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]

well, the last big thing that happened around here was you coming back from your tour.

[gunflowers]

oh

oh, dash

i've been home for years. dal and i got married. you had a kid.

[hapertas]

what?

ok, i definitely didn't just forget all that. something else is going on.

[gunflowers]

there's jiyun too, but i call her swampette all the time

but. yeah. all that happened. i don't know what's going on.

[hapertas]

is jiyun sage and minsu's baby?

maybe sage or neve or kwang knows what's going on.

[gunflowers]

yeah, she is. she's like... 6 or so. she's a terror

maybe. you should talk to neve

[hapertas]

you love her, don't you?

right. i'm sorry, myung. whatever's happened to me, i'm sorry i worried you.

[gunflowers]

swampette? adore her. she can do whatever she wants, as far as i'm concerned. i'd bury the bodies for her.

no, it's fine, i'm just - i hope it gets sorted out

[hapertas]

you're a good uncle.

me too. i don't like the idea that i could've forgotten this. any of it. i'm scared to ask neve.

[gunflowers]

i try

hey, who knows, maybe it's just a weird glitch in the matrix. it's fine. don't be scared, dash.

[hapertas]

i know you do. i don't even have to see it, but i can picture it perfectly.

i guess it wouldn't be the first time this has happened. something weird, i mean. i'll try to stay calm.

[gunflowers]

okay, good. just go talk to neve. he'll know what to do. i'll take care of minsu in the meantime.

[hapertas]

thank you, myung.

you're good to me. you always have been.

[gunflowers]

no, i haven't. but i try.

[hapertas]

i get to decide that. and i say you have been. i don't know what i'd do without you. it was hard when you were gone.

[gunflowers]

i never felt like i deserved your forgiveness. when you had minsu, i thought maybe showing you how i could care for him would do it.

[hapertas]

oh, myung. i'd take that weight away from you if i could.

[gunflowers]

no, that wouldn't be fair. it's my burden to carry, dash.

you always, always deserve my very best. you've been so good to me when i haven't been the same to you. and honestly, there's little i'd do more eagerly than take care of minsu.

[hapertas]

you've been carrying it an awfully long time.

it's ok to leave it behind now. you can take care of minsu for no reason other than the fact that you love him.

[gunflowers]

oh, that's the main reason why i take care of him. he's so cute, dash. loud, but so cute.

it's possible i've been feeling a little broody lately, so i've been spending even more time with him.

and most of the time, i don't think about this burden. it's just. sometimes. it's not what i did to you, either. it's everything bad i've done. i don't think i should forget about it.

[hapertas]

well, i can't imagine me and neve making a baby that isn't cute!

not to brag or anything. i'm glad you're fond of him. i'm happy to hear my baby's in such good hands.

you? broody? are you thinking about being a papa, myung? are you thinking about dal being a papa?

you can forgive yourself and still remember what you've done so you don't do it again. take it from someone who knows.

[gunflowers]

Oh, you can brag. He’s adorable, and he absolutely knows it, too. Turns on the charm whenever he’s in trouble, all pretty smiles and wide eyes. Wonders where he got that from, huh?

I don’t know. Maybe? We’ve talked about it a few times, now that Dal is more used to kids. But I wouldn’t know where to even start. For now I guess being an uncle has to be enough.

Well, for what it’s worth, it’s never happened again.

[hapertas]

if you're insinuating it's me, then i just don't know what to say! except that i hardly ever turn on the charm like that, because i hardly every get in trouble. [ The most innocent face. ]

it's a big step forward. i'm sure it'll happen at the right time for you, when you're both ready. i know you'll both make great parents. you're a wonderful person, myung. very loving, whatever you think of yourself. and dal is sweet as well. you can tell he's very kind.

i didn't think so. i know you meant what you said back then.

[gunflowers]

okay, sure, not when you get in trouble. but when you want something. i have so many pictures of the two of you making the exact same face, it's ridiculous. cute, though.

yeah, i don't know that we're here yet. but dal's been enjoying babysitting, and he's really a natural. he talks to them like they're little adults, you know? takes them seriously. it means a lot. as for me, well, i don't know. i used to be terrified, but now everything's different. i feel like i could be decent at it.

[hapertas]

i like to think i only use my powers for good! i bet minsu's just the same.

that somehow doesn't surprise me about dal. he has a way with people. i think he respects everyone a lot, you know? you can feel it when you talk to him, so it makes sense it'd be the same with children.

thinking of you now, it's really wonderful to imagine you might be feeling more confident about the idea. you deserve to be happy, both of you. if you're scared, well, first of all, that sounds pretty natural. but also? you've got a great partner who i bet would really help you a lot. not to mention, you're a great partner yourself.