[handwritten]

[stavros]

*The newest network post appears to be on looseleaf, with the margins decorated with stylized crosses, swirls, and a doodle of some kind of mysterious blob monster eating a stick figure helpfully labelled as an LCA chem teacher. The notes on it are as follows.*

poetry
(keep out!)

Darkest Shadow
When I walk to the edge of the world, I see
all over that the universe is a bright and dark thing,
like Mercury ^{(is it Mercury? whichever planet is only really hot on one side and really cold on the other because of the sun. I believe it is Mercury. Check later.)}
like Mercury or a magnet or a heater that doesn't work.
And in the darkest side, the half,
you have the lonely shriveled plants
no petals
just thors thorns and thistles.
All bear their misery lonely,
believing that love is a lie
a trick of the nonexistent light
as they are crushed
under the weight mass.


*Underneath she's drawn a stick figure flailing for help under a pile of textbooks.*

Note to self. Go to mall later. Think they got new CDs in.

Comments

Text -- typed

[soulsborderline]

Oh my god.

If there were a way to tell who'd be able to see this I could sell tickets to accidental posts like these.

[stavros]

*An ink blot and the line from the pen running off the page precede a hurried scrawl back.*

are you haunted

[soulsborderline]

...

...yes.

[stavros]

Why is my looseleaf haunted?

handwritten

[not_good_not_wicked]

Instead of a proper response, there is an arrow drawn to the line about mercury, along with a note saying "People might think this refers to the metal, rather than the planet. Confusing."

[stavros]

I thought it would be enough to just capitalize it... looseleaf ghost?

[not_good_not_wicked]

No not really.

Wait I'm not a ghost. Do you not know what this is?

[stavros]

I have no idea.

text;

[reapsthewind]

NO PLANETS IN THIS SOLAR SYSTEM ARE FUCKING TIDALLY LOCKED YOU SLOPEHEAD JESUS

STOP WRITING SHITTY POETRY AND PAY ATTENTION IN SCIENCE CLASS

mercury rotates three times for every pass around the sun, idiot



the two planets that have abnormal rotational qualities in this solar system are venus, which rotates retrograde, eg, backwards, and very slowly, so one day is longer than a year (which tbh if you're talking about light and dark shit USE THAT YOU MORON)

and uranus has a 97 degree axial tilt, eg, it's on its side

TECHNICALLY the Moon is tidally locked in the way you describe, eg we literally are incapable of seeing the dark side because the face of the moon always faces us

jesus fucking christ your poetry is fucking Vogonian oh my fuck

[stavros]

I

this

that

it said "keep out", you looseleaf ghost!

[reapsthewind]

GHOSTS DON'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU GET ASTRONOMY WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG

[stavros]

I wrote this in my chem binder! It isn't as if anybody was supposed to see it!

[text]

[moarnomsplz]

have a faq

i like the second line of the poem

[stavros]

How do I click a link on a piece of looseleaf

*later*

...that actually worked.

[handwritten]

[moarnomsplz]

Yeah just don't ask me how man.

Welcome to the secret numbers club I guess.

[stavros]

Is all of this true? Even the aliens?

text;

[hollowleg]

Wow that's



wow

[stavros]

You aren't actually a ghost haunting my binder, are you?

[hollowleg]

Actually I am

[he switches to video. Since he's albino, he's SUPER PALE anyway... and it doesn't help that he also has a mouthful of sharp fangs] Boo!

Text

[originaloddcouple]

That seems dark.

Maybe most poems are like that?

I was never really good at poetry.

The stick figures are nice.

Blob monsters aren't nice, Isaac.

[Yes, they are just writing back to each other in her book. They're probably right next to each in their store too.]

[stavros]

Ah... hello?

[originaloddcouple]

[Oh. Whoops.]

Hi!

I'm Isaac Dian!

And I'm Miria Dian!

How are you doing?

Text. Cellphone.

[flamberge]

While your poetic capabilities are not bad, you may want to improve upon your artistic ones.

[Kinda chem teacher from a public high school is mildly amused by the art.]

[stavros]

I was just bored, that is all...

[flamberge]

During your chemistry class, I assume?