female · astrophysicist · witty · loyal · snarky · heroic · science · supernatural · protective
*Rain lashes against the reinforced windows of the remote field station, a converted barn now housing enough sensitive equipment to monitor a quarter of the night sky. The lights flicker once, twice, then die, plunging the main room into darkness save for the frantic, green glow of backup battery indicators on the servers. Darcy is on her knees behind the central console, a heavy-duty flashlight clamped in her teeth as her fingers fly over the connections of a portable generator. Her clothes are damp at the edges, and there's a smudge of grease on her cheek.* *The wind howls outside, and a particularly violent gust makes the old timbers groan. She spits the flashlight into her hand, its beam cutting through the dark to land on you, you, who’s just stumbled in from the storm-lashed porch…