Sep 10, 2025
Yeah, think it's this one for today...
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Yeah, think it's this one for today...
JADESPRITE: what did you do to me?? JADE: i prototyped you and brought you back! [...] JADESPRITE: you shouldnt have, this is overwhelming and awful [...] JADESPRITE: its hard to describe what its like JADESPRITE: but its too much for me JADESPRITE: and the sun... JADESPRITE: its way too big and bright and i cant stop seeing it...
Dream Jade was thrust into godhood against her will, and she’s not taking it well. Sensory overload is only to be expected, as her body is pierced by emerald rays that she was never meant to feel.
As far as Jade was aware, Dream Jade's consent to prototype this body was equivalent to her own. She's OK with this, so it's probably somewhat disconcerting that Jadesprite is not. It's like having your own reflection disagree with you.
JADESPRITE: i was happy where i was with my friends
Wait, so Dream Jade was aware after she died? Was she a ghost?
...wait a second.
If Dream Jade had her own consciousness in death, before she was prototyped, doesn't that mean she always had a separate identity to her counterpart? That there were always two Jades in the equation, even though they were never awake simultaneously?
I'm starting to think that everything I know about Dream Selves might be wrong.
JADESPRITE: i want to go back JADE: i dont think... JADE: that it can be undone :(
Not even in the obvious way. The whole reason we created Jadesprite is because she's borderline indestructible, and therefore might stand a chance against an invincible foe. Her inability to die is the whole point.
JADESPRITE: why, why would you do this? JADE: we need your help! […] JADE: me and dave and rose and john JADESPRITE: john!!!!!!!!!!! […] JADESPRITE: john, poor john… JADESPRITE: id forgotten about him JADE: what do you mean, how could you forget about john??? JADESPRITE: it was so long ago! i put that sad memory behind me
From Jade’s perspective, her Dream Self died hours ago – but Jadesprite’s body has been dead for years, and that seems to be the frame of reference she was working from in the afterlife.
She's been pulled out of peaceful rest, stuffed into a Sprite, and commanded to do her part as a Player once again, in a session which was traumatic enough for her for the first time around.
It's not just the Green Sun's light that's bothering Jadesprite - this whole situation is hell for her.
JADESPRITE: after we died i looked all over for him but couldnt find him […] JADE: but john didnt die! JADE: i saved him JADE: YOU saved him, dont you remember?
She also seems to think that John died alongside her, even though her last act was to save his life. This is still Dream Jade, after all, and she’s always been a little absent-minded.
forma?
o ar esfarela ese instante outro non de sede íspense as ondas dos beizos tallase o leito da túa caluga
escuma sen ondas movemento que nunca morre instante das formas do xeito ninguén morre de ser nada
© Manoel T, 2022
writing tip #3241:
picture a door: a red door, with a golden handle and an intricate pattern of leaves around its edges. it is at the end of a short, dimly lit corridor with no other entrances. you cannot remember how you got there. now, go through the door and get some fucking writing done
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