Happy Pkunk Holiday!

[takeme2urpants]

[Today, and only for today, there is a beautiful pool of water. Next to it, there is a large assortment of different fruits, oat cakes, and many different colors of string. Above the string is a sign:]

Happy Ooidal Flight of the Pelargic Fraternity!
Tie a knot with the string in the fashion you wish, drop it into the water, and let it glow. Your

Comments

[tickingtykebomb]

[eyeing the sign]

Eleven years? Kinda random.

[takeme2urpants]

Ah--it is the number of years between pelargic generations on Gamma Krueger I. It has some symbolic meaning as well, but I could not tell you what it is.

[tickingtykebomb]

...right. So we just make knots and get good luck? That's it?

[takeme2urpants]

Something like that. It is a meditative exercise more than anything else.

[tickingtykebomb]

Is that why the knots are so complicated?

[takeme2urpants]

I believe so. If I recall correctly, the knot for pure bliss takes almost all day to make.

[tickingtykebomb]

Shit. I think I'll pass on making that one.

[takeme2urpants]

Hee hee hee! I do not blame you.

Are there any knots that do appeal to you, I wonder?

[tickingtykebomb]

Uh... I dunno? I think I'll just tie a bunch of knots I know and hope it means something to the guys from Gamma Whatever.

[takeme2urpants]

You could assign your own meanings to them, if you like. The Pkunk--the people from Gamma Whatever--do not mind, terribly.

[tickingtykebomb]

Yeah? Nice. They sound like a chill group.

[takeme2urpants]

That is certainly one way of saying it, yes.

[easybreezyidiot]

Who cares? Maybe we'll get something good out of it.

[tickingtykebomb]

Maybe. The sign's pretty vague, though. Happiness may continue-- no guarantees.

[easybreezyidiot]

We have nothing to lose.

[tickingtykebomb]

I guess. It'd be hard for camp to turn this into something shitty.

[starts flipping through a knot booklet]