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[tempusfinis]

Machina, here.

Anyone else find a gift for them beneath that Wishing Willow? Are the contents supposed to be a joke?

[ Someone is UNHAPPY. ]

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[connectsthedots]

I suppose using an entire box for just a scrap of newsprint might be something of a joke, but…

You sound like you had a much less well-received surprise in yours.

[tempusfinis]

a newsprint?

yeah, i got protein powder.

[connectsthedots]

Indeed, a small clipping, seemingly the headline of a newspaper article, was in my box.

What is protein powder? I’ve never heard of such a thing.

[tempusfinis]

i'm guessing it was from a newspaper from your world?


honestly not sure. could be whey or soy? or some kind of synthetic thing. if you consume it, you're supposed to build muscle.

[connectsthedots]

Well, it’s not an author I recognize and the name of the publication wasn’t included, but the piece is apparently talking about me so it seems a fair assumption that it is from a world I inhabit.

I see. That sounds very futuristic! Did you wish to become stronger, then?

[tempusfinis]

that's pretty neat. are you famous or something?

[ >"did you wish to become stronger"

Why is he so easy to read. ]

something like that.

[connectsthedots]

I’ve established something of a reputation but I wouldn’t say I was famous, per se. This article was dated in my future, though, so who knows. I would appear to be interesting enough to interview, at least.

[Well, Dot is also very well-versed at reading people by way of her profession. But yeah it wasn’t exactly a difficult nut to crack there lol.]

And yet you aren’t happy with what you received. Was that not the kind of strength you sought?

[tempusfinis]

from the future? do you think it's real?

uh no, i guess putting it that way, i still got what i wished for.

[connectsthedots]

[There’s a delay before the next reply is sent. Dot leans back in her chair and stares across the room at that comically oversized box resting on a table. What did she think?]

I don’t know. I think I’d be very glad if it was, though.

Haha. Was it just perhaps a bit too on the nose for your liking, then?

[tempusfinis]

sounds like a good future. i hope it's real, too.

maybe. i think it's also telling me to train more.

[connectsthedots]

Thank you.

I, in turn, hope you are able to fulfill your wish as well. Training and improving yourself is always a worthwhile endeavor. What sort of things do you do to train?