MEENAH: so...
MEENAH: water you pajama dorks up to anywave
MEENAH: conspiring over here
ROSE: Nothing that would concern you, I'm sure.
MEENAH: yeah
MEENAH: i was reedy to not give a carp but you changed my mind
MEENAH: never met a gull in serket robes who aint wanna talk my fins off about every dumb thing shes doin
JOHN: (she does have you there, rose.)
MEENAH: so shell me already
MEENAH: whatcha talkin aboat?
MEENAH: is it me
ROSE: Well, I suppose I could go on and on at exhaustive length about our clandestine activities. Such as... standing in the general proximity of an friend? In shameless view of any witnesses who might care to note our presence?
ROSE: On the other hand...
ROSE: Are you aware there are currently TWO instances of John sitting on a hill behind me.
ROSE: Fresh and unstabbed.
ROSE: And I have it on good authority... which is to say, my own... they will not remain with us long.
MEENAH: i sea i sea 3>8D
MEENAH: ya throw a mean distraction roseweed
JOHN: rose, no!
JOHN: those past johns are busy learning important stupid human facts!
JOHN: you can't ruin things for them like that!
ROSE: It seems that I can.
ROSE: And who knows what else I might be capable of ruining for your past selves.
ROSE: Perhaps you would know better than anyone.
JOHN: no, i will not do that to them!
JOHN: meenah, please stay here and keep talking to us, and don't stab any versions of me, or anyone else.
ROSE: What?
ROSE: No, it's time for her to leave.
JOHN: no, it is not.
JOHN: hey, i know! maybe she can help us with our problems!
ROSE: You're not serious.
JOHN: yes, i am completely serious about that suddenly.
JOHN: what do you think, meenah? can you hang out here and lend us some help?
MEENAH: maybe i can maybe i cant
MEENAH: but well never find out i got dorks to fork
JOHN: ok but, even if you don't want to help us....
JOHN: maybe you can... kelp us?
MEENAH: ...dammit
MEENAH: you know i gotta do anyfin if you ask me as a fish pun
ROSE: John, we really should continue our previous conversation.
JOHN: but i am doing that.
JOHN: meenah, you are right. me and rose are having a secret meeting.
JOHN: if i explain what it is about, can i trust you not to tell anyone else?
MEENAH: nah
MEENAH: but like
MEENAH: i dont care about your nerdy human secrets so
MEENAH: you probs safe
JOHN: good enough!
JOHN: okay, well...
ROSE: John! We can't tell--
JOHN: it is okay, rose. i think she is trustworthy.
JOHN: that is trustworthy smirk on her face, filled with trustworthy fangs.
ROSE: She literally JUST told you that you can't trust her.
ROSE: She has stabbed you on multiple occasions.
JOHN: yes, but those were friendly stabbings.
JOHN: it is probably just her way of saying hi.
MEENAH: hey! no it isnt!
MEENAH: dont be disrespecting my mad murder stabs!
JOHN: i do not think she will betray our confidences, so long as they are... top seacrest.
MEENAH: fffffffffffff.....
MEENAH: FIN--E!!!
JOHN: there.
JOHN: SEA, rose?
ROSE: >:|
MEENAH: (yo!)
MEENAH: (that last sea)
MEENAH: (that a sea as in the ocean sea?)
JOHN: (yep.)
JOHN: (why, were you afraid it was... a fluke?)
MEENAH: (heh)
MEENAH: (you aight bluefin)
MEENAH: guess im stuck kelpin you nerds then
JOHN: great!
JOHN: okay, so all of the alive people are trying to create a new universe and then enter it through a magic door, right?
MEENAH: issat porpoised to be news
JOHN: and while we are still doing that plan and absolutely sure it will work... it cannot hurt to have an extra, secret backup plan to make sure everyone will be okay.
JOHN: but we don't want to tell our other friends, because it would be a distraction.
JOHN: like how you got all of your friends to keep existing by being ghosts!
MEENAH: yeah that was clam clever of me wasnt it
JOHN: exactly.
JOHN: so that's what our conspiracy is about, right rose?
ROSE: I guess!!
MEENAH: ya i get it
MEENAH: if i told them other whiny ass bitches i was gonna blow em up would haddock hear about all kinds of feelins and whining
MEENAH: guess you could blow all your buddies into ghosts too but reely?
MEENAH: it kinda sucks
MEENAH: and english took out almost all of us suckafishes already
JOHN: yeah, uh, i think i would rather avoid blowing anyone up!
JOHN: but you have been in the dream bubbles for a long time right?
MEENAH: shella long yeah
JOHN: you must be an expert on them.
MEENAH: shore
JOHN: so... is there a way out?
MEENAH: out
MEENAH: of the dream bubbles?
JOHN: yes! and then out of the weird, squiggly type of reality containing them.
MEENAH: uh
MEENAH: us ghosts dont really get to leave the afterlife like that
MEENAH: so uhhhhhh....
MEENAH: iunno?
ROSE: OF COURSE she doesn't know!!!
In case you did not decode the last news update's SECRET CLUE.... WhatPumpkin will be at Emerald City Comic Con once again this year!
So if you are in Seattle this April 7-10, you should stop by and say hi, and also purchase many of our fine t-shirts.
And if you aren't a kickstarter backer, this is your chance to play the Hiveswap sneak preview yourself, instead of being stuck watching strangers make silly choices on youtube. And maybe... your chance to play a DIFFERENT sneak preview????
I know what you're wondering, because I've gotten approximately a zillion inquiries about this: will I personally be in Seattle to meet fans this April 7-10, or will I be too busy doing cries into my keyboard?
(That's a trick question btw. Those things are not mutually exclusive.)
Hiveswap update!!!!! Read it here. It is pretty exciting news, I think, and I am unsurprised to discover that you agree with me completely.
Kickstarter backers will have noticed that they've been sent a playable sneak preview, but if that's not you, there MAY still be an opportunity to get your greedy peepers on it? (And by "may" I of course mean "will definitely".)
It's going to be a surprise, but just between me and you and the millions of other people reading this website, I'll let you have a teensy hint. See if you can decipher the SECRET CLUE:
Homestuck will be on pause until next Monday, but seriously who cares about that when you could be finding out about some awesome new MSPA merchandise!
Hey! You! Did you hear that there's awesome new MSPA merchandise?
Maybe you have been dreaming of a shirt that screams into the world's eyeballs that you are one groovy dude who loves Homestuck? (These things are synonyms.)
Wow!!!! Looks like your dreams just got turned into true reality!
But wait! There is something even more guaranteed to blow your mind with it's unbelievable astoundingness. Homestuck panel prints are a thing now!
For many years it's seemed like an impossible idea, since animation effects don't work on paper, and also every Homestuck panel is online anyway?
But our greatest MSPA scientists have been working on the problem non-stop for years, abacuses and slide rules snapping, test-tubalizers being carefully examined under microscopificators, and at last they have sent word over the mail-electronifier that there's been a breakthrough! Homestuck: solved forever!!!!
These are lenticular prints, which you may have seen on movie posters or really neat backpacks? The secret is that, when you move the image, it appears to flip between frames... kind of exactly like an animated gif that just got turned into true reality! What's left that HASN'T been turned into true reality anymore?
Here are some examples you can click on to see how they work, and you can peruse all 12 at the Homestuck store.
I was so blown away by this technological advancement, I immediately set to work making the next Homestuck book entirely out of lenticular images. Finally, it will offer a full and accurate MsPaintAdventures.com experience.
In unrelated news, the next Homestuck book will be 5 feet wide and $10,000 a copy.
Awwwwwwwwww. (Everyone: Awwwwwwwwwwww.) That was adorable!
Make sure and check the credits page to meet all the contributors who just injected a live kitten directly into your heart. (Awwwwwwww!)
I bet this update sure has you feeling smug that you ordered a pack of MSPA Quadrant Day cards in time for YOUR Quadrant Day celebrations!
What's that? You DIDN'T? (Readers who have their life priorities in order, this paragraph isn't meant for you. You may resume feeling smug.) Well, who said that Quadrant Day is February 14th, anyway. Other than me, I guess??? And now I'm saying that the holiday officially occurs 6 to 8 weeks from the moment you chose to gently caress this news post with your wibbling peep orbs.
Whew! Cutting it close, aren't you? Better hurry and order a set RIGHT NOW.
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