There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
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@MicroSFF Ooh! I love this. And my immediate thought was it would be interesting to read a novel set 100 years in the future tracking how the people who woke up first (having started their sleep first) guide (or don't) the later-comers as they wake up.
@MicroSFF ... character arcs started by what in the 2020s led them to make that choice / the early-sleepers maybe read the decade quicker but also lack information about what happened next, etc.
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
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@MicroSFF Ooh! I love this. And my immediate thought was it would be interesting to read a novel set 100 years in the future tracking how the people who woke up first (having started their sleep first) guide (or don't) the later-comers as they wake up.
@emilymbender @MicroSFF I expect the first wakers just put up a third sign, this time pointed inwards, toward the willow, saying "best give it another hundred"
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@violanders Hah!
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF
"Well, if I sleep for a hundred years at least my evil boss will be gone. And my in-laws."
[100 years later]
"Oh shit, my boss and my in-laws were in the willow too!" -
There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF I want to know how long it took for the willow to get full
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF Time for the bonfire then.
Every generation wants to ride the next without doing any of the work.
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF where's Tom Bombadil when you need him?
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF Cthulhu was actually just trying to escape his shitty timeline, but when he woke up it was a case of "you don't know what you've got till it's gone" and he just wanted to recreate what he ran away from
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF Logged in to Mastodon for the first time with intentionality. This was the first post. How fitting. Thank you.
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There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
@MicroSFF
Sounds like the perfect nap to me. -
There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
Please send me that map.
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@MicroSFF where's Tom Bombadil when you need him?
Where's Tom Bombadil? Sleeping in the willow along with the rest of them. i mean, living through the rise of Sauron was one thing, but have you seen the crap going on in the world today? shudder
