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

[squelch]

that's so good of him. he's the best! i love him. and i love you and i wanna celebrate with you!

i dunno what's up with my head, but i wouldn't miss your special day for anything!

now, let's see, where in kwang's room would it be...

[gunflowers]

ten

a little question

what's the last thing you remember? like, about dal and i? because i still think it's weird that you've forgotten all of this, we've been talking about it for so long

[squelch]

um, let's see. well, you left and he was really, really sad about it. but then you came back! and he was really happy again.

[gunflowers]

that's the last thing you remember???

[squelch]

yep! you just got back and dal is smiling again. well, you know. he doesn't smile a lot, but you can tell he's happy. it's in his eyes.

[gunflowers]

actually you can see it with the hair, since he takes my power. but... yeah, in the eyes too. he smiles a lot more these days.

but that was a while ago, now

[squelch]

i used to think i knew all your hair colors, but since i started looking at them on dal, i'm not sure! maybe his emotions are just a little different to yours. i guess that'd make sense.

i must've hit my head really hard. something weird's going on, for sure.

[gunflowers]

he's created his own. my hair was never that golden honey blonde that he has when he's happy. that's all his.

it feels like it. i'm sorry, ten, i want to help you understand whats going on, but i have to get ready...

[squelch]

it's cute on him. but your happy hair is cute on you, too.

right, of course! i'll find kwang. he'll tell me what i did with your rings!

[gunflowers]

i prefer when he wears it

okay!!!

[squelch]

you're still so cute, myung. i'd kiss you if that were a thing we still did.

[ Some time passes. ]

uh, myung? don't get worried or anything, but kwang says he doesn't know about any rings.

[gunflowers]

my dimples are still free for all when it comes to kisses

[ that

that is not what he wanted to read. ]

fuck

today's really not the day i want to have my first panic attack in a year, huh? shit. okay.

maybe i still have them.

[squelch]

oh, whew. good! i like the sound of that!

and no, wait, sorry! i think this is good news?

in a weird way. see, kwang doesn't know about the rings. and i don't either.

i think the swamp's messing with us.

[gunflowers]

like that time when it sent messages to the wrong people? but how does it work? it's made you all forget about my wedding????

[squelch]

i think...

you might be texting me from the future! i think that's it.

[gunflowers]

that's impossible. isn't it??? i feel like it should be impossible!

[squelch]

think about it! it makes sense. you should look for me in the house. or wait, i'll tell you where i am now, and you check!

[gunflowers]

okay? tell me where you are, then

[squelch]

okay, i'm in kwang's room!! find me!

[gunflowers]

[ a little time passes. ]

okay, so you're in there, yeah, but you're in there with kwang, and from the sounds i can hear through the door, you're most definitely not looking for rings...

[squelch]

aww, future me is having all the fun!

i'm definitely here alone right now. [ Here's a picture of the room, just Ten by his lonesome, lip sticking out. ]

[gunflowers]

[ Have an audio clip in answer, of what is definitely Ten sex noises. ]

i'm going to leave, now, that was the creepiest thing i've ever done

but also that means that you have an excuse for not having the rings, but meanwhile, the you of now for me is busy getting his rocks off instead of getting ready for my wedding

[squelch]

wow, i'm loud.

don't worry, it's all between friends! and me. it's me listening to me, so it's not weird, i don't think. i've heard it before!

i bet i was just soooo taken by all the romantic vibes in the air that i had to love on him a little! or a lot. a lot, i guess... sorry!

[gunflowers]

that you are, but then again i already knew that

still! creepy!!!

honestly, i don't care, as long as you end up on time for the ceremony, WITH the rings. you know dash's officiating? he's got himself ordained on the internet for it, bless, like we care if it's official or not

how bad would it be if i went to see dal right now

[squelch]

it's probably bad luck to talk about that before your wedding! or maybe it's not, but it sounds like the kind of thing land dwellers would get suspicious about.

well, in that case, you should delete it off your phone. i'm keeping mine though.

if i don't, you can lecture me forever. make me sleep on the porch. i'd deserve it! i can definitely picture dash marrying you guys. i can see that so easily, actually. it's cute. wonder if he'd marry me...

now i know that's supposed to be bad luck!