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

[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?

[minsu]

oh

i'm so happy, i can't stop

is she playing nicely with him? does she remember to share? tell her that it's important to share!

[hapertas]

you've always been so cute, minsu. i like you a lot, you know? and love you, too.

i think they have an agreement about sharing. they're smart kids.

[minsu]

i love you too. and her! tell her that i love her, and i can't wait to meet her! that she and daddy are the last things i think about at night and the first that i think about when i open my eyes.

and give minsu a hug and kiss from me! dash, how- i didn't even know that that was something you and neve were thinking about.

[hapertas]

i'll tell her all about it, i promise. everything you said. you have my word.

and i'll give my little min a hug and kiss from you, too.

it took awhile. i mean, we didn't decide on we were ready right away. minsu's a bit younger than your daughter.