[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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[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?

[himalayanyeti]

[He gives her a suspicious look.]

sure whatever i guess

[clowngirl]

[HARLEY FINALLY PUTS DOWN THE TABLET. She bounces up from where she's seated and begins to do a quick stretch. She grins quietly and turns her back to him, bending over backwards until she makes a bridge with her body, then goes into a handstand. She then tops that off with an upside-down split.]

Ta-daaaa!