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[glowsferatu]

It Is My Regrettable Duty To Inform You That The Count Of Those Present On This Plane No Longer Includes The Following
Jake English
Feferi Peixes
Roxy Lalonde
Rose Lalonde
And Karkat Vantas

There Are Others Missing Also But I Havent Identified Them
Just That The Number Of Familiar Threads Are Fewer In Number
It Seems As Though Some Sort Of Mass Exodus Was Accomplished While We Slept Last Night
And We Are The Ones Left Behind In Its Aftermath

I Wonder If We Havent Offended Her In Some Way

Comments

[dupable]

well i don't know.
i don't think the two of us have done anything that would have really gotten her attention either.
i mean i definitely don't think i have at least.

[glowsferatu]

Maybe Thats It
Maybe Its Just Me Then
The First One That Ever Left This Timeline Was Nepeta But It Wasnt Until After My Arrival
I Hadnt Even Been Given The Opportunity To Speak With Her In That Iteration
But Maybe It All Really Has Been My Own Fault

[dupable]

i don't think so either.
i think you are just doing that thing where you put too much on yourself when it's not really your fault.
i am not totally convinced there is a reason for it at all, and if anything we just have really shitty luck.

[glowsferatu]

If It Came Down Only To Luck You Think We Might Have Found Some Way To Navigate That
Given We Had Until Recently Two Ascended Heroes Of Light
No It Has To Be More Than That

[dupable]

yeah, but we never asked vriska or rose to change our luck for us!
at least i definitely didn't even think to ever do that.

[glowsferatu]

Well Maybe Thats Our Crime
We Werent Proactive Enough In The Proper Continuance Of Our Own Affairs
Im Not Sure How Vriska Might Really Have Helped Now That I Think Of It
Who Would She Be Stealing From To Benefit Us

[dupable]

maybe the porter herself?
wait... can she steal luck from roboty people?

[glowsferatu]

I Couldnt Really Say I Dont Know If Shes Ever Tried
You Should Ask Her I Think

[dupable]

i will definitely do that next time i talk to her.
that would be kind of neat anyway! if we could pull off stealing luck from her.

[glowsferatu]

But What Happens If We Do
What Sort Of Effects Would An Unlucky Lachesis Have On The World Around Her

[dupable]

oh...
i didn't really think about that.
i just thought maybe she'd stop stealing people from their worlds so much.

[glowsferatu]

Its Possible
If Sense Is A Thing We Can Attribute To Her
But Then Its Also Possible That She Wont End Her Attempts And Only Lose Her Accuracy
Taking From The Wrong Worlds
Depositing Them In Incorrect Places
Or Just Break Down Completely And Strand Us All Here
It Could Be Very Dangerous

[dupable]

ok maybe lets not ask vriska to try it after all.

[glowsferatu]

I Could Be Completely Wrong Of Course
Maybe None Of Those Things Will Happen
But How Can We Truly Be Sure Without Risking Catastrophe

[dupable]

yeah we should probably not risk it this one time, because i am pretty sure people would be pissed if we got them stranded here forever.

[glowsferatu]

Which Isnt Even To Mention The Timelines We May Doom In the Process

[dupable]

wait... the doomed timeline stuff still applies even out of the game??

[glowsferatu]

Well The Ultimate Integrity Of It Would Depend On Our Eventual Return Wouldnt It
There Will Have To Be Some Compensation If We Never Did
Paradox Space Would Probably Find A Way Around It
We Cant Be That Vital To Its Final State

[dupable]

i guess that's true...
but in a place like this one where you can come back to life and all that it doesn't seem like doomed timelines would even be something that should happen.

[glowsferatu]

While They Are Isolated They Dont
While Our Eventual Return Is Assured
Compromise Either Assurance And The Rules Must Change To Match

But We Are Expending Too Much Time Discussing A Possibility That We Shouldnt Consider Pursuing Anyway
There Are More Immediate Matters At Hand
Like The Fact That You Now Reside With Only Three Striders As Hivemates
How Is That Working Out

[dupable]

ugh...
i don't think i actually want to think about that too much.
one strider is enough to deal with most of the time!

[glowsferatu]

I Still Think Some Of That Isnt From Their Own End Alone
But I Should Hope Youre At Least Getting On With Dirk
Hes A Perfectly Reasonable Individual

[dupable]

yeah, i guess he isn't so bad!
i mean, we don't actually hang out a lot or anything though.

[glowsferatu]

Well Maybe You Should If Youre Having So Much Trouble With The Other Two

[dupable]

you think so?