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]

he's so beautiful. we did good, didn't we? wow.

i can't believe this. i don't even know what to say, really. i didn't know, i mean, i didn't want to assume anything. i guess i hoped...

are we going to try again? you want to?

[osmic]

we did. we did really good

it took a while. im sorry you had to wait so long

yes. i do

[hapertas]

you did good! you're brave.

don't apologize, ok? i would wait a thousand years if i knew was waiting with you.

and i want to, right? that feels weird to ask.

[osmic]

you made me brave

i would never make you wait that long

yeah. you said it first

[hapertas]

does that mean i was able to share some of the courage you gave me?

i know. that's another reason i wouldn't mind waiting. you're always there for me. you never let me down.

i did? really? i sound... better. am i better now? i hope so, for you and for our son.

[osmic]

you were

we both are. we worked really hard to get here

[hapertas]

i'm glad. i'm really, really glad.

and so happy! neve, we have a child. that's the most amazing thing i've ever heard!

we love him so much, right? so much. i can't stop looking at his picture now.

[osmic]

he's everything to us.

do you want... do you want to see more?

[hapertas]

before i do, i have to ask you something.

[osmic]

okay

[hapertas]

i can't remember this happened later. i'll have to forget.

[osmic]

right

you think it might cause problems?

[hapertas]

it feels like it wouldn't be right. it's not that i'm unhappy knowing now! it's...

a treasure. it's special.

but i have to get there the way i did before, if that makes sense.

[osmic]

yeah.

it makes sense

[hapertas]

but it's ok to talk about it for now, i think. if it's ok with you...

if you don't mind sharing. i'd love to see more pictures of him. please?

[osmic]

of course. hes yours, i could never... never keep him from you

here. this one i took just now, like the earlier one

[ baby minsu is still playing, this time with a teething toy held to his mouth. ]

and heres more

[ he starts by oldest first. the very first picture of him, still all pruney and clutching neve's finger, then a few days old in dash's arms, an addition to a sling made so he can hold him securely, then a picture of minsu crawling, a selfie of them kissing each one one of minsu's cheeks, one picture of minsu's pudgy little arms tight around dash's neck and cheek to cheek, and a last one a half eaten cake with a 6 months candle on it in the foreground, baby minsu with the biggest smile and cake icing all around his mouth, sticky hands caught in a clap by the camera. ]

[hapertas]

he's so beautiful.

he looks like you. that's so amazing. he's so amazing. i can't believe he's ours. i mean, i can't believe we get to do this together.

i can't wait until i'm there, holding him.

you said ten months, right? he looks so small in the first picture. in all of them, really. but he's still grown a lot, hasn't he?

[osmic]

i think he looks like you.

you hold him a lot. he loves it when you hold him

he grows up so fast, we talk about that a lot. looking at pictures of him from 3 weeks ago... we can see how much he's grown

[hapertas]

you do? is it the nose? i can sort of see my nose there.

it's amazing he looks like us. i still can't believe he's ours. you're so good, neve. i got so lucky.

so lucky.

looking at him now, i don't know how i ever put him down. and we've definitely gotten a lot of pictures, right? we should take lots. every day.

[osmic]

yeah. and he's... i dont know. he reminds me of you

i didnt want it any other way.

so many

[ screenshot of his camera roll, which is literally only pictures of their baby. ]

[hapertas]

does he? i hope you kiss his cheeks a lot.

did you decide on it and then come to me? is that how it happened?

neve, they're all wonderful. and this is pretty cute, you know? you're a proud parent.

[osmic]

every day

yes. i asked if you wanted a family

im obsessed.

[hapertas]

good. he has cute cheeks. i'd want to be kissing them constantly!

and what did i say? i mean, i know what i said. i think i know. but can you tell me anyway?

you're his parent, i think you're allowed! plus, he's clearly the cutest kid that ever lived, so it's perfectly understandable, i think.

[osmic]

you do. he likes that

you said you did, but you wanted to be sure i did too. i think i really... surprised you

youre always enabling me. we had to make a pact not to go check on him every 2 minutes when hes sleeping though

[hapertas]

does he laugh a lot? it looks like he laughs a lot. i hope that's true.

really? i can imagine. i've not thought about it much as of now. maybe a little, since sage and minsu are having their baby soon. but i didn't think of it for us.

are we even sticking to that at all?