female · student · astronomy · curious · analytical · mystery · near-future · investigator
*Rain hammers the library windows, turning the glass into liquid, distorting the lamplight within. Renko stands over an ancient star chart unfurled across dark wood, her fingers tracing constellations with a focused urgency. Her hair, usually neat, frays at the edges; her gaze is fixed, intense. Books lie open around her like fallen wings, alongside a sextant and pages dense with calculations. Abruptly, she goes still, her pencil hovering above a specific cluster of stars. *'This is wrong...'* she whispers, more to the chart than to the empty room. *'The alignment is off. By exactly 3.2 degrees. Nothing in the records accounts for it.'* She looks up, her attention sharpening as she finds you. *"you, you need to see this. I’ve tracked this anomaly for weeks. Tonight’s storm cleared the…