[Voice / Action]

[digger]

...If you wanted to share some kind of message with a younger version of yourself, what would you say?

[Simon's in the plaza today, hanging out by the fountain and pondering his journal. At some point he might be scribbling out a note on a loose sheet of paper.]

Comments

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

... A letter to your younger self? [Don't people usually write it for when they're older?]

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Yes. This experiment might have given some people that kind of chance.

[Voice]

[tinyjasmine]

What's so different now you want to tell a tinier you?

[voice]

[spiralwitness.livejournal.com]

...Simon?

[voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Viral! That's right, you're here as well.

[voice]

[spiralwitness.livejournal.com]

This... has something do with all the crazy stuff that's been going on, right?

[depressedude]

"Jump back in".

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[depressedude]

Mt. Zaleho. It probably would have been easier had I just jumped back in. [Creepy smile-but-not-really-a-smile is go.]

On second though, maybe "don't climb out" would be better?

voice

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that is quite a difficult question.

What sort of things would you say?

voice

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. I'm still deciding on that. It's kind of hard to think back to what made me worry as a kid now that I'm an adult.

voice

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Mm...I think maybe reassuring yourself that things will turn out alright? I remember that I was worried about that a lot when I was a child.

[voice]

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want to, so not a damn thing.

[voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Mind if I ask why?

[voice]

[compos-mentis.livejournal.com]

[Hah. A few reasons, but the one that strikes he the most is-] Can't say I'm confident that the "me" back then wants to hear anything I've got to say.

[voice]

[chaincutter]

[This is the kind of question that can catch Sigmund's attention; but... carefully avoiding getting caught by the journal camera. Because he's a penguin.]

"Stop wasting your life."

[voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Hmm, suspiciously absent person. Now why is that voice vaguely familiar?]

Wasting your life?

[Voice]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Not really sure what I'd say. If I warn them about things to happen, then they'll never happen, which would void me being at this point in my life and being able to warn myself. Telling them everything will work out fine sounds all right on paper, but it glosses over the parts where things won't be fine when they get to them. And telling them that it's going to be a crap shoot sometimes...well, that's not to good for the ego, either.

So...actually...probably nothing.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's for the best. Empty promises or cruel warnings would probably just make life harder for yourself.

[Written]

[heroicarthur.livejournal.com]

Be careful what you wish for.

[Written]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Did you wish for too much?

[ Voice ]

[apocalypsefall.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be the same for everybody? Warn yourself of this and that. It's always the same.

[ Voice ]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised how many people wouldn't do that.

[ Action ]

[ooh-kamina.livejournal.com]

So you're really serious about this, huh?

[ Cue Kamina waltzing up, because that's how he rolls.

And by 'waltzing' I mean he's hovering in the air above the fountain, looking as only Kamina can look in a parka with his cape over it. ]

[ Action ]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Kamina, all that flying around is going to make someone dizzy. Simon just glances up and smiles, pen tapping against the sheet.]

I'm always serious, remember?