[OS-95]

"Oh hey, Kyle." Cartman smiles seeing the friend who left, "finally going to listen for once?"

Kyle left in no response, but sighs, giving acceptance.

"Alright, Cartman, I agree with you."

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that," Cartman said, with a hand on his ear, "you need to speak up"

"I said I agree with you fatass!" Kyle was louder, "and you're right, there are meteors out there, and if this game is a way to evade the apocalypse, then I would rather be here than die out there, which is why I brought my brother here."

"Yeah, well…" Cartman put his hands together, "this is a party that has certain invites, and I don't think Ike made it to the list."

"Are you kidding me?" Kyle was in disbelief.

"Well Kyle, you made it in, but your brother has to stay out."

"Cartman, it's the end of the world, I don't want my brother to die by meteors!"

"and how is that my problem, Kyle?" Cartman asked. Just when his mother arrives.

"What's the matter?" she asked

"Nothing Mom," Cartman answered, "just wanting to ensure we don't get any gate crashers in our party."

"Ike is not a gate crasher!" Kyle said before looking at the mother, "Miss Cartman, it's going to be the end of the world and I want Ike to survive, can you please let me bring him in?"

"well of course sweetie"

"MOM!"

"come in!"

"Thanks." Kyle smiles as he and his brother enter the room.

[OS-96]

Cartman: be pissed

"Mom, what the f**k?" Cartman cursed, causing the mother to be mad.

"Eric, you need to respect your guests,"

"I don't need to do anything, I'm saving them from doom, and I don't want more people to come, just my friends so they can thank me!"

While Kyle and Ike get to settle to read more Homestuck, Kenny saw the little brother and had a quick decision, indicated by his sigh before getting up and leaving the house.

"Kenny, where are you going?"

"What do you think, asshole!" the orange hood boy said before leaving the house.

"see what you just did Mom!"

"Eric, you can't keep people out of your party" she pointed out, "they can bring whoever they want."

"Right fine," Cartman continues to complain, "and while we're at it, why not bring everyone in South Party to this party, huh? You better start ordering more snacks because we're getting more gatecrashes from here on out!"

With an annoyed walk away, he continues to read Homestuck.

[606]

Dipper:

"Whatever gets you up there" Dipper shrugs.

Webby:

"It is a rad fort," Webby giggled.

Cartman:

"So what did I miss?" Kyle asked as he and Ike get themselves seated.

"I have no idea man," Stan answered honestly, "probably something to do with Saw."

Mabel:

"Have to use what you have to use." Wendy smiles, when a monster popped out and try to attack Wendy, one axe swing and the monster is nothing but grist.

[607 - 610]

Dipper:

Dipper wasn't very amused by the following pages. He was expecting puppets. Which he finds creepy and enough to spend more time against imps than anything else.

Luckily while reading, he found the shack littered by grist, while Dipper got enough to be a 'slightly tough young man' in his echeladder, Soos and Pacifica got theirs as well.

Soos is the 'helpful handy expert'.

Pacifica being the 'more brains than wealth'.

He also notices Webby building more of the Shack, just a few pages and many imps to go and they're golden.

But in some way, they are starting to get tired of using the same weapons and fighting the same enemy over and over.

Webby:

"Of course" Webby snickered, "more puppet butts!"

While the girl duck laughs, the rest were silent, unsure about the pages and unsure if they should be dumbfounded or horrified.

Cartman:

Everyone was silent, unsure what to make of the following scenes, while Cartman laughs his head off at the puppets piling up on Dave.

"Tweek" Craig turns to his boyfriend. "can we f**king go?"

Mabel:

"Clever" Mabel giggled, "horrifying, but clever…"

"Now you're finding it horrifying?"

[611]

Dipper:

"What the f**k am I reading?" Dipper had to curse.

"Dude!" Soos shouted angrily, "not cool."

"I'm sorry Soos, but if you read what I just read, you would be baffled to understand what is gone on in this scene!"

"Plus, we're almost teens," Pacifica pointed out, "we live in a time where we know what f**k means."

Soos gasp, "such foul language!"

Webby:

"Okay, this is getting even more inappropriate." Beakley turns to Lena, "can we stop reading this story?"

"No can do." Lena respond, "the story has to be read for a successful session."

"And an ultimate demise would occur if we don't?"

Lena pause to think about it, "more or less…"

Cartman:

"Yeah, f**k this sh*t." Craig stood out of his seat, "I'm just going to go to the garden to try and forget what we saw."

"Wait!" Tweek gets off his seat, "I'll come with you."

Carman was confused, "I don't know why people don't want to read this, I like the puppets."

"you would, fatass." Kyle comments.

Mabel:

"Yeah, I'll skip all of this" Wendy quickly skip the following page before anyone could read the conversation between Rose and Dave.

"Hey!" Mabel wasn't happy with what her friend did.

"it's for the best, Mabel."

[612 - 613]

Dipper:

"Okay, you got me" Dipper read the note before seeing puppets getting sliced up, curious about what's going with Dave.

Only to see what the next page will show.

Webby:

"They're doing what?" Huey asked.

"They're making it happen," Webby pointed out.

"Yeah, but what does he mean by."

"They're… making. It. Happen!" Webby shouted.

"Better listen to the Knight," Lena suggested.

Cartman:

Cartman smirked before calling out.

"Yeah, go and take a breather, you just missed a sweet moment from Dave!"

Mabel:

"Time to make this happen!" Mabel shouted, shooting her grabbling Hook and unintentionally knocking out an imp.

[614 - 616]

Dipper:

"Thanks, Rose," Dipper said, "better do that than waste three pages doing nothing."

"it was a good tent, though." Soos pointed out.

Webby:

"Rose!" Webby wasn't happy, "that was a really good tent!"

Cartman:

"And there goes your tent, asshole!" Cartman snickers.

Mabel:

"We should make a tent for Mabeland," Mabel said, looking at the cute salamander, "and wonder if we can make more…"

[617 - 620]

Dipper, Webby and Cartman:

Not much reaction, but ever so curious to what John was planning with the punched cards.

Mabel:

Seeing the last page, Mabel suddenly realises something.

She quickly goes to Pesterchum to talk to a certain someone

[OS-97]

- DipperSisterkitten [DS] has started pestering GrandAdventureGirl [GA] –

DS: Make more

GA: excuse me?

DS: I want more MABELANDS!

DS: I got a heck ton of grist

DS: Give me as many as you can!

GA: Um… I don't think I can

GA: my screen is focused on Dipper's side than yours, I don't think anyone is even looking at your page

DS: fine!

DS: I'll do it myself!

[OS-97]

Mabel: give Mabeland a sweater

Mabel give her first Mabeland a nice sweater to ensure a unique appearance, she can make more versions of the same salamander, the last thing she wants is to get one lost in the crowd

[OS-98]

Mabel: Mass Produce MABELANDS

She continuously tapped the totem onto the Alchemiter rapidly, spawning a MABELAND after another.

Now ended up with eight more.

Mabel was proud of what she did.

"Wendy," she said to her older friend, "we got a ship and a crew!"

"I'll set sail then," Wendy smiles while Mabel returns to her seat.

[621 – 627]

Nothing much of importance, as it's a series of John doing small actions that only builds up everything, but kept the watchers intrigued to what he'll do next that would certainly help them.

[628]

Dipper:

"Hope for detections." Dipper sighs

Webby, Cartman and Mabel:

The page wasn't much to talk about

[629]

Dipper:

"Can we skip this?" Pacifica asked while Dipper was deep into reading the Harry Anderson page.

From all the summer reading, he finds books interesting to read, even if it's just a book about someone from the 1970s talking about someone else.

"What? I always read everything."

Pacifica sighs, "you're such a book nerd."

"Hey books are important, you learn from them and solve things. Why do you think we're reading Homestuck in the first place."

"I don't know," Pacifica shrugs, "I usually solve everything with money."

"well, that won't get you far."

Webby:

Just when the group read of Harry Anderson, they heard another big sound of coins, Scrooge enters the room.

"How long do we have?" he asked.

"Just look at the timer," Louie pointed out the timer.

"Okay good, just one last visit and I believe it would be enough to keep me as the richest duck in the world after it all ends." The duck then left.

Cartman:

Cartman tried to skip, but the page didn't move, he wasn't sure what was going on, but notice the circles, pink and blue are not ready.

"Are they invested in that lame book?" Cartman questions as he waits for the next page to go.

Mabel:

"Knowing Dipper, he's going to read the entire page." Mabel sighs, waiting for pink and blue to show up, "I don't want to read something from a time before colour."

[630]

Dipper:

"that's an interesting card trick," Dipper said, seeing that trick something he could do.

And more intrigued by John's text, curious about the idea he thought of.

Webby:

"Ace in the Hole." Webby was interested, "what a way to keep things hidden.

"it's also one way how gamblers cheat," Beakley pointed out, "I've been in one or two poker games with a cheater."

Cartman:

"finally" Cartman was pleased till the page show another piece of information from the book.

Making him angry.

"Woah" Jimmy meanwhile was interested, "now that's a way to get a… that's a way to get an ahheey… that's a way to get an ace in a ha heey… that's a way to get an… ace… in a hole."

Fortunately for Cartman, blue and pink were ready much more quickly than before.

Mabel:

"Stan would love to see this." Wendy, knowing her boss, comments towards the book.

[631 - 633]

Dipper:

Dipper watches closely, curious about two cards coming together and making a totem out of it, something he didn't think about till this point.

"Putting two cards together… what would that make?"

Webby:

"What is John doing?" Webby asked.

Lena smiles, "perhaps what makes SBURB an interesting game…"

Cartman:

"Hey, he's putting two cards together." Stan pointed out.

"What can he make with a hammer and a pogo ride?" Jimmy asked.

Mabel:

"Of course!" Mabel said with excitement, "putting two cards together to make something awesome!"

"You think so?" Wendy asked right when Mabel clicked onto the next page

[634 - 635]

Dipper:

"Oh sweet!" Soos was the first to respond, "dude made a pogo hammer."

As a result of John's action, Dipper realises the potential of what he's seeing.

It also got him to think about a potential combination he could make, and it requires a certain item…

"I'm just going to check something out," Dipper said, heading into the gift shop.

Webby:

"Woah!" Webby was amazed by the combined item, "look at the weapon!"

"That's truly amazing," Huey was surprised, "and he made that out of cards and a couple of items.

"The power of alchemy," Lena said, "and that's coming from someone who often uses magic

Cartman:

"Wait what?!" Cartman saw the created item, "that's… a super sweet hammer!"

Just when he was starting to get amazed, there was a knock on the door.

Mabel:

"POGO HAMMER!" Mabel shouted in glee, "that is a cool hammer!"

"It is." Wendy smiles, impressed with how it was made, "you think we can do stuff like that."

"Certainly!" Mabel quickly answered. "First, we just need to get a butt load of grist."

"Okay then.

[OS-99]

Cartman opens the door, expecting a certain someone to come back.

"Finally, you're here Kenny," Cartman said before looking at the person Kenny brought over.

A little girl in green holding a dolly.

"Goddamit Kenny."

"Hey, Kyle brought his little brother here, why can't I bring my little sister?"

"Because I don't want any more girls to arrive at this party."

"What girls? They're not even here? And I don't think they're coming!"

"Either way, I don't want her to be-"

"Eric!"

Cartman turns to see his mother, before giving up and sighing, "all alright fine, you can come in too."

"Yaay!" the girl said going inside before Kenny.

"Alright, it's just Ike and whoever the f**k."

"Karen."

"Yeah, whatever, her and Ike and that's it! No more people please! We still need space for people that I intentionally invited! Understand!"

"sure," "whatever."

"What's going on?" Craig and Tweek enter the scene.

[OS-100]

Dipper: enter the underground facility

What underground facility?

Oh right, that underground facility.

Just when Dipper went into the elevator behind the snack machine, he arrived at a facility underneath the Shack, he's surprised it's still here when the shack was teleported.

Though where was the portal is filled with dirt, guess it wasn't connecting to the building or something.

He remembers when they first discovered this place, when Stan was framed and found so many secrets about him, leading him and Mabel to find this room and nearly stopped the portal from opening, until Stan stop them and Mabel chose to keep the portal open. That's when they first met Ford.

Afterwards, Ford dismantle the portal for good, telling me that there was danger out there.

Though what he managed to bring back was a key item that, after an occurrence that involves Dungeon Dungeons and more Dungeons, was kept in a safe place when needed.

And it is needed.

"got you!" Dipper smiles at the item, a dice with several symbols, the so-called the Infinity Sided Dice

With gentle care, he captchalogue the dice and went back upstairs.

[636 – 640]

Dipper:

Going up the elevator, Dipper look at his phone and saw John using his hammer that sent him flying.

"Extra force for extra damage," Dipper smiles right when the elevator stopped, going back to the upper ground.

Webby:

"Sweet catch!" Webby snickers from seeing John using the hammer and is impressed by the catch, "remind me of that bouncy juice."

"Bouncy what?" Beakley raised a brow in cation.

"Oh right," Webby realised, "sorry, that's classified for only me and Scrooge."

Cartman:

"Not that's a nice f**king hammer." Kenny comments, getting settled while Karen approaches Ike.

Mabel:

"Pogo Hammer!" Mabel cheered as she watch John use the hammer and fly to the roof. "and good catch Rose!"

[641 - 642]

Dipper:

While Dipper was working on a bright idea he had. He notices a presence in John's game.

"That's… that's big…" Dipper comments, taking a moment to look around before going back to what he was doing.

And try to be faster.

Webby:

"Yeah, clearly something big is going to happen for John," Louie gets another drink.

"We can all see that Louie," Huey pointed out.

Cartman:

"They're big now?!" Tweek pointed out, a little frightened.

"meh." Cartman shrugs, not caring for the page.

Mabel:

"Okay, that could be a problem." Wendy notices, "hopefully one doesn't appear on our ship…"

[643 - 644]

Dipper:

"Yeah, because falling asleep while being surrounded by monsters is a perfect idea," Dipper said in sarcasm just when he arrived at the Alchemiter.

Webby:

"Going asleep is a bad idea." Beakley pointed out.

"Also interesting to see limitations to what can be moved and not be moved." Huey takes note of that.

Cartman:

"Just defend John while he sleeps, it's not that hard Rose," Cartman complains.

Mabel:

"This… this is getting me a little sleepy." Mabel yawns. Getting a little tired herself.

[OS-101]

Pacifica notices Dipper approaching them, "finally, wondering where you were."

"Yeah, though they captured you like what happened to the Stans."

"I'm alright." Dipper reassured the two, "just needed to get a certain item to create something new." He then pulls out a carved totem and placed it on the Alchemiter

Combine: Journal No.3 && Infinity Sided Dice

A special item appeared, it cost a load of grist, but it was worth it as it generated the Journal of infinite knowledge containing every information in the known existence which Dipper has access to by opening the book and thinking about getting the information.

And there he stands with his books up high, gritting his teeth and shouting "Yeah!"

Let's see if John to one-up him in alchemy.

Pacifica wasn't impressed.

[AS-Dipper]

(AS = Alchemy spree)

Dipper: Commence some Alchemy!

Combine Journal of Infinite Knowledge && Pine Tree Hat

Makes Infinity Cap

Dipper creates the Infinity Cap.

Originally Dipper thought it would give him infinite knowledge by wearing it, but he was wrong, instead, it shows different symbols on his head that are ever-shifting. Still nice to wear.

Generate Strife Card

With the Journal of infinite knowledge, he found out how to make a strife card.

He creates one and applies it to him so he can have a spare weapon to use.

Before making a weapon, it's better to make some clothes. The hat was already a good start.

Combine Infinity Cap && Laptop

Makes Computer built-in Infinity Cap

Now there can be a compromise, no longer Dipper just look into a computer screen

And better yet, it's holographic, meaning Pacifica and Soos just have to look at Dipper to look at Homestuck.

Combine yellow chair && puffy vest

Makes Puffy chair

No…

This is not what he wanted.

Suddenly Dipper got a pester from Webby

GA: You're Alchemising right?

PD: is that okay.

GA: it's fantastic,

GA: though, while you figured out &&, it's best if I tell you about

PD: is this lingo for alchemising?

GA: yes and Homestuck uses them

PD: no need

PD: I'll use this book of knowledge

Dipper reads the book of Knowledge and…

There's nothing…

Is the book preventing Dipper to find out about SBURB stuff? Granted with such a book it would make him too overpowered and beat the game.

PD: on second thought

Combine yellow chair || puffy vest

Makes yellow vest

Now you're getting somewhere! With a comfy vest, it would be better to add more.

Yellow vest && tactical jacket

Makes Chair Felt Tactical Jacket

Finding a code for a tactical jacket, Dipper creates a chair felt tactical jacket! Complete with brown cargo shorts.

Now Dipper is ready to go out there!

Pine hat || Char Felt Tactical Jacket

Pine tactical jacket

To complete the finishing touches, he added the colours of his old hat into the jacket.

He always felt fitting with the symbol

"Hey, are you done with your outfit?" Pacifica asked.

"kinda, unless you want some clothes."

There was a pause.

"screw it," she smiles

"Okay, let's see if there's anything good for you…"

Pink shirt || negative twelve dollar bill

Makes a negative twelve dollar shirt

"I feel much poorer in this…" Pacifica was a little unsettled

"a little ironic, don't you think." Dipper smirked while Pacifica wasn't happy.

Pacifica clothes && Dipper's clothes

Makes Rich and Nerdy

"Okay, a little better, but it feels it needs something." Pacifica didn't mind if her clothes were similar to Dipper's, didn't expect mixing them would work "then just one more thing."

"How about you look into Mabel's collection of sweaters, you know what her collection is like."

"Alright fine" Pacifica went upstairs.

"Hey, can I have some cool clothes too?" Soos asked.

"Okay."

"Oh, I got a great idea…"

Soos Clothes && Wax Stan figure

Makes Stan clothes that fit Soos

"And this is a pretty sweet dude." Soos was happy with the chosen set of clothes, I also have another idea.

Soos Clothes || fake pterodactyl

Makes dinosaur scaly suit

"haha, I'm a pterodactyl not." Soos was impressed.

"Okay, found something," Pacifica came back with a sweater.

Rich and Nerdy || Lama sweater

Lama-tee Rich and Nerdy

"so much better." Pacifica smiles, "just saw this design and it fits me."

"Okay, time to move on."

Golf Club && Gold bar

Makes Golden Driver

Dipper looked for a code for a golden bar and applied it so it can be used to create something for Pacifica's weapon of choice

The result amazed the rich girl.

"so beautiful…"

"and it can get better" Dipper smiles

Golden Driver && knuckle duster

Makes Golden Driver Duster

Dipper used one of Stan's knuckle dusters to add knuckle dusters to the driver

Pacifica held the golf club with crazed eyes, ready to fight.

It worried the boy.

Wrench && toolbox

Makes Wrench with tools

Dipper used Soos' wrench and his toolbox to create a Wrench with Tools.

Now it's not just a wrench, but has many uses, from screwdrivers to hammers

"This is so wicked dude," Soos was impressed, "thank you."

Now it's Dipper's turn to make something useful.

He thought about an idea, allow the game to decide the weapon of choice and go from there.

So he closed the book and open it up, thinking of a weapon, not a certain one but any weapon of choice, like a random number generator picking out a type of weapon.

He open the book and found…

A shotgun.

Okay… that would be… something…

Good thing Stan owned ten guns, one of them is a shotgun.

But you're a kid and don't know how to fire a shotgun.

A better compromise

Double Barrel shotgun && Dart gun

Makes Double barrel dart gun

It might be a kids toy, but at least Dipper can use it, just a matter of making it lethal

Dart && shotgun ammo

Makes Lethal shotgun Dart

There, now it can be used to kill an imp! And the grist cost is incredibly low

How about some special ammo?

Lethal shotgun Darts & Height-altering crystals

Makes hight-altering shotgun darts

If someone gets hit, they either shrink or grow.

Shrink, and it becomes easier to kill,

Grow and while it might be a problem, would still mean big grist if the shot kills them.

Lethal shotgun Darts && Pitt soda

Make Pitt darts

These weapons blast out lethal shots of Pitt soda, because why not?

Lethal shotgun Darts && Infinity-sided dice

Makes random outcome darts

This would be both fun and worrying.

Upon hitting a poor victim any number of things would happen to them

Better to save these bullets for bigger and meaner bosses or when he needs them

Double barrel dart gun && T-Rex skull || Pine hat

Blastosorus Prine

A fine weapon of choice with the extra pack of a dinosaur!

Now all three are packed, loaded and ready to fight!

[645]

Dipper:

Dipper chuckle from seeing the next scene.

"already made some combinations, but thanks for letting me know."

Webby:

"Dipper made some really cool stuff," Webby look at the screen, impressed by the clothing and designs.

"Really can't wait when we get some cool gear." Louie said, "and who knows what you'll make."

"Yeah, I'm super excited!"

"But Webby, you have to remember that alchemising isn't the only thing in the game, there are several layers…"

"I understand that, just thought that the whole alchemising thing is very cool."

Cartman:

"Is this what's happening for you?" Stan asked Cartman.

"f**k if I know," he responded, "this is news to me."

Mabel:

"So we can really mix things up and make new stuff," Mabel said, smiling at the thought. Already considering doing some alchemising once Webby enters the game.

[646 - 647]

Dipper:

"Yeah, don't think it would be fair to replicate the disk captcha code," Dipper said, before thinking of using the book to see if it has one.

He looks at the book and all there was blank.

"Yep, should have expected that."

Webby:

"So, the disk doesn't have a code?" Huey said, finding it interesting and adding it to his guidebook as a side note.

"Seems fair game-wise." Beakley pointed out, "if it's possible to replicate the disk, then it would create more unneeded players.

Cartman:

"Damn," Kyle wasn't happy that the disk doesn't have a code, "could of used that to make my SBURB session."

"You want that, would you?"

Mabel:

"It was worth a shot." Mabel attempt to reassure the issue.

[648 - 650]

Not a lot of reaction, as everyone equally see the situation and understood it, hoping for Rose to find another power source so she can continue to help John.

But at the same time, notice how intense her situation was and it's getting worse.


End of Act 2: Part 8