All Night Laundry - In which you just have to press down hard - 2019 12 19

UPDATE - 1450 - In which the lack of envelopes is suspicious
UPDATE - 1451 - In which we ask who is behind door number three

I must say, "begging for those legos" has to be the greatest phrasing I've heard for "behaviours that sabotage/fuck with your future yourself".

Is this when O Fortuna starts playing in the background?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4

UPDATE - 1452 - In which Bina axes a question
UPDATE - 1453 - In which Bina opens the wall

.. you blame the Russians, obviously.

GREGORRRR!

UPDATE - 1454 - In which she asks three times

Been sick for the last few days, but the silver lining is that I took it as an excuse to read through the archives and finally caught up. This was a fun ride and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

I didn't look much at the site comments, so I don't know if anyone else mentioned this during the planning bits, but I had a general thought for how things could eventually play out. Since this is a suggestion-driven story, I'll just toss it out here and you can think for yourself on whether it fits in with whatever you're scheming for later.

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We know that after a certain point in their timelines, there's no contact in any form from the other Binas.

We've also established that when we don't know something for sure (such as Elizabeth dying), we can use time travel to make another possibility happen, without causing a paradox.

So... what if, the other Binas didn't fail or get reset or whatever, but instead, this Bina grabbed them from their timelines, in preparation for the final showdown?

UPDATE - 1455 - In which Bina thought it was obvious

@Dragon Fogel. Hey! I'm glad you caught up. Interesting suggestion... :)

Push the envelope, Bina. PUSH IT.

UPDATE - 1456 - In which Bina makes her think

Well, the first thought I have for why the envelopes are from the Moment is "stuff from the Moment inherently stays in other timelines".

But if that was it, then once you realized the Moment was shrinking, couldn't you get around the limits by taking a bunch of empty envelopes from a store further away from the center and stashing them somewhere?

Bina, are you breaking down that wall to get colored envelopes?

UPDATE - 1457 - In which Emmie doesn't like this

If they've been properly briefed, then they are keeping everyone back and ignoring sounds from inside the site.

UPDATE - 1458 - In which she's three for three

How high is the risk of getting eaten right now?

UPDATE - 1459 - In which the gate is not locked

Any sign of naughts on the other side? Or anything at all?

UPDATE - 1460 - In which Bina and Amie can't quite get it

Amie: Do the hand-twirling "go on" gesture to encourage Bina to continue her wacky Dr. Who monologue. Eventually she will either explain or find the thing she's looking for.

UPDATE - 1461 - In which Emmie cleans his glasses

Be grateful for the fogging. There's gonna be some stuff happening soon, which you won't want to be able to see too clearly.

UPDATE - 1462 - In which Amie gets it

OF COURSE! (headsmack)

UPDATE - 1463 - In which Bina finally gets the thing!!!

That sure seems like a lot of work to get a yellow sticky.