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carcinoGeneticist [CG]
opened memo on board GET IN HERE BULGELICKERS AND I MEAN NOW.
CG: RATHER THAN SCURRY AROUND LIKE A BUNCH OF HEADLESS CLUCKBEASTS (AGAIN) (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE), EVERYONE GET THE FUCK IN HERE AND SAY SOMETHING TYPICALLY MORONIC SO WE KNOW YOU’RE STILL ALIVE.
CG: OR ASK ME WHAT THE FUCK I’M GOING ON ABOUT.
CG: REALLY I’LL TAKE EITHER.
CG: I’D JUST LIKE TO KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IF I’M INSANE.
twinArmageddons [TA]
responded to memo.
TA: you’ve alway2 been iin2ane, kk.
CG: BE LESS HELPFUL, SOMEHOW. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.
TA: iit’2 not ju2t you, iif that’2 what you’re worried about.
TA: iit happened.
TA: or at lea2t we both believe iit happened.
CG: THAT’S SURPRISINGLY GOOD TO HEAR. ARE YOU FEELING OKAY?
CG: IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO JUMP IN WITH A DIFFERENT OPINION, I HEREBY DECLARE SGRUB A THING THAT HAPPENED.
CG: UNLESS EVERYONE ELSE IS DEAD, IN WHICH CASE WHO GIVES A SHIT?
gallowsCalibrator [GC]
responded to memo.
GC: 1M F1N3 K4RK4T
GC: YOU C4N R3L4X NOW
GC: B3TT3R TH4N F1N3 4CTU4LLY
GC: L1F3 1S 4 MULT1S3NSORY BUFF3T OF WOND3RS!
GC: 3V3RYTH1NG 1S SO…PR3C1S3!
CG: DID I MENTION YOU IN PARTICULAR IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM?
CG: NO. NO, I DID NOT.
CG: WAIT.
CG: PRECISE?
GC: Y3S!
GC: 1 H4V3 4LL TH3 S3NS3S NOW!
GC: 44444444LL OF TH3M!
CG: OKAY, FIRST THINGS FIRST: STOP DOING THAT, IT’S ANNOYING AS FUCK.
CG: OR AT LEAST HOLD OFF UNTIL SERKET’S HERE TO BE ANNOYED BY IT EVEN MORE, WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON I CAN STAND IT.
CG: SECOND THINGS SECOND: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
GC: WOULD 1 L13 TO YOU?
CG: LET’S EVERYONE LET THAT QUESTION FLOAT GENTLY THROUGH THE INCIPISPHERE FOR A MOMENT WHILE WE BOGGLE AT THE INCREDIBLE POWERS OF WILFUL FORGETFULNESS IT IMPLIES.
GC: BUT 1 WOULD NOT L13 TO YOU 4BOUT TH1S!
GC: 1T 1S F4R TOO 1MPORT4NT
GC: 4ND 4W3SOM3!
GC: NOW 1 C4N S33 YOUR 4DOR4BL3 F4C3S 1N TH3 B3ST D3T41L!
CG: ADORABLOODTHIRSTY.
GC: WH4T3V3R
CG: I SUPPOSE IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR THAT YOU’LL STOP LICKING ME NOW THAT YOU CAN SEE ME?
GC: DON’T B3 S1LLY K4RKL3S
GC: YOU 4R3 TOO D3L1C1OUS TO 4PPR3C14T3 W1TH F3W3R TH4N 4LL TH3 M34NS 4T MY D1SPOS4L!
TA: oh my gog you guy2 fliirt iin private plea2e. plea2e for the 2ake of my abu2ed vomiitchute.
apocalypseArisen [AA]
responded to memo.
AA: hi!
TA: aa!
TA: are you okay?
AA: i am completely okay!
AA: and most definitely alive
AA: it looks like im not god tier anymore though
AA: boo
TA: ii’m 2orry, aa.
AA: no apologizing
AA: it is a rule
AA: and you have nothing to apologize for
AA: just being alive is pretty great
AA: though
AA: um
AA: im at my hive
AA: and its still in ruins
AA: and most of my stuff is gone
TA: ii’m really 2orry.
AA: stop that!
AA: i hate it when you apologize for everything
AA: and i cant smack you from here
TA: all part of the plan.
TA: iif you wanna come cra2h here, iit’2 pretty 2hitty but there’2 a roof.
CG: ARADIA, SIT TIGHT FOR NOW IF YOU’RE NOT IN ANY IMMEDIATE DANGER. WE’LL DEAL WITH YOUR HIVE ONCE EVERYONE’S CHECKED IN, WHERE BY EVERYONE I MOSTLY MEAN THE PEOPLE WITH MORE DIGITS IN THEIR ALLOWANCES THAN THEY HAVE NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
CG: IF THEY’D GET ON THEIR FUCKING HUSKTOPS SOMETIME THIS PERIGEE, THAT’D BE ACES.
caligulasAquarium [CA]
responded to memo.
CA: yeah yeah im here the party can start
TA: oh, look, iit’2 you.
TA: hello, you.
CA: anyone heard from fef
TA: ii’m glad two 2ee you’re alive two, eriidan.
CA: wwhatevver
CA: seariously do you know if shes ok
TA: 2he ii2n’t onliine, whiich you’d know iif you bothered to read the away messages, diip2hiit.
TA: rtfm, biitch.
CG: SHE HASN’T CHECKED IN, LIKE HALF OF YOU DISTRACTABARKBEASTS, BECAUSE YOU’RE ALL SECRETLY GRUBS AND LISTENING IS HARD.
CG: I’M SURE SHE’S JUST OFF HAVING A SINGALONG WITH THE HORRORTERRORS.
CG: AGAIN.
CG: SHE’LL GET BACK TO YOU WHEN SHE WAKES UP.
CA: shes alwways awwake by this time a evvenin
CG: CAN YOU BE MORE OF A CREEPY STALKER? IS THAT A THING THAT IS POSSIBLE?
CA: shut up
CA: somefin just doesnt feel right
CA: im goin to look for her
CA: if she didnt turn on her husktop ill krill her
TA: iif 2he diidnt turn on her hu2ktop ii won’t 2top you.
TA: don’t diie.
AA: this is a no dying zone
AA: by order
CA: not plannin on it
CA: goin under
caligulasAquarium [CA]
ceased responding to memo.
CG: HE’LL BE FINE.
CG: THERE’S NO MARAUDING HORDE OF ANGELS UNDER THE SEA FOR HIM TO AGGRO SO THEY SPEND THE NEXT THREE LUNAR CYCLES TRYING TO GET UP HIS SEEDFLAP.
CG: AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE ONLY THING HE HAS TO FEAR IS THE TENDER EMBRACE OF GL’BGOLYB, WHO UNDOUBTEDLY ONLY WISHES TO TAKE HIM IN HER TENTACLES AND RAVISH HIM AS TENDERLY AS THE EMISSARY FROM OCEANS-TROLL-WAS-NOT-MEANT-TO-KNOW CAN.
GC: Y3UGH
CG: YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I’LL SHUT UP NOW.
TA: that’2 a fiir2t.
CG: FUCK YOU, CAPTOR.
TA: thank2 for tryiing anyway, kk.
TA: ii mean ii don’t beliieve you, but thank2.
AA: hell be fine
AA: we were all clobbering horrorterror imps by the end
AA: whats he going to meet thats worse than that?
TA: 2top that.
TA: 2top actiing liike everythiing’2 goiing to be okay.
TA: there’2 a priice two everythiing iin thii2 2tupiid uniiver2e don’t you get iit?
TA: diidn’t the game teach you anythiing?
TA: welcome back two alterniia leave your future at the door.
AA: dont talk like that!
AA: we won didnt we
AA: without having to lose
AA: so stop acting like its a horrible burden to be alive!
CG: OH, NOW ERIDAN’S UNREACHABLE. OF FUCKING COURSE.
CG: HIS SENSE OF TIMING CONTINUALLY ASTOUNDS ME WITH HOW BAD IT IS.
GC: 1T COULD B3 WORS3!
TA: iit’2 liike you don’t even remember that thii2 ii2 where you died and we all fucked everythiing up that could po22iibly be fucked.
CG: HOW COULD IT
CG: OH GOG DON’T REMIND ME.
GC: H3H3H3H3H3
TA: diid you trade your memoriie2 for tho2e wiing2 or 2ome 2hiit?
TA: oh waiit, you don’t have them anymore, 2o that can’t be iit, becau2e there’2 no way you could’ve been cheated.
AA: sollux!!
CG: PLEASE, IF YOU EVER PITIED ME, LET THAT MEMORY GO TO THE SHITPILE TO BE TURNED INTO MEMETIC COMPOST AND FERTILIZE THE NEURALCEPTOR FIELDS, AND SO SOMEHOW GIVE BACK SOME OF ITS TOTAL NET SHITTINESS TO THE WORLD IN A MORE BENIGN FORM.
AA: im sorry im not doomed or dead anymore!
AA: does that make you happy to hear?
CG: BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP.
CG: OR TAKE IT TO A PRIVATE CHAT WHERE YOU CAN CYBERHATEMAKEOUT TO YOUR SPADES’ CONTENT.
CG: OR WHATEVER.
CG: I DON’T EVEN CARE, AS LONG AS I DON’T HAVE TO READ IT.
CG: YOU ARE MAKING MY OCULAR SPHERES HURT WITH HOW DUMB YOU ARE.
AA: sorry
TA: 2orry, kk.
CG: THANK YOU.
CG: FUCK.
CG: I DON’T KNOW WHY I BOTHER SOMETIMES.
GC: B3C4US3 YOU C444R3!
GC: 1T’S SW33T
GC: L1K3 YOU
GC: >:]
GC: > :]
GC: >:]
GC: > :]
CG: AND YOU’RE HORRIBLE.
adiosToreador [AT]
responded to memo.
AT: uHH, i THOUGHT i SHOULD SAY, tHAT i’M HERE, aND ALSO ALIVE,
AT: bUT ALSO, tHAT MY LEGS ARE FINE AND MADE OF FLESH, wHICH KIND OF WORRIES ME,
AT: nOT IN THE BAD WAY, bUT IN THE, tHIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, aND ALSO MAKES NO SENSE, kIND OF WAY,
AT: mY HAVING LEGS MADE OF ROBOTS, wAS IN FACT A THING THAT HAPPENED, rIGHT?
CG: YEAH, IT WAS.
CG: YOU’RE NOT CRAZY.
CG: OR ELSE WE’RE ALL CRAZY.
CG: I CAN’T REALLY DECIDE WHICH IS MORE LIKELY.
GC: 1 DON’T KNOW 4BOUT YOU BUT 1 4M 4 MOD3L OF S4N1TY 4ND D3CORUM
GC: M4D3 YOU L4UGH! 1 W1N!
CG: DID NOT.
CG: HOW WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW, ANYWAY?
GC: 1 KNOW
GC: 1 4LW4YS KNOW
TA: yeah, we’re 2o 2ane.
AT: sO, iF i SAID THAT THE ROBOTIC LEGS, wHICH i REMEMBER BEING MINE, aRE LYING IN MY RECUPERACOON, aS IF THEY FELL OFF WHEN MY LEGS GREW BACK, oR SIMILAR,,,
CG: I WOULD SAY GOOD FOR YOU AND DON’T AS YOU VALUE YOUR BULGEPLATE IMPLY THAT YOU’D LIKE THEM ATTACHED AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WHERE KANAYA MIGHT HEAR YOU.
grimAuxiliatrix [GA]
responded to memo.
GA: I Suspect That I Should Be Either Offended Or Obscurely Flattered
GA: Which Is It Do You Think
AA: if it helps that was a very neat bisection
AA: the tidiest ive ever seen!
TA: becau2e you’ve 2een 2o many.
GA: Thank You Aradia
GA: That Does Indeed Sound Like A Compliment
GA: If The Bisection In Question Did In Fact Take Place
GA: My Hive Appears Remarkably Pristine Considering The State I Last Recall It Being In
GA: Oh My
GA: Also My Lusus Is Outside
GA: I Had Not Remarked This Previously
CG: HOLY FUCK!
CG: I THOUGHT THE NOISES FROM DOWNSTAIRS WERE MY IMAGINATION.
CG: BRB.
CG: NOBODY DIE IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES.
CG: THAT’S AN ORDER.
carcinoGeneticist [CG]
ceased responding to memo.
GC: TH1S C4LLS FOR 4N 1NV3ST1G4T1ON!
gallowsCalibrator [GC]
ceased responding to memo.
AT: tINKERBULL?
AT: tINKERBULL!
AA: no such luck here im afraid
TA: ii guess your lu2u2 diied two long before the game.
TA: ...2orry.
AA: no apologies!
AA: again
AA: tsk
carcinoGeneticist [CG]
responded to memo.
CG: YEAH, HE’S DOWN THERE WHINING FOR FOOD AGAIN ALRIGHT, JUST LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
CG: I DON’T THINK HE EVEN REMEMBERS BEING DEAD, NOT THAT I CAN REALLY TELL.
TA: thii2 ii2n’t how iit wa2 2uppo2ed two happen
AA: how it was supposed to happen sucked
AA: and most of us died
AA: and you died
AA: a lot
TA: that’2 true. ii gue22 thii2 ii2n’t 2o bad iif iit’2 not a triick.
TA: ii do 2tiill thiink iit ii2, though.
AA: noted
centaursTesticle [CT]
responded to memo.
CT: D --> My lusus is also alive and well
CT: D --> As am I obviously
CT: D --> I am pleased to see that you are likewise
CG: THIS IS NOT A FUCKING TEAFENESTRATION PARTY. STUPID SMALL TALK IS NOT AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
CT: D --> I was not talking to you
TA: tell aa 2he’2 beiing 2tupiidly optiimii2tic about thii2 whole thiing.
AA: i am not!
AA: you just have something against being happy
CT: D --> Is it permitted for me to abstain
CG: YES. YES, IT IS ABSOLUTELY PERMITTED. IN FACT, PLEASE DO. FUCKING HORNLICKERS, IS IT SO HARD TO STAY ON TOPIC?
CT: D --> I was under the impression that verifying our states of health was the topic
CT: D --> Was there some other topic of which you neglected to inform us
CG: SHUT UP. THE TOPIC IS SHUT UP.
CG: ALSO, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM NEPETA?
CT: D --> Yes
CT: D --> She should be here momentarily
arsenicCatnip [AC]
responded to memo.
AC: :33 <*the delighted pouncebeast does a happy dance at seeing all her furriends together!
CT: D --> Nepeta
CT: D --> Pouncebeasts do not dance
CT: D --> I know you know this
AC: :33 <*this pouncebeast can dance if she wants to, so there!*
CT: D --> That isn’t even an action
CG: SERIOUSLY? THIS IS THE OH-HEY-WE’RE-NOT-DEAD CONVERSATION YOU WANTED TO HAVE?
AC: :33 <hi, karkat!
AC: :33 <*the ch33rful kitty cuddles up to karkat and purrs*
CG: IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, OR WHATEVER.
TA: bluh bluh take iit to a priivate chat bluh my tender viirgiin ocular 2phere2.
AC: :33 <bluh bluh no you
GA: Everyone I Think Should Stay Right Here And Continue To Review Our Current Status So That We Can Develop A Plan For The Future
AC: :33 <*that sounds good, but where have fefurry and gamz33 and vwhiskers gone, ac wonders*
TA: ff ii2 miia. eriidan went after her. 2tupiid fii2hy douche.
CG: I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER TWO ARE.
CG: GAMZEE’S LOGGED ON, BUT HE’S NOT ANSWERING ME. HAS ANYONE ELSE HEARD FROM HIM?
AT: i’M SORRY TO SAY, tHAT i HAVEN’T,
AT: aND YOU’D BE THE FIRST PERSON HE’D TROLL, sO MAYBE, hE JUST GOT DISTRACTED BY SOMETHING,
CG: OR MAYBE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE WOKE UP ALIVE AND MOBILE HE WOKE UP STONED OUT OF HIS GRUBCASE.
GA: I Would Hope That This Is Not The Case
GA: While We Can Certainly Restore Him To Sobriety The Process Was Not Particularly Pleasant For Any Of Us Gamzee Least Of All
CG: FUCK.
CG: WHO LIVES NEAR HIM?
CG: ACTUALLY, FORGET THAT. WHO KNOWS WHERE HE LIVES?
TA: hold that thought ii’m huntiing up hii2 addre22.
gallowsCalibrator [GC]
responded to memo.
GC: SH3 H4TCH3D!
CG: WHO DID WHAT NOW?
GC: MY LUSUS!
GC: SH3 W4S OUT 1N TH3 WOODS W41T1NG FOR M3 4ND TH3 4POC4LYPS3 SC4L3 W4S GON3
GC: TH3 PLOT 1S TH1CK3N1NG MOST NOUR1SH1NGLY
CG: OH GREAT, MORE FUCKING RIDDLES. I’D BEEN HOLDING ONTO HOPE THAT THAT WE WERE FINALLY, AFTER SUBJECTIVE SWEEPS OF TRYING TO TWIST OUR THINKPANS INTO THE PROPER GLASS SINGLE-SIDED SOLID TO EVEN UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS, LET ALONE ANSWER THEM, DONE WITH THIS CRYPTIC RIDDLE BULLSHIT.
CG: IT’S OFFICIAL. SOLLUX IS RIGHT. THIS SUCKS HOOFBEAST BULGE.
TA: you are a true friiend.
AA: guess my expression
AA: go on
AA: guess
terminallyCapricious [TC]
responded to memo.
TC: heyyyy, WHAT’S motherfucking HAPPENING?
CG: GAMZEE!
CG: WHAT THE FUCK TOOK YOU SO LONG, YOU COLOSSAL WASTE OF WHAT I AM ASSURED ARE PERFECTLY GOOD NEURONS?
TC: AWWWW, i WAS worried AND shit ABOUT you TOO.
CG: THAT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE HERE, WHICH IS THAT YOU HAD BETTER KNOW EXACTLY WHY I AM TAKING IT UPON MYSELF TO YELL AT YOU, AND YOU HAD BETTER REMEMBER IT FOR FIVE ENTIRE MINUTES, OR I’LL COME OVER THERE AND GUT YOU.
CG: WHEREVER YOU ARE.
CG: SOMEHOW.
TC: i GUESS i WAS kinda CONFUSED when I up AND woke UP like NOTHING even HAPPENED, no GAME or MOTHERFUCKING nothing, LIKE i THOUGHT maybe I’D been DREAMING a REAL long TIME and JUST was WAKING up, AND that MADE me ALL kinds OF sad TO be THINKING.
TC: LIKE if I was JUST motherfucking DREAMING the WHOLE time THEN nobody WOULD remember MY dream BUT me.
TC: and WHAT happened IN it AND all THE miracles I witnessed DIDN’T really HAPPEN at ALL.
CG: YOU’RE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE SINGLE BIGGEST IDIOT I’VE EVER SEEN OR HEARD OF. LET ME REMIND YOU, SINCE APPARENTLY EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT RUSTING YOUR THINKPAN YOU CAN’T TELL DREAMS FROM REALITY:
CG: ♦. FUCKASS.
TC: ♦ RIGHT back ATCHA, my MAIN moirail.
TA: that’2 three poiint2 to kk beiing a gro22 publiic fliirt who 2hould be le22 of a hypocriite.
CG: SHUT YOUR NUTRITION FLAP RIGHT NOW.
AC: :33 <*ac thinks it is apurrable!*
arachnidsGrip [AG]
responded to memo.
AG: G8ys?
AG: T8vr8s? K8n8y8?
AT: aRE YOU, uHH, oKAY?
GA: What Is It Vriska
AG: Y8u d8n’t h8 m8, r8ght?
GA: Vriska I Have Never Hated You Excessively
AT: iF THIS IS ABOUT THE GAME, tHEN YOU SHOULD KNOW, wE DO ALL REMEMBER, aND HATE, iS NOT WHAT i FEEL FOR YOU, aNYMORE, oR EVER REALLY, iF YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT,
AG: Of course I w8sn’t worried a8out th8t!!!!!!!!
AT: iF YOU INSIST,,,
AG: Aaaaaaaanyw8y, I’ve got an itsy 8itsy pro8lem.
CT: D --> What is it
AG: Look out your window and you’ll see!
CT: D --> Everything is just as
CT: D --> Oh
CT: D --> I see
CG: WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE SCHOOLFEEDMOB?
AG: Soooooooo, my lusus might poss8ly 8e alive again.
CG: WELL, FUCK.
GA: I Was About To Ask If You Were Sure But In Retrospect That Would Be A Phenomenally Stupid Question Especially Considering The Presence Of A Corroborating Witness So Instead I Will Ask If She Might Not Be Improved By The Same Force Or Forces That Appears To Have For Example Replaced Tavros’s Legs And Also Healed His Spine
AG: She’s the s8me as ever. I guess I g8ve all the luck to Tavros.
AT: tHANKS, i GUESS, tHOUGH YOU REALLY SHOULDN’T HAVE,
AT: i MEAN, iT’S AWESOME, hAVING MY LEGS, bUT i REALLY WOULD’VE BEEN OKAY, aND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT NOT BE,
AG: I’ll 8e just fiiiiiiiine!
GC: OH, R34LLY? 4ND W1LL YOUR 1NNOC3NT V1CT1MS B3 F1N3 TOO?
GC: TH3 PROS3CUT1ON DOUBTS TH3 V3R4C1TY OF YOUR ST4T3M3NT
GC: OR P3RH4PS YOUR ST8M3NT >;]
AG: Never do th8 ag8in, Pyrope!!!!!!!!
AG: You cr8zy 8itch!
GC: COM1NG FROM YOU, TH4TS D4NG3ROUSLY CLOS3 TO 4 COMPL1M3NT
CG: AS SPADEWARMING AS ALL THESE LIFE-AFFIRMING BITTER NOTHINGS ARE, TEREZI HAS A POINT.
AG: Of course you agree with her. ;:::)
CG: SHUT UP, NOT REMOTELY TRUE. THE POINT THAT SHE HAS IS THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU GO BACK TO YOUR OLD MURDEROUS WAYS. I THINK WE’VE ALL SEEN WHERE THAT LEADS.
CG: IT’S A FUCKING STUPID, DEPRESSING PLACE, AND NONE OF US ARE GOING THERE AGAIN, NOT EVEN YOU.
AG: I kn8w th8t! Sh8t 8p!
AG: 8’ll t8ke c8re 8f 8t, 8k8y????????
CT: D --> W001d you
CT: D --> Do you require assistance
CT: D --> Not that you aren’t perfectly capable
CT: D --> But we have learned that the structural integrity of this cliff is not all it sh001d be
AG: Sure, wh8ever. Go ahead if it m8kes you happy.
AG: I don’t need help!
CT: D --> Of course not
CT: D --> That is in no way a point in dispute
CT: D --> E%cuse me
centaursTesticle [CT]
ceased responding to memo.
arachnidsGrip [AG]
responded to memo.
CG: IF THEY DO SOMETHING DUMB AND DIE, I WILL LAUGH AT THEM SO HARD THEY COME BACK TO LIFE OUT OF SHEER OFFENDED ARROGANCE.
CG: THEN EVERYONE ELSE CAN YELL AT THEM, FOR I AM A BENEFICENT LEADER.
TA: oh, yay. yelliing at 2weaty zombiie blueblood2 ii2 my favoriite thiing.
CG: ISN’T IT?
AA: oh
AA: oh wow!
TA: what ii2 iit now?
AA: i just did the time thing!
CG: WHAT?!
GA: What
GC: HMMMM
AT: i THOUGHT THAT, aND SIMILAR THINGS, wERE NO LONGER A THING WE COULD DO?
AA: i thought so too
AA: because my wings are gone
AA: but now im holding a broken old recordegg i found sweeps ago
AA: and it looks brand new
AA: so either i can still do the time thing or i can resurrect dead grubtech suddenly
AA: i am the technolooter messiah
AA: it is me
GA: Hold On A Moment While I Verify Something
AT: dOES THIS MAKE SENSE TO ANYONE ELSE, aT ALL?
TC: absolutely NONE at ALL. this IS what MIRACLES are ALL about, TAVBRO.
AT: iT IS, a PRETTY GOOD MIRACLE,
GA: I Return
GA: Though That May Not Be A Strictly Accurate Choice Of Verb As I Am In Fact Typing From A Small Hill Some Two Stades From My Hive
GA: As You Can Presumably Conclude From This My Command Of Space Remains Available However I Do Feel Something Lacking In The Amount Of Power Available For The Purpose
GA: I Would Hypothesize That Upon Our Apparent Ejection From The Game We Were Allowed To Retain The Nature If Not Necessarily The Fullest Force Of Any Abilities We Possessed Within It
GC: L3T M3 S33!
GC: 4S 1T W3R3
CG: WHY AM I EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN INCREASE IN MY FOREBODING LEVELS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ALREADY AT THREAT LEVEL TYRIAN?
GC: K444RK444T! 1 C4N S33333 YOU!
CG: OH. THAT’S WHY.
TA: d00m agaiin, d00m agaiin, appledy-jack. voiice2 re2ume your regular 2erviice iin two...one...
TA: huh.
CG: IS THAT A GOOD HUH?
CG: PLEASE BE A GOOD HUH.
TA: ii don’t hear anythiing.
CG: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD HUH TO ME. UNLESS YOU’RE DEAF. ARE YOU DEAF? THAT WOULD FIGURE.
TA: ii’m not deaf.
AC: :33 <that’s great! i’m so happy fur you!
TA: thank2, ii gue22...
centaursTesticle [CT]
responded to memo.
CT: D --> The matter has been handled without incident
AT: iS vRISKA, uHH, oKAY, iNASMUCH AS THAT IS A THING THAT SHE CAN BE, rIGHT NOW?
CT: D --> That is not my concern
CT: D --> But yes, I believe she is within the a%eptable range of emotional states
CT: D --> She should return momentarily
CT: D --> She had some clean-up she needed to take care of
TA: iit’d be kiind of rea22uriing to hear 2omethiing riight now
AA: and not just because you predicted it in front of all of us
CT: D --> What is wrong
CT: D --> I always understood the voices of the imminently deceased to plague you
TA: yeah, but iif aa 2tiill ha2 the tiime thiing, and terezii 2tiill ha2 the miind thiing, and kanaya 2tiill ha2 the 2pace thiing, what happened to the d00m thiing?
CT: D --> I don’t have enough information to speculate
CT: D --> However the doom thing
TA: d00m.
CT: D --> Yes, the d00m thing was not restricted to the voices
CT: D --> You may find you retain other abilities even without them
CT: D --> And even if not, your psionic abilities sh001d remain
TA: for all that’2 worth.
CT: D --> I cannot help but feel that you are being e%cessively resistant to reassurance
AA: so you noticed
CG: TAKE IT. TO. A PRIVATE. CHAT.
CG: OR DON’T TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL, SEE IF I CARE.
CG: JUST DON’T MAKE US ALL WATCH YOUR QUASI-CALIGINOUS REACHAROUNDS.
arachnidsGrip [AG]
responded to memo.
AG: Mission aaaaaaaaccomplished!
AT: aND YOU’RE OKAY?
AG: I’m so very okay!
AG: 8ut we can talk a8out it l8er, if it’s that important to you.
AT: tHAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME, yES,
AG: Wh8eveeeeeeeer!
GC: 1 B3T YOUR3 4T L34ST 4 L1TTL3 S1NG3D
GC: L3TS S33
CG: OKAY, GOOD TO HAVE THAT OUT OF THE WAY, INSTEAD OF BEING THE GIANT SPIDERLUSUS IN THE ROOM IN A WHOLLY NON-FIGURATIVE FASHION.
CG: NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS:
GC: GOGD4MM1T 3QU1US STOP DO1NG TH3 VO1D TH1NG WH3N 1M TRY1NG TO SPY ON VR1SK4!
CT: D --> You know it is not an active choice
CT: D --> And in any case I w001d not feel it necessary to comply, particularly for such a f001ish purpose
CG: CAN YOU SQUABBLE JUST A LITTLE LESS AND PAY ATTENTION JUST A LITTLE MORE? FOR ONCE?
CG: NEXT ORDER OF TAINTLICKING BUSINESS:
CG: SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET TO KEEP OUR POWERS, SEE ABOVE UNDER CRYPTIC BULLSHIT AND HOW MUCH IT CHAFES MY NERVE ENDINGS LIKE A POORLY-FITTING PAIR OF PANTS CHAFES THE BULGECASE.
CG: IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT TOO HARD, YOUR HEAD WILL EXPLODE, SO FEEL FREE, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO KEEP FLIRTING ON THE MEMO.
CG: ANYWAY, RECAP HOUR OVER, WHERE THE FUCK IS FEFERI?
cuttlefishCuller [CC]
responded to memo.
CG: SPEAK OF THE HEIRESS.
CC: no such luck
TA: eriidan?
TA: 2hiit what happened two ff?
CC: nothin
CC: at least nothin yet
CC: but shes busy
CC: shes fine
CC: but sos her lusus
CC: gl’bgolyb is alivve an wwell
CC: an shes gettin hungry