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Act 5 Act 2: He Is Already Here.
Part 13: Rise Up
Link back to comic: Page 3087
[S] John: Rise up.
GC: 4R3 YOU GO1NG TO JUST ST4ND TH3R3, OR 4R3 YOU GO1NG TO SUCK 1T UP 4ND 4SS4SS1N4T3 TH4T N1C3 LOOK1NG D4V3 1N H1S SL33P? >:]
TG: you know if im going to or not
TG: its lame for you to pretend theres any element of suspense here
TG: why dont you just tell me
GC: OH 1 G3T 1T
GC: YOU W4NT TO R1S3 TO TH3 GOD T13RS 4ND B3COM3 4S GR34T 4S JOHN
GC: WH1L3 ST1LL FORF31T1NG 4LL OF YOUR D3C1S1ONS 4ND FR33 W1LL TO 4 BL1ND G1RL 1N 4NOTH3R D1M3NS1ON
GC: R34L H3RO1C, D4V3!
TG: look i dont mind making the decision if thats whats going on here
TG: i just want to know whats really going on here
GC: YOU N33D TO D13 ON YOUR QU3ST B3D TO R34CH TH3 GOD T13R 1N SK414 W1TH JOHN
TG: ok i know but
TG: something about this doesnt add up
TG: who is this guy
TG: does this mean later im going to have to put this ugly goddamn suit back on
TG: and then go back in time and sleep in this bed and get killed by me right now
GC: 1T 1SNT 34SY FOR 4NYON3 TO F4C3 TH31R OWN D34TH
GC: 3V3N 1F TH3 CONS3QU3NC3 1S TO TH31R B3N3F1T
GC: NOT 3V3N 4NY OF US M4N4G3D TO DO 1T
GC: W3LL, 3XC3PT FOR ON3
TG: i wonder if this can finally be the conversation that doesnt deteriorate into a lot of bitching and moaning about her
GC: F1N3 >:P
TG: so this isnt part of our timeline choreography at all
TG: must be from an offshoot timeline
TG: which means hes doomed
TG: ok so how did this happen where did we fuck up
GC: 1T W4S TH3 B3ST W4Y 1 COULD TH1NK OF TO SHOW YOU WH4T TH1S 1NVOLV3S!
GC: YOU WOULDNT STOP BUGG1NG M3 4BOUT WHY YOUD N3V3R B3 4BL3 TO C4TCH UP W1TH JOHN
TG: what exactly did you do
GC: YOU F1N4LLY WOR3 M3 DOWN W1TH 4LL YOUR R3C3NT P3ST3R1NG!
GC: SO 1 S41D F1N3
GC: 4ND W3NT B4CK 4 L1TTL3 34RL13R ON YOUR T1M3L1N3 TO K1CK TH1S OFF
TG: ok but you didnt actually give me a choice
TG: you just flipped a coin
GC: 4ND 1 L3FT TH3 D3C1S1ON OV3R TH3 OUTCOM3 OF TH3 FL1P 1N YOUR H4NDS! >:]
GC: YOU W3R3 STRUTT1NG 4ROUND 1N YOUR D3L1C1OUS K1W1 31GHT B4LL SU1T 4ND RUNN1NG YOUR FR3SH MOUTH 4S USU4L
GC: durp yo terezi sup sup gotta beat john gotta beat john
GC: oops red is how i talk, my bad
GC: OH MY GOD...
GC: D4V3 TH1S 1S SO D3C4D3NT
GC: WHY D1DNT YOU 3V3R T3LL M3 HOW 4M4Z1NG 1T 1S TO TYP3 L1K3 TH1S
GC: 1 4LMOST C4NT H4NDL3 1T >:o
TG: ok stop that shit is probably like crack to you
TG: im not going to stand by and watch you fall prey to your own wild cherry apeshit apocalypse
GC: OK >:[
GC: SO 1 S4Y F1N3
GC: 1 W1LL SHOW YOU
GC: BUT ONLY 1F YOU PROM1S3 TO TH3 3X4CT T3RMS OF MY 4RR4NG3M3NT, 1N ORD3R TO PROT3CT TH3 1NT3GR1TY OF TH3 T1M3L1N3 >:]
TG: the arrangement being the coin flip thing
GC: 1 TOLD YOU 1 W4S GO1NG TO FL1P 4 CO1N
GC: 4ND B3FOR3 1 D1D, YOU H4D TO P1CK 4 S1D3 W1THOUT T3LL1NG M3
GC: GOOD H34DS OR B4D H34DS
TG: so like i said before i had no choice at all i picked some options and you flipped a coin
TG: i picked good heads to mean youd show me now
TG: bad heads to mean youd show me later
TG: you said it came up bad heads
TG: and now here you are showing me
TG: did i miss something
GC: H3 W3NT B4CK 1N T1M3, 4ND 1 TOLD H1M TO F1ND TH1S B3D 4ND GO TO SL33P
GC: 4ND TH3N FUTUR3 D4V3 WOULD COM3 L4T3R 4ND K1LL H1M, S3ND1NG H1M TO TH3 GOD T13R 1F H3 SO W1LL3D
GC: TH3 SL33P1NG D4V3 1S TH3 DOOM3D D4V3, TH3 ON3 WHO D1DNT W41T
GC: FUTUR3 D4V3 1S YOU, TH3 ON3 WHO W41T3D
GC: 1N YOUR QU3ST, YOUR3 TH3 4LPH4 D4V3
GC: H3S YOU >8]
TG: i thought you were bringing me back here to finish a stable time loop not murder a guy you punked whos gonna die regardless
TG: whats the fucking point of giving a doomed version of myself superpowers anyway
TG: doomed means doomed doesnt it
TG: the loopholes are only temporary like look how davesprite turned out
GC: P4R4DOX SP4C3 1S PR3TTY V1C1OUS 4BOUT PUN1SH1NG THOS3 1N V1OL4T1ON OF 1TS PL4N
GC: 1T F1NDS W4YS TO 4NN1H1L4T3 TH3 P4THS WH1CH DO NOT CONTR1BUT3 CONSTRUCT1V3LY TO 1TS OWN PROP4G4T1ON
GC: 4ND 1T 1S 3QU4LLY M3RC1L3SS TO THOS3 WHO 1NH4B1T TH3M, 4ND 1N P4RT1CUL4R, THOS3 WHO C4US3 TH3M
GC: TH3 QU3ST1ON R3M41NS
GC: NOW WH4T??
TG: i think
TG: this whole thing was a ruse
TG: and not even the funny kind that qualify as distactions
TG: i think you got my whole timeline there in front of you and you know damn well i have no intention of killing this guy ever
GC: Y34H
GC: SO?????
TG: well played??????
TG: i dont know
TG: just one question
TG: and please just drop your fucking justice riddles and be honest
TG: do i ever make the god tier
GC: NO, YOU DONT
GC: BUT TH4T 1S NOT 4S B4D 4S 1T SOUNDS!
GC: L1K3 1 S41D, NON3 OF US M4D3 1T
GC: 3XC3PT FOR... OK N3V3R M1ND
GC: 1T W4SNT N3C3SS4RY! W3 W3R3 4LR34DY BR33Z1NG THROUGH TH3 G4M3 4T OUR LOW3R L3V3LS
GC: 1T 4LL WORK3D OUT 1N TH3 3ND
GC: 3V3N 1F YOUR3 NOT QU1T3 WH3R3 JOHN 1S, YOUR3 ST1LL 4 PR3TTY D34DLY W34PON >:]
TG: then cool i guess i can live without wearing a sweet windsock hoodie and making time tornadoes or whatever
GC: 1 THOUGHT 1T W4S B3TT3R TO SHOW YOU WH4T W4S 1NVOLV3D
GC: OUR R4C3 1S NOT 3X4CTLY UNCOMFORT4BL3 1N TH3 PROX1M1TY OF D34TH
GC: BUT 1T W4S ST1LL 4 CH4LL3NG3 W3 W3R3NT PR3P4R3D FOR
GC: 4ND TH3N
GC: J4CK K1LL3D OUR DR34M S3LV3S
GC: 4ND 1 GU3SS W3 LOST TH4T CH4NC3 FOR GOOD >:[
TG: i guess thats enough of this horseshit time to move on right
TG: i am forbidding you from ever flipping that coin again when youre talking to me or even thinking about me
GC: F1N3!!!! WOW D4V3
GC: SO TOUCHY 4BOUT 4 S1LLY L1TTL3 CO1N
GC: 4FT3R 1 FL1PP3D 1T, 1 D1DNT 3V3N LOOK 4T TH3 R3SULT!
GC: D4V3, WHY WOULD 4 BL1ND G1RL LOOK 4T 4 CO1N SH3 C4NT 3V3N S33?
GC: 1T DO3SNT M4K3 S3NS3!
TG: so ok your coinflip of death was meaningless great to know
TG: is there anything else we need to do here
TG: probably time we chill out for a while and i get back in sync with my teammates
GC: J4D3 1S GO1NG TO N33D YOUR H3LP ON H3R N1C3 FROST3D M4RSHM4LLOW PL4N3T
GC: 4ND 1F YOU C4N F1ND 1T 1N YOUR COOLK1D H34RT NOT TO ST4Y M4D 4T M3, F33L FR33 TO G3T 1N TOUCH 4NY T1M3
TG: im not even actually mad i just
TG: was the trick really necessary
TG: it sounds like
TG: the splitoff was a result of both possible decisions i could have made
GC: 3X4CTLY!!!
GC: S33 YOU DO G3T 1T
GC: YOU 4SK3D WH4T 1T M34NS TO B3 TH3 S33R OF M1ND
GC: TO T4LK TO P3OPL3 4ND S33 TH3 TUNN3LS 4ND VORT1C3S 1N TH31R M1NDS 4ND TO UND3RST4ND TH3 R34L1T13S TH3Y WOULD CR34T3 1F THOS3 THOUGHTS L34D TO 4CT1ON
GC: FOR MY 3N3M13S, 1 W4S M34NT TO BR1NG 4BOUT TH3 1NH3R3NT R3TR1BUT1ON FLOW1NG FROM TH3 R34L1TY M4D3 BY TH31R OWN 3V1L THOUGHTS
GC: 4ND FOR MY FR13NDS, TO PROT3CT TH3M FROM TH31R T3ND3NCY TO UND3R3ST1M4T3 TH3 POW3R TH31R CONFUS1ON H4S OV3R TH31R F4T3
GC: FORTUN3 1S TH3 3SS3NC3 OF L1GHT, 4ND 1T SH1N3S ON THOS3 WHOV3 M4ST3R3D 1T
GC: BUT 1 KNOW SOM3TH1NG MOR3 1MPORT4NT TH4N TH1S
GC: 1T 1S 4 B1G S3CR3T
GC: M4YB3 TH3 B1GG3ST 4ND MOST 1MPORT4NT S3CR3T OF 4LL
TG: what
GC: LUCK DO3SNT 4CTU4LLY M4TT3R >8]
In the past, on Alternia.
Shortly after Aradia's brutal revenge.
>KISS HER
>KISS THAT GIRL YOU WIMP
>AW FER CRYING OUT LOUD
>I GOT TO STOP PLAYING GAMES FER GIRLS
>YER ON YER OWN RUNT
Save your 8reath, page. I 8n't dead just yet.
Pick me up. Need to get somewhere fast.
Are you ready to flyyyyyyyy, Pupa?
One rocketchair trip later...
I won't make you do it.
This is up to you.
Here's your chance!
>Thief.
>Why not take control?
Tavros, hurry up!
>Steal his will.
>It is what a thief does.
>End this.
Second remote narrator connected.
>Kid.
>Finish her.
>Watcha waiting for.
>What are you.
>Rise up, Thief.
NEXT CHAPTER: Alchemy Party #4!
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