user: #B91600 - subject: Missing Hat

[heartsteals]

[ contrary to his fairly casual way of speaking, Lupin types on the forums exactly the way you'd expect a gentleman from the 1800s to write a letter. ]

My dear fellow abductees,

The recent events involving Shadows and Shadow-Monsters led to the unfortunate loss of my hat; with their activity subsided, I assumed that my stolen goods would be returned to me. However, it appears they had one last prank to play on me: I am reunited with a hat, but not my own. It is a navy blue pork pie hat with a red and white ribbon, adorned with a cute pink flower. I've attached a rather poor image of it - my description may be of more use.

[ attached is an artistic depiction of a hat. He did his best with the laptop touchpad and the paint program... ]

If you are the owner of this hat, it shall be returned to you. And if you have my hat - a fine silk top hat with a red tie - this is a notice of my intention to take it back, if you will not hand it over yourself.

Cordialement,
Lupin

PS: Do we have a name for our Town yet?

Comments

[heartsteals]

Izuku mentioned the same thing. If we're to name the town, I think it would be best if we all did so together.

You were trying to name the town something odd, weren't you?

[parodeity]

nah i asked for suggestions but everyone got distracted by my other point
i suggested a vote tbh
since itd be a thing wed have to live with
and also in

[heartsteals]

Well, it's not exactly an urgent issue; I can't blame them. It is odd that there's no sign of a name anywhere in town at all aside from those streets.

[parodeity]

honestly if we wanted to be thematic
wed name it like
chroma something
idk something color related?

2/2

[parodeity]

oh just chroma sounds kinda cool
thats my suggestion and also vote or the future

[heartsteals]

Oh, that is good. I was thinking along similar lines, myself - we haven't much else to go on for names.

[parodeity]

think we should do a forum poll like this weekendish
?
we can make up a few other options and let people do write ins and see what comes out on top

[heartsteals]

That sounds like as good an idea as any. In fact, it would probably be more convenient to hold the decision in the forums rather than in person. These computers have their uses.

[ possibly the most grandpa thing he's said yet. ]

[parodeity]

do you want to coauthor the post and ascend to your final internet tier
also man computers are great
when they can also access the internet
i bet you could find relatable stories or like cat pics
do you like cats
or are you more a dog meme person

[heartsteals]

Perhaps! If you handle the technical side.

As for dogs and cats, I'm partial to both. Though I was living with a dog recently - my bias may lean in that direction just slightly. Unless a dog meme is something else entirely?

[parodeity]

im chill with the technical side
just gather up any suggestions you hear people make and we can reconvene on like saturday to give everyone a list of options
with write ins as an option also

also nah i was just asking about your pref
although a dog meme is like a picture of a cute dog with silly text copypasted over the top of it

[heartsteals]

I'm the only one with any suggestions thus far, but I'll keep my ears open.

So something like a silly postcard, then? I see humor hasn't changed very much in the future.

[parodeity]

and obv i am contributing chroma
but yeah i think i am tired of calling this place "the town"
makes it seem all ominous?

people are people no matter the era apparently

[heartsteals]

It does. Furthermore, in the event we ever find other settlements, things will quickly get very confusing. I don't particularly like the thought that we've lived here long enough that we have to name the place we were kidnapped to, but there's no denying reality.

[parodeity]

do you think well find any other settlements?

[heartsteals]

I haven't the foggiest. Still, there's one here; it's not out of the question that there could be others. We don't know how this place works yet - not this town, but this entire space.

[parodeity]

if there were it'd be beyond the forest or inside it
i think
which yeah i think there is way more to that place than meets the eye

[heartsteals]

Certainly. If we ever get a proper airship or ornithopter somehow, I should like to fly it out over the woods, and see how far they go on.

[parodeity]

whats an ornithopter
is that like a helicopter you pedal

[heartsteals]

Well, I don't know what a helicopter is, but an ornithopter is a type of flying machine powered by four large wings that beat at rapid speeds, rather like an insect. It's quite a marvel. The technical details of how it works are lost on me, I'm afraid.

[parodeity]

so
like a steampunk dragonfly?

[heartsteals]

It's large enough to seat two people comfortably, so not quite. What's "steampunk?"

[parodeity]

lots of steam powered machinery and victorian stuff and gears and things that are more aesthetic than useful

[heartsteals]

I see. That does describe the style of the times, I suppose, though steam power itself is far from a mere aesthetic. The people of London and much of Europe live and breathe by the neosteam engine - it runs our lights, our heating, our automobiles and whatever else one might need to get by.

[ he's sure impey would blow a gasket if he heard steam power being described as "more aesthetic than useful." ]

[parodeity]

ok yeah so youre from steampunk earth
im a regular sherlock holmes