Subject: Indeed.
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Posted on: 2015-05-06 21:40:00 UTC
I cannot possibly be grateful for the help that you definitely have not provided. We will definitely not be rewarding your efforts by helping you and yours establish major facilities on the cheap in the stuff we take over from the corpstates.
Hot on the tail of the 2057-2060 Titan PPC Gathering, certain parties suggested we should go back out and visit another solar system body. Well, never let it be said that the PPC shrinks from a challenge! It's been a long trip, but we're finally back - and ready to report.
The 2068-2071 Io PPC Gathering
Yes, inspired by the ludicrously long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe (you'll see why ;)), eleven intrepid PPCers made their way to Jupiter's most volatile moon. What we did there - well, you'll have to read to find out.
hS
(And KittyEden, if you're reading: obviously I expect another Hypothetical Camping Trip to match this. C'mon, the gauntlet has been thrown down... ~hS)
We dragged all out kit out of storage on the Valiant...
I believe you meant to write "our kits"?
Nonetheless, seems like an insane Gathering. How did anyone manage to get any sleep, what with the constant threat of being burned alive?
... understand Future Slang. You've got to clot with the grebes, tolly!
Aw, Io's not so bad if you stick to solid gr... all right, the truth is, we had to set a lava watch schedule. Satisfied?
hS
But you may have to wait a bit. I'm pretty busy at the moment.
I mean, seriously, how was I supposed to know what would happen? And you'd think, with eleven of us, that someone might have pointed out any problems if they were obvious ones.
Just be glad we were able to talk Tungsten Monk out of detouring all the way up Skythia Mons and pretending to be a barbarian horde.
~Neshomeh
(( "Ooh, what's that over there? Let's check it out!" sounds so much like me on vacation that I had to take the blame credit. Awesome, once again. ^_^ Though maybe not quite as awesome as the first one. I've less sentimental attachment to the MCU. ))
Was it her (um, 'was it she'?) who tried to graffiti the names of every MCU actor ever onto the side of a mountain because 'it won't matter, it'll all get lava'd away anyway'? I think it was...
((Yeah, I decided not to even try and top Titan for sentimentality; I guess that means none of the sequels will be as good as the original... hey, sounds like a franchise to me!))
hS
It's too bad this whole "uploading my consciousness into a computer and becoming the seed of the technological singularity" thing is taking so long. Seriously, you think completely analyzing and encoding the human brain would be easy at this point. All these needles jabbed into my cerebral cortex beg to differ.
Next time, though! Once I've integrated with every manmade computer, I'll definitely be up for the trip.
... to hold the first interstellar Gathering by uploading yourself to New Horizons (now that it's finally joined the Voyagers and Pioneers outside the solar system). Though I suppose you'll be able to attend multiple Gatherings at once...
hS
Good times, man, good times. Remember when we played "squishy squishy" with Jupiter? I pretended to juggle it, that was fun.
Very lovely report!
Oh, do you guys remember when I got spacesick? I do NOT recommend it.
I think my favorite part was when we got to Avenger's 15: Attack From Planet Hulk in the marathon. People give it a lot of hate, but I think it was a decent movie. Robert Downey Jr. was looking REALLY old, though. Robo-Stan Lee's cameo was a hoot!
No Hulk storyline has been worth the silicon it's printed on since the whole 'Let's Clone Banner' debacle. And AfPH? Please. Let me guess - you think the Hulklings look 'cool', right? And that 'wings make everything more awesome'?
Oh, no, wait, I don't have to guess; I was there for that conversation.
hS
But some of us have anti-corpstate terrorist groups to lead.
CAPITALIST SWIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
You didn't get any money from our government last week, since we don't send you any because we would never fund terrorists, right? Especially not in the form of a briefcase full of old untracked cash?
Well, I didn't send any experimental immortality nanomeds along with it, either. I mean, those don't even exist. They're conspiracy theorist nonsense, like our so-called "Ethically Dubious Research Department". I mean, what's next? "Top-Secret Institute for Puppy-Kicking?" Come on, don't be ridiculous.
If I did send them, however (which I didn't), they should be in the form of a small one-dose laser syringe hidden among the money (which I didn't send, either). Hypothetically, if the nanotechnology to build those even existed, they would probably be most efficient when injected in the forearm's veins. I also assume they would be self-replicating, making only one dose necessary.
(BTW, I've found RPF of myself again. Not sure if I should make a mission about that one...)
I will admit that the Hulk stories have been somewhat... lacking, as of late. But you really can't blame Disney for merging the MCU with the animated canon. It was a brilliant business move, and I'm surprised it took them as long as it did to thaw out Walt Disney so he could make that call. The Hulklings are the best interpretation of Huey, Duey, and Louie I've seen in years!
As for Clone Saga 2, I agree. They really jumped the shark with with that one. ...speaking of sharks, have you heard from World-Jumper? I haven't seen him since the wedding at SeaWorld...
Sandy was heavy with our little pup at the time, and I knew I could not leave her in such a state. The tail surgery was stressful enough for her, I could not add raising children without a father to that. Next time, though, I should be free! Little Bruce is almost though school, and Jane is looking to be married next march. So, as long as the trip does not take place before then, I should be set!
Glad to hear all of you have been well. A word of advice, though - if you're able to make it to the next trip, avoid mentioning anything near Uranus. So...many...puns...
((Purely for the record - because searching the Other Board for it is a pain - I'll note that this is the same future timeline as the one that features the Albus Potter series... or rather, serieses. Per the 'Door to the Future' RP:
Lucy snorted. "Sure, you could call it 'something'. The Rowlings are up to... what is it now, Durran?"
"Three mutually incompatible canonical timelines, averaging eleven books each," Durran said promptly. "Not counting the anime, games, or either of the movie 'interpretations'."
Lucy and Durran are from about 2069, so it all fits in together.
hS))
I thought Door to the Future's future never happened because of Door to the Future?
Now I'm confused.
The Door to the Future changed the timeline of the PPC organisation. That never happened. But the organisation can't affect the Real World - the one that makes the canons. If I write an urban fantasy set in the '60s, then heavily edit it to create a 'new timeline' - that doesn't mean the events of the '60s have changed. Just the ones in my sub-creation.
So the 'Real World' of this future features the Albus Potter books. There are currently (at least) two PPC timelines which take place in the timeframe of that 'Real World'.
Whether Alby actually gets any books, of course, is something none of us can know... yet.
hS
Marty! Marty! You've gotta come back with me, Marty Iximaz! Back... to the future!
hS knew that 'vintage' DeLorean was a bad idea
(Apparently it was a sub-thread. Weird.)
(hS is parenthetical)