#3985

Wait, what the hell? Questions about why Echidna wants this aside, it's completely beyond Jade's capabilities.

Jadesprite could do it easily, though - and if Jade's Choice really has marked her for death, she may have to.

PAST carcinoGeneticist [PCG] 01:34 HOURS AGO responded to memo. PCG: JADE? PCG: ARE YOU STILL RESPONDING TO THIS MEMO? […] PCG: I HAD TO LEAVE ABRUPTLY BECAUSE SOLLUX AND ERIDAN STARTED DUELING AGAIN. PCG: AND THEN FEFERI AND KANAYA… PCG: IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST.

Right, so this is shortly after the incident in the common room, and around the time a fearful Karkat messaged John on the Battlefield. Feferi is dead, Sollux is down, and Gamzee and Eridan are on their respective rampages. Kanaya’s also down, so Karkat thinks she’s dead for good – and he’s also just missed Terezi, who has left to confront Vriska.

All in all, this is one of Karkat’s darkest moments to date. What does he have to say to Jade?

PCG: AND NOW GAMZEE IS HUNTING US ALL DOWN IN MURDER MODE. PCG: HE'S BEEN TAUNTING ME THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S MESSAGING DEVICES. PCG: AND LEAVING ME DISTURBING NOTES.

Unlike Terezi, Karkat's immediately able to recognize that these notes are Gamzee’s handiwork. Presumably, Gamzee can’t cast his Rage glamour if he’s not in the vicinity, so Karkat actually understands what’s going on.

PCG: I'M STARTING TO THINK PCG: THAT THIS MUST BE A DOOMED TIMELINE PCG: THAT'S WHY I CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH ANYONE PCG: THEY MUST BE DROPPING LIKE BEHEMOTH LEAVINGS OUT THERE. PCG: AND THAT MUST BE WHY PCG: FUTURE KANAYA WAS TALKING IN THIS MEMO PCG: BUT NOW SHE'S DEAD…

I don’t think this is really a doomed timeline, since events haven’t actually diverged from the Alpha. It certainly looks like one, though, so Karkat can be forgiven for his misconception.

SCP Aesthetics: 3985 (requested by anon, written by Pedantique)

Tend to your own garden, as you have in the past, and we will tend to ours. (monochrome, bureaucracy, violence)

Fotograf unbekannt (Bild mit Bildrechten erworben).  Bearbeitete Analog-Dia-Scans.

Crowded, but suspiciously quiet?

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has imaged part of the Hickson Compact Group 7, or HCG 7 for short. This grouping is composed of one lenticular (lens-shaped) and three spiral galaxies in close proximity. In this image, one of the spirals dominates the foreground, with many more distant galaxies peppering the background. Observing tightly-knit galaxy groups like HCG 7 is important because they evolve in a different way from their more spaced-out counterparts in less crowded regions of the Universe.

ESA/Hubble & NASA