part 42 knows the answer

[aphanon_meme]

Maybe I was dreaming but I could've sworn it wasn't close to maxing before I went to bed... oh well, you guys are crazy/awesome. Umm... well... that's all for now! I'm off to eat spaghetti. Nommm.

Enjoy part 42~

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I don't think we're in Karakorum anymore, Toto

[wrath_ofkhan]

[has made a small pile of stones, and is looking down at it sadly] ... [sniffs, and wipes his nose on his sleeve; he's no longer the emotional wreck he was on the 18th, but there's still leftover melancholy]

They didn't even tell me where they buried you, so I guess this'll have to do. As a stand-in, or something, I guess. [nudges the pile] ...You were a great boss. Best ever. Ogedei's doing an awesome job and all, but it's just not the same, you know? I mean...

[stops short: something feels a bit off.] ...? [looks around, and suddenly realizes that he's totally not where he thought he was] ...The hell--!?

[wrath_ofkhan]

My invasion plans!? No way! That stuff's top secret, I can't just go spouting off to anyone who asks!

...what calendar?

[oriental_paris]

But I already know them~. Because I lived through them, and wouldn't that prove that this isn't when you think it is?

... A calendar with date.

[wrath_ofkhan]

Yeah, but still. Protocol, you know? I couldn't tell you even if I were sure you were telling the truth.

show me.

[oriental_paris]

[produces a calender out of nowhere and the present date is: 08/20 in big letters, and smaller underneath it, 07/01.]

[wrath_ofkhan]

[takes it in his hands and studies it] Hah, th-this could totally have been faked...

[looks a bit closer at the binding at the calendar's top: the plastic spiral binding, in particular] ...What the...? [flips through the calendar, feeling the texture of the paper] ...? ...?

[looks back up at her, agape] ...I'm in... in the future, huh? I'm really in the future...

[oriental_paris]

[doesn't know what else to say to you.] ... Yes. Yes, you really are.

[wrath_ofkhan]

...[sits down, staring glassily at the calendar in his hands]

...'Scuse me for a minute, um... Đại Việt. I... I need a minute.

[takes a minute]

[looks up at her] Hey... what... [swallows, then continues] ...what's future me like? Still awesome, right?

[oriental_paris]

... Um, well...

[tries to find a roundabout way to answer this.] Aaah, future you is kind of like... Khmer--ah well, her name is Kampuchea--I mean, Cambodia now... We all calmed down a little in our older age.

[wrath_ofkhan]

M-my name's "Cambodia" in the future? But that can't be right... I'm Mongol Empire...

--wait.

"Her"!?

wow i need some sleep orz

[oriental_paris]

No, no! Comparative! I mean, future you is like Cambodia... she used to be an empire too, yes? Y-you remember Khmer... empire, kingdom....

Future you is Mongolia. A-and a he.

[a-am so embarrassed by this misunderstanding.]

haha, I knew what you meant. He, on the other hand... well, he's having a rough night.

[wrath_ofkhan]

[lightbulb!] Oh, her! That's what you meant, huh? Yeah, all right.

So my name's Mongolia?

[forlorn] ...Just "Mongolia"? No "empire"? [sighs] ...Well, you did say "calmed down"...

with general winter and vietnam breaking his brain, and all.

[oriental_paris]

[nods.] Just Mongolia. No one really has an empire nowadays...

mm-hm. Now, speaking of sleep... I'd better get some, myself. Good-night!

[wrath_ofkhan]

No empires? Ah, man.

...I guess I should be glad I'm still kicking around, though. I mean, I've still got my name, and... that's nice, I guess. It's good.

Re: I don't think we're in Karakorum anymore, Toto

[wrath_ofkhan]

How does it feel to no longer being an empire but some insignificant third world country nobody even knows?

[wrath_ofkhan]

What? You're talking crazy.