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What goes around comes around, Harley.

GA: I Had Imagined I Would Hatch The New Grub On A Planet In Your Universe GA: And When That Became Impossible I Quickly Lost Hope GA: I Assumed It Would Remain Locked In Its Card Forever GA: Which Could Only Be Opened When The Orb Was Meant To Be Used GA: But Then I Found Something Quite Unexpected When I Was Exploring This Lab GA: I Found A Key […] GA: It Means I Am Supposed To Use It Now

Most modi are CS jokes or one-off gags, but Kanaya's Chastity Modus is kind of special. It seems to be precognitive, and doesn't release captchalogued items until the Alpha Timeline decrees they should be 'used'. I wonder how it functions in doomed timelines?

It also makes me wonder just how far you can take the concept of a Fetch Modus. If they can foresee fated events, just what else could they do?

GA: To Hatch The Grub In The Heart Of This Meteor

My knee-jerk reaction was to dismiss this idea as completely unworkable - but now that I'm actually thinking about it, you could honestly do a lot worse.

The meteor is compact, high-tech, completely isolated from most forms of danger, and full of useful equipment. If you can get rid of Jack for good – and prevent your session from decaying, of course – then the Veil might be one of the safest places you could possibly raise a Mother Grub.

GA: There Is No Reason A Meteor Couldnt Act As The Center Of Our Races Resurrection

The more I think about this, the more I'm up for it.

I mean, come on. The remnants of an alien civilization, reborn from an asteroid belt in a liminal dimension, surrounded by infinite darkness? That's a concept that fucks severely.

GG: if you can hold out hope for rebuilding your race in the center of a meteor, then i think i can at least try to get a little cloning done with the time i have left GA: Yes Youre Right GA: I Cant Imagine How You Can Complete The Objective In The Time Given GA: But Weirder Things Have Happened I Think

Whatever Jade’s supposed to do here, she has to do it at least twenty times faster than Kanaya. She's one of the most competent trolls, and I doubt she wasted any time, so this is a pretty tall order.

H a p p y B i r t h d a y,

J O H N

GG: clone babies can barely even fit on that thing! […] GA: I Didnt Mean To Suggest Your Breeding Duties Involved Cloning Humans […] GG: then what is the objective? GG: what am i breeding???? GA: Frogs

...I was a fool to expect anything different.

Alright, then. We can assume that Kanaya was doing the same thing, which implies that the existence of frogs in a universe is essential. Maybe they're Bilious Slick's signature, and their presence in a universe causes it to spawn Sburb sessions?

I don't know, I'm just spitballin' at this point. We've got to be getting some answers about this soon, right?

GG: dave just has a lot of funny stuff to say about all this GA: What Is He Saying […] -- gardenGnostic [GG] sent grimAuxiliatrix [GA] the file "daveisafunnyguy.txt" -- GA: Okay Im Laughing Pretty Hard At All That

Kanaya’s fairly stoic, so if Dave’s ramblings have her laughing, he must be on fire here – but we've seen this tease before. We won't be seeing daveisafunnyguy.txt until later, probably in a flashback.

The Appearifier has joined the list of Sburb deployables – and thus, a lot of potential shenanigans have just been placed on the table. We’re one step closer to my Earth revival plan, for one thing.

GG: on no, is it trapped in ice? GA: I Would Conjecture That Most Of Them Are GA: And Will Stay That Way Until The Forge Is Brought To Life GA: I Think The Event Is Designed To Trigger Drastic Planetary Upheaval Wherever The Forge Is Stationed

What, so she's not giving any advice?

I'm not against the idea of Jadesprite having agency, of course - but at the same time, it doesn't seem like it should be possible for a Sprite to abandon their charge. I think creating a Dream Sprite has really fucked something up.

GA: I Was A Sylph Not A Witch […] GG: what is a sylph? GA: I Think Its Sort Of Like A Witch GA: But More Magical

That means basically nothing, which is probably deliberate. Class exposition has always been vague as hell.

I guess this implies that there are some explicitly ‘magical’ classes, such as the Witch, the Sylph, potentially the Seer, and presumably the Mage. Sollux did cast a curse, after all, and Rose is casting all kinds of spells. Perhaps Jade and Kanaya will learn to do the same.

GA: But Regardless I Think Our Roles Are Approximately The Same Since We Are Both Stokers Of The Forge GA: As Well As Holders Of Breeding Duties

Breeding duties, eh?

Maybe Jade's the one responsible for breeding animal species to inhabit the new universe. Biosphere construction sounds like a fun challenge, and one that's right up Jade's alley.

GG: it sounds like GG: it involves GG: a lot of breeding :\ GA: Well It Does GA: But Not Breeding Through Means Typical Of Most Species […] GA: I Didnt Mean To Alarm You By Implying You Were Required To Wage A Great Deal Of Personal Procreation Over A Span Of Several Weeks GG: yeah, whew <_<; GA: Though It Should Be Clear That Repopulation Is Among Our Duties As Well In The Long Term GA: And Ive Gathered That The Cloning Apparatus In The Veil Is Probably Meant To Permit An Initial Boost On The World We Select For Settlement GA: But Beyond That It Is Up To The Descendants To Perpetuate The Race

Why, though? Like, what's stopping the Players from using the Veil's cloning gear indefinitely?