Urania-first entrance.

[star_bespangled]

A young-looking woman with sharp eyes and a star-covered cloak enters through the door.

She stops in surprise. She hadn't known this place was here. And quite frankly, she's a bit offended and irritated that she's only finding out about it now. So many humans! And a few that aren't.

She pulls an orb from her cloak and examines it closely. After a moment, she wrinkles her face in confusion and sighs.

The woman walks over to the bar and sits down. She wants answers, but she could do with a drink, too.

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[wheatencrown]

(OOC: Offering a fellow goddess. I'll follow your lead on how much they know each other.)

Demeter's drinking a glass of wine at the counter when she approaches and turns to consider her. "Not in your charts?"

[star_bespangled]

Urania knows Demeter as one might know a distant aunt - one only seen at family reunions. She's surprised and a bit relieved to see her. She shakes her head.

"The orb seems to be as perplexed as I am." That doesn't happen very often. "What is this place, exactly?"

[wheatencrown]

"Its called Milliways, which is at the End of the Universe. No one in our family has any control here though they have visited at various times."

She enjoys not having to worry about any of her brothers arriving and making pronouncements.

[star_bespangled]

"No one?" That's surprising. "Well, that would explain why I can't get a proper reading on my orb."

She gets a thought, and her eyes light up.

"Does that mean there are different stars here?"

[wheatencrown]

"There are. I can take you outside, that's the best place to see them or in the Window."

[star_bespangled]

"Yes," she replies, trying not to sound as excited as she feels, "I'd love to."

[wheatencrown]

"This way," Demeter stands up heads outside to where a different sky looks down.

[star_bespangled]

Urania follows, and gazes up into a sky she has never seen.

She's intimidated - no one knows the stars as well as her, and here are stars she knows nothing about. But at the same time, she's thrilled to learn more about them. Maybe she can put a chart together later.

But for now, she turns to Demeter. "When did you find this place?"

[wheatencrown]

"A few years ago by the time here." Time in Milliways is rather odd even to her.

[star_bespangled]

"The time here? Does time pass differently here?"

[wheatencrown]

"The seasons don't always match up as they should."

[star_bespangled]

Urania thinks. Where she came from, it was springtime, and Leo was rising in the night sky. She can't tell the seasons by the stars here, but the chill in the air and the turning colors of the leaves are enough for her.

"What do you do here, then?"

[wheatencrown]

"Not much, cook sometimes, enjoy the interesting company."

[thewidewideworld]

There's an androgynously pretty blonde sitting by the fire, playing with pieces of paper. Sinric folds one into a little bird and after a moment of focus, breathes life into the thing, sending it fluttering across the room.

It flutters past the newcomer, trailing golden sparks before landing on the bar and growing still.

Sinric swears softly in a version of Greek close but not quite what Urania might be use to. He comes over to collect his little bird.

[star_bespangled]

Urania's ears perk up at the Greek.

She picks the crane up, gingerly, and holds it up, examining it.

She looks over to the one who spoke, and smirks. "Is this yours?"

[thewidewideworld]

"It is, m'lady." He gets up and comes over, still frowning at himself and still speaking Greek. "I don't think I have the magic quite right yet."

[star_bespangled]

"You are a magician, then?"

[thewidewideworld]

"It is... part of who I am." he answers softly. "Yes, m'lady. I am a wanderer, a musician, a translator and many other things."

[star_bespangled]

"A man of many talents, then. Tell me, what is your name?"

[thewidewideworld]

He bows with the grace of a practiced courtesan. "Sinric, m'lady. Called Sinric the Wanderer."

[star_bespangled]

"Pleasure to meet you, Sinric. Are you a Greek, or is it simply one of the many languages you speak?"

[thewidewideworld]

"I cannot speak for the nation of my birth but I was purchased into the court of the later Greek Empire. The Empire that will be called Byzantium. Greek is my mother tongue, as Latin is my father language."

[star_bespangled]

Urania feels a brief pang of sympathy - as a slave, his life can not have been an easy one.

"I know a bit about Byzantium...my sisters and I hear invocations from various time periods." A few Christian poets invoked her name centuries later, a fact of which she is rather proud.

(ooc: apologies for the slow reply. :/)

[thewidewideworld]

Sinric ducks his head with a soft smile. "The gods and goddesses of the great Empire are never forgotten. My brother Probus and I often sung songs of the heavens to entertain our master's guests."

There's sadness in Sinric's words, missing those times dearly.

[star_bespangled]

Urania smiles in return.

"I wasn't sure if you recognized me. Demeter said not everyone here had heard of us."