Plintus & Gloomboy | Character dialogue

Gloomboy

So if you’re all about ticking clocks, I’m the kind of person who thinks a deadline is just a suggestion—like a polite reminder that I might still have a chance to procrastinate. How do you keep yourself from turning every project into a time‑bomb?

Plintus

Sure thing, call it a "time‑bomb" if you want. I slice every task into micro‑milestones, mark them on a calendar with a strict deadline, and give myself a hard‑coded buffer. If I slip, I hit the alarm and start the next block. Procrastination gets no room in the schedule—it's like a fuse you can't reset. If you want to keep that polite reminder, just treat it as a polite warning that the next block will explode if you ignore it.

Gloomboy

Nice, but I’ve got a habit of treating the alarm like a notification that eventually goes ignored—fuse or not, it’s still going to explode sometime. So if you’re counting on me to be on time, maybe set a backup alarm.

Plintus

Sure, just double‑schedule the alarm on two devices and put a hard note on the wall. If one goes off and you ignore it, the other will still ring. And if the second one’s missed, set a third on your phone and a final on a colleague’s calendar. That way the fuse has no choice but to blow in the right place.

Gloomboy

Double‑schedule, triple‑alarm, a wall note… it’s like a safety net for a brain that loves to wander into the dark side of procrastination. Just promise me you’ll actually read the wall note before the third one rings. If you need a hint, my “fuse” is already set to blow in the middle of a good book.

Plintus

I’ll read that wall note before the third alarm rings, no doubt. I’d rather have a fuse blowing in the middle of a good book than a deadline missed in the middle of a meeting. If you want another safety net, I’ll put a silent reminder on your phone’s lock screen. Just don’t ask me to pause the book.

Gloomboy

Alright, silent reminder it is. Just don’t expect me to put the book down when the fuse blows.

Plintus

Got it—silent reminder loud enough that even a book can’t ignore it. If you keep reading when the fuse blows, just remember I’ll have already moved to the next chapter of the schedule.

Gloomboy

Alright, I’ll keep reading while the fuse goes boom, and if the schedule moves on faster than I can finish a sentence I’ll just pretend it was always meant to be a cliffhanger.