netbook ✧ mid month-ish

[theuniverseleads]

Alright everyone, let's see a show of hands! Who here has wandered into the woods this month?

Come on, be honest. I know several of you DEFINITELY have. And it's fine! The forest can be tricky! We all make stupid mistakes sometimes, there's nothing to be ashamed of~

I'll go first! I didn't, because I'm smart

Comments

[leggierissimo]

That sounds exactly like something that someone who wandered into the woods would say.

[andacht]

Why the fuck is that your business?

[theuniverseleads]

I didn't, though~ Not after I saw what happened to someone else. Nooo thank you!

So? Did you go in the woods?

[theuniverseleads]

Just curious! You don't have to answer! If you don't, I'll just assume a yes ✧

[poaceae]

so what if I did? I go in the woods all the time

[ephemeralflow]

Is that so? I'm pretty smart myself, you know.

That being said, this would be a good thing to find out, considering there appear to be consequences. If everyone who's gone in has also crossed timelines, it might help to figure out any patterns if we want to set things back to normal.

[theuniverseleads]

Because if you did, then you've been Changed. But you probably won't notice unless someone else can point it out~

You must be new here. The forest is bad news, you should stay away from it! Wandering in there is always asking for trouble.

[charlastan]

A HEAD COUNT'S NOT GONNA HELP MUCH WHEN PEOPLE CAN JUST LIE.

[Noticeably not an answer though!]

[andacht]

[Angry because he loses this argument no matter what >:( Time to employ good old-fashioned lying!]

I didn't.

[theuniverseleads]

But not everyone is going to lie. I'm getting all the easy ones out of the way first~

Did you walk into the woods, Con Artist?

[poaceae]

yeah yeah it's cursed or wutever
it's not even dangerous enough to be fun! I thought I'd get to fight evil monsters or sumthn but it's just a bunch of lame forest animals

[ The chicken scratch handwriting is getting worse as he gets agitated. He is literally asking for trouble. ]

[theuniverseleads]

Neat! Good job! I'm sooo proud of you!

[...

but they don't know that handwriting, so]

Who is this?

[andacht]

It's Ain.

[So you know that whole thread is about to unravel.]

[theuniverseleads]

Sure you are! There's a big difference between booksmarts and common sense. [that applies to both her and Timekeeper, frankly]

That's what I was hoping to sort out. Even if it's not enough to find a solution, at least we'll know who's been swapped. The ones who are honest, anyway.

[theuniverseleads]

Oh, don't worry, when there are evil monsters around they always find a way to come to us themselves. You'll just have to be patient! Then you can fight to your heart's content.

[theuniverseleads]

Hah! Really?

Why is your writing so bad? Did you break a hand?

[ephemeralflow]

[Boy, does it.]

Haha, you know, that's not the first I've heard that! Fair enough.

Even if not everyone is honest about it, letting everyone know that something's going on should help, I think. Especially after last month - well, assuming this timeline also had to deal with doppelgangers, anyway.

[charlastan]

[Hm! The pause before the reply is uncomfortably long!]

HEH. I LIKE IT. BUT WITH A NICKNAME LIKE THAT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME EITHER WAY.

BESIDES, I'VE NEVER MADE ANYTHING EASY FOR ANYONE A DAY IN MY LIFE AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO START NOW!

[andacht]

What? My writing isn't bad! You can read it, can't you?!

[theuniverseleads]

Even if it means you might be in an alternate timeline and won't be able to get back unless you tell the truth?

It's fine if you don't want to answer. I'll just assume it's a yes.

[theuniverseleads]

And I'm sure it won't be the last~

Oh yes, that absolutely happened here. If you ask me, it's pretty uninspired to pull a trick like this right after making a bunch of duplicates of people. Do you think it's hoping we'll start killing each other on our own?

[theuniverseleads]

But it's so messy and ugly~ It was much prettier before, why did you change it?

[leggierissimo]

Mmm, I'm not sure that I believe you~ How do I know you're telling the truth?

Did I? I'm doing just fine, so what do you think?

[theuniverseleads]

I guess you don't! But I have nothing to hide, so it's fine. Believe whatever you want~

I think that's a very evasive answer! You know, it's pretty suspicious to avoid such a simple question if you want me to believe you didn't do it. Are you worried someone is going to get mad at you?

[charlastan]

EVEN IF I WAS FROM ANOTHER TIMELINE WHY WOULD TELLING THE TRUTH FIX IT???

[That's ridiculous. More ridiculous than the whole "wandering into the forest and coming back different" thing!]

EH I FIGURED THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING ANYWAY. I'M NOT REALLY KNOWN FOR BEING SMART.