Brick: Hello everyone, and welcome back to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star! Today our constellation is....Perseus!

Someone throws a brick at him. Because irony.

Brick: Jeez I get that I'm not wanted :'( Anyway, here's your host....Somethingfur!

There are mutters of "what?" "who?" and "that's a really stupid name" from the audience, and a mystery colored and of a non-specified gender cat comes on the stage.

Somethingfur: hi! I know i have a stupid name, but Ember couldn't think of anything, sooooo...you got me. Anyway, our constellation here is Perseus, who is obviously from a very famous greek myth. He's the one Percy Jackson was named after!

There are a couple mutters of interest from the audience, but no one says anything useful or loud.

Somethingfur: Kk, so here's the story. Once upon a time there was this king dude who had no sons, only a daughter, so he went to the oracle to ask if he was gonna get a son. The oracle was like "nope you're not getting a son, but your grandson is gonna kill you!" The king, predictably, panics, and decides "ayy she can't have kids if I lock her in a tower!!" so proceeds to do so.

The audience is silent, their anger over host's name forgotten

Somethingfur: Of course, as is frequently the case in greek myths, Zeus decides he wants another girlfriend, and sees a pretty girl locked in a tower. Soooo he enters as a golden dust and bam she's pregnant. With another illegitimate son of Zeus...he has a lot of kids, seriously.

Randomcat: What a jerk!

Somethingfur: Agreed. So, the king finds, out, freaks, and decides that if he kills his new grandson, Perseus, and his daughter, he won't die. Buuuut greeks have this taboo against killing family members (bummer right?) so he just locks 'em in a box and sends them off to see, saying that he didn't kill them, Posiedon did. Of course, they don't die, they make it to land and this cool fisherman guy finds them and lets them out. Unfortunately the king of that island thinks Perseus' mom is hot and tries to get her to marry him while Perseus tries to fend him off. Finally, the king gets sick of Perseus and manages to get him to agree to a suicide mission-- namely, killing Medusa.

There are gasps from the audience

Somethingfur: I know, right? Anyway, long story short, Perseus succeeds, and picks up a girlfriend on the way home. Then he kills the king guy with Medusa's head and lives happily ever after.

Randomcat: What about the grandpa?

Somethingfur: Oh yeah! He went to a sports thing that Perseus was in, and Perseus accidentally threw a really heavy discus at his face.

Randomcat: ...k then

Somethingfur: Anyway, here are some pics of the constellation! Here's one with just the stars...

And here's one with a picture of Perseus superimposed on it!

Brick: Thanks, Somethingfur! We'll see you all in the next Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star!

by ember