Fifth Dark Hole [Phones]

[cueballer]

[Phone; Filtered to the Homestuck cast (yes he knows who you all are)]

Delightful news, everyone! Yes that means everyone, Humans, Alternians and even that one lonesome Derse. I was returned my scrapbook of visual paradox space events. Do any of you wish to see pictures from back home by any chance? I have plenty to share in this quite large book

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[frogst]

What kinds of pictures are in it?

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[cueballer]

What sort of pictures do you expect to find in a scrapbook, Jade Harley? It is a book of memories, for my own records mostly.

filtered; so laaate sorry 8(

[frogst]

I don't know! [ She laughs a little. ] I don't remember anyone taking any pictures, is all. But I guess if it's a space paradox thing they could be of anything...

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[cueballer]

How the pictures are taken does not really matter. However, there are many here. ...Or at least they go up to a certain point in the alpha timeline. The rest of my pictures are conveniently missing.

Filtered back to Doc

[ooeeooahah]

Summer usually means outdoor activities. The generic ones are organized sports, like baseball or golf, and casual sports such as horseshoes or Frisbee. Due to the children being out of school, it was a time popular for vacations, which isn't really an option here. Then there's camping, hiking and cycling as alternative activities.

At home I also attended concerts and plays given in the park, and the cultural heritage festivals towards the end of summer. Of course, at home the summer heat lasts until the beginning of October.

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[cueballer]

Until October? I read in a book once that summer lasted on Earth until the beginning of September. Well, I do suppose all Earths could be different in the realms of paradox space and different dimensions and all those silly time shenanigans. The concept of summer being a time for children out of school does make sense, although there never really was a proper educational system on Alternia.

[ooeeooahah]

In the case of my hometown, it's because of the geography. The closer to the equator, the warmer the weather year-round. A joke from home goes, "We've got four seasons: Nearly Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas." That's a bit extreme, because autumn does have a lot of the hallmarks of the season that more temperate areas have. We also have a couple of months of cold and wet weather that we call "winter", but makes people who live further north laugh.

[cueballer]

Climate change due to geographical location sounds logical. Alternia has dim seasons and dark seasons, and multiple other seasons within those two categories. Of course one solar sweep on the planet is roughly the equivalent of two Earth years, so it makes sense that we have more.

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[politerudeness]

Normally, during the summer, where there is vacation, what people do is relax, and... "have fun" and do "fun" things.

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[cueballer]

I know that. I meant what kind of fun things.

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[politerudeness]

Things that can be done exclusively during the summer, I think...

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[cueballer]

And what are those things?

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[bogusmagicker]

[Yuki responds in a voice that sounds closer to 'bored' than it usually is. Monotone and deadpan, as always, though.]

Swimming. Festivals. Insect catching. Part time jobs. Stargazing. Sports. Fireworks. Fishing. Tests of courage. Movies. Karaoke. Bird watching. Goldfish scooping.

[Having lived through this over 15,000 times, summer vacation was not her favorite time of the year.]

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[cueballer]

[He doesn't mind the monotone speaking at all and makes a small 'aha' sound at the end of it all.]

My, do humans really do all of that during the summer? It seems like so much to get done in the span of three months. Have you engaged in all those activities yourself?

[bogusmagicker]

Multiple times.

...It requires only two weeks.

[cueballer]

Two weeks? I assume you experienced all those activities then and could properly estimate the time. A lot shorter than I would have expected myself.

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[withwinter]

And what dominate species would you be? If you're looking for fun in our answers, I doubt mine will be very helpful. Not in a human body, that is.

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[cueballer]

I am currently human, but I do not actually have a 'species' by any means. [He is a ecto-clone made from strands of genetic coding and given the only other First Guardian he knows of is a dog...well that says a lot about his "species"] I think your answer would be very helpful however! Go on, give it a crack.

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[withwinter]

Is that so. Well then, at this time, I would be sleeping.

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[cueballer]

Sleeping sounds nice. I never really had to do it until I became a human, but it is oddly relaxing in a curiously frightening way. Still there is only so much time I can waste away by shutting my eyes and my conscious mind.