time travel texting.

[hapertas]

THE BIG FAT TIME TRAVEL TEXTING MEME.

How does it work?
- You post your top-level as usual.
- People reply, but the catch is, magical shenanigans intervene and poof! You're getting a text from someone you know, but it's 3 years too early or 10 years too late! What spoilers will you learn? Will you accidentally reveal some of your own?
- You can use this to explore forward-dated scenarios or have characters interact before they "met," or at least before one of them knows they met.
- When you reply, notate in the header when your character's tagging from.

Comments

dal.

[strewn]

1 year forward!

[cordiformed]

are you all packed and excited for tomorrow??

[the most confusing part of this text? it's in japanese.]

[strewn]

Sorry, come again?

[ He's starting sideways at his phone screen here. ]

[cordiformed]

sorry! i thought you might want a little more practice. but you must be all studied out!

are you excited about tomorrow?

[strewn]

I like to practice, but I don't know what I'm practicing here.

Or what tomorrow is. I'm sorry, did I forget something important?

[cordiformed]

don't say that, you've done great!

did you forget something important - you're so funny!

[strewn]

That's nice of you to say. I'm still sort of confused.

How should I be getting ready?

[cordiformed]

by packing! and making sure you have your passport. and maybe picking up some motion sickness medicine, just in case. i guess people can take that for plane rides.

[strewn]

I'm going on a plane?

[cordiformed]

we have to! we can't drive to japan. i don't think we could even take a boat there, the trip would be long and dangerous.

dal, have you changed your mind about going?

[strewn]

No, I want to go. Really badly.

I just don't remember when we planned all this. Something must be wrong with me.

[cordiformed]

we've been planning it for nearly a year... you learned japanese and everything.

don't worry! i'm sure it's just the excitement.

[strewn]

I've never heard of someone being so excited they forgot something that big.

[gunflowers]

baby, don't fret, but i thought i should let you know

nana fell in ten's pool. she's fine, though, i was right there, i got her out immediately. she actually seemed to really love it so i'm thinking ten could start teaching her how to swim

[strewn]

Who fell in Ten's pool?

Ten would be good at giving swimming lessons, I'm sure.

[gunflowers]

Namu. She fell in, she was walking around and she tripped right in. i was drinking iced tea and i spilled it all over myself jumping in to get her. she's still unsteady when she walks, i should have been more careful, sorry

[strewn]

Is that someone who came to the house recently? I think I must not have met her.

You did your best to help, so I don't think you need to apologize.

[gunflowers]

baby, are you okay?

[strewn]

I think so. Are you doing all right?

[gunflowers]

you're acting like you don't know who Nana is. So I'm a little concerned...

[strewn]

I'm sorry. I should've come out to introduce myself if someone new came to the house.

[gunflowers]

dal

honey

Namu's our baby girl.

[strewn]

I don't understand.

[gunflowers]

[ get yourself a picture of the three of them that was stored in myung's phone, a family selfie, with namu in between the two of them, all of them grinning happily. ]

are you ill? is it - is the work you've done with adder reversing and you're losing your memories? what's going on?

[strewn]

[ There's a long pause. ]

This can't be right. I didn't forget this. I couldn't have forgotten this.