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[doitrockapella]

Carmen Sandiego

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." —Winston Churchill

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[parodeity]

even on the off chance it isnt vicious bedmaking propaganda
which i find way more likely than me caring about dust and airborne particulates on my sleep
i choose to believe it is part of a vast chore conspiracy
skipping entirely chores that like matter
like laundry
and idk
putting away laundry nicely
feeding your pets
watering the plants

are you one of the people who has been persuaded by bedmaking propaganda to make your bed or are you a messy freethinker

[doitrockapella]

I have a robot butler that does it for me.

[parodeity]

it says something about you and this city that i cant tell if youre fucking with me or 100% serious

[doitrockapella]

I'm kidding. I don't have a robot butler (yet).

I'm fairly confident I could have one, though, if I wanted it.

[parodeity]

so you were diverting attention from the fact youre part of the bed making brigade and were sworn enemies or something i see how it is

also yeah probably
either via mad money or like
im pretty sure certain people are getting back robotics skills and stuff
hell maybe someone here WAS a robobutler
i wonder what that pays
like probably it doesnt come with dental since robots probably dont need dental
but the other benefits might be nice

[doitrockapella]

You have me all wrong. I'm actually terrible at keeping my house free of clutter — I had someone over recently and I'd left things all over the counters without even thinking of picking up first.

It'd be sort of off-putting, though, wouldn't it? If I had one.

[parodeity]

i find a certain amount of clutter kind of comfortable
im not advocating like leaving crumbs around or like
not taking out the trash
but things that look lived in are a little more easy to handle than modern art clean surfaces i guess?
it feels more like youre in a museum than a house if you do that

also i think that depends on the robot
like if it constantly asked you to touch its muscles yes
if it were less weird maybe no

[doitrockapella]

Why would it need muscles?

Maybe I'll have to take that to heart, about the clutter. I was thinking of buying a second house that would be less intimidating for visitors, but I've been advised that's a stupid idea.

[parodeity]

it wouldnt but mad science is mad for a reason

well
i wouldnt say stupid so much as really fucking extra
which you know can be fun in a way
but clutter is kind of fun to see too i think
not like hoarders ep levels but
like how when you see cds out on someones table
you glance at the titles and you kinda get to know them more
that kinda thing is impossible with neat freaks

[doitrockapella]

I have leftover Chinese takeout on my countertops, a can of half-consumed Arizona iced tea on my table (on a coaster), and family photos tacked up on my refrigerator with magnets.

Read my living situation tea leaves, O oracle.

[parodeity]

what flavor iced tea

[doitrockapella]

Raspberry.

[parodeity]

i assume the chinese is from tonight since leaving leftovers out would be bad for them staying safe but anyway
i divine that
you have good taste in arizona iced tea flavors and dont need to be disowned

also what kind of magnets actually
do you have alphabet magnets to spell out ridiculous messages
or are they like kitschy location ones
or the kinds that fast food places give out like candy
or just functional clip ones

[doitrockapella]

They're round and clear plastic, except colored. So colored transparent plastic with a magnet mounted on the back. They're aesthetic, I think. Or something.

Oh, and I have one of those magnetic poetry sets.

[parodeity]

thats absolutely apalling
ok clearly this needs to be fixed
give me two seconds

[ to. use time travel to send to carmen's doorstep a package of dumb magnets with several sheets of alphabet letters?

this was absolutely a terrible use of time travel. why does dave strider feel a fridge needs to be full on Tacky with magnets.

this is not aesthetic. ]

[doitrockapella]

...

that was LITERALLY two seconds how did you

[parodeity]

i am a very chronologically exact person
but anyway clearly it had to be done
this is basically like saving the universe
only more important

about five minutes later 1/2

[doitrockapella]

[doitrockapella]

Speaking of that, and things like that, I have a question to ask you about the things you can do.

[parodeity]

sure shoot

[doitrockapella]

I'm not looking for names, I'm just asking in theory.

So you remember being able to do — and can do — time- and time-travel-related things. Do you remember anyone else like that? People who could do...unusual things?

[parodeity]

yes
every player in our game could do shit and some ppl could do extra shit
i DO know of one other time player
but like
theres a ton of aspects and things you can do with them depending on your class blah blah blah
but yeah
basic bottom line is i knew people who could do unusual things

[doitrockapella]

Did you ever know anyone who could...hm.

I'm trying to think of how to phrase this. Move things around in three-dimensional space? Implausible things, I mean.

[parodeity]

hm
kinda actually yes
one person i knew was capable of moving planets around and changing their sizes
i think
from what i understand
she was in charge of space as an aspect
and then my mom was void
and she was able to steal the nothing out of shit
to make them into something
and also
i guess sometimes this created cubes and pumpkins?
im not 100% clear on that tbh
neither of those aspects being mine i didnt have to know the details beyond
well sure that sounds like it works
but nothing and planet sizes both qualify as implausible probably

[doitrockapella]

...

Explain the part about "steal the nothing out of something" to me one more time.