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

[hapertas]

right, but i don't want it to have that kind of implication! wouldn't that be weird? they're so little.

[minsu]

[little...ah! jin and sungki, it must be.]

i don't think it's weird! they're already so sweet with each other. just the other day i caught them playing hide and seek!

[hapertas]

really? wow, i wouldn't have guessed they'd be doing that already. ah, they're so smart, minsu!

[minsu]

i was surprised to see them doing that instead of what i usually catch them doing - kissing!

[hapertas]

they're kissing?!!!!

[minsu]

all the time!

but that is what we were all hoping for when he came, right?

[hapertas]

did you talk to neve about this? i don't remember us talking about that...

i'm not sure how i feel about the whole arranged relationship thing. isn't it like we're interfering?

[minsu]

i didn't really talk to anyone about it, i tried to stay out of it.

i think it's ok as long as they like each other! sure, they're young, but they seem to know what they're doing.

[hapertas]

minsu, they're really, really young. i'm not sure they always know what they want for breakfast.

i know, because i end up wearing a lot of it...

but if they're happy, then i'm happy, of course. nothing makes me happier.

[minsu]

wearing it?

they seem really happy! in fact, i bet in another year or two, i'll be planning the menu for another "garden party".

[hapertas]

you know, when they get it into their heads to start throwing things.

whoa, whoa, whoa. garden party? you mean for their birthdays, right?

[minsu]

i've never seen that side of either of them. that's surprising!

no, like you and neve had! for their wedding.

[hapertas]

i know for a fact you had carrots on your shirt for that very reason this morning, minsu!

i'm starting to think we're not talking about the same thing, unless you really do want to marry off your toddler...

[minsu]

[he's starting to get more confused now. about the carrots, and especially about the toddler that he doesn't yet have.

but his initial reaction is still the same.]

my precious baby?? absolutely not, jin and sungki will have to go ahead and marry each other!

[hapertas]

jin and sungki??

wait, you were talking about... ooooh. i feel so much better! i thought you were planning our kids' wedding, minsu! whew, my heart was going a mile a minute there.

[minsu]

but what kids? she's not born yet.

soon though!

[hapertas]

jiyun, your daughter. are you guys pregnant again?

[minsu]

i

let me go ask sage.





no, he says it's still just the one and she's not here yet.

[hapertas]

you're telling me you haven't had your daughter yet. the same one who is playing with my son right now?

[minsu]

i promise it's the truth!

but somehow i believe you too.

[hapertas]

i'm sure there's some kind of explanation, right?

[minsu]

well, the swamp is a really magical place. and ancient. even sage doesn't understand everything about it.

if something happened, it could only be because the swamp allowed it. which is a good sign...i think.

my baby. she's with you?

[hapertas]

that's true. i know a few strange things have happened to us over the years.

i'll take you at your word, minsu. i trust you. and i trust everything will be ok.

she is. with me and minsu. my son, minsu, i mean.

[minsu]

and she's ok? she's healthy and everything? and sage too?

and you have a son named minsu?!

[if the creek outside the window looks higher than it used to, that's because minsu in the past has started to cry.]

[hapertas]

they're both healthy and well. you've got nothing to worry about, minsu. they're really strong! both of them!

yes, we do. he was so cute when we first saw him, what else could we do but give him that name?