diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues.epub b/TheHomestuckEpilogues.epub index b41af6f..51e821a 100644 Binary files a/TheHomestuckEpilogues.epub and b/TheHomestuckEpilogues.epub differ diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy1.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy1.xhtml index 00d4ddb..52e575c 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy1.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy1.xhtml @@ -168,6 +168,9 @@

Did he hear her right? He can’t imagine she could possibly mean...

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CALLIOPE: gamzee.

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Calliope puts her hands together and pulls back, smiling sweetly. Her voice is sugar-sweet again.

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Dave gives him a light bro-punch in the arm and tries to smile.

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DAVE:enjoy your date

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But his worst fears are confirmed for him without him having to do anything, unfortunately, which seems par for the course.

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JANE: Good morning.

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Jane sits up in the bed and stretches her arms over her head. Her body is a perfect hourglass in naked profile. Jake’s eyes trace the curve of her spine against his will. They @@ -94,6 +97,9 @@ Lollipop on his bedside table. It sits, like evidence at a murder scene, beneath an empty bottle of vodka and far more sets of underwear than the number of people accounted for in the room.

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JAKE: Um...

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Jane stares up at him, her eyes so bright they’re practically clear, like tropical water on a sunny day. She looks like girls do right before they’re about to cry.

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JANE: Jake...

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Oh, how could he deny her anything?

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It’s not the most rousing speech Jake has ever given, but it seems satisfactory enough for Jane. He releases a tremendously relieved sigh when Jane breaks into a smile.

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JANE: Oh, Jake!

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He flails when she kisses him. But this time, there’s no doubt he hasn’t said no.

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Still no answer. Dave lets himself in. It’s not like his bro would actually mind. They’re family, after all.

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DAVE: bro

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DAVE: hey

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Silence throughout the studio. Dave starts flitting from room to room, checking for any signs of Dirk.

This is strange. The guy doesn’t usually go out to do things, diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy15.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy15.xhtml index 55fc81c..720d4f7 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy15.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy15.xhtml @@ -431,6 +431,9 @@

John sneezes.

Dave and Karkat jump apart like opposing magnets.

Oops.

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JOHN: uhh, hi guys!

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John waves dopily and hopes that he doesn’t look as buffoonish and mortified as he feels. Dave and Karkat are still staring at each other from the corners of their eyes, warily. diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy19.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy19.xhtml index 2e19979..098c6b3 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy19.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy19.xhtml @@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ ringer for her old Witch of Space uniform. Jade touches the body with the toe of her shoe, and then gasps when it rolls over to reveal its face.

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JADE: its...

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JADE: ME???

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Karkat and Dave stick their heads over the edge of the pit.

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JANE: Jake!

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Vitriol leaks from every letter of his name. John and Dave exchange a knowing look: who’s supposed to be the kismesis here, again?

@@ -275,6 +278,9 @@ are standing shoulder to shoulder, very much in stable, devoted, interspecies Love. Kanaya catches that gaze, and holds it, for a very long, tense moment.

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JANE: Um. Roxy...

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Kanaya interrupts, tone clipped and dry.

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It takes the corpse a while to reply. Everyone waits for her to speak. When the words leave her mouth, they send a chill through the cathedral air.

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JADE: i am not jade.

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Slowly, Jade raises her head. The stage makeup Roxy applied earlier is running down her face in dark rivers. Her eyes are solid black. Even more than black, it seems. They are diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy23.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy23.xhtml index b9de3c0..da2fc73 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy23.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy23.xhtml @@ -670,6 +670,9 @@

She twitches her dog-ears and raises her face. Her mouth is a neutral line, but her eyes are burning furiously.

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JADE: i heard everything

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John and Jade stop. There is another shadow cast in the doorway. A much darker one.

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JANE: Excuse me.

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She says in a sugar-sweet voice.

JANE: But what the FUCK is going on in here?!

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JOHN: i... i...

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Roxy won’t meet his eyes. Dave won’t either. John turns to Tavros, opens his mouth to apologize, but the kid just ducks deeper into the closet, trembling.

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The meteor is passing beyond the fall of night. Dead-Jade, standing half in light, half in darkness, looks up at the sky.

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JADE: not soon enough.

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KARKAT: SWIFER!

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Swifer Eggmop pokes her head into the chamber.

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John snorts back his tears and jaunts forward with a jolly wave.

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JOHN: hi, karkat!

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DAVE: no john dont do it

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John spins on his heel to see Dave in the doorway, holding a bottle of champagne. He looks smart in his three-piece tux, but he’s still sporting the same old Stiller @@ -469,6 +475,10 @@ picture is still in his wallet: faded, dog-eared, marred by ragged white lines down the center from being folded and unfolded so many times, deep enough to be called valleys at this point.

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JOHN: right.

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DAVE: right

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They fall silent for a moment, soaking up the atmosphere, sipping their booze, contemplating the suckiness of being an adult. Dave lets out a soft laugh and slaps John on the diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy28.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy28.xhtml index a1e7738..d9f40fb 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy28.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy28.xhtml @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ crater and peers through the smoke.

He recognizes the ghost immediately, because he sees a younger version of her almost every day.

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JOHN: vriska?

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Vriska’s face snaps up, eyes blazing. Eyes. Actual eyes, with expression, color, pupils, and everything.

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Jane’s eyes rake up and down Gamzee’s body, like she’s carefully considering her response. Her face is expressionless when she answers.

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JANE: Begone, clown.

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Jane turns, and waves the security away. The uniformed men drag Gamzee from the bridge. The sound of honks reverberate hauntingly through the halls as the wretched jester is diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy32.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy32.xhtml index d1a769e..b5fb4c7 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy32.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy32.xhtml @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ a wheezy, guttered honk. It comes out slowly, mournfully, like a broken bike horn getting backed over by the rear wheel of a hearse.

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(VRISKA): EVVVVVVVVER

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She spins out from under his flailing arm and does a full 360-degree pirouette off the fucking handle to deliver a ruthless Knife Chop straight to the cartilage at the center of diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy33.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy33.xhtml index 67adbab..c3f32ab 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy33.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy33.xhtml @@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ and honest. Her eyes are perfectly clear. There is no other word that could possibly do justice to her expression. She looks happy.

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ROSE: Thank you.

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She comes forward to give him a kiss on the cheek. John wraps his arms around her shoulders, pulls her into a tight hug, and breathes in the scent of her hair. Whatever the diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy34.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy34.xhtml index a2c3272..4cfd14d 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy34.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy34.xhtml @@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ tangled black hair, and stunned faces, her expression begins to slowly melt. It then drifts quickly, from phase to phase, to one of wonder, then anguish, and finally, abject horror.

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JOHN: oh god.

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Vriska: (Eep!)

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Oh shit. (Vriska) had already forgotten about her, somehow. Her stylishly dressed teen duplicate, who surely just witnessed not only the original feat of debauchery, but all the compromising activity which followed as well. (Vriska) would probably need to have a few words with her.

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Vriska: Um...

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When next he’s jostled awake, it’s by a figure that looks uncomfortably like—

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JOHN: dad?

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JOHN: oof...

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He runs a hand through his hair, and looks back down.

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DAVE: i think im gay

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Obama purses his lips in that trademark way of his—thoughtful, serious, contemplative. He nods slowly, letting the silence grow, as if considering precisely how to deliver the most diff --git a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy4.xhtml b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy4.xhtml index 17a3aa5..e6c5025 100644 --- a/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy4.xhtml +++ b/TheHomestuckEpilogues/OEBPS/Text/candy4.xhtml @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@

Wait, this doesn’t seem right, she thinks. When she closed her eyes, she was dramatically lingering about her bedroom at home. She’d just taken a handful of pills, and said goodbye to...

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ROSE: John!

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She shoots up in bed, tugging the IV taped under her elbow. Kanaya is sitting at her bedside, hemming a sundress. She thins her lips and gives Rose a half-lidded look.

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ROSE: I feel...

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She looks back to Kanaya, eyes wide and bright.

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She holds her thoughts. They can wait, and there’s much to discuss. She taps a button, and lowers her head a little closer to a mic on the panel.

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ROSEBOT: Dirk.

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She supplies a courtesy pause, as if waiting for him to reply. He usually doesn’t.

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JADE: a husband....

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It would be pretty easy to mistake his reaction for arousal, so it’s understandable that Jade is extremely surprised when Karkat snaps his jaw shut and chomps down on her hand.

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JADE: OW!!!!

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Jade pinches his ear and twists hard, smiling pleasantly.

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JADE: get fucked karkat

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Well, Jane thinks with a heavy sigh, now that she’s not running for president, it doesn’t really matter, does it?

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JANE: Jake?

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JAKE: Jane...

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But Jake doesn’t register her mortification or frustration either. He just keeps smiling and gazing into her eyes, warm and drunk.

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JANE: Well, then.

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KANAYA: Rose Look

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