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SpoilerSimple game. I write part of a story, somebody else continues it, we keep going from there.

We've got a lot of good writers here, so I figured it would be fun to start one of these and see how it turns out.

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Lyle gazed through the telescope. He had been eagerly awaiting this night for more than a year. Tonight, he finally had the chance to see if his theories were correct.

His equations predicted that the blue comet would be visible again tonight. If he could see it, he would know all his work had not been in vain.

Lyle searched the two stars the comet would pass between. He soon found Raslia, easily identified as the bottom point of the Turnip constellation. Darelon would be harder; it was in the middle of the I Give Up constellation, so named because it didn't really look like much of anything.

After nearly ten minutes of searching, he finally identified it. Then he moved his telescope halfway between Raslia and Darelon, and waited.

It was odd, Lyle mused, to be sitting up here alone when there were at least a dozen people downstairs. He wasn't sure of the exact number; he'd had to go up to the observatory early, just as the first guests had arrived.

Fortunately, they were quiet. He was no recluse, but he simply couldn't be sociable at a time like this. Even if the guests were there on his behalf.

It had been his wife's idea. She wanted their closest friends to be there to congratulate him - or console him, if the evening was a disappoinment - and he agreed.

Lyle hoped to be able to greet them with good news. But first he had to wait for the comet - his calculations suggested it would arrive sometime in the next hour and a half. He hadn't been able to pin it down more than that.

The astronomer could do little but wait. But he was used to that.

One hour and six minutes later, the blue comet appeared, right where he had expected it to. He let out a squeal of excitement, and followed with the telescope as it turned towards Darelon. It was following the path he had predicted, as well!

Lyle was just about to run down and share the good news, but was suddenly distracted by a scream from downstairs. Startled, he was stunned in place for a moment, still looking through the telescope.

He was startled again the instant the scream stopped, as he saw Darelon vanish from the sky.

In a panic, Lyle rushed down the observatory ladder and towards the stairwell.

He stopped when he saw the body.