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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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The coordinates of the note lead to [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.39561+-71.13051&hl=en&ll=42.395612,-71.130509&spn=0.001549,0.002642&sll=32.907845,-96.605711&sspn=0.159394,0.338173&t=h&z=19 Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park in Cambridge, MA, USA]. The time on the note, September 23, 2007, was about six months ''after'' the publishing of this comic. One hundred eighty-one days, to be exact. | The coordinates of the note lead to [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.39561+-71.13051&hl=en&ll=42.395612,-71.130509&spn=0.001549,0.002642&sll=32.907845,-96.605711&sspn=0.159394,0.338173&t=h&z=19 Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park in Cambridge, MA, USA]. The time on the note, September 23, 2007, was about six months ''after'' the publishing of this comic. One hundred eighty-one days, to be exact. | ||
| − | Notably, [ | + | Notably, [http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/48208-wisdom-of-crowds/ several hundred xkcd fans met up at that very time and place]. Randall also visited the meetup, and was recorded as saying "Maybe wanting something does make it real." |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: I had a dream that I met a girl in a dying world. | :Cueball: I had a dream that I met a girl in a dying world. | ||
| − | + | :It was all coming apart. Hairline cracks in reality widened to yawning chasms. Everything was going dark and light all at once, and there was a sound like breaking waves rising into a piercing scream at the edge of hearing. I knew we didn't have long together. | |
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| − | + | :She grabbed me and spoke a stream of numbers into my ear. Then it all went away. | |
| − | :[A girl grabs him as | + | :[A girl grabs him as the edges of the panel crack and tear.] |
| − | + | :I woke up. The memory of the apocalypse faded to mere fancy, but the numbers burned bright in my mind. I wrote them down right away. | |
:[A note reads: 42.39561 -71.13051 2007 09 23 14 38 00.] | :[A note reads: 42.39561 -71.13051 2007 09 23 14 38 00.] | ||
| − | + | :They were coordinates. A place and a time, neither one too far away. | |
:Cueball: What else could I do? When the day came, I went to the spot and waited. | :Cueball: What else could I do? When the day came, I went to the spot and waited. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
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