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[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Tomorrow will be Special; Yesterday was Not (Homestuck x PMMM with @yetanothermiki)

"Jade, are you sure this is a good idea?" 

"Yes John, it'll be fine! Trust me!"

Jade set down the wrench she was holding and stretched. She'd lost track of how long she had been working, but the preparations were complete. 

Within the Void, as Dave had called it, they were flying adjacent to a multitude of other universes. Jade stumbled upon the ability to jump to these universes entirely by accident when she met a John whose message had reached her on the ship somehow. Later on they had met a Dave, but their meeting was short-lived.

Development of this ability and the exploration of other universes was also a contingency plan. In case they failed to create a new universe in the other session, they may be able to find a hospitable alternative somewhere else. 'It's always good to have more options,' Jade thought.

"I'll be able to monitor the ship while I'm gone, and the time displacement should make it so that I won't be gone long regardless. You should be able to contact me, but the messages will be naturally spaced out on my end. If you don't hear back from me for a while, use the failsafe."

"Okay Jade. I am still a little worried but I trust you. Bring back a souvenir!"

"This seems like a terrible fucking idea but its not like that has stopped any of us in the past," said Davesprite. "Just don't bring an entire alien army down on your head again."

"I won't use my First Guardian powers unless I have to. I even alchemized some new stuff! Well then, i'm off!"

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Jade opened her eyes. It seemed to have worked, because this was definitely not the ship. The first thing she noticed was the smell, a dingy metallic scent that clung to her nostrils. It reminded her of blood. 

It was immediately apparent to her that the dimensions in this space were all twisted, posing a difficulty to make heads or tails of her environment. Rusted rifles of all shapes and sizes littered the labyrinth, and unidentifiable figures making inhuman noises scraped and scrabbled in the shadows.

"This place is creepy.. I thought I was supposed to be on Earth somewhere?" She scratched her head, wondering what went wrong.

"I guess i'd better go back.." she started to say, before she heard a very human scream. 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Looking for Homestuck and Non-Homestuck RPers!

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(I even use nifty icons by incredibly kind artists! Jade will make all kinds of faces at you, whoa!)

[casiaetumbra]

"Oh, it's you!"

4. It’s the middle of the night and my muse is woken by yours knocking on the door wanting attention

You’re in the middle of a lovely dream about lavender and a beautiful goddess when knocking interrupts her mid-sentence.

You groggily sit up, hazy eyes flitting to the door and the girl that seems to be just as tired as you are. “Jade.” You acknowledge her presence and her ears perk up as if she’s surprised you spoke. You sigh, pulling up your covers to her.

"Come on."

She breaks into a smile and snuggles in at your side, and you return the warmth by stroking her hair until her breathing evens out.

"Goodnight."

[serketesque]

The worst feeling isn't being lonely. It's the feeling of being forgotten by someone you can never forget.

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

"I hate to disappoint you but I haven’t written a rap in years. I write some poetry though, I’ll show you some time."

Dave returned the hug with warm intensity. It was good to see Jade again. If all went well he’d be seeing her more often. 

"Hey I can feel you weeping, don’t cry." 

He broke the hug and rested his hands on her shoulders. God he felt tall around them, of course they’re only just starting to hit their final spurts. 

Dave brushed away the tears under Jade’s glasses and gave her a reassuring smile. He took a free hand and took off his bow tie. 

"Here, it’s my favorite tie. If those connections don’t work or if the day comes you’re about to enter the new session, there’s a keepsake." 

Dave kissed her forehead as a last goodbye anecdote. 

"Stay safe, Jade. Got your connection? You’re not leaving with my phone." 

He looked to John, who nodded at him as he nodded back. Dave then approached Davesprite. 

"You’re supposed to be what I was gunna be huh?"

"Yep."

"Well I can see I turned out well. Keep it real, brotha." 

They exchanged a low-five and a fist bump. 

In the distance a Dalek ship had broken into normal space, ready to fire on the battleship. 

"The Daleks are here, you need to go!"

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Jade looked up into Dave's eyes, and shared in his strength. His lips were warm on her brow,  and she gratefully accepted his gift. She was at a loss for words.

Dave was right, there was no more time. 

"..take care, Dave."

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With the portal successfully closed behind them, she accelerated the ship back to its original speed. They were on the right track again.

Jade let out a sigh of relief and removed her glasses, wiping her eyes with a sleeve. She looked back at John and Davesprite and smiled.

"There, we're back on track. Isn't that a relief?"

At this point, John had learned to read her half-sister pretty well. She needed to be alone. He gave her a nod of support and floated off to join Davesprite who was already heading below deck.

She looked down at what she had wrapped around her hand: Dave's bowtie. And something else too, a small glowing thread that she lifted from the fabric of that universe. She had much to learn about the true potential of a Witch of Space, but now she had materials to work with.

They would meet again, she was sure of it.

[orangelemonart]

Someone up there is watching out for you.

Angel of God, my guardian dear, To whom God’s love commits me here, Ever this day, be at my side, To light and guard, Rule and guide.

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

"If you can come back, you’re welcome. But watch that power of yours."

Dave put his hands on his chin, thinking.

"If you have Pesterchum still, my handle is the same one it always has been. I haven’t used it in years but, I guess I could." 

He pulls out his phone and tosses it to her.

"You got powers, see if you can’t establish a link or something. I wouldn’t object to seeing you again before you enter your destination."

Dave was bidding them off so quickly, it made him kind of sad. But the Daleks were enough pressure to make any heartfelt reunion fall short.

If Jade could come back well, that would be nice. There was a lot out there Dave could show her, and a lot of science for her geeky head to soak in. 

"The Doctor would like you guys, I’m pretty sure."

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

"Sure, i'll be more careful next time."

Jade reached out and caught the phone. She had one of her characteristic goofy grins on her face.

"Hey cool kid, you should show me some of the raps you've been working on when I return then! I'd love to hear them!"

"....Dave...."

She hesitated for just a moment, before her composure finally broke. She rushed forward and swept him up in her arms, pressing her face against his chest.

She wasn't going to let him see her cry. That's not the face she wanted him to remember after all these years. She shook under the weight of all that he had gone through, and gripped him tightly. 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

Come with them? 

Dave looked all around, and took in the sight. He saw Jade, and her amazing powers, he saw John, and could guess he probably had powers too. He looked to Dave, er, Davesprite, and saw the potential in him. He looked about the ship, the circumstances, their mission, everything. The game, it’s purpose, the dangers ahead, the glory ahead.  

For the first time since he abandoned SBURB 5 years ago, he was given a chance to take it back, the thing he wished for more than anything. 

This life, or theirs. 

He stood up, all the Nakadiles scattering, and straightened his bow tie proudly. 

"Nah."

Dave gave Jade his most sincere smile. 

"You have a Dave, who’s waiting for you, and in your age group much less. While I’ll admit for these 5 years I’ve wanted to take my cowardice back, and fix what I thought was broken…"

He crossed his arms.

"I’ve made a life for myself here, I’ve grown accustom to what this universe has given. This tale of gods and demons, SBURB and the whole of creation, that isn’t for me. I got a job to do here, and if what you told me is true; this universe could use a proper god to protect it. I may not have gotten there yet, but I have a feeling I will soon."

Dave approached Jade, and John and gave them a proper hair ruffle.

"You guys make me proud. Rose and Dave, they make me proud too. And you Dave."

He points to Davesprite.

"You make me proud too."

Davesprite broke his stoic facade and grew a smile, he called him Dave, instead of Davesprite. 

"You guys got your own mission, your own journey to fulfill. For the first time in my life I’m not running away anymore, I’m taking the fight head on. I’ve sealed my fate, and so have you."

He turned back around, his eyes to the space out the window. 

"Lets get you guys back on track, the Daleks won’t be far behind us." 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Jade looked at Dave with a newfound admiration. He was strong, and it seemed like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. 'He's proud of us..' She nodded, and got to work. 

John looked slightly crestfallen, but appeared to understand. "Alright Dave. Hey, maybe we can come visit again once this is all over? Right, Jade?" He looked over to her, but she was busy.

Jade's eyes were squeezed shut, busy mentally untangling the snag in reality that they had entered from. Her consciousness brushed over the frayed threads and repaired them, sewing them together into a stable enough porthole for their purposes directly ahead. From their position, they could see the paned window hanging in the void that represented their destination.

She opened her eyes, and looked at Dave. 

"Dave.. I guess this is goodbye then?" She hated to leave him here alone, but there was no other choice.

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

Dave fell to the floor, gasping. All his vision coming back.

So that was space without a force field. 

"Never. Do. That. Again." 

He slowly brought himself up, losing his balance slightly. 

"Where are we? Where are the Daleks? They’re gunna trace that energy signature. Christ…"

Dave sat down again still trying to recover. He backed up against the wall, taking in the ship interior. All the decor, the animals, it was all from SBURB. 

"I never thought I’d lay eyes on those little red assholes ever again." Dave nodded to the red crocodiles, or nakadiles as he had named them. 

"Nak!" 

"Oh not again…"

The Nakadiles saw Dave and clustered around him, Nakking contently. Apparently Dave was missed. 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

She sighed in relief as Dave regained his composure.

She thought for a minute."Um.. i'm not actually sure how far away I put them in units, but somewhere near the opposite edge of the universe? It should give us enough time to escape, at least."

She smiled as the Nakkadiles swarmed Dave. They weren't the only ones that missed him. And to think, they had to leave so soon too..

"Dave... do you want to come with us?

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

Dave was on his feet in an instant. 

"Hurk!" 

There was no air in space, instantly he started to suffocate. Waving his arms madly he started to turn a shade of blue. 

Davesprite flew down and poked Jade on the shoulder. 

"Uh. Jade. Look." 

He pointed to Dave, who’s condition was worsening by the second.

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

She snapped out of her trance and looked to where Davesprite pointed.

"Huh? DAVE! Ohmygod I'm so sorry!" Once again her outline expanded outward, replacing the deck of the ship with its interior. More importantly, there was oxygen as well.

She bent over him to check if he was alright. "Just breathe.."

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

"It’s cause I am older. 18 years as of a 2 months ago." He checks his timestream synced watch. "In linear time anyway." 

Then the Daleks appeared.

“Dave Strider detected! Exterminate! Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!” 

"DALEKS! GET DOWN!" 

The Daleks rained firepower onto the ship, Dave jumped for Jade and John, pulling them to the floor with him.

"Yo what the-" 

Davesprite barely dodged a Dalek blast as they started to circle the ship. 

"Oh fuck no, I live here."

Davesprite flew up to their level with his sword out.

"Dave, stay on your toes, tail, er fuck it BE CAREFUL!" Dave pleaded, he did not want to be responsible for a doomed Dave. 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Next she knew, Jade was being dragged to the floor by Dave. She hit the deck as gunfire streamed above their heads. 'Davesprite!' She looked in despair as he came to join their group, bullets coming much too close.

'Wait, why am I ducking for cover again?'

In an instant, she was on her feet.

Jade crackled with energy. No way she was going to let whatever these things were hurt her friends. 

"Unknown energy source located." The Dalek closest to her managed to take aim, before a explosion erupted from its body. Jade turned her attention towards the approaching force and held out one hand, as the encroaching Daleks became outlined in green.

Jade's own outline expanded, as if to take up all space at once. When she reappeared moments later, they were alone on the deck of the ship. The planet had also disappeared from under them, so they were now suspended in space. The Dalek ships and debris that should have been there were notably absent as well. 

"That should buy us some time." 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

Dave high fived the teenager John. 

"Long time no see, kid. No time to talk." 

There was so much more Dave wanted to say to his best friend. He thought he was dead, but there the twerp stood, bubbly as ever. Dave wanted to hug him, smash him in the shoulder for being an idiot and dying, but there was simply no time. 

Dave looked to Jade. 

"There was a violent wormhole that opened after your ship entered normal space, I assume it was to the void right? Space between dimensions, that’s the void. You need to get back to the void in order to get where you’re going. You’ve got some kind of massive power, try and open the worm hole back up." 

-

In the skies all that remained were the Dalek and Cybermen ships, slowly eradicating each other in their own firestorms. 

-

Dave looked up, to see the war above was already ending.

"Whatever you’re gunna do, or need to do, you need to do it FAST!"  

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

John looked between Dave and Jade with a confused expression. "Whoa Dave, you look older." Jade ignored him and instead turned her attention and perceptions to the fabric of space itself.

Calculating in her head the speed and direction they had been travelling before they had come to a stop, she honed in on the rough location where they must have entered from. And indeed, the spatial tapestry seemed to be frayed and snagged in that location. The wormhole must have closed up as they arrived, but she figured she'd be able to blow it open again without much trouble..

Before she could get any farther in that thought, a large number of cylindrical metal figures phased in at once all around them. Momentarily distracted, Jade peered around and then glanced at Dave.

"...what are these things?"

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

"Worm holes have been opening up all over the universe, the dimensional lines have been slowly blurring into each other. It’s a problem I haven’t even begun to wrap my head around. I saw a very violent worm hole open behind your ship, I’m assuming it was into the void. You’ve been travelling in the void, which I’m amazed by. Nothing exists in the void but, you guys apparently. Given what you told me…"

SBURB was never completed in Dave’s universe, instead it was brushed to the side. Time could be rewritten but that didn’t mean the universe was safe. Dave realized then an there that the universe was falling apart because of him. That was gunna weigh on him. 

"We’ll talk later, but you might be able to help this." 

Dave reached his hand out, as he did everyone he was about to run with. 

"As a buddy of mine would say, Allons-y!" 

He grabbed her hand and drug her through the forest back to the ship. 

-

Meanwhile miles above the planet, a massive armada was forming. Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, everyone had come out to play. Except the Doctor. In moments the skies above broke into fire as the opposing forces waged total war against each other, competing for the energy source that Jade was giving off. 

-

"That actually might buy us time!"  

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Her heart raced as she grabbed her hand to race back through the forest. Speeding through the trees behind him, a small smile grew on her face. This Dave was alright and still fighting, despite losing everyone he held dear. Despite the small breakdown earlier, he seemed more collected and composed than the Daves she knew. And.. something else too. Strength.

She realized she could just fly or teleport them back, but she didn't want to ruin the moment.

Soon enough they had reached the ship, and the blue cloaked figure that got bored and began to poke around outside was there to greet them. 

"Whoa, is that Dave? So we made it then! Hey Dave!" John waved at the two figures running in his direction. 

"Sorry John, we really don't have time to explain! Dave, what now?"

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

It took Dave several minutes to process all of what she told him. A god was standing before him, a god younger than him! 

He reached a hand out, and ruffled Jade’s hair. 

"Only my friends could have been so brave. You make me proud."

Dave was destined to be a god. 

And SBURB was the creator of the universe. 

The session continued and the 4 of them kicked as much ass as they could. 

Dave was truly proud. He had no other words for it. 

But then a frown grew on his face. 

"However, I’m afraid that kind of power doesn’t belong here. As we speak there could be hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of different species heading for you. All that energy you use has to be creating energy spikes on the universal charts. Honestly I’m surprised my friend the Doctor hasn’t come here to investigate. Time’s running short Jade and your mission is probably the most important around. We have to get you home before that war ship gets attacked." 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Jade blushed as Dave ruffled his hair. Davesprite used to do the exact same thing.. Her slight embarassment turned into worry as Dave told her of the danger they were in.

"Oh no... I didn't think of that!" She stared up into the sky, and could feel the ripples and undulations of crafts closing in on their location. "You're right, we've definitely attracted some attention. We don't have much time."

She turned to Dave. "Do you know how we could have gotten here? We were travelling near light speed in the space between two universes, and I already discovered it was possible to jump to an alternate universe like this one.. except that was just me, and I stumbled onto the path myself." 

[ikimaru]

space girl ~

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

Dave’s eyes widened at the ears but he listened to Jade’s words carefully. 

"So it was doomed to begin with… that Davesprite.. that’s.. me?" 

All Daves in a way were him, but that was really him. That was his fate if the Doctor didn’t show up and Rose didn’t die. 

"Different timeline… Different universe."

That was enough justification to make Dave smile a bit. While he was still highly alarmed, this news was great. 

"In a way that takes a load off my shoulders, knowing that at least in some way, you guys lived on the way you were supposed to." 

Dave stood up, taking the information in further, processing it. 

"Jade, where did you get all that power?" 

It made him nervous, not only because of how… strange it was, but the circumstances involved. He saw green, numerous times. Around her, around the ship, and around the planet. 

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Jade let out a sigh of relief. She was worried how he'd take that information. She changed back into her God Tier outfit and took a breath.

"Well you see, Bec prototyped himself before I entered our session, and afterwards I prototyped my dead dream self. Later, when we were starting the scratch, there was a mishap involving a whole bunch of shaving cream and um.. I ended up going God Tier and fusing with Jadesprite. I have the same powers that Bec had, which we found out was something called a first guardian, along with Witch of Space powers."

She continued with a short explanation of the Green Sun and how that came to be, the connection of first guardians to the Green Sun's energies, and a vague recount of the events of the scratch.

"...and that's how it is. We were about two-thirds of the way to the new session before we apparently got knocked off course. I haven't figured out how to get back yet, we haven't been here for very long yet." She studied Dave's face to see his reaction to all of this information.

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

Let's See How Far We've Come

[time-strides-for-bowties-deacti]

He looked at Jade and remembered the exact moments he knew it was all over.

"He flew into the gate and was killed by the denizen.. I think… it was years ago… then you… were gone, and Rose fell long after. I was alone. I… I ran. A man in a time machine made it to the session somehow, picked me up and took me away. Dropped me off in Dallas, but the world was different."

Dave shook his head. Scratched session? Rose. Rose! "Rose is alive!?"

[spacejadecoasttocoast]

"Yes Dave! Or at least, in our version of things.. I think we got blown off course and ended up here somehow." She forgot about hiding her ears and they unconsciously popped back into view.

"You see the same thing happened in our session in a way, except Davesprite.. well, Dave ended up travelling back in time to before his sprite was prototyped, and prototyped himself instead of the puppet."

She stopped, wondering if she could continue. "..and well, he prevented John from getting himself killed by his denizen, and John was able to help me enter the session. After that, a whole lot happened and we ultimately had to reboot the session and travel to the new one. We were going to meet Dave and Rose there. John is with us."

Realizing that her ears were now visible, she added, "Oh.. and I guess i'm part dog now?"