35: Eridanus
Brick waltzes in, giving the audience a cheerful grin, and they let out a sigh of relief now that the Alderwood fellow is gone.
"Hello again, folks! Sorry about my illness, but I'm back now! And today we have -" Brick looked down and checked his card, "uh, Tigerstar?"
The audience lets out hushed whispers and murmurs before bursting out into cheers
"Presenting the constellation Eridanus!" Brick finished, stepping off into the sidelines. Tigerstar strolled onto stage, narrowing his eyes.
"Right. Lets get this over with." He flicked a button and a picture was displayed on the screen. "This is the constellation Eridanus."
"Isn't that pretty? Now if you don't mind I really should be going back to the Dark Forest.."
"I though that in Omen of the stars you were-" called an audience member.
"NO SPOILERS!" Brick shouted, throwing bricks at the cat's head. "Now, Tigerstar, can we hear a little more. Please."
"Fine." Snapped Tigerstar.
"Eridanus is the Ancient Greek name for the river little Po in Italy. It's often referred to as the celestial river." Drones Tigerstar in a rather bored voice. "Is that enough? I wanna go kill cats now!"
"No!" Hissed Brick. "Say some more."
"Ugh." Tigerstar complained. "Eridanus is usually associated with the story of Phaeton, the son of the Sun god Helios, who begged his father to let him fly his chariot across the sky. Helios agreed to this and Phaeton mounted the chariot, but he was an awful driver and died. RIP. Oh, and he soon lost control of the horses and plunged the chariot into the earth, making Libya a desert and setting lands on fire. See, now this is an interesting story! Zeus struck down Phaeton with a thunderbolt and he fell into the river Eridanus. Helios was inn mourning for a long time after wards and didn't drive his chariot for days. Leaving the world in darkness. THE END!" Tigerstar said with a smile. "Now, goodbye. I'm going to go Kill someone."
With that Tigerstar leaves and an alarming call goes round saying that Firestar has suddenly been killed, again. Oh dear.
~• By Oliviao •~
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