#b2 dad

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I had some random thought just now. For a long time the comic implicated that Guardians of SBURB players are "meant" to die in the game, what with how all of the B1 and B2 Guardians and also the Lusii were all killed off. But Dad Crocker is quite the exception to this, what with having survived and even having entered the new universe. I'm now wondering if perhaps Guardians aren't meant to die during SBURB at all? I mean, Karkat's curse is said to be the cause of the deaths of the Lusii, and the B1 Guardians were killed by Bec Noir who is said to be the cancer in the B universe. So perhaps the Guardians dying are actually anomalies caused by events that are not really the "goal" of the game?

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What with how much the Dersites respect Dad, it would be pretty funny if he manages to lead them into some kind of revolution to take the Condesce by surprise at some point (during her fight with John, Rose and Roxy?). That would be so badass.

Wow. If Jane is coincidentally there too, then you have pretty much everyone who has some kind of relationship with Dad in one place.

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No need to ask. You can plainly see he is conducting some rather serious business with his mobile device.

The network restricts access to within Derse only, so he can't contact the Nobles and do anything sneaky. But at his request you have set up a kingdom-wide network to trade online tips with other Dersites pertaining to his interests. Notably fashion.

In the weeks since his arrest, the captive has become something of a celebrity on Derse. His impeccable sense of business-like attire has taken the kingdom by storm, and now trends feverishly among social networking groups. Ok, there is only one social networking group, but it's trending feverishly in that one. You can't say you've been totally impervious to the craze yourself. Nor can you say you weren't shamelessly complicit in promoting it. Hell, you can't even say you didn't mandate certain dress code modifications throughout the kingdom, enforced under penalty of death. Nope, can't really say you can say any of that stuff.

I always thought it's pretty funny how Dad managed to have such a big influence on Derse despite being in prison.

But what I think is weird that while DD seems to respect Dad and gives him privileges, he never acknowledges just WHY they captured him. Is it for no other reason than the fact he's related to one of the B2 Kids, or do they have other plans for him?

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JANE: THIS GAME IS SO MUCH MORE DEPRESSING THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE! EVERYTHING IS DEAD AND EMPTY AND FULL OF GRAVES AND ALL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS JUST KEEP WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING! BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER? AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE MY DAD IS, AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH CALLIOPE, AND WHAT IF THEY'RE BOTH...

I wonder if they ever realized the quite likely possibility of Dad being on Derse.

 But I guess it wouldn't make much difference if they did, seeing as the four of them probably wouldn't have been strong enough to fight whatever the Condesce could throw at them.

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GG: He just disappeared on that platform! GG: I think it might be some kind of transport device, that works via teleportation. GG: A kind of "transportalizer," to coin a completely silly and novel term. TT: That's great. Now sit back down and wait for Roxy. She'll be home soon. GG: But I think that's where my dad went too! GG: I have to follow him. TT: No, Jane. Do not follow the rabbit. TT: Let's cool it with the Wonderland shit already. How much further through the damn looking glass do you even need to go?

  GG: It'll be fine! GG: I'm bringing my computer with me. I can tend to Roxy's entry along the way. TT: This is an atrocious idea.

I remember that I thought it would turn out to be a psyche, and that Dad hadn't actually used the Transportalizer, but had gone beyond it, perhaps down some other hallway. Turns out he apparently DID go that way!

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Your nimble friend returned with the duplicated obelisk, allowing you into the crypt to pursue your father. Ahead appears to be a locked door, that was punched clean through. You are on the right track. You are sure of it.

Hehe, there are literally no doors, rooms or furniture that can stop Dad if he doesn't want to be stopped.

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What the...

You think your dad maybe left the wrong note in the wallet? He probably meant to leave one pertaining to how you're mature enough to inherit his wallet, and what a big responsibility a wallet is for a strong young woman, or something like that. Dad leaves tons of notes like this around for such occasions, so it's probably easy for him to get them mixed up sometimes. He is a highly professional and competent father, but the guy is still fallible after all. D'aww.

For some reason I always thought there was a more mysterious incomprehensible reason or a hidden message for why Dad had put the wrong note here. He didn't really seem like the guy that would mess such things up.

But I guess it didn't have a deeper meaning after all and just proved again that Dad was a normal man.

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But... how?

There are only two exits to this road: the one where Jane is coming from (which was locked until she opened that door), and the other side where her home is and where Dad came from.

If he came from that exit, then where did he go seeing as there were no other exits?