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The Quests have fallen by the wayside a little - but to be fair, the kids don't actually have any reason to complete the Quests of a doomed Medium. We're about to spin up an entirely new session, and that session's Quests are the important ones here.

DAVESPRITE: so DAVESPRITE: after laying low for a while DAVESPRITE: i just went and did whatever i could myself

Sounds like our boy's just looking for something to do.

I'd argue that Davesprite would serve the session better if he worked directly with the kids, but I completely understand why he’s not doing so. The poor guy doesn’t feel like the ‘real’ Dave anymore, and those emotions would only be intensified if he was interacting with a friend group which includes Dave Prime.

Come to think of it, that’s probably why he seems more comfortable with Jadesprite. They both understand the uniquely uncomfortable feeling of being treated like a 'backup' version of yourself.

DAVESPRITE: got caledfwlch DAVESPRITE: the fuckin welsh sword dave broke DAVESPRITE: went to look for hephaestus again DAVESPRITE: figuring there wasnt much hope in beating him this time either especially being injured and all but what the hell right

If he actually fought Hephaestus in this state, there was only going to be one possible outcome - and Davesprite knows it.

This guy really isn't ok. In a Medium full of emotionally traumatized children, Davesprite might just be the most haunted Player in the session. We just haven't really noticed, because he's been deliberately isolating himself for most of the Act.

God damn it, Isn't there something we can do to help this kid? The other Players are all busy with their own crises, but maybe being around Jadesprite will be good for him. I can only hope.

I'm just very worried that he's going to do something else pointlessly suicidal, and won't be able to take it back.

DAVESPRITE: thats when you lit the forge somehow JADESPRITE: i did? […] DAVESPRITE: not you other jade […] JADESPRITE: shes a lot more brave than me i think JADESPRITE: she brought me back thinking i could help her and all i did was disappoint her and everyone else JADESPRITE: you came back as a sprite and youre managing to do important things… JADESPRITE: but i just feel so scared and helpless

Helpless? Girl, you're as powerful as Doc fucking Scratch.

You could tear this entire Medium asunder, and it wouldn't even be hard. You literally have the whole world in the palm of your hands. I straight-up do not have the hyperbolic vocabulary to describe how un-helpless you are, but it seems you've come down with a nasty case of Tavros Syndrome, and are unable to perceive your own strength.

3x03 // 3x15

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I guess. In Jade's defense, though, she had no way of knowing that reviving her Dream Self would turn her into a separate person. She'd spent her whole life perceiving Dream Jade as a second body, rather than someone else's body.

As far as Jade was concerned, she was her Dream Self. That only stopped being the case after she was prototyped, and by then, it was too late.

JADESPRITE: i dont know if i would have if i had the chance JADESPRITE: but i would like to not feel so useless to everybody DAVESPRITE: i think everyones on top of this DAVESPRITE: theres not much for us to do anymore

Really don’t like where Davesprite’s head’s at, here. He’s essentially treating himself as an NPC whose role in the story has ended, rather than what he is: a three-dimensional human being, whose life's inherent value has not been diminished by spritedom.

Davesprite has a right to exist, and I don't care what he or Sburb say to the contrary!

JADESPRITE: what about your sword? isnt it important? […] JADESPRITE: what does it have to do with my volcano? DAVESPRITE: thats a bit complicated DAVESPRITE: see it turns out DAVESPRITE: i had no idea how the denizens worked at all

Ooh, interesting!

Well, we already know that Hephaestus and Echidna are more than just world bosses - the former is the lord of the Forge, and the latter is the gatekeeper of the Scratch. Perhaps all the Denizens have unique roles, beyond their duty as Quest bosses...

...or, perhaps they were never supposed to be bosses at all.

Oh, Nanna. :(

I hadn’t even considered the fact that Dad would be mourned by more than just his son. I think we’re about to see another side to this mirthful old woman.

...

No fucking way.