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* LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self] [Failed]

Postby Shieba » 02/28/2015 8:48 PM

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(These two are Cepheus and Kassiopeia, the breeding pair)
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Kassiopeia glanced at the clock in the library which, thankfully, didn't make a sound. It consisted of small orbs - meant to represent stars - circling around a small lamp and showing both star position and time together. Turning her attention back to the data in front of her, Kassiopeia did her best to ignore Cepheus since she didn't want to disturb him while he was reading. It was nice enough of him to grant her refuge in his library, after all - even though the fact that she had decided to flee here was something she would probably have to pay for sooner or later. Andromeda could be such a hassle, really. Normally, Kassiopeia liked the other woman well enough, even though she didn't know her that much yet, but Andromeda's matchmaking attempts were just plain annoying.



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Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/03/2015 12:11 AM

Outside of the window, the stars were slowly drifting by and Cassandra could right now also see Evelon so endlessly far below them. She knew how important the work they were doing here was - it was crucial that Evelon would not get hit by meteors or anything else, after all - but sometimes, being confined into their small workplace could be difficult. Kassiopeia had switched stations not too long ago and now worked together with Cepheus, who was known as some kind of slighty antisocial genius. She had been excited about meeting him and in the last one and a half months, everything had actually gone better than expected. It wasn't that Cepheus was any kind of rude - quite the contrary, he was extremely polite - and also not eccentric like other 'geniuses'. He just liked his peace and quiet a lot, which was also why he had his two assistants.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/03/2015 12:20 AM

Kassiopeia really liked Cepheus' direct assistant, Orion. The male was very patient and kind, but also very serious and a hard worker, just like his boss. However, unlike Cepheus, he wasn't so withdrawn and handled most of their little meetings. Kassiopeia believed that if it would have just been her and the two males, everything in this tiny place would be wonderfully easy.

However, there also was Andromeda, Cepheus' secretary who was just way too nosy and bubbly for Kassiopeia's tastes. From what Kassiopeia had seen, Andromeda also worked kind of as Orion's assistant by now since Cepheus tended to skip all meetings and Orion therefore needed some help. Thankfully, that also meant that Orion had to take the main force of Andromeda's attention, which was a good thing. At first, Kassiopeia had been surprised that Andromeda actually worked quick and efficiently, but then found out that this was mainly because she wanted more free time to try to set her boss up with a girl... which happened to appear in form of Kassiopeia. In fact, from some things Orion had said, Kassiopeia deducted that it had mainly been Andromeda's pestering of wanting another female around that had made Cepheus accept Kassiopeia into his star-office.



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Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/09/2015 12:21 AM

Kassiopeia came from a much bigger Star-Office, with almost a hundred beings of all races living and working there. After deciding that she wanted to see something else and sending applications to other offices, she had just sent one to Cepheus for good measure - after all, there weren't only so few others here because the office was small, but simply because Cepheus was known for rejecting everyone. He only got through with that because he was famous enough. So when the reply came and Kassiopeia was actually accepted on a trial basis into the ranks of the fabled Cepheus, she had dropped everything and seized the chance.

If anything, only Orion was somewhat how Kassiopeia had imagined everyone here to be. She had somewhat expected a mad genius with two super-serious assistants. Instead, Andromeda was... a matchmaker. And that was the real horror, since for whatever reason, she had decided to help Kassiopeia to hook up with her boss.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/14/2015 10:31 PM

Not that Kassiopeia wanted said 'help' in any way or form; she had come here to work and maybe learn a trick or two from the fabled Cepheus, not hook up with him. In fact, one of the reasons why she had looked forward to work for someone having only two others around him was because she had thought to escape the endless gossip and social obligations the other Star-Office had had. It seemed that when males and females were cooped up in a place they couldn't escape from for too long, romances became the biggest part of their free time. It wasn't like Kassiopeia didn't understand - after all, there wasn't much else to do in space besides work - but she just had no interest in these matters. She wanted to further her career, after all, and the fact that she had gotten so far to be allowed in a Star-Office at her young age already showed how hard she had worked so far. That was probably the other reason why Cepheus had hired her - or at least she assumed that, seeing how he did treat her rather respectful.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/20/2015 10:33 PM

That had come as a bit of a surprise; Kassiopeia had fully expected that Cepheus would be very strict with her, seeing as she was new and such a small Star-Office needed everyone to work hard and not mess up. But then again, if Orion and Andromeda had run things here so far more or less on their own, Kassiopeia was probably fine unless she messed something up - which hadn't happened so far. She wasn't trusted with fully working on her own yet, of course, but other than that had found her work challenging but very doable; mainly it was just a lot more thanks to their limited numbers here.

Cepheus himself... mostly sat in his libraries. He actually had more than one, which was enough to already impress Kassiopeia, who loved to read. She wasn't completely sure if he was just trying to read every single book he had there or was actually doing as much work as his assistants, but that was something Kassiopeia didn't dare to ask.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 03/27/2015 10:04 PM

Right now, they were in the smallest library, which also was located a bit away from the main area of the office. Kassiopeia secretly wondered if it was considered to be more of a "private" library of Cepheus then the others, but since a possible "yes" as answer scared her, this was another thing she didn't ask about.

It had been the first library she had found, actually. A bit more than a week after her arrival, she had been rather annoyed with Andromeda just being too nosy and prying into Kassiopeia's private business and so, she had looked for a space to work which was a bit away from Andromeda's desk. Finding the library and having not been aware yet that it was always just Cepheus who was seen in them, she had simply sat down and started reading her papers after admiring the many books and actually finding one which would help her with her work. Cepheus had entered the room only ten minutes later, looking actually taken aback at finding someone else there and Kassiopeia had immediately understood that maybe she had intruded into a private room and apologized, getting ready to leave and mumbling something about just having looked for a more quiet space to work at. Cepheus however... had then told her he understood her problem well and that she could stay.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 04/02/2015 8:01 PM

Kassiopeia still had no idea what to make out of that reply. Maybe Cepheus had only so few assistants around because Andromeda tried to get him to date all the females? No, that was dumb - Andromeda could be a bit annoying, sure, but she was still a nice female who wanted only the best for those she considered her friends. Still, ever since then, Kassiopeia had started to come to Cepheus' libraries, both to find more peace and quiet and also because the books were actually very interesting and helpful. Of course, Andromeda had noticed - and appropriately asked what Kassiopeia and Cepheus were 'doing in there' - and so, retreating to a library when Cepheus was there as well often ended with Kassiopeia being teased. However, she liked working in them so much that Andromeda's friendly teasing was hardly going to stop her.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 04/08/2015 11:36 PM

The only sound in the room - Cepheus turning the pages in his book ever so often - finally snapped Kassiopeia out of her thoughts and she noticed that she had stared at her papers blankly for, as the clock told her, quite a few minutes. Carefully, she glanced at Cepheus, but he was focused on his book. Inwardly, she relaxed a bit; hopefully, that meant that he hadn't noticed his newest employee spacing out like a moron. With a soft sigh, Kassiopeia looked back to her papers and the book she had opened to finish them better and decided to finally concentrate again. If she made a mistake here or needed longer than needed when the books should help her being faster... well, then Andromeda only had another reason to suspect that Kassiopeia and Cepheus were doing more than work in here. Kassiopeia wondered how much Cepheus knew about Andromeda being like that.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 04/15/2015 7:50 PM

She actually had no idea how long Cepheus had had his two assistants with him and made a mental note to maybe ask one of the other two about it later. They seemed like they knew each other since quite a bit, though, but then again Kassiopeia had been very quickly accepted all around as well, so maybe she was mistaken. At any rate, her transfer to this star office had been mainly nothing but a positive surprise.

The work she was doing was quite a bit different, too. It was more research-oriented than just plain observation and with that more difficult, but also less boring. Kassiopeia knew that mistakes would be more crucial now as well, though, but all in all she enjoyed the change a lot and loved the new challenge. She wondered how complex her work would get once the others would stop giving her the beginner's tasks - these were already more difficult than her old work had been.



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 04/22/2015 2:58 PM

It took her one more minute until the thought that she had spaced out yet again occured to her and she almost flinched. Glancing at Cepheus again and finding him still absorbed in his book, Kassiopeia wondered if he really didn't notice that she wasn't very productive today or if he simply decided to remain silent and chide her when it came to the evaluation later. At any rate, she had to really focus on her papers now!

That, however, proved to be oddly difficult today. It wasn't that the tasks she had been given were too difficult or too easy, but for whatever reason, Kassiopeia struggled this time, mainly because her concentration seemed to fail her. Blinking, she forced herself to look at the paper. She had done calculations like these a million times before. Why was she so easily distracted this time?



I know my dreams are made of you
Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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Re: * LR: Cepheus x Kassiopeia [Self]

Postby Shieba » 04/29/2015 3:25 PM

For five more minutes - which seemed much longer to her - she continued to just re-read everything she had done so far, thankfully not finding any errors but not fully trusting her abilities to find any, either. Only then, she heard the soft sound of Cepheus carefully closing his book. "Are you having problems?" he asked, his tone only questioning and not displeased or worried.

"Ah, no, not really. I am not doing anything new. It just appears that I seem to have troubles concentrating today, for unknown reasons. I'll get this done properly in a few minutes, I promise." Kassiopeia hoped she didn't sound as panicked as she felt - that was the disadvantage of sharing a room with her boss while she was working! - and only professional and apologetic.

{Room failed; Posted after 1:58 pm, missing the time window}



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Of you and only for you
Your ocean pulls me under
Your voice tears me asunder
Love me before the last petal falls






However cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease your pain
However cruel the mirrors of sin
Remember beauty is found within




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