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Everyone should really wish Clover a super happy birthday! For she deserves a lovely, wonderful day c:
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I recently bought a new computer. When I started to install Steam again, I caught a glimpse of something amazing. TF2 was installing, at 2% per second. Now that is just amazing because before it would take like 3 days to fully install. After my amazing experience, I sat down to play with my cat. Just one problem though, I couldn't find him. "Black Mamba? Where the heck are you?!" (Yes, I have a cat named Black Mamba. Haven't you ever seen Kill-Bill?) I couldn't find him anywhere. Remember, when you're a magic prism, sometimes it can be difficult to get around. Anyways, I decided to just sit down and wait for him to come out while I watched Netflix because The Legend Korra doesn't start until 8. Once I had become fully immersed into the world of Eureka, I noticed something around the corner of my eye. Next to my TV, I keep a couple of bookshelves for my books n' stuff. With all of the books in the top shelf, there is about 2 inches of space before it hits the top. That's where he was. Have you ever seen the movie Alien (1979) when its disguised into the circuits and stuff on the narcissus? That's exactly what it was like. I don't know how in the world he managed to get up there. The best part is that he couldn't come back down
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I was wondering about three specific aspects of the MU's sky, and how they work. The first regards the day/night cycles in MU domes. Since the MU's landmasses are island [continents] which are enclosed in giant domes, daylight is of course not natural. I read on BS01 that daylight is provided by a giant, special kind of Lightstone on the ceiling of a Dome, that shine on and off daily, and [i assume] also give out heat too. What I was wondering about was if the domes simulated the apparent movements of a star from a planet's perspective, i.e. do the look like a sunrise/midday/sunset. So: In the MU, does the daylight source move around the sky like it would on a planet, or is it fixed at a certain position and just turn on and off during the course of every day, almost like a dimming light bulb? I sort of already have an answer, based upon various media representations, which seem to depict a sunrise and sunset (notably the LoMN film), it would seem it does look like our Sun. So I suppose a better question would be "assuming the domes 'sun' does move around during the day, how might the MU manage to simulate this, if the giant Lightstone is stationary?". Perhaps the ceiling is completely covered with these giant Lightstones, and only some of them are only ever on at a certain time (ones close to one another that look like a 'sun'), so the 'sun' appears to move due to the illusion of an "image" of a sun created by the modulating Lightsones? So the dome basically has a giant screen on its ceiling that generates daylight. I'm not really sure about this at all, so I just thought I'd put this out there. Secondly I wonder about the stars seen from the MU domes. I know these are simulated. I remember reading that Spirit Stars are some kind of electrical phenomenon generated by the MU. In my only ever fanfic someone used this to tell that a Toa was on an island, since their Spirit Star appeared on that dome's wall/sky of stars. Might this work? Also, would different domes have different stars/constellation? How would this affect astrologers? However, what I really wondered about were the stars seen in Metru Nui, since there where Sunholes (Mata Nui's 'eyes' in essence) present in the sky. For some time I thought all daylight came through these, but I realised that's impossible, since Mata Nui must have spent a good while travelling in space, not looking at any stars for at least part of his travels (the island of Mata Nui). So I figured Metru Nui must have it's own daylight source, like the rest of the MU. So, can anyone give any further info on the Sunholes because I'd love to know. Finally, how do Matoran Prophesies work? I'm not saying I need an exact answer, because I'm sure there isn't one. It's just, I can understand the "prophesies" and predictions made on Mata Nui, since the Red Star was there. I believe the Red Star would change position depending on different states of the MU, which makes sense to me. So if you know what certain positions mean/relate to, you can know something current and so can assume things about the future. On Metru Nui however, the Red Star would surely have appeared and disappeared whenever Mata Nui landed on a planet, right? Without the RS, how did the Ko-Matoran make predictions based on the stars? Unless there was some record of what one could expect to see through the Sunholes at night for a lot of Mata Nui's journey, and what this implied about the [future of the] Matoran Universe from these observations, I don't really know. As always, thanks for reading, I'm especially curious about this topic!
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The Ruki swam through the tranquil oceans of Mata Nui. He watched Tarakava serpents slither through the water as they were stalking a strange blue figure, Takea sharks on the hunt, and many other things. It’s a magical world he thought as he swam on, still observing. Ooh! What’s that? He thought as he swam towards an oddly shaped sea urchin. What does it taste like? He wondered as he bit it. Yuck! Definitely NOT a sea urchin. He said as he spat the object out. When he turned around, he saw a very odd creature in the water. The newcomer wore a blue mask, like most of the natives, but a red and yellow body. What are you? The Ruki wondered as he followed the odd, multicolored thing to the object that was most definitely NOT a sea urchin. Take it. I don’t want it at all. The Ruki thought. The creature then swam up through an opening and disappeared. The Ruki followed and stuck its head out of the water and watched the creature place the object that it had picked up into a larger thing. Just then a hut that the Ruki had seen earlier, filled with little blue things, popped up and out of the water. Then the trouble started. A giant Tarakava, most were, burst out of the water and attacked. Time to go! The Ruki thought as he plunged back into the ocean. Several hours later, the Ruki was still hungry. What’s that smell? The Ruki thought as he approached a shiny object with something delectable on it. This looks good… The Ruki thought and he bit into the chunk of meat. Yum… So tasty… The Ruki thought. Wait, what’s happening? The Ruki thought as he struggled to stay underwater, his strength finally gave and stopped struggling. “I got one!” Something said. “Nice job Marka, I didn’t know that you had it in you!” Another voice said. What’s going on? Where am I? The Ruki thought, scared, as he flopped onto a lily pad. “You’re going to be my new pet.” The voice called “Marka” said. What’s a pet? The Ruki wondered as he was carried off.
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Saw both O Brother Where Art Thou and Wreck-It Ralph today. Both great movies.
