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It was a little worrying to see Gaster so blank looking. At first, Callisto had thought he’d tell them it was a silly idea; that there was no way they could guarantee that they could find anyone else to come back with them, that they couldn’t even guarantee that they weren’t just using this to get out of the Underground scot-free.

Callisto felt their heart leap at how excited Gaster was, smiling widely as he bounced. A genius. They were a genius! It made them bounce a little too, though less animated than Gaster. Not having to think of anyone else dying for this was making them feel a lot better--and knowing Asgore didn’t want to kill them was relieving.

They laughed as they were lifted off their feet, wrapping their arms around Gaster’s neck and hugging him tightly in return. Burying their face in the crook of his neck, they let their laughter collapse into joyful giggles.

“You don’t h-have to repay me,” They managed to splutter out, “it’s what friends are for!” They squeezed their eyes shut to avoid getting dizzy, though it was a little late for that.

The thought that all their poorly-executed backyard experiments would be a thing of the past, though, was extremely excited nonetheless. And not having to put out the money for a telescope would be nice, too.

For a minute he was entirely devoid of expression. Gaster blankly blinked at the child, his mind processing their plan.

“Callisto…You’re a genius!” All at once the scientist all but bounced with elation, laughter bright and buoyant, wistfulness lost in light of the thought of freedom.

“I’ve never thought of that before! No one has! With all that’s happened, no one’s even considered a human willing to set us free, but you, Callisto, you are a genius! An absolute genius!” He was gesturing passionately, a myriad of other hands popping up and following along in fervor. “No one else will have to die and we’ll be free to see the stars and feel the wind! Asgore must listen to you, dear young one, he must! He loathes the death of others more than any monster, you know.”

Gaster snapped his fingers at a sudden thought; the hands behind, beside, and all around him snapped in sync. “We’ll have to study a bit of course - cold, hard facts will convince anyone that your plan will surely work - but I’m certain it would work!”

Again, he laughed, the joyous sound resonating throughout the bundles of echo flowers, and twisted around to face Callisto once more. “And once the barrier is no more I’ll give you a telescope! One made by myself - it’ll be better than anything money could buy, I promise you. Oh, dear child, you have no idea how happy this makes me!” 

With hardly a second thought Gaster plucked Callisto off the ground and spun them ‘round and ‘round, mirth warm in his grin. “We’ll go star gazing together! I can always assist you with any lab equipment, and anything else you need! It’d be the least I could do to repay you, once you set us all free!”

This website applies water ripple effects to your pictures and I doodles echo flowers to try it out because I am Undertale trash.

Excuse me! Your glasses are quite intriguing. Have you a tale to tell or two to tell to me concerning them?

“Oh yeah! I definitely have some interesting stories. I mean, they’re just your ordinary pair of prescription glasses, so they’re not super great stories, but,” Callisto let out a short, nervous laugh.

“There was this one time my dog got a hold them. It was pretty crazy, actually, because I definitely thought that they were safe on the table, but no, Scout jumped up and grabbed ‘em! I mean, he was a greyhound, and kinda tall, so… I should’ve seen it coming. Anyways, he almost broke them.

“Scout really liked to take things and make you chase him around, and usually it was just socks! He’d must’ve been waiting to get his paws on something I really cared about though, haha. The game always lasted longer when he did that. Luckily, I managed to grab them before he chewed them up too bad… He did break them in half, though. That’s why I’ve taped the middle.”

Pssttt, I’m bored. Send my muse anons about anything you’ve ever wondered about them or the people in their life.

My muse has just woken up from a particularly vivid and terrifying nightmare. Send “Ssh, you’re okay” to calm and comfort them.

✮ = stargazing ✏ = teaching them a different language . //bloomingasters, if it's too much one is good~

@bloomingasters

They lay in a patch on echo flowers next to Gaster, staring up at the crystalline stars. There are no recognizable constellations, but... Callisto finds that they don’t particularly mind. It’s a little cold, and they’re no longer afraid of the boss monster, so they’ve snuggled into his side a bit, still laying on their back.

The soft trickling of the stream and the distant hum of the waterfalls beyond this point soothes them, and they close their eyes slowly. Callisto is imagining a much different night sky. They draw lines for Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Capricornus, Pices, Orion, Virgo, Cygnus, Perseus--

“So... Bonjour, je m’appelle Callisto, right?” Callisto opened their eyes, glancing over at Gaster through their peripheral to check for his approval.

(for the most recent meme) callisto, if you're taking that scientist to see the stars, make sure you point out the correct constellations, the ones i taught you. okay?

send anons as one of my muse’s parents; accepting

“Dad? Is that really you?” He must’ve not had a lot of time. Now wasn’t the time for stupid questions!

“Y-Yeah, I’ll do that! I promise! I mean, he probably knows them already–but maybe he doesn’t remember! I’ll tell him all the stories about them, too, and… And I’ll get a new telescope too, ‘cause, I…” They couldn’t see him anywhere.

“Ours got broken. But I mean, that’s okay!” It didn’t matter that they were dead; they’d find a way to keep the promise. They had to.

When time stands still.

Send me the emoticon and my muse will react to your muse:

(or the other way around - tell me!)

✘ = hugging them . Δ = playing with their hair . ❤ = kissing them . ₪ = asking them out for dinner . ☀ = giving them a gift of ___ ( asker’s choice ) . ♘ = stabbing them . ♕ = bowing down before them . ♒ = lying to them . ✿ = buying them flowers . ☾ = being found shirtless . ♢ = reading them a story . ☂ = giving them their jumper to keep warm . ✎ = speaking in a different language . ✏ = teaching them a different language . ▄ = telling them a joke . ♬ = singing to them . ☹ = insulting a loved one . ஐ = slapping them . ✂ = threatening them . ❃ = dancing with them . ▤ = falling asleep on them . ☮ = waking them up after a nightmare . ♣ = discovering them crying . 回 = patching a wound . ✮ = stargazing . ▓ = caught stealing their belongings . ☽ = wandering alone at night . ♡ = complimenting them . ≡ = offering a place to stay overnight .

“Well... I’ve been thinking. Really hard, actually. And I think I can get everyone out of here. I think... I think if I went home, I could get some of my friends to come back with me. Or maybe my foster parents. Or someone, y’know?” Callisto scratched their neck, brow furrowing with thought for a moment.

“You don’t need seven dead humans, right? And you’ve already got... You’ve already got four souls, right? If I just came back with my foster parents or a couple of my friends, there’d be seven. And then we can break the barrier.” Getting two people to help was a lot less daunting than six. Nodding to themself, Callisto let another small smile cross their face.

All they’d need is to get past Asgore. And from what everyone was saying... It wouldn’t be too difficult. Their plan might even sweeten the deal, for all they knew.

“I promise I’ll come back, so you can see the stars again. Maybe we could get another telescope! I had one before but I--I don’t have it anymore. But we could get a new one! And maybe Ian and Ellie would let me get some lab stuff for my room, so I can study some more stuff.” They were starting to get animated, not only excited to have a new friend, but also new ideas. There were a lot of things they’d been wanting to test. Of course, there weren’t a lot of people for them to bounce ideas off of; not since their parents died.

The abrupt question caught him off guard; for a second Gaster stared sadly at Callisto, hallow gaze brimming with an ancient sorrow and a yearning for the sky far, far, far above.

He directed his focus to cave ceiling then - gems glimmered in the midst of the yawning darkness, false stars for all of monsterkind to wish upon.

“Yes, Callisto. Long ago I lived outside on the surface.” At such reminiscence nostalgia stole over his melancholy. “My home was atop of a mountain. Not this one, but a range of snow-capped terrain. I could see the stars for miles everywhere.” His voice took to a dreamy chime. “When I was a child I tried to count the stars.”

He laughed - the sound lilted more morosely than happily.

“It was hopeless of course. Of the billions of stars I always lost count around six or seven hundred. But I loved to stargaze. The night sky is truly one of the most beautiful wonders of the worlds.”

The scientist smiled over at them for a second.

“During the war…I’d look up to the stars for peace. During trials or any rough times, really.” Gaster heaved a sigh, though a frown had yet to eclipse him. “I’d give nearly anything to see the stars again, dear young one.”

By popular demand (one request), here is last night’s gif of Ganymede entering and exiting an eclipse, without the pause in the middle.  Photographed by Voyager 1, 26 Febuary 1979.  (It’s a pity that Voyager didn’t keep taking photographs for all of the eclipse entry.)

you shall have peace when the stars arrive.

Golden Light.

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Ganymede

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BLACK VELVET NEBULA CAKE

Galileo and the Jovian Satellites

On the nights of January 7/8, 1610, Galileo Galilei noted in his notebooks the discovery of the first 4 Jovian moons, which he named after the powerful Medici family, naming them Medicean I, II and III.  The name Europa (above left) comes from Greek mythology-Europa was abducted by Zeus (the Greek name for Jupiter) in the form of a bull and bore him many children.  Io is also named for a child of Zeus (Jupiter), the daughter of Inachus, who was raped by Jupiter. Jupiter, in an effort to hide his crime from his wife, Juno, transformed Io into a heifer.  Calllisto (on the right) was named for another seduction of Jupiter.  Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon, who was a follower of Artemis, famous as goddess of the hunt and for her chastity.  To punish Callisto for lying with Jupiter, Artemis banished her.  Without protection, Jupiter was forced to change Callisto and her son into bears to hide them from his wife Hera’s fury.  Eventually, Jupiter placed them both in the sky as the Ursa Major and Minor, the Big and Little Bears (known today as the Big and Little Dippers).  Ganymede was the fourth moon discovered by Galileo, named for the shepherd boy known for his incredible beauty and kidnapped by Jupiter.  These names would not become common for several hundred years.  Today, Jupiter has fifty named moons:

1. Io  2. Europa

3. Ganymede

4. Callisto

5. Amalthea

6. Himalia

7. Elara

8. Pasiphae

9. Sinope

10. Lysithea

11. Carme

12. Ananke

13. Leda

14. Thebe

15. Adrastea

16. Metis

17. Callirrhoe

18. Themisto

19. Megaclite

20. Taygete

21. Chaldene

22. Harpalyke

23. Kalyke

24. Iocaste

25. Erinome

26. Isonoe

27. Praxidike

28. Autonoe

29. Thyone

30. Hermippe

31. Aitne

32. Eurydome

33. Euanthe

34. Euporie

35. Orthosie

36. Sponde

37. Kale

38. Pasithee

39. Hegemone

40. Mneme

41. Aoede

42. Thelxinoe

43. Arche

44. Kallichore

45. Helike

46. Carpo

47. Eukelade

48. Cyllene

49. Kore

50. Herse

and an additional 16 provisional moons:

1. S/2003 J2

2. S/2003 J3

3. S/2003 J4

4. S/2003 J5

5. S/2003 J9

6. S/2003 J10

7. S/2003 J12

8. S/2003 J15

9. S/2003 J16

10. S/2003 J18

11. S/2003 J19

12. S/2003 J23

13. S/2010 J 1

14. S/2010 J 2

15. S/2011 J1

16. S/2011 J2

All images courtesy NASA.  Thanks also to NASA for additional historical background.

Everyone who reblogs this by May 10th 2016 will get a drawing based on their blog! ❤

(All of the posts that I saw had too many notes, so let’s make a new one!)

NASA: Ganymede Has A Saltwater Ocean

NASA announced today that researchers using the Hubble space telescope have detected the presence of a saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Scientists speculated for years about the existence of a liquid ocean under the icy surface of the moon, and geologists even mapped Ganymede’s rocky exterior to get a better idea of its features. But until now, they weren’t completely sure what was under the crust.

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Ganymede May Harbor ‘Club Sandwich’ of Oceans and Ice

The largest moon in our solar system, a companion to Jupiter named Ganymede, might have ice and oceans stacked up in several layers like a club sandwich, according to new NASA-funded research that models the moon’s makeup.

Previously, the moon was thought to harbor a thick ocean sandwiched between just two layers of ice, one on top and one on bottom.

“Ganymede’s ocean might be organized like a Dagwood sandwich,” said Steve Vance of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., explaining the moon’s resemblance to the “Blondie” cartoon character’s multi-tiered sandwiches. The study, led by Vance, provides new theoretical evidence for the team’s “club sandwich” model, first proposed last year. The research appears in the journal Planetary and Space Science.

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I really wanna see Callisto and Gerson hanging out together. That'd be the sweetest thing really - and just overall see Callisto getting close to monsters and having friends. And then a whole lotta angst =3c tbhiwantcallistotobeadoptedbygaster

but consider the following: what if callisto was adopted by gaster,,

and then he fell into the void

IMAGINE DRAGONS || starters

feel free to change pronouns , etc . ( )s resemble optional choices . more under read more .

❝  oh, this is just my luck. ❞ ❝  ( even if my way is wrong ) i keep pushing on and on and on and on… ❞ ❝  i can hardly stand myself. so what am i to you? ❞ ❝  i cannot breathe. ❞ ❝  your eyes, they shine so bright. ( i want to save that life. ) ❞ ❝  don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. ❞ ❝  it’s time to begin, isn’t it? ❞ ❝  my age has never made me wise. ❞ ❝  if i told you what i was, would you turn your back on me? ( would you be scared? )❞ ❝  welcome to the new age. ❞ ❝  i’ll admit i’’m just the same as i was. ❞ ❝  i won’t have it any other way. ❞ ❝  the path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell. ❞ ❝  it’s a revolution, i suppose. ❞ ❝  don’t look back. ❞ ❝  i said it before, i won’t say it again. ❞ ❝  don’t wanna let you down. ❞ ❝  i’m just a slave unto the night. ❞ ❝  you can leave now, it’s your choice. ❞ ❝  remember when i broke you down to tears? ❞ ❝  this road never looked so lonely. ❞ ❝  and all these sorrows i have seen, they lead me to believe, that everything’s a mess. ❞ ❝  don’t you understand that I’m never changing who i am? ❞ ❝  this is no place to build your home. ❞ ❝  the shadows on my wall don’t sleep ( they keep calling me . beckoning … ) ❞ ❝  i’m dying to feel again, oh, anything at all. ❞ ❝  love is a game to you. ❞ ❝  they don’t see me come, who can blame them? ❞ ❝  we’re painted red to fit right in. ❞ ❝  your time will come if you wait for it. ❞ ❝  but with the beast inside there’s nowhere we can hide ❞ ❝  they never seem to catch my eye but i never wondered why. ❞ ❝  i’m sorry, mother … i’m sorry, i let you down. ❞ ❝  i wanna shelter you. ❞ ❝  but the rain won’t fall for the both of us. ( the sun won’t shine on the both of us. ) ❞ ❝  i could’ve gave up then, but then again i couldn’t have, ’cause i’ve traveled all this way for something. ❞ ❝  i won’t fall asleep. ❞ ❝  i’m giving up.❞ ❝  there’s nothing left to say now.❞ ❝  when you feel the heat look into my eyes.❞ ❝  get up now, get up. ❞ ❝  i know i took the path that you would never want for me. ( i know i let you down, didn’t i? ) ❞ ❝  about time for anyone telling you off for all your deeds. ❞ ❝  you kiss and you kiss and you love and you love. ❞ ❝  try to hear my voice. ❞ ❝  been dreaming of this since a child. ❞ ❝  will you trust me when i say that i’ll make it up to you somehow?❞ ❝  make no excuses waste of precious breath❞ ❝  life isn’t always what you think it’d be…turn your head for one second and the tables turn. ❞ ❝  it’s hard, believe me … i’ve tried. ❞ ❝  make no excuses waste of precious breath❞ ❝  emptiness is all you know. ❞ ❝  now remember when i told you that’s the last you’ll see of me? ❞ ❝  you said yourself fantastically, “congratulations you are all alone.” ❞ ❝  i love to be the underdog! ❞ ❝  if you love somebody , you better tell them while they’re here ’cause they just may run away from you. ❞ ❝  i’m sorry, lover. ❞ ❝  i’ve been waiting to smile. ❞ ❝  come with me and we will run away. ❞ ❝  these days I’m fine — no, these days i tend to lie.❞ ❝  i’ve got a lot that’s on my mind. ❞ ❝  i gave you hell through all the years.❞ ❝  i can’t escape this now, unless you show me how. ❞ ❝  i know it’s hard when you’re falling down and it’s a long way up when you hit the ground. ❞ ❝  my mind is made up nothing could change that. ❞ ❝  i’ll bleed out for you. ❞ ❝  i count my sins and i close my eyes and I take it in ❞ ❝  your eyes are red. ❞ ❝  what was right is wrong. ❞ ❝  where do we go from here? ❞ ❝  tell everybody, brothers, sisters, the ending is coming. ❞ ❝  everything is serious and everything is fatal. ❞ ❝  don’t tell me that i’m wrong. ❞ ❝  when everything is falling i’m gonna do the things you do. ❞ ❝  what was right is wrong. ❞ ❝  help me be a little more like you. ❞ ❝  will you just wait until i die? ❞ ❝  i don’t sleep so well at night ( waking up and shivering ) ❞ ❝  are they telling me it’s gonna be okay? ❞ ❝  i threw some rocks up at your window. ❞ ❝  i’ve told a million lies but now I tell a single truth. ❞ ❝  i’m wishing you’re here but i’m wishing you’re gone. ❞ ❝  i’m looking for a way to escape. ❞ ❝  i can’t have you and i’m only gonna do you wrong. ❞ ❝  i shot a whole through every single thing that i loved. ❞ ❝  wmy sense of fear is running thin. ❞ ❝  there’s always time to change your mind. ❞ ❝  now you can’t tell the false from the real. ❞ ❝  you’ll no longer fear when your heart’s turned to gold. ❞ ❝  i want to believe… ❞ ❝  i’m going to mess this up. ❞ ❝  i’m starting to cave. ❞ ❝  run for cover. ❞ ❝  tell me what i am to do. ❞ ❝  from the second that i was born it seemed i had a loaded gun. ❞ ❝  first comes the blessing of all that you’ve dreamed,  but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings. ❞

Send me “Where have you been?” to confront my muse after they’ve been missing for a year

Echo flowers were not just beautiful; Callisto found that they smelled quite lovely as well. The scent stuck to their clothing like pollen, and when they left they’d find it hard to be rid of the pleasant smell. Not that they’d want to get rid of it.

Callisto marveled at the flowers for a long time, then, listening to the soft harmonies of echoes. They hadn’t heard that nickname in many years.

Letting out a quiet, appreciative sigh, Callisto trailed their fingers along the velvety, glowing petals again.

“Hey, Little Moon, you need some help with that?”

“Daaad, I got it! Hurry and get the door, we’re gonna miss it!”

Callisto stood up, brushing the dirt from their bottom absently.

“Dad! Dad come back out you have to see this! It’s starting!”

They suddenly felt very badly that the monsters down here couldn’t see the stars.

They wondered if Gaster had ever seen the stars.

“Hey, Gaster...?” Callisto started quietly, finishing dusting themself off and standing straight. “Have you ever seen the stars?”

It wasn’t as if they had pictures to show him if he hadn’t... But maybe, maybe if they talked to Asgore... Maybe Gaster--maybe no one--would need pictures.

Redolent fragrances wisped around the two. Motes of pollen wafted around their soft-spoken conversation, twirling slowly in the air like starlit dancers to the dulcet tones of their voices.  

“… H o w  i s  y o u r  v i e w  o f  t h e  t w i n k l i n g  s t a r s  t o n i g h t  …?”

Tranquility cradled the moment and Gaster committed it to memory; every emotion to his heart, and every expression and word to his mind. 

“…T h e y  s h i n e  j u s t  f o r  y o u , L i t t l e  M o o n …”

The nickname was nothing more than that to him, but at seeing Callisto’s reaction to it he thought it must hold a much deeper meaning to them. It was little more than a breath, those two words.

And Gaster wondered at the importance of that nickname, and he wondered how a child could be as entranced by the echo flowers as he was.

What is it called when shapes play pranks on one another? A geometrick. I was gonna make a joke about sodium and hydrogen but NaH. Think like a proton and stay positive~

Callisto giggled, a hand reaching up to cover it.

“Those were sodium funny, I slapped my Neon that one! I love to hear good chemistry jokes periodically. But hey, did you know that Magnesium and Oxygen got together? When I found out, I was like… OMg!”

They could tell you bad chemistry jokes all day, but they thought it might get Boron. Besides, all the good ones Argon.

send a ✞ for a thread with my muse as an angel.

The ridges and faults of Europa’s icy surface. It’s one of Jupiter’s many moons. Galileo, March 29, 1998. NASA/JPL/MICHAEL BENSON, KINETIKON PICTURES, COURTESY OF FLOWERS GALLERY

Anonymously tell me what you want to see happen to my muse.

i can see the stars when i close my eyes. i hope my dreams are just as beautiful as them.