On January 9th, 2009, a twitter account, lostsock was created by a confused crew sock that found himself in a strange new world. He tweeted about his travels, joys, sorrows, trials, and triumphs over the course of just over 3 months, then seemed to disappear as quickly as he came. These are the transmissions, or ‘tweets’, that he sent out. This is the story of Mozart, the Lost Sock.
January 9th
03:15 pm - My name is Mozart. I was an average white and grey crew sock, but it seems that’s changing now.
03:30 pm - I must've blacked out. I was in the wash, then I woke in this sunny field, still soaking wet. Thank goodness my iPhone still seems to work!
04:02 pm - How did I get here? All I recall is my life-partner giggling about the soap tickling her toe-hole, the wash spinning faster, then nothing.
08:45 pm - I've been walking across this huge field for hours! The sun seems unearthly warm. It's making me so tired... I better get some sleep.
January 10th
12:27 am - Tossing and turning... I miss my cozy drawer, and my life-partner Liilii :(
09:51 am - Good morning, I guess... It's the weirdest thing; the sun hasn't moved this whole time. It's just staying there, in the middle of the sky!
12:08 pm - It's so beautiful here, wherever I am. Rolling hills and puffy clouds... it feels eerily like a Tide commercial.
02:29 pm - I've been hearing some weird sounds from deep in the forest on the edge of this field. It sounds like voices! I'm going to check it out.
02:49 pm - Other socks! Dozens of them chained together, being forced to build a giant aqueduct by a gang of evil-looking irons! OH NO - they see me!
05:04 pm - Ooof, my threads throb! I just woke in a cramped cell that reeks of Tinactin. Lucky I swallowed my iPhone before those irons clobbered me!
07:26 pm - An ugly iron peeked in at last... and sneered at me before shoving some disgusting smelling slop in my face and screaming, "M'm! M'm! Good!"
January 11th
12:33 am - I guess I've been forgotten for now. Still no idea where I am... not even of where I am within wherever I am. I can't stay awake any longer.
06:03 am - Woke up to a cockroach the size of my heel scrambling over me. I'm cold and lonely... I wish I were home.
07:42 am - I hear cells opening one by one, then shouts and footsteps off into the distance. Then the heaviest footsteps return for the... mine's next!
12:18 pm - I've had no chance to write until now... The irons made me mop the floor of this ancient banquet hall all morning. My toe pad is filthy!
06:45 pm - Back in this rotten cell again. That ugly iron spilled my slop all over the floor this time. I hate it here - I've got to find a way home!
07:19 pm - These irons are stupid! I just heard two of them fighting about who's "getting steamy with the pantyhose" tonight. What does that even mean?
09:14 pm - There's a message scratched on the wall of my cell! It's really worn away, but I think it says "Remember Untopia." Not much of a help!
January 12th
05:09 am - That cockroach just curled up inside me for warmth. I think I'll call him Rupert.
10:16 am - They left me in this cotton field with a big sack and said I have to fill it. This is so gross! Isn't it wrong to be pillaging stem cells?
12:18 pm - This weird motionless sun is so sweltering hot... I've got half a bag of cotton, and cottonmouth like crazy! I think I see a stream nearby.
12:55 pm - There's a ragged old sock sitting here! He speaks in a weird language, like he's from another world... but it sounds strangely familiar!
02:23 pm - They found me with that old sock. They turned molten red, they got so hot. They burnt him alive. I smelled his threads blacken. I feel sick.
05:37 pm - The bag is full. I've probably watered half the cotton field with tears.
07:03 pm - Back in my cell. I can't eat. I keep hearing that old sock's dying cry. He screamed something about "Untopia," just like what's on the wall!
January 13th
06:28 am - Good morning nibbles on my toe pad from Rupert.
08:47 am - Back in the field again, but this time I'm working with another sock! Her name is Oola. She disappeared during her wash's spin cycle, too!
11:31 am - Apparently most socks have the same story as us! Oola says there are some socks that were born here, but mostly they're just old loonies!
02:21 pm - Oola says we're lucky - most socks are forced to build the giant water irrigation systems that feed the iron's oppressive steam regime!
04:13 pm - Iron's saw us talking and drug me back to my cell. They spit steam on me and stomped on my toe! Grrr... I want to break their switches off!
07:15 pm - I guess I'm in the laundry bin; there's no sign of food tonight. I should've eaten yesterday when I had the chance, now I'm starving :(
11:03 pm - So hungry I can't sleep. I miss home so bad.
11:27 pm - I sure don't miss that brute of a burgundy sweater always beating me over the head in the dryer, though.
January 14th
06:47 am - This morning they kicked me awake and took me to the river, where they threw me in the hold of this rusty old steamboat. It's just cast off!
09:25 am - I wish I knew where they were taking me. I'm still so hungry... I feel so faint... I need... cupcakes.
11:22 am - I woke to a pudgy-looking iron holding out some bread. It was no cupcake, but I wolfed it down all the same. It's weird - he seemed nice!
12:43 pm - The iron's name is Tolly; he's the cabin-boy. He brought me more bread when he realized how hungry I was, plus some fresh marshmallow fluff!
01:37 pm - The ship just lurched to a halt. Tolly ran off; he thinks he's going to get in trouble.
04:10 pm - I just peeked out the porthole. It's amazing - thousands of socks are building an enormous aqueduct that towers over this huge river valley!
04:41 pm - I think they've forgotten me. It's cold on this ship's floor. There're rust splinters all over my bottom :(
06:43 pm - They just brought me into a huge prison camp. All the socks are filthy and sad. Everyone eats from big vats of slop and sleeps in the dirt!
08:15 pm - I met a big sock named Tayo. She winked and said I shouldn't worry about working tomorrow. She says it doesn't look like it, but we're done!
09:43 pm - I'm cuddled up next to a bonfire. It's dirty, but at least it's warm. I'm totally pooped - sleep should come easy!
January 15th
08:10 am - This morning the entire camp has been eerily quiet. Everyone is staring at the aqueduct! I wonder what they're looki... AN EXPLOSION!
08:24 am - It's total chaos! Everybody is charging the gates of the pen - the irons can't hold all of us back! Here I go!
09:03 am - I'm free! We're all running through the woods, whooping and hollering! My threads are shaking with excitement!
10:24 am - A bunch of camouflage-colored socks were waiting for us - they're the ones who set off the bomb! They say they're taking us somewhere safe.
12:29 pm - We've arrived in a beautiful hidden valley. There's a shining city floating in the middle of a tranquil turquoise lake! It's a sock city!
01:37 pm - They've greeted all of us refugees in the town square, where they're serving tea and cupcakes! Everyone is happy to be free and well-fed!
02:16 pm - The leader of the city just spoke! He said, "No matter what the irons have done, remember we are peaceful creatures." A lot of socks booed!
03:01 pm - I saw my reflection in a shop window... I look terrible! Dirt, rust, cupcake crumbs... It's times like these that you need a good bleach!
04:44 pm - I found a quaint little laundromat overlooking the lake. Their washer and dryer were clean and cozy, but alas, they didn't zap me home.
05:54 pm - The owner of the laundromat is a pleasant old sock named Nit. He invited me to stay and eat with his family tonight!
07:27 pm - They've fed me a scrumptious dinner of lavender cupcakes. I was too tired to ask anything, but Nit said he'd explain everything tomorrow.
10:03 pm - I wonder what my life-partner Liilii would think of all this! I sure miss the feel of her cuff wrapped up with mine.
January 16th
08:04 am - I woke to the smell of pancakes wafting in from downstairs. My dresser has a great view of the lake, sparkling in the effervescent sunlight.
09:45 am - After breakfast Nit told me the truth... This is the legendary Sockland! I can't believe it! My mom always said this was just a fairytale!
11:27 am - Nit told me that socks have disappeared to here for eons, ever since humans began washing us - it creates a portal into this world!
12:58 pm - I feel so discombobulated. Are socks not supposed to be washed? I like being clean! I'm used to being washed after every walk!
02:09 pm - Nit noticed my confusion, and said the portal is only activated when one turns itself inside out. I must've done it by accident!
04:00 pm - Socks used to zap back home using a huge teleporter in Soccus, the capital city. Now the irons have turned the city into their primary base!
04:51 pm - Apparently most socks used to come here for vacation, but others have lived here forever. Nit said it was a utopia until the irons arrived!
06:17 pm - Now I get it! What was written in the cell and what the ragged old sock screamed - "Untopia" - it's what they call their enslavement!
07:42 pm - Everything is in perspective now; how I got here, where here is, and how to get back. If only we could take back Soccus - I could get home!
09:13 pm - I've had enough for one day. It's time for a quick air-fluff in the dryer, a leftover cupcake, and a warm drawer.
January 17th
08:03 am - A magnificent hummingbird just woke me from my peaceful slumber. It's feeding on the nectar of some bright flowers, right outside my window!
10:33 am - Today I think I'll walk around and learn more about this wondrous old floating city. Nit said the market is the best place to start!
12:34 pm - This market is amazing! My belly is full of piping hot butternut scones and sweet ginger mead. The abundance of treats is overwhelming!
01:37 pm - I've been talking to the nice knee-sock who gave me the mead. She said this city was built over 1,000 years ago by runaway Venetian socks!
03:39 pm - The air is incredible here; it's so crisp and aromatic from all the blooming flowers. I can see how a sock might never want to go back home!
07:23 pm - It's been a great day! I could imagine staying here in Sockland for the rest of my life, if only my life-partner Liilii was here, too.
January 18th
07:53 am - I had the most horrible dream! Tolly was giving me more delicious fresh fluff, when a gang of socks appeared and started breaking him apart!
09:17 am - Nit and I were just starting breakfast when a messenger interrupted... There's a militia forming to attack the irons and take back Soccus!
10:26 am - A huge mob is congregating in the town square. Most are carrying forks or butter knives, and everyone is angry and shouting!
11:45 am - The old mayor is trying to calm everyone down, but a big camouflaged sock just cut him off... He's saying it's long past time to fight back!
12:31 pm - There must be a thousand socks here now. They're all starting to stream out of the city... I'm getting pushed along with the crowd!
01:59 pm - We're almost out of the hidden valley, now. A lot of socks started singing strange songs... They told me it's the native language - Tsoktok.
03:12 pm - I've caught up to the front of the pack and met the big, camouflaged Socklander that's leading everyone! His name is Guirrar.
04:33 pm - Guirrar rants about injustices suffered by all socks - not just here; even on the surface! I don't know... I think he needs a good washing.
05:53 pm - Everyone is tired from marching with the weight of their weapons, so we're making camp in a big meadow that's been cut by a quiet brook.
08:19 pm - Dinner was a surprise! A troop of chefs collected wild herbs, roots, and fungi for a huge and hearty campfire stew. I'm full... and sleepy.
January 19th
07:06 am - Everyone is waking up now, drinking honeysuckle tea and gathering their weapons. Guirrar is busy strategizing with other camouflaged socks.
07:57 am - I can't stop worrying about that dream I had... Everyone is so wound up - they wouldn't pause to notice a nice iron from a rotten one!
08:48 am - Guirrar says we're going to the bombed aqueduct first, to finish what we started. Scouts said the irons are still there - and the steamboat!
09:41 am - I can't let them hurt Tolly, not after what he did for me! I've got to get to the river before this mob does!
12:10 pm - I've made it to the river! I must be an hour ahead of the rest. There's not much left here, but I can see the steamboat - Tolly's on it!
12:32 pm - I managed to catch Tolly's attention when he was leaning off the railing! He snuck me aboard - there's no other irons on the ship right now!
01:00 pm - I thought Tolly was going to blow a circuit when I told him what's happening, but he said there's no choice - we've both got to escape!
01:38 pm - Here comes the mob! All of the other irons are frantically racing towards our boat, but Tolly's started the engine - we're casting off!
01:44 pm - Socks are hurling marbles at us with slingshots! One crashed through the poop deck - the shrapnel almost sliced through my main stitch!
02:06 pm - We made it; we got away! The steamboat suffered some pretty bad damage, though. Tolly says he knows of a safe place we can stop for repairs.
04:20 pm - We've just slid into a lagoon on the side of the river. The trees here are gargantuan, and I can see huts perched high up in their branches!
05:40 pm - A pair of fuzzy socks met us at the dock. Tolly says they rescued him when he fell off a boat as a kid. They're helping us fix the deck!
08:43 pm - We're snuggled into hammocks now, with the lagoon far below us and chestnut cupcakes filling up our bellies. I think tomorrow will be big.
January 20th
07:06 am - A beautiful butterfly with white wings and shimmering periwinkle spots just landed on my toes and woke me. Well, that or Tolly's snores did.
08:02 am - These fuzzy socks have been so kind! Our ship's hold is stocked with cranberry sparkly and cupcakes still warm from the oven. We're off!
09:38 am - Tolly and I have talked a lot about what we'll do when we arrive in Soccus. We've decided we should try to reason with the iron's leader.
11:05 am - We're almost there! I can see the city's skyline on the horizon. We'll be stopping soon - to hide the boat and walk the rest of the way.
11:46 am - The steamboat is stashed! Now we're walking along a winding country road, passing through quaint little hamlets with cobblestone streets.
12:11 pm - There's a checkpoint up ahead with a bunch of menacing iron guards. Tolly has the idea of tying me up and acting like I'm his prisoner!
12:38 pm - It worked! We didn't even have to say anything... Those stupid irons just saluted and let us pass!
01:00 pm - Oh, toejam - they aren't so stupid, after all! They must've seen Tolly untying me! Now we're hiding in the ditc... They see us!
02:46 pm - Déjà vu. I woke in the same cell as the first time, with the same aching stitches! Tolly's here, too - he's got a huge bump on his point!
02:53 pm - Tolly looks miserable. He just started saying something about his dad... but I hear footsteps coming!
03:34 pm - They took us to their leader, Heiss. He must know Tolly; he acted so cruel. When Tolly told him we're friends he laughed like it was a joke!
03:47 pm - I asked Heiss why he enslaves us. He said there is no other choice - irons don't have flexible limbs, so they can't build their own home!
04:10 pm - Well, I'm going to use my flexible limbs to get out of here! I think I can squeeze through the bars in the window if Tolly gives me a boost!
04:27 pm - I'm free! I've snuck through the courtyard and into the kitchen. I told all the socks working here about the militia attacking tomorrow!
04:44 pm - The kitchen socks are going to help - they're putting rancid mushrooms into the iron's food tonight to make them all sick!
05:05 pm - I found the keys to the cells - they're hanging on the wall in the warden's office... I've just got to find a way to distract that iron!
05:31 pm - I got a kitchen sock to run in and say I'd escaped! The warden ran out cursing, and I was right there behind the door! I better move quick.
05:54 pm - I got Tolly! He brought me to a secret tunnel behind a bookcase in the library. He says he discovered it as a kid... He used to live here!
06:28 pm - I was trying to get Tolly to say more about his childhood... Then he made me promise I wouldn't get mad - he's Heiss's son!
07:16 pm - Tolly says his soft spot for socks has always made Heiss hate him. If only his dad would disappear - then he'd become king of the irons!
08:16 pm - There's a dusty old storeroom in the middle of this secret tunnel. We should be safe here - I think we'll stay for the night.
January 21st
07:58 am - A tremendously deep rumble just shook us from our sleep! It's like an earthqua... No, it's footsteps! The socks must be here!
09:10 am - We made it out of the tunnel; it led us into a grotto beside the river. The sounds of socks and irons battling are echoing all around us!
10:03 am - This city is swarming with socks! We've got to get back to the boat, but I'm worried they'll see Tolly... There must be a way to get out!
10:37 am - We did it! I tied Tolly up like a prisoner, just like he did to me! But this time we didn't untie until we were far far away, and it worked!
11:21 am - We're casting off now, heading back the way we came. Maybe we'll be able to hideout at the fuzzy socks' place until things calms down!
12:40 pm - Oh no! There's dozens of ships blocking our way! They're loaded with socks aiming canons at us... We have no choice; we've got to surrender!
01:23 pm - These socks think I'm a traitor! When they brought us aboard they knocked Tolly out and drug him away, then they locked me in a cage!
03:18 pm - I've been hearing the canons firing nonstop for the past hour, but everything's gone quiet, now. They must've been shelling the city!
04:05 pm - What a commotion; it sounds like the entire world is cheering! A guard came prancing in as gleefully as a baby sock and told me they'd won!
05:42 pm - They locked me in the castle's prison... again. Everything's the same, except now the roles are reversed - the cells are packed with irons!
07:33 pm - All these socks are acting so terrible! Even the ones I ate cupcakes with in the lake city only days ago are snarling and calling me names!
09:08 pm - I'm rolled up in a ball, soaking my toepad with tears. I don't see how trading one slaver for another is winning!
January 22nd
08:47 am - Nit came to see me! He couldn't believe it when he heard socks calling me a traitor. I told him the whole story - he said he'd try to help!
10:38 am - They let me out! Nit found the kitchen socks that poisoned the iron's food and got them to vouch for me! Now I've got to go find Tolly!
11:41 am - Tolly is in the deepest part of the dungeon. He's unhurt, but starving! He asked me to bring him some tortillas - the irons' favorite food.
12:32 pm - I found some tortillas! It cheered Tolly up, but he's moaning about how it all would've been better if only his dad had listened to him.
01:35 pm - I think I'll bring tortillas to Heiss, too! I'll tell him socks are friendly garments; he just needed to ask for help, instead of taking it!
02:28 pm - Heiss was rude at first, but he was shocked I brought him food. He listened, then said I should go get all the socks ready for his apology!
03:40 pm - I've explained everything to Guirrar. He was reluctant to believe irons could be kind, so he told the prison guards to bring in Tolly first!
03:58 pm - There's a huge commotion going on... All of the sock guards are racing to the dungeon - they said that Heiss has escaped!
04:15 pm - Heiss just stormed in, sliced through two socks, and put his sword to the nape of Guirrar's cuff! I'm hiding behind the throne.
04:19 pm - Tolly dashed in and screamed at his dad to stop... and when Heiss turned his head to look, Guirrar spun and chopped into his central circuit!
04:29 pm - Tolly ran to his dad and held his handle. Heiss coughed sparks and said, "For all I've never given you, take my crown and do what's right."
04:43 pm - After weeping for a moment, Tolly stood and placed the crown upon his head. Then he looked up - and apologized on behalf of all irons!
05:49 pm - Guirrar and Tolly have been negotiating... They want to work everything out by building a new city in the mountains for the irons!
07:12 pm - Tolly is releasing the irons from prison. They seem relieved, but very ashamed. Tomorrow will cheer them up - there's a celebration planned!
08:40 pm - I'm eating cupcakes and tortillas with some nice socks and irons. It's strange to be mixed now, but I'm glad everyone is choosing equality!
09:44 pm - It's been a humongous day. I've found a room with a lovely old chest of drawers and a window looking out upon Soccus. It's time to curl up!
January 23rd
08:29 am - Another beautiful Sockland morning! I think this one is especially nice - the smell of peppermint cupcakes is wafting up from the kitchen!
10:21 am - Today is a big cleanup day. We're all working together to take care of the mess from the battle, and making new friends along the way!
12:42 pm - I've heard a few arguments between some of the older socks and irons, but most everyone is getting along and helping each other out.
02:12 pm - Soccus is such an amazingly eclectic city... Socks have kept adding onto it with their home culture's style since the time of the Greeks!
03:54 pm - I just saw an iron warm up a cold cupcake for a little baby sock! Tolly saw it too - he looked over and laughed at my big lint-eating grin.
06:15 pm - It's almost time for the celebration! We're all hurrying to finish setting everything up in the huge park in the middle of the city.
07:42 pm - It's almost time for the celebration! We're all hurrying to finish setting everything up in the huge park in the middle of the city.
09:17 pm - Guirrar just made the announcement - the best way forward is to build an automated city in the mountains for the irons. Everybody agrees!
10:22 pm - A band started playing and they just brought out the cloudberry wine. Everyone is dancing and improvising silly instruments to play along!
11:58 pm - Whaat a funm niight!! I;m glaa,d i madse it baxck tro my drawere.., soomeehoow thjose spiereaal straircasesses goty a liiittlle trricky.
January 24th
09:00 am - Oof, I've got a bit of a fold-over this morning... I think I'll take it easy and stay in the drawer for a while.
10:34 am - Tolly just brought me some dandelion tea! He knew I wouldn't be up yet... Apparently I got up on the table last night and did the worm!
11:53 am - Now that I'm not rushing about I can catch up on all of your tweets! Thank you all for following so far - your support has given me hope!
12:28 pm - @MegzyTred - Some irons did worry about the weather in the mountains, but a lot of their automated city will actually be dug underground!
12:34 pm - @malcolli - I wish I could take pictures, too! My iPhone's camera was broken when I woke up in the field. At least the rest still works!
12:39 pm - @JessicaHippo - It's funny you ask! I met a really nice trouser sock last night who showed me a secret footshake! He wasn't snooty at all.
12:45 pm - @JoeCastagna - I think it will! The idea of a new city for the irons has made everyone very excited. It will be a technological marvel!
03:11 pm - I finally feel better, but I seem to be covered in a variety of colored splotches and cupcake debris... I better find a laundromat.
07:42 pm - @nelliejean - I tried zapping back home from the washers here... I wish it were that easy. I've got to find the teleporter Nit talked about!
09:40 pm - @Feynix7 - Oh, I wish I had! Liilii always rejected the idea of having a phone. First thing tomorrow I'm going to find out how to get home!
January 25th
08:03 am - Nit and I just met in the kitchen to catch some fresh chamomile cupcakes and watermelon sparkly. Now we're off to the teleporter!
09:33 am - Well, we're here... in a line with hundreds of other socks! It winds all the way around the block!
11:06 am - I just saw it in action! A sock stepped under this old stone arch, water wheels started spinning, and then *poof* in a bright green flash!
01:28 pm - This is totally crazy - the line was only for making reservations, and it's already booked for months! It'll be forever until it's my turn!
03:10 pm - Nit tried to cheer me up by bringing me on a walk along the river, but it's no use; there's a hole in my soul that only Liilii could patch.
06:31 pm - Tomorrow workers start heading for the mountains. Everyone is so enthusiastic it's hard to not feel like a dark cloud.
January 26th
09:00 am - Well, I'm feeling a little better this morning... mostly because somebody left a strawberry-filled cupcake with cream on top of my drawer!
10:47 am - There's lots of hustle and bustle with everybody getting ready. I've been pacing the kitchen, trying to decide whether I should stay or go.
12:18 pm - It was Guirrar who left me the cupcake! He said they really need me for the construction, since I'm so friendly with the irons.
02:10 pm - I'm all packed! I've got an assorted bag of cupcakes, a flash of huckleberry sparkly, and a little pouch of laundry soap - just in case.
04:33 pm - All the irons and half as many socks have met in the central park... there must be a couple thousand of us all! We're listening to the plan.
05:29 pm - We're taking trains overnight to the end of the line, and walking to the Thogcha Mountains from there. I've never been on a train before!
07:21 pm - Wow, this is incredible! I mean, I've rode in cars before - but I was always cuddled up with an odorous foot in the dark... What a view!
09:52 pm - @MegzyTred - There's nasty stuff in fabric softener! I use a little bit of vinegar in the rinse cycle in the wash. It works & doesn't smell!
11:05 pm - @MegzyTred - Don't believe the advertising! The chemicals they put in fabric softener are some of the worst.
11:09 pm - The country we're traveling through is cuff-droppingly gorgeous - it just went from sagebrush covered plains to sweeping red rock buttes!
11:46 pm - All the excitement from these new sights must be wearing out; the rhythmic *whunka-whunka* of the train on the tracks is making me drowsy.
January 27th
08:35 am - What a wake up! The train just jolted to a stop - I was told a pack of handkerchiefs are ambushing the tracks!
08:45 am - Guirrar and all of his camouflaged ilk are gathering their weapons. I can see dozens of handkerchiefs floating in the breeze above us!
08:54 am - When we got off the train the biggest handkerchief swooped down and landed, totally confused. They thought we were still enslaved!
09:30 am - We're back on our way, now. The handkerchiefs seemed a little disappointed they didn't get to rescue us, but they're glad everything is ok!
11:04 am - This is it - the end of the line! It's just a ghost town with a few wooden shanties, but the giant, forested mountains rise on the horizon.
01:45 pm - The trail gets steeper every switchback. It's amazing looking down at a single file line of irons and socks as far as the eye can see!
03:02 pm - We've stopped at a cool stream in the shadows of the trees to cool off and rehydrate. We're so high up... I think I can see the top!
06:37 pm - I thought we were almost there, but it was just a false peak! Guirrar told me we've still got a long way to go; we won't make it today.
07:51 pm - Finally - we're stopping for the night... what a death march! Giant peaks and ridges are all around us; we're even higher than some clouds!
09:00 pm - I'm totally zonkered! Time to hit the hay... but first - this yummy smelling chocolate chip zucchini cupcake!
09:22 pm - @malcolli - No bonfires tonight, everyone just snacked and passed out! Now that I'm full, it's time to curl into a ball and snooze. G'night!
11:28 pm - Ooof... I just woke up with the worst tummy ache - it mast have been that zucchini. Everybody is asleep... except, where're the camo socks?
January 28th
12:10 am - Guirrar and his socks are huddled behind some trees.. and I just heard them laughing about what to do when the irons turn into molten metal!
12:34 am - I must've snapped a twig, because they all looked up and saw me! They tried to convince me they were just going over the route for tomorrow!
01:23 am - It's been hard getting back to sleep after what I overheard - I'm pretty weirded out! Thank goodness my belly is feeling better, though.
08:22 am - Everybody is stirring awake and nibbling on breakfast. I just popped a peppermint drop off one of my cupcakes; I'll save the rest for later!
09:44 am - We're back on the trail. It's all rollypolly over ridges & through shallow valleys. Ah, toejam - I just got my bottom all muddy in a puddle!
11:27 am - I'm really uneasy about what I overheard last night... Guirrar has been giving me strange looks all morning.
01:18 pm - I've been trying to talk to Tolly, but every time I get close to him a random camouflage sock starts a banal conversation with me!
02:39 pm - We're definitely close to the highest point in this mountain range. I can see an ocean from here, spreading blue far off into the distance!
04:00 pm - Guirrar says we're here; ground-zero for Iron City! It's a picturesque wooded hollow, tucked into the crest of the highest peak in Sockland!
05:15 pm - Everyone rushed through setting up camp and unpacked their tools. We're already starting to work - surveying the land and planning the dig!
07:02 pm - We're all settling in for dinner. I pulled my cuff over my eyes and picked a cupcake from my bag at random - snickerdoodle! One of my faves!
08:20 pm - It's impossible to talk to Tolly alone - when I saw a chance, Guirrar practically stepped on my toes to start talking about the city plans!
09:19 pm - I discovered a peaceful little lake on the far side of the hollow! It's strange, though - the water is hot... but it's perfect for a bath!
10:18 pm - I wish Liilii were here to have enjoyed that nice bath with me :(
10:41 pm - @JoeCastagna - It was weird... but what if it was just a rotten racist joke? Some socks talk like that - I don't want to start a panic!
11:04 pm - @JoeCastagna - Yeah, socks are usually very peaceful and tolerant creatures... you have to be when you're always getting stepped on!
January 29th
09:03 am - Everybody is getting straight to work this morning. We're starting to dig the central block's foundations!
11:05 am - We hit rock at about 10 feet deep. It's dense and a little glassy, but we can carve it - it'll look great for the walls of the buildings!
01:13 pm - With so much help the work goes fast! The irons can't do much with tools, but they're great at hauling dirt and pushing rocks into place!
03:36 pm - I finally got to talk to Tolly alone. He says I must've misunderstood - Guirrar told him we're going to use molten metal to make the floors!
06:48 pm - We made a ton of progress today. The main foundations are all dug, and the beautiful stone we excavated has built all the walls halfway up!
07:39 pm - All the cook socks built a bunch of stone ovens, and now they're baking fresh-picked clove cupcakes and sweet cocoa tortillas!
09:21 pm - Oh my aching bendy parts.
January 30th
07:13 am - Whoa... a little tremor just shook everyone awake! It only lasted a short moment, but the ground quivered like an unbalanced dryer!
10:04 am - Everything survived the earthquake just fine. We're starting to carve out the tunnel system that will run underneath the whole city!
01:00 pm - Lunchtime! Steaming wild ginger and carrot cupcakes with extra-bubbly clover sparkly!
03:31 pm - Tolly's arguing with Guirrar - he says the walls should be thicker, in case of bigger tremors... but that would take twice as long to build!
07:07 pm - Another great day of progress - the great hall's outer walls are almost done! I'm super sore again, but I think I'm getting stronger.
January 31st
09:39 am - I finally got around to eating that peppermint cupcake, for breakfast this morning... it was a little stale :(
12:34 pm - @lgm001 - Being an iPod holder is not a bad shake in life!
12:36 pm - @truscotsman72 - When a sock turns itself inside out in the wash it's teleported to Sockland, in the center of the hollow earth!
12:41 pm - @shortbusking54 - I can understand your frustration at losing a foot companion, but calling it stupid isn't a good way to get it back!
02:41 pm - Most of the center blocks walls are finished, and the tunnels are dug! We're just starting to put the wooden roofs on.
04:58 pm - I’m suddenly starting to feel sick - all my threads ache, and I've got a deep, toepad-rattling cough. Tolly’s making me quit work early.
06:40 pm - I tried to take another bath in the lake, but the water is even hotter this time - I almost burnt myself! I guess it must just ebb and flow.
08:31 pm - I keep feeling worse. Tolly got some warm blankets for me, and a doctor sock brought me some echinacea tea. I'm... really... drowsy.
February 1st
09:41 am - What a wretched night! My fever finally broke, but the doctor says I'm in no shape to work. I guess I'll just browse the internet all day!
12:17 pm - @communicated - I'll keep my eyes out for them! What do they look like?
February 2nd
12:39 am - Still feeling super sick, but I found this video, which cheered me up :) Chickens are awesome! http://tinyurl.com/dgsqd4
08:25 pm - Construction is going well, but I've been useless all day, just curled up drinking tea. The cooks won't let me help bake cupcakes, either :(
10:08 pm - @flowersbyfarha - Thanks for thinking of me! I took your advice and soaked in the warm lake. I splurged & used a little of the laundry soap!
February 3rd
08:41 am - I'm finally feeling better this morning, eating gooey mango cupcakes and getting ready for work. Today we're finishing the interior walls!
11:08 am - Ugh, somebody must've farted... it smells like rotting eggs really bad down here in the basement!
03:09 pm - This city is so pretty with all its shiny black rock buildings. We've built four blocks already, which is about half of what we need.
08:18 pm - Tolly and I are playing chess, joking around and having a good time. We asked Guirrar to join us, but he's seemed distant and angry lately.
09:08 pm - @JessicaHippo- Well, the more socks the faster it'd go... but don't try to force your socks to go with stinky feet or something terrible!
February 4th
08:20 am - The chefs whipped up some coconut-frosted cream-drop cupcakes this morning... oooo do they make my toepad tingle!
09:21 pm - Ugh, I got really dirty digging out a tunnel today... I just took a huge bath but I feel so icky still... time to bust out the moonshine!
February 5th
12:35 pm - Oooof... I had a little too much to drink last night and got sick :( Now I've got a gnarly fold-over... all my stitches are throbbing!
February 6th
10:16 am - Another beautiful day in the booming Iron City of Sockland. Breakfast was splendid this morning - orange sparkly & triple vanilla cupcakes!
06:56 pm - Work is getting easier - I think I'm getting buffer! Today Tolly and I started planning the landscaping. We're going to plant petunias.
February 7th
10:11 am - The chefs made apple cinnamon cupcakes this morning, which is giving us pretty good energy for excavating the last few blocks of the city!
February 8th
10:03 am - Mmm... pumpkin butter cream cupcakes for brunch! It's nice to take a little break. It's amazing how close we are to completing this city!
02:22 pm - It's down to the final touches on all the residential blocks; lights, beds, and the metal floors... which Guirrar hasn't said a thing about.
02:24 pm - @communicated- It's hard to describe how much I love cupcakes! There's so much variety. The chefs have started teaching me how to bake! :)
February 9th
04:21 pm - That's it - we've done it! Iron City is built! Everyone is dancing around with huge smiles. Tonight there will be an inaugural celebration!
05:42 pm - It's all hustle and bustle around here right now - everyone is helping prepare for the feast. I'm going to sneak off to the lake for a bath!
06:10 pm - Guirrar was just leaving as I walked down here... He must be feeling better - he had a huge grin on his face!
06:27 pm - The water is scalding hot this time! I can't even touch it - it's practically boiling! I don't see how Guirrar could've had a pleasant bath.
07:34 pm - The festivities are starting! Music, food, laughter... It's awesome to see how all the socks and irons have become such good friends!
08:15 pm - I guess not all socks are so friendly - the camouflaged socks are all sitting quietly around Guirrar... I think he's about to make a speech.
08:36 pm - Guirrar just announced that in the morning all socks have to leave - we're needed in Soccus. Everyone's tense now - it ruined the night!
09:28 pm - I'm bummed. I was starting to really like it up here on the mountain... but I guess our work here is done.
February 10th
12:39 am - Wow, it’s gotten late! Tolly and I have been joking around and eating cupcakes for hours! I better get to sleep.
10:00 am - Oh no! I slept in! All the other socks have left already - there's only a few stragglers left. I better hurry... but it smells really weird!
10:42 am - It reeks like rotten eggs all over... it's bad, like a.. wait, ther... VOLCANO
10:58 am - its explding under the city!! magma sprouting evareywhere!
11:13 am - the handkerchiefs! theyr swooping down and helping us!!
11:22 am - the handkerchiefs! theyr swooping down and helping us!!
11:45 am - We made it a safe distance away - most of us, at least. Now I know what Guirrar meant by "molten metal floors." He won't get away with this!
12:26 pm - Most of the socks that left just came racing back! They say that Guirrar was laughing like a maniac! He had to have planned this all along!
01:18 pm - The volcano is finally dying down, although it's still glowing and belching smoke. The city totally dissolved in the lava - nothing is left.
02:09 pm - The handkerchiefs have been very kind to all of us. Lots of irons wouldn't have made it out if it weren't for them - Tolly especially!
02:40 pm - We've made up our minds. The handkerchiefs are in, too - we're going to arrest Guirrar and the camo socks and bring them to justice!
03:12 pm - The strongest kerchiefs are tying themselves together, and a battalion of socks & irons are going to ride on them to catch up to Guirrar!
03:43 pm - What a blast! I've never flown before - this feeling is great! I can see all of Guirrar's socks down below... they're running for cover!
04:02 pm - We landed right on top of all the camouflage socks and the handkerchiefs wrapped around them like a straight jacket!
04:28 pm - We took all the camo sock's weapons away and tied them up. Guirrar is pissed, spitting at everyone like only the meanest irons used to do!
04:59 pm - Now we're flying the prisoners down to the train, where we'll lock them into one of the boxcars to bring them back to Soccus for a trial!
06:00 pm - All the evil socks are locked up. The kerchiefs are ferrying the rest of us from the mountains, and we're all eating and nursing our burns.
08:31 pm - Everybody's loaded up, and the night train is finally on its way. What a crazy day! It's time to pass out and hope for dreams of Liilii.
February 11th
07:23 am - It worked - I dreamt of running in a beautiful field with Liilii! Now it's plain cupcakes for a quick breakfast - we're almost to Soccus!
08:37 am - The capital city is brimming with life. There's a crowd of socks gathered to see us arrive!
09:18 am - Everyone's shocked to see Guirrar and the camo socks being taken to the dungeon, but they're even more surprised to hear why!
10:49 am - The prisoners are locked in their cells awaiting trial, and now Tolly and I are headed to the great hall to brief everyone on the situation.
11:50 am - A tremendous crowd packed the hall for our speeches. We summarized what happened and rallied for justice - we have to set an example!
12:31 pm - Everyone seems very shook up, but glad that there will be a fair trial on Friday, with a jury of half irons and half socks presiding.
01:42 pm - Tolly and I are wondering what to do for the irons now. Should they stay here, or should we build a new city again? What do you all think?
04:45 pm - I'm in the kitchen now - one of the master chefs is teaching me the secret to baking sugar crisp cupcakes with grapefruit frosting!
07:36 pm - What an amazing treat - my belly is still sparkling! I think I'm going to go snuggle up in my comfy drawer and enjoy an early bedtime.
February 12th
08:04 am - It feels great to sleep in a drawer again, after camping out in the mountains for so long. My first priority this morning is a good washing!
10:19 am - 'm squeeky clean and hankering to fling some cupcake batter around! I found a tasty looking lavender cupcake recipe at http://tr.im/fw9o
12:23 pm - The cupcakes turned out totally incredible - even Tolly liked them, and he's normally only interested in tortillas!
04:23 pm - Tolly and I agree it'd be best to keep all the irons in Soccus - everyone has become such great friends it would be a shame to split up!
06:39 pm - I'm helping some irons bake tortillas for dinner and experimenting with putting honey and cinnamon on them; it's almost as good as cupcakes!
09:26 pm - Well, tomorrow is the big trial. I'm feeling a little nervous about testifying :(
February 13th
08:14 am - The kitchen is full of commotion this morning - everyone is darting in to grab something before heading over to the hall of justice.
09:45 am - I'm helping to escort all the prisoners to the courthouse. I gave Guirrar and all the others some cupcakes - somehow I sort of pity them.
10:35 am - Guirrar admitted to masterminding it all! He said he did it to bring justice to the irons for what they did to all the socks and Sockland!
11:18 am - Some were sympathetic to Guirrar's defense at first, but it seems everyone is more inclined to forgive the irons for the sake of utopia!
12:39 pm - The jury just returned with their verdict - they're banishing Guirrar and all the other camouflaged socks from Sockland forever!
01:20 pm - We have to find a new home for Guirrar. If anyone wants a vengeful camouflaged tube sock, DM me why and we'll teleport him to a post office!
February 14th
- No tweets received -
February 15th
11:01 am - Yesterday was very tough for me; all I could think about was Liilii ;(
February 16th - 17th
- No tweets received -
February 18th
11:13 am - I guess Valentine's Day put me into a pretty bad funk, but today I'm feeling much better - I'm going to Soccus's most famous cupcake shop!
February 19th - 20th
- No tweets received -
February 21st
11:35 pm - @JRMoreau - If you're still missing those socks you got rocked off let me know, they might be around here somewhere.
11:43 pm - Everything has been very mellow this past week - I've just been learning how to bake lots of incredible cupcakes and hanging out with Tolly!
11:45 pm - Tolly really helped cheer me up after Valentine's... My teleporter date gets closer every day! I can't wait to see my life-partner Liilii!
11:49 pm - WOW! Obama says cupcakes are good for you! http://tinyurl.com/c6k3yz
Februrary 22nd
- No tweets received -
February 23rd
@jeffw171 - I'm sorry I've been so wordless lately, I've been having a lot of fun making cupcakes :)
February 24th - March 5th
- No tweets received -
March 6th
12:56 am - @desertrabbit - Is your friend still shipping socks off to slave camps? I ask because we've still not found a home for Guirrar! Want him?
01:00 am - Sorry I've been so quiet! I joined a baking school, and it's been totally nuts. They make me bake hundreds of cupcakes all at once, nonstop!
March 7th - March 9th
- No tweets received -
March 10th
1:29 pm - EXPLODING CUPCAKES! http://tinyurl.com/basbqs
No further tweets have been received from Mozart. We do not know if he simply became too busy to tweet any longer, or if, simply, his iPhone that he used to tweet was broken or lost, cutting him off from us. It is hoped that nothing happened to him to cause him to stop tweeting. His last tweet is a bit concerning, containing cupcakes shown being blown up by small fireworks. It is hoped that he was not harmed trying this experiment himself. We can only hope that he made it home to his dear life-partner Liilii.
If you are out there somewhere Mozart, our good wishes go with you! If you are not safe home yet, then Godspeed to you!
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