Inconsequential

A group of families with connections to SkaiaNet and the Beta Guardians enters the game. Same-universe spinoff written to be accessible to non-Homestuck readers.Elaine Timbal of New York, a senior developer at SkaiaNet, uses her inside knowledge of Sburb to protect her family - but in doing so reveals the sacrifices it took to build the game.Martin Nunsworth of Oxford, UK, Bro Strider's old fencing master, seizes it as an opportunity to save his students. Meanwhile, his wife Maria reveals chilling information about what's to come.Alok Misra of Bangalore, India, a distribution contractor for SkaiaNet, finds Jade Harley's copy of the Sburb beta impossible to deliver. The extra copy represents a chance to escape for he and his family.In Washington State, Dad Egbert's sisters prepare to enter the game, but a crippling injury and severe damage to Sburb's own infrastructure leave them scrambling.As these four families prepare to enter, one thing becomes clearer and clearer: they are not welcome. Exactly four people were meant to play Sburb, and the game doesn't take kindly to stowaways...