Trance vs. Toast

[esotrancic]

[OOC: Posted early Tuesday morning]

Holy pop tarts! There's someone in the toaster!

Comments

[anythingucando]

Or, more likely, there's a bored prankster with too much time on his hands.

I'm sure it can be fixed.

[esotrancic]

Prankster? Are you SURE? What if it's like a toaster robot mutant? You know, like one of those Transformers? Or like, a very tiny tiny mutant.

[anythingucando]

Because that's ridiculous.

[esotrancic]

Not so ridiculous. I totally saw a girl with fairy wings yesterday. Anything is possible, ducky.

[anythingucando]

Wings are a precedented manifestation of evolution. They're biologically pragmatic.

Being a sentient toaster is not.

[esotrancic]

I suppose, but my second hypothesis is totally possible. There could be a tiny little person trapped in the crumb tray.

But either way? Sentient toasters are oodles of fun!

[anythingucando]

While size changing is a feasible mutation, it still begs the following questions:

1) How would a miniature person get into the crumb tray in the first place?
2) If they're capable of size change, why can they not extricate themselves?
3) Why and how would they use the burning of toast as a means of communication?

[esotrancic]

I'm glad you asked, Watson.

1) Firstly, while an exact reason would be hard to ascertain, there are a number of possibilities. Perhaps said person was bored and wanted to explore the inner workings of the toaster.
2) This is rather obvious. If they are here at the school, they are probably a student and therefore still learning how to manage their new abilities.
3) This one is more tricky, but again there are several possibilities however unlikely. Maybe their voice is too weak given their current size to be heard within the toaster? And perhaps they are lucky enough to have multiple mutant abilities one of which includes burning things?

You're probably right about the prank thing, but the other way would be much more interesting dontcha think? :)

[anythingucando]

Yeah, I'm going to stick with my prank theory.

Also, to the anonymous prankster, I'd prefer my breakfast without the surprise missives, when you get around to it.

[edgeofcalamity]

I demand 'word of the day' toast messages. Or perhaps famous quotations. "I have not yet begun to fight. Want some orange juice?"

[anythingucando]

You know, this sort of encouragement is only going to result in further sabotage of kitchen instruments.

[mines_sharper]

David, this is not a serious problem, therefore it does not deserve a serious answer. You could have just said "Wow, words on toast is just what I need to start my day" and smile a little.

[anythingucando]

Except that words on toast is not, in fact, what I need to start my day. My day started just fine with wordless toast.

[edgeofcalamity]

The fact that you're arguing the logic of tiny mutant people in the crumb tray cracks me up. Dude, David, if they've climbed into the crumb tray to write on peoples' toast, I don't think logic really plays a big part in their thinking.

[anythingucando]

My point exactly. It's a silly notion.