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❪ test drive: #1 ❫
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YOUR STORY BEGINS  The Storm came. You only remember darkness, but you don't remember much after that. All you know, perhaps, is that it was cold as you slept. You don't know for how long you slept, but the dreams were short, at least. You remember the expanse of stars and the universe that came in view. Every world and solar system ever known was displayed in your dreams in careful, pristine detail. You have also witnessed The Storm, which has devoured a fair portion of these galaxies. It was a dark, thick smog; ominous in appearance and ever foreboding. Your Earth and similar planets were immersed in The Storm. Somehow, you knew it would be the last you'd see of it. That was when she told you what happened, and how you can help. You knew that you'll be living somewhere new, even though you never asked for it. The details here weren't clear, but you knew you'd made a deal with Darma. Not long after, you'll wake at Thesa Station — Your body is still cold. It was all a dream, but somehow, you knew it wasn't — now, will you keep that promise you made to Darma? PROMPT: THE MESS HALL  It's fascinating to the Orbiters how such a dull room can be turned around so completely with people in it. All meals are served by Roman, and while all the food is delicious, some of it is a bit odd. Is that neon green soup? That’s hideous. If you happen to be in the mess hall at a particularly unlucky time, you and the food will suddenly begin to drift. Someone’s got jokes, and they’ve turned off the gravity control. Now it’s just you, your fellow refugees, and the floating sea of food. Wait, did that person just chuck a pie in your direction? PROMPT: TRAINING MODULES  While it’s all nice and well to familiarize oneself with Thesa Station, it is most advised that new arrivals venture out a bit. Not physically. No one is quite prepared for that yet. However, there will be several virtual reality training programs set for those who dare to be adventurous. For those who aren’t and don’t dare, well— good luck, all the same. Be advised, however, that participating in one of the training modules will start you off favorably with the Natha Orbiters’ in terms of REPUTATION. Once seated and appropriately strapped in, the system will automatically whir to life and the dense foliage and forestry of a section of El Nysa will open up. According to one’s map registry, it clear to see that it’s miles from the outer gates of Olympia, but not as far enough to venture into any other territories. So, in that sense, you’re safe.
PROMPT: STASIS UNIT  You have found the massive section of Thesa known as the Stasis Unit. There’s no special access required to access this part of Thesa Station, but refugees are warned that it may not be for the faint of heart. Here, in large pods that nearly cover every square inch of the space, are all of the people the Orbiters have managed to rescue. Your loved ones, your greatest enemy, your next door neighbor— you might find them here. These people are in a state of deep cryosleep. Due to the damaging effects of The Storm, their bodies are not yet ready to be awoken. PROMPT: HANGAR STATION  You find your way to the hangar station. Here rests are a factory worth of docked mobile suits. You recall how the Orbiters had previously spoken of a "space frontier," but only after seeing this you realize how real their words are. Most machinery have marks of wear and tear, assurance that they have indeed been used before, and an assembly of others are going through repairs and maintenance. No one seems to care that you've just strolled in. In fact, there seems to be a couple of the aircraft that beckon you to take a closer look. Maybe you’ll only look on the outside, maybe you'll be greeted by the hand of a mobile suit extending toward you and welcoming you to its cockpit. You go out and explore SPACE!!! Unfortunately, that mobile suit should have warned you it only had 20 minutes of flight time left in its system. Or, perhaps, you’re a particularly ambitious pilot and you’ve strayed past the designated perimeter. Either way, the HUD display is now blinking with errors, cropping up with a single message: DISTRESS SIGNAL. PROMPT: OMAGE
Upon receiving your mobile phone, you will be asked to set a username. Voila, you can now access the network! You can choose to send a message to the entire network, specific usernames, or you can try out the Orbiters’ service, Omage, which connects you to a random user. They thought this might be a good way for their new guests to make friends with each other...
Connecting to server... PROMPT: WILDCARD
You are welcome to write any scenarios in Thesa Station! Characters have been granted temporary access to the Observation Room, and are encouraged to study it carefully.
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screams quietly
[The answering text is, unsurprisingly, purple. These children have priorities in this new world, and setting custom font colors is clearly one of them.]
What a coincidence.
I do indeed know a fully realized Witch of Space.
Oh, but how can I be certain that this is in fact the very same Witch of Space named Jade, who goes by the handle "gardenGnostic" and types in bright green text, that I am familiar with?
The pile of evidence before me is quite substantial, but I must be absolutely certain.
Perhaps you could tell me something only the real Jade Harley would know.
ROSE.....ROSE!!! also, i am assuming colors are totally fine, because. homestuck.
omggg rose hehe you know its me!
besides do you REALLY want me to air some kind of embarrassing secret about you in a chat room :p
you silly goose!!!!
well i guess if i have to prove it, i will
do you remember what john gave you for your birthday???
well....
i am glad that you took what i said to heart and accepted it for the genuine gift that it was :)
ew gross get your colors out of my face
However will I survive in this new world with the knowledge that I was once given a sincere and thoughtful gift available for all to view in a public chat room?
My aloof and friendless persona is ruined.
All that said, hello Jade.
It's nice to have your particular shade of bright green text gracing my screen once more.
it's too late. they're there. we'll be laughed at now
the most realistic hemming and hawwing, this is really it
you have completely rebuilt your persona from the ground up in one fell swoop!!!
hehehehe
hello to you too!!!!! :D
i missed your purple text and the way that you like to say the opposite of what you mean
there are a few people who do it in my life but they dont do it with your flair :p
did you just wake up and are you holding out okay????
our cover is blown, now they know
That thing where you deliver the most backhanded of compliments, yet wrap it all in enough excited punctuation and smiley faces that the subtle burn is barely noticeable.
I've missed you too.
It's been perhaps an hour or so since I woke up, but I'm acclimating well enough.
We do have an unusual amount of experience with such apocalyptic and interuniversal situations, after all.
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no clue at all
thats good to hear and i am glad you are ok!
it has been so long but its also kind of like we havent spent any time apart at all :)
i think you are right about that as well... the storm is very curious sounding but i accepted it very easily
it just seems like another thing the game might be throwing at us!!!!!!!
though it really doesnt feel like it is the game, does it?
im glad youre awake, rose
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And I agree, I don't believe this is the game.
I'm still working on putting together proper evidence for that, however, so you'll have to be satisfied with the fact that it's just a "feeling" right now.
If you have any theories to submit, I'd be happy to hear them.
Or we could just talk.
It has been a while since we got to do anything like that without rampant death and universal destruction hanging over our heads.
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at first when i woke up, i thought maybe it was some part of another session...
but then i realized i could not feel or see the green sun
space is my thing after all so i could sense that, which is also thanks to the sprite thing!
i have no theories though!!!!
thats true
i would like to talk to you, it has been so long......
what have you been up to?
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We didn't really have time to catch up about either but one of those will be a much longer story than the other.
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well whichever one you want to talk about is the one i want to hear
we have plenty of time to catch up now
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I suppose that, while it could indeed be a very long story depending on the amount of detail I went into, it wouldn't necessarily be a very exciting one.
There honestly weren't that many truly significant events taking place during that time.
"Three years" makes it sound like a lot but really there isn't much to do on a meteor hurtling through paradox space.
As for what is significant, well...
I suppose I first need to ask if you ever spoke much with Kanaya.
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i think three years apart makes anything sound kind of exciting!
even if it was just finding out you like coffee more than tea or something kind of insignificant
talking to you every day and then talking to you not at all means i did not get to find out even the smaller things you did
but to answer your question, yes i did!
she is very nice and fashionable, she helped me and dave with the frog breeding and i met in a dream bubble not too long after
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She is indeed both very nice and fashionable.
She is also quick-witted, patient, endearingly awkward at times, a wonderful conversationalist, and a very good kisser.
I spent a good chunk of my three years discovering all this and more for myself.
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wow! thats great, rose!!! :D
im so happy for you!!!!!
shes a very lucky troll lady :)
it sounds like things are going really well for you with the trolls
hopefully they wake up soon!
kanaya especially hehehe
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I hope so as well.
What about you?
As I didn't get a chance to speak with you before we all had to go take on our various endgame bosses, and the John we ended up with came from an entirely different timeline, I admittedly have very little idea of how those three years went for you.
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well!
are you asking about dating things or just the normal stuff??
it was very quiet mostly... in a good way i mean!
most of the time i chased jaspersprite and played a ghostbusters mmo with john
and we saw conair a lot, its not that bad of a movie i think
there was a lot of cake as well since we had nannasprite with us too
oh and we visited our planets from time to time!
johns consorts are pretty adorable in my opinion
it was nice being with friends :)
[ not that the island was necessarily lonely, but being around people is such a different experience from talking to them. ]
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Are you implying that there are dating things to ask about?
Color me intrigued.
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weeeeeeeee kind of broke up though
i am not entirely sure what i would say about the whole thing but there are no hard feelings in the end!!!!!!!
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Do I have to punch someone for you?
Despite the lack of hard feelings, I feel almost obligated to as your female friend and sister to the culprit.
That is, assuming I'm correct about your not-very-mysterious beau.
I of course wouldn't judge anyone involved if my assumptions are entirely off base.
Three years is a long time, after all.
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john offered and called davesprite a jerk but i really do not think he was!
hes going through a lot and needs his space
its completely fine
oh so you admit three years is a long time now though :p
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[ ba dum tish ]
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is that so!!!!
i guess kanaya saw the light then! :p
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Evidently she did.
And I wouldn't worry about Davesprite.
Perhaps what he needs is not space, but time.
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hehehehe
ok enough with the puns!!!!!
i think we are both sufficiently caught up with each others love lives and three year gaps :p
i have not had a single bite to eat and as it turns out....
i just remembered what having an appetite feels like!
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Veto all puns from here on out and then immediately set me up for a "hungry as a dog" joke.
These last few years have made you cruel, Jade.
But anyway, while I lament the loss of a perfectly good pun, would you like to meet me in the mess hall?
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