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]

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.

[gunflowers]

if 'good' is getting himself some extra pie, then sure

he really loves little minsu a lot. and so do i. and it's scary for sure, but... i used to be scared about being exclusive with him. then i was terrified of getting married. but i've done that, and they were the best decisions i could make. so maybe the next step is just that.

honestly all i have to do is be there for him. it's pretty goddamn easy.

[hapertas]

if it's his uncle minsu's pie, then i understand turning on the charm to get seconds!

will you be totally grossed out if i tell you that i aww'd aloud reading that? it's really wonderful, myung. really, really sweet to know he's with you on that journey. that he's your partner! that's what it's about, i think. having a partner. a teammate that you love more than you can ever say. and when you have that, i would guess it's not as hard to take that next step?

i feel that way about being with neve. it's so easy. i still wonder if it's not too easy sometimes.

[gunflowers]

and his pies have only got better and better

not grossed out, but i maybeeeee rolled my eyes. affectionately. it's not the first time you say this to me, you know? you've said that quite a lot already when i asked you to marry us

i definitely feel like he and i can just. do anything. get through everything.

is it too easy? i don't know. dal and i don't really fight or anything. i used to think it was not a good thing, that we should disagree sometimes, but we just... talk things out. he's taught me so much about communication.

[hapertas]

even more things to look forward to in the future! though i'm looking forward to seeing you holding my son the most.

wait, wait, wait. you asked me to marry you?

it sounds like such a huge cliche, but love really can make you feel invincible. it's amazing.

i think the whole purpose of disagreeing and doing it right is to figure out how to meet in the middle. i don't think you have to scream and fight and get heated for that to happen. talking it out calmly takes just as much effort, in a way. i know some people say it's dispassionate, but i don't agree at all.

[gunflowers]

ah, dash. i think you should look forward to seeing neve hold him the most. not me.

oh, yeah, i guess you don't know that. yeah, dal and i agreed, and we wanted everyone to be involved, and minsu and ten were already my best men, and junsu was pretty much our flower boy although tbf he was more of a third best man, but i wanted

something special, idk. so i asked if you'd officiate.

communication is hard. communicating calmly is even harder. dal taught me that. and something both you and him have taught me, too, is that running away is never a solution.