“And in the grand scheme of things, when all has come to an end, I don’t care to find solace or peace - I just care to find you.”
Hello, I’m Astro Star! Conductor of Astro’s Astronomical Express! In my time off, I don't do much, other than--s̸̪͗̚ú̸̟͛̌͟b̸̭̺̭̈́̿̊j̵̙̪̆̽̅̏̐e̷̪̱̣̽̎̄c̴͗̊̿͟͝t̷͖͕̀̀̇ĩ̵̧̫͂n̷͙̥̞̈́͆͌̎͟ģ̷̺̮̤̱͐̂̚ ̶̰͎̓͜͝͠m̵̺̜̯̦͑̎̏͆ỳ̶̓̒ŝ̴͓̊̚ê̴̲̕l̶̢͎͉͍̦̏̈́f̶͇͗͛̕ ̶̬̥̟̊̂t̴̛̩̪̺͘ó̶̧̧̜̙͒̒͡ ̶͖͍̳̞̺̏̇t̸̋̓̕̚h̶̦͌̐͆͝ę̸̛͈̋͆͠ ̶̹͓̪̻̮̅̋̑̕h̸͍̟̺͈̓̈́ô̸͙̂̏͆̔ŗ̸̩̾͝r̵̯̠̠̝̐̌͆͡o̵͇͑̄̇ͅṙ̷̨͉̺̀̄̀s̷̡̘͇͖̀̆͂͐̈́ ̸̛̭̂̈́ơ̷̛̯͆͑̚f̴̼͛ ̸̯̰̞̱̐̌̆̆͆l̴͒̉̊͊ͅȉ̷̢͎̆f̶̲̬̥̪̌̃̊̓e̷͖̟̯͚̔̓́̄͘ ̵͕̮̕a̵͔͒͒ǹ̶̡̛d̴̆͟ ̶̟͍͇̙͗d̸̳̓̚͝͝ė̷̛̹̰̱̟a̶̧͔̫͌͆̚͟͡ţ̵̬̰͊h̸͉͍͍͊́͌͘.̸̨̨̭̋̔̀... Uh, ignore that! I just... y'know, read, I guess.
Astro Star’s Lore
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Astro Star's fingers press against the blood seeping from them. His hands claw open the gates to celestia, his teeth gritting as the blood smears on his clothes.There is no sound in this celestial heaven--not even the sounds of the deceased. But there is feeling, and he feels Celestia rejecting his presence in such a sacred place."Bubub, do you hear me!?" The boy screeches, outstretching his hand towards the ever brightening light. "I'm coming back for you! Just you wait!
Astro Star is a human first and foremost, but most think he isn’t—after all, the ears say otherwise. What he’s known for now is his train titled the: Astro’s Astronomical Express that goes across the globe and then some. It can fly, it can go underwater, and most importantly? It's always got passengers! If you ever need a destination, Astro’s Astronomical Express can definitely take you there!Rumors say Astro is ambitious and does this purely for financial gain (he really does overcharge those tickets! Gnarly!) but deep inside there is something that craves to fill the void lost forever inside his heart.For as long as time can remember, and aslong as Astro Star can even remember, there’s only ever been one thing that believed in him, one person that’s shown him what makes life worth living despite the unspoken turmoil that plagued his mind from birth (that he rarely talks about. In fact, no one really knows what this turmoil is other than a select few). Despite this, he never knew what sadness was, never remembered a day he cried, until this person finally went away.His pet fox, not a person at all, code-named Bubub (buh-bub). Bubub had lived a long life, more than what was considered normal (a whoopin 20+ years, woah!) but he dies because heaven decided to come calling for him.For the first and only time, Astro Star experiences loss. His unspoken mental anguish intensifies. Bubub had been his bandaid for all this time. And without him? It had finally been ripped off. Ironically, it’s around this time that he decides to meet other people; people that he loves and care for, people that care and appreciate him.It’s almost like life played a silly prank on him. They rip away a bandaid just to put on a new one. And Astro Star was angry. Why does he live happily after his friend passes away? His treasure is gone, and yet all these good things happen without Bubub here to witness it?So he declares war on the celestial heavens, and through various attempts of reviving his lost pet, he finally was able to connect Bubub to a part of himself in some unexplainable way, hence the ears that he now has.Astro Star still feels a piece of himself missing, and he still works hard to bring his pet back into a body of his own. But at least in the dead of night, while Astro Star’s body is asleep, Bubub can seperate his connection from Astro, and scour the land in a spiritual foxen form. Even then, Astro is denied time with his dear friend—how cruel a joke it is to make them be together in someway, only for their interactions to be possible when Astro Star is asleep.Of course, the story doesn’t stop there. In Astro Star’s freetime, he raids the celestial grounds around the world using his powers of turmoil, provoking them as he gazes up and swears to the celestial heavens that he’ll get up there and rewrite the rules about life and death.