first hat (text)

[pokebonnet]

[A series of numbers is written on the top of the paper in loopy old-lady handwriting. It's followed by a sketch of an old-fashioned ruffled parasol and a few jotted down phases, some of which are written sideways.]

“I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol.”

“May the blood of the souless keep your own soul safe.”

Puff Bonnet? Ruffled Parasol?

What is the Parasol Protectorate???

[Whoever is writing this doesn't seem to have figured out about the whole network thing yet.]

Comments

typed text

[mood2wiingiing]

sounds like something really stupid if you ask me.

Re: typed text

[pokebonnet]

[There's suddenly a slash of ink across the message, as if whoever had been writing it had dropped their pen.

It's a few minutes before the old lady handwriting starts up again.]

What are you doing on the notepad???

text

[mood2wiingiing]

nothing much, just being the first sign of your loss of sanity.
nbd.

text, handwritten;

[sucrosity]

[ the handwriting is very teenage girl, written clearly.]

I'm not sure what a Parasol Protectorate is, but there aren't any ghosts in your notepad. We're all people.

Re: text, handwritten;

[pokebonnet]

Oh.

How did you get in my notepad, then? You must be awfully small to do that.

Are you sure the King of All Humanity isn't a ghost?

video; sorry for the brainbreak granny curry.....

[earnedmystripes]

Some sorta secret society for people who really like umbrellas?? Who even knows with half this pulse stuff.

[A beat. He scratches at his neck.]

...Uhh, so I'm not a ghost either. We call this the network.

Re: video; sorry for the brainbreak granny curry.....

[pokebonnet]

[WHY IS THERE A MAN'S FACE ON HER NOTEPAD NOW!?!?!?!

She's just going to write on top of your face.]

WHY ARE YOU MOVING IN MY NOTEPAD WHAT ARE YOU HELP HELP HELP

Handwritten

[shiromadoushi]

Sounds like another magical girl thing.

[[Have a sketch of a tapir looking up at the parasol in vauge curiosity.]]

Possibly a dark magical girl with that blood and souls stuff going on.

Re: Handwritten

[pokebonnet]

[Aretha Franklin's hat is doodled onto the tapir's head.]

Magical girl? What are those?

text;

[chernobolt]

i do not know, but it looks very cute! :D

Re: text;

[pokebonnet]

It's very cute! It's the one I remember from after the umbrella cut me!

[handwritten] OLD MAN HANDWRITING

[wastingtime]

Another puzzle we'll have to piece together, no doubt.

Re: [handwritten] OLD MAN HANDWRITING

[pokebonnet]

I think I was part of it? After my umbrella stabbed me I remembered being a much younger lady and being sworn into a secret society called that, only I don't know what it was for, just what it was called.

I think Puff Bonnet is maybe me? And Ruffled Parasol was swearing me in.

handwriting

[ursoreckless]

[this is a strong hand, the English written down is angular and very much like the writer is more used to a different kind of language]

Welcome to the Secret Numbers Club. I'm sorry, but things are going to get a lot crazier from here on out.

Re: handwriting

[pokebonnet]

Is that what this is called? That's a nice name.

[Text | Computer] (Late the next morning)

[professorwolf]

[After a mildly confusing infodump echo, on top of only having slept a few hours after the full moon, Lyall takes a moment to sort things out before attempting a reply.]

It looks as if a number of other people have already introduced you to this lovely little network, but seeing as this is the first time someone else's pulse gave *me* a pulse, I thought I would say hello :)

Randall Lyall, biology teacher at the local high school. I also happen to be a werewolf, as of this summer. Welcome to the insanity, miss Ivy.

Re: [Text | Computer] (Late the next morning)

[pokebonnet]

Hello Mr Lyall! I hope it's a good thing I gave you the pulse? I really didn't mean to! I read about them in the things Yoko gave me! What did you get?

Oh, do you know my grandson Artie? He drives a school bus!

text

[dragon_blossom]

omg you sound like the dumbest superhero

[sun_sun]

IGNORE HER THIS SOUNDS AWESOME

Re: text

[pokebonnet]

omg?

1/?

[italktofish]

[Wait, Arthur thinks he recognizes that handwriting...]

2/?

[italktofish]

[It can't be. It CAN'T be.]

Okay, done, [Video]

[italktofish]

GRANNY?!?!

[Really, she can probably hear that yell from the other room, even if he's just opened a video feed there.]

text;

[envisaging]

It sounds like some sort of fashion company.

Re: text;

[pokebonnet]

Oooooh. A special justice-seeking fashion company?