(angry) text; EDITED LATER TO BE LOCKED

[hypertoxic]

[ Being forced to answer this post and admit something she'd rather not have has left Vriska pretty peeved. She is not down with your shit, New Moore, and she is going to take her revenge. ]

What's a secret you've 8een just dying to tell someone a8out 8ut couldn't? Now's your chance! Let it all out. We're all 8eing forced into this anyway!

[ She is hoping others will be snagged like she was and forced into answering.

And it will end well if they are. ]

(ooc; Feel free to thread jack the hell out of this post if you want to leap on someone saying something shocking! GO NUTS. Interested parties are also EXTREMELY FREE to go leap on Vriska and Sherlock's thread with their own comments.

regarding the post edit: Vriska will have made good on her word and locked the post to private. Private, however, only to those who have already seen it, so no one else can stumble into it. However, if you still want to tag in, feel free! We'll all just say it came in before she locked the post. Carry on with your life ruining.)

Comments

[trytryagain]

Time loops do not fix everything.

I'm relieved to have your help.

Witches shouldn't exist any more. These ones don't have a source. I don't understand what they are. But they still need to be stopped.

[callbacks]

yeah im down
and im not going to let you turn into one ok
whatever that means for you
so how do i do that

[trytryagain]

I don't know if it can be stopped.

When you become a magical girl, part of it is accepting that you have a wish worth dying for.

If you're lucky, that's what happens.

If you're not, there comes a time when you give in to despair.

Only fighting witches gives you the fuel you need to cleanse the despair away. But the more fight, the harder it is to hope for a life beyond that.

It used to be that when there was nothing but despair left, you became a witch. All witches began as magical girls.

Here, there are no magical girls like me, just Sailor Venus who's a real hero and told me I could call her senpai and has blonde hair almost as nice as Tomoe Mami's.

However, sometimes there are still witches. There shouldn't be! Witches shouldn't exist any more! Even if there were magical girls, that isn't how we end anymore! Sometimes, a big enough wish can be a miracle. Madoka... Madoka was so brave that she was able to save everyone, even herself, and to make it so that witches never existed.

I'm the only one who remembers that, except Kyuubey.

I'm so scared that the witches being back mean something terrible and impossible happened to Madoka. Every time I fight a witch I'm a little more afraid. I don't know how long I can keep myself hoping.

For a long time, I kept going because I believed in Madoka. For her sake, even in a world without her, I'll still try. But I know that even if you try and try and tray and try, however many times you work to get it right, it's more normal for wishes not to come true. Even if I keep trying, it doesn't mean I'll always win.

1/?

[callbacks]

holy shit

[callbacks]

[Give him a minute. He probably wraps some time around himself to get his head around this.]

[callbacks]

ok
little sister
the thing to remember is that while were here literally nothing is happening out there
back in our home spheres i mean
time isnt passing at all out there i give you my guarantee on that as a fellow time guy
nothings happened to your friend
this place does shitty things to people but im pretty sure this is by far the shittiest
making you believe that bull

[callbacks]

i dont know exactly what it means if witches are here and theyre supposed to have been undone but like
even when a bad timeline collapses sometimes things get left over
like echoes
or memories
sprites
theyre not part of the alpha timeline and they dont damage it but you cant quite get rid of the ghost of them
maybe thats what the witches here are
ghosts outside of the timeline
and we see them because were outside of the timeline too
so madokas still ok

[callbacks]

so you keep right on believing in her homura
because even if time looks broken it always turns out that you were just looking at it from the wrong angle
its way more resilient than this stupid island
itll catch up to your witches even here
and maybe youll have to fight them for a long time before that
but youll be alright

[callbacks]

because until what your friend did catches up to here
you got me
and i dont know anything about witches or wishes or heroes but i do know how to fight with a broken sword
well hold out

Done

[callbacks]

fuck if that wasnt the most lamely unironic speech ive ever had the shame of knowing just came out of my face
welp
at least you know im not lying

[trytryagain]

I'm lucky to know you.

Don't be embarrassed. Hope is the greatest gift you can give to anyone. I don't know if you're right, but knowing you believe that... I'm not as worried about fighting witches with you by my side.

Maybe a little worried that if I am too pleased and let my guard drop I will get my head bitten off.

I am glad I did not see that happen.

I'm also worried because a broken sword is a terrible weapon. I's insit that you bring the gun, but I think that we would all be in greater danger then.

But that isn't as important.

Thank you, Dave.

I'll always be looking out for you, as well. I'm not good at expressing it. But you don't ever have to be afraid, when I'm around.

2/2

[trytryagain]

I will never let anything happen to you.

I don't literally mean anything. But. Nothing terrible.

1/2

[callbacks]

dude if anything so much as looks at you wrong im decapitating it
dave strider does not stand for fuckers biting his friends heads off

[callbacks]

also
yeah 1/2 bladekind is a sucky strife specibus
dont tell anyone i said that

[trytryagain]

I'll keep your secrets.

Jade seems nice.

[callbacks]

oh my god you read that too
jesus christ
im going to have nightmares about this day for a year

yeah jades nice though
shes like the nicest kid i know

[trytryagain]

I've never talked to anyone about the people I like before.

If you don't want to that's fine. I can ask Venus-senpai or Suzumiya-senpai.

But it might be strange. I think both of them like boys.

[callbacks]

its ok
i wouldnt mind talking about it with someone i wasnt afraid might mess with me or chew my head off or be hurt about it
maybe not right now though
like
im hoping jade wont see it but theres almost no way karkat wont
hes probably already seen it
so im waiting for that bomb to drop
do you want to catch up later

[trytryagain]

Yes.

It's possible I'll be out of touch until things are back to normal. We can wait to talk until then.

I'll try to say more than I usually do. If I can, I'll stop freezing time when I'm surprised or nervous or uncomfortable.

[callbacks]

hahaha
its ok
i do it too
talk to you later homura
i cant promise the irony and sick verbiage wont be back once this truth bug is over but i guess at least now you know whats under it

[trytryagain]

You are not as good at hiding it as you think you are.

I already knew.

It was clear from the time you gave me back the pony.