third. backdated to 4/july.

[eaglet]

[Connor has been perched in his window for some time, carefully observing all these noisy explosions down in the city. He has no idea what's going on, but nobody seems to be panicking, so...

Eventually, he opens up his journal to dictate.]

What is the purpose of these explosions? Does anyone know? Is this normal?

Comments

Dictated forever

[indirectcause]

They're fireworks. People always let 'em off on the fourth. People in America, anyway.

yesss

[eaglet]

The fourth of every month?

[indirectcause]

Huh? No, only on the fourth of July. [A pause, people are from different worlds, different times here. It's hard to remember that sometimes]

It's for Independence Day. When America got...well, independence.

[secondchances]

[This is a weird conversation...]

It's an American holiday, the 4th of July. It's about stuff that happened in 1776, but we generally eat a lot and have fireworks to celebrate independence from Britain every year.

[eaglet]

From the British? What year? [Which means it's only a matter of different times, in this case.]

[eaglet]

[Whoa there!!!] I did not know you were not a British subject. Americans have been independent from Britain since then?

[secondchances]

[Steph laughs. What a cutie :') ]

Yeah. There was a whole Revolutionary War and everything.

[eaglet]

[He has to think about that for a second. 1776 is only six years away. Could the spirit have been guiding him toward helping the Americans gain independence? Was that the key to saving his people?

Still, he doesn't want to know too much about how his mission plays out and the circumstances around it. It seems too dangerous to tempt fate.]

Then are these fireworks symbolic of war?

[secondchances]

In retrospect, I guess so--though I think most of the war happened after the Declaration was signed.

[eaglet]

What year are you from, Stephanie? [He can never remember because it just sounds so far-flung into the future, but he wants to know how long America has been independent for her...]

[secondchances]

2009. [Or around there... comics.] Pretty crazy, isn't it?

[unexpected_adventures]

I honestly have no idea why people are setting off fireworks, although they do look rather pretty. Perhaps, people are celebrating after the dinosaurs have gone now? [He couldn't think of anything else.]

[indirectcause]

[Oh hey that helps. And thank god this is a history question he can answer. If he got any wrong he's pretty sure Lee would show no mercy]

1776.

[courageous_wit]

Just as everyone's been saying, the fireworks are part of a celebration. People also use fireworks during New Year's Eve, as a celebration of the new year and saying goodbye to the old.

[originalcopy]

It's fireworks day.

Oh no, a Brit

[lara_the_explorer]

I'm surprised it's celebrated in this world. There must be a lot of Americans in here.

[eaglet]

That is only six years away. Are you certain that is the year?

[Because... that seems like a lot to happen in six years.]

[eaglet]

[He makes a quiet, affirmative noise.] Our times must be very different.

[eaglet]

I think it would have been more cause for celebration to be free of the metal ships.

[eaglet]

Is it normal for the people of this place to hold celebrations for things that have no meaning to them?

[Since... he assumes they don't know what America is, let alone its anniversary of independence.]

[eaglet]

That is a broader explanation than I have been given from others.

[eaglet]

[By this point, he has a general gist that it's in celebration of an American holiday, so...]

It does not seem as though Americans are the ones celebrating it. The fireworks are coming from the city, where the people native to this world live.

[originalcopy]

It's a perfectly fine explanation.

People set off explosives on fireworks day. That's what fireworks day is for.

[eaglet]

I have been told it is specifically to celebrate America's independence from the British. Not just to cause things to explode.

[lara_the_explorer]

Really? That's a twist. I've only been to town briefly, I'm still new to this world.