Act 2: Part 3
[OS-62]
Webby was in great shock.
She always hoped to see her again, she knows that she was somewhere in the Shadow Realm, her spirit vanished into that world, she just needed to figure out a way to get through, find her and get out.
But all of that change when her friendship Bracelet was prototyped.
And transformed into Lenasprite.
"uh… hi?" the sprite gave a weak smile and raise an arm up
Webby had tears in her eyes and quickly jump to hug her lost friend, happy to see her again.
"Lena!" she spoke, "I thought I lost you."
"I was never gone, Knight."
"Knight?" Webby was confused about what her friend called her.
"Sorry, Webby" Lena said letting go of her friend, "I'm suddenly getting filled with new information."
"what information?" Gyro said, being suspicious.
"about this session," Lena said.
"session?" Huey joined in, being curious and suspicious as Gyro, "like a video game."
"pretty much," Lena answered, with ducks surrounding her, "it's an SBURB session being played by six-Players, Webby being one of them."
"and who else is playing." Louie asked, with Webby's laptop in lap, "because I'll be down for joining in."
"Unfortunately, Webby is the only person in our world that's playing the session" Lena answered, "the rest are from different realities."
"Okay, now you're going into the multiverse theory right?" Gyro said, "how there are different realities and timelines and what not?"
"In a sense... ours is very special… I think…"
"Special you say?" Scrooge raised a brow.
"I'm still processing the information here, but all I know is that this game is being played by four humans, one Duck and one Hybrid…"
"can you explain the humans then?"
"And why the game is being played?"
"and how we can save Earth"
"and what exactly you are…"
There were loads of questions coming towards Lena, it frightened her. Webby notices and step in.
"Can you guys stop!" she shouted, "she's been through enough, and she just became a sprite, we need to give her a bit of space."
Lena chuckled at the last part.
"I would listen to Webby if I were you." the sprite said, "and there is some information that's locked from me, I only access it when we enter the Medium."
"That's how we escape from the meteors right?" Huey asked with Lena nodding in response.
"Okay… how long do we have left?"
[OS-63]
Louie: Pester Webby's friend
- GrandAdventureGirl [GA] began pestering DipperSisterkitten [DS] –
GA: Sup
DS: hey green duck
DS: that's who's talking on the computer
DS: I can see you while everyone is looking at Webby's new sprite
GA: Yeah, still insane to how things are going
DS: so who's this new sprite she has
DS: I saw something pulling her and suddenly there's a girl duck sprite
GA: she's Lena, Webby's best friend
GA: I'm surprised that bracelet turned into her
DS: that explains the thing on her hand
DS: how come she was in the bracelet
GA: I don't know much the details, but from what I know of, Lena turned out to be associated with one of our enemies
GA: some dark magic woman who took everyone's shadow and tried to rule the world or something
DS: Woah
DS: That sounds very bad
DS: at least it's not some young Texan accent creep who used magic to kill my brother
GA: I deal with that every day
GA: but not with magic, just a bunch of criminals
DS: Well, better get going
DS: my sprite is bothering me with something
GA: you have a sprite too?
DS: yeah
DS: he is a mixture of my pet pig Waddles and Gompers the goat, which I don't know if he's my grunkle Stan's pet or just some animal that's been living around Gravity Falls
- GrandAdventureGirl [GA] has left the pesterlog –
DS: oh…
DS: bye then…
- GrandAdventureGirl [GA] stop pestering DipperSisterkitten [DS] –
[OS-64]
Webby: Check timer
The timer reads 58:22
There is so much time she has.
"Okay… that's surprising…" Webby said, "according to this, we got less than an hour."
"Really now?" Scrooge said with a smile, "then we got no time to waste," he turns away and walks out of the TV room, "Webby, try and get ourselves into the Medium, Launchpad you're with me."
"Right away Mr McD" Launchpad follow Scrooge,
"Where are you going?" Webby asked.
"if it's the end of the world and we're going to another place, then I would bring all of my values with me, hence why I'm going to the money bin and bring every single coin here!"
And with the old duck leaving, Gyro follows behind, "great idea, better do the same with my blueprints and successful projects."
"I'll get supplies to wherever we're going," Beakley said before being the final one leaving the room.
With the kids left alone, Webby thought about the timer now ticking to 58:04
"That's completely weird, Dipper only had five minutes."
"Perhaps different times for each player." Huey wrote on his notes, "I also notice Lena calling you a Knight, do you think it's important?"
"It is," Lenasprite enters the scene, "but that's all I know."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The information given told me that Webby is the Knight of… something…"
"And what about the other players?"
"I only know two, Dipper and Mabel, ones an Heir of Light the other a Witch of Heart."
[OS-65]
Webby: Be the Heir of Light
Webby is not the Heir of Light.
Dipper is.
At the current moment, he was looking at his computer with Pacifica, waiting for Webby to click on the Next button, he doesn't know what's going on but he could guess it has something to do with her game.
All of the sudden, Soos came into his room.
"Dudes! You need to come down!" he shouted.
"Why? What's going on?" Dipper turns around.
"Mr Pines and other Mr Pines… they were kidnapped!"
[OS-66]
Dipper: Be the Witch of Heart
Again. Nobody can be someone else! What don't you get about this context?
The scene now follows Mabel, who is known to be the Witch of Heart.
She is currently looking at her computer with Wendy and Wadpersprite, waiting for Webby to finish up, as she looks at the game and saw the ducks doing stuff and the timer being less than an hour.
Which gives her enough time to do other stuff.
For now, she went back to Webby's room and placed a punched car near where Webby needs to used said card.
With the card place, everything is now down to the girl duck.
Giving Mabel spare time to explore her place.
"Mabel…" Wadpersprite said, "I suggest we should get the boat ready"
"What boat?" Mabel asked, just when a sudden earthquake occurs, getting the girls off their balance.
The pig-goat-sprite smiled, "oink, to set sail of course…"
"but? What about the story? I can't leave the computer?"
"You have your phone, don't you?"
A little confused by her pet-sprite statement, Mabel pulls out her phone, which reveals the story being shown on her phone screen.
"Woah" she responds, "that's convenient!"
[OS-67]
Mabel: Be Webby again
Mabel has never been Webby nor she will be
Stop telling people to be someone else!
Back to Webby though, she was feeling more relaxed, all she needs to do is wait till the timer gets lower. There wouldn't be the point to enter the medium if
Plus, she can spend quality time with her best friend in the world.
"Okay, ready to read some Homestuck!"
"I was…" Lena said with a pause, "but I pretty much know what's going to happen in this story."
"Really?"
"before, I was just reading along with you, but I know what's going to happen in the whole story, the purpose of the story is to guide you and the other players to get through your session, going through the session and not finishing the story will cause a null session."
"And what happens if we end up in a null session?" Huey asked,
"In short, we all die." Lena gave a straight answer.
"So I guess we just need to not make a null session,"
"Yes…" she said, "and Webby will have a big role to ensure it doesn't happen. That's all I can tell you."
"What? why?" Webby asked, having a feeling that her friend is keeping something from her.
"Look, I don't want to keep secrets from you, Webby, but the game is making me give you the information in cryptic language, plus I still don't know much about our session, only aspects of them."
"Then waste no time!" Louie pointed out, "let's resume reading this…"
And with that, the kids at the McDuck Manor click onto the next page. Resuming the story.
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[349]
Dipper:
"The fact that he needs to say a certain word to pull out an item really makes his modus more difficult than mine." Dipper comments while looking at his phone
Webby:
"at least he cleaned the stain on his beta." Webby tries to think of the good side of things, "and drying them off makes sense."
Meanwhile for Dewey, who once read something from the previous pages made him a little concerned about where the games were drying at.
Cartman:
"Whatever," Cartman clicks onto the next page.
Mabel:
"Always dry things that are wet," Mabel comments on the page on her phone while following her pet.
[350]
Dipper:
"Which he had if I remember correctly." Pacifica mentions.
Webby:
"Knew he would bring that up," Dewey said, "Is this when it happens?"
Cartman:
"Yeah… it would be disappointing if you lost a couple of cool games," Cartman said.
Mabel:
"it's a risk you better take," Wendy said, though a little concern towards Dave's games being near a window.
[351]
Everyone equally agrees it was a good call from Dave
[352]
Dipper:
"I beg the differ," Dipper comments on the page while looking up, nearly at the main room of the Mystery Shack where Soos last saw the Stans.
Webby:
"Dipper got very far with his fetch modi" Webby said, "and tree isn't so bad."
Cartman:
Cartman didn't know what Dave was talking about, so he skipped to the next.
Mabel:
"Again, need to test if I got a modi," Mabel said, arriving in the living room, with the sprite going outside.
[353]
Dipper:
"Dudes!" Soos called, making Dipper look up, away from the page, one that contains a surprise he didn't expect.
"what?" he asked.
Soos points towards the hallway, "it's not just Mr. Pines and other Mr. Pines missing," he claimed, "there's something in the Mystery Shack."
Webby:
Everyone was surprised when a sudden bird appears and grabs the game.
"Are you kidding me!" Huey said.
"black crow got the betas!" Webby shouted, excited from it, she clicks onto the next page.
Cartman:
Cartman laughs at the bird grabbing the betas, but when he comes to his senses, he hopes for Dave to get the games back from the feathery a**hole.
Mabel:
"well… that's unexpected," Mabel said, opening the door that leads to the back.
Wendy was a little afraid, last time she opened the door she almost fell, but it seems the back has some solid ground as Mabel walk outside.
She follows behind her.
[354]
In a single action, the four kids stop at their tracks and were surprised by Dave saying 'Stop' which threw out his sword. They quickly press the next button to see what happened to the blade.
[355]
Dipper:
Before Dipper could enter the main room, he looked directly at his phone, seeing the sword stab through the blade.
"so… that's what happened to the copies," Dipper said, wondering Dave's embarrassing moment of him losing them and not wanting to talk about.
Webby:
Everyone, even Lena, was surprised by the sudden sword attack that stabbed
"Poor bird!" Webby said, she had seen the danger and things biting crushed, but not a death of a bird.
"Eh, the bird had it when it messed with his stuff," Louie said, grabbing another can of Pep.
Cartman:
"Take that you feathery a**hole!" Cartman smiled.
Mabel:
"that's not good," Mabel said, a little saddened by the bird.
She presses on the next button before looking up.
[356]
Dipper:
"Too late," Dipper said.
Webby:
"If you need to get the betas, you have to mention what happened to them," Webby said
Cartman:
"A secret to hold," Cartman said
Mabel:
"better keep your record clean, Dave," Mabel said.
[357]
Dipper:
"A little sense of foreshadowing," Dipper said, arriving in the main room of the Mystery shack exhibits.
"Wait what!?" Dipper accidentally clicked on a button.
Webby:
With a surprise by showing a wizard, it made Webby smile at what's going to happen next.
"Something tells me that Rose is up to something." The girl duck said, just when he checks on the other pop-up to find Dipper at the exhibit room, along with several new guests
Cartman:
"Haah!" Cartman jumped from the sudden wizard jumpscare, enough to get him off his seat.
"Not cool bro." he got back himself on his chair.
Mabel:
Arriving outside, she finds herself in a big open space with a very narrow floor. For miles, all she can see is the pink sea, moving around as all sea do.
"This is beautiful…" she said in wonder.
The sprite smile towards the player, "it might look beautiful on the outside… but the Land of Sails and Clay lies many dangers within."
Mabel looked at her phone, seeing that the scene cuts to a Wizard, she attempt to multi-task, watching the story and do what her pet wants her to do.
[358]
Dipper:
Dipper wasn't focused as much on the wizard, but more on the figures appearing in the room.
Black figures, each of them dressed in Gnome attire, one had goat horns, another had a pig snout and ears, one had a rabbit appearance while another had deer antlers.
"Soos?" he said in concern, "what is this?"
Webby:
"Scrooge would certainly hate if that happened to him." Webby joked, recalling how much Scrooge hates magic
Cartman:
"It would be cool if I was that statue," Cartman said, remembering his wizard persona for his fantasy games.
Mabel:
"great for Rose to look at Zazzerpan every day," Mabel said, as she arrives at where the sprite wants to take her.
It was at this moment she realises what's going on, she looked down and saw wooden planks and in front of her was a poll, a very long pole with a white piece of loose cloth.
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[360]
Dipper:
At this point, Dipper's phone was given to Pacifica as she watches the pages, finding it a little weird about Rose's mother having a big obsession with wizards.
Meaning for Dipper, he approaches one of the black figures in a blue gnome outfit, said figure spotted him and screamed, getting ready to attack.
"Yeah, expecting that," Dipper said before he suddenly got hold of his book out of nowhere.
Webby:
"Everyone has an obsession," Lenasprite said, who too found the obsession a little weird.
Cartman:
"Dude, what's wrong with wizards?" Cartman complains, "they're f**king awesome!"
Mabel:
Mabel meanwhile looked at the pole in awe, she's ignoring the mean comment about wizards.
"So… what are we looking at?" Wendy asked, curious about the long pole and cloth.
"isn't it obvious? Baah!" the sprite said.
[361]
Dipper:
"Woah!" Pacifica said, empressed by the decorative room, filled with books and carpets, showing that Rose is indeed a rich kid.
Dipper meanwhile was getting himself ready.
"Okay, let's do this!" he said, holding his book like a weapon
STRIFE!
Webby:
"Is Dipper going to fight the monsters!" Webby said in excitement, now focused on the screen, as it shows Dipper getting ready to use his book to fight the gnome looking monsters.
"This room is a little creepy with a giant wizard over there," Huey said in his honesty.
Cartman:
"Wow, so cool," Cartman said, a little amazed by Rose's place, with a certain doll that caught his interest.
Mabel:
"Alright," Mabel said, turning to Wendy, "remember when you got to climb that metal tree to flip a switch?"
"Yeah, I got that skill." Wendy crossed her arms.
"well I want you to do it again," Mabel then get the bottom part of the loose cloth with hard rope, "I need you to take this rope and tighten it over at that question mark wind thingy"
Wendy looked at the wing thingy, or the question mark that has 'WHAT' instead of the usual 'NESW'
[362]
Dipper:
"Okay, I don't know how much a parent cares for their child, but this is getting a little troubling." Pacifica was a little shaken at the bronze vacuum.
Dipper meanwhile was ready to attack, deciding to swing his book on the monsters, if Bookkind is his weapon he will use it.
Webby:
"Oh, she cares so much about her daughter that she made her gift as a display, and cover it in bronze," Webby said, finding it interesting.
"yeah… not a lot of parents does that…" Dewey said, finding it a little weird and a bit unsettling.
Webby goes back to Dipper, noticing him lifting his book.
"come on Dipper, you can do it!" Webby cheered him on.
Cartman:
Cartman chuckle, "bronze vacuum cleaner…" he clicks on the next page.
Mabel:
With Wendy climbing on the rooftop, Mabel turns to her sprite.
"Wadper!" she catches their attention, "can you place the other rope over there?"
"I can do that," the sprite answered, "but for the final one, it's all up to you."
"Okey dokey!" Mabel understands.
[363]
Dipper:
STRIKE!
Dipper Hit the figure with the book.
The gnome dressed figure was angered, it really hurt.
"Oh right…" Dipper said, "these books aren't lethal."
Webby:
"First the big harlequin, now this." Lena complains, "what's next, a big doll for Dave?"
"I wouldn't be surprised at this point," Dewey said.
Cartman:
"That's a really pretty Eldrich Princess," Cartman said, reminding him of the dolls he used to play with.
"Plus she looks so hideous!"
Mabel:
Mabel looks at the one remaining thing to put the rope. Thinking of an idea.
"Alright, grabbling hook time!" she shouted, getting out her grabbling hook from her strife specibus and shooting it at the top of the building.
Once hooked, the force drags her body towards the top. Once she reaches up there while holding the rope, she looked at her phone to see an adorable princess.
"So cute." She smiles in glee.
[364]
Dipper:
"To get to the generator outside? Surely!" Pacifica comments while Dipper begins to run away, with the gnomes chasing him.
Webby:
"Always carry an umbrella just in case!" Webby said, before going back to Dipper's game and notice the figures chasing the boy.
"huh… sucks to be that guy," Louie said.
This however made the girl duck a little worried.
Cartman:
"What? is it raining outside?" Cartman asked.
Mabel:
"Good idea!" Mabel said, ready to tie a knot on the rooftop.
[365]
Dipper:
"I don't like where this is going," Pacifica said, seeing the shot that shows liquor, and if it indicates Rose's mother, it only means one thing…
"Anyone! Help me!" Dipper shouted, trying to abscond as much as he could.
Webby:
"Liquor?" one of the boys raise a brow, "don't tell me…"
"I think Dipper needs help." Webby focus on something else. "what do I do?"
Cartman:
Cartman simply skip this page because it doesn't tell much
Mabel:
"and done!" Mabel said, impressed with her knot-tying skills.
she turns to Wadpersprite who already got the knot ready and then turns to Wendy who did the same "the sails good to go!"
"Wait… sail?" the teen questions
[366]
Dipper:
Dipper was getting a little tired, his legs were about to get worn out.
Until a sudden thumb made him jump and stop at his tracks.
He turns to see one of the exhibits, and… a bunch of rocks?
Webby:
"Alright… it might be a little cheating," Lena said, "but you can pick up items and drop them, use one of the exhibits."
"Oh, like the magic chest!" Webby said, "thanks!"
She proceeds to pick up one of the random fake exhibits and drop it right on one of the monsters, squashing him quickly.
Cartman:
"Such a waste of fifteen bucks," Cartman said.
Being rich for saying that.
Mabel:
Mabel slides down the roof before she was low enough to drop down on the wooden planks, reuniting with Wendy.
"yeah! It is!" She said, before looking at her phone to the next page, "that's nice from her mother."
[367]
Dipper:
Dipper took some breaths seeing the mouse clicking on the rocks before they disappear in front of him.
There's only three more of these things left.
Webby:
Proud of what she did, Webby goes onto the rocks, wanting to use them as boulders to take out the remaining foes.
But upon clicking, the rocks disappear, a pop-up shows that she was actually collecting grist, being added.
The grey ones were being added, but the blue ones can't be collected as it said that the build grist is full.
That means she needs to spend some to get some space.
Cartman:
"When you can't use W, use two Vs together," Cartman said, quickly clicking on the next.
Mabel:
"Very creative for Rose," Mabel said, ignoring the concerned teenager.
"Okay seriously Mabel, what are you planning?"
"This is the way that it has to happen, Wendy." Wadpersprite approaches the two. "the ship is about to go down the mountain."
Then a sudden earthquake erupts.
[368]
Dipper:
Dipper stood still as the mouse did the rest of the job.
"Well… that's sorted," Dipper smiled with hands on his hips.
"Pacifica, any update on the story, got a little sidetrack."
"All I know is Rose's mother is incredibly weird!" she answered, "but at least she's not a peasant."
Webby:
Webby proceed to kill each monster with the same object, knocking them and squishing them one by one with grist popping out like crazy.
"This is so much fun!" Webby said while the boys excite themselves seeing monsters being defeated.
Cartman:
"Wish mom does kind things like that," Cartman said.
Again, eating at his own words.
Mabel:
With the earthquake-like feeling, everything starts to move.
"brace yourselves, Oink! Baah!" the sprite shouted, as both girls hold tight at the railing on the wooden planks, seeing the outside moving around them.
Mabel accidentally pressing the button upon holding.
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[370]
"yeah, I can see you"
"such a stupid b****"
"no, we can see you"
"that is a funny moustache"
Several voices comment on Rose making a silly moustache.
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[372]
Dipper:
Dipper got his phone back, looking at more of the story, a little confused due to him dealing with the monsters, but guess this is something Rose related.
"dude!" Soos approach the two kids, "that was so awesome, what was that by the way."
"that was Webby." Dipper answered, "he's currently controlling the environment."
This brought some idea for what he needs to see before he could continue, something he spotted in John's house that might be the same for his.
Webby:
"Always great to neatly seal up containers," Huey said, while the rest finds it very strange.
Cartman:
"Lame!" Cartman said, a little annoyed by Rose's stupid actions. And the thing about her and her mother that he doesn't care about.
Mabel:
Everyone went to a stop, as Mabel and Wendy got up from the fall.
The next thing they knew, they are in a different place, still at the Mystery Shack, but now… sailing?
"Woah…" Mabel looks at the water, which turns out to be waving rough clay.
Looking at the moving waves, gave Mabel a sense of unsettling feelings. A little shaken looking at the waves, not because she's seasick, she never was.
It's clay that's moving on its own.
"Okay," Mabel takes a breath out, looking at her phone "let's just… look at this story for a bit…"
[373]
Dipper:
"Yeah, I don't know your problem with your mother, but you are wasting a bit of time here," Dipper comments as he goes outside the shack.
Webby:
"I don't know why Rose is trying to one-up her mother," one of the boys said, "like is that how mothers work?"
The kids thought about it and weren't sure, as none of them had any mothers.
Cartman:
"Sounds reasonable enough," Cartman said, already clicking on the next page
Mabel:
"Good ideas, but there is something else you need to do," Mabel said, jumping onto the yellow outside sofa. Letting the Shack sail on its own.
[374]
Dipper:
"The tree does need auto-correcting," Dipper said, standing on the edge of the remaining ground of his place.
He looked up and saw what he expects.
A bunch of blue circles above the shack.
He suspects that they have an important role in the game, but he also wonders how he's going to get up there.
Webby:
"Hopefully it auto-balance," Webby said, still thinking about how her fetch modus would work
Cartman:
"You have a lot of Sh*t in your inventory," Cartman comments.
Mabel:
Wendy was more focused looking at the wonderous pink clay-sea that she almost forgot about Mabel, who is more focused on looking at her phone.
"at least you have a pillow," she spoke, enjoying the story rather than the view.
It made the teen wonder about Mabel and why she isn't looking around at this world and more towards the screen.
Then again, she's a teenager and too spent more time on a phone screen texting.
Maybe she's just growing up.
[375]
Dipper:
Going back inside, Dipper looked at his phone once more, "good for that, but it does mean when you go outside, a lot of your stuff will get wet."
He looks inside and notices a certain person gone missing.
Webby:
"You know, your fetch modus is going to be very tricky," Dewey pointed out.
"How so?" Webby asked.
"Well, you pull the main thing and everything comes out, it doesn't sound like a good inventory system at all."
"But at least there's a challenge!" Webby said.
Cartman:
Cartman sighs, getting a little bit bored by this story.
He decided to go onto something else while he waits for everyone to accept, then he'll just skip the new few pages until something interesting happens.
Mabel:
"Great, now you can use your umbrella!" Mabel said, happy for the girl in the story.
[376]
Everyone (aside from Cartman who skips the page):
In a very short image, a flash reveals a black figure, many assumed to be Rose's mother.
[373]
Dipper:
Dipper wasn't more focus on this or the next page, as he was curious about the missing person in the room.
"Soos?" Dipper asked the big guy who start putting his mouth on one of the large grist. "where's Pacifica?
"Oh, the purple girl dude?" Soos pull his head away from the grist, "she went upstairs, saying about wanting to talk to Webby?"
"Okay," Dipper respond, now curious as to what Pacifica was up to.
He walks to the hallway while Soos kept trying to eat the grist like a gusher.
Webby:
"Sounds a tad little crazy," Dewey said, finding it strange towards the fact that Rose's mother mops without water.
"She might not even be full in there," Lena said, noticing the drink in the mother's hand.
Cartman:
Cartman looked on his social platforms, looking back at his Facebook invitation and notice a reply, one made by one of his friends, Kyle.
He clicks on it to see what he has to say about his party.
Mabel:
"Yo, Mabel," Wendy said, catching the girl's attention.
"Yeah…"
"Enjoying the story much?" she asked.
"a little," the girl smile, not a happy one, but somewhat nerving.
Wendy notices this, but try to play it cool, she sat down next to her and resume watching the story.
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Dipper:
"Well…" Dipper said, "her mother will notice that… but at least you tried to evade."
Dipper was at the stairs when he clicked on the next button.
Webby:
"a good youth roll there!" Webby was impressed, "even if you did fail, you tried your best, but like many say, practice makes perfect!"
At that moment, she got a pester notification from Dipper, curious about it, she decides to check it out.
Cartman:
Cartman missed a series of stunts that he could have been impressed by them or laugh at the failure. But he was more focused on Kyle's message.
Feeling a little angered by the reply.
Mabel:
"Woo!" Mabel said, enjoying the little stunt by Rose, even if she fell and could have alerted her mother.
"Sometimes you just need to try to see if it works!" Mabel comments before going to the next page, the hyperlink giving promise.
[OS-68]
Cartman: Read Kyle's reply
Message from Kyle Broflovski to Eric Cartman
Alright fatass, what are you up to?
This is so sudden, even for you.
Do you have something going on? I saw the news and about the meteors.
From everything I know from you in the past, why do I have a strange feeling that you are behind those meteors?
Answer me!
[OS-69]
Webby: Answer chum
- PinesDecipher [PD] began pestering GrandAdventureGirl [GA] –
PD: so… this must be Webby Right?
GA: same and always, Dipper, Webby Vanderquack
PD: I'm not Dipper
GA: Hold on…
GA: of course, you're not Dipper, you're that purple human girl
PD: the name's Pacifica first off
PD: and I just want to have a conversation for a bit before Dipper shows up
GA: sure, what do you want to talk about?
PD: the whole thing, it's a little unsettling for me
PD: it's like I'm not supposed to be here
PD: especially in a poor stink-house like this
GA: I wouldn't call it a stink-house
GA: It's amazing
PD: guess it would make sense for a peasant like yourself
GA: Actually, I'm more of an adventurer who lives in a big manor
PD: Big manor?
PD: wait…
PD: Are you rich?
GA: not me, my granny is the housekeeper of McDuck Manor
GA: Scrooge McDuck is the rich one
PD: So you're his servant girl.
GA: more like trusty sidekick along who gets along with his nephews
PD: alright, that's close enough I suppose
PD: I'm starting to be a little more confident around you based on your status
PD: I think
GA: don't mention it
GA: and don't worry about being out-of-place
GA: what's matter is that you are where you are and you just have to roll with it
PD: I guess…
PD: hold on
PD: Dipper just arrive, I got to go
GA: BYE NEW FRIEND!
[OS-70]
Cartman reply to Kyle's message
Message from Kyle broflovski to Eric Cartman
Woah. I'm quite offended by that reply
I am aware of the meteors and I want everyone to get together at my house
Because I got something very special.
In fact, before the party starts, can you come here early? It will give you a good idea of what I'm up to.
Bring Stan and Kenny, they need to see this as well.
[OS-71]
Dipper: get onto the computer
Dipper takes over the computer.
He doesn't trust Pacifica to use his computer, even if she has lightened up, she's still a little spoiled
PD: Hey, Dipper's here
PD: Sorry if Pacifica annoyed you
GA: No problem!
GA: in fact, she's very nice
PD: yeah about that
PD: she's actually one of those 'careless rich girls'
PD: her family is the richest family in town
GA: and you know I live with the richest family in my town
GA: if not, the whole world
PD: guess that your rich is different from hers
PD: but don't say that I didn't warn you
GA: not at all
GA: I don't think she said anything rude to me
PD: well she had recently found out that she came from a long line of cheaters and thieves who lied and steal for nothing but money, and she doesn't know how to feel about it
GA: sounds like another person I know, though he is bad news
PD: well anyway, we should resume reading the story
PD: don't want Mabel and Cartman waiting
GA: all right
- PinesDecipher [PD] stop pestering GrandAdventureGirl [GA] –
[OS-72]
Meanwhile in another location
Scrooge McDuck managed to get his first truckload of gold coins from the Moneybin
"Alright," he said, "We still got a lot more to go! Let's get a move on!"
The truck starts to drive towards the manor
Unknown to him, however, a Duck hides in the bushes. Spying on the richest duck in the world.
"what are you planning Scrooge…" Glomgold wondered, already hatching a scheme to become much richer than McDuck.
[381]
Dipper:
"Alright, whatever happened to Rose can be put on hold," Dipper said, noticing the change of character from Rose to Dave.
Webby:
"Back to the cool dude," Louie said, as the boys were excited to see more of Dave Strider.
Even Webby thought he was cool.
Cartman:
"Alright, back to Dave!" Cartman said, already happy to see more of this character.
Mabel:
"Great, the chill dude is back and he just repairs his window," Wendy said.
"Still, it was bad to what he did to the bird, even if it was an accident," Mabel said.
[382]
Dipper:
Dipper and Pacifica reads Dave's conversation with GG, as it talks about how GG sees Dave as cool and if he talked to John, ending with Dave suggesting to blow the heads of GG's presuming dog, with a weird reply saying that 'she can't if she tried'
"Well… that's… something…" Dipper was a little unsure about Dave's comment in the end and GG's reply, "at least we get to hear more from GG, been a while since we heard from her"
Webby:
"Wait, I'm a little confused…" Webby said, "what does it mean by taking a dog behind the shed and…"
"It's best not to think about that Webby!" Lena quickly said, not wanting to mention what it means for the girl duck.
"This GG girl is starting to sound weird…" Dewey comments,
Cartman:
"Dave is cool, isn't he." Cartman smiled, happy to see someone saying something good from the sunglasses guy.
Mabel:
Reading a long message from Dave and GG, the two were interested in the conversation, though finding it a little strange from GG's end.
Especially the end part about not wanting to put down her dog if she tried.
"That reply is a little odd…" Wendy didn't know what to make of it, "hopefully she's just joking…"
[383]
Dipper:
"Hence why I have my phone" Dipper got hold of his phone.
Webby:
"You know, I should also use my phone, in case I get away from my laptop," Webby said, "I believe it's back in my room, I'll get it when we have to carve a totem"
"I'll remind you," Huey said, keeping it as a note in both his mental and literal notes.
Cartman:
Cartman sighs, he still remembers his phone and he still has his in his pocket. He pulled it up and notice something strange on the screen.
It showed the story on his computer, on the exact page.
"What the f**k?" he questions.
Mabel:
"hence why I have my phone," Mabel said, holding her phone, "though… if we're going to read this, I suppose we can get a bigger screen." She turns to the teen, "Wendy can you get it, pretty please?"
"All right, a little annoying looking at it on a small screen anyway," Wendy said, standing up, "I'll be back. let me know what happens."
She then enters the shack, leaving Mabel outside as she presses on the hyperlink button.
[384]
A few chuckles at the Gif, not much to say on the matter
[385]
Dipper:
"we're finally getting back to John," Dipper said, relieved to see what's going on and have a few ideas as to who this 'slippery figure is'.
He's probably a little ahead of John.
Webby:
"if I have to guess, it would be those black monsters that Dipper was fighting," Dewey suggested, with most of the ducks agreeing
Cartman:
"Whatever is gone on here, I don't care," Cartman said, still reading what's going on, but wanting to see more of Dave.
Mabel:
"and back to John," Mabel said, wondering about the first boy of this story.
[386]
Dipper:
The conversation does make some cleanups and a little pleased that Dave is helping John by getting the game that he lost.
And how there are monsters, as well as a bit of empathy to how he finds monsters and yet people don't listen.
Webby:
"That sometimes happens, only little" Webby said, looking at the boys.
"After living here for some time, anything can happen really," Louie said.
Cartman:
"If only people listen, the world would be better," Cartman said, "so everyone should listen to ME!"
Mabel:
"don't listen to John, Dave…" Mabel said, "puppets are really cool…"
[387]
Dipper:
2X facepalm combo
Webby:
+ 5X facepalm combo
Cartman:
+ 1X facepalm combo
Mabel:
+ 2X facepalm combo
10X facepalm combo!
John has ultimately made the worst statement ever spoken given the circumstances
[388]
Dipper:
After the annoying statement that enlightens John's ignorance, the page shows interactive strife with Rose and her Mother, each button showing their interaction, really showing how Rose just doesn't get along with her mother as much as John doesn't get along with his father.
It was still good to know that there are some forms of interactions in these stories.
Webby:
It was now on a happier side when Webby does each part of the Strife between Rose and her mother, each action was interesting as the ones between John and her dad.
Though the passive aggress was a little concerning.
Cartman:
Cartman interacts with the battle between daughter and mother, finding each button good though was a little confused as to who would win between the two or there's a way to stop the 'Strife'.
When he got bored, he clicked on the next button.
Mabel:
Mabel smiled with the strife, though mostly clicking the green buttons as she wanted Rose to defeat her mother.
It took long enough that Wendy arrived with the laptop in hand.
"okay little dude," she said, "here's a better upgrade."
Mabel was happy towards the laptop, she got the device and turn it on, all before clicking onto the next page to see what happens after the Strife.
[389]
Dipper:
"Why would there be a strife quota at all."
Webby:
"Hey guys," Webby thought of a good idea, "if we survive the meteor maybe we can do a daily Strife quota. It might be a way to toughen us up!"
The boys were a little unsure about that idea, then again it would be IF they survive the meteor, which is more likely since they have prepared beforehand.
Cartman:
"Yeah, ignore the B*tch and go somewhere else," Cartman suggest to Rose, thinking of annoying times with his mother.
Mabel:
"A Strife quota?" Mabel said before turning to Wendy, "do you want to do a strife with me? It might be fun."
Wendy smile with a shrug, "maybe, but let's keep reading."
[390]
Dipper:
"Reminds me so much of my ponies," Pacifica smiled, making her a little upset, feeling a little homesick towards this experience…
She doesn't even know if her home is intact anymore, she doesn't know how big the impact was and more likely she'll never be back home.
Webby:
"She is a nice pony." Webby smiled, "and Maplehoof is a neat name for one!"
Cartman:
"Maplehoof is a nice pony" Cartman smiled, even he has some likeness of certain things that people say are for girls.
Mabel:
"That horse is so adorable…" Mabel was in glee at the horse.
"But not as adorable as us?" Wadpersprite asked.
"You are the most amazing and cutest thing I have ever seen, and I'm happier for you as a sprite and my glamorous pet!" Mabel said, making the sprite smile in delight.
[391]
Everyone was annoyed by this part that they pretty much skip the page of vulgar information that most of them already know.
They want John to stop being an idiot and see the monster in his room.
[392]
Dipper:
"Finally!" Dipper shouted.
Webby:
"Time for another Strife!" Webby shouted.
Cartman:
"About f**king time!" Cartman shouted.
Mabel:
"Told you the monster is real!" Mabel Shouted
[393]
Dipper:
Another Strife interaction, though this time it was one click and it left in disappointment.
"wow…" Pacifica commented, "he's more pathetic than you."
While Dipper agrees with the blonde, he could only pity him, at least glad that he finally notices the monster, now known as an imp and it makes him think that the monsters he fought were imps too, except that they were gnomes and not harlequins.
It made him suspect something as he looks over to see a certain Sprite.
Webby:
"And already a disappointment as ever," Louie said
Meanwhile, there were some chuckles to John's failed attempt to whack the imp with the hammer.
Cartman:
Cartman laughs as hard as he can towards the failure of John using his hammer.
"Oh, that's so f**king lame!" he said before laughing more.
Mabel:
Mabel was a little disappointed, "seriously!?" she said. "Come on John! Get up!"
[394]
Dipper:
"That explains the lack of electricity," Pacifica said, "for a house so rich, I wasn't sure about how they managed to lose power."
"It happens sometimes here…" Dipper said, recalling one or two blackouts since his stay at the Shack.
Webby:
"Alright, now we know how she lost power to the house," Webby said, "mystery solved."
"It won't happen to us…" Dewey said, "right?"
"Hopefully," Webby said.
Cartman:
"Whatever," Cartman said eager to skip the Rose parts as it serves no purpose.
Mabel:
"Okay, the magic box was struck by lightning," Mabel said, even though she lacks a bit of knowledge towards how electricity works, only know a few bit
[395]
Dipper:
"Knew that will happen," Dipper said, sighing towards the stuff being dropped when Rose use her umbrella
Webby:
"At least her computer is safe and dry." Webby smiled.
Cartman:
Cartman skipped this page
Mabel:
"an umbrella to keep it from wet and a pillow so it wouldn't break," Mabel pointed out, "good thing she got those stuff to keep the laptop safe.
[396]
(not much to say on this page as it doesn't tell much)
[397]
Dipper:
"At least he's fighting." Dipper said, "even done better than I can do…"
Webby:
"Why not have Rose drop stuff as I did?" Webby suggested.
"Because Rose isn't connected." Huey pointed it the reason.
"Well, hopefully, John can defeat the nasty imp in combat!"
Cartman:
"kick his ass, John!" Cartman said, finding the John Strife much better than what Rose is doing.
Mabel:
"At least you damage the Imp," Mabel said,
"Yeah, he is certainly not going to give up. I like that," Wendy said.
Just when their excitement starts, they hear movement on their boat.
[OS-73]
Mabel and Wendy: look up from the computer
The two girls look up from their computer to see… the imps that John was fighting.
They were not wearing Harlequin outfits, but… Gnome outfits?
Seeing the imps, the two girls look at each other.
"do you want to Strife together," Wendy asked.
Mabel smiled at that suggestion, "gladly."
End of Act 2: Part 3
