Claude Cosmic Dev

[14:46] The kid turned around on their slab of stone, cross-legged and calm as they faced southwards. On their lap was the book that Clause very Poopy had brought them, and a little doll too. One that looked a lot like the kid themself, mask and all.

"Well come and s-sit then if you're going to talk."
(Remei)
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[14:48] The chef, slowly turned his attention back over towards his Lord, attempting to gauge what exactly they were here to do, before deciding to shrug, and plop himself down onto the cobblestone, as he glances away from Claude, and up to the sky.

"Yeah, I have no idea what we're doing, but... Eh, I'll be here for moral support or something."
(Ravan Karnstein)
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[15:01] The Nobleman was haggard, yea that was a good word for it. Something had clearly kept him awake and moving long past the time he should have fallen asleep. What that actually was, was beyond those present. However, as he took a seat the man hummed softly in thought wondering where to begin with his lesson upon Leonaus.

"I'll skip past the framework and simple get to the point of what the Constellation is considering my bout with insomnia is straining my focus." As he spoke he'd place his hands on his knees looking over to the girl and then looking to his young guests. "Around the year 320 AC, my distant ancestor. Discovered that the stars above where a physical manifestation of Kraus' will. Great engines of purification that cleanse the souls of humanity and ushered them into rebirth."

As he spoke he'd start to get a bit more animated perhaps feeling a fervor with the conversation focused upon the founder of his House. "You see the Second Divine War had ended and the people where weary of those who'd caused that war. The angels where seen as a dangerous thing to rely upon and the stars became viewed as a clear outline of the great design Kraus intended for Eternia."

As he spoke he'd get up starting to pace to and fro as he pondered how best to go about continuing the story. Really, he was simplifying things a good deal but that was to be expected both by his audience and for himself. "So it was that Saint Nile gathered the greatest minds in Esshar and studied the stars until they could find the oldest. Those stars that where older than all others made up the constellation Leonaus and thus are the truest example of the will of Kraus."

He'd explained the constellation in rather simple terms. "Questions?"
(Claude vey Pelleaux)
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[15:07] A simple flip. Pages scatter underneath his touch, idly shifted as he attempted to locate a blank page so as to note Claude's words. He is visibly without question, a simplistic approach to the situation as a whole involving the storage of the given knowledge for later usage and study on his own free time.

The lesson was short, effective, and the simplified nature of it gave some sort of insight to things as a whole. The only problem, though, he could see, was simply that it was rather - vague. The simple nature, although easy for the initial digestion of the information, made some of the finer things a bit vague -

That was what the questions were for, though.

"Uh-huh?"
(Fors)
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[15:13] AS his lord spoke, Ravan's attention wouldn't fade from the sky. The youth was simply squinting up into they sky, doing his best to try and pick out a star. Which he failed at... Miserably. Who would have thought trying to find a star, besides the sun, during the day would be rather difficult.

Anyways, as Lord Pelleaux continued to speak, the youth would eventually relent in his search, as he shifted his attention back to his Lord, bringing out a small notebook from his bag, which he'd begin to jot down a few notes, as he began to focus more intently on Claude's words. Doing his best to prevent the knowledge from going in one ear and out the other. The whole cosmos, and all the stars was something he had a very, very basic understanding.

Thankfully this seemed to be just a short lesson, and nothing too horribly complicated for him to desperately attempt to wrap his mind around, even if he didn't understand it now, hecould just check his notes later, but... Was pursuing a path among the stars something he truly wanted to do?

After all, he was also more comfortable on the ground, why try to soar higher?

"Right... This is all, real interesting, but no questions for now."
(Ravan Karnstein)
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[15:15] As he started to speak, the kid turned their head. Their gaze peered over one shoulder toward the pacing man- Perhaps it was best he hadn't come closer after all. If he'd started pacing around the graves, that would've been quite irritating for the bones below.

After the first few sentences, they turned themself around to face him. Their legs remained crossed as they sat upon their stone slab, though their posture did shift. From upright and proper, to leaning forward. One elbow on their knee, their chin on their palm. Steel grey eyes followed that pace back and forth.

It wasn't quite as good a story as they usually heard. They'd expected something rather more exciting for a concept like that. Something more than stuffy old scholars figuring out that stars were more reliable than angels.

Any sailor could tell the star's reliability. Heck, anyone who need navigate at all through the night could explain that much.

"So Leonaus is l-like, an idol. S-something that a bunch of p-people got together and decided was a th-thing then went.. 'Hey, we could make a r-religion out of this'?" The kid's head canted to one side, their voice steady. Curious, and evidently unaware of how heretical that question would likely sound to someone of that particular faith.

Slender fingers tapped lightly against the outside of their mask, feathers gently shifted with each touch. "Like.. th-the stars are things. And they guide the p-path to rebirth, that's something any g-good gravekeeper knows. But Leonaus sounds like a.. a big hodge-podge of all the s-spirits of the stars when each has an individual n-name and spirit.

That's just.. weird."
(Remei)
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[15:16] Claude vey Pelleaux says, "Slay that thot."
[15:17] Coming in mid-lecture, the teen would roll his shoulder some as he joined the rest of the peasants here, and Lord Claude.

He had stayed up all night, studying not only his medical notes but also stopping by the chapel to survey the books on Leo the star that had chosen him, and even outshined the others for the ability to be blessed in it's patronage.

Contemplating what was being said here, and cross referencing it with his own logs on the Leonaus Constellation he'd crack a bit of a smile nodding and then applying his own 2 cents to it all.

"Ah... sorry I'm late. An'.. yeah been readin' bout all this. My star.. Leo, it's the brightest, but I really just been tryin' to figure out...why. I think if you've got any shot at harnessing an idea's full weight.. ya gotta know all everythin' about it works..

Um... any ideas or pointers Lord Claude? Ifnot,tha's okay... but any information bout tha' particular star would be 'preciated."

Beaming in genuine enthusiasm as this was a subject he'd become passionate about, and vied to learn from Sister Blaire, as well as applying it to his hopes and dreams, the teen would pat off some dirt and then have his attention fully on the indigo haired noble now.
(Robin E. Queen)
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[15:26] There's a light pacing as Fors scribbles along, messy handwriting proving his downfall. His mind was racked with questions. ideas, and possibilities - settling slowly as his patience took hold and he awaited Claude's continuation of the subject. He had MANY questions, but wanted to see if they'd answer themselves -

At some point in the midst of his pacing, a tiny stone is slipped into Robin's shirt.
(Fors)
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[15:31] Claude looked to Fors, saw a hint of dissatisfaction at the skeletal measure of the lesson. Then to Ravan, no questions there which made sense. Then he shifted his focus to Remei. Now there was a few complaints and questions, the man let out a sigh.

"Of course sailors and gravediggers know that. /Now/ when Saint Nile made the discovery it was the first time the stars where charted. Before that point there was no ships and the people had no clue that the stars where cleansing engines." As he spoke he'd wave a hand, in a small circle. "Knowledge taken for granted now by the common folk was only known among the most brilliant then. That is the whole mission of the Pelleaux, make breakthroughs and then make those breakthroughs common knowledge."

Then he'd take anothere breath. How to explain this in a way that'd make sense. "Leonaus isn't about the souls within the stars or even the individual stars themselves. It is about the grand mechanization of those stars. With their unity into the pattern of Leonaus truths cran be revealed of what Kraus intended. This knowledge comes from the /design/ of the constellation not any one piece. For instance."

As he spoke he turned to Robin. "Leo is a fine star, you see it is the brightest because it is the youngest of the stars within the constellation. Yet, it is also prized for that youth. I makes the heart of the constellation the key that all others circle around. That is why the Leo is known as the star of leaders. Or House of Leadsherip depending on the source material."

As he spoke he'd sit upon the Cobblestones and start to sketch out the constellation within the dirt. Pointing at the Leo star in the center of the lions chest with his stick. Then he drew lines from that star to the others. Eventually what was just a bunch of dots became a lion.

"See? Unity in purpose creates a design. It is from this design welearn, for instance I can tell just at a glance that Kraus wished for the various aspects of Humanity to work in concert to form a greater whole with Eternia at large." As he spoke he'd point to each star and finally he'd end by pointing at a star known as Hiero. "This is Hiero the star of revisions, interpretation, introspection. It is a star that I am divined to attune with. It is also the oldest star but if, say, it was the only star than it'd be lost." As he spoke erased the connection between Hiero and the other stars hat made the Lion's head. "In short, unity in purpose leads to functionalty in design, which helps interpret Kraus' will."
(Claude vey Pelleaux)
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[15:36] Ravan would simply remain there, jotting down the rest of Claude's lesson on his notebook, making sure to get all the information down. One day, he might figure all of this stuff out, but odds are? He probably wouldn't.

OH well.
(Ravan Karnstein)
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[15:41] Unity. Purpose. Meaning. The pacing continues, and things begin slowly to fall into place. His notes are a wild skew of scribbles, cross-outs, and drawn representations of Claude's own scribbles. The constellation of Leonaus, stars scattered amongst the sky to take form in unity and meaning in doing so.

Variety. Difference. A mass of different things, each one so very different in their path taken, and each one so very different in their meaning - Leadership. Revisions, Interpretation, and Introspection. What else was there, and what else could he be missing among the many that lined their skies?

Eyes drift up, darkness settling in throughout the hefty duration of their words. The fading sun sets, the curtain cast upon the sky slowly and surely losing that weight and definition to few of the many among the ones they seemed to worship. There was, though, one question - one idea that seemed to elude him.

"How'd they study things that are so far away? And figure all of that out?"

He attempts to fully copy the constellation into his notes as he awaits answer.
(Fors)
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[15:50] "Or it c-could be human imagination imposing meaning and p-patterns where there might not be any to b-b.. b-begin with." The little gravedigger rose from their stone, a slender hand lifted to the birch branches that stuck up over their head.

They plucked one free, and made their way over, to stand opposite the bluecloaked lord. With great care, and the precision of one who had nigh memorized their patterns, the kid drew out a field of little dots. Up to and including the constellation he focused on, though the others that were nearby in the sky were also in their own little map on the dirt.

With the end of that birch twig, they started to connect a few of the dots. "It's only a c-constellation in this shape because they f-found the.. the oldest stars, right? Or what they th-think are the oldest. Meaning.. the dimmest, if w-what you said about Leo goes f-for all stars.

Leo being bright b-because it's young. Others being dim because th-they are old. Going off of th-that assumption.. I'm n-not even sure why Leo is p-part of the constellation at all." The kid notably avoided that star as they connected the dots of the constellation, going solely on the stars that appeared most dim in the sky.

Not really the constellation as it was marked out at all- In the end it looked a bit like a messy bear with three legs. "So um.. Unity and s-stuff is nice, a good thing t-to teach and making a figurehead for that is an easy w-way to make a lot of people listen..

But uh.. I c-could draw a shape in these little dots-" And they did so. Connecting points across a section of the 'sky' that was uninterrupted by their mess of a 'Leonaus.' The thing ended up looking something like a bird, though lacking in much detail.

"And I could c-callit Avias and it'd b-be similar to what the old p-people did. Just, l-like.. without the whole figuring out stars were soul-cleansing th-things.

Unity is great b-but just f-focusing on those stars..

Then you're I-ignoring the rest of them for this big picture th-thing. And that's no good, because leaving p-people out isn't unity. Each star has its own spirit and name and d-deserves as much recognition as th-the really old ones."
(Remei)
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[15:51] Looking over to the purple haired noble mostly, and listening in on what they had to say here.

It was almost like a trance was over him with the world about him being drowned out--until a pebble fell down his shirt. Now a bit perplexed and attempting to take it out from the back he'd still do his best to listen in on the lesson a sparse glance hammed back to Fors some as he held in a chuckle.

"Ah? Ack!-- *ahem* So... it's like the heart? Wow... that's pretty amazin'. An' all the constellations stick together to form that sense of unity that you're talkin' about.

This....? It's kinda soundin' like it's a lot of responsibility to be chosen by a star, and to represent what it shoots down on us, but one I'm willin' to take to do what I'm bettin' on."

There was a sense of nobility in it all.. and that the notion that a slum rat.. or even further than that anyone, could ever be viewed on an equal level or light that someone like the wealthy noble could was something that truly appealed to him.

That sense of the 'game' that needed to be played in order to get everyone to win it all on the upper class' own predetermined rules, and obstacles could ever be accomplished through education rather than pure might made him carry this newfound scholarship deep to his core.

Eyeing that mark that Claude made in the grass, and then looking back to his own notes in his book again, he'd write parts about it with words of what exactly it meant to be a Leo...

What it meant to be Bright

What it meant to Lead

Shifting some, over to Fors, he'd give a slight shrug.. thinking that if he had to guess? The stars told them as they actually were able to speak and send visions... or perhaps they simply used telescope.

"The stars prolly told them. An' if anythin'...? They can always see them in the sky." a smirk stretched on his lips now as he pointed up in the sky that was darkening steadily. A single glinting light visible, that was truly many making up it's luminescence.
(Robin E. Queen)
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[16:05] Claude shifted in his seeting, reaching into that satchel he carried with him. From within it he pulled out what appeared to be a metal cylinder. Looking to Fors he'd begin speaking, as he did so he puled the cylinder apart so that it's extend. "They used telescopes or primitive versions of them at-least. That in connection with their, well connections, to the stars they where able to see into the night sky."

As they spoke they handed him the telescope. Pointing to a far off tree after they had done so. "Look through that and you cane see more clearly that which is far away." As he spoke he'd give a smile. Shifting his attention back to Remei as they spoke. He was silent for a few moments as he contemplated their words.

"First your question about Leo, it's not the brightest star period. Just the brightest one within the constellation." Far as he knew the brightest star was the sun but that wasn a bit of semantics at this point. With a snap of his fingers though he moved to address the second issue. "Of course, that's exactly what the old people did. They drew silly shapes and call them such and such. However, it was the wizened minds of the council that Nile gathered which allowed the discovery of the proper constellations. The amusing part Is that they made a few others before Leonaus that proved wrong. They didn't trakc the seasons right and things such as that."

He'd pause for a minute, then with a sigh he'd add. "In sort they /can/ change the indiivudal stars involved and gaina clearer picture of the design. However, never forget that a cosmic magi is spiritually connected to a star and thus can feel it's secrets." He then turned to Robin' trying to recall their words and think how best to answer them. "You are right, it is a great responsibility to carry the weight of a star upon your shoulders. After all each star means something. From Leadership, to courage, to charisma, to thought, to economics, all the stars carry a meaning."

"I think that's... All for this lesson though."
(Claude vey Pelleaux)
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[16:13] There's a sense of childlike wonder in his each and every drawing, his each and every note. Claude drones on, the wording picked up by his ears and held dearly in pursuit of greater understanding. Robin, too, adds his piece, giving further and further indication of the grand scheme of this specific thing - these stars, and the purpose behind each and every single one.

In that moment, it hit him. This was something far greater than he could simply understand - something he'd have to feel, were he to actually make that connection and line those dots together. As if connecting the dots that were stars in his mind, so as to form the constellation of his thoughts, he reaches a conclusion. So deep in the midst of this was he that he very nearly missed the offering -

A hand reaches out to carefully grasp the object, a polite nod given to his superior. The instructions follow, and Fors, carefully, grasps the telescopic device and places it to his eye. His vision extends to the tree line, tilting upward so as to meet the night sky, during which he'd slowly and surely drift about, driven solely by the force of his curiosity. He did wonder something, though -

Well, it'd have to wait. Claude said he was done.

"Can we talk about this some more some time?"

A simple enough question.
(Fors)
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[16:21] The gravedigger presented their argument. Offered the drawings across the ground and sought to understand what response he made. While he spoke their head listed to the other side, steely eyes focused on his face. He wouldn't try to teach lies if he knew they were lies- Right?

So he certainly believed it. They, on the other hand, still felt a tad skeptical. There were many ways to draw a picture in the stars. They'd proven that much rather easily.

As he spoke, the kid idly drew lines through their own work. Connecting dots, then dashing the outcome aside in absent thought. At least he admitted each star had its own thing. They were more accustomed to seeing the stars as individuals, but a single group didn't seem like a particularly bad thing.

Still they felt odd trying to look at them from that perspective. "I guess if th-they talked to the stars about it.. if they can tell b-because they were connected.. um.. somehow.

.. But.. It's still weird. If they w-were put like that I d-don't get how people were supposed to learn anything j-just- j-j-just by looking at a big lion-drawing.." The kid tapped at the ground- Then swiped away their work in a quick flurry of that birch twig.

"Something d-doesn't seem right about it t-to me.. But uh..

If you could t-tell me more about how old s-scholar people managed to connect with stars. Th-that I'd be interested in, n-n-..next time you come.."
(Remei)
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[16:28] Clarification was offered to the boy some, as he re-affirmed what he knew with what was recently offered. Machinations upon machinations of the grand scheme of the celestials were all being opened up to him as he now knew that when he looked to the stars, he was also being looked upon right back.

Renmei' s interest and Fors' as well was actually quite refreshing to see. Knowing that he wasn't alone in this grand pursuit made him understand just how much teaching, showing, and displaying the miracles of the stars to the slums, and people wanting to know about them was the right direction to take his actions.

Perhaps leading the charge to correct, and enrich the unruly was precisely why Leo shined down upon him?

Either way he'd tap his chin mildly with a piece of charcoal, wondering in tandem aloud about how it was to be spoken to by the stars above.

"Well... for some, there's a ritual about all o' it. It's how I was able to receive a message. Maybe back then, they just didn't have much else to do? But... ya..

I think 'tween you an' Sister Blaire.. I'll have all my questions answered in no time.. an' maybe I'll be able to produce that Leo might... like I'm wantin' too.. But I got time, either way."

Shifting his posture and wiping his hand off on his shirt. Some, he'd simply look to the others here, hoping he didn't sound too vague in his own breakthroughs.
(Robin E. Queen)
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[16:29] Claude vey Pelleaux says, "I'll host another lesson soon, think up what specifics you want to know for it and I will oblige. For now though I'm giong to rest."