A Curious Journal [handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

To whom this may concern,
I don't know who you people are, nor do I know why you keep leaving this notebook in my attic, but I am quite certain it does not belong to me. I'll admit, it is rather lovely, duck motif on the front cover and all, but I hardly remember agreeing to participate in what I'm assuming is a public diary to be filled by some sort of exclusive club in which I do not belong to.
Now that I think of it, how is it that you keep breaking into my house without unlocking any of the doors?!
Sincerely, Dorian Gray

Comments

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Wait. You're from the FUTURE?

[yes_im_kawaii]

Yeah, and then I moved to another world that was even more the future because my old world sucked.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

There's one sentence you don't read every day.

Who are you, and what is the future like?

[yes_im_kawaii]

My name is Sawatari Makoto. We have a lot of cars and trains and office buildings and most things run on enetron, but apparently other worlds in the same time don't know what enetron is and use nuclear or hydro power or stuff like that. Also, there are a lot of cat videos. I bet I can send you some. Links even work in books.

See, cats.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

One, is a car some sort of futuristic carriage?

Two, I don't know how you did this, but you gave me a literal moving picture of a wobbly kitten.

I suppose logic does not work here at all, Miss Makoto.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Yeah, and it goes super fast.

A cute wobbly kitten! Because it's a link for us, but then you're using a magic book because you don't have internet. Nobody knows everything about how the community works, not even someone really smart.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

So... This "community" of sorts picks its members randomly?

[yes_im_kawaii]

I think so. Except it's only interesting people.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Ah. That says something about the quality of it.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Like who to talk to and stuff?

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Exactly, my dear!

I guess I can also take it as a compliment, since if the community only accepts interesting people, that must mean I am sufficiently interesting.

[yes_im_kawaii]

Do you have an exciting life? Most people here do.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Well, that depends on what you find exciting. How do you fancy going to balls and music halls?

[yes_im_kawaii]

It sounds fun. Like off manga.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Care to explain what "manga" is?

[yes_im_kawaii]

Books with pictures and stories and there's lots of different kinds but I like the ones with interesting love stories or explosions but the last one I can already see at home anyway.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

It sounds much like a children's book with complicated plot-lines.

As for the explosions, are there lower safety standards in the future?

[yes_im_kawaii]

No, we just have a bunch of enemies.

[handwritten]

[theothermrgray]

Oh dear, it looks like you keep making enemies of arsonists. I imagine cleaning up after that lot must be irksome.