apocalypse?

[tiredcharmer]

ok so is like the world going to end anytime soon?

because like tegiri forced me to watch enough isekai back home for me to know that when one or more rando chumps get pulled into a high fantasy world where they're really good at magic for no discernible reason there's always going to be some end of the world stuff nigh]

or really any looming threat

just want to make sure if i need to be worried about that kind of thing

Comments

[nomoremistergneissguy]

I'm afraid I don't know what isekai is, but from everything I've seen here--and I have been here for a while--the end of the world usually has portents associated with it, does it not?

I wouldn't say I'm the best student, but I think those would be impossible to ignore, if they were happening.

[temptationaccomplished]

I'm in agreement that there usually are signs, perhaps a prophecy or two, some large monsters and strange weather phenomenon.

Perhaps a figurehead or face-of-evil to incite it all.

[tiredcharmer]

i mean there was this huge evil ghost dragon that showed up and fought with an ominous blob monster thing a little while ago rite

and dragons native to this world are supposed to be evil conquerors that all got supposedly wiped out rite

and then there's us showing up at all which is pretty fuckin suspicious as far as i'm concerned

[temptationaccomplished]

I suppose. It is suspect. More so now that I think about it, really, though I wasn't here for those events. But people are very quick to label things the "End of Times" when, really they are more like "very bad times," and just because something is supernaturally exceptional and suspiciously timed does not mean it is a road-marker to a world-ending cataclysmic event.

And in the event it is, this is a very frustrating development indeed.

[tiredcharmer]

ok i admit i'm being a little alarmist to get clicks here, but i genuinely need to know if there's any signs of something real bad about to go down, whether it be world-ending or not

because my calamity-senses are tingling and if something wicked this way is coming i need to know so i can prepare for it

[Wow, there's certainly a lot of whiteout in that last sentence.]

[temptationaccomplished]

"To get clicks"??

I genuinely do not know. I've encountered a creature with portals to a labyrinth, but I admit I've been too preoccupied with my own [a few aborted words are struck out] studies to note any signs of impending wickedness. But I assure you, one cannot prepare for the apocalypse. Such preparations are rendered null and void rather quickly by a comedy of errors usually of the preparers' own making.

[tiredcharmer]

i

hm

you know what i'm not going to explain how grubtube works to some old human

that would take fucking days, no offense

and

[Aziraphale wouldn't believe how much Tyzias has experience with that exact phenomena.]

look buddy i get your point

you have no idea how much i get your fucking point

but that isn't gonna stop me from trying anyways because even if it's hopeless trying is better than sitting on my ass doing nothing and hoping for the best

[temptationaccomplished]

I'm not condoning sitting on your a ars BEHIND I'm saying that specifically targeted preparations tend to be thwarted--but that's not to say we couldn't have a contingency plan of some kind....

Also, I DO take offense but no, I suppose I don't need you to explain this Grubtube. It sounds an awful lot like something for a Mobile Telephone and I'm afraid those are quite out of my area of interest or expertise.

[tiredcharmer]

if there is some conspiracy out to ruin the world or whatever, they'll never see my "Watch for Endlessly Repeating Time Loops in 0.5x Universe Breaks" trick coming

[Unfortunately, Tyzias isn't joking here.]

[temptationaccomplished]

Right. But I feel that if you have an ace up your sleeve, my dear, you're not supposed to tell everyone what it is, least of all to leave a paper-trail.

[tiredcharmer]

do you know what a sarcasm is

[temptationaccomplished]

Never heard of it.

[tiredcharmer]

there we go, you're learning

[blue_ice]

It's possible, but it's been a while. It's more of a slow buildup to disaster if anything.

[tiredcharmer]

is anybody trying to stop that buildup or

[blue_ice]

Well, it would help if everyone stopped poking the dangerous ghost dragon sitting under the school.

[tiredcharmer]

ye noa told me about that

i'm currently looking into ways to shore up the barrier so people have less opportunities to be idiots

[blue_ice]

...right. I can work on that as well.

It'd also help if people stopped poking mysterious objects as they appeared, because they're usually dangerous. If someone's promising you something, it's probably a lie.

[tiredcharmer]

no comment

[This missive is delivered by Tyzias's cat familiar. The paper is very soggy.]