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[thewertsearch]

Frankly, Kanaya, this is probably a blessing in disguise. I don't think you want to see what's about to happen.

You slip into the fabled blackdeath trance of the woegothics, quaking all the while in the bloodeldritch throes of the broodfester tongues.

Ok, this spiel is a lot less funny now.

You advise the members of your Complacency not to be alarmed, as they chronicle the event in tomes bound in the tanned, writhing flesh of a tortured hellscholar, with runes stroked in the black tears bled from the corruption-weary eyes of fifty thousand imaginary occultists. But they fail to not be alarmed. This is because, as is now painfully obvious to anyone with a brain, you have basically gone completely off the deep end in every way. You have officially gone grimdark.

Rose Lalonde has left the building.

But whatever's left behind will honor her wishes.

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[thewertsearch]

TT: I should have gone looking for her. TT: Why didn't I? [...] GG: because you were busy trying to make the best of this situation? TT: John was too. But he went to look for his father. [...] GG: john was being john, and you were being you, which i guess meant taking our problems very seriously and putting all your attention on solving them! GG: and anyway, you and your mom had a much trickier relationship than john and his dad didnt you?

I'm with Jade on this. Presumably, Rose decided that analyzing the game was a more productive use of her time than searching for Mom - a lady who, let's not forget, deliberately abandoned her. Can you really blame her for avoiding the woman?

For a thirteen-year-old, Rose's tactical calls have actually been pretty good. The problem is that Scratch keeps redirecting her plans in directions that benefit him.

GG: now we have all lost guardians GG: dave lost his, and i lost mine in a weird way… uuum even though that was pretty much definitely my fault :\ GG: and even the trolls all lost their monster guardians GG: i think that maybe it is an inevitable part of a game that can be cruel sometimes

I didn’t want this to come to pass, but it always seemed somewhat inevitable.

After all, says Skaia, how are you going to focus on creating a new world, if we don't cut all ties to your old one?

TT: For some reason, despite all the danger, I never thought she was in any trouble. TT: I never believed she would actually die. […] TT: I didn't actually need the ectobiological verification that she was like a mother and a sister at the same time. I always understood that somehow. TT: And I felt she had knowledge and ability beyond what she let on. It was always intimidating, but nonetheless a source of respect which was childishly begrudging on my part.

She worked directly for Skaianet. I'm sure she knew exactly what was coming - and honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if her foresight included her own fate. Prophecy is abundant in this world, and her boss was time-traveling through the session before it even existed.

But... think about this for a second, Rose. If your mother knew everything that awaited you, then it's actually a really good sign that she's been helping you from behind the scenes.

Because if things were truly hopeless, then why was she out there killing monsters for you?

What would be the point, if there was no light at the end of the tunnel?

I'm just saying - that's not the punch of a woman with no hope.

GG: i just hope you arent thinking of doing something rash TT: I already was. TT: I was going to go to sleep, fly to a sun bigger than our universe, drop a bomb in it, and kill myself. […] TT: So if my course of action is to change on account of my mood, it can only become less impetuous, don't you think?

...I’m willing to hear you out.

TT: You never liked my plan very much anyway. […] TT: I made it without a full understanding of the nature of the Scratch. […] TT: Maybe I will go kill Jack myself. TT: Right now.

Oh, man.

Ohhhh, man.

Look. Rose. I'm loving how proactive you're being here, but this plan will kill you instantly - and even if you're dream-revived, you'll die for good when you deliver the Tumor.

Is this what causes the Blackout, then? Is Rose about to power up for this fight, overwhelming the session with eldritch energy?

This fucking guy -_-

[thewertsearch]

Do you deny that you have been neglecting incoming messages from your teammates? Would that be in keeping with the spirit of the human emotion of friendship for one whose soul was not so befouled by the designs of unknowable monstrosities?

My read is that Scratch is intentionally trying to sever Rose's connection to the Horrorterrors - or, more accurately, he's trying to convince her to sever that connection herself.

We haven't talked about it for a while, but the Horrorterrors are currently being slaughtered, most likely by English himself. Scratch is an enemy of the Gods, and he's trying to take their pawn off the board before his master is summoned.

I am going to ask the same question I asked earlier. […] How does a Seer see?

If she’s anything like her fellow Seer, her ability is clairvoyant in nature - and if she’s anything like her fellow Light Player, she can channel her power through her eyes.

Combine the two, and Rose's most natural ability is...

TT: What should I do next?

X-ray vision.

Shed Light on what is hidden.

It's been a million years since the last time these two talked. Typical that it's happening as part of a Doc Scratch plot.

TT: Sorry for the delayed response. TT: Answering seems to be what to do right now.

Not that this is necessarily a good thing to do, of course. It’s just what’s next.

GG: oh no no i dont blame you for not responding! GG: you must be very upset […] TT: Why would I be upset?

Oh, no.

I'd... forgotten. I'd actually straight up forgotten about Mom.

And this is the moment of the blackout. Oh no no no no no.

Something is about to snap inside of Rose Lalonde.

[thewertsearch]

Would it be so difficult to believe a young lady could be unwittingly apprenticed by more powerful entities who meant her potential to be realized later through some arbitrary trigger? What would you say if I said a dutiful girl raised in the daylight was protected by a bulb-headed guardian, and learned to glow in the dark after death?

I originally thought the 'bulb-headed guardian' was Scratch himself, but the Mother Grub's head looks a lot more bulbous to me. Plus, she's basically a giant moth, and moths love lightbulbs.

Is Scratch implying that she turned Kanaya into a vampire? I guess that would be a good way to prepare her for Sgrub's challenges, but why would she have that ability in the first place?

What would you say if I said a vengeful boy on a path of nihilism was taken under the wings of fearsome angels, and learned to destroy hope with their light?

What, so Eridan was corrupted by LOWAA?

I don't know if this one tracks, to be honest. Sburb might be a motherfucker of a game, but I don't think it would sabotage a Player through his own Land's NPCs.

It's worth noting that these anecdotes are presented as hypotheticals by Scratch - which means that, even if they're complete bullshit, he still isn't technically lying.

TT: What would I say to those short fables? TT: Not much, except I gather the third is a story about me, and that there's a lesson you'd like me to take from it. TT: That I should renounce my "allegiance" before my grimdark corruption is absolute. TT: And while I'm at it, I should discard these useless wands, because apparently the power was in my little black heart all along. Is that right? Won't you have to give up your specibus to the one who causes the Scratch regardless? [...] TT: I don't know! If you say so.

I've never seen Rose so visibly confused before.

At this point, she's entirely at a loss, and fully dancing to Scratch's tune. You really hate to see it.

Haven't your friends already shown concern for your recklessness and your increasing sense of detachment from the party, the team objectives, and not to mention those of your personal quest? Does this worry you? Is there a part of you left that's able to worry? TT: Yes. It has been mysteriously localized to my middle finger. Could the dark magics be at work AGAIN?!

But, hey - at least she's not going down without a fight!

[thewertsearch]

GG: rose, maybe white text guy is right?

Not you, too!

GG: the dark gods gave you all these powers, and seem to be helping us with dream bubbles and stuff… GG: but what if they are not actually good? […] If only there were a way to make this determination with certainty.

What, you’re going to ask if the Noble Circle of Horrorterrors are ‘good’?

I don't think there's really an objective answer to that question. These creatures are definitionally beyond our comprehension, and I doubt their morality is compatible with ours.

...wait. What actually happens if you ask the cueball an unanswerable question? If you ask it whether 'this statement is false' is a true statement, do you get an answer at all? Do you just get an error?

Oh, it does not bode well that this is a flash.

The answer to Rose’s question approaches very slowly - almost as though the cueball is reluctant to reveal it.

Almost as though this is Rose's last chance to turn away.

That's pretty much what I expected. The answer to a question about the Gods' morality is incomprehensible, just like the Gods themselves.

This one does look suspiciously like ‘ribbit’, though....

And the Light has officially left our Seer's eyes.

I'm sure that's a great sign.

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