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chatsville2021-01-01 12:18 am
spaghettimonster) wrote in chatsville2021-01-01 12:18 am
text @PAPYRUS - New Years
HAPPY 1962!!!
IT'S HARD TO CALL THIS A NEW YEAR... SINCE THIS SEEMS LIKE THE PAST TO ME.
BUT DECEMBER IS OVER! AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S SUDDENLY FEBRUARY.
HOW ABOUT.
HAPPY NEW OLD YEAR!!!
[But don't be fooled - it's the start of 1961! Despite Papyrus optimistically posting this at midnight on the dot, everything from the TV countdown to physical calendars to outstanding bills says otherwise.]
IT'S HARD TO CALL THIS A NEW YEAR... SINCE THIS SEEMS LIKE THE PAST TO ME.
BUT DECEMBER IS OVER! AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S SUDDENLY FEBRUARY.
HOW ABOUT.
HAPPY NEW OLD YEAR!!!
[But don't be fooled - it's the start of 1961! Despite Papyrus optimistically posting this at midnight on the dot, everything from the TV countdown to physical calendars to outstanding bills says otherwise.]
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Perhaps Father Christmas was disappointed in our behaviour.
[ Doubt.gif -- but there has to be some reason why. Wrathion just doesn't expect it to be anything good, like a second chance at fixing a mistake. ]
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[Obviously, Papyrus's contribution would be the most significant one, the one most involved in the decision to reset things to the beginning of the year.]
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Well. No matter either way. ]
It seems the locals are quite stringent with their rules. I presume even the smallest misdemeanour would be counted against us. Wearing unsuitable clothing to the mayor's celebration appeared to border on a crime.
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OH NO!!! AGAIN!
YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
I THOUGHT I FOLLOWED THE RULES RIGHT... AND THEY GAVE ME A DIFFERENT SUIT ANYWAY.
I GUESS, THERE'S OTHER HIDDEN RULES, TOO.
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Wrathion fully believes this is true, but when it comes to this person's suit he can't help but wonder what actually went awry.
Well, that's a distraction. The fine details of the suit policy aren't the most pressing issue to hand.
Things that are, for example, include working out if this issue with repeating the year is some Infinite Dragonflight Nonsense or... potentially worse, some Old God nonsense directly. ]
Did you sense anything strange as the date changed?
[ Did something actually get... reverted? Was some action taken to cause this? Or is the place in a bubble of some sort, and magic already set down to cause them to repeat? ]
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EVEN WHEN MY BROTHER POINTED OUT THE TV, I THOUGHT IT WAS A BROADCASTING ERROR.
BUT THE CALENDAR IS STRANGE TOO...
AND EVERYONE'S SEEING THE SAME THINGS.
MAYBE IT'S JUST A TRICK, IN ALL THE TIME DEVICES,
AND IT ACTUALLY IS 1962.
[He doesn't actually believe this, considering previous deja vu and predictions of the future to come, but wouldn't it be nice if it was all just a complicated prank.]
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If only he weren't forcefully bound into his human guise, this would be so much easier. ]
Quite an extensive trick. I suppose to know the truth of it, we would have to know what events early on in this year we should expect to be repeating.
[ A shame he hadn't looked up something to bet on, honestly. ]
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SO NOT MUCH POINT ASKING THEM.
[It hadn't seemed suspicious to him, at the time. Isn't it completely normal for people to focus on the present and near future, avoiding mention of the unhappy past? But... that was one thing, trapped underground with nothing they could do to speed their escape. This town has the sky, and cars, and quite a few other things - including corpses in snowmen. Are the bursts of alarming violence their inescapable fear...?]
GUESS WE SHOULD ALL GET NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS!!
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[ Meaning they'd simply have to memorise events. Would journals they had hand-written change too? Revert to... blank? To tales of events past, even if they were not a time the writer was there for? ]
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BUT NEWSPAPERS... THEY HAVE THE DATE ON THEM.
[If the house didn't revert to the conditions before they "moved in," but the date on television and calendars did, maybe it's only things that are dated. That could make notekeeping difficult.]