video.

[inthemoon]

[ the face in the feed looks like it's had all the colour washed out of it. white skin, white hair, silvery-gray eyes-- all shades of pale gray and white. even the inside of his mouth, when he parts his lips to speak, is gray.

he pauses like that, poised to say something, but then his mouth shuts with a click of teeth together. the frame begins to tremble faintly-- his hands are shaking. he's shaking. he's never left the surface of the moon before. he's somewhere else. somewhere like earth, but not. the moon still tugs at him, drags at him, like the tide. but he's away. he's seeing things and touching things and smelling and tasting and--

(it's all more than just a little overwhelming. the man in the moon has never not been alone.)

he takes a breath in through his nose, eyes sliding shut for a moment as he finds calm somewhere. they open again a moment later and he offers a slightly unfocused smile. ]

This is impossible, I think. I never sleep-- or I didn't before, at least. But I must be. Sleeping, I mean. Dreaming. Because, you see, I'm the Man in the Moon. The Man in the Moon cannot simply leave.

[ he twitches back a little, propping the little board up and leaning back, pulling his clothing more tightly around himself as if cold. ]

.. This is a dream.

Comments

[inthemoon]

It makes for a very boring existence. It does mean that I can keep a better eye on Earth, though.

[on_thin_ice]

Is sleeping really that important?

[inthemoon]

Not for spirits like us, I suppose. It would break up the monotony a bit, though, I think. The moon isn't like earth, after all.

[on_thin_ice]

... Is that all you do?

[inthemoon]

Is what all I do?

[on_thin_ice]

Just... watch.

[inthemoon]

Oh! .. Yes. Basically.

[on_thin_ice]

It sounds really lonely.

[And he would know. Watching all those families, while never knowing he had one...]

[inthemoon]

.. It was. It is. But it's all I've ever known, so.

[ a startled little noise. ]

Except now, I suppose!

[on_thin_ice]

... That's, uh, good.

[He might not be the champion of good decisions but the Man in the Moon with normal people sounds like a disaster of some kind of proportion]

[inthemoon]

[ it probably will be. he has no concept of how to interact with people. literally everything is new to him. ]

Will you tell me more about this place?

[on_thin_ice]

[He shifts on his feet, awkwardly. He doesn't know what to do and what's the right thing to do. Jack's still new to the whole "people" thing. But he couldn't simply leave him there either]

Sure.