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Billie singing. Never thought to see the day again.

Isn't it so awesome that Gamzee's still using his post-breakdown typing quirk? I personally think it's extremely awesome, and my guard is now 100% lowered. I trust this clown, you guys.

Jokes aside, it's incredibly strange that no one has even glanced at what is presumably an extremely blood-soaked teenage juggalo for this entire conversation. I imagine Gamzee's using his Rage powers again, concealing himself from everyone's perception so they don't raise the topic of restraining or imprisoning him.

It's damn creepy, is what it is. Gamzee's clearly still up to something, frenzy or no frenzy.

KARKAT: I WILL SHOOSH YOU AGAIN, SO HELP ME GOD. I WILL SHOOSH YOUR CLOWN ASS TO SHANGRI-BULLSHIT-LA AND BACK, AND FILL YOUR EAR WITH MY WHITE HOT PALEBRO SPITTLE. [...] DAVE: man what the hell even happened on this meteor anyway DAVE: actually dont even tell me

I understand the sentiment, Dave, but you probably do want to know what happened here. It'll let you know who you need to steer clear of, during this three-year journey.

KARKAT: CALL ME CRAZY, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO RELAX WITHIN A STONE'S THROW FROM, OH, I GUESS ONLY THE BIGGEST FUCKING STAR ANY MORTAL HAS EVER LAID EYES ON. KANAYA: Actually I Was Just Thinking KANAYA: Its Nice To Get A Little Sun After So Long

Aww, I never thought about that.

Kanaya loves sunlight, and she's been stuck in a sunless dimension for almost a month. Even worse, she about to be stuck in a different sunless dimension for at least three years.

Forget about weapons - what these kids really need to alchemize are some Vitamin D supplements.

KARKAT: IT'S SO BRIGHT, I NEED SUNGLASSES OR SOMETHING. KARKAT: QUICK, WHICH ONE OF YOU AWESOME DUDES HAS A RADICAL PAIR OF SHADES I CAN BORROW??? KANAYA: One Moment

...oh, god.

Sorry, I was about to start laughing about Kanaya being Karkat's mom friend, but then I remembered....

KARKAT: WE FOLLOWED THAT GREEN BEACON OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE AFTERMATH OF A SUCCESSFUL BLOW UP THE SUN MISSION KARKAT: AND AFTER A BREAKNECK WARP SPEED JOURNEY IN WHICH MY BEST FUCKING FRIEND EVER PSYCHED ME OUT INTO THINKING HE DIED YET A FUCKING GAIN BY EXPELLING LITER AFTER GRUESOME LITER OF GRUBSAUCE FROM HIS EVERY ORIFICE

I mean, it looks to me like he did die - and, knowing Karkat, he probably blames himself for this death, too. Poor guy.

KARKAT: WHAT DO I FIND HERE? […] KARKAT: IT SEEMS WE HAVE ALSO CHANCED UPON NONE OTHER THAN THE GREEN FUCKING SUN ITSELF KARKAT: WHICH UNLESS MY RAW, RUDDY GANDERBULBS ARE STILL A LITTLE GRIEFBLEARY, STRIKES ME AS STILL BEING SOMEWHAT RATHER FUCKING *UNBLOWN* UP. […] DAVE: dude chill out we just got hornswoggled is all

Not chill, Dave! This is not chill at all!

I'm looking forward to hearing what Rose has to say on the subject. After all, this is personal to her; she was the main target of Scratch's manipulations. Hopefully, her God Tier Seer abilities will provide us with some new insight into the Sun's true nature.

KARKAT: WASN'T THE WHOLE POINT TO TAKE OUT THE SUN TO NEUTRALIZE JACK? ROSE: It shouldn't be a problem.

Lalonde seems awfully confident for a girl who just got royally hornswoggled.

Have her new powers clued her in to some hidden advantage we have against Jack? I suppose the presence of the Perfect Mendicant would even the scales a little - and, like I said, we have three God Tier Players on our side. Jack isn't nearly as threatening as he used to be.

KARKAT: OH NO??? THEN WHAT'S THE PLAN NOW??? ROSE: It's simple. ROSE: We regroup, and then defeat him in person.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Jack, however, is merely a secondary objective. Now that he's no longer a threatening antagonist, narrative convention demands that a new primary villain must take center stage...

...and Jack's successor is already here.