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[franciscoramon]

informal poll for you guys. if you had to choose, is this place more like:

a) fantasia, from the neverending story
b) oz, from the wizard of oz
c) wherever the hell it was with the muppets and stuff, from labyrinth
d) wonderland, from alice in wonderland

[ The question might seem like a frivolous one, but the answers should actually be pretty informative, and it's way more fun than just asking people to describe what this place is really like. ]

Comments

[franciscoramon]

[ That's a whole moral debate that's above Cisco's head, and he's not about to get into it with this boy; he'll settle for humor: ]

if kids wanna know stuff [ Sure did type 'shit' and go back to replace it ] kids can learn how to hack like the rest of us did.

[supersweet]

That's not fair. It's not like they teach that in school!

[franciscoramon]

learning to do stuff on your own is more fun than school, anyway.

[supersweet]

You still need someone to teach you. Not everything can be done on your own.

[franciscoramon]

that's true. but it's also good to learn how to teach yourself, too.

you're not the only kid here, right? i mean if they've got a school they must have at least enough for a class or two.

[supersweet]

How many kids have you seen?

[ There are some around, but not like Jon. There are no superhero kids or special kids. Everyone's a lot older too. ]

[franciscoramon]

idk, i got here yesterday i haven't been counting.

[supersweet]

Big surprise.

Your alternate reality poll left out all the aliens, reality-warpers and evil clones too. Movies don't narrow that down.

[franciscoramon]

...are you saying there evil clones here?

[supersweet]

There might be. We are at an alternate reality.

[franciscoramon]

great, well, something to look forward to...

(that was sarcasm)

[supersweet]

I know what sarcasm is.

That's why I said your poll should be better.

[franciscoramon]

well i'll just have to put up a second poll in a few days asking if anyone's seen any aliens or evil twins

[supersweet]

I already asked a few days back.

[franciscoramon]

well i guess i'll just go back and read that.
problem solved.

[supersweet]

Irregularities or similarities are usually the best way to figure out what kind of portal or world we're working with.

[franciscoramon]

you seem very knowledgeable about this.

[ He refrains from adding an 'especially for a kid your age'. ]

[supersweet]

This is my second alternate reality experience. We had to move cuz our original universe blew up or something.

[franciscoramon]

seriously? that's awful...

[supersweet]

Yeah. I don't remember much, but it was hard on my parents.

[franciscoramon]

my parents had to move somewhere new, too, before they had me
i mean it was only a new country not a whole new dimension, but it was hard on them
are you parents here? there's... someone looking after you, right?

[ If this place has a school it must have some equivalent of child services, right? ]

[supersweet]

A version of them, yeah. Plus I've got a case worker.

[franciscoramon]

[ That sounds like ten different kind of complicated. ]

well, that's something.

anyway thanks for the info. next time i'll try to throw in some non-old-people options.

[supersweet]

You're welcome. I hope I helped.