No really this makes perfect sense

[docfoul]

Good day, community. I have an announcement to make, this one significantly more pleasant than some of you are doubtlessly expecting to hear from me.

I have been informed that there was a party at my associates' mansion last week and that a significant number of you were and will be there. I have also been assured - and, in the meantime, come to clearly see - that I will have been there as well. This is a fantastic chance for mingling, as I know you will agree, and so I am formally inviting everyone who reads this and a handful of people who will not. Not that it matters, because you were already there. Haa haa, hee hee, hoo hoo.

I must warn you, though: some of my associates can be unruly. Not to worry, however, as there will be enough people, and not only myself, more than qualified enough to keep everything running smoothly. Not to mention that the alpha timeline would not allow for anything to go gravely wrong.

Still, do watch out for any stray bullets from parallel timelines. There may be a few of those.


((IC post regarding this event idea I've been mentioning on Plurk lately! It... doesn't really have a set date or anything yet, but here it is. 8D;; I will get an OOC post explaining everything in detail soon, including specific Weird Time Shit that could happen and what you can do if you want to be at the party, but would rather opt out of all the time travel!))

Comments

[selfished]

... So let me get this straight. You're inviting people to a party.. they've already been to.

[docfoul]

Yes. Because they have not attended it yet.

[selfished]

They have been there, yet they haven't--

What kind of lame joke is this? Don't think ya can fool me just by pretending to be all smart.

[docfoul]

First, I am not pretending. I am incredibly intelligent.
Second, it's very simple.
The party has already happened in my world, but the guests are only now being informed of the fact. They will later attend the party, which has already happened, with the assistance of my previously mentioned associates.

[selfished]

So practically what you're saying here is that it's some weird time shenanigans thing that's even worse than some B-movie plots about those sort of things.

oh my god you saw nothing

[docfoul]

Think of it as such, if you must.
I wouldn't call it accurate, though.

I saw, admired and plurked...

[selfished]

Then why isn't it accurate? Do you actually like that kinda stuff?

[oceanicbutterfly]

Is this white-text-language for "I'm going to have a party and you're all invited"?

[docfoul]

I mean exactly what I wrote.

[oceanicbutterfly]

I think I hate time travel.

[docfoul]

You are far from alone in your opinion.

[im_wavin]

Y is your text all white?

[docfoul]

Often, the words I speak should be delivered with subtlety.
I find that this color, aside from being aesthetically pleasing, fulfills that purpose nicely.

[grimdarkseer]

This wouldn't be a ploy to try and work around the limits of your omniscience by bringing members of the community into your own environment, would it?

[docfoul]

Let's suppose you were right, which you are not.
Would it really make a difference?
Do you think the community cares where anybody is? If they are here and not there, will the community give up on casting its dark veil over them?

[grimdarkseer]

I know if I were in your position I would certainly consider it an option, one to be explored if only for it to later be discarded.

[docfoul]

I have been physically in the presence of some community members before.
I frankly doubt location makes a difference. It never did before.

[grimdarkseer]

And yet still I cannot bring myself to believe that you are offering this simply from the goodness of your heart.

[docfoul]

I am not.
I am bringing it up because it has already happened, and now it is up to me to ensure it will have happened.

[tenminutes]

You should've tried to not invite anyone this time just to see if the community would still force everyone to come because it already happened and you know it happened.

[docfoul]

It will.

[tenminutes]

Force them to come? But would it have if you didn't say anything?

[docfoul]

Yes.

[... He's not going to bother explaining. It's more fun this way.]

[tenminutes]

Are you sure this isn't one of your "I'm omniscient rah rah" bits?

NAEM STOP HTMLING ON AUTOPILOT

[docfoul]

Can't it be both?
Haa haa.