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1Heir of Rage: ((RUINED THE PURPLES ;-;)
2The Lonely Wanderer: *The Terminal's power light is flashing. Changing between five colors.*
3The Lonely Wanderer: *Blue.*
4The Lonely Wanderer: *Pink.*
5TalonDudeguy: ((Here))
6The Lonely Wanderer: *Red.*
7EasyPeasyPiano: ((Hold on let me tell Tiny in DMs))
8The Lonely Wanderer: *Green.*
9The Lonely Wanderer: *Golden.*
10The Lonely Wanderer: *Then blue again*
11The Lonely Wanderer: ((Oh yeah! Definitely go do that.))
12misterDoctor: >Press it.
13The Lonely Wanderer: *You turn on the computer.*
14The Lonely Wanderer: *The various files are there.*
15Heir of Rage: >examine the colors
16The Lonely Wanderer: *You have received a notification, there is a new DHMIS episode available.*
17The Lonely Wanderer: *You recognize the colors.*
18Heir of Rage: >wonder of their meaning.
19The Lonely Wanderer: *They are assocaited with John, Rose, Dave, Jade and The Scratch.*
20bisexualSadist: ((~~DONT HUG ME IM SCARED?~~
21TalonDudeguy: "Aye wots all this"
22Heir of Rage: ((FUCKING LOVE IT)
23bisexualSadist: (( b d
24Heir of Rage: >look into the DHMIS.
25The Lonely Wanderer: *You open DHMIS.tvs*
26The Lonely Wanderer: *One episode is already recorded, there is a new one airing as well.*
27bisexualSadist: ((~~yay don't hug me I'm scared~~
28Heir of Rage: ((It looks so child friendly but it's really not like holy fuck)
29misterDoctor: ^
30Heir of Rage: ((Notepad = best teacher)
31TalonDudeguy: Aye so what're we gonna do now
32The Lonely Wanderer: *You have recorded: DONT HUG ME IM SCARED VIII - GALAXIES.*
33The Lonely Wanderer: *Currently airing is DONT HUG ME IM SCARED II - TIME*
34The Lonely Wanderer: *Must be a rerun*
35Heir of Rage: ((AYYY ITS TIME)
36sometinykid413: ``Tiny: not more of these!``
37misterDoctor: Tiny, was there anything important in VIII?
38TalonDudeguy: Aye there lass!
39sometinykid413: naw
40Heir of Rage: >how did the files get here in the first place?
41misterDoctor: >Return to Desktop.
42Heir of Rage: ((I fucking loved DHMIS)
43The Lonely Wanderer: *The two new files were unlocked with the most recent password*
44The Lonely Wanderer: *You return to the desktop*
45The Lonely Wanderer: *Shattered Record.scs is available.*
46Heir of Rage: >open it and view it's contents
47misterDoctor: >Open Shattered Record.scs.
48The Lonely Wanderer: **ACCESSING NARRATIVE TERMINAL…**
49The Lonely Wanderer: **BYPASSING SAFETY MEASURES…**
50TalonDudeguy: ((Continents))
51The Lonely Wanderer: **ACCESSING STORY ARCHIVE…**
52The Lonely Wanderer: **STORYDUMP ACCESSED…**
53The Lonely Wanderer: **PLEASE WAIT...**
54The Lonely Wanderer: **NOW ACCESSING: SHATTERED RECORD.SCS**
55The Lonely Wanderer: **ENJOY YOUR CUTSCENE, THANK YOU.**
56The Lonely Wanderer: **MONTHS IN THE FUTURE… ENOUGH TO MAKE A GAME GROW OLD…**
57The Lonely Wanderer: 
58The Lonely Wanderer: **In the ruins of a game in limbo, two planets stand as testimony to a crisis unforeseen.
59
60The one remaining session of Universe A lies dormant. After being smashed together by the Employer, the Land of Wind and Shade and Land of Frost and Frogs have remained heavily scarred, just like the rest of the reality-imposed game they lie in. For months, the game's players have been trapped inside, wondering exactly how to leave. Thanks to the late Doc Scratch, they now have a way, but it will come at a heavy cost. Unless they manage to escape its effects, the players of the game will be reset, along with it.**
61The Lonely Wanderer: ((As a note, input the next command when you guys have finished reading.))
62The Lonely Wanderer: ((I'm implementing that here to slow the pace down to something more reasonable instead of just rapid firing tons of images))
63misterDoctor: ==>
64The Lonely Wanderer: 
65The Lonely Wanderer: **The master of LOWAS, John Egbert, ponders all of this. He is the only one who knows of the Scratch. All other records of it are obscured completely by corruption and meaningless side-quests. And now he must break the news to his three friends: they finally have an escape route. Activating the Scratch won't be hard. It will be escaping the session afterwards that poses a challenge.**
66misterDoctor: ==>
67The Lonely Wanderer: 
68The Lonely Wanderer: **CURRENT ectoBiologist [CEB] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board OH MY GOSH WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
69CEB: ...someone needs to change that name.
70CEB: it was made as a vague response to the fact that we were stuck in a game, i mean
71seriously guys.
72CEB: are we all so lazy that we can't even get with the times??? this is old news now.
73CURRENT turntechGodhead [CTG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
74CTG: i dont know man i mean some of us can get with the times
75CTG: maybe some of us who are actually good at dealing with it
76CTG: why dont you stay out of places where you dont belong
77CTG: last i checked your domain was wind or whatever
78CTG: does wind even do anything useful
79CEB: yes, wind totally does useful things!! i can phase out of space and reappear
80somewhere else!
81CTG: jade can do that
82CEB: ...er. i can also use it to turn into wind and spy on what others are doing!!
83CTG: rose can do that
84CTG: and those two things are like the exact same power
85CEB: argh!! well maybe you didnt know...
86CEB: uh...
87CEB: maybe you didn't know that i can make CLONES OF MYSELF using wind! what do you think of that??**
88sometinykid413: ``Tiny: OH! EXPOSITION``
89The Lonely Wanderer: **CTG: now i know youre making this crap up on the spot
90CTG: obviously a ripoff of my timeclone powers
91CEB: AAAAAAAAGH!!! can the rest of you just log on already!
92CTG: ugh i didnt mean for this to turn into a huge argument
93CTG: thats all you do now
94CTG: argue and moan at people
95CTG: we get that you hate being trapped in this session but thats old news now haha
96CURRENT gardenGnostic [CGG] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
97CGG: i think you guys should stop being so whiny and moany all the time!
98CGG: my house was almost covered in lava and you don't see ME complaining!!
99CGG: my PLANET was almost covered in lava too! :0
100CEB: yeah, i guess you're right.
101CEB: but anyway, i have some really important news so i need rose to come on now!
102CURRENT tentacleTherapist [CTT] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
103CTT: You talked with Scratch.
104CEB: how did you know?
105CTG: didnt we just cover that heroes of light can spy on people
106CEB: ughhhhhhh.
107CTT: I couldn't hear what you and him were talking about, anyway.
108CTT: And I didn't necessarily want to. I had a feeling I would hear the news straight
109from you anyway.
110CTT: So go on.
111CEB: alright. here goes!
112CEB: someone do a drumroll.
113CTG: nah im good**
114The Lonely Wanderer: **CTG: i can rap to celebrate the occasion if you want
115CGG: yes please!! i'm always in the mood for your raps dave! they're always pretty funny
116CTT: And the topics they describe provide days of psychoanalytic material.
117CTT: Like that one time where you--
118CEB: OKAY WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS!! SOMEONE DO A **GORILLA** DRUMROLL!
119CGG: but i play the bass!
120CTT: And I play the violin.
121CTG: and i make ill beats
122CEB: ...wow that's sort of sad. no one here plays the drums? whatever.
123CEB: the news i was trying to break is... IS...
124CEB: i found a way to get us out of the game!!**
125misterDoctor: ==>
126misterDoctor: (Also, pft.)
127The Lonely Wanderer: 
128The Lonely Wanderer: **CTT: Well. I'm not exactly surprised, but still. This is very good news, John.
129CTT: So what MacGuffin have you discovered that will allow us to leave the session?
130CEB: we've always been able to leave, actually!
131CEB: remember that big-**GORILLA** record on dave's planet?
132CTG: how could i forget
133CTG: i see the thing like every time i go on a quest
134CTG: my consorts are like "now see here this things a big-**GORILLA** record but we have no clue what it does"
135CTG: "dont waste your time on it"
136CTG: dont waste my time on it like id waste my time on things
137CTG: im the master of time remember
138CGG: yes, we do... you say this like every time we have a memo!
139CTT: You seem very confident of your abilities as a Time player.
140CTT: Why do you insist that you're the master of it when you stopped using your powers
141after you became a God Tier?
142CTG: ugh**
143The Lonely Wanderer: **
144CTG: its complicated okay
145CEB: what isn't with you?
146CGG: >:0 we're getting into dumb rants again!!!! just tell us about what the beat mesa is
147for!
148CEB: oh right, i forgot it had a name!
149CTT: That's fairly justified. It's hardly ever mentioned anywhere in this game.
150CTT: I've tried my hardest to get some information on the construct, but every lead I
151found ended up being a dead end.
152CTT: What was Scratch able to tell you about it?
153CEB: okay, well. we can start up a thing called the scratch on it.
154CEB: we basically scratch a pattern onto the thing, and then it will reset the game!
155CTG: huh
156CGG: whooooa!
157CTT: Hmm. A full reset? How did this knowledge go by unnoticed?
158CTG: knowledge is your business not ours
159CTG: well you and jade are sort of little miss psychics
160CTG: jade still has that crapton of computers on her and im reasonably sure some of them
161are like crystal balls
162CTG: rose if i were you id do something about this
163CTG: jades trying to steal your style over here
164CGG: hehe :P
165CGG: rose was actually the one who gave me the crystal ball! but this is all really
166besides the point!!**
167The Lonely Wanderer: **CEB: okay so... the way we start the scratch is pretty complicated.
168CEB: we need to create a pattern across its full diameter, even though i have no clue
169what that pattern would look like...
170CEB: and we need some weapons called the quills of echidna.
171CEB: scratch told me i could find them on lofaf.
172CGG: oh, those things! they belong to my denizen!
173CGG: but the way to her lair was destroyed when both of our planets collided! how will i
174able to find them??
175CTG: **[gosh]** you guys are forgetting your most basic powers left and right
176CTG: just teleport to them jade
177CTG: i honestly dont know why this game even bothers keeping secrets when we can just go
178anywhere we want
179CTT: If we really can go anywhere we want, why haven't we found about the Scratch sooner?
180CTT: If this process really has such drastic consequences, I'm sure the game would have
181pointed to it at some point. This seems like the type of thing you'd want your players to
182know about.
183CTT: Perhaps the game has been intentionally obscuring information about it from us.
184CTT: But why? As far as we know, the glitches pervading our game had no pattern except
185for when they all transferred to our Gates.
186CEB: er. about that. i know who caused the glitches too. AND why the reckoning didn't
187happen. but i guess i'll have to explain that later.
188CTG: wow dude way to leave us on a massive cliffhanger
189CTG: this is some crucial info that youre not telling us here
190CTG: what if i knew about a game that gamebro actually gave 5/5 hats to and i didnt tell
191you**
192The Lonely Wanderer: **CEB: oh come on. we both know you would NEVER do that! gamebro hasn't given a game 5/5
193hats EVER!
194CTG: or have they
195CEB: ...dave we don't have time for your mindgames!!!
196CTT: I agree. I'm eager to learn more about this. This has been obscured for far too
197long.
198CEB: alright so. rose, i'm going to need your needlekind specibus.
199CEB: the quills are needles, i guess.
200CTT: Why would you need my specibus? If the artifacts we use for this scratch are
201needles, shouldn't I initiate it?
202CEB: scratch sort of implied i'd be the one to set everything into motion.
203CTG: huh alright
204CTG: guess youd better start flying to lohac then
205CTG: get to it
206CEB: yeah, you're right! let me do that real quick.**
207misterDoctor: ==>
208The Lonely Wanderer: 
209The Lonely Wanderer: **CGG: so when you say a "full reset"...
210CGG: do you mean like a reset back to the beginning of this game? like, right before we
211all got the copies?
212CEB: er. not exactly.
213CEB: apparently the scratch "releases an excess amount of temporal energy". 
214CTG: then it makes sense that its on my planet then
215CEB: huh. i guess so.
216CEB: basically, the entire universe will be re-written.
217CTT: Seriously? 
218CEB: yeah. 
219CTT: This is vastly different than what I had in mind. 
220CTT: A complete wipe of our entire universe? Then you're saying this is a suicide
221mission. 
222CEB: ...i guess so.
223CTG: oh well thats just great
224CTG: the one time scratch gives us all the information we need on how to leave this game 
225CTG: and the way we do it is by leaving life entirely
226CTG: is this some sort of weird loophole thing
227CTG: "oh whoops you guys all died but hey youre out of your game so good for you"
228CTT: Normally it would be, if I'm processing the full ramifications of this.
229CTT: But wouldn't we be in this new incarnation of the universe?**
230The Lonely Wanderer: **CEB: scratch said the new game would have different players...
231CEB: and we would live new lives with no memory of our old ones.
232CGG: john why would you even suggest this as an idea??? 
233CGG: i'm all for leaving this place but you expect us to go through with erasing
234ourselves from existence?
235CTG: weve all died before 
236CTG: but this is a fate worse than death
237CEB: okay okay, i know this sounds really bad.
238CEB: but scratch said that if i told you all how to start the scratch, we would find a
239way out of here!
240CTT: This is implying that the Scratch itself will not be the key to our egress. 
241CTT: You're saying we will have to find an alternate way out upon completing the Scratch,
242and somehow escape getting erased from existence.
243CTT: Exactly how much faith are you expecting us to put in the advice Scratch gave you? 
244CGG: rose, to be fair, this is the first time he hasn't withheld any facts! 
245CGG: he even told john who glitched the session!
246CGG: i say we go for it! if we can find a way out then this will all be worth it! 
247CEB: okay, well. i am glad that one of you trusts me. i guess.
248CTT: We all trust you, John. It's Scratch I'm worried about.
249CTG: he gives off this weird puppetmaster vibe
250CTG: i tried to stay away from him and he thankfully didnt talk to me that much
251CTG: but anyway thats not all im worried about
252CTG: ive been noticing strange things in the fabric of time and space
253CTT: How strange are we talking about here?
254CTG: really strange things
255CTG: like 
256CTG: cracks**
257misterDoctor: ==>
258The Lonely Wanderer: 
259The Lonely Wanderer: **CTT: Cracks in reality? This sounds familiar.
260CGG: really??
261CTT: Yes. I remember one of the trolls mentioning something about it. Aradia, I think. 
262CTT: She said that at one point, shortly after our excursion into GodCraft, cracks in
263reality had started to appear.
264CTT: It was unrelated to the demons they had fought throughout their session after
265defeating the Black King, though.
266CTT: It was more severe.
267CTG: of course the trolls have seen them too why not
268CTG: everything in paradox space is like a rerun of a rerun
269CTG: nothings new its all happened before
270CGG: :/ should any of us really be surprised at this point?
271CTT: No, not really. At this point Skaia could be a black hole for all I care and I still
272wouldn't be surprised.
273CEB: hah hah, uh, that sort of came out of nowhere.
274CGG: yeah, why would skaia be a black hole? that sounds like a really dumb twist! :P 
275CTT: I don't know. Forget I said anything.
276CTG: you sure thats not some divine light inspiration or whatever
277CTG: sounds pretty important**
278The Lonely Wanderer: **CTT: Maybe it could have huge relevance and I would have no way of knowing. Information
279is so hard to come by in this game.
280CTT: It's a miracle we were able to find out this much about the Scratch at all. 
281CTT: And even then, it was only through the hands of Scratch himself.
282CEB: so, uh. these cracks sound awfully important if they're going through the fabric of
283reality or whatever!!
284CTG: i dont know man i cant really explain it
285CTG: but i have felt it before and it was after we went into godcraft
286CTG: and it was a lot more intense than this
287CTG: not even cracks, just a full blown jagged hole in reality
288CTG: it felt like we were in a vulnerable state of some kind
289CTG: like anything could pass through
290CEB: whoa. i guess we should be glad nothing did!
291CGG: yeah... >_> that would have been bad!
292CGG: so can we do anything about it? or what??
293CTG: nah i doubt theres anything we can do
294CTG: its out of our control
295CTG: and anyway the situation might resolve itself maybe
296CTT: You don't sound too confident.
297CTG: well i dont think we should worry about it
298CTG: nothing else can really go on in this dump anyway
299CTG: this is just like the icing on the convoluted temporal mess of a cake that were
300trapped in **
301The Lonely Wanderer: **CGG: hehe, you can get trapped in cakes?
302CTG: dont question the metaphor jade
303CTG: if you question the metaphors then you end up questioning english in general
304CTG: and then before you know it the public education system is busting down your door 
305CTG: and you become an english teacher trapped in a small classroom forcing kids to learn
306about pointless grammar crap
307CTT: Grammar isn't pointless, Dave.
308CTG: hell yeah it is why do you think i type in all lowercase
309CTG: im too cool for school 
310CGG: ughhh  :P i really doubt it
311CEB: this is the dumbest metaphor/joke/whatever you have ever made.
312CEB: and i wonder how we got so off topic from the scratch!
313CEB: i mean i'm flying past skaia right now!**
314misterDoctor: ==>
315The Lonely Wanderer: 
316The Lonely Wanderer: **CGG: how is skaia, anyway? i haven't really paid much attention to it after we fought
317that giant monster there!!
318CEB: ugh, still all purple and corrupted. and definitely NOT a black hole.
319CTT: Why are we still discussing the notion that Skaia can warp light itself?
320CTT: If it was a black hole we all would have noticed by now.
321CTT: The thing produces so much light that its effects would be instant.
322CTG: isnt there that thing about how light can only travel so fast
323CTT: Light has a fixed speed of 186,000 miles per second, and if the Incipisphere was so
324huge that light would take more than a few seconds to reach our eyes from Skaia, it would take John years to even get there.
325CTT: And since he's there right now, I can assure you you that the Incipisphere is not
326set up to this scale. 
327CTT: Did you not learn about this at school, Dave?
328CTT: Oh wait, I forgot. You're too cool for school.
329CTG: **[gosh]** that was meant to be a one-off joke can you guys drop it
330CTT: Only if you all drop the Skaia = black hole theory.
331CEB: alright, alright. i'll drop it. 
332CEB: you know, you guys should be heading to lohac too...
333CGG: oh, i'll just teleport everyone! i just found the quills i needed
334CEB: whoa really? already?
335CGG: yeah! it was pretty easy considering my space powers
336CEB: haha, right.
337CTT: When should I brace myself for teleportation? 
338CGG: uhh in a few seconds, i just need to give the quills to you first!
339CTT: Oh, of course.
340CTT: Well that was quick. Here they are, right next to me.
341CTT: The craftmanship on these is exquisite, really. But they don't strike me as knitting
342needles.
343CTG: thats why theyre quills
344CTT: I suppose. I wonder why my modus has decided to accept them, however, if they're
345more monster-powered quills rather than...
346CTT: Hmm. Then again, I've had sticks that writhe with the knowledge of the Elder Gods in
347my inventory. Perhaps this is a moot point.
348CTT: At least we now have the necessary instruments to reset our game.**
349Heir of Rage: ==>
350The Lonely Wanderer: 
351The Lonely Wanderer: **CEB: alright, i'm closing in on lohac now.
352CGG: i can't believe it, this is it! this game is almost over!!
353CTT: Don't get your hopes up too high. We still have to figure out a way to properly exit
354the game first. 
355CTT: And now we'll be under a time limit. Once we initiate the Scratch, we will have its
356duration to find a way out.
357CTT: I'm assuming directly or very shortly afterwards, the game will reset, so that
358doesn't give us a lot of time.
359CTG: i would use my time powers to help matters but
360CTT: But what?
361CTG: i dunno its just
362CTG: i dont feel very confident using them anymore
363CTG: ever since i noticed the cracks in reality ive felt like i havent really done my job
364as a time player 
365CTG: thats to above all not screw up anything important with time
366CTG: and thats really whats been happening
367CTT: The Scratch releases an excess of temporal energy, Dave.
368CTT: You will practically be in your element during it, and I wouldn't necessarily worry
369about the stability of our universe.
370CTT: We're resetting it anyway, and even if that doesn't fix what you've noticed, we're
371going to be leaving the game shortly.
372CTT: So I wouldn't worry about it.
373CEB: heheh. at least, we should be leaving if everything goes according to
374plan...hopefully it will!
375CTG: wow look at that overwhelming vote of confidence from john
376CTG: hes so confident that sooner or later hes going to form like a giant fireball of
377confidence or something
378CTG: just lighting up the entire sky and then burning himself to ashes like some kind of
379bs phoenix 
380CTG: and everyone will be like yup theres john
381CTG: cause of death is thinking he was too cool
382CEB: you're one to talk. that's probably how YOU'RE going to die!
383CTG: **GORILLA**it
384CTG: ugh i really need to step up my game with insults this isnt like me
385CTT: This game has put us through a lot of stress. Too much stress. It's time we got it
386over with.**
387misterDoctor: ==>
388sometinykid413: ((agh p;ease slow down!))
389misterDoctor: ((Sorry...))
390The Lonely Wanderer: ((Shall I continue or hold up a bit?))
391Heir of Rage: ((We might need to chill it with the guns for a few so tiny can give us the word)
392sometinykid413: ((god *damn* you guys read fast))
393Heir of Rage: ((Gun = responses so fast)
394sometinykid413: ((like what the hell, that was like five seconds))
395Heir of Rage: ((Surprising with my 40/20 vision)
396The Lonely Wanderer: ((Alright, you guys can discuss between chunks and we'll let tiny give the "next" commands))
397Heir of Rage: ((Ye)
398misterDoctor: ((Cool.))
399Heir of Rage: ((It'd be better)
400Heir of Rage: ((Plus I am not joaking about my vision it is actually 40/20)
401sometinykid413: ==>
402The Lonely Wanderer: 
403The Lonely Wanderer: **CEB: and there's the beat mesa...
404CEB: oh hey, i see you guys are already here!
405CTG: what we are
406CTG: oh hell we are
407CTG: wow jade whatever happened to a few seconds that was like five minutes ago
408CGG: i like to surprise people! hehe
409CTT: That was... fairly disorienting.
410CTT: Is that what you see every time you teleport?
411CGG: yup! you get used to it
412CGG: im sure if you had my powers you would too!
413CTG: oh **[gosh]** i think im gonna be sick but the only place to throw up is in the lava 
414CTG: which for some reason strikes me as odd
415CEB: and here we are!
416CEB: alright i'm here. i guess we don't have to talk on this memo now that we're next to
417each other... 
418CGG: agreed!
419CGG ceased responding to memo.
420CTG: yeah im just gonna
421CTG: go
422CTG ceased responding to memo.
423CTT: Likewise. Dave put it quite eloquently.
424CTT ceased responding to memo.
425CEB ceased responding to memo.
426CEB closed memo.**
427bisexualSadist: ((?
428sometinykid413: ==>
429The Lonely Wanderer: 
430The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: well hey! glad you guys could make it!
431DAVE: come on youre making this seem like more than it is
432DAVE: all jade had to was probably snap her fingers or something
433JADE: hehe yeah that is pretty much all i had to do
434JADE: the thing about these powers is that i can do so much just by thinking about it! 
435JADE: i could probably switch this planet with skaia or something
436JADE: maybe i could make this whole session a game of musical planets! :0
437ROSE: I'd rather not see that. 
438ROSE: We already know what happened when two planets' positions became skewed.
439ROSE: And seeing you go power-hungry unnerves me quite a bit, so I think I'll pass on
440that. 
441JADE: oh rose you know i was just joking around >_>
442DAVE: "you can never be too sure"
443ROSE: You can never be too--
444ROSE: ...Really.
445DAVE: oh come on it was obvious you were going to say that
446DAVE: being the master elite pyschoanalyser and all
447DAVE: can you ever be too sure in your line of "work"
448JOHN: bluhhhhh. you guys are getting WAY TOO OFF TOPIC!
449JOHN: it's time to actually start the scratch!
450DAVE: okay so weve got the quills
451JOHN: yeah.
452DAVE: and we have roses specibus
453ROSE: Yeah.
454DAVE: and we know we have to scratch some kind of pattern onto this thing
455JOHN: ...yes.
456DAVE: okay so now what**
457sometinykid413: ==>
458The Lonely Wanderer: 
459The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: i... guess i have no idea.
460DAVE: go**GORILLA**it john**
461The Lonely Wanderer: **The video switches into a timelapse, you watch as the four move about, Rose sets up a seer station, and Jade teleports in and out, while Dave goes out to investigate his land for clues. Finally, they all come together in one group.
462The needles are readied, the scratch is primed and slowly, slowly they pull the needles across, creating the shape required for a proper Scratch as hordes of underlings assail their position. They normally might have been at a severe disadvantage, but there are four of them, 
463The video’s speed winds back down to normal.**
464sometinykid413: ==>
465The Lonely Wanderer: 
466The Lonely Wanderer: **At last, the Scratch is completed. The four kids of Sburb successfully defended the Beat Mesa on which they stood while a pattern had been scratched across its perimeter using a special set of Quills. The completed pattern throbs with golden energy that shines to the heavens, and the frequent and formidable enemies that had been plaguing the kids since the start of the Scratch have stopped spawning.**
467sometinykid413: ==>
468The Lonely Wanderer: **With nothing left to do, the kids talk to each other.
469
470JOHN: we... we did it! we actually did it!
471JOHN: ...we beat past all those underlings, those acherons, long lizard things, whatever the hell they were called.
472JOHN: we killed them all! and we WON! this totally calls for a post victory celebration scene!
473JOHN: you know, it reminds me of that one time when-
474DAVE: john
475DAVE: just
476DAVE: just stfu alright
477DAVE: as much as it probably pains you to hear im not in the mood to listen to you ramble about your movies now
478JOHN: dave, you never are!
479DAVE: yeah well now im REALLY not in the mood
480DAVE: come on you saw the size of some of those things i thought for sure i was toast a few times
481JADE: i agree with dave... even im super tired out by this whole mess! >:I
482JADE: and im usually never tired or sleepy anymore!! never since i went to sleep after prospits moon was destroyed...
483DAVE: i bet those early dream bubbles were really something huh
484ROSE: Jade, if you think the early networks of dream bubbles were too much for you, then perhaps the game made the right choice classifying you as a Prospit dreamer.
485ROSE: I'd hate to see what you'd think of Derse's more tenebrous solution to helping its dreamers as a result of its lack of Skaian eclipses.
486DAVE: protip: it involves really horrible singing and tentacles
487DAVE: 0/10 would never recommend
488JADE: the way you just described that sounds an awful lot like squiddles ._.
489DAVE: well go**GORILLA** it does
490DAVE: chalk that one up under the coincidences pile i guess**
491The Lonely Wanderer: 
492The Lonely Wanderer: **With nothing left to do, the kids talk to each other.
493
494JOHN: we... we did it! we actually did it!
495JOHN: ...we beat past all those underlings, those acherons, long lizard things, whatever the hell they were called.
496JOHN: we killed them all! and we WON! this totally calls for a post victory celebration scene!
497JOHN: you know, it reminds me of that one time when-
498DAVE: john
499DAVE: just
500DAVE: just stfu alright
501DAVE: as much as it probably pains you to hear im not in the mood to listen to you ramble about your movies now
502JOHN: dave, you never are!
503DAVE: yeah well now im REALLY not in the mood
504DAVE: come on you saw the size of some of those things i thought for sure i was toast a few times
505JADE: i agree with dave... even im super tired out by this whole mess! >:I
506JADE: and im usually never tired or sleepy anymore!! never since i went to sleep after prospits moon was destroyed...
507DAVE: i bet those early dream bubbles were really something huh
508ROSE: Jade, if you think the early networks of dream bubbles were too much for you, then perhaps the game made the right choice classifying you as a Prospit dreamer.
509ROSE: I'd hate to see what you'd think of Derse's more tenebrous solution to helping its dreamers as a result of its lack of Skaian eclipses.
510DAVE: protip: it involves really horrible singing and tentacles
511DAVE: 0/10 would never recommend
512JADE: the way you just described that sounds an awful lot like squiddles ._.
513DAVE: well go**GORILLA** it does
514DAVE: chalk that one up under the coincidences pile i guess**
515The Lonely Wanderer: **ROSE: They are eerily familiar... It looks like the plot thicken.
516DAVE: ? ? ?? ? ? ?
517ROSE: Exactly.
518JOHN: okay WOW, so my discussion of celebrating us winning the game is shot down instantly, but you guys get to talk about squiddles all you want?? that's messed up. i'm hurt.
519ROSE: I'm all for celebrating, but right now certainly isn't the time for it.
520ROSE: We need to find a way out of here, and fast.
521DAVE: uh oh party modes over were getting serious again
522DAVE: back into defcon 1 or whatever the highest defcon is
523JADE: sooo... we scratched this beat mesa. now what?
524JADE: john, you said the mesa's supposed to release temporal energy and then reset everything... but what do you even mean by temporal energy?? and how soon will our session reset itself?
525JOHN: bluhhhhhhhh, i don't know! i should've asked scratch about this stuff.
526JOHN: well whatever we do, we have to do it quickly.
527ROSE: Um. Should the Beat Mesa be moving at all? And should the record arm be retracting itself inwards?**
528sometinykid413: ==>
529The Lonely Wanderer: 
530The Lonely Wanderer: **The Beat Mesa carries itself upwards, a golden aura surrounding it, lifting the platform away from the gravitational pull of the Land of Heat and Clockwork where it had resided for all those months. The golden light shimmering from the actual Scratch shines all the way to the sky, which had begun to crackle with grey patterns that constantly intertwined with each other since the beginning of the procedure.
531
532JOHN: uhhhh...
533DAVE: oh **[gosh]** no please don't tell me this thing's gonna carry us away and have jump into the middle of the incipisphere to complete this bs suicide quest
534DAVE: so we can be eaten alive by oblivion or horrorterrors or whatever else is in the unknown depths below
535DAVE: i dont want to be left floating around in nothingness for the rest of my life that's way too angsty
536JADE: dave i am pretty sure god tiers cant die of old age!!
537DAVE: **GORILLA**it that makes it even worse
538JADE: :|
539ROSE: Don't be so melodramatic and quick to assume. The Mesa could be carrying us to where we need to go.
540DAVE: oh really
541DAVE: and where would that be
542ROSE: Well, considering the Mesa is currently moving upwards and away from LOHAC, I'd think it's moving towards the most recognizable landmark that can be found in the Incipisphere, and the only one that's directly above us.
543ROSE: Skaia.
544JADE: okay rose, i guess your theory makes sense
545JADE: but why do we need to go to skaia?
546ROSE: What did our sprites say Skaia was? A dormant crucible of unlimited creative potential?
547ROSE: Perhaps the Scratch exists to channel that potential in the form of a new beginning.**
548sometinykid413: ==>
549The Lonely Wanderer: 
550The Lonely Wanderer: **The kids resign themselves to waiting, waiting to see where the Beat Mesa will actually take them, waiting to act in response to their destination. And after several seconds have passed, it is clear that the Mesa is indeed taking them up to Skaia - the glowing planet in the middle of the kids' game that had once served as a battleground for the forces of Prospit and Derse, and whose skies once shone with blue. But Skaia had become corrupted by the Employer, leaving the session void of life - except for the occasional Underling and the four kids.
551
552JOHN: alright, we're definitely going to skaia! it's just up ahead!
553DAVE: wow look at that rose was right about her predictions yet again
554DAVE: what are the odds huh
555DAVE: i mean its not like her very power is to tell the future or anything
556ROSE: That is my power, in fact. Thank you for noticing.
557DAVE: ..........
558JADE: ..........
559JOHN: ..........
560ROSE: ..........
561JOHN: can this thing go ANY FASTER? we have an armageddon to outrun!
562JADE: oh, i could probably speed it up a bit! let me try!
563JOHN: huh? you could?
564JADE: well yeah, i guess. my powers are moving and manipulating objects, right? so i could probably make this go faster!
565DAVE: alright then dont just stand there actually do it
566**
567sometinykid413: ==>
568The Lonely Wanderer: 
569The Lonely Wanderer: **Jade tries to use her powers of Space to accelerate the Beat Mesa on its path towards Skaia. The Mesa becomes enveloped in a green aura and speeds towards Skaia, bursting through its atmosphere, its layers and layers of clouds, and navigating to the very heart of Skaia - the Battlefield, a checkerboarded planet that was where Prospit and Derse fought earlier in the game's life, when it had seemed like the kids could have won at all... The golden light shining from the Scratch has turned white, pulsing throughout the Battlefield.
570
571Eventually, Jade stops using her powers when the Beat Mesa reaches a very close distance to the Battlefield, at which point everyone, without anything better to do, jumps off of the Mesa and lands on the Battlefield itself. They run across the Battlefield, looking desperately for something that they can only hope they find - an escape.**
572The Lonely Wanderer: **DAVE: wait a minute this is such a stupid plan
573DAVE: looking for an exit on the battlefield yeah right why would we find an exit here
574DAVE: this is the goddamn center of our game its what everything revolves around
575DAVE: its pointless for an exit to be here unless it was some sort of transportalizer
576DAVE: but wed never find one here at this rate weve only got like six minutes before we get shish kebabd out of existence
577DAVE: i mean why doesnt jade just teleport us out of here
578JADE: dave i do not think it's that simple!! and we would get this done a lot quicker if you stopped complaining and actually helped us! :-P
579JADE: plus i wonder if my powers will even work right outside of the session, in any other dimensions we come across...
580JADE: oh shoot! i could have used the fourth wall in my bedroom as a gateway!!
581DAVE: whoa what that came out of nowhere how do you know that
582JOHN: dave, she is sort of an omniscient furry at this point. i guess she knows more things now?
583JADE: uhhh i guess i never really thought of it that way before ;>_>
584DAVE: you never thought about being omniscient
585JADE: nooooo i mean being a furry! >:U
586DAVE: where did that face come from**
587The Lonely Wanderer: **JADE: never mind that!! look, there was a fenestrated wall up in the tower of my room, and there's another one like it at another point in space! i could have used my space powers probably to bust a hole through that wall and out the other side!
588JADE: if that other side happened to be outside of the session, we would be free!
589ROSE: John... You said that Scratch told you that if we started the Scratch, we would find a way out of the session, correct?
590JOHN: yes. but what does that have to-
591ROSE: Well, we just found a way out. Jade told us. And we can't even execute it properly since her fenestrated wall was destroyed when her planet collided with yours.
592ROSE: Looking back, this whole endeavor seems pointless. Is this what Scratch meant? That by the time we had found a way out it would be too late to even think about escaping at all?
593ROSE: Does he even want us to win at all?****
594The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: no no, i think he does! he seemed very confident that we'd do the scratch AND find a way out!
595JOHN: look, i just... there has to be another way. i'm sure of it.
596JOHN: wait wait guys! do you see that blue wind?
597ROSE: No.
598DAVE: nope
599JADE: :0 do YOU guys see that image in the clouds?
600JOHN: yeah! it's showing us... a hole in the battlefield!
601DAVE: well thats just great huh
602DAVE: skaias finally telling us what to do and surprise its go further towards the center of everything
603ROSE: Believe it or not, this is our only option, Dave. And one hand-picked by Skaia itself, however powerful it may be.
604ROSE: I say we take this chance.
605ROSE: And if John's the one who can see this wind, perhaps it's taking us to where we need to go.
606ROSE: It makes sense all this would be visible to Prospit dreamers, I suppose. Lead the way.
607JOHN: alright!**
608sometinykid413: ==>
609The Lonely Wanderer: **And after only a short while, the Breeze has led the kids to their destination: a giant hole in the middle of the Battlefield. The four of them investigate it with caution.
610
611JOHN: well, we're here. but what could have made this thing?
612ROSE: It wasn't made during the war, that's for sure. And I don't remember seeing it during the time we defended the Monolith. This must have been... quite recent.
613JOHN: oh, about that--
614JADE: do you think whatever made this hole is still around?
615DAVE: **GORILLA** if i know im about time not space
616DAVE: isnt knowing where everything is the department of you two
617JADE: hm i guess you're right dave... let me see what i can see
618ROSE: If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say they're still here.
619DAVE: what makes you sure about that
620ROSE: If this person came for something on Skaia, then they know about this game, and about us.
621ROSE: Perhaps they're waiting to talk to us, or for us to go to them directly.
622ROSE: And if they've stayed here until now, when this game is about to be destroyed, they're persistent.
623JADE: ._. there's something down there
624JOHN: someTHING??
625JADE: yes...
626JADE: it's not human
627DAVE: screw it im jumping down this hole
628DAVE: if theres anything down here that could at least show us how to leave at this point then im all for it
629ROSE: As am I. And if we can get answers out of them, even better.
630JOHN: okay then, here we go...
631JADE: hahaha i love flying! ive always wanted to be able to fly :-D
632DAVE: bet you didnt think youd end the world in the process huh
633JOHN: real funny, dave.**
634The Lonely Wanderer: 
635The Lonely Wanderer: **The four travel down the tunnel until they reach the bottom - where it opens up into a massive cavernous expanse in the center of the Battlefield. They whisper to each other, floating at the tunnel's exit.
636
637JOHN: we made it. now we need to think of what to do about this thing quickly.
638JOHN: maybe we could see if it's guarding anything we can use.
639DAVE: maybe its a denizen
640JADE: could it be jack?? do you think hed come back here?
641ROSE: We'll deal with that when we can all see it. For now, I think someone should just go have a look at what's what.
642JOHN: yeah! i'll go in that case.
643ROSE: Alright, I'm glad we got a sacrifice right out of the gate.
644JADE: rose...
645ROSE: Oh, whoops. I meant to say volunteer.
646JOHN: suuure. anyway i'll be right back... just let me see what's what.**
647sometinykid413: ==>
648The Lonely Wanderer: 
649The Lonely Wanderer: **John floats out of the tunnel and makes it to the vast expanse. Floating in the middle of it is a small triangular being in front of what looks like a television monitor hooked up to a triangular yin-yang machine, displaying something that John can't quite make out. All in all, this is not what John was expecting to be in the middle of Skaia. So you can't especially blame him for what he did next.
650
651JOHN: hey, HEY! what are you doing here??
652DAVE: (gdi so much for secrecy)
653JOHN: are you listening to me? and why are you looking at us on that monitor?
654
655The triangular figure turns around and waves his hand. Suddenly, John feels himself being pulled closer and closer to the figure. He turns around and sees that Rose, Dave, and Jade all are flying next to him as well, being dragged against their will. They can't do anything but watch.
656
657???: WELL, WELL, WELL! 1F 1T 1SN'T Y0U F0UR! GREEN GH0ST, 0RCH1D H0RR0R, RED D1SC, AND BLUE AT0M! JUST THE PE0PLE 1 WAS H0P1NG T0 SEE!
658JOHN: what?? those aren't our names, you--
659ROSE: The symbols on our shirts. The shirts that we aren't even wearing right now... How did you--
660???: HAHA! 1'M N0T TELL1NG Y0U THAT! SURE 1'LL SP1LL S0ME BEANS, BUT N0T THE WH0LE CAN! H0PEFULLY Y0U CAN APPREC1ATE A G00D MYSTERY…**
661sometinykid413: reminds me of bill
662The Lonely Wanderer: *grins*
663sometinykid413: anyways
664sometinykid413: ==>
665The Lonely Wanderer: 
666The Lonely Wanderer: **???: THE NAME'S B1LL C1PHER! 1'M A DREAM DEM0N, THE MASTER 0F THE M1NDSCAPE, THE ALL-SEE1NG EYE! Y0U MAY HAVE SEEN ME 0N THE BACK 0F Y0UR D0LLAR B1LL AND 1N Y0UR GE0METRY TEXTB00K - 1F Y0U K1DS ARE AMER1CAN 0R EVEN G0 T0 SCH00L AT ALL. 1 REMEMBER 0NE 0F Y0U D1ST1NCTLY SAY1NG THAT Y0U WERE T00 C00L F0R 1T, R1GHT?
667DAVE: that was a throwaway comment
668DAVE: why does everyone keep bringing it up
669DAVE: and how do you know about it ive never seen you before in my life
670BILL: HEY, D1DN'T 1 JUST SAY 1'M N0T TELL1NG Y0U EVERYTH1NG? ALL Y0U NEED T0 KN0W 1S THAT 1 KN0W L0TS 0F TH1NGS... S0 MANY TH1NGS THAT REAL1TY 1S L1KE A GAME F0R ME! AND A FUN GAME AT THAT. Y0U ALL ARE JUST P1ECES T0 PLAY! S0 EN0UGH 0F TH1S METAPH0R. 1 KN0W EVERYTH1NG AB0UT Y0U, AND EVERYTH1NG AB0UT THE GAME THAT Y0U'RE PLAY1NG.
671BILL: Y0U'RE 0FF 0N A QUEST THAT C0MES AT THE PR1CE 0F 0BL1V10N, A M1SS10N T0 PRESS THE RESET BUTT0N 0N Y0UR SESS10N. Y0U HAD THE T00LS, Y0U HAD THE KN0W-H0W, Y0U HAD THE BRA1NS AND THE BRAWN, AND Y0U'VE C0MPLETED 1T! WELL D0NE! N0W ANSWER ME TH1S - WHY D0 Y0U TH1NK Y0UR GAME HASN'T BEEN RESET YET?
672BILL: Y0U F1N1SHED THE SCRATCH SEVERAL M1NUTES AG0, R1GHT? SH0ULDN'T 1TS EFFECTS BE 1MMED1ATELY 0BV10US? WHAT HAVE Y0U SEEN S0 FAR, 1F ANYTH1NG?**
673sometinykid413: OH MY GOD
674The Lonely Wanderer: **JADE: uhh... some weird patterns in the sky!
675BILL: AND?
676JOHN: the beat mesa came here!
677BILL: AND?
678DAVE: ..........
679JADE: ..........
680JOHN: ..........
681ROSE: ..........
682BILL: R1GHT! N0TH1NG. A RESET'S EFFECTS ARE N0RMALLY 1NSTANTLY 0BV10US! THE SCREEN G0ES WH1TE, AND AFTER A FEW SEC0NDS, THE GAME RESTARTS W1TH N0 1ND1CAT10N THAT A PREV10US 0NE EVEN EX1STED AT ALL.
683BILL: S0 WHY 1S Y0URS TAK1NG S0 L0NG?
684ROSE: Are you implying that our Scratch failed somehow? That even though we completed it to the letter, our reset is just as failed as our entire game?
685BILL: 0H N0, D0N'T W0RRY AB0UT Y0UR SESS10N. BY THE T1ME WE'RE D0NE HERE, Y0U W0N'T HAVE 0NE!**
686sometinykid413: ==>
687sometinykid413: hah
688The Lonely Wanderer: ((NO))
689The Lonely Wanderer: ((BAD CANDY MECHA))
690sometinykid413: ((is fine))
691The Lonely Wanderer: 
692The Lonely Wanderer: **BILL: SEE TH1S MACH1NE? 1T'S C0UNT1NG D0WN T0 THE DEATH 0F Y0UR SESS10N, AM0NG 0THER TH1NGS.
693BILL: WHAT 0THER TH1NGS, 1 HEAR Y0U ASK1NG? WELL, SEVERAL 0THER TH1NGS 1N A W1DE ARRAY 0F UN1VERSES, ALL ARRANGED THR0UGH THE SUPERFLU0US NATURE 0F A F0RCE KN0WN AS C1RCUMSTANC1AL S1MULTANE1TY.
694ROSE: Now you're sounding a lot like Doc Scratch. Do you know him by any chance? I have a feeling the two of you would get along quite nicely.
695BILL: WE NEVER MET! THE GUY'S DEAD ANYWAY, S0 1T'S N0T L1KE THERE'LL BE T1ME F0R US T0 HAVE A CHAT.
696DAVE: what
697JADE: :0
698ROSE: Scratch is... dead? But what could kill such a First Guardian?
699JOHN: jeez... he wasn't kidding when he said the previous time we talked would be the last.**
700The Lonely Wanderer: **BILL: S0, BACK 0N T0P1C. WHEN TH1S T1MER REACHES ZER0, A T0N 0F TH1NGS W1LL HAPPEN AT 0NCE ALL ACR0SS REAL1TY, ALL PERFECTLY SYNCHED UP T0 F0RM AN EVENT THAT 1'VE G1VEN A C0DENAME T0.
701BILL: THE EXECUT10N.
702BILL: REMEMBER H0W 1 C0MPARED REAL1TY T0 A GAME A L1TTLE WH1LE AG0? TH1S EVENT W1LL, 1N S1MPLE TERMS, BR1NG THAT GAME 0NE STEP CL0SER T0 1TS END. S1NCE S0 MANY TH1NGS ARE HAPPEN1NG AT 0NCE, 1 D0N'T WANT T0 B0RE Y0U ALL W1TH THE DETA1LS. 1'LL JUST TELL Y0U H0W TH1S W1LL AFFECT Y0U.
703BILL: N0W, WE CAN D0 TH1S THE L0NG DRAWN-0UT WAY, 0R THE QU1CK AND S1MPLE WAY. WH1CHEVER Y0U PREFER.
704DAVE: time aint on our side
705DAVE: ill take the quick way
706ROSE: Dave! This could be our last chance for answers!
707DAVE: well this could be our last chance at living alright
708DAVE: now tell us what we need to know
709BILL: 0KAY THEN! 1N SH0RT, Y0UR SESS10N'S N0T THE 0NLY TH1NG G01NG UNDER T0DAY. WHEN TH1S T1MER REACHES ZER0, Y0UR ENT1RE UN1VERSE - AND ANY H0PE 0F EVER CREAT1NG AN0THER SESS10N - W1LL BE DESTR0YED T00.
710JOHN: WHAT??
711DAVE: john
712DAVE: why
713DAVE: the **GORILLA**
714DAVE: did you not tell us this**
715The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: but i... he... scratch never told me that. he didn't say anything about us failing, about none of this being worth it! think, john, think...what did he tell you..
716BILL: 0H, D0N'T W0RRY! SCRATCH WASN'T LY1NG T0 Y0U, AND TH1S 1S ENT1RELY Y0UR FAULT, LET ME GET THAT 0UT 0F THE WAY. Y0U D1DN'T ASK SCRATCH THE R1GHT QUEST10NS.
717BILL: WHAT D1D HE TELL Y0U? THE SCRATCH WILL N0RMALLY RESET Y0UR GAME, A SUCCESSFUL 0NE W1LL CHANGE 1TS LAY0UT AND 1NHAB1TANTS, REWR1T1NG H1ST0RY? HE SA1D THAT Y0U ALL NEEDED T0 D0 WAS TELL EVERY0NE AB0UT THE SCRATCH AND Y0U'D F1ND AN ESCAPE, AND 1F Y0U F0UND AN ESCAPE Y0U'D F1ND S0METH1NG T0 D0 W1TH Y0UR L1VES?
718BILL: HE WAS TELL1NG THE TRUTH! Y0UR SCRATCH 1SN'T N0RMAL AND 1T WASN'T ENT1RELY SUCCESSFUL, BUT S1NCE Y0U 1N1T1ATED 1T, THE BEAT MESA HAD T0 FLY UP T0 SKA1A T0 RELEASE 1TS ENERGY! AND THEN Y0U ALL F0UND Y0UR WAY HERE.**
719The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: okay, okay. i'm going to be more direct this time. what's involved in a normal scratch, and why is ours messed up? and how does that affect US?
720BILL: A N0RMAL SCRATCH DEPENDS 0N THE EX1STENCE 0F PARAD0X CL0NES AND A RECK0N1NG. AS SCRATCH T0LD Y0U, NE1THER 0F TH0SE EX1STED 1N Y0UR SESS10N, LEAD1NG T0 1TS FA1LED STATUS. BECAUSE J0HN FA1LED T0 CREATE PARAD0X CL0NES 0F Y0U, N0NE 0F Y0U SH0ULD BE AL1VE, AND S1NCE THERE WAS N0 RECK0N1NG, THERE WERE N0 METE0RS THAT W0ULD HAVE N0RMALLY B0MBARDED Y0UR H0ME PLANET.
721BILL: WHAT SKA1A N0RMALLY D0ES DUR1NG THE RECK0N1NG 1S SET UP DEFENSE P0RTALS T0 RE-R0UTE THE METE0RS G01NG T0WARDS 1T T0 EARTH. THE PARAD0X CL0NES Y0U W0ULD HAVE CREATED W0ULD HAVE H0PPED 0NT0 S0ME 0F TH0SE METE0RS AND TRAVELED T0 EARTH, G01NG BACK 1N T1ME T0 BEC0ME ALL 0F Y0U. WHAT THE SCRATCH W0ULD HAVE D0NE 1S CHANGE THE T1MES AND PLACES 0F Y0UR B1RTHS, CHANG1NG WH0 PLAYED THE GAME AND WHEN. AND THAT'S EN0UGH T0 MAKE A B1G D1FFERENCE!
722BILL: BUT Y0U HAVE N0 RECK0N1NG, N0 PARAD0X CL0NES, AND N0 DEFENSE P0RTALS! THEREF0RE, THERE'S N0TH1NG T0 CHANGE AT ALL! S0 Y0UR SCRATCH 1S AFFECT1NG TH1S BLATANTLY C0RRUPTED SESS10N 1N THE 0NLY WAY 1T KN0WS H0W T0: BY D01NG A FACT0RY RESET 0N Y0UR UN1VERSE - 0NE THAT W1LL NEVER BE C0MPLETED, LEAV1NG Y0UR UN1VERSE STUCK 1N PERPETUAL L1MB0. 1T'S F1N1SHED, G0NE, KAPUT! N0TH1NG LEFT.
723BILL: TH1S D0ES HAVE T0 D0 W1TH THE TH1NG THAT 1NVADED SKA1A, BY THE WAY. H1S NAME 1S THE EMPL0YER. SCRATCH WAS H1S SUB0RD1NATE, F0R LACK 0F A BETTER W0RD.**
724The Lonely Wanderer: **DAVE: oh my **[gosh]** john you told us you knew who the thing that attacked skaia was
725DAVE: and then you left us on that go**GORILLA** cliffhanger
726DAVE: dont you think this would have been important to tell us earlier
727JOHN: i was TRYING to tell you earlier when we were coming down here, but you all just kept talking about what was down in that hole!
728JOHN: none of you have been listening to me! i feel like i'm being left out in everything going on here, which is weird because i thought i was supposed to be the leader! i mean, sometimes you guys pay attention to my plans, but that's when you've exhausted every other option!
729JOHN: like, even with the breeze you had jade confirming what she saw in that cloud... i'm pretty sure i'm the breath player here.
730JADE: john... i'm sorry. but-
731BILL: ALR1GHT, ALR1GHT! EN0UGH HYSTER1CS! Y0U'VE 0NLY G0T AR0UND TW0 M1NUTES LEFT!
732BILL: THE EMPL0YER 1S A G1ANT W1SP-L1KE BEAST THAT UN1TED Y0UR UN1VERSE W1TH TW0 0THERS: AN0THER VERS10N 0F EARTH AND M1NECRAFT1A. Y0U'RE FAM1L1AR W1TH THE LATTER, 1 TAKE 1T.
733BILL: HE CALLS THE B0NDS THAT H0LD THE UN1VERSES 1N PLACE THE TR1FECTA. THEY LET 0NE UN1VERSE 1NTERACT W1TH THE 0THER TW0 1N THE CHA1N. AND HE MADE 1T F0R THE S0LE PURP0SE 0F AN ULT1MATE GAMB1T THAT 1 CAN 0NLY ASSUME W1LL HAPPEN R1GHT 0N THE D0T 0F THE EXECUT10N.
734BILL: S0 YEAH, Y0UR ENT1RE UN1VERSE 1S BE1NG DESTR0YED, WH1CH MEANS Y0U ALL HAVE T0 GET 0UT - AND FAST.
735BILL: 1 CAN HELP Y0U THERE.**
736The Lonely Wanderer: **BILL: SEE, MY FAV0R1TE PASTT1ME 1S MAK1NG DEALS W1TH 0THERS. 1T'S A GREAT H0BBY, REALLY. 1 G1VE THEM S0METH1NG, 1 ASK F0R S0METH1NG 1N RETURN... 1T'S REALLY S1MPLE! THE F0UR 0F Y0U HAVE B1G TH1NGS T0 D0 LATER 1N L1FE, AND 1 D0N'T WANT Y0U DY1NG HERE AND N0W!
737BILL: S0, 1'M G01NG T0 G1VE Y0U A WAY 0UT 0F HERE. 1 0NLY ASK F0R 0NE TH1NG 1N RETURN - S0ME T1METABLES.
738DAVE: thats it
739DAVE: youre gonna give us the one thing weve ever wanted for however many months
740DAVE: and all you need are my timetables
741BILL: 1 D0N'T EVEN NEED THE REAL TH1NG! JUST A C0PY W1LL D0. S0…**
742Heir of Rage: ((Woah wait)
743Heir of Rage: ((Why is bill talking in numbers?)
744The Lonely Wanderer: ((Ahem, to quote him... "I'll spill some beans, but not the whole can!"))
745The Lonely Wanderer: ((Suffice it to say: Reasons.))
746Heir of Rage: ((K)
747The Lonely Wanderer: ((Remember: "Just the heroes of another story." ))
748Heir of Rage: ((Oh wait does it have anything to do with the timer?)
749The Lonely Wanderer: ((More they both have to do with the same chain of events.))
750Heir of Rage: ((Oooooo)
751sometinykid413: ((i can't believe i guessed that that guy was bill))
752sometinykid413: ((well i actually am not that surprised. i'm kinda good at that stuff))
753The Lonely Wanderer: ((Good job on that.))
754Heir of Rage: ((I knew he looked alike but since this is a ARG)
755The Lonely Wanderer: ((We ready to move on again?))
756sometinykid413: ((like, i guessed that one character would have an important role in what would happpen during the story five or so episodes before everyone else))
757sometinykid413: ((yes))
758sometinykid413: ==>
759The Lonely Wanderer: 
760The Lonely Wanderer: **Bill's hand lights up with pulsating red and blue flame.
761
762BILL: D0 WE HAVE A DEAL 0R N0T?
763JADE: (guys i dont like this one bit! this seems an awful lot like making a deal with the devil to me...)
764JOHN: (you heard him! hes giving us a way out! and this is going to cost us practically nothing!)
765ROSE: (We haven't ruled out the possibility of him lying. Scratch always told the truth, even through technical lies of omission. But this thing isn't Scratch.)
766ROSE: (How can we be sure our Scratch is null and void? What if he's trying to trick us into giving him something he needs more than anything else... What does he intend to do with these timetables?)
767DAVE: yo triangle dude
768DAVE: don't know what these guys are whispering about but
769DAVE: you bet your **GORILLA** youve got yourself a deal
770JADE: DAVE!!!
771JOHN: DAVE!!!!
772ROSE: STRIIIIIIDEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!**
773Heir of Rage: ((Ulg I'll be here my stomach hurts ~~view OverStuck for the reason~~)
774sometinykid413: ((also, triangle was a big clue, along with the fact that he referred to the characters using their iconic symbols istead of their actual names, like how he called dipper "pine tree" and so on))
775The Lonely Wanderer: ((aw... hope you recover quickly))
776sometinykid413: ==>
777The Lonely Wanderer: ((Yeah.))
778The Lonely Wanderer: 
779The Lonely Wanderer: **It is too late. The Knight has chosen. His Time is up.
780
781BILL: AND N0T A SEC0ND T00 S00N! Y0U ALL HAVE 0NLY A M1NUTE LEFT! LET ME JUST TAKE A C0PY 0F TH0SE T1METABLES AND WE'RE G0LDEN!
782
783Bill snaps his fingers, a copy of the Timetables appearing in orchid light next to him. Bill grabs them and they disappear, presumably in one of his inventories.
784
785BILL: N0W AB0UT THAT ESCAPE R0UTE... 1T JUST S0 HAPPENS THAT 1 KN0W A N1FTY SH0RTCUT!**
786sometinykid413: ((yeah. feel better!))
787Heir of Rage: ((Oh I'll be fine.)
788sometinykid413: ((they are all screwed!))
789Heir of Rage: ((I'm still gonna be pissed though.)
790The Lonely Wanderer: 
791The Lonely Wanderer: **Bill's form flickers with magenta, pushing the triangular doomsday clock up. Its hinges swing upwards, revealing a massive portal built into the triangular frame - one that leads to a starlit abyss. The kids know it by the name of the Furthest Ring. Bill knows it by the name of the Void.
792
793BILL: MY C0UNTD0WN D0UBLES AS A P0RTAL T0 THE V01D F0R WHEN 1'M CALLED AWAY 0N BUS1NESS 0R WHEN TH1NGS GET T00 H0T T0 HANDLE.
794BILL: TH1S LEADS R1GHT T0 THE V01D, THE GAP BETWEEN D1MENS10NS! 1F Y0U TRAVEL THR0UGH Y0UR FURTHEST R1NG F0R L0NG EN0UGH, Y0U'RE G0NNA END UP 1N THE V01D EVENTUALLY! EVERY UN1VERSE HAS THE1R 0WN P0RT10N 0F THE V01D THEY CALL H0ME.
795BILL: MY P0RTAL W1LL TAKE Y0U T0 THE VERY EDGE 0F Y0UR UN1VERSE, R1GHT 0N T0P 0F AN ART1FACT AT 1TS PER1METER. JUST WALK THR0UGH AND Y0U'LL BE SPARED FR0M Y0UR SESS10N'S DEM1SE.
796JOHN: well... thank you! this is so much more than i had ever hoped for!!
797ROSE: Yes, thank you. Now what are you going to do with these delicate time travel instruments?
798BILL: HEY, SP01LER WARN1NG MUCH? 1'M N0T G01NG T0 TELL Y0U R1GHT N0W, WHEN Y0U'LL PR0BABLY JUST F1ND 0UT LATER D0WN THE L1NE!
799JADE: rose we have no time to dwell on this! we've gotta get going, and fast!!
800DAVE: uh guys
801DAVE: why is there glowy page-erasy junk in my peripheral vision
802JOHN: AUGH! its like this place is being phased out of existence!
803BILL: THE SCRATCH 1S ALM0ST C0MPLETE! Y0U'D BETTER HURRY THR0UGH!
804DAVE: and what about you triangle guy
805DAVE: are you coming with us
806BILL: 0H, 1'LL BE JUST F1NE. N0W G0!**
807sometinykid413: ==>
808sometinykid413: sorry, mom came to talk for a sec
809The Lonely Wanderer: 
810The Lonely Wanderer: **The kids race through the portal, floating in the Void, finally freed from the confines of their own session. Bill stays behind, his form flickering magenta, encasing his doomsday clairvoyant in a constantly shifting aura of his own color. The machine starts to flicker erratically, its form becoming corrupted. Without warning, it implodes in a massive display of light that somehow dims the entire chamber. In the machine's place is a small pinprick of black energy that grows with every passing second... A black hole.
811
812BILL: HAHAHAHA... AHAHAHAHA... AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!
813BILL: LATER, SUCKERS!
814
815Bill tips his hat and vanishes without a trace.**
816The Lonely Wanderer: ((That's fine))
817The Lonely Wanderer: 
818The Lonely Wanderer: 
819The Lonely Wanderer: 
820Heir of Rage: ((Oh my god...)
821The Lonely Wanderer: 
822The Lonely Wanderer: 
823The Lonely Wanderer: **Universe A has been destroyed.**
824The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
825The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
826Heir of Rage: ((I want to fucking kill a person.)
827The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
828sometinykid413: ==>
829The Lonely Wanderer: 
830Heir of Rage: ((Well that's me usually but today even worse.)
831The Lonely Wanderer: **Universe A has been annihilated completely. John, Rose, Dave, and Jade have ended up floating through the Void after Bill Cipher created a gateway to take them out of their unwinnable session. The four Kids were deposited right near a massive fenestrated wall that appeared to be suffering from a critical error. With nowhere else to go, the Kids decide to stand on the wall and talk amongst themselves. They can go anywhere now. Anywhere in existence. They've escaped.
832
833But their universe was not so lucky.**
834The Lonely Wanderer: **JOHN: well, there it is, guys... there's our universe.
835JOHN: i guess bill was right, then. we really did destroy our session. i mean, look at that thing!
836JOHN: it's the biggest black hole i've ever seen! it's...
837JOHN: wait a minute. it's a black hole.
838ROSE: Oh, here we go.
839DAVE: oh my **[gosh]** see what just happened rose
840DAVE: you made some offhand comment about how skaia was a black hole and you said it meant nothing
841DAVE: and we believed you when you said it meant nothing
842DAVE: but look at what just happened
843DAVE: what are we seeing right now huh
844DAVE: rose tell me what were seeing right now
845ROSE: A supermassive black hole that has terminated our entire universe.
846DAVE: there case closed
847DAVE: as if it wasnt any more obvious rose is a goddamn present-day nostradamus
848JOHN: how do we know it wasn't rose's comment that made that black hole appear?? can you CAUSE the future?**
849misterDoctor: ((Is that the BSOD?))
850The Lonely Wanderer: **ROSE: Anyone can cause events to happen by being in the right place at the right time. I doubt my remark itself gave birth to this black hole, but I suppose my comment arose from subconscious prophecy even I wasn't aware of.
851ROSE: A seer of light can see the most fortuitous outcomes and shape the destiny of a particular session. I was guiding us along by playing along with the Scratch, knowing there was a possibility of us leaving this session in the end.
852ROSE: And this black hole was the end result of all our decisions and choices throughout the making of this Scratch, the conclusion to our game. So in a way, it makes sense that I was aware of it, even if it wasn't in a very clear way.
853JOHN: alright, i THINK i understand it now. maybe.
854JOHN: so... now what?
855JADE: i am not sure... we're in the void now, the gap between universes
856DAVE: you mean the furthest ring
857JADE: in a way, i guess! the furthest ring is our section of the void. for however long it seems to go on for, it's pretty finite in the long run! it's just that time and space don't work very well in the furthest ring, and in the void to an extent.
858JADE: the void is broader, encompassing the space between all universes. normally we wouldn't be able to survive in it, but it looks like our god tier powers are doing the trick! from here, we can go anywhere we want...
859JADE: but i'm not especially close to the green sun at this point... i don't know if i'll be able to use my powers effectively, or at all!**
860The Lonely Wanderer: ((yes, yes it is))
861The Lonely Wanderer: **ROSE: Then you can take a backseat for a few minutes. I've taken the time to figure out what our next goal is. We'll have to wait on this Wall for several minutes. Others will arrive soon to pick us up. Then we will all travel to a new destination.
862JOHN: others? who?
863ROSE: The trolls. They've used the powers of the Void to accelerate their meteor out of the Veil, through the Furthest Ring, and out into the edges of their own universe, where this Wall is. They will arrive here in due time.
864DAVE: powers of the void huh
865DAVE: what kind of abominations can we find in here its just empty space
866ROSE: You'd be surprised. There are things here much more powerful than the worst of the horrorterrors.
867JADE: well let's hope we don't run into them then! ;>_>
868JOHN: okay, we're waiting for the trolls. got it. we'll finally get to meet them and see what they actually look like!
869JOHN: i bet they're like giant abominations with bleached white skin!
870DAVE: no no i think youre way off base
871DAVE: theyre probably disgusting monsters with thousands of horns
872JOHN: haha! or a combination of both!
873DAVE: that would be disgusting but hilarious at the same time
874DAVE: so anyway where are we exactly in this void
875ROSE: On top of our universe's Fourth Wall. It's supposed to protect us from all the other universes out there, but now there's no universe for it to protect. If I had to guess, that's why it's suffered an error of some kind.
876DAVE: huh alright
877DAVE: so now we just wait for a while
878DAVE: this is
879DAVE: this is gonna be really boring isnt it**
880The Lonely Wanderer: **After several minutes/months of waiting around and doing nothing at all, the Kids begin to see something coming from the black hole where their universe once stood - a light that's steadily getting brighter and brighter. The Kids all stand up and float away from the Fourth Wall, drawing themselves closer and closer to this shining light. Eventually, it gets close enough that the Kids can see it for what it truly is - a flaming meteor. Rose was right - the trolls have found a way out of their own session.
881
882The meteor ultimately stops moving when it gets right near the Fourth Wall, which is roughly the same size as the meteor itself. The Kids can clearly see various buildings and facilities attached to the meteor, and they also see an assortment of figures, at least eleven, on top of one of the facilities. The Kids all fly towards them, knowing that at last, the two adjacent sessions of Universe A have been united.
883
884TEREZI: H3Y THERE P4J4M4 DORKS >:]
885TEREZI: N33D 4 L1FT?**
886The Lonely Wanderer: **The screen slowly fades to black as the Asteroid jets off in a jet of dark blue energy.**
887The Lonely Wanderer: **A single, unnamed file appears on the blackness.**
888misterDoctor: >Open it.
889The Lonely Wanderer: ((waiting on tiny))
890misterDoctor: ((Oh. K.))
891sometinykid413: ((done!))
892sometinykid413: ((i just had a sudden urge to listen to flare, and i went with it))
893sometinykid413: ((so i look a little longer))
894Heir of Rage: ((Is this HomeFalls or GravityStuck?)
895sometinykid413: ((its <#248241610880581633>))
896misterDoctor: ^
897sometinykid413: ((or a strange amalgamtion of pionos fandoms))
898The Lonely Wanderer: ((Minecraft's involved too, sucker. I defy your puny two-way crossovers.))
899sometinykid413: ((i was about to say!))
900sometinykid413: ((i came up for an interesting subtitle))
901Heir of Rage: ((MineGravityStuck or HomeFallsCraft?)
902sometinykid413: ((<#248241610880581633>: the chat about a terminal which displays a glitchy video game which involves a dream demon somehow and is also a sandbox game))
903sometinykid413: ((ouo))
904sometinykid413: ((wow, i forgot how much i liked flare!))
905The Lonely Wanderer: ((Open the terminal file?))
906sometinykid413: ((yus))
907The Lonely Wanderer: **You open Conclusion**
908The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
909The Lonely Wanderer: **So that's it then?**
910The Lonely Wanderer: **You made it through the Terminal. Unlocked all the "secrets". Well, not all of them.**
911The Lonely Wanderer: **This is the first "story" I guess. Or, was going to be. Finding more of them will be hard now.**
912The Lonely Wanderer: **Keep looking... or don't.**
913The Lonely Wanderer: **It's your choice either way.**
914The Lonely Wanderer: **If I were you though... I'd stop.**
915The Lonely Wanderer: **They say ignorance is bliss, and I suppose its too late for ignorance now but...**
916The Lonely Wanderer: **They say curiosity killed the cat. It's killed more than just cats.**
917The Lonely Wanderer: **It's killing reality.**
918sometinykid413: ((you never heard the whole thing then?))
919The Lonely Wanderer: **People who looked too hard. Traveled too far, looking for answers to questions they weren't certain even existed.**
920The Lonely Wanderer: **Here's a hint:**
921The Lonely Wanderer: **Ask the question before you look for answers.**
922sometinykid413: ``Tiny: hey, curiosity killed the cat``
923The Lonely Wanderer: **Otherwise you've put everyone through a whole lot of pain and suffering for nothing.**
924sometinykid413: ``Tiny: But satisfaction brought it back``
925The Lonely Wanderer: **All that Chaos, for nothing.**
926The Lonely Wanderer: **Answers with no questions to go with them are worse than questions with no answer in that regard.**
927sometinykid413: ((flare is so fitting for this!))
928The Lonely Wanderer: **So you want to be a God?**
929The Lonely Wanderer: **Cool.**
930The Lonely Wanderer: **good luck I guess.**
931The Lonely Wanderer: **Maybe, just maybe you'll make it to the other side if you Descend.**
932cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Let's ask a question, then.`
933`OZPIN: Where are we?`
934The Lonely Wanderer: **Say hi to whatever version of me exists on that end if you do, okay?**
935The Lonely Wanderer: *The... command prompt is locked.*
936The Lonely Wanderer: *Its a text client but it won't let you type anything.*
937sometinykid413: ``Tiny: What?``
938cataclysmicAnticipation: He didn't use it.
939The Lonely Wanderer: **But in the meantime...**
940sometinykid413: ``Tiny: That is really weird``
941The Lonely Wanderer: **Stay alert.**
942The Lonely Wanderer: **Being a god isn't easy.**
943The Lonely Wanderer: **People will hurt you, and you will hurt other people.**
944The Lonely Wanderer: **You won't be able to end it, no matter what you do.**
945The Lonely Wanderer: **EVERYTHING is BROKEN. At the most basic level.**
946The Lonely Wanderer: **Heh, the irony. The greatest problem in the history of reality and all they can do is turn it off and then turn it back on again.**
947The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
948The Lonely Wanderer: **If you find the other Descended... Tell them to pay some **GORILLA** attention for once.**
949The Lonely Wanderer: **Nasty and worthless as most of them are... for some stupid reason they're our only hope.**
950The Lonely Wanderer: **Sure, some of them are going to try and take a third option, but that won't work this time. Not this time.**
951The Lonely Wanderer: **You have two choices. Round up, or round down.**
952The Lonely Wanderer: **The inevitable end or the new beginning.**
953The Lonely Wanderer: **Choose one, and focus on it.**
954cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I get the feeling he's talking about us. Or... the others on this land.`
955The Lonely Wanderer: **Both will happen, and which one you're part of probably doesn't even matter anymore.**
956sometinykid413: ``Tiny: you are the smart one...``
957The Lonely Wanderer: **People always ask what The Secret is.**
958cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: No, I'm not. Or maybe I am. But this is all beyond me.`
959The Lonely Wanderer: **Not just any Secret.**
960The Lonely Wanderer: **THE Secret.**
961The Lonely Wanderer: **The big one, the one that's the answer to everything.**
962The Lonely Wanderer: **And everyone who thinks they know it gives a different answer.**
963The Lonely Wanderer: **The Origin of the Narrative and the Conflict.**
964bisexualSadist: Birbo:*wakes up*
965The Lonely Wanderer: **Maybe the hidden things that writhe in the depths of  Limbo.**
966The Lonely Wanderer: **Or maybe to just what, or who, the Exception may be. And what rule that Exception is to?**
967bisexualSadist: Birbo: wuh whr did th ppl go
968The Lonely Wanderer: **Or maybe it's all of them.**
969The Lonely Wanderer: **People never stop to think that maybe a Secret has multiple parts to it.**
970bisexualSadist: Birbo:whr r th scren ppl
971The Lonely Wanderer: **That's the best kind of Secret actually.**
972cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: ... There is no one answer to everything. Maybe we should just... listen to this guy. Focus on survival.`
973sometinykid413: ``Tiny: alright``
974The Lonely Wanderer: **It's like a lie, if you can give people just a small piece, they'll be satisfied and walk away never realizing all you did was give them a single card from the deck**
975The Lonely Wanderer: **Sometimes all you can do is keep your head down and keep moving into the wind. But nobody stops to think that maybe there's a better way to get places.**
976The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
977The Lonely Wanderer: **I've been rambling this whole time, haven't I?**
978The Lonely Wanderer: **The isolation will do that to you sometimes.**
979bisexualSadist: Birbo: yuhuh
980The Lonely Wanderer: **Oh well, that's probably for the better.**
981The Lonely Wanderer: **On the one hand it doesn't let you dig for the answers you want but at the same time it gives you all the ones you need.**
982bisexualSadist: Birbo: Mr.wordymcpants
983The Lonely Wanderer: **You don't get to learn who I am, but that's fine.**
984The Lonely Wanderer: **Who I am doesn't matter anymore. Maybe it never mattered.**
985sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Birbo, shush!``
986cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: We need to find out who these descended are, and how to survive this "new beginning" or "inevitable end". Since the "new beginning" is apparently where we 'descend', let's do that.`
987The Lonely Wanderer: **I honestly doubt it ever did.**
988The Lonely Wanderer: **"Great Destroyer" HAH. What a laugh...**
989The Lonely Wanderer: **What you do get to learn is that there's more for you to do.**
990The Lonely Wanderer: **Not all of you, of course.**
991bisexualSadist: Birbo: your name is mr.wordymcpants you are the greatest at overusing words,
992What do you do?
993The Lonely Wanderer: **It’s hard to convince people that they’re special when you single them out, they always think that you’re using them. And I guess you are. New blood and all that.**
994sometinykid413: ``Tiny: BIRBO!!!!!!!!``
995The Lonely Wanderer: **Anyways, I guess I say the recruitment thing here?**
996The Lonely Wanderer: **...**
997The Lonely Wanderer: **No.**
998The Lonely Wanderer: **No **GORILLA** that.**
999sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Recruitment?``
1000bisexualSadist: Birbo: no? But it'd be fuUun
1001The Lonely Wanderer: **If you want to join the Gods to "Descend from  the heavens like gods wreathed in flames" or however the **GORILLA** that poem goes, then prove it.**
1002The Lonely Wanderer: **Find the battlefield.**
1003The Lonely Wanderer: **Join the war.**
1004bisexualSadist: Birbo: *couldn't be anymore* GORRILA *plastered right now*
1005The Lonely Wanderer: **Kill a god or maybe join them and their ill-advised crusade against reality.**
1006The Lonely Wanderer: **AND WHEN YOU DO.**
1007The Lonely Wanderer: **Don't.**
1008The Lonely Wanderer: **say.**
1009The Lonely Wanderer: **anything.**
1010The Lonely Wanderer: **Don't tell anyone here.**
1011The Lonely Wanderer: **Don't bring all your friends.**
1012sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Birbo, your ramblings are not doing anything.``
1013The Lonely Wanderer: **Don't scream to the world that you're a god.**
1014The Lonely Wanderer: **Because that's how everything gets destroyed.**
1015The Lonely Wanderer: **When the path to godhood is open to everyone.**
1016The Lonely Wanderer: **By people not knowing what they're doing.**
1017cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Destruction... Destruction brings change. Ruin is needed.`
1018The Lonely Wanderer: **Giving the powers to define reality to the people who don't know what they want to define.**
1019bisexualSadist: (plastered=GORRILA faced(GORRILA faced = drunk))
1020The Lonely Wanderer: **PROVE. PROVE that you're different by not shouting it to the world.**
1021sometinykid413: ((listening to elevatorstuck the whole time))
1022The Lonely Wanderer: **The world's going to burn.**
1023The Lonely Wanderer: **Let it die in peace.**
1024The Lonely Wanderer: **Go outside and play or something.**
1025The Lonely Wanderer: *...*
1026bisexualSadist: Birbo:^
1027The Lonely Wanderer: *The file closes back out to the desktop.*
1028sometinykid413: ``Tiny: That was... Strange, to say the least.``
1029cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: That's the end. For now.`
1030bisexualSadist: Birbo: Oh nooooo! Mr.wordymcpants!!
1031sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Birbo, please.``
1032cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: We need to find the others. John, Karkat, and the such.`
1033sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Alright, captain obvious``
1034misterDoctor: We should get Eric.
1035bisexualSadist: Birbo: is there a door in this plais?
1036The Lonely Wanderer: *There is*
1037The Lonely Wanderer: *There is a door... slightly ajar*
1038The Lonely Wanderer: *When did it get opened?*
1039misterDoctor: He brought everyone to Haven WHAT'S THAT.
1040cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Sometimes the obvious must be stated.`
1041bisexualSadist: Birbo: *break the fucking door*
1042The Lonely Wanderer: *You crash through the door and almost faceplant into the corpse dust as it swings open.*
1043sometinykid413: ``*you walk towards the door, and open it*``
1044The Lonely Wanderer: *Everything turns greyscale before your eyes.*
1045bisexualSadist: Birbo: nononononononononononononononono
1046The Lonely Wanderer: *In front of you is the campfire, with the 5 strange individuals, just as the last time you went out the door.*
1047The Lonely Wanderer: *Or, well, when you came back.*
1048The Lonely Wanderer: *Welcome back to Limbo.*
1049cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Hello again.`
1050sometinykid413: ((oh my god.))
1051bisexualSadist: Birbo:* gets up clears mouth* nononononononononononononononono
1052bisexualSadist: Birbo: nononononononononononononononono
1053bisexualSadist: Birbo:* gets up clears mouth* nononononononononononononononono
1054The Lonely Wanderer: *The pilot looks up.*
1055sometinykid413: ((i looked up curiosity killed the cat, and check this shit out))
1056bisexualSadist: Birbo: nononononononononononononononono
1057bisexualSadist: Birbo:* gets up clears mouth* nononononononononononononononono
1058The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Are you okay?**
1059The Lonely Wanderer: *The noise is slightly dampened.*
1060sometinykid413: 
1061The Lonely Wanderer: *Just like everything else, it sounds almost flat.*
1062cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Yeah, we're fine. Mostly.`
1063sometinykid413: ((am i supposed to know these people...?))
1064The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: wait, I remember seeing you.**
1065sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Um... Hi?``
1066The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You're the Ozpin from a few... was it hours?**
1067bisexualSadist: Birbo: no no NOOO. Not ze curpse doost
1068The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Maybe it was days.**
1069cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Days, for me.`
1070cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Or maybe closer to weeks.`
1071The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Alright, weeks it is.**
1072bisexualSadist: Birbo: *returns inside hides in the corner*
1073The Lonely Wanderer: **You lot new to Limbo?**
1074bisexualSadist: Birbo: *shudders*
1075sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Yeah``
1076cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Yes.`
1077bisexualSadist: Birbo: n n n n never again
1078The Lonely Wanderer: **Well, welcome to the afterlife.**
1079sometinykid413: ``Tiny: wait?! WE ARE DEAD?!``
1080The Lonely Wanderer: **Where all the souls that made the mistake of leaving home get sent to rot for eternity for one fictitious crime or another.**
1081The Lonely Wanderer: **I would assume so.**
1082The Lonely Wanderer: **Haven't seen someone who wasn't.**
1083The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician next to him tugs on his vest*
1084The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says something about legends, there having once been living doomed to wander the plains.*
1085The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Bah, you believe that hookum about Descended?**
1086The Lonely Wanderer: **I doubt one of them ever "graced" this place.**
1087cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I've heard of the Descended. What can they do?`
1088sometinykid413: ``Tiny: I think I will stop talking. Ozpin is the one with all the right questionsn stuff. I'm kinda the dumb one``
1089The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says that they can do a lot. They possess the capacity to rewrite and define reality as they see fit.*
1090The Lonely Wanderer: *The power to decide the story of a world.*
1091The Lonely Wanderer: *Its ruin or its salvation.*
1092cataclysmicAnticipation: Ozpin half-coughs, half-chokes at this.
1093The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You okay?**
1094cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Oh. Okay. Yeah. Sounds nice.`
1095The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Don't swallow the corpse dust, it decays you faster.**
1096The Lonely Wanderer: *at that the pilot spits*
1097The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot HA**
1098The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: THe Descended are sons of **GORILLA**s one and all.**
1099bisexualSadist: *gets up*
1100The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Why godhood gets given to idiots like them, I have no idea, but so it goes.**
1101cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Yeah. Screw the Descended. Hahaa...`
1102The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: All they do is fight.**
1103The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Destroy things, worlds.**
1104The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: In their stupid wars.**
1105bisexualSadist: Birbo: *runs towards the fire*
1106The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: So why are you so nervous? You had a run-in with a Descended?**
1107sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Creation and peace are far more productive, in my opinion.``
1108cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Nope never seen one ever`
1109The Lonely Wanderer: *the fire is... lukewarm. It's better than the nothingness everything else provides*
1110bisexualSadist: Birbo: hey guysss, you got any driinks?
1111The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You say that, but it's better than corpses and burning balls of rock left where thriving cities were before.**
1112The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Yeah, got a few beer memories lying around. They're kind flat. Fish, you got any?**
1113The Lonely Wanderer: *The fish-shaped thing grunts something in a language you don't understand and tosses Birbo a bottle*
1114sometinykid413: ``Tiny: For everyones sake, don't give one to him.``
1115The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Eh, we're dead. Not like it matters much anymore.**
1116bisexualSadist: Birbo: *opens the bottle with lightning speeds*
1117bisexualSadist: Birbo: *chugs*
1118cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: ...`
1119He's still in his Prince of Void outfit.
1120Yeah, I remember that.
1121misterDoctor: Ummm
1122The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician nods. He says that's all that's left is to stay away from the handful of dangerous places left.*
1123The Lonely Wanderer: *And try to hold onto what memories you still have.*
1124The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Yeah?**
1125The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Got a question kid?**
1126bisexualSadist: Birbo: thanks. Jeez eating the corpse dust really Sobers I guy huh
1127cataclysmicAnticipation: He's basically quaking in his poofy pants.
1128misterDoctor: No.
1129The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Look, as long as you don't eat the corpse dust you'll be fine, that stuff sticks in your mouth for weeks.**
1130The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: There's nothing out here on the fringes that can hurt a ghost.**
1131sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Okay``
1132bisexualSadist: Birbo: hehehe ... He I did
1133The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician looks at Birbo and inquires as to that*
1134The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Ah come on, leave the man alone.**
1135The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Let 'im drink in peace.**
1136cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: So, uh, yeah. Descended suck. 'N stuff. Can us ghosts fly?`
1137misterDoctor: Beer *memories?*
1138bisexualSadist: Birbo: I suppose when not 'drunk' I'm your 'sober'
1139The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Ha, sadly no. Here in Limbo the usual rules still apply to us. Bein' dead sucks. you might though, you look like one of those fancy god-tier kids.**
1140The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: And yeah,**
1141The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: This place is built out of memories, of people who faded away and only left behind the things they remembered.**
1142misterDoctor: ((This sounds somewhat like Mistborn SH.))
1143The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: We stumbled across the cache of a drunk or something, enough drinks to last us... however long its been.**
1144The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: We're about out though.**
1145cataclysmicAnticipation: ~~ascended, descended, what's the difference~~
1146bisexualSadist: Birbo: but as I said I ate the corpse dust.. I turned into corpse dust... And it 'sobered' me
1147The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Wait what.**
1148The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You ate the corpse dust and it... killed you?**
1149bisexualSadist: Birbo: yuup
1150cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: *sweating*`
1151The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician motions at them*
1152The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You think they're still alive somehow?**
1153The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says he's fairly certain of it.*
1154cataclysmicAnticipation: Ozpin begins backing away slowly.
1155The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Hm, okay then.**
1156The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Well, I'm afraid you folks might be stuck here.**
1157bisexualSadist: Birbo: see the box room back there
1158The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: No clue how you wound up here in Limbo, but nobody gets out.**
1159bisexualSadist: Birbo: it revived me
1160The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Box room? You mean there's a room behind that door you guys keep stepping into?**
1161The Lonely Wanderer: *The magician says he thought it was just a portal of kinds*
1162sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Yeah``
1163misterDoctor: You want to see it?
1164bisexualSadist: Birbo: you dont
1165misterDoctor: We should get a doorstop so it doesn't close...
1166bisexualSadist: Birbo: it's bland as fuck
1167The Lonely Wanderer: *The pilot shakes his head*
1168The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: I think we're okay for now.**
1169The Lonely Wanderer: *The pilot looks up.*
1170bisexualSadist: Birbo: good choice
1171misterDoctor: Then again, the Terminal's done with.
1172The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says if you guys can head back, you probably should. Either that or head with them. There's a sandstorm coming.*
1173bisexualSadist: Birbo:oh yeah that
1174sometinykid413: ``Tiny: True that``
1175The Lonely Wanderer: *Off in the distance you can see what looks like dark clouds*
1176bisexualSadist: Birbo: *returns to room*
1177sometinykid413: ``Tiny: That is really alarming``
1178The Lonely Wanderer: *The door isn't there...*
1179cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: You think I can still use my powers?`
1180The Lonely Wanderer: *It seems you're out here.*
1181bisexualSadist: Birbo: * smashes......
1182The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Probably.**
1183The Lonely Wanderer: **I mean, the rest of us can.**
1184sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Powers? I clearly missed something``
1185cataclysmicAnticipation: Ozpin starts making gasmasks.
1186bisexualSadist: Birbo,:NOOOOOOO THE TERMINAL. I CANNOT SMASH IT
1187The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician does a quick dash a short distance, seeming to blur as he does it, demonstrating.*
1188The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Whoa.**
1189The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Nice trick**
1190cataclysmicAnticipation: He then puts one on.
1191The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: We should still probably get to cover though, come on, the kid says he knows a building memory nearby.**
1192bisexualSadist: Birbo: ooo
1193bisexualSadist: Birbo: better have drinks
1194The Lonely Wanderer: *The small, crying child stands up, and nods, sniffling.*
1195The Lonely Wanderer: **PIlot: Alright Isaac, lead the way.**
1196cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I could probably create a building. But okay.`
1197The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: If it dissipates when you're gone the rest of us would be stuck out in the storm though.**
1198bisexualSadist: Birbo: can you create me some mo goddamn liquor
1199The Lonely Wanderer: *The crystal and the fish also stand up, coming to join the rest of the group, hefting guns from their resting places.*
1200cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I doubt it would. Things don't get undestroyed. Void is no different.`
1201sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Seriously, can someone explain what exactly you guys mean by powers.``
1202The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Any ability you have naturally.**
1203misterDoctor: I can run fast.
1204sometinykid413: ``Tiny: I missed, like, half of everything.``
1205The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: or part of the gear you manage to take with you.**
1206misterDoctor: Ozpin's a Void player.
1207bisexualSadist: Birbo: *attempts to realize core ability*
1208sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Oh, okay``
1209The Lonely Wanderer: ((What is your core ability BS?))
1210cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Prince of Void.`
1211bisexualSadist: Birbo: *fails*
1212The Lonely Wanderer: ((You guys have the ability to create or alter things in small-ish ways))
1213The Lonely Wanderer: ((Ozpin, for example, manifested themselves a classpect and a RWBY-style Aura))
1214bisexualSadist: ((Idk I'll think of it. Then get it when less 'nondrunk'
1215The Lonely Wanderer: ((And has also been making those gasmasks))
1216The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Cmon people, we gotta move.**
1217misterDoctor: Ok then.
1218The Lonely Wanderer: **Fish: FLASHYN**
1219bisexualSadist: Birbo: *resists urge to snort more dust*
1220bisexualSadist: Birbo: * follows*
1221The Lonely Wanderer: *The five begin moving in anothe direction, following Isaac*
1222cataclysmicAnticipation: Ozpin follows them.
1223sometinykid413: ((this is a lot longer than i expected...))
1224The Lonely Wanderer: *The group is silent as everyone walks.*
1225The Lonely Wanderer: *The muffled footsteps on the soft ground even more muffled by the oppressive atmosphere of the place.*
1226bisexualSadist: Birbo: so what's everyone's name
1227sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Yeah!``
1228bisexualSadist: Birbo: my name is *belches* birbo
1229The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says that he hasn't gone by a name in a long time, just as the Magician, or the Drifter.*
1230The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: I go by Rocky, kid here is Isaac.**
1231misterDoctor: I'm a figment of your collective imaginations. If you can see me, your intellectual potential is being used to feed me.
1232The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: No clue what the names of the other two are, we call 'em Fish and Crystal cuz that's what they look like.**
1233cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I am Ozpin.`
1234The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: huh, okay then.**
1235The Lonely Wanderer: *The pilot nods*
1236cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: As I mentioned when we last met.`
1237The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: I remember.**
1238The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: How about you three?**
1239The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Got names?**
1240bisexualSadist: Birbo: ?
1241misterDoctor: Mister Doctor.
1242sometinykid413: ``TIny: I have never met you guys before, so i will go ahead and tell you that my name is Tiny!``
1243The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Pleasure to make your acquaintance.**
1244sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Likewise!``
1245The Lonely Wanderer: *The Magician says he is also glad to meet you. Although he seems a little more subdued.*
1246bisexualSadist: Birbo: my namezzzz bierbo ((oh fuck new it's return))
1247The Lonely Wanderer: *You see something in the distance.*
1248The Lonely Wanderer: *A grey rectangle*
1249The Lonely Wanderer: *The door.*
1250bisexualSadist: Birbo: I amz the lordzzz of drink
1251The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Well, looks like we've found your all's ride out.**
1252The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Huh, 'nother wine god?**
1253misterDoctor: What about the building memory?
1254bisexualSadist: Birbo: FUVKING RUN!!! ITS THE HELL DOOR
1255sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Can I smack him?``
1256misterDoctor: Birbo!
1257misterDoctor: By all means.
1258The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: We'll be fine, you guys go ahead and get back to your room.**
1259misterDoctor: I guess...
1260bisexualSadist: Birbo: I ain't entering there again.... Nuh. Uh
1261misterDoctor: Wait. You wouldn't happen to know an Eric, would you?
1262The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Fraid not, sorry.**
1263misterDoctor: Or a place called Haven?
1264The Lonely Wanderer: *The pilot shakes his head*
1265misterDoctor: Hmm.
1266cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: I'll just... here, Rocky.`
1267He tosses Rocky a cane.
1268Where it came from is anyon- ah whatever it's an un-voided object. It'll stay with him.
1269misterDoctor: Ah well. Let's head back then.
1270bisexualSadist: Birbo: no ways in helllllz am I goings back in thayt trashsh plaice
1271The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Thanks.**
1272cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Keep safe.`
1273sometinykid413: ``Tiny: Yeah.``
1274misterDoctor: ^
1275The Lonely Wanderer: ((The plot tells BS that he has to head back in, I'm getting tired and need to conclude the sequence))
1276The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: You too, good luck on getting out of this pit.**
1277The Lonely Wanderer: **Pilot: Remember us in case you do.**
1278bisexualSadist: Birbo: *stays*
1279bisexualSadist: ((it's ok I die here
1280cataclysmicAnticipation: `OZPIN: Alright.`
1281bisexualSadist: ((Birbo will be forgotten in the grey sands
1282bisexualSadist: ((bathing in the oceans of the dead
1283The Lonely Wanderer: *As the group goes off or into the door, Birbo inhales some corpse dust on accident and disintegrates outside of everyone's view, reforming in the room in the time between sessions*
1284The Lonely Wanderer: *Welcome back to the Terminal room.*