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]

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?

[squelch]

you can't see it, but i'm sticking my tongue out at you. am i still a good role model?

seriously though, you know i'm happy if we could help. i want you to know you helped too though. you helped me feel like i could talk about what i was feeling. that helped me with kwang. and i hope it helps with junsu and jin.

when we met, i would've guessed you might not want to get married, it's true! i suppose for some people, it really does take meeting that special person, hm?

i can take care of that, too! not many land dwellers can have an underwater honeymoon, huh? that'd be special!

[gunflowers]

look at you, all defiant

i did? huh. i didn't - i never realized you needed help with that. you're so confident, in yourself and your feelings. or at least it feels like that.

when we met, i didn't want to get married. but yeah, yeah. dal's that special. we've had our ups and downs, you know? i've been terrified. but we've worked through it, we've talked through things a lot. we've been patient. i guess maybe that was the key, for me - none of my relationships before were based on much communication. it was always about sex, not talking. he changed that.

can you, really? you don't have to do all that, though. you don't have to go out of your way for us!

[squelch]

i can be that way sometimes! and bossy!

i used to be sort of all or nothing. if i felt like i could show something, i did it without being ashamed. if i felt even a little bit of doubt, i hid it. deep, deep down. about my brother, about junsu. whenever i felt unsure, i always tried to cover those things with things that made me feel comfortable. you're one of the people who helped me know i didn't have to do that. that it was okay to be all of me, not just the parts that felt comfortable.

i bet communicating makes lots of things easier. and better, right? i mean it in serious ways, but also the ways where your eyebrows waggle, too.

really though, i'm so happy you have that. i really am. it makes me feel good to know that someone i love so much is happy with someone who loves and cherishes him.

yes, of course! it could be my wedding gift to you! or part of it. i'm guessing i have other ideas, too.

[gunflowers]

yeah, i know you can be. it's definitely.... very interesting.

so, communication changed things for you too, huh. in the end, it's the same thing, it's just about showing these parts of you that you worry about. right? i'm glad i could help, but i think it's mainly you. you did the hard work.

ahh, well, yeah. i love him so much. and you, too. you deserve all the happiness in the world, tennie

other ideas? i probably shouldn't ask, huh?

[squelch]

interesting's a fun word for it. thanks, myung.

and i think you did the work, too. in that case, wouldn't you say we both earned happy endings? we both changed a lot and learned a lot from the people we were with. i think we learned from each other.

it's amazing to think you're getting married! i mean, i can sort of tell even now. dal's really, really in love with you. and i know your relationship meant some big changes fro you, too. it makes sense, the two of you. it makes me happy.

you'll find out, i'm sure! very soon!

[gunflowers]

you're right though, it feels weird to think about it! i'm getting married today! i shouldn't be thinking about your bossiness, i should be thinking about dal's!

well i'm really, really in love with him, too. head over heels, stupid about it in love with him. it should be terrifying, but instead it's just... right. i'm sure you know what i mean

[squelch]

ooh, is dal bossy? you like that? you'll have that bossiness all yourself forever and ever now, myung!

i do know. i like seeing it on you, it's such a nice look. you're pretty smitten! it's good. you deserve to have good feelings fill you up from your toes to your head.