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justskyla-art · 12 days ago

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happy 413!

shitty little character interaction thing i made below (warning: like 2147 words)

JOHN: oh hey look at those fish!

JOHN: they look pretty neat.

JADE: oh! i think ive read about these before!

JADE: these are betta fish! they’re also known as siamese fighting fish

JADE: its said that their natural habitat is in southeast asia, but because of how theyre so popular in aquariums around the world, they’ve been released into other tropical areas where they’re not supposed to be and are sometimes considered an invasive species :(

JOHN: aw, that’s a shame.

JADE: i know right?

JADE: these fish are super aggressive carnivores feeding off of things like zooplankton, aquatic insect larvae, and other insects that just so happened to have fallen into the water with them! JADE: the wild ones are at least JADE: the domesticated ones have a bit more of a varied diet to evolve with how we feed them

JADE: seeing how they look and how there seems to be multiple fish in this tank theyre all probably female

JADE: i mean i definitely dont think the tank is large enough to fit that many males JOHN: how come? JADE: well its because the males are super territorial and will try to fight each other! JADE: and because of how little space there often is theres no way to run JADE: so it ends up just being a fight to the death <:(

JOHN: oh. um.

JOHN: wow.

JADE: its also better to keep any males and females separate from each other unless youre trying to breed them JADE: and if youre not careful and don’t separate them again, the male fish will try to attack the female one once the eggs are out and being prepared so it goes away JADE: since the females will often try to eat their own eggs which also can lead to the female fish dying for similar lack of space reasons JADE: but at that point if you’re breeding them in the first place you should have a lot more tanks, jars, privacy, and a much much more elaborate setup for that JADE: so this isnt the place at all for it JADE: at least so ive heard

JOHN: geez. the dudes suck!

JADE: they really do!

JOHN: kinda weird that the girls eat their own eggs though. JOHN: isn’t that counterproductive?

JADE: ehh fish just do that a lot in general

JOHN: huh! well i didn’t know any of that either. JOHN: anything else you know about them? JADE: of course! JADE: these fish were originally domesticated blah blah blah blah blah collected in thailand to fight in competitions 1000 years ago blah blah blah blah blah more aggressive than wild fish blah blah blah blah blah how they got their name...... JADE: blah blah blah blah labyrinth organ blah blah breathe atmospheric air blah blah blaaaahhhhh......... JADE: blaahh blaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh blah blah blaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh............. JADE: bllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh JADE: blah

JOHN: blah!

DAVE: (man rose i thought you were all the nerdy smart girl out of the two of you whats going on here)

ROSE: (My personal areas of expertise seem to fall outside of the realm of creatures of aquatic nature.)

ROSE: (Unless you want me to guide this conversation in the direction of my profound and borderline obsessive interest in said creatures with more grim and tentacled attributes, my hands are tied.)

DAVE: (keep your knots tighter than my fucking bars somehow then because if there is a border in that shit i dont see it anywhere)

ROSE: (Maybe if you took those decades-old sunglasses off for once in your life, you would see it perfectly fine.)

ROSE: (You’re indoors for christ’s sake.)

DAVE: (hell fucking no not on johns birthday hes the awesome dude who gave me these in the first place) DAVE: (you can pry them off of my cold dead ass)

ROSE: (How would they end up there in all places?) DAVE: (fuck i dont know they just would alright)

ROSE: (Okay then.)

JOHN: (hey what are we whispering about over here?)

JOHN: (i’m having fun listening to jade’s fish talk personally but she barely makes any sense to me anymore, haha.) JOHN: (you can almost hear the charlie brown trombone thing that they always make the adults sound like when she talks!) JOHN: (good grief!)

DAVE: (we arent whispering about nothing dont worry about it)

ROSE: (Double negatives.) DAVE: (shut up)

DAVE: (john you should just continue to listen to jade)

JOHN: (ohhh, okay.) JOHN: (it’s the usual, got it.) JOHN: (i’ll leave you guys to it then! have fun!)

DAVE: (thanks bro)

ROSE: (Thank you, John.)

JOHN: (no problem.)

DAVE: (k anyways)

DAVE: (whats the deal with that)

ROSE: (With what?)

DAVE: (i dont know you always seemed like the type to be all about that sciency stuff)

DAVE: (whatever with your pop psych thing)

DAVE: (psychology is an ology right) ROSE: (Dave, please. I was 13 years old. I’m much more educated than that on the subject now.)

DAVE: (should i give you an apology then) DAVE: (maybe by that logic saying sorry for meaningless bullshit is a science now too)

DAVE: (fuck i gotta write all of this down in my stupid little folder now dont i) DAVE: (maybe i was canadian all along)

DAVE: (maybe we all were)

ROSE: (Well, if you start whisper-rapping about it in my ear like a 4th grader sugar-high on mini M&Ms during math class then maybe you’ll have to.)

DAVE (sorry)

ROSE: (There we go.)

ROSE: (Besides, just because I have my proficiencies doesn’t mean that I know everything there is to know in the world.)

ROSE: (For example, to the everyday stranger who wouldn’t know you the first time they interact with you, they’d likely assume that you’d be well-versed in the topic of sports as the supposed “cool guy” you are.)

ROSE: (Of course, whether or not that expectation is true or not, it isn’t always the most accurate form of judgement.)

ROSE: (The sports referees have to take a minute to decide if this was a faulty play by said stranger and give them the red card.)

ROSE: (They should be good enough at their jobs to know not to rush a conclusion and make a false call, lest they get verbally harassed by the horde of overbearing parents sharpening their metaphorical pitchforks slyly in the background.)

ROSE: (Maybe the stranger doesn’t even know what field he’s playing in right now to begin with.)

ROSE: (Doesn’t that sound familiar to you at all?)

DAVE: (oh god not the sports talk again weve been over this already)

DAVE: (you say you arent 13 anymore but you keep coming back to this)

ROSE: (That’s because, unlike you, I never forget about the sports. Ever.)

DAVE: (whatever)

DAVE: (but if from the sounds of it youre questioning my ability to know about sports then let me make it clear)

DAVE: (im the de facto sports guy) DAVE: (its me)

DAVE: (im the one making the game saving plays here) DAVE: (football basketball baseball you name it) DAVE: (fuck it ill even throw badminton into the mix how about that)

DAVE: (have you ever thought about badminton a single time in your goddamn life)

ROSE: (Of course not.) DAVE: (of course not)

DAVE: (but here the big man is) DAVE: (getting off the field that other weirdo was playing on and showing up where the magic really happens) DAVE: (where it all matters in the first place)

DAVE: (he HASS the game) DAVE: (he OWNSS this court fool)

DAVE: (and in the nick of time before the eagle finally lands he pirouettes right the fuck in and absolutely dunks it on those chuds on the wall)

DAVE: (his tutu staying completely unscathed)

ROSE: (Are we talking about badminton or ballet at this point?)

DAVE: (the game were playing today can be whatever you want it to be)

DAVE: (its interpretive storytelling)

ROSE: (Got it.)

DAVE: (besides nobody really cared about what badminton really was) DAVE: (nobody but me obviously)

DAVE: (so dont think too hard about it)

ROSE: (...Got it.)

DAVE: (anyways) DAVE: (the big man has officially made his peace and *respectfully* beat some hoes at his own game as per usual)

DAVE: (he didnt even need to play the entire game besides that single point because the opposing fuckwads already shit themselves pantsways and ran all the way back home because of how hard they got it handed to them)

DAVE: (confetti flying everywhere and trophy earned all the same) DAVE: (hes the winner now and hes taken it all)

DAVE: (maybe he even gets his smooch on a little bit right at the end with a chick that suspiciously looks just like his good friend joes mama) DAVE: (then you pop on some nostalgia baitey 70s pop rock music all up and deepfried in the credits at absurdly obnoxious volumes)

DAVE (add a post credits scene where a lone tennis ball rolls onto screen and cuts to black making way for some downright artistic ass cash grab sequels) DAVE: (and everyone leaves the movie theaters satisfied albeit slightly pissed off)

DAVE: (thats what sports is all about baby) DAVE: (get lectured)

DAVE: (the end) DAVE: (you happy now)

ROSE: (...)

ROSE: (It seems as though John and Karkat’s tastes in movies are rubbing off on you.)

DAVE (what no they arent) ROSE: (Yes they are.)

ROSE: (The referees don’t even need to give it a second though. Everyone is in agreement on this.) DAVE: (the refs you hired suck dick and ass)

ROSE: (They’re definitely getting more of it than you, at least.)

DAVE: (...)

ROSE: (...)

ROSE: (No comment?) DAVE: (well) DAVE: (im not giving you the smug satisfaction of me flipping my gay little lid off in front of all of the aquarium goers just trying to enjoy their stupid fish for you and that low ass blow you made) DAVE: (thats a karkat thing not a dave thing and youre not good enough for that anyways) DAVE: (so no shit no comment)

ROSE: (At least you admit it. That was enough of a comment anyways.) DAVE: (hey)

ROSE: (Touchdown.)

DAVE: (ok now where the fuck did football come from we were still playing badminton)

ROSE: (I’ve “interpreted” it to be football actually, so now the rules of badminton have been overthrown by the greater gods of actually relevant american entertainment. It’s still called badminton, of course.)

DAVE: (curse you kick ass storytelling)

ROSE: (Either way, no matter the sport, I still win the points here.)

ROSE: (I just chose football because the one-liner came so naturally when I owned you.)

ROSE: (Wasn’t it beautiful?) DAVE: (no)

DAVE: (that one liner sucked ass to be honest)

ROSE: (Oh.)

DAVE: (also what would happen to regular old football then) DAVE: (is it still just football or is it now relegated to the purgatory of soccer terminology for the rest of its days)

DAVE: (which we all know is the worst sport ever known to man)

ROSE: (It’s still also football, don’t worry.) ROSE: (Badminton and football are simply the same sport now, for the moment.)

DAVE: (until you change your mind whenever its most convenient for you)

ROSE: (Exactly. See, you’re following along now.)

DAVE: (ok thank god)

ROSE: (And by the way, soccer clearly isn’t the worst sport out there for your information.)

ROSE: (You’re forgetting about something yet again.)

DAVE: (huh) DAVE: (...)

ROSE: (...)

DAVE: (golf)

ROSE: (Golf.)

DAVE: (fuck you were right)

DAVE: (its probably alright though because if its that ass then it deserves to be forgotten about)

DAVE: (if you say another shitty excuse for a one liner im walking away)

ROSE: (My lips are sealed.)

DAVE: (damn straight) ROSE: (Right.)

ROSE: (Nonetheless, we should start moving along here.) ROSE: (While this is entertaining, I should be watching the fish now.) ROSE: (I’ve decided that listening to Jade’s ramblings will be more constructive at this point.)

DAVE: (oh fuck you)

DAVE: (my bad for wasting all my good material on your poor poor ears)

ROSE: (Goodness, no, I could never insult your material. It’s quality ammunition for whenever I need it.) ROSE: (We can also continue talking too. No need to fret.)

ROSE: (All I’m saying is that our friends are already a few exhibits ahead of us, while we’re still standing here like fledgling imbeciles.) ROSE: (If the sports look like races today, then we’re guaranteed to lose at this rate.)

DAVE: (oh shit really)

ROSE: (Yes.)

DAVE: (what are we waiting for then lets hurry the fuck up then)

DAVE: (we shouldnt keep them waiting right at the finish line that would just be cruel)

DAVE: (last one there is a rotten egg right)

ROSE: (Those were just my thoughts precisely.)

DAVE: (fuck yeah) DAVE: (gotta kick it into turbo now to blast past those haters) ROSE: (But of course.) ROSE: (Let’s get going.)