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First, a8out Kanaya and Karkat's "mission" I alluded to a minute ago. This is really important. You 8oth listening?? Yes NO. Ok, well one out of two isn't 8ad. As long as Kanaya understands, that's mainly what matters, since she's the more important part of this equ8tion. WOW, I'M FUCKING SHOCKED! WHAT DO WE, OR, EXCUSE ME... WHAT DOES *SHE* HAVE TO DO? You 8OTH have to go to Jade's planet and see Echidna. Even though this session is a8out as far from "normal" as it can possi8ly get, the same 8asic rules apply. Someone needs to seek an audience with her, and get her to agree to release the genesis frog. Or, the tadpole that grows up to 8ecome the frog, which is the stage of development he's in at this point. Remem8er, Kanaya? You had to do this on your planet, to get our frog released into Skaia. Yeah She Asked Me To Do Something Impossible To Which I Replied Thats Impossible So She Ended Up Demanding That I Fight Her So I Did Which Made Me Feel Sad Id Rather Not Have To Do That Again Will I Have To Do That Again If that's what she wants, then yes. Why Does It Have To Be Me Though 8ecause SOMEONE has to! Sources tell me this is the plan the Condesce had for you, 8efore we derailed all her shit. You Keep Talking About All These Sources Who Are All These Sources Did Arquius Tell You This Too No! Look, I've 8een 8usy, ok? Inform8tion is everywhere if you know where to look. Derse has a lot of agents on the inside who are wise to the old lady's plans. Shaking the 8ushes for good intel isn't that complic8ted, it just takes a little effort! Some people on this lily pad should may8e try looking into that some time. If You Say So Would you just can... Would you just put a LID on it for a second, and listen? Normally Jade would 8e the one to do this, 8ut at the time, Jade had 8ecome corrupted, so I guess Echidna wouldn't deal with her. And now, Jade's asleep! Which is exactly how she needs to stay. So that leaves the person Echidna requested in Jade's a8sence, which is you. I am assuming 8ecause you were also a space player, so you'll 8e a8le to understand her gar8led nonsense language. 8ut that's not all there is to it. She also requested you 8ring Karkat. UGH. WHY THE HELL WOULD SHE WANT TO SEE ME? No idea! Denizens are mysteeeeeeeerious. May8e she wants a knight along? Or a 8lood player? Or may8e she just has a 8one to pick with you in particular. You know, since you and Kanaya were 8oth involved in the frog 8reeding stuff in our session, and, let's face it. You kind of messed that up! You were pretty hasty and reckless a8out it, and the result was a defective frog. Sure, there's more to it than that. Like pro8lems with the human session that were totally interrel8ted with ours due to cyclical time gar8age, 8ut you get the point. Echidna pro8a8ly doesn't take kindly to people who are cavalier with the sacred frog duties. That's kind of her domain, like, the propag8tion of existence and all that. So may8e you've got some stuff to atone for 8efore she agrees to let another precious frog out of her divine custody? YOU'RE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE, AREN'T YOU. TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL BAD ABOUT SOME ANCIENT HISTORY, SO I'LL BE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ENCOUNTER. WELL I'LL SPARE YOU THE TROUBLE. I'M ALREADY NERVOUS! I DON'T WANT TO GO PROSTRATE MYSELF BEFORE A BABBLING SNAKE GODDESS EVEN UNDER IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES. Karkat, relax. I am guessing this will just 8e a sort of formality. That's how things always struck me with her, like... getting the 8lessing from a queen, or some huge mythical matriarch 8efore proceeding with some incredi8ly important event, or claiming a cosmic reward. Or may8e you'll have to just kill her again? I don't see what difference it makes. Really, who knows what her real purposes are? They're pro8a8ly totally unfathoma8le. Echidna is kind of a 8ig Deal Denizen. One of the real heavy hitters, like that other guy... the really strong one with the ridiculous name. She might even 8e the 8iggest deal. She's the mother of all denizens. I mean, not in a literal sense. Like, I really dou8t she physically spawned them all. So if she wants you to do something, it's serious. And if you need to do something of massive cosmic significance, like release a frog that contains an entire universe in its 8elly, then 8y the same token, it has to go through her. The other denizens are a 8unch of petty grum8ling riddle-merchants 8y comparison. You should feel honored she even wants to see you. HOW ARE WE EVEN SURE SHE HAS A FROG TO RELEASE?? WHO MADE THIS FROG? THE JOKERS FROM THIS SESSION? I THOUGHT THEY SPENT MONTHS DOING NOTHING. It's the same frog Jade made! With Kanaya's help, remem8er? Hell, you may have even 8een involved in that process too. I don't recall every single detail. 8ut it fell in the forge on Jade's planet 8ack in the old session, and now Jade's planet is here. Hence, the frog is here too. It's just 8een... let's say hi8ern8ting inside the planet for a few years. Echidna kept it warm for us until we were re…
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