[network] @magenta2; voice - morning 286 [open]

[himalayanyeti]

Mm, so, is anyone else here from a very long time ago?

[Magenta apparently decides to leave it at that for a couple minutes, before returning to elaborate on the question with a carefully maintained tone of carelessness to his voice. It's a far cry from what he actually sounds like when he's excited or happy, but to the casual listener, it's probably close enough.]

I mean--you know. I think we're s'posed to be in...twenty-one-and-something, I can't remember the exacts, but is anyone here from long before now? A few folks I've talked to have mentioned they're from twenty-something, early twenty-something, but I don't know about all of y'all.

[A pause.]

I'm from 1891, and I reckon it's all a little new to everyone, but it sure seems like y'all have an easier time of gettin' used to things! Computers, and the nan...nan--nanomachines, and whatever else. I don't really know much about any of it, and I'm not that smart to begin with! It's all past me, and I'm sorry for not bein' much help. I guess what I'm meanin' to ask is how everyone deals with figurin' stuff out from the future.

He~ey, though, while we're on it: tell me about the future! I've heard the airplanes are marvelous. I'm very interested in all of it, even if I can't quite get it.

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@clowncutie92; text

[clowngirl]

[Hey, so you know what silly thing people often do in the future, Mags? Text you when you're in the same room. Which Harley is doing now, hi.]

i like the future but only when it's really my present and not the future cuz this part of the future is pretty much the pits.

airplanes are pretty fun but last i knew they were still workin on gettin jetpacks right. that's what I'M waitin for.

text;

[himalayanyeti]

[...He'll give her a bit of A Look when he finds the message, but ultimately not say anything. She's weird.]

yeah no kidding this fucking sucks. where are you from??? in time and in place. you sound american and maybe southern even but its a bit all over the place

and tell me of jetpacks right the hell now

[clowngirl]

[She's just gonna wave at him cheerfully and continue replying via text.]

2011. gotham city, new jersey. but i was born and raised in brooklyn. where you from?

and do you know what a rocket is? cuz that might make this easier.

[himalayanyeti]

[weirdo. He definitely does wave back, though.]

jesus christ everyone here is from jersey huh? tragic. im from georgia but before i was here i was in philly for work busines travel all over the place really

yeah sorta. fireworks and shit i get that

[clowngirl]

yeah it's not a whole lot better than snowprison but it's home! what was your work?

ok so imagine a rocket or firework strapped to your back THAT PROPELS YOU THRU THE SKY

[himalayanyeti]

oh i worked for the government! im retired now but i used to help clear up problems that cropped up it paid pretty damn well but i got a workplace injury that sorta put me out of the game

and thats fucking awsome!!! THE FUTURE IS FUCKING AWSOME

[clowngirl]

IT IS ONE TIME I STOLE A PROTOTYPE AND THE FIVE MINUTE RIDE BEFORE IT ACCIDENTALLY EXPLODED WAS THE BEST

[himalayanyeti]

THATS FANTASTIC but did you turn out okay

no burns or anything

[clowngirl]

oh i died. that faulty piece of work blew me to smithereens.

but i came back so i mean really no regrets.

[himalayanyeti]

oh

[She's getting another Look from across the room as he scoots a bit closer. He has to know whether or not she's lying.]

as long as you turned out alive i guess

[clowngirl]

[Her demeanor doesn't change at all, so she doesn't appear to be joking or hiding anything.]

yeah i mean i had to literally go thru hell and then be a ghost for a tick before gettin it all sorted but i'm all better now.

you know as much as any of us are.

[himalayanyeti]

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oh shit

is hell fun at least

[clowngirl]

you'd think so but nah it really lives up to its name. [She'll skip the unpleasant details.] bein a ghost was kinda neat tho cuz you can possess people and go thru walls and stuff.

[himalayanyeti]

ahhhh the ghost part is neat at least!!! i didnt think ghosts existed i mean ive never met one. i just thought they were myths like the yeti

[clowngirl]

there's sooo much that i didn't think was real til i saw it. like at this point i never met a yeti but i bet ya they're out there too!

[himalayanyeti]

mm

did dying hurt?

[clowngirl]

nope! just this zappy kind of feelin all around me then kablammo poof harley quinn out!

[himalayanyeti]

well damn i reckon you lucked out then

having fun WITH no pain. theres the fucking dream

[clowngirl]

right? life could stand to be a lil more like that sometimes. like i could go for some fun without an icy blast of cold air in my face these days.

[himalayanyeti]

we still gotta find a good sledding hill soon

does j like sledding

[clowngirl]

we dooooooo!!

could i ever be with someone who DIDN'T like sleddin? cmon give us a lil bit of credit here.

[himalayanyeti]

thats absolutely definitly true. do you have a list? like a checklist for when you meet boys

1. a clown to match? (of course)
2. likes sledding?
3. fine with gross greaspaint kisses? (probably)
4. dog person?

and so on

[clowngirl]

just between me and you the real stickin points whenever i meet anybody is 2 and 3. i'm really flexible!

[himalayanyeti]

flexible relationships wise or literaly because i think you may mean both

[clowngirl]

always both! wanna see?