Rose: Answer John.
rose, i have a question, and i am in a hurry! so hurry up and answer!!! Did you know your planet was on fire? oh. it is? Yes. It makes a good light for reading, actually. ok, haha, that's a confusing thing you said, but that topic will have to wait! jade is minutes away from entering, and i need to decide what to do with this kernel sprite. i really don't want to mess up and do something stupid. i was thinking about not prototyping at all, to not give the monsters any new powers. what do you think, rose? i thought i'd ask since you seem to know all the mysteries. Yes, I do seem to be shadowed by each mystery and its somber cortege of riddles, don't I? yes. that is exactly what i was going to say. First of all, I should preface this conversation by saying I know exactly what you and Jade are going to do. um... ok? The more of our future I've been allowed to see, the more I'm presented with a challenge I'm not very comfortable with. The trolls have tipped us off about what's to come without any regard for the consequences, as appears to be their nature. But maybe that's why it's worked for them. Maybe their indiscretion mingles with the cosmic noise that is the fabric of temporal uncertainty. bluhhhhhh... rose, tick tick tick!!! Sorry, John. I'm just nervous about it. About whether telling you what you definitely will or won't do will alter a predetermined outcome. The result would be a splintered timeline, and we would all be sentenced to eventual oblivion. I'm presently optimistic this has not happened yet, and this is still the alpha timeline. I'd like to keep it that way. oh, wow. you mean like when i died in another dimension, because terezi hornswoggled me? Yes, sort of. It isn't much fun, John. what's not? Living for months in an offshoot reality, waiting for the curtain to drop. oh, ok, i see. well, uh... is there anything you can tell me? Hmm. I guess I can permit myself to tell you this, somewhat definitively. what? Failing to prototype the kernel is the absolute worst thing that you could possibly do. Like, ever. oh no! We would come into possession of all the disasters. Exhaustive possession. Monopolization, in fact. then i guess i will not do that. why is it so bad? Because the battlefield will not be able to heal, and then transform. It will not reach the stage which allows it to become ready to receive our universe. but... i thought you said it wasn't going to be able to make a universe anyway? wasn't it barren or something? Yes. so why is it important? Because if it does not reach this stage, we will not be able to recover the treasure hidden in its core. Which is to say, You will not be able to recover it. When you go to sleep again. OHHHHHH. why didn't you say so, of course the answer is treasure. Yes. This is the treasure that will give us hope. But only if it comes into being in the first place. what is the treasure exactly? John, what is that sound? what sound? It seems to be a ticking noise. aaaahh! yeah, i've got to go. we can chat about treasure later. anyway, i will sort out this prototyping silliness myself. thanks rose!
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