Entry #1

[rosswood]

[It's entirely possible this man is trying to say something important on video, but there's a problem. Static keeps fuzzing intermittently across the screen in a multicolored frenzy, corrupting his words beyond much recognition. You might catch a glimpse of a face squinting at the video feed, tongue stuck out between his teeth in concentration, before the video blurs and dips. Now you're getting a lovely view of the front of his shirt, jacket strings dangling, in between the rushes of white noise.]

-nderland thing- [sorry, can't hear you over the roaring of ZZZZZFFFFFJFFZJZJZ now crackling merrily across the video feed] -iously? Is anyo- [and poor Alex is again interrupted by another squeal of distortion. This persists for a few minutes before the feed clicks off with the disgruntled air of a frustrated sigh.

Then, a line of text:]

alright i guess that idea wasn't happening anytime soon
so this is some kindof wonderland shitshow is what i'm hearing
i'll skip the obvious has anyone tried to get out blah blah blah youve all heard it
what i wanna know is this

how the hell do you keep track of time around here

Comments

[Text]

[exceedinglybright]

There are calendars and clocks. How accurate they actually are is anyone's guess.
We're coming up on Christmas at the moment, at any rate.

[Text]

[rosswood]

christmas?

[jesus christ. literally.]

so christmas exists in wonderville
good to know

[Text]

[exceedinglybright]

Well, most everyone here comes from elsewhere.
I suppose you could say we brought it with us.

[Text]

[rosswood]

ok so do seasons change too
there are forty shit-billion wonderland adaptations out there which one is this one

[Text]

[exceedinglybright]

They do. They're usually mild, but winter just started.
It's the same every year, we wake up to the mansion decorating itself for Christmas and a light blanket of snow outside.
Is the language really necessary?

Text

[naughty_nurse]

I use a journal. Though I only started using it recently.

[rosswood]

ok but what if your memory is say really bad
i don't just mean like bad i mean

ok well what if your memory sucks is what im saying

[naughty_nurse]

Well, that will work out anyway. This place sometimes takes away our memories or messes with them.

[rosswood]

it does that too
great
great
that is just so great
i'm so pleased to hear this

[naughty_nurse]

Wow, you're taking this really well.

[Mikan has a hard grasp of sarcasm.]

gasp of surprise. also, text;

[radiopalkiller]

[ Philip sits in a library corner, The History of Archery in Europe in his lap. Theory, unlike practice, does not snap its bowstring in his face. The network runs in the background like a radio, until the station frizzes out, and Philip arches an eyebrow at the static noise. Plays the transmission again. Arches his eyebrow. Was that-- No. No, it's been years, it can't have been.

He shakes his head. The text blinks at him. He starts typing. ]

Invent a year and go from there. We do have clocks and calendars for the rest, though. They seem to correspond to most people's way of keeping track of time; or at least they try to come across that way.

Today would be December 14th in the year of our Lord Your Guess Is As Good As Mine.

text;

[rosswood]

december 14th
well where i just was it was august
where does the time go~

text;

[radiopalkiller]

That is probably an excellent scientific inquiry, or philosophical question, if you're so inclined, but the more practical answer is that it really doesn't seem to matter. When or If you return to your world you return to the exact same moment you came from. Much like a treadmill, really, if treadmills were more inclined to mess with your head. You run and run and run, but once you get off you're back just where you started.

text;

[rosswood]

my eyes just glazed over
why so many words dude

but ok i kinda get what your saying
like
we're stuck

two words see was that so hard

text;

[radiopalkiller]

Sorry, did you have somewhere to be? Did that take up too much of your time? Are you late for an appointment?

text;

[krmvgivv]

What's wrong with your camera?

text;

[rosswood]

what that old thing
oh nothing
my settings just fucked up no big

text;

[krmvgivv]

It looks all bad horror movie. Isn't there one on your phone that isn't terrible?

text;

[rosswood]

oh well gee why didn't i think of that
bless you kind sir for your good advice

[A minute, and then another video feed, just as staticky as the first. Barely visible is the black square of a phone and a thumb tapping the power button repeatedly, to no avail.]

oh well
it's the thought that counts

text;

[krmvgivv]

[Wow hilarious.]

Ok but literally everyone else's works. I don't even know how there could be interference. What are you even filming with now? Or texting on?

[text]

[punful]

been using a calendar from here and a notebook to compare it to the timeframe back home. not that it matters since our worlds are timelocked. and honestly i don't really care all that much.

[Time is ~an illusion~]

[text]

[rosswood]

you dont care that much
which is why you took the time to write everything down
and then tell me about it
?

[text]

[punful]

cause i figured out about a week in that it was useless. the calendars here seem to be accurate so far, and why bother comparing it to home? not like we'll remember anything when we go back.

but, hey, if you want to keep track of things that badly, knock yourself out. i'd say just use two calendars and write down the day it was back home when you got here. seems to work fine.

[text]

[rosswood]

yes timekeeping sure means a lot for people with memory problems
hypotheticly speaking i mean
hypothetic
hypotheti c a l
hypothetically
??




whatever
whats up with your text messages
there like
the graphic designers nightmare

[text]

[punful]

[Uhh.]

you alright there, buddy?

[Memory problems, huh. Hoo boy.]

you could say that this font just really spoke to me.