Homestuck Re-read Part 48: ACT 6 ACT 4. ALSO ACT 6 INTERMISSION 4. ALSO SOME OF ACT 6 ACT 5.
I actually started porting this website to my new server software! It's already forced me to fix some unexpected behaviour even if I've not implemented anything huge or complex yet like the blog section. Although in fairness that is the only like, big part. I've also started thinking about implementing a plugin system using Hashicorp's plugin library since I don't think I have the will to implement dynamic library loading and whatever nonsense it'd involve.
Homestuck
[S] ACT 6 ACT 4
We're getting to see the alpha kids' lands.
- Jakes, LOMAX (Mounds and Xenon)
- Roxy's, LOPAN (Pyramids and Neon)
- Dirk's, LOTAK (Tombs and Krypton)
They're all dead, the only things that move beyond the players are their Denizens and skeletal minions. The environments seem hostile to the players, with Dirk's land seemingly needing gas masks to inhabit. All have inert, noble gases as the second part of their land title.
We click onto the next page after this flash, the green curtains draw.
END OF ACT 6 ACT 4.
ACT 6 INTERMISSION 4
We are Caliborn, wandering whatever dead land he finds himself on. He stands alone, covered in blood with a robot leg and clutching the ATH book. His home has no gates over it, only far above is a dead Skaia cloaked in clouds. His land is still littered with strange earth statues, seemingly. Although this one seems to depict two men(?) kissing.
He has a lot of walking ahead of him. He starts having a bit of a moment as he seemingly tries to not have a moment similar to John looking outside his home for the first time in Act 1 before seeing a blinking red dot out in the distance. Calliope's laptop receives a message, it's roxy spamming Calliope's name as agreed. Unfortunately, Calliope is dead and cannot be awoken. The alpha kids' session is still blacked out so he leaves them behind as he continues his adventure.
Roxy leaves a series of messages, detailing what's going on for them. She seems to actually be enjoying sburb quite a lot.
TG: now we are all of the sudden in this crazy place full of pretty green hills and a black empty sky
TG: i never actually seen anything like plants growin or a country side
TG: its so peaceful and quiet here
TG: we are just chilling at jakes old broken house on a mountain figuring what to do
TG: this is better than i ever thought it would be in the silliest and stupidest way
TG: it feels so surreal and amazing just being here with my friends
TG: i just wanted to tell you
TG: and thank you for all you did to bring us together like this
TG: it has meant so v much 2 me
She's also got Serenity the firefly with her, picked up from a dream bubble I think. In the background we can see Jake, arguing with Dirk's head?
Continuing his adventure, Caliborn comes across Gamzee. He wishes to be our guide. Caliborn magdumps the clown while walking away. The red light is atop a strange tower of CRT monitors strapped to a pylon of some sort. It seems to be similar to the exile's stations. It has Caliborn's 'thoughts' written out on it. He starts to type back and arguer with whoever or whatever is on the other end. The typist explains a lot of functionality on the tower is locked and requires a key to use, first of which being the caps lock button.
We also learn Caliborn does not use the caps lock key normally, despite typing mostly in all caps. He also seemingly admits he has or thinks he has a learning disability? The typist then starts being oddly encouraging, telling Caliborn he will achieve his destiny through hard work and determination and that it would be inspiring were his destiny not so terrible for others. It then tells Caliborn that murdering his sister has essentially solidified his personality as that of a murderous jackass teenager for eternity.
Gamzee isn't dead, he's actively crawling over to the station. He crawls over and starts to present Caliborn with one of those Skaia labs power sources from earlier so Caliborn just guns him down. The tower gets plugged in and a screen buzzes to life. It shows Calliope's dead dreamself on Prospit.
He is struggling to use the computer since the mouse is welded to the desk. But he eventually manages to sample Calliope's blood colour.
Gamzee presents Caliborn with the Juju breaker. Naturally, he uses it to beat Gamzee. He then starts hitting the tower and destorying the website. Caliborn was somehow raised on a post-apocalyptic earth. Possibly even the beta kids' earth? Or, the one from universe C at the end of homestuck? I'm not, sure. It's supposed from "a universe that was about to explode" anyhow. We also learn the name of Caliborn's denizen, the most deadly ahd challenging of them all: Yaldaboth, the demiurge or false creator 'god' believed to exist by the gnostics. Caliborn must reach him and take The Choice. This is all punishment for hubris and violating sburb's rules, a minimum of two players is needed.
Gamzee vomits blood and keys onto the floor. Caliborn gets to work trying them out and eventually finds one that works with the tower, letting him view Jake staring down some kind of skeletal basilisk thing on his land. The monitors allow him to bypass the blackout on their session and can apparently see Anything.
More green Curtains. End of Act 6 Intermission 4.
[S]ACT 6 ACT 5
We see Jake messing with the fourth wall, when out of the forest comes. ERISOLSPRITE (Eridan & Sollux Sprite)? He also has messages from Dirk to answer. It seems Jake has been MIA without notice for a few days now, and that strider is maybe wearing him down a bit. Whatever it is it can't be as bad as his sprite's feelings about him.
ERISOLSPRITE: ii am not a good man, ii dont havve a good heart, and iim not your fuckiin friiend.
ERISOLSPRITE: ii thiink you may be the dumbe2t liivviin beiing ii havve evver encountered.
ERISOLSPRITE: fuck you jake. iim not funny. ii havve no actual clue wwhy you thiink iim 2o funny, 2o PII22 OFF.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO THE REST OF THE UPD8
I just tried to load the next page and it's not there! I had like. 10 more pages to go? So I guess I'm leaving it here for now?
Its a few hours later and the rest hasnt been re-re-released so i guess uh. Thats it!