Me either, and I'm not great at linguistics to figure it out. Not living language linguistics anyway.
[Because why understand languages people actually speak when you can spend your time learning dead ones that no one will ever speak anymore?]
YEAH! I really don't get English. It's the weirdest language ever. The rules don't make any sense? Like honestly if it wasn't for whatever universal translators worked in this place, I'd have the worst time trying to understand what people were saying.
Oh do you study dead languages like... Latin and stuff?
( There's a nervous little flutter, given his whole... demon situation. Paimon definitely reacts the most to Latin, and other weird old languages. And.... Peter didn't really know there was some kind of overarching translator system in place here, even though it does make sense. He just never thought about it?? )
Yeah, I can speak Latin. Old Saporian, too. I've been trying a little Dark Kingdom because that's where my heritage is apparently, but I was still working on that when I got pulled into Deerington.
[Varian picked up on it pretty quickly. All these people saying they were from America when the country was still pretty damn new in his time period clued him in something weird was going on with languages. ]
Ich spreche eigentlich Deutsch.
[That won't help if Peter doesn't speak it, he realises belatedly.]
German. I speak German. Well, technically Coronian, but it's about the same thing. I don't know how the translation thing works, I originally thought it was weird dream logic, but it's carried on here too so...
Oh. Oh man, that's wild I never thought about the fact we're maybe all speaking different languages here
( It's.... a little worrisome. What if he's no longer speaking English at all, but some weird demon language? Sometimes it does seem like... strange words slip out. And he's seen what Paimon scribbles down — Latin words, and Hebrew ones, and other languages he doesn't really recognise.
Hmmm... he might need to talk to John about this. But also... Varian could maybe decipher some weird Latin shit if Peter ever needs him to.... but he's not going to spring such a cursed idea on the poor guy right now. )
Does this mean that Fern speaks.... in flower language?
I kind of figured it out when I realised no one was from Corona. Kind of hard to miss, then.
[Please give him Latin to read, Peter. He'd love that, it would be the best day for him. Especially if it means getting a sneaky one-up on Paimon. Even if Peter can't hear it, he definitely lets out a snort of laughter. ]
No, he doesn't speak "flower language". He's from Ooo- so he speaks that- which from what I gather is Earth in the far, far future. He's tried to teach me some of the slang he has before now, it's pretty weird.
The fact Earth just becomes something called "Ooo" in the future feels really on-point, for some reason
But all the alternate universe stuff just... man It's so wild I guess the whole Mandela Effect stuff is really true Do they have The Berenstain Bears in Corona?
( It takes Peter about 15 minutes to respond. One might think he's actually conked out — but no, he finally returns to keep a sleepless Varian company. )
Sorry, I had to go make some noodles
But okay the Mandela Effect is like When multiple people claim to remember stuff happening a certain way, like they swear it did But it contradicts what's supposedly true Like if a bunch of people had the childhood memory of seeing a movie, but then years later you find out the movie apparently never existed
Some people think it's evidence of parallel dimensions
( Oh— shit, he needs to explain this better. )
So the Berenstain Bears are like this cartoon family of bears And everyone who read the books as kids remembers their name being spelled like Berenstein, with an e But years later, we all found out it was apparently with an a this whole time?? So people are still freaking out about it It feels like a whole conspiracy
[Varian wouldn't blame Peter if he had gone to sleep. Fern's done it on him plenty of times this month already. But hey, he's back!]
No problem. Are they good noodles?
[He's asking the important questions here!!]
Oh. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Like. Can't people just go back to look at the book or movie or whatever? Like, it still exists for them to do that, right?
...I think this is probably a lot easier in the future when there's more than books and plays to get confused with. Also...probably more people talking about things. I feel like this is a "the internet did this" kind of things? Like. I don't get how a misspelt name means there's probably another reality?
[He can never wrap his mind around the internet. He keeps trying and he knows they have something like it here, but it still makes no sense to him. It consistently makes him feel like he's actually two centuries old instead of just chronologically so. ]
Oh yeah they're really good I didn't put any flavouring or sauce or anything on them though but they're still good
( He just..... made plain noodles...... )
I guess it's like They can go back and look at SOME stuff but they get really freaked out having a memory about it that doesn't exist? But mostly it's the fact that other people have the same memory; it's like... collective. Makes people think there's something deeper going on, like... other timelines or realities mixing in with our own or some shit
But you're definitely right, the internet is a place that makes it really easy to freak out. The power of suggestion and all that And people will do some dumb shit just because they saw it on the internet One day I'll have to show you the cinnamon challenge
[Peter, sometimes he really, genuinely worries about you.
He's staring at what Peter's writing, trying his best to make sense out of this. He's struggling with it, he's definitely assuming this is some...weird future phenomenon. ]
It just sounds so wild to me. Like... collectively creating an incorrect memory? Especially when the internet lets you connect with everyone in the whole world.
( Peter can honestly see how this information might be a bit weird to process. )
Yeah, you just lie as flat as possible. That's it, that's the challenge Though some people got really creative with it.... I found a little video
( He sends a short compilation of planking photos to Varian..... He can't help laughing softly to himself at this. )
Internet Culture is truly wild... Even people's hobbies get turned into memes. Nobody takes anything seriously and yet everyone takes everything way too seriously
You should totally try planking some time, though. Since you like physics and stuff
( Some of these poses seem to challenge the laws of physics... It makes him think about that guy Isaac Newton and his quote about gravity or his apple or whatever )
[It's so weird, he's never felt so ancient as he does right at this very second. The video, while still utterly bananas does at least provide a little more context for the whole...laying down thing. And Peter's right, there is an element of science there, and Varian does love physics. And stuff.]
I don't think I'll ever understand internet culture. I DEFINITELY don't get memes. Fern keeps trying to explain them to me and I really don't get them.
...But okay, fair point. It would be interesting to see how the distribution of body weight would make the...planking possible. The video helped. My weight is distributed kinda weird now with the leg, but that doesn't mean I can't get other people to do it.
[Yeah he's missed the point and turned it into a science project with a volunteer.]
I'm just now realising how difficult it must be to both describe and explain what a meme really is Shit The best way I can say it is that it's kind of like.... an inside joke. One that has to do with something that was like socially relevant at the time But that's also probably not the best way to say it at all
( What an absolutely helpful description, Peter. 10/10 )
Oh dang that's actually really interesting though? Like seeing how different types of people might.... plank If you ever need a volunteer, I'll do it
Yeha, I've had it explained to me like that in the past. An inside joke. I guess I just don't have the right... context for them? I guess it would be like me trying to get any of you guys from the future to understand the intricate code of conduct in Court.
(It's boring, by the way).
Great, thanks. Once we're all a little more settled in this place, I might give that a try. For science!
( He has no idea what goes down in the kind of Court Varian is talking about, but he's thinking of like... what he's seen in movies and the Renaissance Fair and stuff. Like in medieval courts... Is Varian's time even considered "medieval?" Peter's.... not sure. Just two teens from opposite ends of the timeline struggling to understand each other's worlds, here. )
Yeah dude, hit me up for it any time if you wanna Planking is probably the one viral challenge I'd actually be good at
Uh. No. We don't have jesters anymore that was a real long time ago. This is more... nobles and people coming to speak to the royals? Also sometimes includes fancy parties and knowing who you can and can't speak to and suchlike. Like I said, it's boring.
[They're trying their best here, they really are. ]
Aww, I'm sure you'd be great at plenty, but yeah. Lying face-down and semi-comatose definitely seems up your alley.
[Just gentle, loving shit talk, it's how you know he cares. ]
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Me either, and I'm not great at linguistics to figure it out. Not living language linguistics anyway.
[Because why understand languages people actually speak when you can spend your time learning dead ones that no one will ever speak anymore?]
YEAH! I really don't get English. It's the weirdest language ever. The rules don't make any sense? Like honestly if it wasn't for whatever universal translators worked in this place, I'd have the worst time trying to understand what people were saying.
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( There's a nervous little flutter, given his whole... demon situation. Paimon definitely reacts the most to Latin, and other weird old languages. And.... Peter didn't really know there was some kind of overarching translator system in place here, even though it does make sense. He just never thought about it?? )
Wait
What language do you actually speak?
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[Varian picked up on it pretty quickly. All these people saying they were from America when the country was still pretty damn new in his time period clued him in something weird was going on with languages. ]
Ich spreche eigentlich Deutsch.
[That won't help if Peter doesn't speak it, he realises belatedly.]
German. I speak German. Well, technically Coronian, but it's about the same thing. I don't know how the translation thing works, I originally thought it was weird dream logic, but it's carried on here too so...
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I never thought about the fact we're maybe all speaking different languages here
( It's.... a little worrisome. What if he's no longer speaking English at all, but some weird demon language? Sometimes it does seem like... strange words slip out. And he's seen what Paimon scribbles down — Latin words, and Hebrew ones, and other languages he doesn't really recognise.
Hmmm... he might need to talk to John about this. But also... Varian could maybe decipher some weird Latin shit if Peter ever needs him to.... but he's not going to spring such a cursed idea on the poor guy right now. )
Does this mean that Fern speaks.... in flower language?
( What's "flower language", Peter )
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[Please give him Latin to read, Peter. He'd love that, it would be the best day for him. Especially if it means getting a sneaky one-up on Paimon. Even if Peter can't hear it, he definitely lets out a snort of laughter. ]
No, he doesn't speak "flower language". He's from Ooo- so he speaks that- which from what I gather is Earth in the far, far future. He's tried to teach me some of the slang he has before now, it's pretty weird.
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But all the alternate universe stuff just... man
It's so wild
I guess the whole Mandela Effect stuff is really true
Do they have The Berenstain Bears in Corona?
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I've never heard of that before- the Mandela Effect. What does it mean?
What kind of species is that? We don't have bears really, not anymore.
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Sorry, I had to go make some noodles
But okay the Mandela Effect is like
When multiple people claim to remember stuff happening a certain way, like they swear it did
But it contradicts what's supposedly true
Like if a bunch of people had the childhood memory of seeing a movie, but then years later you find out the movie apparently never existed
Some people think it's evidence of parallel dimensions
( Oh— shit, he needs to explain this better. )
So the Berenstain Bears are like this cartoon family
of bears
And everyone who read the books as kids remembers their name being spelled like Berenstein, with an e
But years later, we all found out it was apparently with an a this whole time??
So people are still freaking out about it
It feels like a whole conspiracy
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No problem. Are they good noodles?
[He's asking the important questions here!!]
Oh. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Like. Can't people just go back to look at the book or movie or whatever? Like, it still exists for them to do that, right?
...I think this is probably a lot easier in the future when there's more than books and plays to get confused with. Also...probably more people talking about things. I feel like this is a "the internet did this" kind of things? Like. I don't get how a misspelt name means there's probably another reality?
[He can never wrap his mind around the internet. He keeps trying and he knows they have something like it here, but it still makes no sense to him. It consistently makes him feel like he's actually two centuries old instead of just chronologically so. ]
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I didn't put any flavouring or sauce or anything on them though but they're still good
( He just..... made plain noodles...... )
I guess it's like
They can go back and look at SOME stuff but they get really freaked out having a memory about it that doesn't exist?
But mostly it's the fact that other people have the same memory; it's like... collective. Makes people think there's something deeper going on, like... other timelines or realities mixing in with our own or some shit
But you're definitely right, the internet is a place that makes it really easy to freak out. The power of suggestion and all that
And people will do some dumb shit just because they saw it on the internet
One day I'll have to show you the cinnamon challenge
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[Peter, sometimes he really, genuinely worries about you.
He's staring at what Peter's writing, trying his best to make sense out of this. He's struggling with it, he's definitely assuming this is some...weird future phenomenon. ]
It just sounds so wild to me. Like... collectively creating an incorrect memory? Especially when the internet lets you connect with everyone in the whole world.
...
Like the spice?
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Still got a few boxes left
( He doesn't grasp that there's something weird about eating plain noodles. That's just been a staple of Peter's Depression Meals for like, years. )
Honestly, I have no idea
I was never really into the Berenstain or the Berenstein Bears
Yeah, it's this challenge that was really popular for awhile, where you had to eat a spoonful of raw cinnamon without any water or anything
( Ah, the gestures of human stupidity... )
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[Sorry he's just.
Going to be quiet for a moment. Staring at the screen.]
Why?
[Why the cinnamon? Why is that a thing? Why is the future like this? Lots of whys in one here.]
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When I'm from, doing "challenges" is just like... really popular?
Some of them are stupidly dangerous
( He won't even mention the "Tide Pod Challenge"... Jesus fuck. )
Planking was kind of a fun one, though
That's where you like... find the most unique places you can and lie down flat
( A quick search on his omni and he sends Varian... a photo of a simple, humble, planking example. )
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...
So you literally just.
Lie down?
Does no one have normal hobbies in the future? Were they somehow eradicated? Like, was there a war or something?
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Yeah, you just lie as flat as possible. That's it, that's the challenge
Though some people got really creative with it.... I found a little video
( He sends a short compilation of planking photos to Varian..... He can't help laughing softly to himself at this. )
Internet Culture is truly wild... Even people's hobbies get turned into memes. Nobody takes anything seriously and yet everyone takes everything way too seriously
You should totally try planking some time, though. Since you like physics and stuff
( Some of these poses seem to challenge the laws of physics... It makes him think about that guy Isaac Newton and his quote about gravity or his apple or whatever )
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I don't think I'll ever understand internet culture. I DEFINITELY don't get memes. Fern keeps trying to explain them to me and I really don't get them.
...But okay, fair point. It would be interesting to see how the distribution of body weight would make the...planking possible. The video helped. My weight is distributed kinda weird now with the leg, but that doesn't mean I can't get other people to do it.
[Yeah he's missed the point and turned it into a science project with a volunteer.]
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Shit
The best way I can say it is that it's kind of like.... an inside joke. One that has to do with something that was like socially relevant at the time
But that's also probably not the best way to say it at all
( What an absolutely helpful description, Peter. 10/10 )
Oh dang that's actually really interesting though?
Like seeing how different types of people might.... plank
If you ever need a volunteer, I'll do it
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(It's boring, by the way).
Great, thanks. Once we're all a little more settled in this place, I might give that a try. For science!
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( He has no idea what goes down in the kind of Court Varian is talking about, but he's thinking of like... what he's seen in movies and the Renaissance Fair and stuff. Like in medieval courts... Is Varian's time even considered "medieval?" Peter's.... not sure. Just two teens from opposite ends of the timeline struggling to understand each other's worlds, here. )
Yeah dude, hit me up for it any time if you wanna
Planking is probably the one viral challenge I'd actually be good at
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[They're trying their best here, they really are. ]
Aww, I'm sure you'd be great at plenty, but yeah. Lying face-down and semi-comatose definitely seems up your alley.
[Just gentle, loving shit talk, it's how you know he cares. ]