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

[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!

[gunflowers]

don't worry, it's already deleted.

i'm sure he would. i'm sure he'd marry just about anyone if they showed him they love each other enough

okay yeah it is but also it's unfair that everybody gets to be horny and having sex and i can't
it's my wedding day!!!

[squelch]

thanks. though i'm still not bugged! just so you know. i don't mind. you know i'm not shy.

he is basically the god of love, isn't he? so this is perfect! your marriage will be extra blessed!

when you put it like that, it does sound unfair. but won't you get to have time together afterward? you can do whatever you want!

[gunflowers]

oh, i know

oh hey, yeah, i didn't even think of that, but it's true, right? that must be a good thing. i asked him for completely different reasons but yeah.

yeah well, so can you, afterwards! i'm just saying, it's a stupid tradition, but i guess if he's already dressed i don't want to mess that up.

although, i do.

[squelch]

somehow i felt a little shy just reading that though. how weird!

because you love him?

you've got it bad for him. though i guess you know that if you're getting married! ah, i can't wait to see it for myself.

are you going away together after?

[gunflowers]

Eyeroll

Yeah, because I love him, and he’s the best person, and he’s like, my biggest role model when it comes to successful relationships, and he’s just... so good. And I wanted to involve everyone as much as I could into things.

I mean, even for you that can’t be news, right? Dal changed everything for me.

Yeah, only a few days, though. We’re not going far, just a beach house a couple of hours away.

[squelch]

don't roll your eyes at me, mister! i mean it.

he is really good. it's hard not to look up to them, isn't it? they're so strong for each other. that's a good thing to want, i think. i'm sorry time traveling weirdness made you worry about my part in your wedding.

no, it's not. i can tell a difference in you since he's been in your life. a big one. it's nice to see you smiling more. and i mean, i knew it was different the moment you came to me and said you wanted to be with him only.

do i know where that is? in the future? because there could be some nice stuff to do in the ocean around there! i could set you up with some fun stuff!

[gunflowers]

i do what i want, i'm your elder!

they are really good role models. but you know, so are you guys. you and kwang and junsu and jin, like. the way you make things work between all of you, how you navigated the issues. it's quite amazing.

i can't believe i'm getting married. me! you'd have told me that a few years ago, i'd have run away.

i mean, can it really be stuff we can do if we can't breathe underwater?