009 | video | december 29, afternoon

[memorymodus]

[ The girl on the screen looks familiar, though a little winded -- and also, perhaps, a little different. One may notice that she seems to have sprouted white dog ears from the top of her head

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[moetier]

[Jade never... had those before... did she? Madoka's pretty sure she didn't. Maybe they're just one of those headbands that used to be sold in stores all the time back home.]

No, you haven't missed New Years. It's the twenty-ninth today, Jade-chan.

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[memorymodus]

Thanks, Madoka! Oh-- [ She grins. ] You were right. Even though some bad things happened, our world is turning out okay. But the story's still not done, I don't think. At least, not mine.

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[moetier]

[She's glad to hear that. She wanted to hear that.] That's good to know. Even if the story isn't done, yet, that just means that there's a lot of time for things to keep turning out for the best.

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[memorymodus]

Looking back...I wish a lot of the sad things hadn't happened.

[ Dave died.
It was her fault.
She frowns. ]

But hopefully, things will turn out okay. I had a plan, at least, for making it all better.

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[meowgeneticist]

If you're honestly surprised that the clutches of this universe have no consideration for prior engagements I'm going to be more than a little disappointed in you, Jade.

Regardless, you've somehow managed to slide back in before the ringing in of the new year. Congratulations.

text; rose u jelly

[memorymodus]

i am not that surprised.....
i just didnt expect to end up here again!
or i guess, a third time :o

thanks!!!!
i cant wait for our celebration :)
this time it will be clinic free!!!!!

i wanted to talk to you about timeline stuff
you know, i never figured out where you were on it........

text; more like butthurt

[meowgeneticist]

There aren't very many options left for universe jumping. This seems to be a popular destination.

I'm sure that you'll all have a jolly time drinking nonalcoholic beverages and overindulging on processed foods as the seconds tick away to the transference of the calendar year, even without the ever lovely allure of grievous bodily injury.

Oh, have I finally qualified for actual useful information regarding the future? Excuse me, I need to find a couch to swoon onto.

text; shhh your time will come

[memorymodus]

it does!!!
maybe next time i will go somewhere with a beach
and less witches to fight :P
you know, seeing as i was one at home and stuff!

are you mad at me?
i was going to tell you things but if this is a bad time then i will come back later!

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[dungenessmaster]

[black hood. Hero of Space design. Dream Dog Harley's ears.

He's dumb sometimes, but not THAT stupid.]

Is there any Sgrub rule your team won't apparently take as a personal challenge and concoct any flimsy technicality to slide by? Because you four were already bullshit without you fusing with your weepy canid alter ego.

And in case you haven't noticed, there's no Trollian here and therefore no time shenanigans and THEREFORE no reason to bring up passwords outside of your sick need to spike my blood pressure into foam-at-the-mouth rage levels, so fuck you, we're not doing that.

[left unspoken: it's good to have her back. Also what talk there was never a talk what are you high or something?]

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[memorymodus]

It's good to see you too, Karkat! Do you like my ears? [ She giggles. ] I actually have no idea how I ended up going god tier. Dog...tier? Whatever. Something happened, anyway!

It's okay. I understand, you're just mad because I cut you off back at home! You're from the same time that I am, right?

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[dungenessmaster]

Don't look at me, when we got cut off you still looked like your usual self.

[a pause -- he hadn't meant to admit that -- then he presses on.]

A little bit before you, I think. John was starting the scratch, you were about to start explaining shaving cream and why it could be falling from the sky, and then you disconnected and I had actual important shit to worry about. Death City me already knows about shaving cream, though, so don't waste both our time.

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[memorymodus]

I exploded.

[ ... ]

Flaming shaving cream sucks!

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[trageteas]

Jade, you know we can't go ba-- [nope, those ears look real...] are you all right?

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[memorymodus]

I know, but it was still worth a shot to try!

I'm fine. Why?

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[trageteas]

It sounds like you had a hard time at home. And, well, your head is... different.

[a chuckle] But now I'm being silly, those ears must be a part of your outfit!

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[memorymodus]

Yeah, kind of. There was a lot of stuff going on! But I got these really cute ears, and they twitch, look! [ Wiggle wiggle wiggle. ]

Nope. They're attached to my head.

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[spandexisyouth]

...You have dog ears.

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[memorymodus]

Yep! Aren't they cute? I got them back at home, before I came here again.

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[spandexisyouth]

So in your world you can simply... get dog ears?

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[memorymodus]

Not really. This was kind of a special case!