All throughout this episode, we see a camera within Rocket Corp and following Victim.
I wanted to make a record of all the things that Dark saw with this camera and what he likely knows.
Dark knows that Red, Green, Blue and Yellow were revived.
This is the first camera shot we see, and it's set up to appear like Victim is watching. But this is not Victim or one his camera, this is the Virabot disguised as a camera.
This means that Dark witnessed these memories just as much as Agent did. Dark is aware that RGBY* were revived.
* The memory only shows Green Yellow and Blue, but likely includes Red as well, as if you recall, Red was the last to be revived and he had a little bit of a delay before he popped out of the ground.
Also, this could be what Dark is basing his "Revive Mitsi" goop display off of, as both of them happen in the same way: coming up from the ground, forming from the head down. This gives way to the possibility that Dark himself doesn't intend to bring Mitsi back, but somehow use Orange to do it (although it is more likely Dark would try to do it himself.)
Another caveat is that it's not 100% obvious that Dark knows this is Orange's doing. It could be presumed that he could infer it was Orange, due to the glowing green sparkles, which Dark absolutely saw around Orange when he was getting his ass handed to him, but it's still not certain if he has or not.
The only thing we know he knows for certain is that RGBY got revived.
Also in this scene, Dark saw at least a little bit of how Yellow summoned the cursor during the Showdown. It is unknown how much, given Agent started downloading that memory directly to his glasses.
Dark saw Chosen be removed from The Box
This is less an important observation, but I'm going to take the time to pose this question:
How long was Dark's camera there in The Box room?
It's possible, although not confirmed, that it could have been there the entire time. And if it was, it could have seen the entire fight in The Box.
The Box's walls, while opaque to the occupants within it, are actually transparent to those outside of it; It's how Agent was seeing Victim and Chosen, and seeing Victim's body signals, like how he asked for the lasso. The Mercs were also watching the fight.
This would likely also be the case for a camera.
There are no shots in "The Box" that show the area of the room that the camera appeared to be squatting in (very high up on the wall behind Agent and the Mercs) so it's impossible to tell if Dark was watching or not.
[I personally think that it's very likely that the camera was there the entire time and Dark was watching. It wasn't that long of a time span between when Victim leaves The Box and Yellow is brought in. It was likely already in position, especially if it had taken notice to Chosen and Orange being brought in.]
Dark saw pretty much ALL of Victim's ploy to trick Alan into Renaming him
This is when it becomes clear that the camera-bot isn't following/focusing on Chosen so much as it is on Victim. It's watching Victim, not Agent or Chosen, which gives us a clue that Dark himself is interested in Victim.
Depending on how long this camera was off spying inside of Rocket Corp, Dark possibly knows a shit-ton about Victim. This is pretty explicitly implied with how Dark not only knows about Mitsi's existence at all, but very specially her 'death pose', or the last frame of Agent's memory that she was visible before she blew up.
Victim has a picture of this exact frame on his crazy wall, making it a potential place Dark saw it from. If this is true, Dark likely also saw the rest of the crazy wall as well.
This, in turn, could mean he knew a significant amount about Victim's plans for a LONG time.
There's no concrete evidence of this, however, so for now it's just speculation.
What is certain is that the camera was sitting there watching Victim during the entire time he tricked Alan into renaming him, and him gaining his powers.
Dark saw Chosen get Renamed
This is a detail that's easy to miss bc the camera isn't actually shown watching it like some of the other things, but it's there at the cliff side. It's still watching.
So Dark knows what Victim did to Chosen.
Also, it's not the main subject of this post, but ALAN also saw Victim do this. I chose the above screenshot very intentionally, because it shows his desktop, which is meant to imply Alan could see this and was watching.
So Alan knows Chosen has been renamed as well.
Which brings me to the final camera scene:
Dark saw Victim "Go Home" through the Skygrid
Nothing much to say about this one, except that it explains why Dark was on the computer to meet Victim.
Because Dark was watching, when he saw Victim leave, Dark likely followed. He didn't even really need to do it all that quickly, because he had the entire duration of Victim's fight with Alan to make it there.
Dark likely followed Victim into the computer, but remained hidden there while Victim fought Alan, keeping an eye on the fight but not getting involved.
And this, this is honestly the most intriguing part.
Dark doesn't get involved. Not in ANY OF THIS. Until after Victim's fight is over.
Only then does he reveal himself.
Which leads me to believe Dark was following Victim and watching him because he was intrigued by him, but was waiting to see what he was capable of. Judging him. Trying to assess if he was 'worthy' or useful enough, for whatever reason.
I've mentioned that we've underestimated Dark's patience before, but it goes mentioning again: Dark is far more patient than we ever knew.
It feels very spider-like, as well. A spider, lingering on the outskirts of their web, paying attention to the minute vibrations, until little gnats and flies flutter by and get stick on the sticky threads. The bigger the prey, the more it causes a disturbance, and the greater the interest the spider has in it; until it creeps down and pounces. Ensnaring it's prey, wrapping it up until it cannot escape, and feeding.
A cold and clinical, yet efficient, hunter.
Quite fitting, given Dark's already existing arachnid affiliation.
The other potentially important part is Dark saw Victim go to Alan through the Skygrid. It's a toss up on weather this is significant. Dark already knew where Alan's Skygrid Tile was, so the only new information to him would be that it was broken (thanks Cho) and he could physically enter it. This information doesn't seem like it would be important or useful to Dark, beyond it being what allowed him to follow after Victim.
[Chosen really left Alan's computer wide open to infiltration didn't he? Someone should really fix that hole.]
Anyway, in recap, Dark knows:
About RGBY being revived (potentially by Orange)
About Yellow summoning the Cursor using his own computer and Internet Gates
Likely that Chosen was captured and that Victim beat the crap out of him
Likely that Orange is also captured and is now imprisoned
About Victim duping Alan into Renaming him
About Victim renaming Chosen
Likely how Renaming works now
Potentially witnessed Victim's fight with Alan.
How important Mitsi is to Victim
Likely who the other Mercenaries are (potentially watched the Tryouts)
Likely the inner workings of Rocket Corp
Likely how a lot of their tech works
Knows that Orange cannot be killed like a normal stick
Knows about Orange's powers (and what they feel like lmao)
Likely knows that he killed Mitsi. Bc let's face it: He did. We all know that's where this is heading.
Know that killing RGBY could have triggered Orange's powers. I don't think, from his perspective during Showdown, that would've been a conclusion he'd likely come to. We also don't know if this is true either.
Know that Orange doesn't know how to use his powers/can't access them right now. Dark was a little bit busy being blown to pieces to see Orange collapse after reviving RGBY, and I don't think he would ever even think this was a thing. He likely thinks that Orange is like him and Chosen: freely able to use his powers whenever he wants.
Know that Green, Red, and Blue are in Rocket Corp. His camera was following Victim, so it likely left with him and Agent and never noticed that they snuck it. Unless he has more than one, and one's still there...
Know that Alan changed. I don't think he spared a thought towards Alan during his recovery and his years spying on Rocket Corp. I also don't think he ever really cared to spy on Alan before sending him the Virabot either. Thus, I think he's just as clueless as Victim is to Alan's change of how he treats stick figures. Alan's behavior during Showdown certainly didn't suggest he'd changed much; though it might be possible Dark was confused/angry that Alan was assisting Chosen.
Know how to actually revive sticks. I think he might attempt a bastardized version of Orange's, using his vira goop/corrupted code, and I don't think it'll end well.
In conclusion: Dark knows a LOT of stuff. And a lot of it is potentially dangerous information for him to be in possession of.
The amount Dark knows actually makes it difficult to speculate what might happen next/what he might do next, because there's so many options and ways these pieces could fit together, with no way to know what's actually important and what isn't.
But, hopefully this will help some of you with your speculations, since now you know what Dark has seen and what he is aware of, and what he might be aware of.
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