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Event Log: The Beach Episode

Who: Everyone!
What: The event log for the transition to our new planet!
Where: The city, which has now been fragmented onto four separate islands.
When: May 27th-June 10th
Warnings: Surf's up! If by 'surf', you mean separation from your friends, weird sea creatures, and cold rainfall.

The sun and the sand and a drink in your hand- well, it all sounded pretty nice when you voted for the island planet, but ultimately what you're getting is a bit less glamorous.

The transition takes place instantaneously, with very little noteworthy shakeup, though those of you who are particularly in-tune with the supernatural may feel a bit dizzied or nauseated by the sudden movement. And that's exactly what it is: for those of you who are outside, the change is fairly noticeable, as in the span of a single blink, what used to be miles of desert is now rocky ocean. The city is simply in one place one moment, and then somewhere entirely new a second later.

And that somewhere new is exciting! The islands have plenty of landscape to explore and weather conditions to adjust to, fish to catch, and- wait, how do you get to the other islands? What if your friends or your home or the bar is on these other islands? Enjoy having to figure out who is where and how you're going to get by with only a small fraction of the city to work off of- hopefully those boats will come sooner rather than later...

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[Laura also sounds confused]

Okay, which part didn't you understand?

The words. Fuck and screw around with. What do you mean?

[At least it's not the toilet this time, Laura.]

[...oh shit. don't make her explain this, don't do it.

nope, he's doing it]

Okay. Here goes.

Fuck is a rude way of saying "having sex." So is screw. So when I said fuck with our emotions and screw around with, I was saying that they were kind of . . . rudely having sex with our minds.

[It occurred to him that her culture was very odd. Which didn't really help him terribly since 'having sex with their minds' was still very weird.]

Are you trying to say that they're controlling us? Using certain scenarios known to provoke in order to illicit a reaction?

[it is very weird. it's a weird Earth expression that makes no sense except for when it does make sense in context]

Yeah. Pretty much.

[Laura hasn't blushed since she was twelve, but she's contemplating it now]

Oh.

Well. I understand now. Thank you.

[maybe it took a twelfth century mind but at least Kelson wasn't blushing at that whole exchange. Maybe because he still wasn't entirely sure about the imagery. It was weird. But see Laura? It didn't need to be dirty!]

[she's not entirely sure of the imagery at this point]

Okay. Okay, good.

Now can we talk about something else 'cause I'm really feeling awkward right now.

[Kelson had always been taught to be gallant toward the fairer sex, so he acquiesced.]

How are you fairing so far? Have you taken chill?

[he could've taught the men of Twin Peaks some lessons on gallantry]

I'm all right. I was in a tanktop and jeans when the switch happened, so I'm a little cold but it's nothing I can't handle. I was thinking about heading out to see if any of the shops relocated with us and if they have a jacket.

[He was taught by the best in his opinion, Kel would have been happy to pass on his knowledge.]

Yes. Be sure to find something warm. I'm sure the nights will be chilly as well.

[now the only question is, would the lessons take?]

Lucky for me, I've always liked sweater sets and knit skirts. I'll have an excuse to stock up, assuming the stores are nice and have any.

[Lessons were more firmly entrenched if there were consequences to not following through with them. Those lessons might be less learned with only Kelson to enforce them.]

Sweater sets?

[Knit skirts he could figure out. Although the image he was conveying in his mind was most certainly not what Laura was thinking of.]

Edited (there were no sweaters in 12th century england XD) 2018-06-06 23:17 (UTC)

[she would love to see him teaching Bobby Briggs about gallantry. though, in all fairness to Bobby, he grows up a lot in the twenty-five years after Laura's death]

Yeah. Knit tanktops with a matching cardigan over 'em. A cardigan is like a jacket, only soft and it has a row of buttons down the front.

[it might not be that far away? she tended to wear calf-length skirts. and pennyloafers with socks]

[Kelson smiled as Laura anticipated his question and answered it.]

And those are popular in your time? And...appropriate?

Yeah, they're popular enough. And it's not like they're low-cut or anything.

[he'd probably faint if she ever wore any of her Nighttime Laura wardrobe around him]

[He could very much imagine something low cut, and he didn't think there was anyone here who he could confess such a thought too. And yes, he'd probably blush and stare and turn away really fast because that just couldn't be proper.]

And low cut clothing is.....less typical?

[he's a teenage boy and Laura has him so thoroughly friendzoned that the idea of wearing any of Nighttime Laura's clothing in front of him doesn't even occur to her. if she did, she'd also blush and turn away and feel really, really, really awkward]

Yeah. Absolutely. Way less typical.

Is it typical where you're from?

[Kelson was definitely a teenage boy, and here even with his nagging longing for the woman he could never have, here he was more free from responsibilities. And women who wanted things from him. So, he noticed. ]

Most definitely not. I think some of the clothes people wear here is actually against the law in Gwynedd.

[Laura is used to seeing men only as whether or not she'd have sex with them (definitely not sleeping with them and never making love). so having a guy who is a friend is a new experience for her]

Seriously? [she laughs] Now I've gotta ask what.

Most of what people wear here would be considered indecent. I've seen people walking around in practically their smalls.

[Kind of like what she's probably wearing now.]

[actually, given the climate, she's in one of those sweater sets and calf-length wool skirts]

Their smalls? You mean like their underwear?

[That, thankfully, is a lot better. He appreciates the wool too.]

Yes, is that what you call it?

[she finds herself being more like Daytime Laura the longer she lives here. she doesn't have access to the vices Nighttime Laura enjoyed and the few times she's brought her out, people reacted badly]

Uh-huh. Bras and panties for girls, boxers or briefs for boys.

[Kelson would react quite badly to Nighttime Laura]

What are those?

[Those words are rather unfamiliar to him.]

[another reason why she's staying away, at least for now]

...I. Um. Well, bras. They kind of hold a woman's breasts in place. And panties go over the rear end and--and other stuff. And boxers and briefs also go over the rear end and. Stuff.

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