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||Brief Description||
The bright star Sirius, alpha CMa, is with -1.5 mag not only the brightest in the constellation of Canis Major, it is the brightest star of the entire night sky (don't forget our sun as the brightest star of the complete sky). It is nine light years away, not particularly close. Often, it is called "the Dog star." Its cycles were closely followed by the ancient Egyptians, who associated the appearance of the Dog Star with the flooding of the fields and the birth of a new year. Later, the Greeks and Romans associated the Dog Star with Orion, The Hunter, and his two hunting dogs Canis Major and Canis Minor. The Greeks named the constellation Sirius, "the Scorcher" as they believed the Dog Star was responsible for the hot weather and listlessness that plagued them in the summer months.

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||Chemistry||
Ca(50-70%) Na(50-30%) (Al, Si)AlSi2 O8, Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate

||Class||
Silicates

||Subclass||
Tectosilicates

||Group||
Feldspars

||Uses||
ornamental and semi-precious stone

||Brief Description||
Labradorite is truely a fascinatingly beautiful mineral. Its a mineral whose charm is not fully noticed and may be overlooked if not viewed from the proper position. Generally a dull, dark looking mineral with no special virtue until the colorful shiller is observed glowing on the surface. Labradorite can produce a colorful play of light across cleavage planes and in sliced sections called labradorescence. The usually intense colors range from the typical blues and violets through greens, yellows and oranges. Some rare specimens display all these colors simultaneously.

(mineral.galleries.com)

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Black hair in dredlocks, very pale skin, green eyes. Tall (5'9" wink , and skinny (125 lbs). Almost always wearing a black bandana to tie her hair back, and usually dressed in various T Shirts with safety-pinned sleeves and jeans, with the occasional goth gear (boots and a trench coat).</center>

..Decided to use dark cyan as Sirius's RP color. Was quite pleased with myself for being so clever as to add "dark" before "cyan" to create the perfectly coordinating hue. *imaginary nerd glasses glint*

..The first entry is written from a first-person perspective, as that was what came naturally to me when I saw that roleplaying your C.O.S. from its perspective rather than yours was recomended (while I was preparing to enter the Writing Contest). I later switched to third-person perspective after reading several entries from the Crystal Roleplaying Thread and deciding that that would be easier and flow better with the other posts in the RP. Thus the perspective change from post one onward. Hope it's not too confusing. ^^'

..Sirius has so many potential strong personality aspects that I'm a bit at a loss as to which ones I want to develop, and how I want to combine them as a whole. I was, however, very intrigued by the combination of "intellectual" and "emotional". These two aspects combined could create a very fascinating, very unstable personality, as Sirius is torn between logic and what he passionately believes to be 'right'. Sometimes intelligence is a catalyst for highly emotional personas, causing them to be volatile and quite unpredictable.

..Introduced a little of Sirius's tendency toward empathy near the end of Entry 4. Heh heh, men are so confused by emotions (stereotypical, I know XD). I think I've made his ability for telepathy just a little stronger than is normal for the crystal stage, because I want to emphasize his emotional extrovert side.

..It says somewhere that the telepathic link is not something that's established instantly, and that it takes time for a caretaker and their crystal to be able to communicate. However, because of the unusual circumstances in which I received Sirius (he had already had a previous owner), and for the sake of the RP event, I decided that because our first connection had been so strong (see 2nd entry), it made sense for it to remain fairly secure.

..Been a bit worried that I'm making Sirius too strong for his stats. I've improved a bit, but I'll have to keep a close eye on him in the future.

..Looks like Saiph might be found somewhere near where I found Sirius (Las Vegas). If so, I should definately get those two together for some RP, since they'll have something in common already. <3

He woke slowly, to the familiar muted sound of the 'music' the human, his human, had been listening to before. As he remembered his unknowing rescuer, he realized that he knew next to nothing about it, or about his current whereabouts.

Cautiously he probed his surroundings, taking in this new environment one sensation at a time. Light.... It was dim, but there was a small amount radiating from a bulb of glass attached to a metal stalk on the surface he was currently resting on. The surface was...some sort of human-made material; strong like wood or metal, but with a taste of falseness to it.

Feeling a bit bolder now, he extended his telepathy still further, until he sensed the warm aura of the human. Ever so hesitantly he touched her, drawing back slightly as this first bit of information was absorbed. Female. Reaching out again, he caught her name, and a hint of her current emotional state of mind, which was relaxed and wanderingly thoughtful.

Sarabi.... That pleased him, somewhat trivially he realized, to discover that her name began as his did, with the whispering syllable "S". Suddenly he felt a spark of the first connection he'd made with her, as though mentally speaking her name, however softly, had somehow caught her nearly nonexistent attention. Automatically he withdrew, fearful of over-drawing his energy again before he'd had a chance to do anything.

He heard Sarabi shift slightly, and a slight intake of air as she sighed softly. "I'm going to drive myself insane, trying to talk to inanimate objects. A rock no less, a ******** pet rock. Insert twitching here." Startled, it took Sirius a moment before he realized that the human had spoken aloud. He didn't really care for spoken language; it was cumbersome and had a tendency to be misunderstood at inconvenient times, although Sarabi's tone of voice had well-conveyed a sense of weary amusement.

But trying to communicate mentally might prove to be quite a challenge if he wished to remain conscious for any length of time, given how taxing the process was. Pondering, he finally decided to try just a simple message, and go from the success or failure of this attempt.

My name is Sirius. There. A simple, non-threatening message. Now for the human's...Sarabi's part. "Oh wow, the rock's talking to me again-" She was cut off as Sirius interrupted with an unspoken plea for her to use mind-speak, rather than the choppy (and ugly, he thought), human voice.

There was a long pause, as the human (he assumed) processed this request. Finally, he heard a faint reply, so muted that it sounded like she was trying to talk through a concrete wall.

...hear me, rock?

He caught the phrase, as well as the self-mocking that came tagged onto it. Sirius felt an inward twinge of amusement at Sarabi's obvious doubt that she was communicating with anything at all, and hastened to reassure her; Trust me, you are far from being 'insane' as you term it. And I am not merely a chunk of stone, so I would appreciate being referred to by name, as I am quite sentient.

He felt slightly dizzy after this extensive message, and decided abruptly that he'd had enough for one day. After a few minutes silence, he felt a tentative touch to his mind, and responded rather curtly; Please let me rest. Communicating has tired me.

Sarabi withdrew quickly, and he shut himself off from her, too tired to worry about bruised feelings caused by his callousness, but nowhere near the exhaustion of his first time. This was encouraging, he decided, if a bit tedious.

I am Arcturus. I request the help of all crystals and children that possess the essence of the stars. A crystal has been lost and needs to be located before it fades completely. Help us form a search party by meeting me at the Cabrillo Inn in Santa Barbara, California on Sunday at 4:00 pm. This crystal needs our help and I am determined not to give up until it is found. Please strengthen this signal by rebroadcasting it telepathically to your caretakers and others star beings nearby.

Attuned as he was, waiting semi-patiently for another signal from the being in distress, Sirius was ecstatic when Arcturus reached him. He listened carefully to the rather complex message, then repeated it to himself to be certain that he wouldn't forget any important details.

When he felt confidant that he could repeat the gist of the message to Sarabi, he woke her with a clumsy mental nudge. His excitement at having received communication from another being vaporized any concern he might have felt when the human woke, flailed, and promptly fell off of the couch, landing hard.

Sarabi, there is a being called Acturus who has contacted me and asked for our help. When can we leave for the Cabrillo Inn in Santa Barbara? We must be there by 4:00 p.m., which I assume is a time measurement.

"s**t! Oh wait, yeah...."

He sensed Sarabi's sheepishness as she remembered that Sirius was in fact, a 'talking rock'. He ignored that indignity in his urgency for action, and bombarded her again.

Please, we must hurry! I heard the crystal that Arcturus was talking about, and it needs help. It's alone and frightened- we need to find it!

"The what? Oh, sorry." You're telling me that some guy you've never met just told you that he needs us to find another talking rock? And where was that again- Santa Barbara? Isn't that in California? Do you know how long, not to mention how much money, a trip like that would take?

Impatiently, Sirius interrupted her. I do not understand why it is so much trouble to help find someone in distress. Perhaps we can rest along the way to replenish your "money", but we must leave soon if it will take much time to reach our destination.

He saw her shaking her head, before she replied, To be perfectly honest, I am technically on vacation so I don't have any obligations to keep, and I suppose we could hitchhike or something, since I'm really strapped for cash. It's not like I had anything planned while I was in Vegas, but going in search of a psychic crystal-thingy doesn't sound all that relaxing to me. God, this is like something out of an eighties flick; Sarabi finds a mysterious talking rock, who guides her on a quest to find another lost one 'of his kind'. She sighed. I guess you don't get many opportunities to help a talking, inanimate object on a rescue mission, though.... Go ahead and tell that Arky-whatever guy that we'll help him out if he's really serious, 'kay?

Sirius decided not to correct her, Acturus had after all sent him a message, not the other way around, and he doubted very much that the other had not been serious. Cautiously he probed for the source of the signal, and once he had found it, sent out his own message. Hello? I...received your message. I don't really know who you are, but it sounds like there really are others out there like me.... He trailed off, feeling stupid for pointing out the obvious. After a moment or two of silence, he realized that he'd rather sound stupid than rude, and that he'd better not risk losing this chance of communication. Tentatively, he began again. I'd like to help if I can. Is...that okay? He stopped there, furious with himself for sounding so weak and unsure. Why would Acturus (whoever he was) want the help of a crystal so hesitant? Anxiously, he awaited the other's reply.