The Starry Night We Dreamed of that Day — Chapter 4

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Akira: Woah, now that's sick!

Will: The stars are so pretty…

Oscar: I'm pretty sure you can see different stars depending on the season and observation site you set.

You can see the zodiacs too. Will's a Taurus and Akira's a Cancer, if I recall correctly…

Akira: ……

Will: Hehe.

Oscar: Hm?

Akira: Don't bother with the zodiacs. Are there any, like, cooler constellations?

Cooler? Hm… Then how about the Hercules constellation? Look, it's right over there.

Akira: Huh? Over there? It's pretty faint… but “Hercules” sounds neat.¹

I wish I was a Hercules instead…

Will: Hercules isn't one of the zodiacs, y'know.

Oscar: What’s wrong with being a Cancer? It's quite an impressive constellation in its own right. 

Akira: How? It got killed by a monkey and some fruit.

Oscar: Monkey? Fruit…?

I'm not sure I've heard that tale before, but the crab from the zodiac is inspired by the tale of Hercules. It fought against him to help protect its friend, the Hydra.

Akira: Against Hercules? Woah…

Did it win?

Oscar: No, it seems Hercules stepped on it and killed it.

Akira: What the heck…

Oscar: However, its courage and desire to protect its friend in the face of a great hero earned it its place among the stars.

Will: I never knew that… See, isn't it cool?

Akira: I guess that story’s a little better…
 

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Oscar: And that's that.

Will: Thank you so much. The stars were beautiful, and your explanations were a big help, Oscar-san.

Oscar: Hearing that makes me glad I borrowed it.

Akira: Ya sure know a lot about stars, Oscar. Knowin’ both their places and the stories behind them…

Oscar: I believe I talked about this before, but I spent a lot of time in my earlier years looking for the constellations.

I still revisit books about the constellations. Since a lot of them are derived from tales of ancient heroes, I feel it's important to take a look back at our roots as heroes.

Will: Like Hercules, right?

Oscar: Yeah. I suppose you could say he's a distant senior of ours.

Akira: Ancient heroes…? Won't this work, Will?

Will: What do you mean?

Y'know, since the constellations are connected to ‘em, and they're our seniors.

Like, we could act as those ancient heroes or somethin’... How's that sound?

Will: Ah… You mean, our motif could be the constellations and the tales behind them?

Then I guess our costumes could be inspired by ancient Greece…

Yep, that sounds great, Akira! You sure do have some nice ideas ♪

Akira: Hehe, of course I do!

Oscar: I like the sound of that too. I'm glad you could come up with something.

Akira: It's all thanks to you, dude ♪

Will: You've been such a big help, Oscar-san. I think I'm starting to see what shape the LOM will take now!

Oscar: Don't hesitate to ask if you need help with something. I'll be all ears.

Akira: Ya bet! I never hesitate, though.

Will: Hehe, I'll be sure to ask if there's something else I want to know about the constellations.

 

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 1. I'm not sure how relevant it is, but Akira calls himself "Akira the Hercules" in Oscar's Outlander hero story. ↑

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