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Karkat really likes to ramble, doesn’t he? 

The guy could give Dave a run for his money - and now I really want to see what their conversations would be like. I think Dave would find Karkat hilarious. 

PCG: I WILL ASSUME THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY THIS WAY FOR THE DURATION OF OUR QUEST, AND THAT I WILL REMAIN AN IMPECCABLE LEADER FOR A SPAN OF HUNDREDS OF HOURS WHILE I GUIDE US ALL TO A STUNNING VICTORY. PCG: IN FACT, I DON'T EVEN NEED TO ASSUME. PCG: I BROWSED THROUGH THIS WHOLE BULLETIN IN ADVANCE, AND IT DOES APPEAR TO BE THE CASE. GO ME.

Karkat’s being glib here, but this probably is a serious confidence booster. 

It might be the first time in the comic that fate is on our heroes’ side - at least until Karkat scrolls down to the postgame chatroom. 

PCG: IN FACT, SINCE I'VE SEEN WHAT I WILL WRITE IN THE FUTURE, I WONDER WHAT IMPETUS I WILL HAVE FOR WRITING IT LATER WHEN I'M SUPPOSED TO? PCG: I WONDER IF I COULD JUST COPY/PASTE IT... HOLD ON. PCG: DAMN. PCG: I GUESS THEY THOUGHT OF THAT? I DUNNO. I TRIED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE BULLETIN AGAIN, BUT NOW THAT I'VE OPENED THIS ONE FROM THE BEGINNING, I CAN'T SEE THE WHOLE THING ANYMORE.

Karkat got a glimpse of his future messages, which will guide his future actions -  but like a Prospit dreamer, he’ll need to figure out the whole picture himself. 

It’s a clever way to split the difference when it comes to predestination - cluing people into their fates, while still allowing them to have original thoughts and ideas.  

PCG: WELL THANKS FOR THE HELP, SO WHEN DO I BAN YOU, FUTURE BOY? PTA: a few liine2 down, after ii pretend liike iim goiing two diie.

What? But you know you’re destined to die!

...well, I guess you also know you’re destined to come back, so that you can die again later. Maybe you’re trying to spare Karkat’s feelings, so that he doesn’t feel responsible for a death you know won’t stick. 

PTA: that horriible p2ychiic noii2e PTA: the voiice2 PTA: they're all goiing two diie PTA: oh 2HiiT iim bleediing PTA: 2hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit PTA: thii2 ii2 bad PTA: ii have two get her iin quiick

Wait - the Glub isn’t instant? You pulled Feferi into the session while your brain was melting? 

When they born every person is rewarded with a gift. Drawing, singing or writing.

The first thing that you create with your gift is a hint about your encounter with your soulmate. This hints start after you have three years old.

DRAWING: The first thing that you draw is the place where you meet your soulmate, with the time you can improve the drawing and make it more detailed.

SINGING: You sing the first song that you both listen together. Even if the song doesn’t exist yet when you sing it, you already know the melody, and when the song actually exist you already know the lyrics.

WRITING: You write the first conversation you have with your soulmate. You even describe the timing and the tone in your partner voice, but cannot describe the person no matter how much you try.

If you don’t have the opportunity to meet your soulmate, because they die first or you die first, then the things change.

WHEN YOUR SOULMATE IS DEAD BEFORE MEETING THEM.

DRAWING: You draw the place where your soulmate is buried, or the place where they died. Some can even draw the moment when their soulmate died. But usually you draw a nameless grave.

SINGING: The first song you sing is the last song your soulmate heard before they died. You sing the whole song, not just the melody, you even know the lyrics of the song even if it doesn’t exist yet.

WRITING: You write the las words your soulmate said before dying.

WHEN YOU DIE BEFORE YOU MEET THEM.

DRAWING: Dark. You fill a whole page with pitch black, not even a trace of another color visible in the paper.

SINGING: When you die before meeting your soulmate you are deaf before your gift appear, when you turn three years old your hearing comes back, and you sing the first song you hear.