-- CURRENT gallowsCalibrator [GC] made a new channel: #1NV1S1BL3 --
-- ??? apocalypseArisen [AA] joined the server. --
-- ??? twinArmageddons [TA] joined the server. --
?AA: hello!
GC: H3Y!!!! >:D
?TA: y0.
TT: Sorry you two have to be scuttled away into this hidden channel.
TT: Karkat most certainly would make a fucking mess of any channel he could see that had time travel enabled.
TT: So we have to keep this channel on the downlow.
TT: Only people who are capable of keeping it a secret are allowed in.
?TA: FUCK
?TA: i really wanted t0 see 0ne 0f karkats shit fits
?TA: it has been FAR t00 l0ng since i g0t a fr0ntr0w seat t0 jackass city
?AA: well have plenty of time to talk to him in a bit
GC: PL34S3 DONT 1NV1T3 H1M TO TH1S CH4NN3L 1 4LR34DY CL34N3D UP 4FT3R H1M 4LL D4Y TOD4Y >:[
?AA: oh! no no i understand
?AA: i would never
?AA: were on our way home soon
GC: OH SH1T
GC: FOR R34L?
?TA: the m0ment i get in im g0nna sc0pe 0ut a shitfit f0r real.
?AA: yeah its kind of a shame really
?AA: i was so psyched to see the black hole form but
?AA: as it turns out its making my job way harder
GC: >:?
?AA: all the dreambubbles are being sucked into the black hole
?AA: and i certainly dont want to find out what happens when i get stuck in there! 0_0
?AA: i doubt even a god tier like me could survive being pulled in
?AA: so were coming to the new earth soon
GC: WH4T 4BOUT YOUR WHOL3 PSYCHOPOMP SHT1CK?
GC: 1T S33M3D TO M4K3 YOU SO H4PPY >:[
?AA: it is quite sad
?AA: but its also why i am coming home!
?AA: if i cannot care for the dead the living are an acceptable substitute
TT: I see.
TT: I am curious though, what this means for us.
TT: The black hole, as well as victory, was our means of egress from the absolutely dreadful fatalism that surrounded us, no?
?AA: the way i understand it is that the god tier calliope made the black hole to contain her brother
?AA: lord english
?AA: as part of an extended game between the two of them
?AA: the black hole acts as a pocket of sorts
?AA: not unlike the pocket on a table stickball table
GC: (th4ts pool)
GC: (hum4n b1ll14rds)
TT: (i see.)
?AA: and using a trick that he once set up against her
?AA: she had him live his life believing that in this complex game of table stickball
?AA: he was the cue ball
?AA: when in actuality
?AA: he was the one emblazoned with the 8!
?AA: and the cue ball pushed the 8 ball into its pocket
?AA: and god tier calliope claimed victory of the game
?AA: through us no less!
?AA: and now that he is within the black hole he is trapped
TT: I have so many questions.
?AA: oh i would love to exposition dump
TT: Excellent, excellent.
TT: How exactly do we win?
?AA: i spent a decent amount of time in the horde of ghosts and we all fought english together
?AA: just gave him a real hard time!
?AA: hogtying him and poking his nipples and shenanigans like that
?AA: but we were mostly just goofing around
?AA: distracting him for what was to come
?AA: and when i saw vriska line up her shot with the ultimate weapon i knew it was time to go
?AA: you and your party fight him there as a measure of cleaning up his final loop
?AA: to partake in "his masterpiece"
?AA: his words not mine
?AA: i did not see it because i had to be a very specific place to see what i wished to
?AA: so i cant tell you how you won against english
?AA: but knowing that youre here now, you must have
TT: I appreciate that you're not nearly as secretive about spoilers.
?AA: haha its hardly a spoiler at all!
?AA: one could say there is no tension at all regarding whether or not you win!
TT: If you don't mind, I'd still kind of like to know some things, since knowing is my whole job.
?AA: ask away! i am certainly not busy anymore 0_0
TT: Why is the black hole consuming dreambubbles now?
?AA: it is just a regular black hole
?AA: a point in space of such intense gravity that not even light can escape
?AA: it would consume stars and space gases all the same
?AA: the dreambubbles coagulating into one is different
?AA: they are constructs by the horrorterrors and their purpose was part of a deal that our sessions life player struck
?AA: the horrorterrors are not bound by the same rules we are
?AA: they exist on a higher, more secretive plane of existence
?AA: thus their creations too interact strangely with the rules of our world
?AA: this massive dreambubble is strong enough to hold its shape even as a force of immense power acts upon it
TT: I see...
TT: It's a bit strange that it's a regular black hole. It seems almost like a mundane answer to an incomprehensible threat.
?AA: yes! but it does work
TT: This doesn't really clear up matters though, should we avoid going to sleep for the time being?
?AA: no you should be fine
?AA: there are fewer and fewer dreambubbles but if you fail to find one you will simply have a regular dream instead
TT: Duly noted.
TT: Thank you, Aradia, for knowing what the fuck is going on.
?AA: haha its generous of you to think i do but i appreciate it