JustPrompts: Ten Thank You Notes (10/9 -- 10/23)

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Ten Thank You Notes


Farley –
Thank you for being there for me. Thanks for always being willing to listen to my problems, no matter how strange they may seem. I know you’ve had a rather checkered past, but you’ve always been a loyal friend to me, and I really appreciate that. Thanks.

Gladys –
Thank you for helping me through the tough times. It means a lot to me, having someone there who’s willing to come and comfort me when I need it. I’m here for you too, if you ever need it. Thanks.

Aubrey –
Thank you for being someone I can pal around with. It’s nice having someone to talk science with, even if we’re technically in different fields. And it’s nice having someone else around who enjoys building and inventing. Thanks.

Revan –
Thank you for being there when I first fell through the Rift. I have no idea what I would have done if I’d had to orient myself to this strange new world alone. Thank you for being my guide and teaching me new things, Jeedi pateesa. Thanks.

JD –
Thank you for treating me like someone important. Granted, discovering I’m technically fictional was a bit of a shock, but it was nice to see how enthusiastic you were to meet me. I’ve never really had a fan before, and – it felt good. Thanks.

Dmitri –
Thank you for making me laugh at a time when very little in my life seemed funny. I was really hurting that day, and you helped a lot by stopping and talking. I hope we can meet up again one day, and maybe I can repay the favor. Thanks.

Damion –
Thank you for sharing a cup of tea and some other pleasant conversations with me. The Nexus can be a rather scary place at times, and it’s good to know I have someone I can count on for some pleasant conversation and maybe even a little building and tinkering time. Thanks.

Metody –
Thank you for showing me there’s a definite good side to my weather powers. A lot of the time, all I can think of is the annoyances they cause me, like getting me wet at night. I really enjoyed seeing your face light up when I created the snow, or laughing with me about my cloud creations. Thanks.

Holly –
Thank you for being my friend. When we first met, I was a very lonely young boy who didn’t get a lot of respect from his peers. Having someone who was willing to stand up for me (and my sister), who liked me just for who I was – it meant a lot. I really hope you’re doing well these days. Thanks.

Marty –
Thank you.
For everything.


Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Comments

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Exactly. I'm trying to get out of the habit of taking things for granted. It rarely works out how you intend.

Heh, I see. Yeah, I'm a bit on the hyperactive side at times, I admit. Probably best to just pen me in the yard and let me go to town.

Ahhh! Interesting. I'll have to keep an eye out when I visit the Nexus.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Alas, I am starting to think I will never have a house with a garden. Do you come in a mini size? I could arrange some sort of grass patch in the livingroom for a miniDoc. A docette?

He's a lovely little guy. You'll be happy you met him.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Aw, too bad. I suppose once I finish my time machine, I could go back and introduce you to the six-year-old version of myself. (That's assuming paradoxes don't destroy the world as a result.)

Glad to hear it. :D

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

I'd be afraid of somehow unmaking the current you.

Clearly, I need to invent a shrinking machine. Or you do, since I think that'd be safer.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yes, that's the scary part about time travel. Why I intend to be extra careful.

Hmm, true. Or maybe wait until the Nexus provides the right kind of LOL.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Good! I'm rather fond of the current you. I'd be sad if you weren't you. If I knew.

And yes. Really, it's only a matter of time.

Though, with my luck, it'll be me who's miniturized.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm -- I like being me.

Precisely. Everything else seems to happen there.

Heh. Well, maybe if we're lucky I'll get hit by it too. That way you wouldn't have to be alone.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

And then we could have awesome adventures in Giant Land!

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Precisely! So long as the miniaturization doesn't go too far and we have to worry about people stepping on us.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Oh, being stepped on would be a constant danger. As would being attacked by cats, rogue grasshoppers, cockroaches, and perhaps even bees. And the vaccume cleaner....shudder. I won't even speak of its terrors.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

This doesn't sound as fun as I thought it might be. Hmmm.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

But we'd overcome obstacles and bond despite initial arguing, learning that any problem can be surmounted so long as we stick together.

Though we seem to have skipped the arguing part, so I guess we ought to do that first.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Heh. I'm not good at arguing with friends, though.

Besides, what could we argue about?

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

I...don't know. Obscure points that neither of us fully understands? Meaningless things? My carefully nursed grudge that other people don't think flavors should be named after colors?

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

I don't know either. I don't feel particularly argumentative at the moment. Maybe it's a side effect of being miniaturized?

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

It might be! Or maybe movies lie.

To tell the truth, I make an effort to not be argumentative. Life is hard enough without fighting.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Either one would be acceptable.

Yeah, me either. You make an excellent point there. Chicago has enough annoyance without me adding to things.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Likely, its the movies thing. I've noticed a lot of things that don't hold that you see in movies. Alas.

I wonder if my Chicago is like your Chicago.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. They may be entertaining, but movies make a poor substitute for reality.

Probably not. Unless yours is home to a number of rifts in the space-time continuum too.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

A pity. It seems like they could be much more realistic and interesting with a minimum of effort. Nuanced characters gain a kind of immortality.

And they show up here, now that I think of it. Maybe the box office suck is a conspiracy to keep the Nexus population down.

I doubt it. Someone would have said. Or, more likely, the city would be in the middle of a vast sterilization zone. That's what they did to the other areas of uncontrollable weird.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Well, some movies make the effort. Most, though, don't want to put in that kind of work.

Heh, perhaps. Who knows?

I see. Wonder if they'll ever attempt something like that here? (I hope not. Chicago may be crazy, but it's the only home I have right now.)

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

There's this great movie called A Beautiful Mind that I love, which made the effort. It's a classic.

I doubt you have to worry about sterilization zones; my world seems much more desperate and panicky-violent about supernatural things than others. I never really considered how brutal we are until I talked with people here.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

A Beautiful Mind? Hmm, have to see if I can rent that. What's it about?

Yikes. I suppose not -- the native supernatural population would probably never allow it. Probably more likely all the mundane people will end up moving out of Chicago first.

[metody-green.livejournal.com]

Its a fictionalization about a Nobel laureate in Economics - and a compelling look into madness, because he was insane. Clinically insane. I wouldn't call it a feel-good movie, but there was some kind of solace in it.

It sounds like you've got a sizeable supernatural population. That right there is a major difference. I'm the only person I know who has significant powers. Others are exceedingly rare, and put down as soon as they make themselves obvious.

[clockwork-doc.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. Sounds like an interesting movie, at any rate. Worse ways to spend an afternoon.

Oh yes. Angels, demons, people with more mundane supernatural powers, the Wanderers. . . . It's incredible, really.

Put down?!