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You are Jane Crocker again. And once again, you have woken up on the moon of Prospit, without any recollection of how you fell asleep. You think you were going outside to get the mail? You can't remember.

Right, so this is immediately after the explosion. Evidently, it knocked her out - but it can't have killed her, because her dream self is showing no signs of sympathetic injury.

I don't know how she protected herself, but she did. Life finds a way.

The moon is presently eclipsing Skaia. From your fanciful dream room atop your golden tower, you have seen many remarkable things in the clouds. Things which you cannot explain. But against all better judgment, you have a feeling that what you are fondly regarding could very well be some sort of miracle.

The miracle of a new beginning.

Please don't use Gamzee words, Jane. It makes me uncomfortable.

Anyway, the last 'new beginning' was the creation of Jadesprite, as observed by Gamzee during Cascade. This beginning is unlikely to involve a First Guardian, though, unless there's a Blue Sun that I don't know about.

Come to think of it, I can't recall any Homestuck entities associated with light-blue energy. Vriska and Snowman come close, but their signature colors are considerably darker than this baby-blue aura - and besides, they're both extremely dead right now.

Guess who’s back...

Wait, WV is the guest?

The meteor squad don't have any Life Players, but I suppose they can at least alchemize some medical supplies. Plus, a favorable outcome for WV probably involves not bleeding to death, so Rose should know the most optimal way to help him.

Now that I'm thinking about it, adding WV to the group might turn out to be very useful indeed. He can fill his new teammates in on various pieces of lore that they might not be privy to, such as the finer points of Carapacian politics. Plus, it'll be good to know that they can count the Perfect Mendicant among their allies, which mitigates Jack's threat somewhat.

It also means that he'll be able to inspire the Carapacians of Jane's session, potentially sowing the seeds of another rebellion. Armed with the knowledge of how it went wrong the first time, we might be able to cause a Rise Up that actually succeeds!

[ YOU THERE, MISS! PLEASE SAVE MY FRIEND! ] ROSE: We should be able to get him some help along the way.

I am fully willing to believe that Rose understood Serenity's Morse Code request, and is addressing her directly.

Looks like PM's following the meteor as well. I guess it is the quickest way to find Jack, but I doubt she'll be able to catch up with him until he stops somewhere; their maximum speeds should be almost identical.

Woah, what?

I've gotta say, I'm really vibing with this music. Is the green Act Curtain the titular infinity mechanism?

We've got what appears to be a squad of Imperial Drones, contrasted with a Dirk who looks ready for battle.

The Condesce has demanded that humanity CEASE REPRODUCTION, so maybe these drones have decided that Dirk - who technically does have a son - needs to be eliminated for breaking this law.

This entire animation seems to consist of various Skaian prophecies - and considering how misleading Homestuck's oracles can be, we should be taking everything we see here with a pinch of salt. These events may not be what they seem.

Here we have Roxy, apparently breaking into one of Problem Sleuth's dimensional windows with an iced Mutini.

Back in Problem Sleuth, these windows lead to the bizarre dimension of Imaginationland - but in Homestuck itself, their most notable appearance was in Rose's eldritch grimoire, attached to a cryptic note about 'summoning procedures'. Could Roxy be enlisting some help from the Furthest Ring to deal with the Condesce?

Next up, we've got the new Battlefield, still locked in its pre-session stalemate.

We know that Jade's bringing her session's original Battlefield to this Incipisphere, and will presumably wire it up to Jane's instance of Skaia. As a consequence, this baby chessboard will probably be made redundant - but perhaps there's still some use for it.

Anachronism Island burns, as a dragon closes in on the erupting Forge. Just like the second Battlefield, this Forge will become redundant upon Jade's arrival, so perhaps Skaia saw fit to Doom it.