February 2015

John will grow up to be a model.

Though still without even wondering what it could be.

……That is not how you type.

In which John and Rose have a lengthy discussion about everything we already knew. Extremely useful. John’s meteor was the biggest one. Umhhh…

WE’VE NEVER SEEN HER ACTUALLY STARTLED OR SURPRISED BY ANYTHING, AND YET SUCH A SIMPLE INQUIRY, NOT EVEN IN AN ACCUSING TONE, BUT IN THAT SILLY, MISCHIEVOUS WAY OF JOHN, THROWS HER IN A LOOP. IT’S BEAUTIFUL AND I WANT TO SMOOCH HER.

Awww, and in the end, even if it doesn’t seem so at first look, they all care quite a lot about each other.

She was set on not making anyone, not even the reader, see what she wanted to give him before it was finished.

John, after hearing Rose’s pretty dumb justification of her behavior, picks up on her distress AND IMMEDIATELY REASSURES HER.

HE COULD TELL HER IT WAS ALL IN HER HEAD, BUT DOES NOT SAY IT IN THOSE TERMS, BECAUSE SAYING IT BLUNTLY LIKE THAT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS TO SOMEONE LIKE ROSE, WHO SEEMS TO RELY A LOT ON MIND AND INTUITION.

John is a gift to humanity. Too bad humanity is ending as they speak.

NO, JOHN. They’re not the boss. You are not even fully aware of the fact there is someone partially commanding your actions. A stranger at that. You’re not okay with this, and if you are, I certainly am not.

Pffttt. Even though I’m in no position to take guesses, I doubt it’s someone with bad intentions.

BLUE WOBBLY THING? REALLY?!?

OH, PLEASE. They don’t see at all! They’re so confused and trying to act cool about it, it’s almost cute.

ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!?!?

I retire everything I just said, they are horribly awful and truly evil.

Kernelsprite always looks so encouraging. John’s face is priceless.

FUCK OFF, NOBODY MAKES MY CHILD UPSET!!! 

……..

JOHN, I MEANT JOHN. A KID I’M DEFINITELY NOT GETTING ATTACHED TO.

They keep interacting shamelessly with the author.

Aww, everyone is concerned about DAD. Okay, nope. I’m not going to analyze DAD’s relationships now. I need to stop.

Rose, psychology is not your thing, give it up. And since you’re at it, give up the art of summoning weird and potentially dangerous creatures too. Live a life of simpler things.

ARE THEY QUITE ALRIGHT IN THE HEAD?!?

JONH: *NOPE INTENSIFIES*

YEAH! YOU TELL HIM, HUSSIE!

Wait, fuck. I feel dumber than ever.

Don’t you tell me… Don’t you fucking DARE—

I am an idiot.

AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH! I should have figured it out instantly! I’m losing my touch! I never had one.

This rises so many questions my head is hurting only thinking about it!

The game can mess with the kid’s mind. The device that Mr. Little Alien is using to send inputs… in the wrong hands… I don’t even want to think about it.

Just who is he?! Where is he?! How many years in the future is he?!?? More at eleven. Stay tuned.

But the most important question is:

HOW IN HELL DOES ROSE FIND THE TIME TO WRITE ALL THIS?!?!?

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That’s… not— please stop being so nonplussed at everything, honey.

“Slightly annoyed girl glares at meteors who set the forest all around her on fire.”

Okay, but… that panel is kind of making me laugh… I don’t think meteors can fall at such a velocity… THEY’RE FASTER THAN THE FREAKING RAIN.

Aaah, yes. The backup generator everyone stores in their mausoleum, of course. How did I not think about this?

No, Rose. You don’t understand!!!!!! Betty Crocker is John’s worst enemy 5evah!!!!111!

In the end John begrudgingly agrees. 

fine, he GUESSES. John is set on not capitalizing “I”, not even by mistake. That’s dedication right here.

You reap what you sow, John. And that would be the result of your lousy thinking, yours and Rose’s.

…. Mr. WV, not to be rude but… please SHUT YOUR HOLE AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

THANK YOU, HUSSIE. YOUR WORDS ARE ALWAYS VERY WISE.

That is such a bad idea, maybe leaving the decision to WV would have been for the better. Even if he only based it on the fact that potted vegetables taste good. I’m afraid sprites are not edible anyway.

Wow. He really must love the book that caused his grandma’s demise.

JOHN: ASSUME NERD SUPREME FIGHTING STANCE!

Well, I cannot blame him. I’m kind of mystified myself. I’ve been staring at him for a while now.

WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING??

Well done, kids.

Colonel Sassacre: causing elderly women’s demise and geological catastrophes across neighborhoods since 1953. Oh, and it probably also killed many innocents cats. REST IN FUCKING PIECES.

…………..Well, shit.

I GUESS WHAT KILLS YOU ONLY MAKES YOU COME BACK TO LIFE STRONGER and as a game mechanic that still doesn’t have a clear purpose.

IF SHE CAN TALK I’M GONNA FLIP MY SHIT BECAUSE THE GAME WOULD HAVE BASICALLY BROUGHT HIS GRANDMA BACK TO LIFE

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Have you told him ANYTHING AT ALL?!?

Rose, stop neglecting your well being. It matters as much as the one of that nerdy Nicolas Cage’s lover.

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John be like:

“YOUR HOUSE IS GONNA BURN DOWN?!?! Well, then move this thing before it does! It makes things slightly more difficult for me!!”

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I’m in love with half of their conversation exchanges though. They have a wonderful dynamic when John is not being kind of a jerk. Which is now more often than ever. I hope it’s momentary.

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It wasn’t you, John. And I’m afraid of Rose’s idea.

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD FUCK FUCK OH MY GODNESS OH M—

—AAAAAHHHHHHHHH DEAR JESUS.

It’s Grandma 2.0, back from the grave!
Or… the ashes, I guess.

Rude!!!! I demand an heartfelt reunion between Grandma 2.0 and her grandson ASAP.

I had a feeling TG's pesterlog would have taken a whole post.

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Now to make everyone really understand how wonderfully idiotic TG is being (I almost missed him);

This is that last time TG heard from John:

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This is how he greets him later on:

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??????????????????

ROSE HAS AT LEAST SOME KIND OF JUSTIFICATION FOR BEING A LITTLE MESSED UP; SHE THINKS HER MOTHER DOESN’T APPRECIATE HER AND FROM WHAT WE GATHERED HER MOM COULD BE A LITTLE MORE THAN AN OCCASIONAL DRINKER. WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE, TG?!

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AND IF JOHN EGBERT OF ALL PEOPLE CALLS YOU A NERD

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John: i almost got blown up, i’ve been sent to another dimension and my dead grandma is haunting me!
TG: man so cool i gotta rap about this

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THE REST OF THE MONOLOGUE IS JUST TG DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET JOHN’S ATTENTION AND RAPPING ALONE

Kind of sad, honestly. 

I have a feeling TG cares more than he lets on and doesn’t want to show it  for some reason.

John cannot handle stress really well he gets kind of jerkish towards other people. It is perfectly understandable but keep it under control, kid. Still it is kind of cute how John, even if exasperated, assured he would take some time later on to tell his friend everything….

SEE I DON’T UNDERSTAND JOHN, SOMETIMES HE IS INCREDIBLY NICE, OTHER TIMES SUCH A JERK! Show us the real you, John!

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That’s rap, Mr. WV. Get with the times.

Only slightly, honey.

What a beautiful cinnamon roll. But Rose has already destroyed half of your house, John. I don’t think DAD would mind for a window.

I’M 190% SURE SOMETHING HORRIBLE IS GOING TO  HAPPEN TO DAD’S CAR.

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…………………..ROOOOOOOOSEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Oh, well. He got over it soon. I expected a freak out.

Of course GG contacts you right after her birthday present to you has been irremediably claimed by the void. That’s just your luck, John.

WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM HER IN AGES. I NEEDED THIS PESTERLOG LIKE AIR.

THEY’RE GREEN, WV. TAKE NOTE.

I LIKE THIS BEC PERSON. HE IS THE FIRST ONE TO SHOW A LICK OF COMMON SENSE IN THE WHOLE WEBCOMIC SO FAR.

Wouldn’t be surprised if she turned out to be the only kid who is not messed up thanks to a fairly normal family environment. I know we haven’t seen TG’s yet buuuut… c'mon that’s pretty obvious his situation is messed up.

………..SERIOUSLY???? NOT EVEN BATTING AN EYELID?? YOU JUST ACCEPT IT AND MOVE ON??????

i WANTED TO SAY “o_o” WAS A STUPID REACTION BUT BETWEEN ROSE’S “I see.” AND TG’S “oh man” IT’S ACTUALLY THE BEST REACTION. THIS IS INCREDIBLE!

Even John realizes this is a lot to drop on a person and decides to start at the beginning. Only it is not the beginning. He forgot the entirety of what happened in Act 1. Nice to know even the protagonist found it irrelevant.

THIS IS SO FUCKING PRECIOUS! I think John really needs the ego boost right now, thank you GG. BUT STILL

STILL

ARE YOU SURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME JOHN?? THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO PASS HIS LAST MOMENTS KISSING A LIV TYLER’S POSTER?? YOU TRUST HIM THIS MUCH??!!! SUCH BLIND FAITH. I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS NOBLE OR KIND OF DUMB. MAYBE BOTH.

You just said you had to save the world from the apocalypse, John. No matter the way you worded it, I doubt it could sound “that simple”.

METEORS AND FIRE AND STUFF

Bless you, John Egbert.

Also, you and Rose are both dorks, that’s why those things happen to you.

OF COURSE!!!! OF COURSE! OF FREAKING COURSE! HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT TG???? WAAAIIIT. THAT MEANS ROSE AND TG ARE GONNA TEAM UP. 

IT’S GOING TO BE GLORIOUS.

Think about it. Rose is a Snarky Queen. TG is probably as cunning as a shoelace. IT WILL BE SO BEAUTIFUL.

Wait, you don’t have to think about it. You already know. I kind of envy you, guys.

And now other than just a nerd (John’s words) and a prick (Rose’s words) he is also “so silly!”. Such a great reputation among his friends.

ANOTHER PESTERLOG WITH TG, ANOTHER POST. HOPEFULLY HE WON’T STILL BE RAPPING.

WHAT WAS I EVEN EXPECTING?!

…..OKAY, BUT

JOHN TALKING TO GG.

JOHN TALKING TO TG.

OH, COME OOOON.

YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP LOSING THIS FREAKING GAME!

(W-wow, I… I think I am only going to use Nicolas Cage’s pictures as reactions, they’re beautiful.)

THERE IS HOPE

So we are gonna steal TG’s brother copy of the game. BRING IT ON.

TG PROBABLY ONLY LIVES WITH HIS BROTHER, FOLLOWING JOHN AND ROSE’S PATTERN, AS WELL AS GG WHO LIVES WITH BEC (I think??).

John, don’t be such a jerk. Not everyone is as comfortable as you with stealing.

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Her time management skills are obviously improving.

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But… wouldn’t she become… like some kind of pokemon trainer… only with those dark creatures?? WOULDN’T THAT BE COOL??

Rose, it’s your fault we can’t have nice things.

NEEDLEKIND!???

YEAH, IT’S INCREDIBLY GRUESOME. I DON’T WANT TO WATCH HER FIGHT WITH THOSE.

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She must really like this one. She had a poster of it in her room. I wonder what it stands f—

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HOW INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC.

OOOOOKAAAY. If there was a way to turn to the dark side in this game, I would bet everything I have that Rose would be the first to do so.

And now, for something completely different: windows.

Windows… that need to be plugged…? OH, DEAR, THIS IS A JAILBREAK REFERENCE! HAHA, SPOTTED! I’M GLAD I DIDN’T READ ALL THAT FOR NOTHING .

WE GOT IT, YOU LIKE TO WRITE, WE GOT IT!

Kids nowadays need to stop referencing thing they know nothing about.

NUH-UH, I’M NOT READY FOR THIS, YOU CANNOT JUST THRUST THIS UPON ME ALL OF SUDDEN! I NEED 10 PAGES OR SO OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATIO—

—OOOOOON. WHAAAAAT???!!!

SAME.

IS…… IS THIS TG??? IS THAT YOU, MR. APPLE JUICE’S AFICIONADO??

HE IS…. HE IS…. WHAT ARE HIS HAIR EVEN???

OH, HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED……

I HAVE HEARD SO MANY THINGS ABOUT HIM….

AND NOW I FINALLY GET TO MEET HIM… AND EVEN THOUGH I FEAR WHAT AWAITS ME… I’M READY FOR EVERYTHING YOU WILL THROW AT ME!

WE MEET NERD LORD.

Mr. Cool Kid here is wearing the shades his best friend has sent him for his birthday even though he is inside his room.

Mr. Cool Kid here desperately tries to get his friends’ attention through rapping and ends up monologuing half of the time.

Mr. Cool Kid here fangirls about giving presents with a big sentimental value to his best friend and eagerly awaits his reaction, even resorting to contact others to know as soon as possible.

Mr. Cool Kid here is really just a NERD.

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OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SH—HEY.

I have no intention of letting a 13 y/o kid who is probably 5 feet tall and wears sunglasses in his home intimidate me, thank you very much.

Rose was also in a rush and accepted the nickname you gave her without making such a fuss. She didn’t try to slice me with her needles either!
Rude!!

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AND YOU CAN SEE ENTIRE GALAXIES IN THOSE EY— SUNGLASSES.

A little over the top, don't cha think?

So we got John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider and GG. All first names have 4 letters so far. I was gonna say their surnames have 7 but then I noticed that Egbert only has six letters so…
John also stands out with the chumhandles.
EB
TG
TT
GG
It’s just a reference to chromosomes. XX for girls, XY for boys.
But while the others contain the letters G and T in different combinations John’s chumhandle’s initials are EB. I don’t know if it is to differentiate him since he is the ~chosen one~ or what else. This is probably irrelevant anyway.

And before reading the description, let’s take a closer look to his room!

Hmmm, welp. Obviously many music related things since he likes rapping.

Hey! I know these guys! They scared the shit out of me not that long ago! And yet again this goes to demonstrate how TG— DAVE and John have pretty different tastes. John didn’t like… Just gimme a moment, they had a nameTHE MIDNIGHT CREW that much but Dave has a poster of them in his room.

Green dudes that we have never seen before. Probably from another webcomic, self promotion again, since Andrew Hussie likes it.

ARE THOSE SELFIES??? God, what a nerd.

Is that Godot from Ace Attorney?

Rapping… dudes… something??

The most detailed and well written magazine I’ve ever had the pleasure to lay my eyes on. John burned it before toppling his beloved grandmother’s ashes.

WAIT JUST A MOMENT.  Aren’t those Sburb’s copies of the game?? Server and client?? They don’t seem lost to me??? Are you lying to us, Dave??

I SEE A BLUE PACKAGEEEE~ FROM JOHN, RIGHT? Sweet.

WAIT. OH MY GOD. IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?!?!? 

He didn’t drink it after his friend’s speculations! Oh, come on. John, you are such a little shit!

Okay. Enough peeking around. Let’s read.

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NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN.

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Don’t know why, but this made me laugh way harder than it should have.

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I LIKE THIS COMMAND. I LIKE IT A LOT.

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?????????????

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Wait. He wasn’t lying. He just hasn’t lost his copies YET, right? We went back in time a little, didn’t we? To when John and Rose had yet to play the game, I guess. So we can watch him fool around and lose time without any hurry. Beautiful.

They bought it without wanting to even try it.

Everyone seems to have money to throw away. BUT I WOULD  LIKE TO SEE YOU BEAT ROSE’S MOM WHO BUILT A FREAKING MAUSOLEUM FOR HER DAUGHTER’S DEAD CAT.

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WHY THIS

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DAVE, YOU WERE TOTALLY JINXING IT.

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IS HE INSULTING HIMSELF.

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WHAT. Okay, but I WILL HOLD YOU UP ON THIS ONE, I will be waiting.

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I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS.

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OOOOH, COME OOOON.

Neeeeerd.

Orrrrr you just like this crap and don’t want others to judge you so you hide your interests behind irony. Don’t worry, it will be our secret. Even though everyone who has know you for more than five seconds would get it.

IF I READ THE WORD IRONY OR ANY OF ITS DERIVATIVE ONE MORE TIME IT’S GOING TO LOSE ITS MEANING

That sounds even more complicated than Rose’s modus????? Is that even possible?!

FINALLY.

Apple Juice's Aficionado is here in all his glory.

THIS WAS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I HAD ANTICIPATED.

WHY WOULD HE BE EXCITED?! HE FINDS BEVERAGES IN HIS FRIDGE LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON.
…Okay, maybe not today. Today only baked goods. Lots of them.

I will translate this for y'all.

Cool facade —> Nerd Lord.

“Since you just like to tell your best bud just about everything that happens to you, you might as well let him know of this inane discovery. Also!!! It is your buddy’s birthday!! Thank godness you looked at his present package! You might have forgotten! You will wish him happy birthday, but still without making it look like you care that much, even though that… you know, you just sent him a probably incredibly expensive original movie prop as a present.
You hope the beta he was waiting for came today, he would be even happier if he got it for his birthday.”

OH MY GOD. IF YOU ADD SOME MORE EXCLAMATION MARKS AND A SMILEY HERE AND THERE, YOU GET GG. AMAZING.

OKAY. That is a much better idea than just burning it. Kudos to you, kid.

Maybe it’s the fact that is gonna bring the apocalypse. Have you considered the fact that it’s gonna bring the apocalypse as a reason, Dave?

JESUS. GET A WEB DESIGNER. THAT HURT MY EYES.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. AND HE HAS MANY DEVOTED FANS????

He’s getting money out of this? Does his brother know?

YOU CAN REALLY BUY THEM?!?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NOPE NO NO NO. WRONG!!!! I’M TELLING YOUR BROTHER!!!!!!!!

THIRTEEN! YOU’RE THIRTEEN!!

Should I read the rest? They’re 38 though.

NO NOOOOOOO NO NO NOOOOOO NOPEEEEEEE NOOOOOOOO NO NO NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIRTEEN!!!!!!!!!!! THIRTEEN!!!!!
THIRTEEN YEARS OLD DON’T PUBLISH BORDERLINE PORNOGRAPHIC COMICS!!!!!!!
WHEN I WAS AROUND THIRTEEN Y/O, I THOUGHT BABIES CAME FROM PEOPLE HUGGING EACH OTHER! THEN I NOTICED THE LACK OF CLOTHES IN MOVIES AND ASSUMED IT CAME FROM PEOPLE HUGGING EACH OTHER AND BEING NAKED FOR SOME REASON!

JESUS. GIVE THOSE TO A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST. THEY WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY.

Are you okay, Dave? You want to talk about this?

"WHAT ARE HIS HAIR EVEN???" His hair is a bird.

Mmhhhh….

FAIR ENOUGH.

(Photoshoppers, put me out of this misery. I beg of you)

Thank you all for the tip! The problem is that absolutely nothing happens no matter what I press! I’ve been been trying for a while and with different browsers. 

Pretty sure I’m in the right place.

INTERNET EXPLORER PLUS CTRL+ALT+T DID THE TRICK! 

…AND I WISH IT DIDN’T WORK BECAUSE…

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS??!!!

Other than scaring me to death because of the sudden music and the fact that my face was very close to the screen when it happened, other than making me half gasp, half scream and almost fall back on my butt, other than also scaring my 10 y/o little cousin that came to check on me, saw this, and said very eloquently while pointing at it: “what the fuck is that crap?”, other than all this…

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?!!!! WHAT’S THAT??? LEAVING THE FLOATING HEAD ASIDE, BECAUSE I HAVE REALLY, REALLY NO IDEA… IS THAT JOHN??

MY BEST THEORIES: 

THIS IS WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT’S HOW I FEEL AND I DO WHAT I WANT.

What. Like… We’re gonna really read this one? Fine. I’ll watch Dave do whatever he wants as long it’s not drawing/reading SBAHJ.

I feel you… black person. No, wait they’re all black. I mean the one who looks extra pissed at everything. I shouldn’t be commenting the webcomic into the webcomic anyway.

I could do that with your introduction too, Dave. It’s kind of boring me right now. Would you be alright with it?

You put four really angry men in a room, what did you expect. There could have been another outcome but that would have been less innocent but let’s not go there.

I love how John took one hundred pages only to get near his mail, you could practically skip the first act and lose nothing, and here you can’t even begin to understand what happened. Can I switch webcomic?

WHO THREW A MIXER THROUGH THE WALL?? Now, that’s what would draw me into a story, to get to know how that happened.

Haha, another glowy arm. AS I SAID BEFORE I’M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON GLOWY THINGS ANYMORE. THIS IS NOT EVEN IN-UNIVERSE. 

I THINK I’M PRETTY SURE TOO.

THIS WILL BE EITHER A DISASTER OR A WORK OF ART.

A WORK OF ART. DEFINITELY.

Like… getting exited at apple juice’s containers and such.

I REALLY LOVE ROSE, OKAY?

I’m surprised Dave is putting up with Rose’s snark. Didn’t seem the type!

Neither could I make him HURRY THE FUCK UP AND GET THE MAIL AFTER IT CAME, ROSE.

I’M NOW CONVINCED EVERYTHING DAVE SAYS AS A JOKE WILL BECOME REALITY.

HOW DOES ONE SPACE OUT AFTER THEY HAVE NEARLY DIED AND KNOWING THE APOCALYPSE IS GOING DOWN ON EARTH. JOHN IS A MYSTERY TO ME.

I WOULDN’T OPEN IT.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, JOHN

EASY FOR YOU TO SAY, SAFE AND SOUND IN THAT CRAPPY BASEMENT, WV.

OOOH, noes. Here he goes.
Well. First death in the comic behind the corner. That’s too bad. We hadn’t even introduced GG, yet!

Is switching POV in moments like this gonna be a recurrence? Of course it is, of course.

MY INTERNET IS JUST FINE.

I lost like… fifteen minutes on this… Don’t leave me alone with interactive pages.

Not really.

JOHN IS A LITTLE SHIT.

I think I’m going to read a bunch of pages and put everything under a read more here because it seems I will be stuck watching Dave fooling around for a long time and to be honest I do not really enjoy those parts. 

I’ve got a splitting headache, so sorry if I don’t understand everything. To make you really understand my conditions, I actually read like 20 pages before going out this evening, when I got home, like fifteen minutes ago, I reread the same pages and rewrote a reaction to them I DID NOT NOTICE I HAD ALREADY READ THEM. When I commented about Dave’s strife specibus it kinda clicked I had already said those things and wrote them down and I didn’t know if to laugh or cry so PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

So we’ve got hammerkind, needlekind and bladekind so far.

AND SO IT BEGINS THE STORY OF HOW DAVE LOST HIS COPIES. AND SOMETHING TELLS ME IT’S GOING TO BE HILARIOUS. SO I HAVEN’T GOT POPCORN BUT COLD PIZZA WILL DO JUST FINE.

…If you couldn’t tell by now, sometimes I forget the caps lock on.

Remember when he teased John about this? Because I do.

So apparently every parent or brother or relative has to have a really weird obsession with something BUT THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY CREEPY.

WHOOOOAAA. AND WHAT IS THIS MADNESS???? HE ACTUALLY APPROVES OF HIS BROTHER’S INTERESTS??? WHOOOOAAA.

Like… you do not think he is weird or believe he only collects them to piss you off?? MADNESS. 

Nice! It’s important to have someone to look up to at this age! Way better if they happen to be in the same house.
Now… If we only could make you stop drawing obscenities….

Maybe we could have an encounter with this cool fellow before meeting Rose’s mom, which won’t be pleasant. We could have them brofist like only the cool dudes do. That would be refreshing.

…I’m trying to talk myself into believing they have a nice and smooth relationship, let me dream.

AS LONG AS HE IS OKAY WITH CREEPY PUPPETS WATCHING HIM WHILE HE’S DOING HIS THINGS IN THE BATHROOM, WHO AM I TO JUDGE??

I love how half of the time you give commands to him and he just goes “Nah.” and does something else.

I THINK I AM GOING TO CRY

I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO CRY

THIRTEEN Y/O SELFIES MAKE MY EYES BURN… WHICH ALSO WOULD END UP WITH ME CRYING…

PRAISE THE LORD

THERE IS A GOD

I’m going to use Cage’s reaction gifs everytime Dave says something like this to cheer myself up.

OH, COME OOOOOOON. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, THIS IS THE STUPIDEST.

How is that going to solve anything????? Close the window, then chase the bird, idiot!

Or…Or you could just throw your sword at him… That also could work…

OR NOT. 

This… This is a sentence I never thought I would read. The beautiful part is that he didn’t even want to throw that sword. He just yelled instinctively and his sylladex did the rest. AND HE HAS THE COURAGE TO MAKE FUN OF JOHN.

LOOK AT THE TINY LITTLE EXCLAMATION MARK. LOOK AT THAT FACE. WHAT A DORK. I WANT TWENTY.

Okay, I understand the not wanting to tell even John. He would never let him live this down.

I love how he is supposed to be the stoic and cool kid but so far he is the one who has showed me the widest range of emotio—OOON. STOP WITH THOSE FREAKING TRANSITIONS ALREADY.

And with that we are back to Rose.

OH, FOR FUCK’S SAKE.

I wonder what was going through her mother’s mind.

“My daughter absolutely despises wizards.  ….Oh, why. I just got the best idea ever! LET’S PUT A FUCKING 20 FEET TALL STATUE OF THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE.

Just how big is Rose’s house anyway

Rose took it with democracy and ultimate level snark, I see.

PFFFT— …Nevermind. There is murder in those eyes. Just breath, Rose. Just breath.

I’ve got a proposal, girl. Why don’t you and that dork you have got as a best friend just tell your parents that you can’t stand wizards and harlequins respectively and LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

…After the apocalypse settles down.

Can an apocalypse even settle down?

THERE WE GO AGAIN…. Why would your mother put so much effort in making you hate her???!!! Wait, even better. Why would she want you to hate her at all??

Of course, if you guys had accepted my Hogwarts AU theory I’ve previously divulged everything would make sense now. But you haven’t, have you now?

Or maybe she just pain out liked it and has a weird way to show her appreciation?? God, you don’t have to psychoanalyze ever freaking thing. Like John with his DAD notes and thousands of cakes. Sometimes parents have a weird way to show they care.

…Or she’s just nuts. That’s also a possibility that cannot be ruled out.

IT DEFINITELY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. But Rose isn’t even joking here, she is really deep into this passive-aggressive crap. That can’t be healthy.

NOOOO NO NO NOOOO!!! SO SHE REALLY IS AN ALCOHOLIC??? OH DEAR.

Complete this:

Rose stands to passive-aggressive like Dave stands to “i - - - y”

…You didn’t even need those hints.

$15,000?????!!!!!!????

Whaaaaaat. Maybe… you just… liked the kitty a lot…. and like… don’t remember it…. YEAH, NO. SHE’S NUTS.

OKAY THAT WAS A GOOD ONE, ROSE. 

But seriously, it could be directed to anyone. It’s not like you two are the only ones in the house or anything.

ANOTHER GOOD MOVE FROM MOM!! BUT ROSE DOESN’T HOLD BACK, SHE FIGHTS BACK AND IT’S AN HELLA SASSY MOVE!!

…I was trying to play it down but now I think you two just need therapy.

ROSE YOU’RE JUST A KID AND YOU SHOULD FEEL FREE TO DO THOSE SILLY THINGS NO MATTER WHO IS WATCHING BUT RIGHT NOW YOUR LIFE IS KIND OF IN DANGER.

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ROSE IF SHE DOESN’T SNAP BACK TO HER SENSES IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES:

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Everything is gonna fall down on the next page.

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I can’t believe I got so used to John and Dave I forgot she’s like… actually kind of competent.

Okaaaaay. So I’m not gonna pretend I was busy. I did not liveblog at all for nearly three days because I didn’t feel like it. And I swear I’m going to actually reply to those asks… sooner or later… probably. Anyway! I left off with Rose discovering her inner child… even though she’s still thirteen and it shouldn’t be necessary.

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I WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOCKED AT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT IF I WASN’T TO BUSY LAUGHING. SHE’S A BIT… DISPROPORTIONATE. I KNOW IT’S JUST HER HAIR (I HOPE IT IS) BUT GODNESS, SHE LOOKS LIKE MEGAMIND OR SOMETHING.

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thAT’S NOT HOW YOU CLEAN THE FLOOR 

DAMMIT WHY AM I LAUGHING SO HARD I CANNOT STOP I REALLY HOPE THEY DON’T HAVE AN ENCOUNTER NOW BECAUSE I WOULD PROBABLY KEEP LAUGHING AND THEN FEEL GUILTY OH DEAR

Rose is going rabid. BREATH, KID. RELAX.

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And then you had to make me sad again. 

What an horrible thing. Not feeling safe in your own house. With your own family. THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED FOR LAUGHS: THIS.

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GIRL, YOU’VE EVIDENTLY BEEN TALKING TOO MUCH TO DAVE.

Okay. But if I don’t want to take in consideration the hypothesis that Rose’s mom REALLY is kind of mad, like the girl is so intent in making others believe… I would say they just don’t have any kind of communication. So her mother noticed the meteors and the fire, kind of hard to miss no matter how drunk you are, and after the power outage she wanted to check up on her daughter. But they don’t have the kind of relationship where you can go and ask if everything is alright. So she takes the mop and pretends to be cleaning while she observes her from afar. Well… Not so afar. Rose is having mental breakdown behind the fridge.

…Sounds reasonable?

Watch out for nerds accidentally throwing swords!!

DO NOT CALL IT YOUTH ROLL LIKE EVERY YOUNGSTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT MAKES ME FEEL INADEQUATE .

I like to think Rose learnt to do that ninja crap solely to successfully escape from her mother.

Also, that was so incredibly unnecessary. Like… we are in the middle of a power outage. Everything is surrounded by darkness. You could have just walked away, the important part was not making any sound.

NOT MAKING ANY SOUND!!

She’s so fucked. 

That looks like a representation of the Nativity gone wrong. I love it.

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*player circle for GG*

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*prays harder*

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I THINK I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION MORE THAN THE ROSE AND DAVE ONE

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“haha”

“good one”

That was… awful. Dave, it was plain out awful. Why does GG always sound like she is on a sugar high anyway???

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Same old, same old. Throwing swords at innocent birds, getting excited about fruity beverages. You know the drill.

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WHAT IS THIS
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS

Well… She certainly knows how to handle him.

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LOOK AT HIM GO. GOTTA REPLY SUPER FAST!!!

WAIT OH MY GOSH

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IS THAT

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A VERY TINY SMILE??????

Lets recapitulate:

Spot the odd one! But seriously… what’s Rose’s deal…

And I just imagine GG perpetually smiling, since she always sounds so upbeat. Unless it turns out to be a “beware the nice ones” case scenario and she’s a cold, emotionless bitch and she’s just groaning while telling Dave he’s cool. 

….Which… would be kind of badass. Actually, LET’S HAVE THAT

ONE DAY I will meet her. ONE DAY I will be forced to watch her fool around with yet another stupid modus. There will be tears.

PFFTT. So you just drop the “i’m too cool for feelings” facade and tell her you were fangirling? Nice.

EXCUSE ME MISSY I DO NOT THINK YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT YET

EXCUSE ME MISSY I DWEPOFJJJJJJW

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW ALL THAT???????

IS SHE SOME SORT OF PSYCHIC???????

WHAT. 

It doesn’t have to be a power though. Maybe Dave likes to drop sick rhymes and GG is very good at cartomancy???

He will find it when he needs it?? 

IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME??

WTF does that mean I don’t trust you anymore GG I don’t trust you at all. You told John he was the better suited to save the Earth, told Dave he is cool, now you predict the future and you are all like “i just know that i know!11!!! lol so random! XD”

SUSPICIOUS DAVE IS SUSPICIOUS

And Bec is not a person. Should have known when it showed common sense, not wanting her to get near meteors. Adults don’t show consideration in this webcomic. It’s… her pet?? Did Dave just suggest GG kills it and she replied with an “heheheh”? I’m done with this conversation.

GG: hey, grandpa! my friend dave says hi!!!
Grandpa: Is he the nerd who wishes he knew how to rap and says the word “ironic” too many times?
GG: noooo! you don’t understand! he’s soooooo cool!!!

“._.” face

 "intense"

“isnt it always with family”

There go all my hopes of either Dave or GG to have a nice relationship with their relatives. Rest in fucking pieces.

Liveblogging under the Read More. Useless Reflections right here.

Moments of what-the-fuckery aside, Dave and GG’s conversation was actually very nice and a breath of fresh air. I’m not that surprised Dave looked so pleased with himself, with the way GG spoke to him how could he not have been? She has a way with people. She brings smiles and ego boosts. Like some sort of personal cheerleader. Don’t think I have forgotten how broad John’s smile was while talking with her.
Dave and GG’s conversation comes after the one he had with Rose and is in very stark contrast with it. It felt almost like a battle what with them lashing out and throwing accusations. You could have put the STRIFE! soundtrack under it and it wouldn’t have felt that out of place. I’m not saying I didn’t like it, quite the opposite, only pointing out the differences.

Furthermore, even though it has yet to happen from Dave’s prospective, John has been kind of a jerk to his friend lately. And Rose only contacted Dave because John wasn’t available.
Even GG initially asked about John.

So for now the dynamics from most to least liked:

  1. John and Rose
  2. Dave and GG
  3. Dave and John
  4. John and GG
  5. Rose and Dave

This is NOT about shipping, this is about their dynamics.

And I have yet to see Rose and GG interact. Which is a SHAME, because I want to see how Rose responds to someone who doesn’t lash out while bantering. And probably doesn’t even know what passive-aggressive means.

And I just need girl/girl interactions.

I also got through GG’s pesterlogs and she lied two times, both of them to John. She acted surprised when John told her he had lost her present when she already knew about it. She said she didn’t know what Sburb was, but since she knows about the circumstances in which John will get her present, and he lost it when he had already started playing, she must know at least something about it.

We leave Dave who keeps making a fool out of him self…

And get back to John. Just in time to watch him get beaten up by monsters.

If you gotta fight a bird, sure…

How many pages will I have to read to get him out of his room.

IT’S A KATANA?! Dave just leveled up from Nerd Lord to Nerd Lord Weaboo.

Even John knows what’s up.

DAVE, HE JUST GOT CATAPULTED INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION AND BROUGHT HIS GRANDMA BACK TO LIFE I THINK YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT IS NOT

John, stop being so freaking impressionable. You literally believe everything someone tells you.

THIS IS THE SMARTEST THING YOU HAVE EVER SAID, I APPLAUD YOU.

YOU were the one who told HIM it wasn’t that big of a deal! He isn’t even capable to raise the thing over his head.

The only thing I’ve seen you fight was an innocent bird. Okay… One day I’m gonna let Dave’s little incident go, but for now that’s not the case.

Mind games?? I’ve had enough for a lifetime after watching Rose for a while. I’m out.

HIS BROTHER GIVES NAMES TO HIS PUPPETS LIKE HOW OLD IS HE?!

So he raps because his brother raps. And he likes puppets because his brother does. Since his brother is the epitome of cool everything he likes or does must be too by extension. Did I get this right?

And this is a parallel. I spotted my first parallel! DID YOU KNOW I LOVE PARALLELS?? 

John here was defending his own interests, and doesn’t embrace the ones of his dad. Dave is defending his brother’s interests, which he adopted as his own.

The point of this is that it’s okay to emulate your role models but you gotta have your own personality and passions… I think.

That’s the lamest and weakest comeback I have ever heard.

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT.

You know he dead.

But it’s a fairly little monster… I think John stands a chance.

Back to Rose I go! Hope he’s still alive when I get back here.

OOOOOHH NOOOOOO
She kind of has a point though. You were going out in that nightmare of storm, fire and meteors.

YOU CAN TELL ME JOHN DIDN’T WANT TO REALLY HURT HIS FATHER BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO THIS

NOOOOOOO, I don’t care if it was to give your mom a scare! You don’t do that! It’s extremely dangerous! Power outage or not! The gesture alone is horrible!

What. What the heck.
All little girls love ponies but Rose’s weakness are Fluthlus.

Did she offer… a Martini… to her… thirteen years old daughter…

B-but Rose refused! She says you can drink that crap yourself, she’s fine, she’s got mineral water! SO PROUD OF THIS KIDDO.

R-roseeeee… no,oopeee honeyyyy this ha,ppens every d,aa,yyyyyy aaahhhh

…there is a freaking pony in the middle of the room.

AND YOU GIVE IT A NAME

This was sudden! John, listen to WV!

Why is John so chill about hearing voices in his head.

… you know he dead

Why is he dressed like as one of DAD’s harlequins? This is a mockery!

YOU HURT THE BUNNY! NOW YOU’RE GONNA GET A FREAKING TASTE OF JOHN’S WRATH!

HE COULDN’T EVEN LAND A HIT I’M CRYING

DAAAAVEEEEEEEEEEE, I BLAME YOUUUUUUUUU FOR THIIIIIIIIS

Rose is not immune to Sylladex’s shenanigans.

JOHN WHAT THE FUCK YOU’RE A DISGRACE HE DIDN’T EVEN TOUCH YOU GET UP

Back to Rose??? Can’t I get a break?

YEAH BUT CALM THE FUCK DOWN

WHERE IS DAVE
He hasn’t even got the game yet! Nor has he contacted her at all! Wait. He couldn’t have. Rose’s computer is turned off.
Then hurry up and recharge it!
I don’t even know with who I’m supposed to get angry here! The fire is too close, it confuses me.

We gain grist when we beat opponents! Nice!

FUCKING FINALLY. John applies and accomplishes something. YEAH, BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, NERD. The sweet catch was even kind of cool, we’re making progresses here.

I take back what I just said. There is no way you can be even remotely cool. EVER.

That is his hardboiled expression, everyone. Be ready to abscond when you see it.

THE FACT THAT IT IS WV GIVING HIM COMMANDS MAKES THIS 300% MORE HILARIOUS

OH MY FUCKING GOD

You managed to pass out while fighting that useless thing, John. Think about it.

What do we need the money for anyway? What can we buy?

So he can store more grist now? What’s gel viscosity?

Looks like there are several types of grist. You can build different things with them, I guess.

JUST REPLY TO HIM, IT COULD BE IMPORTANT. IT COULD BE ABOUT ROSE.

John. THE BUNNY. Where is it?

The fire is too close.

T-that’s the cat’s tomb.

WHAT.

MOM GAVE HIM A SUIT. That’s so fucking creepy. I wonder if she was wasted when she took the decision.

IT’S DAVE. GOD BLESS.
He was waiting for her to get back.

Oooh, so that’s what is amiss. Well. One of the imps, maybe?

PFFTTAAHAHAHAHAA. Oh, sheesh. The kid can’t get a break

JESUS. The music. I had a puppet that made that music when you pressed it after I accidentally washed it with the laundry. Downright demonic. Burned it in my grandpa’s garden with my cousins when I was eight. 9/10 Very Satisfactory. Would recommend.

NO, TALK TO DAVE. HE HAS TO SAVE YOUR ASS.

That’s not John. Thanks, I guess.

Bring that sassy attitude elsewhere, Dave. She really is in danger.

DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE SAID

He doesn’t have the game yet. I’m going to kill him.

As they should. Why don’t tell John? Why do you have to be so secretive about developing some sort of phobia toward your brother’s hobby? John would understand. He would have a field day with it first, but then he would understand. You two could talk about it.

So basically, he thinks his brother genuinely likes those puppets and it unsettles him. Because… they are creepy.

…“fucked up”?
Am I still in time to quit reading?

…“his websites”…? If it turns out to be another SBAHJ like website GOD HELP ME

For how much time has he been pretending to like those things just because his brother did???

Oh, man. But why confide it to Rose of all people? She is gonna cut you open.

Oh. I really like how she handled the situation.
“Yeah, you’re fucked up but SURPRISE, so am I. Moving on.”
Giving it the importance it deserved, but still without dwelling over it too much. AND WITHOUT MAKING FUN OF HIM. Kudos to Rose.

DAVE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. I feel him.

IT’S HIS GRANDMA. A BIT OF RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY, WV. OR THE DEAD, I GUESS.

shE CAN TALK

So she’s gonna be some sort of guide to him.

JOHN ASKS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

You guys do know that DAD is the most badass character so far, right?

OH NO! …Ahem. Yeah, same.

You mean, the monsters were created when John entered the medium?
And the medium is the name of this new dimension?

We are in a void. That divides light from darkness. At the end of the medium there is the Incipisphere, a place where time doesn’t flow, like… eternal. Or time as we conceive it, anyway.

I LOVE JOHN’S GRANDMA

You are telling me this dimension always existed. The game merely brought John here.

YOU ARE TELLING ME THE GAME HAS ALSO ALWAYS EXISTED??

INFO DUMP AHEAD, It seems. I think I will stop for tonight.

And so I’m back with John’s not-so-dead-anymore grandma. She’s going to explain everything from the basis, and I better take notes. 

John, you brought your dead grandma back as a game mechanism, hope you’re proud of yourself. Your dad wouldn’t be.

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THE MUSIC IS SOOO GOOD. I SUGGEST LISTENING A YOU READ. HERE.

And under the cut I go.

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THE MUSIC. EVERYTHING IS PRETTY AND MESMERIZING. I gotta read this page fast before I fall asleep on my keyboard. Wouldn’t be the first time.

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That’s three new terms too many you’ve inserted in just one sentence. CALM DOWN, GRANDMA. Neither me nor John will remember all this.

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JOHN: …what?
NANNASPRITE: *blows raspberries*
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Doesn’t that just mean that you can create literally everything you want with it?

WAIT SHIT

FUCK FUCK FUCK

I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS

IT WAS IN THAT SORT OF SUMMARY OF THE PLOT

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO

I SHOULDN’T BE KNOWING THIS 

YOU CAN CREATE A UNIVERSE WITH IT

I’M GOING TO KILL MY ASK SCREENER WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU MAKE ME READ SOMETHING THAT SPOILERY????? 

AAARGH I’M SO ANGRYYYYYY

(I COULD STILL BE WRONG???? MAYBE SKAIA IS UNRELATED TO THE CREATION OF THE NEW UNIVERSE?? I HOPE SO)

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!!!!!!

Trying to cheer myself up with memes. They always work.

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NO, WV. NOT YOU. JOHN. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT JOHN HERE. YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MOMENT OF GLORY LATER.

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It is you, John. The Chosen One™

Tried to make a gif of this flash, but couldn’t. Enjoy crappy screenshots, sorry.

……………I’m going to wait for NANNASPRITE’s explanation. That was so not a void under John’s house.

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OH, DO I REMEMBER IT. I remember my horror when it started grinding to poor John as he scurried around in the house.

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Yes, I remember. One created the portal, or… the gate now I guess, the other fell into the “void”, soon to be followed by DAD’s car, server copy of the game, and GG’s present. Big thanks to Rose. They carry… information? You mean about the object with which the sprite was prototyped first?

CALM THE FUCK DOWN, NANNA. ONE THING AT A TIME. Dark Kingdom is purple, Light Kingdom is golden. More importantly, John’s server copy is in the Dark Kingdom now (still many thanks to Rose) and we are gonna need that. He will have to retrieve it sooner or later. Four Spires for four kids. The other kids’ sprites will take their rightful places after they get prototyped. I suggest they all follow John’s example and prototype it with something they despise so they fight it with more gusto and determination. Rose’s obvious choice would be something wizard related. Dave has to stay away from puppets because he fears them, not hate. I don’t even know who GG is so I cannot take guesses.

Nanna, I demand you explain what you mean with Sovereign Powers.

OH, WHY, NANNA. DON’T YOU THINK YOU ARE GETTING JOHN’S HOPES UP HERE? YOU WOULDN’T WANT HIM TO BELIEVE HE HAS EVEN THE SLIGHTEST POSSIBILITY TO WIN.

I love how WV looks kind of dumb but he is following all this without problems and making observation about it. Like… are you enjoying yourself there? It’s probably like watching a nice fantasy movie for him.

TOLD YOU IT WAS A PORTAL

*Takes out block-notes*
*Cracks fingers joints*
Time for some wild speculation!

…….
………….I— I’ve got nothing.

Am I supposed to know what this Ultimate Riddle is? John doesn’t have a clue, only bewilderment. Well, he is like that 80% of the time anyway, the other 20% being him fangirling about Con Air.

OH MY GOD, IT’S HIS NERDY DANCE. PRETTY SURE IT COULD SCARE ENEMIES AWAY.

IT’S NOT AN ADVENTURE GAME, JOHN! WELL, THIS IS A GAME BUT… YOU GET WHAT I MEAN.

No????? John, stop making everything sound so easy, you make me feel too hopeful.

I CANNOT WATCH THIS. HE’S SO DISAPPOINTED. I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT NANNA TOLD HIM YET.

SILLY OLD PLANET MY ASS

SO THE EARTH IS DOOMED?? EVERY HUMAN WHO DID NOT HAVE THE LUCK OF ENTERING THE MEDIUM WILL DIE?

Soooo, it doesn’t matter if the dark side wins?? Because John’s purpose is another? And, Nanna, don’t bother. Your grandson has a complicated relationship with baked goods.

Can’t he just switch to another brand? Also, his grandma just told him humanity is doomed and this is what he is upset about.

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It’s not like you’re going to be the one eating them anyway, WV. Though, it’s pretty understandable. He was wandering in a desert, I doubt he has eaten anything in a while.

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John, on the other hand, has been dealing with baked goods the whole day. 

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LOOK AT ROSE’S FACE and keep in mind that all she sees is John talking to himself and flail around like a weirdo.

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Doesn’t Rose have more important things to do right now??

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I FEEL YOU, CHILD.

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Seriously, Rose. It’s one of your wizard’s powers, duh. But if she could hear NANNASPRITE’S words that means she can both see and hear John. Remind me why are they using a chat client to talk?

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I found IRL Rose Lalonde. You’re welcome.

Stress is really getting to Rose. HOW IS THIS JASPERS’ FAULT?? DIDN’T HE DIE YEARS AGO? But even if it was alive I doubt it could have talked you into playing the game. Because Rose, honey, CATS DON’T TALK.

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CUT IT OUT, WV!

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John gets upset about the most inane things.

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THAT WASN’T EVEN A COMMAND.

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JOHN, STOP. ROSE WILL THINK THAT MIDDLE FINGER IS FOR HER. SHE’S ALREADY TALKING TO CATS, LET’S NOT UPSET HER FURTHER.

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WV IS SO MAD, HE CANNOT EVEN TYPE PROPERLY.

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John is gonna have a mental breakdown over cookies.

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BUT NOT MANY, YEAH, YEAH…

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Stop ruining things for me.

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WHY, HELLO, WV. WE MEET AGAIN.

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SO HE REALLY WAS HUNGRY. There, eat something and stop bothering John so we can accomplice something.

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“Human” Etiquette. This book was apparently written for aliens. BUT IT’S IN ENGLISH.

Dear Whoever Wrote This, you’re not so bright, are you now?

ROSE KEEPS WRITING HER FAQ. WHICH NOBODY IS READING ANYWAY. AS LONG AS IT HELPS HER NOT LOSE HER SANITY, I’M FINE WITH IT.

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SHE’S NOT EVEN A PLAYER YET, AND SHE’S MAKING UP IN-GAME PUNS. ROSE IS A BLESSING.

And this time, I can actually enjoy reading this and not get upset because Rose wrote this when she had absolutely nothing to do beside watching John giving her the middle finger and/or pestering Dave, which might actually slow the kid down. He has enough to deal with figuring out puppets blow and preserving his feeble psyche.

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So, if you happen to have any dead people’s ashes or a tomb to defile nearby, be my guest! 

humanoid and/or sentient element/s… WHY DON’T YOU JUST SAY PEOPLE. I mean… animals may be sentient but they cannot talk, how would they divulge information about the game.

WAIT, LIVING?? ARE YOU TELLING PEOPLE TO THROW THEIR ALIVE RELATIVES/FRIENDS INTO THE SPRITE??? WHAT THE FUCK, ROSE.

If you prototype the sprite with clowns, in particular, they may throw waterbombs at you and start chanting “HOO HOO HOO” whenever you ask for any relevant or helpful information.

Now I’m interested in what would have happened if John didn’t prototype his sprite with the creepy doll. There wouldn’t have been information to transmit to the kingdoms. So would the war not have started at all, or would the enemies just not have assumed the prototyped object’s appearance? 

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Rose, with who are you even talking. And why are you being all sassy about it. The world is ending. Chances that someone is reading this are very, very slim. And if someone is, they need none of your sass. 

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Everyone gets their own new dimension. Gotcha.

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BUT ROOOSEE, THERE WERE 4 SPIRES.

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So the game is self aware. And knows what is going to happen in advance.

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OOOH, MAN. SWEET, SWEET NEW INFORMATION. As I suspected, Rose did have an hidden purpose. Someone gave her information about the game. Someone she considers “good authority”.

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I SURE DID.

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I’m not even sure somewhen is a real word.

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If you look closely you can spot Rose’s house under all the snow.

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A blue package. The sender’s identity is totally not obvious.

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THE ONLY COMBINATION LEFT! ROSE AND GG! I DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE THIS SO SOON. AND IT’S ROSE’S BIRTHDAY!  GG ASSAULTS HER WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS AND HEARTS, AS USUAL.

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Okay, this doesn’t have to be GG giving further demonstration of her abilities. It could be a coincidence. Though Rose is so suspicious, I wonder exactly how many times GG indulged her with details about things that have yet to happen.

GG, YOU MAY WANT TO HIDE THIS POWER FROM YOUR FRIENDS.

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gOD, SHE’S SO BAD AT THIS.

I wonder how many conversations like this one they had.

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ROSE, YOU’RE DEALING WITH JOHN EGBERT HERE. JOHN EGBERT. He probably just wanted to stop you from rambling about things he doesn’t understand. And take your mind away from the passive aggressive warfare with your mother. Because he can be pretty considerate sometimes. Yeah, I know. MIND BLOWN. 

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OOOHHH, the subtle burn. So GG isn’t oblivious to sarcasm, she deliberately chooses to ignore it. Which is also the best course of action against it.

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GG’S MYSTERIOUS PRESENT. WHAT IS IT TELL ME NOW

And she’s been working on it for a lot of time. 

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WHERE THE HECK DOES SHE LIVE THAT IT TAKES MONTHS TO GET TO JOHN

Rose, if you knitted him something with a strong sentimental value he would probably hug you, smile that dorkish smile of his, and who knows, he may even shed a tear.

Yeah, and Rose got so much into crafting whatever her present is, she now outright refuses to show it to him because it’s unfinished. Rose just got owned by herself. That takes talent.

And I also think GG has a better understanding of her friends that I gave her credit for in the beginning.

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GG, SHE DIDN’T TELL YOU IT WAS A CAT OR THAT IT WAS AN HIM OH MY GODNESS YOU’RE SO FUCKING BAD AT THIS

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I’M LAUGHING SO HARD JUST HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION

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And I think you are lying. Your approach to him in the mausoleum even if you were chastising him (and the poor thing was dead) seemed rather affectionate. Plus… the drawing, the poem… and yeah, the mausoleum.

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…………..

OH MY FUKCIN AAAAAAAHHHH 

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LIAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR

SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING 

SHE

KNOWS

EVERYTHING

EVERYTHING

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW

OOOH, MAN. I GUESS I HAVE TO GET READY FOR CATSPRITE.

THE ONLY REASON ROSE WAS BOTHERING DAVE SO MUCH ABOUT IT (TO THE POINT THAT HE THOUGHT SHE WAS FLIRTING) IS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BRING HER CAT BACK.

SHE ADMITTED IT. SHE SAID IT WAS JASPERS’ FAULT SHE WAS IN THIS MESS.

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Interesting. Yeah, the possibility to bring living beings back to life sure is FUCKING INTERESTING. 

She doesn’t know, she says. I NEED TO KNOW WHO THIS GIRL IS.

WHAT THE HECK IS ROSE’S PRESENT EVEN?? WHAT DID YOU KNIT HIM? A FREAKING TROUSSEAU?

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Back to Dave and normality.

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CAN’T HE JUST GET THERE AND TAKE THE BETA BACK??

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LIKE… GET OUT OF THAT APARTMENT? IT’S NOT LIKE HE’S STUCK IN HIS HO—……. (┛◉Д◉)┛ ┻━┻

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NEVERMIND.

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WHY IS EVERYTHING SO R—

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EEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN. I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS CRAP. I DON’T UNDERSTAND. NOW WE ALSO HAVE TO HURRY AND GET GG TO PLAY. DON’T TELL ME SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE GAME. SHE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT IT SHE COULD HAVE PROGRAMMED IT. 

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……WHAT IS HE STARING AT. LAVA???

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HE DIDN’T NOTICE THE METEORS???? I’M GOING TO CRY. THEN KILL HIM. WAIT. FIRST KILL HIM, THEN CRY.

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I’m not even going to check those anymore.

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SAME FACE THAT GIVES YOU NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT.

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THE FUCK IS THIS

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He sleeps on a futon…??

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I want to laugh but I also am dying inside a little.

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I AM DYING INSIDE (HOW MANY GAMEBRO MAGAZINES ARE HERE. THIS ROOM IS KIND OF A MESS)

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I SAID, AND I REPEAT: THE FUCK IS THIS.

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……..Dave. No. Just no. It’s not his brother that “taught” him all this crap, right?

RIGHT?

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Is this like Homestuck

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…………..why………..

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NO. IT ISN’T. I DON’T EVEN GET THIS… I FORGOT THE MEANING OF THE WORD IRONY AFTER THE TWENTIETH TIME IT WAS USED ANYWAY

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Dave… I thought you had figured out puppets are creepy. Man, this is all sorts of messed up.

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They look kind of… pornographical… suggestive… okay I’m exaggerating a bit but… are those really appropriate for a family safe environment….

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THEY MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE, NO. BURN THEM ALL. I’M GONNA FIND HIS BROTHER AND FIGHT HIM.

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IT WASN’T THERE ONE MOMENT BEFORE WHAT THE FUCK WHAT’S THAT ABOMINATION

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THAT IS THE THING THAT GIVES HIM NIGHTMARES???? RIGHT??? BURN IT. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BURNED.

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What kind of shitty game is this?

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WHY CAN’T THE KID HAVE NICE THINGS

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WAIT I’M AN IDIOT. THIS ALL HAPPENS BEFORE HE HAS THAT LITTLE TALK WITH ROSE. For how much do I have to watch him pretend to like this crap? Or convince himself which is even fucking worse

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STILL A DORK.

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DO NOT LOOK AT HIS COMPUTER DO NOT BAD IDEA DO NOT DO NOT

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THANK GOD

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FUCK

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Six letters….. Lil Cal.

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YOU DON’T SAY

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This is good because he’s interested in his little brother’s hobbies BUT BAD BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT HE SAW THOSE COMICS AND DID NOTHING TO STOP HIM

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THERE ARE BUTTS EBERYWHERE HELP

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NOOOO WHYYYYYYYY

BRING DAVE AWAYYYYYYY

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BRING HIM AWYA THIS IS MESSING UP HIS MIND BRING HIM AWAY

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BUT LIKE WHEN DID THEY ESTABLISH IT WAS IRONIC

DID DAVE REACH THE AGE IN WHICH HE STARTED TO SUSPECT THIS WASN’T THAT NORMAL AND TOLD HIS BROTHER

AND HE JUST WAS LIKE 

DON’T WORRY, KID. IT’S IRONIC. I DON’T REALLY LIKE PUPPETS’ ASSES. LET ME TEACH YOU ABOUT IRONY.

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JESUS CHRIST. THOSE EYES. OH MY GOD. I SWEAR IF HE PROTOTYPES THIS THING I QUIT READING THIS WEBCOMIC

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DAVE, RUN. 

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THIS IS TOO MUCH. I’M BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN AND BRING THE CHILD AWAY. YOU ARE FREE TO LOSE YOUR COOL, DAVE. I WON’T TELL ANYONE.

But actually I think he might need a bigger shock for him to snap out of it. He’s been living like this his entire life. So maybe… prototyping that thing may be a necessary step. I don’t look forward to it though.

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I SWEAR TO GOD IF JOHN DOESN’T REPLY I’M GOING TO KILL HIM

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WHERE ARE YOU WHEN THERE’S A FRIEND IN NEED. I’M ANGRY BECAUSE JOHN IS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN DAVE’S MIND AND THAT IDIOT DOESN’T EVEN BOTHER TO REPLY

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I’M GOING TO CRY. 

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BLESS ROSE. BLESS THIS GIRL. BLESS THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION. 

AMAZING.

AND WE GO BACK TO JOHN. (THANK GODNESS)

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Who is still throwing a fit about cookies…? Oh, GROW THE FUCK UP, JOHN.

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Do you think they’re angry at John because they know it’s his fault they had to dress up like that?

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THE TRUTH IS THAT WV IS PARTYING HARD WITH ALL THE FOOD HE FOUND RIGHT NOW AND COULDN’T BE BOTHERED BY THOSE STUPID COOKIES ANYMORE.

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I’m going to print and frame this input and hung it on my wall.

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JOHN ANGRY, JOHN SMASH!!!

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Oh, man. I love the narrator.

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WHY DOES ROSE KEEP DESTROYING EVERYTHING JOHN OWNS

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THERE, THERE, JOHN. IT WILL BE OKAY. I REALLY HOPE DAVE MAKES A MESS OF ROSE’S HOUSE.

Well, that’s all for now. The words are beginning to blur and that is a pretty obvious sign it is time to stop liveblogging.