MA(flea)TO

[aubins]

Comments

[touchups]

Well, you're not wrong. It'd be way harder for someone who was born into technology to just settle for books and cards, though! Probably.

[He's never seen it but he's assuming like 50% of the population would just give up and die on the spot. As for their economically cursed future:]

Maybe... [Said with the air of "haha, it will not".] What's it like for you, then?

[aubins]

Probably. But you don't actually know.

[ maybe you will find cards fun, mahito? you don't know. ]

... [ hm. ] Rich people are right, poor people are poor. Sounds like it's a tale as old as time.

[touchups]

Nope. Maybe if we suddenly lose all our tech here, I'll get my answer.

[They're all gonna die. BUT AH, THAT SURE IS JUST. That sure is just the... the tie that binds... (Sheila voice) why couldn't it be puppies.]

Seems like a lot of places share commonalities when it comes to their core problems, huh? Even if they're entire worlds away.

[It's almost like the real core problem is, like, humans or something, damn.]

[aubins]

That'd be interesting. I'm sure a few of us who weren't used to this beforehand would miss some of this stuff if it vanished.

[ ... but there are puppies now at least! ]

Seems so. Maybe we're all just prone to the same mistakes. Or caught up in the tide of people making them.

[touchups]

For sure! Can you imagine going back to living without hot water or electricity now?

[Said with a little bit of a laugh... Fuckin RIP ye oldes. But at least they do indeed have puppies.]

Seems like that's pretty true, though. Both things are true, probably.

[aubins]

I mean, if I have to. Luxuries are luxuries, and they don't always last forever. [ ...... ] It'll be a pain though, I admit.

[ they DO. and KITTIES. ]

Dangerous combination, isn't it?

[touchups]

Maybe you can find a way to take some of it with you?

[Just take a wholeass plumbing system and also electricity. WHERE ARE THE KITTIES THOUGH WHO'S HOLDING OUT.]

Hah - yep! But we've all managed to make it this far without completely wiping ourselves out, somehow.

[aubins]

[ ask gluttony to see their cats! but like specifically phrase it in the worst way possible you know exactly what i mean. ]

Like a whole ... electric thing?

[ he doesn't know how it works ]

For the moment.

[touchups]

[me closing my eyes immediately]

Yeah! You could invent electricity! It'd make you super popular for sure. Just be careful that no one steals your lightbulbs.

[What helpful advice from the distant future... ANYWAY.]

Sounds kinda dire when you put it like that.

[aubins]

[ :) ]

... If I can figure out how to invent something when I don't know how it works, sure.

[ thanks, mahito. ]

It kind of is, don't you think?

[touchups]

Ask someone who knows how it works!

[PROBLEM SOLVED. Unfortunately he has a peanut brain and is not the person to ask...

But he just shrugs a little - and then nods.]

Yeah, you're right. That's just how things are, though.

[aubins]

Is it really that easy?

[ he doubts. ]

... A bit defeatist of us though, huh. It helps to try and change things, even if it's only a little at a time.

[touchups]

No idea! I don't have a clue how electricity actually works.

[He's the most helpful modern HERE, damn. He's also just giving Yuri a mildly curious look at that, before he eventually nods.]

That's a good perspective to have.

[aubins]

[ pff. ] Maybe someone here can host a class on it at some point, and then I can spark a revolution back home.

[ hilarious. ]

I think so. Even if it's not exactly easy.

[touchups]

You probably would, if you did bring it back home.

[He too finds that hilarious. Lead the revolution, Yuri, he's cheering you on.

Then, with a note of mild jest:] You like doing stuff the hard way, huh?

[aubins]

[ the revolution of lights and electric showers. amazing. yuri just gives mahito a slightly raised eyebrow and shrugs. ]

Sometimes that's the only way to do it. Slow and steady, clawing your way the whole time.

[touchups]

[YEAH. IT'S WHAT HE DESERVES!! Bring that world some fairy lights.]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience.

[aubins]

[ yuri would absolutely have fairy lights everywhere he'd be that kind of guy. ]

My life has been clawing my way upwards. That's just how it is.

[touchups]

[Honestly he's valid as hell if Mahito had electricity in his tunnel he'd also be a fairy lights kinda guy.]

Have you gotten to where you want to go yet...?

[aubins]

[ would he have those neon signs that say, like. girl boss.

... flea boss. floss. ]

No. Don't know if I will, but there are other people who share the same goal and they'll pass it down if I fall before we make it there.

[touchups]

[yeah just one big ol sign that says floss in flashing neon letters.]

Ah... I can get that. [A nod! Hilariously, he really can.] Hope you guys get there someday!

[aubins]

[ love that for him. he should get a projector but instead of projecting the night sky, it just projects fleas. ]

... [ that fills me full of dread. ] If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well. Even if it's going to take a while.

[touchups]

[JUST FULLASS PICTURES OF FLEAS i hate it here

also don't worry about it.]

True! That's true. The biggest rewards usually take the most work, too.

[aubins]

[ it's the room he deserves. ]

That's why they're the biggest rewards.