maybe that was just Franny. She was always a sight for sore eyes, making the awkward dork laugh and crack a smile. ( She was honestly one of his favorite coworkers, and he’d more recently started to consider her to be more of a friend --- though... to be honest, he was hesitant to admit that out loud. Gotta be somewhat professional. right?? Maybe?? He’d never been the best at making friends. Not really sure how to go about it.  ) 

❝ I think it’s somewhere between ‘one who thinks they’re clever ‘ and ‘ a veritable di-- ❞ Delbert cut himself off with a scrunched nose. As much as he wanted to call this kid a DICK, his anxiety wouldn’t let him say it lest it get overheard or repeated. ❝ A--- THE LAST ONE. What you said. That one’s probably the most accurate.  ❞ smooth. real smooth.

He nodded as she spoke, running his hand through his mess of curls. ❝ Fake deep sounds about right. ❞ Brown eyes flicked between the girl and the basically BLANK paper before them. ---- He never would have had the GALL to send something like that in as a student. Not even in his community college B.S days.   ❝ That’s just the thing- It has nothing to do with space. I think they thought if they were “clever” enough, I’d give them credit. I--- I really don’t know. ❞

He slid it toward Franny before bringing his latte to his lips. ❝ I hate to give out failing grades, but this is just... Something else.  ❞ He loved some English Lit as much as the next guy, but. ❝ What would you do?? Reply, asking if this was a mistake or just give them the zero and see if they reply?? ❞

Black Holes || Open

#{ i L O V E franny so much } #{ like.... sooo much } #mrsrcbinscn

[dxlbert]

labellerose-acheron·:

Belle was minding her own business, sitting a table away from this professor, at one of the cafes on campus. She had a class in about an hour and was working on editing the paragraph she had written in response to the readings. Her Oration in Literature class was her least favourite, though it did double as a Public Speaking credit, which she needed if she was going to graduate with her law degree. And, out of all the classes offered, it was the least amount of talking.

Still, she hated it. Sitting in front of her peers and reading a prepared speech was much different than arguing in a court of law. Belle should know, she’d done it before, and she hadn’t felt a mite nervous. Okay, well, maybe a mite. There had been the whole “your husband will go to jail if you don’t win this trial” nerves. That was very different, though. 

Debates in a manufactured setting were Belle’s personal hell.

She would not have even looked up if not for the recitation of one of her favourite quotes. Blinking, she didn’t expect the rest of what came pouring out, but now she had made eye contact with this bloke.

“Uhm, well, what was the topic, perhaps they’ve a proper point?” 

Not that Belle would ever–actually, you know what, yes she would. If a professor had pissed her off well enough. If the topic had pissed her off well enough. That was the kind of thing she used to get detention for in secondary. 

Delbert was socially awkward. Hell-- the guy was ALL KINDS of awkward. But he normally knew better than to go and force a conversation ( a RANT if you will ) onto a random stranger so early in the morning. ---- He wasn’t too much a morning person himself, normally. But this “essay” had driven him awake.

❝  The assignment was an essay on Black Holes,  ❞ He explained, surprised that this girl had even given him the time of day. Most people would normally just give a sympathetic smile and shrug and turn their own way. ❝ What we know this far and what their own person take on it is. Some give movie references and unique theories, others go the facts route but it’s normally a very interesting assignment. This is the first time I’ve ever received this kind of -- Er, Feedback?? If you will.  ❞

Black Holes || Open

#{ that's so funny ?? I love hp fcs but i also !!! love this so like this totally works ^-^ } #{ belle is precious } #labellarose-acheron

[dxlbert]

TASK TWENTY-ONE - A list of 10+ characters you’d like to see in the RP (for you to play or someone else!)

MORPHE. ( treasure planet. ) -- A nonbinary, shape-shifting ball of energy !!! Bonus points if they came to swan lake because they’re John Silver’s lacky or they owe him/someone a life debt. THE WITCH OF THE WASTE. ( howl’s moving castle ) -- CONSIDER THIS. beautiful lady. real age??? who knows. Actual age?? TOO OLD. Fire demon basically fuels all her villainous acts. just wants to be beautiful forever and loved romantically. CALCIFER. ( howl’s moving castle ) -- Fire demon, unrelated to Howl ( or related, UTP ) who used to have a host but is now his own being with his own physical form and like... doesn’t know how to function ?? They ( nonbinary or male ) used to want freedom to roam but now that they have freedom, they find it overwhelming and just wants to stay close to it’s old host even though they don’t need him/them anymore and ??? I have a lot of feelings i love Calcifer I call dibs FORKY. ( Toy Story ) -- HE’S TRASH. He doesn’t want friends, but like.... maybe he really needs them. the guy’s kinda self destructive. tw for manic depression and anxiety i love him and need forky in my life i also call dibs FIDGET. ( the great mouse detective. ) -- He’s the one legged bat that nobody remembers from the movie. He’s kinda rough, kinda dumb. Easily manipulated into doing things and if it turns out bad someone else gets the blame, if it goes great he’ll claim it was his idea all along. probably has close ties to some type of power family or mafia. does dirty work for big families ?? GIL “GILL” MOSS ( Kim Possible ) -- OKAY SO GIL OR GILL ( he changed it after his mutations because it’s punny like that and that’s canon ) a literal edgy boy turned swamp monster. maybe it’s a curse that hits at midnight, maybe he’s just gross ALL THE TIME. Ron Stoppible’s own person villian. Wasn’t born being a gross swamp monster it was either a) radioactive stuff from the science camp next to his summer camp (canon ) or b) ITS A MAGICAL CURSE. STINKY BOYS GET STINKY CURSES. MAD MADAM MIM ( the sword in the stone ) -- Shapeshifting witch lady with like... the default appearance of a gross older lady, but the humor and playfull-ness of a kid. likes games !! likes to scare people for goofs and giggles. she’d also probably be a fun event NPC.  TIGER LILY ( Peter Pan ) -- Quiet, brave, stubborn indigenous girl with a very over protective father. She loves her father and her home but gets fed up with being babied all the time.  STICKY WEBB ( Proud Family ) -- The cool guy who is actually really good at solving puzzles and smart when it comes to tech. He’s short !! And a chill friend !! And his parents are splitting up/divorced and it’s kinda rough on the poor guy, but he’s still going !!  DIJONAY JONES ( proud family ) -- In love with sticky !!! She’s gossipy and chubby and can sometimes be a good friend but also... you gotta watch out because the girl loves to talk sometimes. she’s so cute and funny and easily likable !!! 10/10. 

#bdrpwrimomarco #bdrptask #{ STINKY BOYS GET STINKY CURSES }

[dxlbert]

The best of Dr Delbert Doppler

#{ queue me up buttercup } #{ THAT'S MY BOY YALL bless his heart my awkward boy angel i love him so much } #ミ★ 𝒞𝑜𝓈𝓂𝑜𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒹 || treasure planet

[dxlbert]

They say every atom in our bodies was once a part of a star. Maybe I’m not leaving, maybe I’m going home.

Vincent Freeman Gattica (via maybellbambi)

#{ queue me up buttercup } #{ Gattica makes me cry h a r d like it's so underrated WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHTS TO MAKE ME CRY LIKE THAT } #ミ★ 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎 || space

[dxlbert]

melody-the-unwritten·:

Melody was still going on her morning runs even though she kept running into the most interesting people (Both in a good and bad way) After all last time she ran into someone asking about a frog.

As it was her morning coffee was again interrupted and Melody almost wanted to groan out. She wanted a morning to herself not falling over herself infront of someone. 

But then it was something exactly interesting and Melody couldn’t help but tune in quite quickly. “I would have guessed that was Arista Triton for a second but I’m not sure if she’s even taking that class.” Arista’s nonsense normally made a lot of sense though you just needed to pay attention.

❝ Arista... ❞ Delbert repeated back, testing the name on his tongue. It sounded familiar ?? Like something he’d probably heard in Pride U’s busy hallways between classes, but nothing solid. Nothing related to him.   ❝ Can’t say the name rings a bell. ❞

And even if it DID --- It was bad enough that he was reading someones “ essay “ ( yikes ) out loud to a total stranger, but to also admit to them who was stupid enough to write and submit such a thing... It was pushing the line. Student/teacher confidentiality and whatnot. ( Right?? Was that a thing?? Or was that just for doctors?? --- Delberts eyebrows came together a bit at that thought. He WAS  doctor. But like... not that kind of doctor ?? -- ANYWAY !! )

 ❝ Anyways, ❞ he echoed his thoughts aloud, ❝ My apologies for talking your ear off so early in the morning. --- Would you like another coffee?? On me, of course. Consider it payment for tolerating my rambling. ❞

Black Holes || Open

#melody-the-unwritten #{ Ashleeeeeeeeeeey <3 }

[dxlbert]

littleprincesa-isabel‌:

Isabel had made her way to Hatter’s. She had wanted some time away from home. Do not get her wrong, the brunette loved her family, but sometimes… space wasn’t such an awful idea. 

She had brought some textbooks along with her, namely her physics ones (her favorite subject!). Of course, Isa had already done all of her homework so there was no need for her textbooks in that sense. She brought them along more so because she wanted to read through them for fun. 

Thankfully, Hatter’s hadn’t been terribly busy so she was able to grab herself a fruit smoothie along with a small pastry to enjoy with her readings. She found herself a quaint little seat and was enjoying her peacetime.

Isabel was happily reading about electric forces and electric fields when she caught wind of a voice sort of familiar to her. Turning her head, her vision landed over Professor Delbert. 

Smiling, the princess waved at him. “Professor Delbert, hi!” Isabel was taking one of his classes in Pride U, she loved it (this was also Isa she loved all of her classes).

“Oh no, it’s okay. I wasn’t getting too far along with my smoothie anyways.” Isa took a bit of a peek over the essay the professor was holding. She wondered if it was one that had been assigned to her class. “Maybe he or she handed in the wrong essay and gave in their English class one instead?” 

Honestly, Delbert had spent more time trying to figure out what was in that darn to-go cup than he had actually looking at the person he was speaking to. The familiar voice and face caught him off guard, eyebrow quirking a tad. --- He really hadn’t expected to see someone he knew. 

And for a moment he wished it had been a stranger. 

Not because he didn’t like the girl - she was lovely, a wonderful student, always a pleasure in the classroom - but because of what he SAID. You see, Delbert wanted so badly to be a good role model for these kids of his. To show them nothing but patience and maturity but this... He’d been so annoyed that he was rambling off to strangers. Which was positively, most definitely not a good look. Nothing influential there. 

 ❝ Good Morning, Isabel. ❞ He greeted back, putting on his best DAD teacher smile. ---- For a moment it faded, eyebrows coming together as he glanced toward the paper again.  ❝ It is written in MLA format, so you very well could be correct.  ❞ He sided, head tilting with consideration. Most science and medicine papers were meant to be in APA. ❝ But I don’t believe that it’d make a very good English essay either. You can’t get very far with two sentences. ❞

Speaking of assignments, he took a glance toward the book in front of the girl.  ❝ Ah- Reviewing eclectic fields ??  ❞ His smile was back just as quickly as he left. Like a proud father, watching his kid do good, the guy was practically beaming.   ❝ Good choice. ❞

Black Holes || Open

#littleprincesa-isabel #{ in this house we stan nerds }

[dxlbert]

A view of Earth from lunar orbit as seen from Apollo 12, 18 November 1969.

#tw space #tw outer space #{ queue me up buttercup } #ミ★ 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎 || space

[dxlbert]

Each one of you can change the world, for you are made of star stuff, and you are connected to the universe.

Astrophysicist, Vera Rubin; 1928-2016. (via maybellbambi)

#{ queue me up buttercup } #ミ★ 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎 || space

[dxlbert]

TASK TWENTY -- Create a Magick historical figure and write a brief biography, including where they were from, their accomplishments, etc. ( like what you’d find on a wikipedia page. )

                 .:*・°☆ TRIGGER WARNINGS: BOMBS, FIRE, RADIATION, SPACE AND DEATH. James Van Belt is heavily inspired by IRL space scientist guy, JAMES VAN ALLEN. He’s the scientist who discovered the James Van Allen radiation belts around the earth, and the same guy who proposed a nuke bomb would put a hole in it. ( which... kinda, accidentally happened ?? Not by his hand or will though. watch this video for the full story. ) Some people say that because the later/successful  Apollo missions passed through the belts without affects ( or because of that one engineer guy Kelly Smith who claims we don’t have the tech to get through such radiation. also see video here. )  the Apollo mission didn’t happen. lots of theories and accusations. It’s wild stuff.

so long story short here’s my take on ‘ what if James Van Allen didn’t discover the belts.... what if he was the one that caused them ‘. It’s a mix of true science ( like the apollo 1 story and the fact that there are 2/3 belts, etc ) and science fiction. Don’t think too hard into it lol

JAMES VAN BELT

BORN

James Alfred Van Belt September 7, 1914 Mount Pleasant, Iowa

DIED

2 February 1969 

ALMA MATER

Iowa Wesleyan College (B.S.) (1935) University of Iowa (M.S.) (1936) University of Iowa (Ph.D) (1939)

KNOWN FOR:

Being the first Magick persons in space and for creating the James Van Belts around Earth. 

DISCOVERY:

After the tragedy of Apollo 1, everyone at NASA was on high alert. They refused to lose another crew in a similar fashion ( Apollo 1 died during a test on the launch pad. There was a fire. It changed the way NASA designed everything. ) so every team began to rework the entire system. From things as large as the design of the shuttle, to the reworking of seat belts. There wasn’t a single blueprint or calculation that didn’t get scrutinized.

Doctor James Van Belt was one of the lab technicians on hand at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory in Long Island, New York at the time reworking their defenses against radiation when the next tragedy hit. ---- Only this disaster wasn’t broadcasted for all of America to see like the Apollo had been.

The entire lab was put on lock-down, radiation on everything and everyone within the two most northern wings. That is, everyone except for Doctor Belt.

UNKNOWN MAGICK:

After months of testing, it turned out that Doctor Belt’s body took no effects from radiation. No “radiation sickness”, burns, or nausea. His cells didn’t seem to react to them at all. ---- They eventually dared to go further and test the limits, putting the man under ( by his own will, of course ) more experiments with the dangerous electromagnetic waves.

It almost seemed as if he body took it in. Rather than rip his cells apart and do it harm, it almost seemed as though it had the opposite affect on him. He was healthier than ever. 

---- The extents of Doctor Belt’s magick are hypothesized, but there is no documented articles explaining in depth just how his magick worked. It is widely believed the man could also emit the very radiation that his body took in, but there is no concrete proof. 

THE FIRST MAGICK IN SPACE:

NASA had been wary to send a magick person into space, under the guise that they felt the person might “ loose control “ or feel the need to use their magic when in a stressful environment. But given that they now had someone who could go into space, through the radiation in Earth’s magnetic field, without harm -- It was an opportunity too good to pass up.

And James Van Belt agreed. 

DEATH:

The launch went untelevised. Almost 2 years had passed since the incident, but NASA feared two mistakes in a row. --- After all, it wasn’t just America watching. It was the entire world. 

The mission was meant to be a rather simple one. James Van Belt and two other astronauts were to simply orbit the moon and return; bringing back radiation readings and other statistics with them.

---- To the crew’s relief, the launch was a success. In fact, everything until they reached the magnetic field went smoothly. But as they pushed the limits, getting further and further away from ground control things begin to fall apart.

Ground Control lost connection with the ship entirely, so what happened to the crew and their ship upon arrival to the field was unknown. The crew heard radio silence for 13.34 minuets before their boards lit up with signs of an explosion at the ship’s coordinates.

THE REMAINING BELTS:

Not long after the explosion, scientists were able to detect what they now call the James Van Belts around earth. It’s two, occasionally three, magnetic radiation belts that circle the Earth and feed off it’s metal core. These are meant to represent the crew members on board, but why the third comes and goes in unknown.

A popular theory is that his body combusted. It took everything in and seeing as he was new to his gift and didn’t know how to release energy as quickly as he took it in, he ( for lack of a better term ) exploded, emitting radiation. But this is only a speculation. While he isn’t a household name like Armstrong, or Aldrin, there are still several magick studies scholars and historians trying to figure out the workings of Belt and what could have possibly happened.

#bdrpwrimomarco #bdrptask #{ ryan voice ' but it's just another mystery that will have to remain UNSOLVED ' }

[dxlbert]

TASK SIXTEEN -- Jukebox Musical/TV or Movie Soundtrack: come up with a playlist of at least 10 songs, write a scene summary to go with each one

                 .:*・°☆  A movie about the life of Doctor Delbert Doppler. From 1986 to present. It’s not always a happy story, but ( spoiler alert ) it ends on a good note. 

                            With shortness of breath, I’ll explain the infinite                             How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist.

 FLY ME TO THE MOON. Fly me to the moon. Let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like On a-Jupiter and Mars

Opening credits. Introducing you to a family in the late 80s--- A loving father, a sweet and gentle mother, and their newborn baby. They live in the city and sometimes money is hard to come by, but they manage. As time progresses and the song goes on, the viewer watches the family grow together. The boy falls in love with the night sky and his parents encourage his love of the stars, buying him a telescope, dressing up for an astronaut for Halloween, and doing his school projects on the planets. This shows Delbert’s life until about middle school.

IM STILL HERE. I am a question to the world. Not an answer to the Earth. 

Okay so high school is nothing like elementary school. Delbert’s kind of nerdy and awkward ( okay--- he’s VERY nerdy and awkward ) and the other kids tease and bully him. SPACEBOY. He tries to hide his passion for the first two years, but then... something snaps. The song starts playing; queue Delbert going harder into his studies than ever before. A montage of passing grades, late night studying, and space museum tours at Kennedy Space Center. He’s starting to smile more, confident in his choices. --- Teachers and kids still continue to tell him his dream is unrealistic, but he presses on anyway.  The occasional glimpse at his parents hint to his father’s health conditions ( ie, him coughing. subtle, but enough to hint something is up. )

SPUTNIK. This is the beginning of a new era for mankind. The era of man's cosmic existence. You will now hear the voice of the Russian moon.

Everything is going uphill. Delbert makes it through community college getting his AA. Then he transfers and gets his Bachelors, and his masters and his doctorate. For the first time in his life, he’s grinning and making friends and finally feels like he’s going somewhere with this. He’s totally in his element. 

SPACE ODDITY. This is Ground Control to Major Tom. You've really made the grade. And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear. Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare.

One of Delbert’s papers ends up on a desk in NASA and the next thing you know- Cut to the young man receiving a phone call offering him a job at the company on the Space Coast. ---- HARD CUT TO A FANTASY DREAM SEQUENCE. He sees himself in the spacesuit. Walking on the moon, placing his feet in Neil Armstrong’s footprints. This is finally it !! His calling !! He hugs his parents and they all cheer. He’s invincible, nothing hurts. 

LET’S GO. Here I am, tied and bound. Every night feeling low. Bad days come back, whatever. In the sun I bathe, in everyday light. You draft me down for a split-second tomorrow. What am I supposed to do?

I actually titled the place holder for this part: ‘ Nasa....sucks? wtf ‘. Delbert’s finally at his dream job... and he HATES it. He’s stuck in a cubicle all day, staring down paperwork. It’s not even fun stuff-- he’s writing articles on topics that have been covered a million times over. He’s not making discoveries. His attempts at speaking to his higher-ups goes badly; them scoffing and telling the doctor to go back to where he belongs. There are no opportunities for growth and Delbert falls into this mundane, dreary life. He worked his whole life to get to NASA and now... He just kinda has to suck it up. And pretend he’s happy, even though he’s miserable and this isn’t what he wanted at all. 

GOODBYE MOONMEN. We say goodbye, Moonmen. Goodbye, Moonmen Goodbye, Moonmen. Oh, goodbye.

His father’s health is going downhill. It’s been hinted at for the past few scenes but... dang. Just when Delbert’s starting to sink into depression, his father passes away. Queue the phone call at work, dropping the phone, and running through the parking deck to his car. He’s praying to whoever will listen that his father lives, even if it’s just long enough so that he can say goodbye, but he’s just short on time. He runs up to the room and his mother... their eyes meet and she doesn’t have to say another word. He’s gone. Delbert skips work for a few days. Doesn’t eat. doesn’t talk. 

SATURN. You taught me the courage of stars before you left. How light carries on endlessly, even after death. With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite. How rare and beautiful it is to even exist.

Delbert clearly isn’t okay. Everything sucks. But one day he gets a call from an old collogue who has heard his story through the grape vine and wants to offer him a job. It isn’t as an astronaut, but instead as a university teacher in a completely different country. ---- The doctor struggles to make up his mind and has to dig deep. Go back to his old childhood home and stare up at the sky like he used to. He finds old pictures of his family when they were whole, and old supportive notes from his father. THIS PHONE CALL/AUDIO PLAYS OVER THE MUSIC ( click to read ). Cut to Delbert packing in a hurry and running through the airport to catch a plane. 

HERE COMES THE SUN. Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun Here comes the sun, and I say, It's all right.

The audio is soft. The camera pans over Delbert walking into a new apartment, then to him unpacking ( a familiar telescope from his childhood is placed in the window. Notes from his parents taped up to fridge, old models and Styrofoam painted planets hang from the ceiling. ). His classroom is full of light, his coworkers and neighbors are nice. He’s frequenting coffee shops and record stores, and slowly but surely... he lets himself start to smile again. And it’s obvious that for the first time in a long time, he’s actually happy. 

NOT THE FUTURE. Even though some things look so familiar. They're not really on Earth. Yeah, it's a galaxy far, far away. Alien DNA walking ‘round every day

Screen goes to black and an oddly upbeat song comes on. You know the type that they use to get the audience hyped up for the sequal. CREDITS ROLL. Occasionally it’ll show embarrassing polaroid pictures of Delbert over the years; watching star wars with his dad while in full costume, covered in paint the night before a science fair, posing like a dork in front of space suits in museum, falling asleep at his NASA desk. Before the music cuts off, the last image is a picture of Delbert grinning at his desk at Pride U.

#bdrpwrimomarco #bdrptask #{ queue me up buttercup } #{ edit : I'M SO MAD I JUST REALIZED IT'S ONLY 9 SONGS i'm going to go cry in the corner now BYE }

[dxlbert]

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