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WHAT Last chance for timefuck except not really
WHERE Wherever
WHEN Day 127, whenever

[So, you've been messing around with time.]

[Okay, we've actually been doing that, yeah. Quiet Mounds is still a bit unpredictable, with the seasons and the clocks a little haywire. Today, there's another little pulse of magic. Maybe some of you find yourself back to normal? Or maybe more people are suddenly the wrong age or timeline. Maybe Deadpool shows up. I don't know.]

[Last post for deage/age-up/etc event, though obviously you can continue to backthread or play at your leisure after this.]

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I don't mind. Sounds complicated. I wish I had better advice.

[shakes his head gently.]

I am blessed simply to have a friend by my side.

It's about the one thing we have going for us here.

...

[he tilts his head to the side, smiling mildly. thinking.] I must ask, even knowing how impolite it is to do so. In your world, is it just you that... ah, I suppose you wouldn't be able to tell. It's just how it is for you.

Anyone else different, you mean? [She's not that sensitive about it. It's strange. She gets its strange.] So far, it's just been me. I can't say for anyone. Wouldn't even know how to check.

But it seems like there's just the one difference.

And I even have the same name.

[he gets a remarkably mischievous smile on his face.]

Could you imagine, if I were one of the Dora?

[oh no, that's cute]

Now that you mention it, it's not that hard to picture. You'd have made a good Dora.

Exactly. Imagine how disappointed I was as a young boy when I was told it wasn't possible.

Is that what you wanted to do? When you were a kid, you wanted to pick up a spear and fight with them?

[raises his eyebrows like, have you seen the Dora Milaje???]

Instead, I am a king. Quite disappointing.

A real booby prize. No luck at all.

[She has seen the Dora Milaje. And they are impressive.]

If I were you, I'd have wanted to be one of them too.

[It's still a little gratifying to think that Wakandan women get that choice—a real, respected choice women could make if they were tough and talented enough.]

[Wakanda is pretty great, ngl]

"The Adored Ones." Blessed by the gods themselves with the grace and ferocity only a woman could wield.

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I'd believe it. The gods were generous with their gifts.

Did you know, men are considered too emotional and too fickle to become part of the Dora?

You're pulling my leg.

It's true. I'm sure you agree that men are entirely too volatile and impulsive to be properly loyal to a cause.

Here and I thought it was just the men I knew personally who were all loose cannons.

[Because face it, it's true.]

[he laughs.]

I'm sure I could convince them to be more lenient in this day and age, but tradition is tradition.

You'd still have to take it up with Okoye. Probably safer to respect tradition on that one.

[That woman is a force.]

I would be dead by now, if she had any interest in being Queen.

I believe that. You and anyone else in her way.

Lucky she's on your side?

I thank Bast every day.

As you should.

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