TwiLyghtSansSparkles

He wears black and red. Not rainbows. Clearly, we're different people. Clearly.

A rainbow vampire lady? That is disturbingly accurate.

He already has an unpleasant personality, so salt isn't close enough to being his opposite. She'd try maple syrup.

The funny thing is, if it wasn't such an obvious superstition steeped in voodoo-like magic, Funtimes would actually try it.

Tonight I learned that, according to superstition, feeding salt to zombies restores their soul and personality.

SERIOUSLY QUOTA????? I WASN'T EVEN TRYING TO VOTE ON ANYTHING!!! MAN I hate that guy!

"You never raised those dinosaurs, Lightwards. I went back and turned all of their bones into plaster." Lightwards' face turned red. "Well—I just went back and ensured you never met Traveler! Fortuity killed him the night you met." "Pfft. I replaced Traveler with a lifelike bearded mannequin!" Nathan blinked. "Um, Doctor? I don't have a beard." She giggled. "Didn't stop Lightwards from stealing the mannequin." Lightwards turned and saw she was telling the truth. "Wait a minute. Why did I even take this if I wanted him murdered?" Koschei shrugged. "You got me. I'm not even supposed to be here right now."

Can you imagine how weird it would be with time travel? More specifically, can you imagine how much zanier the Funtimes/Lightwards scenes would get if they could continuously go back in time to sabotage each other?

Edge: True. So think Kobold would be next in the museum. pir2h: The skip only applies to Portland. The Dalles is on it's own timeline.

I don't know how important turn order is at the moment. I think we're just making sure everyone is caught up and getting the characters where they need to be post-skip.

You mean it hasn't been written yet? I must rectify this! It's in effect.

Definitely. And the best part is that she greets everyone that way. If Reader uses the "healer" remark, she won't be happy, so her standard greeting could come across as a vanilla woman forced to declare her inferiority and not especially happy about it. Rum raisin. Nobody likes rum raisin. That is when you flee to the internet to read and/or write fix fics. Seriously, it helped me with the last Harry Potter book. I think we are ready for the skip.

Whichever way lends itself better to tormenting Backtrack. So probably Reader calling Autumn in would be the better option, since it would give the illusion that whoever is in charge trusts Reader more and gives him more authority, when really it's the other way around. After seeing the Koschei/Reader conversation in that office, such a display would make Backtrack even more nervous.

The way to our amusement is paved with Backtrack's tears.

Sorry, could you repeat that? All I heard was "We have to use that idea right now."

And if Reader told Autumn to "Take him to our healer," to which Autumn glared and said "Yeah, best healer we've ever had," intending it as an insult to Koschei, how terrified would Backtrack be?

Well, it looks like the Autumn/Twins interrogation is winding down. Maybe Reader could release him to Autumn's unintentional torment?

Woah woah woah—I thought we were trying to redeem Backtrack, not permanently scar his psyche! Then again….maybe Backtrack can only be redeemed through the power of severe psychological scarring. Bring on the Old Ones, Kobold!

I can't claim neutrality, either—I doubt anyone can, really. But I also agree that shouting each other down shouldn't be the go-to strategy for winning. My old high school's debate team had "If your argument is weak, pound the table" printed on their sweatshirts. It was meant to be ironic, but when it's actually used is when it becomes nigh impossible for anything meaningful to be said. Which is sad, because there are extremely intelligent people on both sides of the debate, but when they start trying to shout each other down, it seems like all that intelligence goes to waste while we watch them debate to win the argument. Sorry. Tangent. Before I go to bed, I have a question for Mailliw: Can Frequency tune out certain radio broadcasts, or does he automatically hear everything? And if he can simply focus on one radio within fifty yards, does it have to be in the same building?

Agreed on everything except the "aspiring scientist" bit, since the math goes right over my head. The only time I find it offensive is when one party or the other is shamed and browbeaten for their views (and this applies when the espoused view is creation OR evolution). If there's nothing belligerent about the presentation, which there isn't here, then getting offended just makes you a baby meanieface full of lame. Thank you muchly.

CURSE YOU QUOTA FOR THE ACCIDENTAL DOWNVOTE! I'm one of those who don't find references to either theory offensive. To me, the distant past isn't as important as the present, so casual evolutionary references don't bother me. (Besides, I'm a Whovian. The Doctor only references evolution....what, eight times per season at least? )

I was almost so proud of you!

Backtrack, why must you decide to use your powers right when I want to hug you? Just when you need a hug most, you slip. You....backtrack.

Ummmm……no. Once again, it was mostly jokes. Though Kobold did write a horrifyingly entertaining look at what Lightwards would give Lucentia as an engagement gift, followed by my sequel called "The Night Funtimes Went Crazy." So no, no serious planning.