DAVE: fuck dude fuck
DAVE: thats not a big enough change to fuck anything up right?? right??
KARKAT: WHAT IF IT DOES THOUGH??? WHAT IF THE COLOR OF THIS PEN IS LIKE SOME SORT OF BUTTERFLY EFFECT TRIGGER THAT FUCKS *EVERYTHING* OVER IF YOU GET IT WRONG??????
KARKAT: GOG. THIS IS A DOOMED TIMELINE NOW, RIGHT? IT MUST BE.
DAVE: do things feel doomed?? nothings exploding right?? how do we tell if a timeline is doomed while we are in it anyway?!?
KARKAT: I DON'T KNOW???? YOU'RE THE TIME GUY HERE
DAVE: i dont know either!!!!!
KARKAT: FUCK
KARKAT: WHAT DO WE DO THEN????
KARKAT: I POSSIBLY DOOMED US ALL AND THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN EVEN TELL UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE!
KARKAT: I SHOULDN'T HAVE EVER USED THOSE STUPID MUSIC BOXES.
KARKAT: SHOULD'VE JUST BROUGHT YOU THE WALLET RIGHT AFTER I FOUND IT TO STORE THE BODY IN AND NOT EVEN BOTHER WITH THE SLABS!
DAVE: dude why are you blaming yourself
DAVE: if you HADNT gone that could have caused more issues because obviously future you did!
KARKAT: GOG
KARKAT: I FUCKING HATE TIME TRAVEL
KARKAT: I'M SERIOUSLY AT A LOSS FOR WHAT TO DO NOW! )':B
DAVE: me too
DAVE: i dont know if there is anything to do at all. we might just have to wait it out, fuck i should have just not given you the pen i dont know.
KARKAT: WAIT IT OUT? WAIT IT *OUT*???
KARKAT: FOR HOW LONG EXACTLY? ALL OF ETERNITY?
KARKAT: NO, PLEASE DAVE, BY ALL MEANS TELL ME HOW WE WILL *EVER* KNOW THAT WE HAVE "WAITED IT OUT"!
KARKAT: WHAT SORT OF EVENT CAN SEAL THIS TIMELINE AS NOT FUCKING *DOOMED*???
DAVE: dude i dont fucking know!!! what else is there to do?? huh?! do you have an answer to that?? are you going to put forth any wonderful vantas ideas?!? spread the fucking gospel of your wisdom on this??!
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