(no subject)

[shway]

ok so my life up until this point has been fake. shway. thats a headache ill deal w/ later. like after i eat my bodyweight in pizza. freezer-burned peas & carrots dont really do it for me. good choco pudding tho.

but what i really want cleared up is todays date. the year being the priority here. the staff here are sketchier than the mystery meat and i cant get a straight answer from them. so if someone could just clue me in thatd be slammin.

Comments

[peckish4action]

Seems like a few people are having fun at your expense.

I'd say 2013 by the state of most of the technology, myself, and October.

- D.G.

[duckface]

You don't believe we're from nonlinear timelines? Or that where we're individually from varies in its placement across multiple instances of space and reality?

[peckish4action]

I think the question was what year it is here, not where we come from.

Trust me, these devices we're using wouldn't be what they are in the twenty-fifth century.

[duckface]

Obviously. But there are people here who use different units of measurement and comprehension and time itself will reflect that. If you trap a bunch of people experiencing alternating specious presents, it's entirely possible it'll affect the overall understanding of time on the island. Time isn't a tangible thing, it's entirely reliant on its own species specific measurement of which there are A LOT here. The reconstruction of time's interpretation through contradicting perceptions is entirely possible, meaning there might not be a year here in any way we understand it.

[duckface]

You also can't really date an amalgamation of cultures on its tech considering the variety of timelines we are from.

[peckish4action]

Once again - I'm not rating the amalgamation. I'm rating what I see here, and that's pretty consistent, actually.

You know. Other than whatever's bringing us here.

[His theory is good, but it does have that one big gaping hole. And he's not willing to sweep that under the rug.]

[duckface]

Guess it went over your head.

[peckish4action]

Guess you've no idea how much data I'm basing my statement on.

[duckface]

That makes two of us.

[peckish4action]

Nope. Just you.

YOU ARE WRITING OFF A CHICK WITH HER OWN SIZABLE CHUNK OF DATA DICK FYI

[duckface]

Cute. I'll let you know if I need a sassy little brother.

Yeah, but he started off with tech advantage... and Tim's three-year database.

[peckish4action]

Sorry, not available.

hey if he understands theoretical physics well enough to get the machinations of the island!!

[duckface]

I'll give you guys some privacy.

Sadly, he does get what she's saying. But the tech is so frustratingly consistent!

[peckish4action]

... that makes things sound weird.

GIVE HIM A SEC he's wondering where he's seen those initials before

[shway]

so taking everyones theories into account were talking approx 2010. give or take a couple years.

uh initials? haha... shway. terry mcginnis.

JUST AS PLANNED

[peckish4action]

Give or take. Later than 2010, though, these devices were way too expensive back then to just give them away, but not very much later.

And, hey, initials are better than netspeak, even mild netspeak. Not that netspeak is bad! Just, you know.

It's Dick Grayson.

he def almost dropped his phone. and he deliberated this response for like 10 min

[shway]

yeah uh nice to meet you. dick grayson.

Poor little bat. And wait till he finds out about Tim.

[peckish4action]

Just 'Dick' is fine. And likewise!

JUST DICK IS FINE he whispers hoarsely to his phone, visibly distressed

[shway]

ok. great. just dick. fantastic.

so dick. how long have you been on kidnap island.

*cracks up * And then he meets the kid...

[peckish4action]

I think I like you, Terry McGinnis.

[What. He can capitalize if he wants to.]

Since mid-June, local time. Almost four months.

wow dick were you really that small when you were a kid you're like bite-sized

[shway]

just terry is fine.

id ask your professional opinion but... well im not saying i dont love totally not shady free phones just as much as the next guy but. yknow.

*chest-puffed and chin up* I'm not that small!

[peckish4action]

Terry, then.

I'm pretty sure professional opinions should be asked over totally not shady free phones. Totally.

i could carry you around like a handbag dude you're pretty small

[shway]

so you agree. assuming were on the same page here.

You can try! I'm more slippery than you expect! Huff!

[peckish4action]

Pretty much! Though we should probably meet sometime and discuss things in detail. Possibly.

and i've got a mean grapple. we'll just have to see then won't we

[shway]

uh yeah. we can do that. sometime. i mean after i get settled. gotta find the apartment, get registered at the high school. you know how it is. could be a couple days.