#technetronicTactician

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Betty Crocker Headquarters:  Arrival

JADESPRITE: -She drifts -- or rather nyooms down toward the lakehouse encampment, green glowy gooing her way through one of the walls and looking around for just about anyone that's in sight.-

DIRK: -HE'S HERE. just sitting around the living area with his leg bouncing restlessly. he glances in jadesprite's direction when she oozes in.-

JADESPRITE: dirk!!

JADESPRITE: everyone

JADESPRITE: we need to go

DIRK: -OH GOOD. AN EXCUSE TO STAND UP. he does that.-

DIRK: What's up?

JADESPRITE: somethings happening at the hq

JADESPRITE: terezis there

JADESPRITE: i think this might be our chance

JOHN: -stands up- 👀

ROSE: -She's fiddling with her needles. The creepy ivory quills she got from deep down on LOMAT. She's going to be using them pretty soon, it seems, might as well be ready.-

ROSE: You mean already?

JADESPRITE: -she nods- we should head there now

JADESPRITE: im sure shes going to need our help

JOHN: -isn't terezi supposed to be dead??? but now is no time for questions he has BEEN ready for action.-

JADESPRITE: where is everyone else? we should get everyone

URSAIS: -SHE'S HERE TOO. Bear rumble.- should i rally th' troops? they're on standby.

ROSE: Some injured, but I suppose most of us are... around the area.

ROSE: Do you have a large bell we could ring to summon them? Communicators would probably tip them off.

JOHN: i have an airhorn.

JOHN: :D

DISCIPLE: -her eyes peek from atop a shelf-

JOHN: -he really wants to use the airhorn.-

DIRK: Use the airhorn.

JOHN: yesssssssss.

JOHN: -....-

JOHN: -dramatic pause-

JOHN: -HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK.-

DISCIPLE: -YOWLS!!!-

DIRK: -🙏-

JOEY: 8D

JOEY: should we come up with a battle cry?

MITUNA: WH47 7H3 FUCK

LATULA: -well shit an airhorn wakes her up-

MEULIN: -YOWLS FROM SOMEWHERE-

LATULA: SH1T DUD3.

LIFERA: -FUCKING POWER LEAPS DOWNSTAIRS- W)(AT'S )(APP-ENING??

JOHN: (ehehehehhehhehehe.)

JOHN: put up your dukes! it's time to fight!

LIFERA: GLUB???

PENNY: -GROGGY AS SHIT. Walks in.- ugh????

ULFURA: -She's currently outside, just feeding and petting this GIANT ASS DRAGONFLY. Her precious...-

HEITOR: -probably fiddling with the electricity or something-

URSAIS: -texts her and everyone.-

ULFURA: !!

URSAIS: -i really need to think of a cool name for this little abnd of rebels but for now you're just URSAIS'S CREW.-

ULFURA: -SHE IS OKAY WITH THAT NAME!!!-

ULFURA: -At this message, she runs to the lakehouse door and all but KICKS it open.-

ULFURA: WE'RE GOIN'???

PENNY: -squints at everyone...-

HESONY: =He's just been looming in a corner this entire time but was currently ourside on self-appointed guard duty. Since they arrived, he has been uncharacteristically quiet. Best not draw any unnecessary attention to himself and all that.=

URSAIS: we'rRe goin'. and we'rRe gon bring the pain. t' wherRe the fightin is thickest. -glances at dirk.-

ERIDAN: -was watching Sunny this whole time from his brooding place in the ice cream truck. Yeah he knows that color and name bruh. He knows it.-

MICEXA: -She's already paying attention to all this... and heading out to tell Sunny what's up. ANOTHER FACE ERIDAN CAN RECOGNIZE, INCIDENTALLY.-

MICEXA: Hey.

ULFURA: YEAAAHHH!!! LET'S DO IT!!! -jumps and PUNCHES THE AIR.-

ULFURA: SHE'S ALL READY TO GO!!!

ERIDAN: -He's reading all about it on the Alternia newsfeeds, don't worry.-

ERIDAN: -taking this time to change back into his combat gear. Good thing he's outside.-

HESONY: Hey. =he replies, his expression softening a fraction.= Are we moving again?

MICEXA: Yeah.

MICEXA: To the HQ.

JOHN: are we gonna go grab jake? my dad? -IF THEY WERE BRIEFED ON A PLAN...john might've just forgotten it.-

HESONY: =stares like she just grew an extra head= What.

JOHN: -forgive him-

JADESPRITE: it seems like terezi is going to try to get them out

JADESPRITE: but of course if they need help we will help them

JADESPRITE: right?

ROSE: Death really doesn't take the way it used to, does it?

JADESPRITE: no, it doesnt

JADESPRITE: theres definitely something different about her, though

JOHN: lucky for us! -laughs nervously-

JADESPRITE: ... -glances around like maybe she shouldn't have said that-

JADESPRITE: either way, we need to get moving

JADESPRITE: -floats toward the wall-

DIRK: -just grunts about that and tries to raise his voice over everyone's excitement- Ok, I need some of you to stay here and watch the injured. The rest of you follow Jadesprite.

DIRK: ... Like, through the door.

MICEXA: Yeah.

MICEXA: ... This is it.

REDGLARE: -STARTING TO STAND TO LEAVE ANYWAYS-

JOHN: -just starts shuffling towards the door even though he's a doctor....-

JADESPRITE: -schlorps through the wall on that note!-

PENNY: .... so whos stayin?

JOHN: -NOTHING TO SEE HERE.-

DIRK: -points at rose's white board of THE INJURED.- If you're on this list, you're not going.

DIRK: That means you, Redglare.

HESONY: =he laughs, shaking his head= We're going towards the people who want to kill us...

HESONY: =he patted her shoulder and squeezed it.= Okay. We don't stop.

REDGLARE: -STOPS AND STARES DAGGERS AT THE WHITEBOARD-

ROSE: -...one dagger-

MICEXA: -she reaches up to cover his hand with hers, her grip a little tighter.-

MICEXA: You don't leave my side.

REDGLARE: >;|

DAELOS: -Also not too happy about this arrangement because he's on that list.-

REDGLARE: -SITS LOUDLY-

PENNY: what about Riley?? shes sure as fuck not going.

DIRK: Of course she's not.

DIRK: -LOOKS AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY... is she trying to sneak away...-

HESONY: Wouldn't dream of it.

PENNY: -SHE BETTER NOT BE-

DEREK: -walks in- Dont worry I locked her in the bathroom.

HESONY: =also dropping eaves on the people behind them=

PENNY: ... -sNORTS-

PENNY: good deal.

ROXANNE: Good call. -At Derek, yes shes totally been here.-

PENNY: I uh.

PENNY: (God damn it.)

PENNY: I can stay and watch her.

PENNY: and the rest of you folks. nobody get any crazy ideas.

JOHN: -where's kankri? john wants to make sure he stays behind with his tiny knife and otherwise complete lack of being able to defend himself, but also one more hug would't be bad...-

PENNY: -LOOKS ESPECIALLY AT REDGLARE-

KANKRI: -Hes certainly staying behind to take care of people, he knows he and his little knife would be useless on this type of mission.-

MICEXA: .... -sighs a tightly held breath before glancing at the dragonfly.- \|/e should start boarding up.

REDGLARE: 3xcus3 m3?

REDGLARE: Who 1s th1s wom4n. D1d w3 just... coll3ct h3r.

REDGLARE: -GLARES AT PENNY WOW-

JOHN: -SQUEEZES HIM FOR STRENGTH.-

PENNY: ;)

PENNY: from the dump specifically.

KANKRI: -John so help him dont you be reckless.-

PENNY: hi. Im your new nanny.

JOHN: -He's going to be as nonreckless as you can be while you smash people with a hammer and use magic wind powers.-

KANKRI: -J o hn.-

HESONY: =he nodded giving her shoulder one more squeeze. No more promises of living through this. That only ever brought back luck.=

REDGLARE: >;I

URSAIS: -MOUNTS THIS DRAGON FLY like it's no big deal.-

MICEXA: -Well, she's going to do her best to make sure it's true, even if unspoken. She heads for the dragonfly.-

MINDFANG: -Also she is ready to brawl, she even did some maintenance on her arm even without your help Hesony. Now it probably wont fall off while she fights.-

ULFURA: ALRIGHT COME ON GET YOUR FANNIES ON BOARD!!! -gestures aggressively at the many rows of carrying seats on this dragonfly's butt.-

RUFIOH: -Waiting outside for people to gather... he's anxious as he shuffles his wings but. Didn't come here to sit on his ass. As much as he would like to. Shit's scary...-

ROXANNE: -Climbing on board with no time to waste, shes got important people to save.-

HESONY: =yeah, but i bet that piston still sticks, Wolfchow=

JOHN: -While he's huging people, Dirk and Rose also get a squeeze b4 they board. Wait? Is that Rufioh? Also hugged? Meulin? Hugged.- be safe you guys!!!  

LATULA: -HUP. She's climbing on-- she got used to the dragonfly a while ago, slinging out her rifle as she takes a seat.-

LATULA: 41ght!!!!

JOHN: -he's very liberal with these warm hugs.-

MEULIN: -HEY SHE IS HERE, peering out from around the lakehouse.- AH--

MEULIN: EVERYONE'S GOING?

MEULIN: -snugs JOHN!!-

MICEXA: -climbs RIGHT ON BOARD. It's possible she's ridden something similar before at some point as well... but either way, she's not hesitating to get a move on.-

URSAIS: -sitted near the front.-

JOHN: -after he's done spreading his love around, he hover into one of the farthest seats cuz tha back of the rollercoaster is always the most fun.-(

LIFERA: -She runs out and climbs on board, too, also toward the back. She figures they're going to need people watching the butt.-

JOHN: B)

HESONY: =clambers on=

SOLLUX: -And he, meanwhile, finally drags himself out of the lakehouse. His appearances have been infrequent, but he's here now, quiet as he navigates awkwardly toward the dragonfly and then floats himself into a seat.-

SOLLUX: -MAY HAVE SAT ON SOMEONE??? We just don't know.-

URSAIS: o//o -SUDDENLY HAS SOLLUX IN HER LAP. jk. or not???-

SOLLUX: -hello-

SOLLUX: -is this what seats are supposed to feel like???????-

URSAIS: -....clears her throat. casually picks him up and places him into the seat next to her instead.-

SOLLUX: .... 0h.

URSAIS: safety first 'n all.

SOLLUX: ...

ROSE + DISCIPLE ALSO: -OH IF EVERYONES CLIMBING ON THEN THEY ALL GET ON THERE-

SOLLUX: -slowly rests face in hands.-

SOLLUX: -there's no other choice. he's going to have to die today.-

DIRK: -you son of a fuck-

HESONY: =pondering how this crew has survived for so long=

SOLLUX: -LOOK BITCH-

DIRK: -no fuck you-

DIRK: -ANYWAY HES ALSO HERE. AND THE REST OF THE ONES OF MINE GOING.-

JOHN: -WAVES AT THE REST OF THE GROUP!!!-

JOHN: -the ones staying behind, i mean.-

[[ WHAT AN EXPEDIENT PROCESS. Once everyone going is on, Ulfura eyeballs the whole troupe. ]]

KARKAT: =is here=

ERIDAN: -Hi everyone. This fish is here. Most people probably don't know who he is??? He's just a guy sitting here with a big gun in his lap, half his face wrapped up in scarf.-

ERIDAN: - >> -

KARKAT: =SOME DOUCHE=

ERIDAN: -Yeah, true.-

ULFURA: -climbs the dragonfly and gets on the upper part of its back, grabbing reins and settling in up there.-

ULFURA: WE READY??? GIMME THE WORD!!!

ROSE: As ready as I can possibly find myself, yes.

JOHN: heck yes!!!

JOHN: let's try our best everyone. -anime voice on purpose-

JOHN: -the only way to respond to this horrifying situation is to be INCESSANTLY CHEERFUL.-

SOLLUX: (i swear t0 g0d egbert.)

JOHN: (ehehehhe. get fucked.)

RUFIOH: }:o

RUFIOH: -gonna be flying with the gang off to the side... Gives the dragonfly a pat though. Wishing it the best of luck and a safe flight.-

URSAIS: go ahea' and kick off, pupper.

URSAIS: we got a lot a shit to do an little time t' do it in.

ARANEA: -does rufioh mind if she joins him? her wings are getting strength back but she figures she needs them for the battle... so she's giving them a stretch!-

[[ The dragonfly flickers its wings in buggy acknowledgement. It feels so FRESH and reassured now. ]]

RUFIOH: -He does not mind at all. Side eyes Aranea.-

DAELOS: -stares through the window in the rain at her. he wants to slay their enemies alongside her again. :(-

ARANEA: -reaches dramatically for daelos with her heart...-

ULFURA: YEAH!!!

ULFURA: LET'S DO THIS!!! COME ON FLAP FLAPS!!! -tugs the reins gently and nudges the dragonfly with her communing powers-

ARANEA: ::::) -at rufioh-

DAELOS: -just be as ruthless as possible for him-

ARANEA: -SHE WILL-

ULFURA: HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS!!!

[[ The dragonfly suddenly lurches, kicking off from the ground, and its wings start flapping wildly to take them up into the sky. Takeoff and landing is the hardest part. ]]

RUFIOH: -pchooooooooooo time to fly!-

URSAIS: -This part always makes her a little queasy. She doesn't like being off the ground. ʕ灬￫ᴥ￩灬ʔ-

ERIDAN: -scrunches up his face at the wind buffeting his hair. He thinks he smells rain on the horizon...-

JOHN: -basically uneffected-

[[ They rise into the sky quickly, if not weaving side to side a few times between the wind and the dragonfly adjusting to its new weight. It soars above the treetops, higher into chillier air. The pressure and wind aren't super comfortable, but Ulfura keeps it from going too high. They're on the way, headed straight for Golden Valley. ]]

ROSE: -Twirling those needles in her hands, thinking. Working off nerves. This... really is happening. The flying doesn't bother her-- it's everything else. It's the fact that she can't even fathom seeing something useful with her powers, or the fact that she can hardly conjure a spark. She just focuses on breathing. Deep breaths. Think. Don't get impaled by a fork.-

ROXANNE: -Is probably sitting next to Rose, because its unlikely she would let anyone else take the seat next to her daughter right now.-

ROXANNE: -And she also glances at her with a touch of concern, but unfortunately most of her expression is just determined sternness for what is to come.-

JOHN: -YELLING to be heard above the wing flaps and buffeting air.- SO! I DON'T THINK. I KNOW THE NAMES OF LIKE ...75 PERCENT OF YOU. YOU WANNA LIKE...TELL ME THEM? -he has his own ways of working out his nervousness.-

HEITOR: NO

JOHN: WELL I MEAN. OKAY. THAT'S VALID. IF YOU WANNA BE A DICK ABOUT IT. ANYBODY ELSE?

ERIDAN: -No. Giving John the cold shoulder. Don't look at him, motherfucker...-

JOHN: -He has his eyeballs on you Eridan. All over you.-

MICEXA: ... -does she even want to yell above this wind...-

HESONY: .... =well he sure isn't going to be an ass! He glanced up to see a flying human. Okay. He will accept this.= ....Hesony. =He says, in his regular voice.=

MICEXA: -side eyes Sunny like pls-

JOHN: -HE IS FLYING WITH EVERYONE ELSE CURRENTLY. ON THE BIG BUG.- HEY...SUNNY? SUNNY? OKAY. NICE TO MEET YOU! I AM JOHN.

HESONY: =EXCUSE only FRIENDS call him that. Whatever=

HESONY: Greetings, John.

MICEXA: -gosh.... she loves this grumpy doofus-

MICEXA: MICEXA NESHEN. PURSUANT SEAKRAIT.

JOHN: COOL. EXCELLENT. THANKS FOR HELPING. -

MINDFANG: -John do not thank them for anything.-

MICEXA: -just sort of softly grunts at that.-

JOHN: - He doesn't know these are the peeps that fucked up his friends otherwise he might be less friendly. -

HESONY: =Anything for Terezi's friends, no matter how ungrateful they are.=

HESONY: No problem. =he says instead=

ERIDAN: -gazing at these legislacerators. Saying nothing. Sipping tea with just the look in his eyes.-

[[ Below them, they'll being to see signs of smoke and fire, and the vague sounds of explosions and weaponry through the buffetting wind. In patches where they can see, it looks like there are scattered Alternian troops fighting little scads of rebels. The further they go, the more fire there is. Looks like quite a few things blew up down there. ]]

MICEXA: -why's this bitch got an in flight beverage...-

LATULA: -SHARP INTAKE-

LATULA: sh1t dud3 th4t lookz pr3tty n4sty.

URSAIS: - EL SQUINTO-

LATULA: no off3ns3 but 4r3 your p33poz gonn4 b3 4bl3 to hold out?

JOHN: - promptly shuts up at this point. he's totally stoked and not sick/scared-

[[ The dragonfly sways here and there to try to avoid the plumes of smoke. It's likely Ulfura is guiding it around them; bugs tend to react badly to signs of fire. ]]

URSAIS: - bracing herself- worRy bout yerRselves.. we'rRe used t' this. shit.

URSAIS: an' stay brRave.

SOLLUX: -he doesn't seem to react much there next to Ursais... just tilted his face out toward the outside of the seat, almost like he would be looking down at the ground if he could see.-

[[ They fly over lakes and green landscape -- it would be beautiful in just about any other circumstance, but today, the serenity of the landscape only seems to be feel cold and empty for the reality of what's happening below. ]]

JOHN: -equips Zillyhoo. It makes him feel better, even if it does put chanting voices in the back of his head.-

JOHN: -zi-hi-hi-hilly hoo~-

URSAIS: -ʕง•ᴥ•ʔง-

HESONY: =Same, Sparky Jr. Cept he has eyes. You dont. Neener neener neener.=

SOLLUX: -LET HIM BROOD IN PEACE, TEREZI'S OLD FRIEND GUY. JEEZ.-

ARADIA: -by sollux cuz you don't get to brood alone-

DIRK: -ha, that gives him an opportunity to brood alone too. YOU CAN'T STOP HIM HE'S IN CHARGE.-

SOLLUX: -oh so now YOU'RE in ursais' lap???-

SOLLUX: -CUT IT OUT GOD-

DIRK: -he might as well straight up be doin the thinker pose he's so contemplative right now-

ARADIA: -where am I...I am everywhere...-

SOLLUX: -just hoping she's flying alongside him tbh-

SOLLUX: -just out there smiling and being a creep-

[[ As they fly along, they'll finally start to see it breaching the line of the trees. The headquarters turned into something almost fortresslike, and empty expanse instead of trees -- water surrounds the building on all sides, centering it in a huge lake. Sticking out of the water nearby is a giant silhouette-style statue, but instead of the businessman it used to be, it's in the shape of )(er Imperious Condescension. ]]

[[ The building has been rebranded, of course. Instead of the original spoon, there's a bright red trident. ]]

ROSE: -eyes that silouette. plz...-

JOHN: :/

DIRK: -squints at all this. that's where they're being held... they're so close he thinks his heart is about to jump right out of his chest. he's never not anxious, of course, but the possibility of him or anyone dying here has never felt more real.-

QIRIN: How charming. ^_^

DAVENFORTH: Qirin please

QIRIN: =SHE'S KIDDING=

ARADIA: 😊

JOHN: okay if we win or finish early can we all mutually agree that needs to be heavily vandalized or blown the fuck up.

LIFERA: -just staring at this statue. It's ridiculous, but also... it's so huge. It looks like the way the Condesce feels -- larger than life, the figure that's loomed over her since she hatched. And now...-

DAVENFORTH: -Puts a hand on Lifera's thigh-

LIFERA: -She sort of jumps -- but only just barely, and looks over at Davenforth. She doesn't smile this time, but she acknowledges him.-

ERIDAN: -He more or less feels the same as Lifera about seeing these real actual headquarters. But with knowing NO ONE, he refuses to voice it. He fixes his eyes on the building, determined. Hopeless.-

QIRIN: =You stop that=

DAVENFORTH: -Squeezes gently. It's all cake baybe, we got this.-

QIRIN: =Get your pessimism out of the optimist club=

MICEXA: -yeah they're probs gonna die-

QIRIN: =what the fuck did i just say?=

ROXANNE: -Why do all you new people always assume we're going to die.-

MICEXA: -LOOK MAN-

HESONY: =because it HAPPENS that's why=

ROXANNE: -Nuh uh. No one is dying this time either, nope.-

HESONY: =thats what he said last time then terezi bit it=

[[ From closer they can also begin to see ships on the lake -- most of which appear to be Alternian in nature, but also some that aren't. There's a lot of pirate-style fighting going on down there. Boy howdy. ]]

MINDFANG: -Nice.-

JOHN: -HE JUST WANTS TO GET OFF THIS DRAGON FLY AND START FIGHTING. It's like ripping off a band aid.-

JOHN: -Hhhhhh-

QIRIN: =Patience, my padawan=

ULFURA: I'M BRINGIN' US IN CAP!!!

ULFURA: -she's starting to weave this dragonfly even more now, to avoid any lines of fire they may ultimately end up in. They're beginning to do a slow circle around the headquarters building.-

URSAIS: ya did grReat now, pupperR.

ULFURA: -SHIMMERS... but quietly.OF COURSE SHE DID GREAT.-

[[ The dragonfly SWOOPS, knocking at the mainsail of one of the Alternian ships on its way around with some of its legs. It rattles everybody a little. ]]

DIRK: -(mccree voice) whoa there- =swears under his breath=

[[ The dragonfly finally swoops down to the platform entrance of the building -- it's almost a tight fit for such a big fucking bug with wide wings, but it manages. ]]  

[[ It lands with an even bigger rattle. ]]

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SPOOKY ATRIUM SECURITY RECORDING 0033: HALLOWEEN MOVIE MARATHON

[10/31/2014 7:24:56 PM] DIRK: *THERE'S A PARTY IN THE ATRIUM. a movie party. for halloween. and dirk is wearing his horse head mask. and is probably helping jake with technical difficulties.* [10/31/2014 7:25:37 PM] JADE: *IS TOTALLY HERE EVEN IF I'M NOT, and wearing her dog mask lmao* [10/31/2014 7:26:18 PM] DIRK: *appreciates the irony of a dog girl wearing a dog mask.* [10/31/2014 7:27:53 PM] JADE: *I appreciate you too Dirk* [10/31/2014 7:28:28 PM] JAKE: *is currently in the booth SOLVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES* [10/31/2014 7:29:38 PM] DIRK: *YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME DO IT THIS IS WHY WE CANT HAVE NICE THINGS he argues internally* [10/31/2014 7:30:06 PM] TAVROS: *Is totally here and is wearing a sweet professor Birch getup. He is ready to party. Kind of. Hopefully this party won't end like the last one.* [10/31/2014 7:30:29 PM] DIRK: We have lifdoff. [10/31/2014 7:31:24 PM] JAKE: HUZZAH! *stands with fists in the air* [10/31/2014 7:31:29 PM] JANE: *She is Poirot, do not question me* [10/31/2014 7:31:42 PM] DIRK: *turns horse head to look at jane* [10/31/2014 7:32:03 PM] JANE: *ROCKING this mustahe so hard it's not even funny. The bitched fall like flies under her magnificent well groomed stache* [10/31/2014 7:33:20 PM] TAVROS: *Approving thumbs up + grin at Jane rocking that mustache.* [10/31/2014 7:34:05 PM] ARANEA: *she is here. w8ing. watching.* [10/31/2014 7:34:58 PM] DAMARA: *Whoops. She is also here, as she decided holing herself up wasn't exactly in her best interests. She is in a Samara getup and is looking proper spooky. She is just kind of standing in the darkest corner of the Atrium.* [10/31/2014 7:35:50 PM] JAKE: *is also dressed like the terminator* [10/31/2014 7:37:18 PM] JANE: *Why has she not been out lately? Nobody needs to know why she's not been out lately. She is here, she is beautiful, and she is wondering if there will be a lot of new peeps again and oh, this movie is a classic* [10/31/2014 7:37:39 PM] TAVROS: *Grinning like a nerd, because everyone seems to be comitting to the costume thing and nothing makes nerds happier than watching other people be total nerds as well.* [10/31/2014 7:39:34 PM] DIRK: *shuffles over to jane* Hey, sup. *he's missed her a lot gosh* [10/31/2014 7:41:50 PM] JANE: *omg Dirk you cute she missed him too, so scooting of the closer kind happened rather quick* Hello. I hope you've been well. *Total whispering because movie and some people might have trouble with talkage...those dweebs* [10/31/2014 7:49:13 PM] DIRK: *his voice is already muffled by mask so he should be good* I have been really well, actually. And I hope you have as well. *slow turn to look at her* [10/31/2014 7:52:29 PM] JANE: *She put on a smile, twirling that fabulous stache with her fingers and putting on her best (WORST) french accent that is actually not french but belgian* I assure you, all has been bon, mon ami. *Hohoo! She was so good at not being belgian* [10/31/2014 7:54:29 PM] NEPETA: *Strides on in holding that giant lizard like a big child that she drags in her arms, it's wearing a vest and bow tie and Nepeta is dressed equally nice. Though they're both undead dapper things. She's wearing a sleeveless tux-top that tappers into a skirt. They fancy zombs.* [10/31/2014 7:55:07 PM] DIRK: *holy shit that was the cutest thing he'd ever seen, good thing he's wearing this mask to hide his grins* Glad to hear it. [10/31/2014 7:56:09 PM] KARKAT: *He's here to guard, a lot of people in one large area. Mostly here to guard. * [10/31/2014 7:57:10 PM] DAMARA: *Sloooowly shuffles around in the shadows, trying to stealthily make her way to behind Karkat. Gonna spook that Crab.* [10/31/2014 7:57:56 PM] KARKAT: *He is on no sleep and pure coffee he will chop a bitch* [10/31/2014 7:58:16 PM] TAVROS: *Spots a Nepeta! And she is wearing such a dapper outfit, and she has a little buddy with her too! He grins broadly, walking over to her.* hI NEPETA, gOOD TO SEE YOU BACK ON BOARD, *He looks down at the lizard in Nepeta's arms.* wHO IS YOUR FRIEND, [10/31/2014 7:59:11 PM] JANE: *She'd giggle, but that would be rude because this was a good moment in the movie so why make people annoyed at her giddiness? She was just quite happy to be out and about again, seeing friends...it was good. And nobody had died...right* So, how are things with you and Jake? [10/31/2014 7:59:23 PM] DAMARA: *Damara does not know this tidbit, so she keeps slinking around until she is straight behind him. She puts her hand on his shoulder, making a gurgling noise in the back of her throat.* [10/31/2014 7:59:58 PM] DIRK: Great. Awesome. *nods* We just got back from a camping trip, actually. [10/31/2014 8:01:30 PM] JANE: Oh, really? Why, I bet you had a jolly good time together. *Imagines the two of them like campers, all adventuring, in tinybooty-shorts...* [10/31/2014 8:02:46 PM] DIRK: *that is exactly what happened* It was pretty fun, yeah. Definitely eventful. *eyeing jake and his need to wrestle wild life* [10/31/2014 8:04:38 PM] NEPETA: *grins widely at Tavros* yeah! this is spiny! i thought mew would like to s33 her given all pur research! *Spiny is still muzzled, for safety reasons*

KARKAT: *He does stiffen noticably and whip around with a wide look in his eyes that turns to a glare just as quickly* . . .FUCK OFF.

ROXY: *strolls on up in here with long blue robes, not shocking that she's a wizard but an ELEMENTAL wizard along with Eridan though she's an air one with a majestic fucking cloud beard and a staff. A mighty staff. Behold.* [10/31/2014 8:05:08 PM] JANE: *Did Jake wrestle a bear? Tell me Jake wrestled a bear? Or was it just a tiny beaver?* I would love to hear that story one day, if you would tell me of course. [10/31/2014 8:05:33 PM] ERIDAN: *he's a WATER WIZARD with a seaweed beard* *he feels pretty proud of his costume with his bejeweled staff, and struts next to roxy* [10/31/2014 8:06:02 PM] JANE: *AMAZED at Roxy's cloudbeard. That is one good beard* [10/31/2014 8:06:30 PM] DIRK: *wow look at those NERDS.* Shit haha I will have to tell you all about it. It's quite a tale. [10/31/2014 8:07:41 PM] JANE: *waves at the cloud and the seaweed, because she only sees the magnificent beards* [10/31/2014 8:08:41 PM] DIRK: *sees "there's a girl in the garden" and thinks "dats me"* [10/31/2014 8:08:53 PM] ROXY: *Jane knows whats up, she takes her seat, leaving a spot for her fellow WIZARD. Dirk's jealous* [10/31/2014 8:09:33 PM] DIRK: *excuse? have you seen this mask. you are the one who is jealous* [10/31/2014 8:10:19 PM] TAVROS: *He returns her broad grin with one of his own, looking back down at Spiny. He carefully stroked the head of the lizard with one finger.* nICE TO MEET YOU, sPINY, *He peeks up at Nepeta.* oH, rEALLY, wELL, sHE IS A PRETTY ONE, *Leans a little back and he strokes his chin in thought. Maybe he could use it for something, although it was a lot harder to experiment on things once they had names... And he wouldn't want to harm Nepeta's pet!*

DAMARA: *She snorts at his reaction, grinning from ear to ear. She reaches out to bop him on the nose with one finger.* HAPPY HALLOWEEN. PLEASE CALM DOWN. ALL GOOD FUN. [10/31/2014 8:10:34 PM] ERIDAN: *SITS WITH ROXY* do you think anyone recognizes us *muffled talking in beard* [10/31/2014 8:10:49 PM] DIRK: Fucking brutal. [10/31/2014 8:11:04 PM] JAKE: I would want a fireengine! *blurts from his movie dj stand* [10/31/2014 8:11:21 PM] DIRK: *bab* [10/31/2014 8:12:22 PM] DIRK: *kinda wants a I got wood shirt* [10/31/2014 8:12:58 PM] JAKE: *you would* [10/31/2014 8:13:08 PM] JANE: *This movie got bloody and scary pretty soon. Scary is spoopy* [10/31/2014 8:14:02 PM] DIRK: *I WOULD CUZ ITS TRUE B) * [10/31/2014 8:14:54 PM] ROXY: lolno

KARKAT: *sneers at her, you and your ignorance sicken me* YEAH SURE, HAPPY HALLOWEEN... WOW IS THIS MOVIE SHIT. [10/31/2014 8:15:36 PM] ERIDAN: *GRINS UNDER THAT BEARD* *no one can see the grin but his eyes are squintier in the grinning way* [10/31/2014 8:15:48 PM] JANE: *How can they eat ice cream right after slaughtering...they are still bloody..oh God... just kinda moves closer to the Dirk* [10/31/2014 8:16:27 PM] DIRK: *stretches and slips an arm around jane. so smooth. he's got u bab* [10/31/2014 8:17:00 PM] NEPETA: i like pur costume by the way tavros! [10/31/2014 8:18:20 PM] JANE: *So smooth, oh gosh. How did she not think of this first? She would have done it so well too! Oh well, at least this here is p safe. Not that scary spoopy* [10/31/2014 8:18:38 PM] DAMARA: *She is all smiles like usual, a little surprised he didn't try to slap her hand away. She leans a bit to the side in order to peek at the screen and she shrugs her shoulders.* THINK SO? NOT ALL BAD. BUT MAYBE NOT ENOUGH GORE FOR HALLOWEEN MOVIE? OR PERHAPS NOT TO TASTE OF KARKAT?

TAVROS: *BEAMS! He gives a small chuckle, adjusting the messenger bag on his shoulder.* tHANK YOU NEPETA, hEHE, i DID MY BEST, *He gestures at her with his free hand.* i REALLY LIKE YOURS TOO, i MEAN, yOU MATCHED IT WITH SPINY AND EVERYTHING TOO, iT'S REALLY CUTE, [10/31/2014 8:26:40 PM] DIRK: Gross. [10/31/2014 8:27:15 PM] ERIDAN: *watching this is making him hungry* [10/31/2014 8:28:31 PM] JANE: *Oh no, suspense* [10/31/2014 8:28:59 PM] ROSE: -Rose is coming in a little bit late, and indeed, she is dressed in full seadweller attire. She scans the crowd, looking around for a good place to sit.- [10/31/2014 8:29:14 PM] ROSE: -It is quite a convincing little getup.- [10/31/2014 8:29:48 PM] ROSE: Good evening, peasants. [10/31/2014 8:29:58 PM] KARKAT: *He's too tired to care at the moment. So long as she moves her finger he doesn't care so much.* NO I'M SURE IT'S A SHIT MOVIE.

NEPETA: h33h33h33 thanks *looks up at movie*

ROXY: eyyyyyyy [10/31/2014 8:30:04 PM] JANE: *Oh GOD Rose woah! * [10/31/2014 8:30:29 PM] DIRK: *turns his horse head in Rose's direction* Holy shit. [10/31/2014 8:30:48 PM] ERIDAN: *slowblink at rose* [10/31/2014 8:31:02 PM] ROSE: -This has been a long time in the works. She is quite proud for the reactions.- Do not stare, it is most uncivil. It besmirches the dignity of my visage. [10/31/2014 8:31:12 PM] ROXY: *guy in the back voice* 'hey whos that sexy thing' [10/31/2014 8:32:19 PM] JANE: *That certainly is a convincing getup! She'd slowclap if she was not too caught up in the car ride* [10/31/2014 8:32:50 PM] DIRK: ... *this is making him sad* [10/31/2014 8:32:58 PM] ROSE: -She gives Roxy a little swat on the shoulder before slumping down to the ground. Ah, an ancient, venerated earth classic.- [10/31/2014 8:32:59 PM] DAMARA: *She has kept her finger on Karkat's nose until now, but she does finally move it away.* BELIEVE THIS? HAS NOT EVEN GIVEN MOVIE CHANCE. *Headtilt.* WHAT DOES KARKAT BELIEVE IS NOT SHIT MOVIE? IF HAS SUCH GOOD TASTES.

TAVROS: *He grins, nodding.* yOU'RE WELCOME, hEHE, *He looks back to the movie, and it is all emotional and stuff. Oh no. His smile fades.* [10/31/2014 8:33:00 PM] NEPETA: :33 < .... so is he going to bite him??. .. [10/31/2014 8:33:19 PM] TAVROS: oH NO, *He looks to Nepeta, absolutely horrified.* [10/31/2014 8:33:30 PM] DIRK: *sad horse* [10/31/2014 8:33:30 PM] TAVROS: nOOOOO,,, *Looks back at the screen.* [10/31/2014 8:33:34 PM] NEPETA: ... but hes infurected right? [10/31/2014 8:34:00 PM] TAVROS: wELL, uH, yEAH, bUT IT WOULD BE SAD IF HE DID THAT, [10/31/2014 8:34:01 PM] NEPETA: :33 < (called it) [10/31/2014 8:34:15 PM] TAVROS: (yOU TOTALLY JINXED IT,) [10/31/2014 8:34:17 PM] JANE: *This was sad* [10/31/2014 8:34:26 PM] DIRK: *snuggles to janey a little* [10/31/2014 8:34:52 PM] ERIDAN: *staaares at Rose. he feels confused* [10/31/2014 8:35:01 PM] JANE: *Not gonna sob, because this is genuine sad. Cuddles do happen* [10/31/2014 8:35:04 PM] ROSE: -She gives him a little wave and a wink.- [10/31/2014 8:36:19 PM] KARKAT: NOT THIS. I KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PARODY BUT STILL HOLY SHIT. I CAN LIKE A GOOD COMEDY BUT IT'S NOT CATCHING ME. [10/31/2014 8:36:53 PM] DIRK: *british human dry humor is lost on karkat* [10/31/2014 8:37:25 PM] ERIDAN: .... im gunna get some meat *stands* rox you wwant anythin [10/31/2014 8:37:36 PM] KARKAT: *It TRIES too hard for his tastes* [10/31/2014 8:37:43 PM] DIRK: *mutters* Yeah, get that meat. [10/31/2014 8:38:16 PM] ROXY: . . . gross [10/31/2014 8:38:19 PM] ROXY: yeah tho [10/31/2014 8:38:57 PM] JANE: *It is getting increasingly fun, and less sad, but a bit gross* [10/31/2014 8:38:58 PM] ERIDAN: *he HOPS UP eyeing rose again with a squint* *walks off trying to wrap his brain around it* [10/31/2014 8:39:13 PM] DAMARA: HMM. *She tilts her head back as if pondering, tapping a finger on her cheek.* PERHAPS SO. I WOULD LIKE MORE SCARY THING. LESS ANTICS. PERHAPS ALSO TROUBLED PROTAGONIST WITH HORRIBLE PAST. [10/31/2014 8:39:14 PM] KARKAT: *gestures at screen* WAIT. HOLY SHIT. HE'S SURROUNDED BY INCOMPETENT IDIOTS. [10/31/2014 8:39:22 PM] KARKAT: I CAN *RELATE* TO THIS SHITTY LOSER. [10/31/2014 8:39:26 PM] KARKAT: AMAZING. [10/31/2014 8:39:35 PM] DAMARA: *She lets out a snorting laughter at that.* [10/31/2014 8:39:41 PM] DAMARA: SO NOT ALL BAD. [10/31/2014 8:39:58 PM] TEREZI: *quietly comes in; stands next to Karkat* H1 C4PT41N WOW [10/31/2014 8:40:16 PM] DIRK: Captain Wwoww. *watches Eridan go* [10/31/2014 8:40:30 PM] TAVROS: *Cringing at the screen. There is so much blood and that guy is totally impaled. Why this. At least the parody bits are funny.* [10/31/2014 8:41:05 PM] DAMARA: *Damara offers Terezi a friendly wave, grinning.* HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO TEREZI ALSO. [10/31/2014 8:41:46 PM] ROSE: -She has been working on the costume for a long time. And she is feeling remarkably proud. for that reaction.- Oh, yes, happy halloween, indeed. Your pointless earth celebration shall be a welcome moment of respite before your fragile species are ground to a thin dust beneath the boots of the mighty. [10/31/2014 8:42:06 PM] JANE: *SUSPENSE but funny* [10/31/2014 8:42:41 PM] KARKAT: *tenses some then turns to Terezi* HEY. *leans towards her some, then looks between them* YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?*He's told Terezi about her but*....INCREDIBLE. [10/31/2014 8:43:43 PM] DAMARA: *Smiles sweetly, nodding.* OF COURSE. TEREZI IS VERY FRIENDLY PERSON. WAS GLAD TO MEET AND CHAT. *That smile turned into a smirk fairly quickly.* SHOWED SOME FUNNY PICTURES, ALSO. [10/31/2014 8:45:03 PM] TEREZI: H3Y D4M4R4 *Waves back* Y34H, SH3 KN1TT3D M3 4 N1C3 TUMUT SW34T3R [10/31/2014 8:46:03 PM] KARKAT: *Funny pictures.... he squints some then looks at Terezi. Terezi no, those were private, jk he doesn't. Yeah, but* OH. RIGHT. [10/31/2014 8:47:02 PM] ERIDAN: *IS SOON BACK with ~three~ plates of snacks from the refreshment table* *sets one plate in front of roxy and holds a second plate to rose* [10/31/2014 8:47:06 PM] DIRK: *wishes he had some hog lumps to throw at jake* [10/31/2014 8:47:21 PM] ROSE: My, such manners. Thank you very much. [10/31/2014 8:48:18 PM] DAMARA: *Smiiiiiiles.* SAID WAS DOING THIS THING, NO? *She tilts her head, as if in thought.* MET MANY GOOD PEOPLE. LIKE KANAYA. TOLD ME MANY INTERESTING THINGS. [10/31/2014 8:48:48 PM] ERIDAN: ... thats a costume right *starts munching on some MEAT* [10/31/2014 8:49:10 PM] ROSE: That depends on who you think I am. [10/31/2014 8:49:28 PM] TAVROS: *Leans toward Nepeta.* (sO, wHO DO YOU THINK WILL DIE NEXT, bECAUSE, tHAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT i THINK IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CURRENT SCENARIO, i MEAN, nOT THAT i THINK DEATH IS APPROPRIATE, bUT IT SEEMS TO FIT THE THEME, i GUESS,) [10/31/2014 8:50:15 PM] JANE: *So spoopy oh God* [10/31/2014 8:50:36 PM] DIRK: Nice. [10/31/2014 8:50:52 PM] KARKAT: *oh my god, he's grimacing*

NEPETA: *petting the lizard* (defurnitely the love interest) [10/31/2014 8:51:25 PM] DIRK: This is my jam. [10/31/2014 8:51:39 PM] JANE: It is a good tune. [10/31/2014 8:52:02 PM] ROXY: *takes her plate and eats* they have such good rhythm [10/31/2014 8:52:11 PM] TAVROS: (oH, yOU THINK SO, i GUESS THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS A GIVEN, uSUALLY,) *Digging this tune though.* [10/31/2014 8:52:45 PM] TAVROS: (oH, uHH, mAYBE GLASSES GUY, tHAT LOOKED ROUGH, ) [10/31/2014 8:52:50 PM] ERIDAN: you LOOK like rose *munches and then glances at the movie again at roxy's comment* [10/31/2014 8:52:51 PM] NEPETA: *nods and leans back towards him* (or maybe lofur boy down there in the pleather jacket) [10/31/2014 8:53:16 PM] TAVROS: *CRIIIINGES at that dart thing oh my god.* [10/31/2014 8:53:22 PM] DIRK: *muffled singing to jane* I wanna make a super sonic woman a you. [10/31/2014 8:53:37 PM] ROSE: That would be Rosild, thank you. It is quite the pleasure to make your proper acquaintence. -She goes ahead and takes his hand and kisses it, leaving a little lipstick smudge.- [10/31/2014 8:53:56 PM] KARKAT: WOW. [10/31/2014 8:54:05 PM] DAMARA: YES. WOW. [10/31/2014 8:55:00 PM] TAVROS: *Still sidemouthing at Nepeta.* (yEAH, mAYBE, uGH, i FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR THE MOM PERSON, ) [10/31/2014 8:55:02 PM] TEREZI: WOW! [10/31/2014 8:55:33 PM] TAVROS: (nOOOOOOOOO, aRE YOU SERIOUS,) *SADFACE* [10/31/2014 8:55:36 PM] NEPETA: (me too... when heirlooms are passed then.... oh) [10/31/2014 8:56:05 PM] NEPETA: (he sucks) [10/31/2014 8:56:27 PM] TAVROS: (aT LEAST HE GOT ONE,) [10/31/2014 8:56:58 PM] NEPETA: (but he wasted so many bullets) [10/31/2014 8:57:10 PM] TAVROS: (oH, yEAH, tHAT'S TRUE,,, ) [10/31/2014 8:57:14 PM] NEPETA: (thats the wrong guy fur that gun) [10/31/2014 8:57:30 PM] JANE: *still flattered by Dirk singing, and now it's all sad again....* [10/31/2014 8:57:35 PM] TAVROS: *Why is everything so sad. This is horrible.* [10/31/2014 8:58:48 PM] TAVROS: (wHY, aRE THEY TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIP THINGS,) [10/31/2014 8:58:59 PM] TAVROS: (tHAT IS DEFINITELY NOT APPROPRIATE, gIVEN THE SITUATION,) [10/31/2014 8:59:02 PM] JANE: *Needs to bloody cry* [10/31/2014 8:59:05 PM] NEPETA: (stupidity purobably!) [10/31/2014 8:59:21 PM] DIRK: * : ( * [10/31/2014 8:59:47 PM] ROSE: -It looks like absolutely every kind of human has parental issues. - [10/31/2014 8:59:58 PM] ROSE: -Certainly of the ones present.- [10/31/2014 9:00:00 PM] DIRK: *true tho* [10/31/2014 9:00:13 PM] ROSE: -It is very fortunate that she is an icy, cold-blooded troll.- [10/31/2014 9:00:17 PM] MEENAH: *arrives late with a box of seafood* [10/31/2014 9:00:19 PM] KARKAT: PLEASE EAT THEM. OH MY GOD. THIS IS PAINFUL. [10/31/2014 9:00:39 PM] TEREZI: >: [ AW, NO [10/31/2014 9:00:40 PM] ARANEA: *just remembered she is here! hi meenah and meenah's seafood* [10/31/2014 9:00:49 PM] DIRK: Fuuuuck. [10/31/2014 9:01:03 PM] JANE: *sheds a tear for mum* [10/31/2014 9:01:07 PM] DAMARA: *Watching the screen, seemingly intrigued. She does not flinch when the gun is fired. Her smile does fade though, gotta remember to keep that up.* [10/31/2014 9:01:16 PM] DIRK: Oh shit. [10/31/2014 9:01:24 PM] DIRK: That dude needs to get his. [10/31/2014 9:01:28 PM] TAVROS: (dAVID MORE LIKE,,, dEADVID,) [10/31/2014 9:01:43 PM] NEPETA: (more like douchevid h33h33h33) [10/31/2014 9:02:03 PM] TAVROS: *Stares at Nepeta with an open mouth, then grins.* (hEHEHEHE, yEAH, ) [10/31/2014 9:02:12 PM] TAVROS: *STOPS GRINNING OH NO* [10/31/2014 9:02:28 PM] DIRK: Yeah. [10/31/2014 9:02:30 PM] NEPETA: *shrugs* (he had it coming) [10/31/2014 9:02:31 PM] TEREZI: >8 [ OH GOD [10/31/2014 9:02:39 PM] DIRK: *has yet to realize he's being that asshole that talks during movies* [10/31/2014 9:02:44 PM] TAVROS: *YEAH NOPe. He is not watching the screen.* [10/31/2014 9:02:51 PM] DIRK: *lol* [10/31/2014 9:02:59 PM] NEPETA: *pets Spiny and Tavros* [10/31/2014 9:02:59 PM] DIRK: That guy couldn't keep it together, could he? [10/31/2014 9:03:18 PM] ROXY: he didnt have the guts to stick around [10/31/2014 9:03:22 PM] ROXY: . . . . [10/31/2014 9:03:39 PM] TAVROS: *Appriciates the pets, still CASUALLY looking away from the screen. He is just rummaging through his bag, yeah...* [10/31/2014 9:03:44 PM | Edited 9:04:25 PM] ROSE: (This got intense from queen.) [10/31/2014 9:04:24 PM] TAVROS: (uHHHM, dO YOU WANT SOME SNACKS OR ANYTHING NEPETA, i CAN GO GET SAID SNACKS,) [10/31/2014 9:04:27 PM] JANE: *Everyone is going to die, oh GOD* [10/31/2014 9:04:34 PM] TAVROS: *There is so much blood why this.* [10/31/2014 9:05:27 PM] ROSE: -These are some pretty good ASSORTED MEATS. This is absolutely the perfect time to start thinking about how good these various meats of unknown origin are.- [10/31/2014 9:05:27 PM] NEPETA: (oh yes please!) [10/31/2014 9:05:55 PM] KARKAT: *Actually watching this movie now* [10/31/2014 9:06:38 PM] TAVROS: (oKAY,) *He gets up, perhaps a tad quickly, and makes his way over to where the snacks are, his back to the movie. It sounded like it was being emotional again, but he was still a bit fidgety about all the gore. He idly just grabs stuff at random.* [10/31/2014 9:07:25 PM] NEPETA: *awww tavros* [10/31/2014 9:07:45 PM] DAMARA: *Just shoot each other already, jeez.* [10/31/2014 9:07:49 PM] DAMARA: *Eyerolllllll.* [10/31/2014 9:08:24 PM] KARKAT: (are they taking a fucking smoke break?) [10/31/2014 9:08:41 PM] DIRK: *feeling an emotion* [10/31/2014 9:08:42 PM] DAMARA: (YES. BECAUSE IDIOTS. THOUGHT KARKAT ALREADY POINTED THIS OUT.) [10/31/2014 9:09:00 PM] JANE: *emotion time with Dirk* [10/31/2014 9:09:00 PM] TEREZI: (th3yr3 t4k1ng 4 fuck1ng smok3 br34k) [10/31/2014 9:09:21 PM] KARKAT: *broment is happening* [10/31/2014 9:09:31 PM] DIRK: *FEELS BFF EMOTION* Shit man. [10/31/2014 9:09:53 PM] DAMARA: *Mentally gagging. Although... She looks in direction of Roxy anD FEELS AN EMOTION. She quickly supresses that shit, looking away.* [10/31/2014 9:10:14 PM] ROXY: *She's eating meat and her beard is in the way* [10/31/2014 9:10:37 PM] JANE: *backpats* [10/31/2014 9:10:50 PM] NEPETA: (i like her) [10/31/2014 9:10:53 PM] DAMARA: *Eat that meat, oh great and powerful Roxy. Eat the meat and never face an apocalypse where they would need to shoot one another.* [10/31/2014 9:11:12 PM] ERIDAN: *eating so much meat* [10/31/2014 9:11:25 PM] TAVROS *Slooowly turning back to the screen and decides it isn't as gory as before. He wanders over to Nepeta again and plops down next to her, handing her some of the snacks.* [10/31/2014 9:11:30 PM] DIRK: *GET IT, ERIDAN* [10/31/2014 9:11:33 PM] KARKAT: (OH GOD.) [10/31/2014 9:12:01 PM] KARKAT: (Z-DAY.) [10/31/2014 9:12:12 PM] KARKAT: (....WHAT?????) [10/31/2014 9:12:31 PM] KARKAT: (I...) [10/31/2014 9:12:34 PM] DAMARA: *Oh. What. Gross.* [10/31/2014 9:12:48 PM] DAMARA: *She grimaces, shuddering.* [10/31/2014 9:13:16 PM] KARKAT: (SO THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS MAGICALLY FIXED.) [10/31/2014 9:13:41 PM] DAMARA: (BY FACING DEATH. YES. THIS IS USUALLY CASE WITH BAD STUPID ROMANCE PLOTS.) [10/31/2014 9:13:59 PM] JANE: *That was sad....* [10/31/2014 9:14:00 PM] TEREZI: OH MY GOD [10/31/2014 9:14:05 PM] KARKAT: THAT WAS FUCKING STUPID. [10/31/2014 9:15:06 PM] TEREZI: (ooh you m4k3 m3 l1111v3) [10/31/2014 9:15:32 PM] DAMARA: *Might have been looking at Roxy the entire time that cheesy friendship song was playing.* [10/31/2014 9:15:49 PM] KARKAT: (THE SONG CAN'T FIX A DUMB MOVIE TEREZI.) [10/31/2014 9:17:12 PM] ERIDAN: *wasn't looking at his best friend at all, just sat there eating meat* [10/31/2014 9:17:26 PM] TAVROS: *Quietly hoping the next movie won't be as gory.* [10/31/2014 9:17:33 PM] TAVROS: *FAT CHANCE* [10/31/2014 9:17:57 PM] TEREZI: *dancing to the music, bumping Karkat's shoulder every now and then* (3v3rybodys h4ppy now4d4ys) [10/31/2014 9:18:13 PM] NEPETA: *takes some snacks* thank mew! i hope the next movie is a good one! *not saying this wasn't good it was just silly* [10/31/2014 9:18:43 PM] DAMARA: *Chuckles softly at Terezi as she watches her bust her moves everywhere.* [10/31/2014 9:19:06 PM] KARKAT: *makes a face as he's nudged by a dancing Terezi then grins some* [10/31/2014 9:19:27 PM] TAVROS: nO PROBLEM, *He says with a smile, then nods slowly.* yEEEAH, i HOPE SO, *Looks at movie master Jake.* [10/31/2014 9:19:54 PM] DAMARA: *Look at these lovebirds. Absolutely disgusting. Cue strained smile. Maybe she should just slink away.* [10/31/2014 9:20:58 PM] ROXY: *Roxy's eaten all the meat and has meat in her beard then nudges Eridan* im gonna go get drinks [10/31/2014 9:21:48 PM] ERIDAN: fuck yeah okay [10/31/2014 9:22:03 PM] ERIDAN: *eyes that meat and grabs some* [10/31/2014 9:22:21 PM] ERIDAN: *looks at rose in particular and eats that meat while eyeing her* *what does it MEAN?* [10/31/2014 9:22:34 PM] ARADIA: -look who has ARRIVED!!!- [10/31/2014 9:23:29 PM] DAVE: -look who has also arrived at the same time. aradia and dave share a glance. this is the first time they have interacted- [10/31/2014 9:25:36 PM] DIRK: *guess he's gonna get some snacks now so he can shove it at his horse mask/subtly throw food at jake* [10/31/2014 9:26:43 PM] JANE: *That ending was so sad, she's just gonna think about that for a while now* [10/31/2014 9:28:04 PM] DIRK: *he returns and he will share his snacks with jane if she wants them* [10/31/2014 9:29:45 PM] TAVROS: *Moirail senses are tingeling.* [10/31/2014 9:29:49 PM] ARADIA: -she is actually...dressed up as a zombie. that's probably why dave is giving her that look. she looks very terrifying probably- [10/31/2014 9:30:27 PM] ARADIA: -but smiling as wide as ever- hey guys! happy halloween [10/31/2014 9:31:09 PM] JANE: *wants the snacks and holds out her poirot hands yo* [10/31/2014 9:31:41 PM] ROXY: *Went off to get a bunch of drinks and brings them all back, taking some to her friends and passing them out because Roxy cares enough to know what drinks they like and don't* [10/31/2014 9:31:55 PM] DAMARA: *Sliiiiiinks away from the lovebirds and moves towards Aradia as twitchily and creepily as she could, making gurgly noises again. She quits once she reaches her side however, grinning broadly at Aradia and gives her a wave.* HAPPY HALLOWEEN. [10/31/2014 9:32:46 PM] TAVROS: *Gets up to GREET THAT MOIRAIL. He hesitates once he spots Damara by her though, so he just AGGRESSIVELY WAVES AT HER.* [10/31/2014 9:32:52 PM] ERIDAN: *NO WHISKEY FOR ERIDAN WOOHOO* [10/31/2014 9:33:10 PM] DIRK: Thanks, Rox. *gives janey wHAT SHE WANTS* [10/31/2014 9:33:50 PM] NEPETA: *playing with Spiny who she's pretty much attached to and is also making clicky gurgly noises* [10/31/2014 9:35:56 PM] JANE: *nom the snacks yo* [10/31/2014 9:36:25 PM] ARADIA: -she's so impressed by damara's twitchy movements that she just kind of responds with her own. aradia looks strikingly realistic thanks to dr. paint. she gently headbutts damara's shoulder because obviously that's what zombie rams do. and then she also sticks an arm out to wave at tavros- [10/31/2014 9:37:29 PM] CRONUS: *is dressed like the GOBLIN KING and boy are those pants tight* [10/31/2014 9:37:39 PM] CRONUS: *he spent a lot of time on this costume* [10/31/2014 9:37:51 PM] CRONUS: *he also jsut showed up yes* [10/31/2014 9:38:07 PM] DIRK: *jfc* [10/31/2014 9:38:12 PM] DIRK: *don't DO THIS TO HIM* [10/31/2014 9:38:16 PM] ROSE: -Oh my god. He's dressed like David Bowie.- [10/31/2014 9:38:16 PM] DAVE: -can't forget about this guy. he's dressed as...dirk? he's dressed as dirk.- [10/31/2014 9:38:20 PM] JANE: *snacks fell out of her mouth....fuck, those pants were tifght...why is she staring?* [10/31/2014 9:38:26 PM] ROSE: Welcome to the party. [10/31/2014 9:38:32 PM] DIRK: ... *staring at dave now* [10/31/2014 9:38:39 PM] DIRK: *with his horse eyes* [10/31/2014 9:39:11 PM] ROXY: *. . . .wants to go get her paintball gun* [10/31/2014 9:39:12 PM] DAMARA: *She can't help but to smile once her shoulder is headbutted, wondering if she should return the gesture. She spends too much time ponder it though, so she just grins instead. She looks in the direction Aradia is waving and her smile fades somewhat. Fucking Nitrams. Oh well. She turns back to Aradia.* VERY GOOD COSTUME. ARADIA MUST HAVE WORKED HARD. [10/31/2014 9:39:14 PM] JANE: *Holy frickin Jesus, Jane, get your eyes off that troll-goblin-king crotch* [10/31/2014 9:40:18 PM] DAVE: -staring back before giving a sup nod- ok so what the fuck are we watching [10/31/2014 9:40:25 PM] DAVE: make some room motherfuckers [10/31/2014 9:40:54 PM] TAVROS: *GRINS as the rail waved back at him, however that look Damara gave him made hima little uncomfortable, so he just shrugged sheepishly at the pair. Quizzingly patting the empty seat on his other side whilst looking at Aradia. He then sits back down, looking at Nepeta.* hEHE, yOU TWO ARE GETTING ALONG WELL, [10/31/2014 9:41:02 PM] ROXY: *gets up, she goin to get her paintball gun* [10/31/2014 9:41:07 PM] DIRK: ... We're uh... Nothing at the moment. I think Jake is having more technical difficulties... *throws a weenie at jake - sympathetically of course* [10/31/2014 9:43:40 PM] ARADIA: -she smiles at damara- well i had some help! it took a while but i think it was well worth the *time* -emphasis on that word....weird.- [10/31/2014 9:43:57 PM] ERIDAN: *wait wat* [10/31/2014 9:43:57 PM] NEPETA: yeah! there were a lot more of these guys at the generals hive i nefur thought id like reptiles so much! *Spiny is kind of cute, really cute. Especially in her little dapper zombie fancy reptile costume* i actually did bring her back fur your expawriments though so she could stay in the lab... somewhere if theres room? [10/31/2014 9:44:15 PM] ARADIA: -she will go sit by tavros after she is done talking to damara, she tries to communicate this mentally with him but she's not that kind of psychic- [10/31/2014 9:44:31 PM] CRONUS: *poses around by the SNACK TABLE* [10/31/2014 9:44:31 PM] DAVE: oh shit even more [10/31/2014 9:44:38 PM | Edited 9:44:44 PM] DAVE: have you like tried to smack it a few times [10/31/2014 9:45:15 PM] ROSE: Remove the cartridge and blow into the slot. [10/31/2014 9:45:17 PM] ROXY: *the gun as been retrieved... soon. but for now she sits* [10/31/2014 9:45:56 PM] ROSE: -She decides to saunter on over to the goblin king and his very prominent crotch. And that is a sentence that was just written.- More earth cinema, hm? [10/31/2014 9:46:17 PM] JANE: *So fucking embarrassing, oh god, don't look at him, don't encourage him. Why, what is Jake up to? Let's look at Jake while we listen in on what Dirk is talking about* [10/31/2014 9:46:49 PM] DIRK: *jake is getting assaulted by dirk's weenies thats whats happening* [10/31/2014 9:47:06 PM] ERIDAN: *eyes roxy warily* wwho are you plannin on shootin wwith that

CROUNS: you knowv it. i think i really discovwered something newv vwith this one. [10/31/2014 9:47:15 PM] JANE: *Why are there bloody WIENERS everywere!??* [10/31/2014 9:47:30 PM] DIRK: *this probably isn't helping the guy with his movie troubles but dirk is just that kind of bf* [10/31/2014 9:47:46 PM] ROSE: It's quite fascinating, despite being the product of a species of inferior hairless ape-creatures. [10/31/2014 9:48:50 PM] ROXY: shhhhh ull see *captchas* [10/31/2014 9:49:16 PM] ROXY: maybe tbh im on the fence so well see how my mood plays out [10/31/2014 9:49:46 PM] DIRK: *back to dave* I dunno it'll get sorted out. But for now... *looks over costume* Nice. [10/31/2014 9:49:48 PM] DAMARA: *Smiling back, tilting her head a little to the side.* THIS SO? MUST HAVE BEEN TALENTED HELPING PERSON. ARADIA LOOKS VERY GOOD! LIKE PROPER ANTIDEAD PERSON. *She nods sagely.*

TAVROS: oH REALLY, i SEE, *He blinks, still smiling. Said smile fades a tad when she brings up the experimentation.* oH, uHM, wELL, i COULD DO THAT i SUPPOSE, bUT,,, *He could MAKE room he supposed, it probably wouldn't be too much of a hassle since he was pretty much the only one using that spesific lab.* nO, i CAN FIND SOME ROOM FOR HER, sHE COULD BE LIKE THE LAB MASCOT, oR SOMETHING, [10/31/2014 9:50:53 PM] DIRK: Wait. [10/31/2014 9:50:57 PM] DIRK: Hold the fuck up. [10/31/2014 9:51:01 PM] DIRK: Yaaaaasssss. [10/31/2014 9:51:08 PM] TEREZI: *While there's an intermission, Terezi whips out her costume. It's a bright red cloak with white accents. And she has one for Karkat too. It's a sandy brown one with jade and teal accents. Flips up her hood.* BL4R, L3TS B3 DR4GONS? [10/31/2014 9:51:13 PM] NEPETA: oh! thats only if there was room i figured the lab had all kinds of things fur animals she can just say in my block then! *Which she is 100% fine with. She'll just buy more things so Spiny can be comfortable* [10/31/2014 9:51:20 PM] CRONUS: ... OHH. *clicks his tongue at her and pistols* i see vwhat you did there. [10/31/2014 9:51:42 PM] ERIDAN: youre gunna keep all these wwads in line arent you [10/31/2014 9:51:44 PM] ROSE: -Winks. And tosses her black wig-hair.- [10/31/2014 9:52:22 PM] DIRK: Jane, this is my favorite movie. [10/31/2014 9:52:30 PM] DIRK: It's the worst thing I've ever watched. [10/31/2014 9:53:13 PM] ROSE: Here you see on-screen another of Earth's most vaunted classics. [10/31/2014 9:53:37 PM] DIRK: *hands clasped together* [10/31/2014 9:53:39 PM] CRONUS: you dont say? *examines the screen* hmm..... [10/31/2014 9:53:55 PM] JANE: It's the Titanic? I thought that was a very different movie. *It looks so AWFUL OH GOD* [10/31/2014 9:54:14 PM] DIRK: This is the superior version. [10/31/2014 9:54:16 PM] JANE: *at least the horrors of the seagull are keeping her eyes away from the Goblin-crotch* [10/31/2014 9:54:20 PM] ROSE: -She coos.- Do you hear that sound track? That was made by a single man and a casio keyboard. A man who had no solace but to drink himself to sleep every night, haunted forever by that which his hands had wrought. [10/31/2014 9:54:28 PM] KARKAT: OKAY. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS NOW? *Looks at Terezi . . .snorts* YEAH ALRIGHT WE'LL BE DRAGONS. *he takes the cloak and removes his hat to put it on* [10/31/2014 9:54:59 PM] JANE: It is looking rather strange this far, Dirk. [10/31/2014 9:55:03 PM] TAVROS: oH, iT'S NO PROBLEM, rEALLY, bUT IF YOU'D RATHER KEEP HER YOURSELF THEN i AM SURE SHE WILL BE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT CHOICE TOO, *He smiles at her, then glances at the screen. One eyebrow raising slowly. Well. This certainly wasn't gory, but... What the heck.* [10/31/2014 9:55:32 PM] ROSE: Observe the eyebrows, as well.You should be taking notes. [10/31/2014 9:56:04 PM] CRONUS: *eyes are so wide* HMMM..... i am. i really am. this is so deep. *hes 100% serious of course* [10/31/2014 9:56:17 PM] NEPETA: (yes get the mouse) [10/31/2014 9:56:31 PM] NEPETA: *nibbles snacks* [10/31/2014 9:56:32 PM] ROSE: -Sometimes she's an evil person. She has no problems with this.- [10/31/2014 9:56:54 PM] ROSE: The moustache means that he's evil, by the way. [10/31/2014 9:57:42 PM] CRONUS: vwell im not aspiring to be like him then. [10/31/2014 9:57:48 PM] CRONUS: IM... a hero. [10/31/2014 9:57:50 PM] ROXY: all those people and no one else could help the old lady fuckin rude ppl [10/31/2014 9:58:06 PM] TAVROS: *Just watching the screen like ???* [10/31/2014 9:58:12 PM] ERIDAN: wwhat the fuck are wwe wwatchin [10/31/2014 9:58:16 PM] DAMARA: *Also watching the screen like ???* [10/31/2014 9:58:24 PM] ROXY: shhh *waves at Eridan* [10/31/2014 9:58:28 PM] ROSE: -She wonders if he actually understood Labrynth at all. Or if he just really liked the tight pants.- [10/31/2014 9:58:51 PM] JANE: Dirk, are you sure this is the Titanic? *What is with all the animals? Isn't this an American Tail or something?* [10/31/2014 9:59:01 PM] DIRK: Yes. I am certain. [10/31/2014 9:59:02 PM] ERIDAN: *look of frustration* [10/31/2014 9:59:11 PM] ROSE: Wicked bongos, Cronus. [10/31/2014 9:59:23 PM] CRONUS: *obviously the attractive man was the hero in labyrinth* [10/31/2014 10:00:05 PM] ROXY: bitch u aint in disguise [10/31/2014 10:00:06 PM] JANE: I see. Your tastes are quite strange sometimes. *noms on snacks and takes a certain interest in mr. Failock Holmes* [10/31/2014 10:00:29 PM] ERIDAN: no kiddin evven i could see howw fuckin obvvious that asshole wwas [10/31/2014 10:00:42 PM] CRONUS: bongos? [10/31/2014 10:00:55 PM] ROSE: Wicked bongos. [10/31/2014 10:01:29 PM] KARKAT: HOW OLD IS THIS FANTASTIC SACK OF CRAP? [10/31/2014 10:02:18 PM] JAKE: Old as balls! [10/31/2014 10:02:27 PM] DIRK: *wheeze* [10/31/2014 10:02:34 PM] KARKAT: THANK YOU. CLEARLY. [10/31/2014 10:02:53 PM] JANE: *snorts* [10/31/2014 10:03:14 PM] DAMARA: *Yeah. No. She is not watching this nonsense. She slinks away and out of the atrium. Perhaps she could find someone else to spook. Or maybe she would go out and tilt some picture frames. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.* [10/31/2014 10:03:56 PM] DIRK: *dies at the fucking echo* [10/31/2014 10:04:00 PM] NEPETA: . . . [10/31/2014 10:04:02 PM] TEREZI: *Just watching Karkat actually be a sport and wear it, oh my god,* 1 TH1NK OV3R S1X HUND3R3D Y34RS, 4T L34ST [10/31/2014 10:04:09 PM] DIRK: *he is coming undone* [10/31/2014 10:04:11 PM] TAVROS: i,,, HAVE NO WORDS, [10/31/2014 10:04:12 PM] ROSE: Was that... a problem with the disc, or... [10/31/2014 10:04:21 PM] TAVROS: eXCEPT THE WORDS i JUST SAID, tHAT IS, [10/31/2014 10:04:23 PM] DIRK: YES. [10/31/2014 10:04:26 PM] TAVROS: bUT OTHERWISE, nO WORDS, [10/31/2014 10:04:27 PM] ROSE: What. [10/31/2014 10:04:29 PM] NEPETA: what [10/31/2014 10:04:42 PM] TAVROS: wAIT, [10/31/2014 10:04:44 PM] ROXY: awwww shiitttt [10/31/2014 10:04:45 PM] TAVROS: iS HE, [10/31/2014 10:04:51 PM] ROSE: -She was no expecting this.- [10/31/2014 10:04:56 PM] TAVROS: iS THAT DOG RAPPING, [10/31/2014 10:05:02 PM] ROSE: Okay, no, Cronus, I genuinely do not know what is happening anymore. [10/31/2014 10:05:11 PM] TAVROS: *JUST COMPLETELY DUMBFOUNDED.* [10/31/2014 10:05:19 PM] ROXY: sweet kicks dawg [10/31/2014 10:05:27 PM] ROSE: ...Where's Dave. [10/31/2014 10:05:37 PM] ROSE: I've another candidate for his and Jade's offspring. [10/31/2014 10:05:37 PM] ERIDAN: *jaw is hanging* [10/31/2014 10:05:39 PM] JANE: *WHAT the heck is going on??* [10/31/2014 10:05:52 PM] DIRK: B') [10/31/2014 10:06:26 PM] JADE: oh my god what is this [10/31/2014 10:06:30 PM] KARKAT: WHAT. THE FUCK. [10/31/2014 10:06:36 PM] ROSE: Jade! [10/31/2014 10:06:39 PM] JADE: rose no [10/31/2014 10:06:42 PM] ROSE: Your son was on screen. [10/31/2014 10:06:45 PM] ROSE: You must be so proud. [10/31/2014 10:06:47 PM] JADE: rose.... [10/31/2014 10:06:55 PM] KARKAT: OH MY GOD THIS SHIT IS STILL GOING ON. [10/31/2014 10:07:01 PM] TAVROS: (wHY IS IT NOT STOPPING,) [10/31/2014 10:07:26 PM] ERIDAN: *downs his drink so fast* [10/31/2014 10:07:33 PM] KARKAT: IF SHE SINGS I'M GOING TO FUCKING LOSE IT. [10/31/2014 10:07:39 PM] CRONUS: *is already looking up the lyrics to that song* [10/31/2014 10:07:48 PM] DIRK: *he's so happy jake played this bless you jake you are the light of his life* [10/31/2014 10:08:08 PM] JADE: *cronus please no* [10/31/2014 10:08:45 PM] NEPETA: (that mouse was hanging by his butt that would really hurt) [10/31/2014 10:09:14 PM] JANE: *She is still in shock* [10/31/2014 10:09:51 PM] NEPETA: *secondhand embarrassment by their inability to pick locks* [10/31/2014 10:10:43 PM] JADE: *this reminds me of that one episode of JJBA* [10/31/2014 10:11:23 PM] JADE: *learns toward rose* bonjour SB) [10/31/2014 10:11:25 PM] TAVROS: *Is just... So confused.* wHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING, [10/31/2014 10:11:31 PM] JADE: *except you cant see her face behind the dog mask* [10/31/2014 10:11:47 PM] NEPETA: :33 < bad furench [10/31/2014 10:11:51 PM] ROSE: Do not speak to me, cretinous earth-creature. I am royalty. [10/31/2014 10:12:02 PM] ROSE: -She sticks her nose into the air.- [10/31/2014 10:12:04 PM] DIRK: She's about to present me with some heirs. [10/31/2014 10:12:12 PM] TAVROS: oUI, i COULD TELL THAT, [10/31/2014 10:12:24 PM] TAVROS: aLSO, i LIKE HOW THIS DOG IS CALLING THE REST OF THEM "weirdos", [10/31/2014 10:12:30 PM] JADE: *has war flashbacks to when dave thought she was pregnant* [10/31/2014 10:12:35 PM] NEPETA: h33h33h33 the rapping dog [10/31/2014 10:13:15 PM] JANE: This movie is beyond insane. Are you certain we, as in, the human species, produced this? [10/31/2014 10:13:37 PM] DIRK: I sure hope so. [10/31/2014 10:13:43 PM] ROXY: nothin like gettin turnt with some rodents and canines [10/31/2014 10:13:50 PM] ROSE: She's a made woman now. [10/31/2014 10:14:32 PM] TEREZI: *All these criminals aboard a luxury ship, for shame* [10/31/2014 10:14:45 PM] KARKAT: *All these shitty criminals* [10/31/2014 10:15:12 PM] NEPETA: *GASP* (its fake) [10/31/2014 10:15:15 PM] JANE: It is close to fever dream levels of strange. [10/31/2014 10:15:31 PM] ROSE: I think that dog might seriously be dying. Just look at its face. [10/31/2014 10:15:51 PM] TAVROS: wOW, [10/31/2014 10:15:56 PM] TAVROS: lOOK AT THIS ROMANCE, [10/31/2014 10:16:03 PM] ERIDAN: *his drink is alreayd all gone and he sIGHS* theres not enough alcohol in my glass for this shit [10/31/2014 10:16:06 PM] NEPETA: *leans on tavros* (hes soooooooo charming) [10/31/2014 10:16:28 PM] NEPETA: (look in her eyes tavros) [10/31/2014 10:16:30 PM] TEREZI: *FACEPALMS* [10/31/2014 10:16:33 PM] TAVROS: *Allows the leaning and snorts.* (yEAAAAH, vERRRY,) [10/31/2014 10:16:38 PM] DIRK: Legendary romance. [10/31/2014 10:16:38 PM] NEPETA: (fate tavros!!) [10/31/2014 10:16:48 PM] ROSE: Sniffle. [10/31/2014 10:16:49 PM] ARADIA: -she is going to sit next to TAVROS NOW- [10/31/2014 10:16:58 PM] TAVROS: (yES, i AM SWOONING ALL OVER THE PLACE, aND ALSO FEELING REALLY GOOD AND FLUSTERED AND ALL KINDS OF FEELINGS, bECAUSE THIS ROMANCE IS SO EMOTIONAL,) [10/31/2014 10:17:04 PM] KARKAT: HOLY FUCK. [10/31/2014 10:17:16 PM] JADE: dolphin!!! [10/31/2014 10:17:17 PM] MEENAH: *just has her head in her hands like drake* [10/31/2014 10:17:24 PM] DIRK: Just wait. Just fuckin' wait. [10/31/2014 10:17:28 PM] JANE: I am certain they will continue to have a contrived romance through this entire farce. [10/31/2014 10:17:30 PM] TAVROS: *Grins at the rail as she sits down.* (hEY THERE,) [10/31/2014 10:17:33 PM | Edited 10:17:37 PM] JADE: what.... are we waiting for D: [10/31/2014 10:17:53 PM] ROSE: True love. [10/31/2014 10:18:06 PM] JADE: :| [10/31/2014 10:18:33 PM] ROSE: What else is there in this crazy world full of sentient rats and a secret cabal of world-ruling hyperintelligent hounds? [10/31/2014 10:19:07 PM] ROXY: the thirst [10/31/2014 10:19:12 PM] ROXY: it appears [10/31/2014 10:19:21 PM] ROSE: Silence, human. [10/31/2014 10:19:27 PM] ERIDAN: yeah an im gunna sate it *gets up to get more drikn* [10/31/2014 10:19:37 PM] ROXY: omg *to both of you* [10/31/2014 10:19:39 PM] ROSE: Let me try again. [10/31/2014 10:19:47 PM] ARADIA: (hi!) [10/31/2014 10:19:49 PM] ROSE: SILENCE, HUMAN. [10/31/2014 10:20:02 PM] DIRK: *rose plz* [10/31/2014 10:20:07 PM] ROXY: *SHIVERS SO INTIMIDATE* [10/31/2014 10:20:13 PM] DAVE: -suddenly behind rose? yeah that's what's happening- well thats not freaky at all [10/31/2014 10:20:18 PM] JADE: her eyes are like..... oh nanny [10/31/2014 10:20:25 PM] TEREZI: H3 SHOULD H4V3 4SK3D H3R FOR H3R CHUMH4NDL3 [10/31/2014 10:20:26 PM] ROSE: How dare you speak to me. [10/31/2014 10:20:30 PM] JANE: *Rose, omg...* [10/31/2014 10:20:42 PM] ROSE: -No way is she breaking character now.- [10/31/2014 10:20:47 PM] KARKAT: HE'S A FUCKING SCHMUCK. [10/31/2014 10:20:47 PM] TAVROS: *Offers other shoulder for Aradia to lean on if she wants. Since this romance is so incredible and all.* (i CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT i AM SEEING, cAN YOU, ) [10/31/2014 10:21:03 PM] KARKAT: WOW. WHAT? [10/31/2014 10:21:10 PM] ARADIA: -she takes it- (are you talking to me) [10/31/2014 10:21:11 PM] JANE: *So impressed at Rose, oh God* [10/31/2014 10:21:24 PM] KARKAT: (KICK HIS ASS YOU PISSWRIGGLER) [10/31/2014 10:21:50 PM] ERIDAN: *he comes back with like THREE DRINKS* [10/31/2014 10:22:01 PM] ERIDAN: *all strong. hes gunna get so crunk* [10/31/2014 10:22:03 PM] ROXY: *takes two* [10/31/2014 10:22:09 PM] ERIDAN: hey [10/31/2014 10:22:13 PM] ROXY: aww thanks so sweet [10/31/2014 10:22:28 PM] DAVE: ok what are you supposed to be [10/31/2014 10:22:29 PM] KARKAT: THIS GUY IS A DICK. [10/31/2014 10:22:33 PM] TAVROS: *Is leaned on by both ladyfriends. Hella.* (yEAH, hAHA, oR BOTH OF YOU, i GUESS,) [10/31/2014 10:22:34 PM] ROSE: I'm peerless nobility. [10/31/2014 10:22:43 PM] ROSE: -She's in very convincing troll cosplay.- [10/31/2014 10:22:51 PM] ROSE: -Definitely a seadweller.- [10/31/2014 10:22:53 PM | Edited 10:23:17 PM] TAVROS: (tHIS MOVIE IS JUST TERRIBLE, iT IS KIND OF GREAT THOUGH,) *Peers at Dirk, as he remembers that IRONICALLY BAD thing.* [10/31/2014 10:23:12 PM] DIRK: *B)* [10/31/2014 10:23:31 PM] NEPETA: (hes giving her something he found on the ground) [10/31/2014 10:23:39 PM] ARADIA: (i think it is supposed to be ironically bad) [10/31/2014 10:23:55 PM] DAVE: does kanaya dig this shit or something [10/31/2014 10:23:56 PM] TEREZI: >: o [10/31/2014 10:24:07 PM] KARKAT: WHAT THE FUCK? [10/31/2014 10:24:15 PM] KANAYA: *Appears behind Rose in sexy wizard getup. She does have a beard.* What About Me [10/31/2014 10:24:18 PM] KARKAT: WOW, SLOW DOWN TROLLMEO. [10/31/2014 10:24:22 PM] ROSE: I refuse to aknowledge your presence, sub-troll entity. You-- [10/31/2014 10:24:25 PM] ROSE: Oh my god. [10/31/2014 10:24:38 PM] TEREZI: (WH4T K1NDS OF P1CK UP L1N3S 4R3 THOS3??) [10/31/2014 10:24:39 PM] DAVE: -practically startles- [10/31/2014 10:24:56 PM] ERIDAN: *almost chokes on drink at kanaya* [10/31/2014 10:24:56 PM] TAVROS: (hOW DID THIS EVEN GET MADE, wHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM, aND WHY DO ANY OF THEM CARE, tHEY SPOKE FOR FIVE MINUTES,,,) [10/31/2014 10:25:06 PM] KARKAT: THE ONES YOU SAY TO SOMEONE THAT'S HAD A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT. [10/31/2014 10:25:13 PM] TAVROS: (i MEAN, i AM NOT THE GREATEST AT ROMANCE, bUT THIS SEEMS KIND OF,,, yEAH, tERRIBLE,) [10/31/2014 10:25:37 PM] HORUSS: * He trots over to the atrium, seeing that a lot of others had already arrived. He could imagine he was probably pretty late, but it was better than never. To be in the spirit of the occasion, Horuss was dressed up as a nightmare. Night-mare. The black kigu wasnt much on the scary side.He glances up at the screen, curious as to what they all were watching.* [10/31/2014 10:26:45 PM] HEARTS: *This guy strolls on over. He hadnt made much of an appearence, but that definitely didnt mean he was skipping out. Perhaps, it was all the better to familiarize himself with shipmates. He had fashioned himself up a Al Capone costume, which didnt actually feel all that out of the ordinary. He was cradling a tommy gun in his arms, which very well may or may not have been real. Either way, its not like it was loaded. What the hell sort of movie was this crap?* [10/31/2014 10:26:53 PM] DIRK: *HORSE FRIEND. dirk gives horuss an approving nod as he enters. a horse mask nod.* [10/31/2014 10:27:23 PM] DAVE: wow [10/31/2014 10:27:48 PM] KARKAT: *Looks to the new face, or rather this was the first time he'd seen this guy face-to-face. that gun better not be real you fuck* [10/31/2014 10:27:55 PM] DIRK: *though he still does not understand why dave is dressed as him* [10/31/2014 10:28:19 PM] JANE: *Looks at Horuss, of whom she recognizes from the get-well party for Jade. He seems to be doing okay too* [10/31/2014 10:28:22 PM] DAVE: -it's supposed to be irony- [10/31/2014 10:28:25 PM] DAVE: -or something- [10/31/2014 10:28:47 PM] DIRK: *THAT EXPLAINS IT* [10/31/2014 10:28:55 PM] JANE: *and there's this huge new guy...with the gun. Hides a bit behind Dirk at that* [10/31/2014 10:29:07 PM] ERIDAN: *drinking his second so fast* [10/31/2014 10:29:22 PM] HORUSS: * He catches the nod, and gives one back in acknowledgement. That was a nice horse mask. * [10/31/2014 10:30:42 PM] ARADIA: (you are pretty good to me :)) [10/31/2014 10:30:45 PM] KANAYA: *waggles beard at Rose* [10/31/2014 10:30:52 PM] HEARTS: * That was for him to know and nobody else to find out. * [10/31/2014 10:31:13 PM] JADE: what the heck is wrong with that cat [10/31/2014 10:32:45 PM] JANE: *Ready to excuse herself just because of the possible gun* [10/31/2014 10:32:51 PM] ROXY: gj tell everyone who u are [10/31/2014 10:33:09 PM] ROSE: Kanaya. [10/31/2014 10:33:16 PM] ROSE: -She twines her fingers through the beard.- [10/31/2014 10:33:20 PM] ROSE: Oh, Kanaya. I had no idea. [10/31/2014 10:33:44 PM] ROSE: -She makes KISSY FACES, hoping that Dave is still watching so that he can be horrified.- [10/31/2014 10:33:49 PM] DIRK: *gives janey's shoulder a rub* [10/31/2014 10:33:52 PM | Edited 10:34:34 PM] DAVE: ok im moving wheres jade -he stands- [10/31/2014 10:33:56 PM] JADE: hes making off with the meat!!!! [10/31/2014 10:34:08 PM] ROSE: But Dave. Such majesty. Such... [10/31/2014 10:34:09 PM] KANAYA: *blushu uvu* [10/31/2014 10:34:12 PM] ROSE: Venerable majesty. [10/31/2014 10:34:14 PM] JANE: *so tense, oh GOD* [10/31/2014 10:34:40 PM] DAVE: SNAUSAGES [10/31/2014 10:34:44 PM] TAVROS: *Oh shucks. He grins at that, nudging Aradia playfully with his shoulder.* (aWW, gEEZ, hEHE,) [10/31/2014 10:34:45 PM] JADE: *fuckin somewhere* WOOF!! [10/31/2014 10:34:53 PM] ROSE: Philistines. [10/31/2014 10:34:58 PM] ERIDAN: oh good theyre finally gunna die [10/31/2014 10:35:06 PM] ROXY: snnnrkk [10/31/2014 10:35:18 PM] ROXY: dramatic close up *drinks eridan's last drink* [10/31/2014 10:35:21 PM] DAVE: bingo bye -going to go sit next to jade now- [10/31/2014 10:35:28 PM] ERIDAN: ROX [10/31/2014 10:35:29 PM] JADE: hi di-- [10/31/2014 10:35:30 PM] ROSE: That casio keyboard. Oh, if it could only live to see this day. [10/31/2014 10:35:33 PM] ARADIA: -she's blushing at all this pale cute.- [10/31/2014 10:35:33 PM] JADE: ....ave? [10/31/2014 10:35:35 PM] ERIDAN: wwhy you stealin my shit [10/31/2014 10:35:41 PM] DAVE: yes it is i diave [10/31/2014 10:35:43 PM] ROXY: cause i can [10/31/2014 10:35:47 PM] JADE: :| [10/31/2014 10:35:52 PM] ERIDAN: *pouts* [10/31/2014 10:36:03 PM] ARADIA: -gonna nuzzle back a little- [10/31/2014 10:36:18 PM] NEPETA: *this is poor feline representation* [10/31/2014 10:36:21 PM] JADE: WHY does he keep talking about heirs omg [10/31/2014 10:36:56 PM] ROSE: Wait, what. I'm actually lost again. [10/31/2014 10:37:11 PM] TEREZI: (wh4ts h1s d34l w1th h31rs?) [10/31/2014 10:37:12 PM] ROSE: Did he hypnotize that man? [10/31/2014 10:37:17 PM] HORUSS: * Absorbed in just how awful this movie is* [10/31/2014 10:37:35 PM] KANAYA: What Even Is This [10/31/2014 10:37:43 PM] ROSE: True art is incomprehensible. [10/31/2014 10:37:50 PM] ROSE: I just need to know what it means. [10/31/2014 10:37:51 PM] DIRK: *ROSE GETS IT* [10/31/2014 10:37:53 PM] KARKAT: SO WHAT'S THE BIRD FOR? [10/31/2014 10:38:03 PM] ROSE: What does it imply about the nature of humanity. [10/31/2014 10:38:06 PM] TAVROS: *He is blushing too. Aradia you are too cute what the heckie. He nuzzles her back, resting his head on hers as he continues to watch this HORRIBLE MOVIE.* [10/31/2014 10:38:10 PM] ERIDAN: noww i gotta go back an get more *GETS UP AGAIN* [10/31/2014 10:38:14 PM] ROSE: ...And the world. And we, in our place in it. [10/31/2014 10:38:18 PM] ROSE: -She's drinking a little.- [10/31/2014 10:38:20 PM] KANAYA: .... What [10/31/2014 10:38:41 PM] ROXY: that dress is old as shit tho [10/31/2014 10:38:53 PM] ARADIA: why is that bird dressed up in a suit [10/31/2014 10:38:53 PM] ROXY: shes gonna be so outta style [10/31/2014 10:39:04 PM] JADE: owner shmoaner [10/31/2014 10:39:08 PM] ROSE: -DRINK!- [10/31/2014 10:39:34 PM] ROSE: I think that the dolphins are a metaphor for mankind's hubris. [10/31/2014 10:39:46 PM] KANAYA: Rose No [10/31/2014 10:40:01 PM] ERIDAN: *hes off tog et more because he has a one track mind* [10/31/2014 10:40:18 PM] TAVROS: (tHAT IS THE MOST PHOTOREALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY i HAVE EVER SEEN,) [10/31/2014 10:40:25 PM] DIRK: You'll hug her again one day. [10/31/2014 10:40:31 PM] DAVE: damn look at those lips [10/31/2014 10:40:45 PM] DAVE: looks like she took all the mouth from that old lady [10/31/2014 10:41:19 PM] NEPETA: (pur in my blood) [10/31/2014 10:41:24 PM] JADE: weird hand stroke.... [10/31/2014 10:41:34 PM] DIRK: Remember when? [10/31/2014 10:42:13 PM] JADE: *tugs mask off just so she can actually see wtf is going on* [10/31/2014 10:42:25 PM] JADE: (BOOBS???) [10/31/2014 10:42:48 PM] DIRK: No, no other man in my heart. [10/31/2014 10:43:04 PM] KARKAT: WHAT'S THIS SONG SUPPOSED TO BE? [10/31/2014 10:43:07 PM] CRONUS: *dreams of his future tru luv* [10/31/2014 10:43:15 PM] JADE: *cRONUS NO* [10/31/2014 10:43:16 PM] DAVE: nah he took all the lips too [10/31/2014 10:43:33 PM | Edited 10:43:37 PM] JADE: >: 3 [10/31/2014 10:43:49 PM] ROXY: ooohh [10/31/2014 10:44:06 PM] TEREZI: OOOOO! [10/31/2014 10:44:07 PM] JANE: *Cronus what* [10/31/2014 10:44:09 PM] JADE: oh sniggity snap!!! [10/31/2014 10:44:15 PM] KARKAT: NO. NO HE DOESN'T. OH MY GOD. [10/31/2014 10:44:17 PM] ROSE: She just kind of accepts it. [10/31/2014 10:44:28 PM] KARKAT: *MAKES THE BIGGEST FACE* [10/31/2014 10:44:33 PM] ERIDAN: *IS BACK AGAIN* wwhy wwont it just fuckin end already [10/31/2014 10:44:37 PM] KARKAT: UGH. [10/31/2014 10:44:38 PM] TEREZI: SLOPPY HUM4N M4K3OUTS [10/31/2014 10:44:39 PM] TAVROS: *Is just... Yeah. He is just dumbfounded again.* [10/31/2014 10:44:47 PM] DIRK: GET IT. [10/31/2014 10:44:58 PM] ROXY: i thought this was a childrens movie im feeling weird things [10/31/2014 10:45:05 PM] DIRK: Granny is into it. [10/31/2014 10:45:11 PM] TAVROS: *Dirk pls.* [10/31/2014 10:45:17 PM] ERIDAN: ...................... [10/31/2014 10:45:18 PM] JANE: *facepalms* [10/31/2014 10:45:22 PM] TAVROS: *It is not that kind of movie.* [10/31/2014 10:45:39 PM] JADE: wtf [10/31/2014 10:45:39 PM] DAVE: ok what the hell [10/31/2014 10:45:45 PM] ROSE: Just go with it. [10/31/2014 10:45:49 PM] JADE: what did i just watch... [10/31/2014 10:45:53 PM] ROSE: -Beard tug.- [10/31/2014 10:45:55 PM] ROXY: omg [10/31/2014 10:45:57 PM] ROSE: Don't be a square. [10/31/2014 10:45:58 PM] JADE: i dont even know [10/31/2014 10:46:21 PM] KANAYA: Im Not Even Remotely Any Sort Of Generic Shape [10/31/2014 10:46:51 PM] ROSE: No word spoken otherwise, o venerable sage. Was that a breast closeup? [10/31/2014 10:46:59 PM] JADE: nothing... even........ her murders [10/31/2014 10:47:27 PM] KANAYA: Was It [10/31/2014 10:47:46 PM] ARADIA: tavros i bet you like those animals [10/31/2014 10:47:56 PM] JADE: its the geese from aristocats too!!! omfg [10/31/2014 10:48:01 PM] JANE: *That was it! She needed a drink. The racist mice singing was enough* [10/31/2014 10:48:05 PM] DAVE: holy shit it is [10/31/2014 10:48:13 PM] ROSE: The breasts are probably a metaphor for the struggles of ethical consumerism in a capitalist society. [10/31/2014 10:48:36 PM] KANAYA: Im Glad You Are Taking Something From This At Least [10/31/2014 10:48:39 PM] TEREZI: *Oh no, ice.* [10/31/2014 10:48:49 PM] ROSE: More than you can ever know. [10/31/2014 10:49:05 PM] JANE: *Getting those fucking drinks, this is too much to handle* [10/31/2014 10:49:11 PM] KANAYA: More Than I Could Want To Know [10/31/2014 10:49:16 PM] ERIDAN: the thing is gunna crash i can smelll it [10/31/2014 10:49:30 PM] ROSE: Alas, I'll have to plumb your arcane secrets sometime soon. [10/31/2014 10:49:47 PM] ROXY: its sharks [10/31/2014 10:49:55 PM] ERIDAN: .. wwhat [10/31/2014 10:49:55 PM] JADE: they just kept going straight [10/31/2014 10:49:56 PM] ROXY: glacier sharks [10/31/2014 10:50:05 PM] ERIDAN: wwhy the hellwwould shraks happen [10/31/2014 10:50:24 PM] KANAYA: Please Do [10/31/2014 10:50:28 PM] ROXY: r u questionin shit after the rappin dog?? [10/31/2014 10:50:39 PM] ERIDAN: wwel..... [10/31/2014 10:50:52 PM] ERIDAN: your face is a fake [10/31/2014 10:51:12 PM] JANE: *Not even alcohol makes it better...and that scream was terrifying* [10/31/2014 10:51:18 PM] DIRK: Rest in fucking pieces. [10/31/2014 10:51:18 PM] ROSE: The rapping dog, I should note, represents the commodification of sentient life. [10/31/2014 10:51:21 PM] ROXY: fuck i just got burned [10/31/2014 10:51:25 PM] JANE: *At least they are dead soon* [10/31/2014 10:51:28 PM] KANAYA: Um [10/31/2014 10:51:30 PM] ROXY: someone prepare my funeral [10/31/2014 10:51:31 PM] DIRK: Being in love is the BEST thing in the whole world. [10/31/2014 10:51:35 PM] DIRK: Happy happy happy. [10/31/2014 10:51:45 PM] ERIDAN: not you that fuckin oldass human [10/31/2014 10:51:52 PM] ROSE: -She's leaning on Kanaya for support and hasn't stopped playing with her beard.- [10/31/2014 10:52:10 PM] ERIDAN: FUCKIN FINALLY [10/31/2014 10:52:13 PM] ERIDAN: DEATH [10/31/2014 10:52:23 PM] NEPETA: *leans to tavros* (who do mew think dies?) [10/31/2014 10:52:44 PM] MEENAH: *cheering from the back* [10/31/2014 10:52:49 PM] NEPETA: (leave them) [10/31/2014 10:53:14 PM] JANE: *Whispers a silent prayer of the death of the annoying mice while she holds her darn drink* [10/31/2014 10:54:12 PM] TAVROS: *Leans toward Nepeta.* (uH, yOU WANT MY HONEST OPINION,) [10/31/2014 10:54:28 PM] NEPETA: (of course!) [10/31/2014 10:54:31 PM] TAVROS: (i THINK NO ONE, bUT i AM HOPING FOR EVERYONE,) [10/31/2014 10:54:36 PM] KANAYA: Youre Really Enjoying This Arent You [10/31/2014 10:54:40 PM] DIRK: Cool as a fucking cucumber about her impending doom. [10/31/2014 10:54:53 PM] ARADIA: -zombieradia is suddenly VERY interested- it is so chaotic [10/31/2014 10:54:57 PM] ROSE: The iceburg is the inevitable revolt of the downtrodden working-class. [10/31/2014 10:54:58 PM] ARADIA: its beautiful [10/31/2014 10:54:58 PM] NEPETA: . . .*snorts* (thats pawfully dark of mew tavros! h33h33) [10/31/2014 10:55:06 PM] KANAYA: Wow [10/31/2014 10:55:13 PM] ERODAN: you cant go this wway dont force me to resort to vviolnece [10/31/2014 10:55:14 PM] JADE: dont make him resort to violence [10/31/2014 10:55:22 PM] ROXY: omg [10/31/2014 10:55:24 PM] DIRK: Don't. Fucking. [10/31/2014 10:55:28 PM] DIRK: Make him resort. [10/31/2014 10:55:32 PM] DIRK: To fucking violence. [10/31/2014 10:55:34 PM] JADE: you wont like him when he resorts to violence [10/31/2014 10:55:34 PM] ROSE: Just as the greed of the passengers aboard this ship are similarly doomed by their avarice. [10/31/2014 10:55:59 PM] ROSE: Like this deluded, sheltered boy, a victim of his own ignorance. [10/31/2014 10:56:09 PM] ROSE: He will never know true happiness, for he has never known its meaning. [10/31/2014 10:56:13 PM] TAVROS: *He chuckles, rolling his eyes.* (wELL, tHIS MOVIE HAS TAKEN AWAY LIKE, uH, wHAT, hOUR OR SOMETHING OF MY LIFE, tHAT i WILL NEVER GET BACK, aND IT IS ALSO PRETTY MUCH DRIVING ME TO INSANITY, sO OF COURSE i GET A LITTLE DARK ABOUT IT,) [10/31/2014 10:56:14 PM] DAVE: ok but i cant get over the lips [10/31/2014 10:56:35 PM] TAVROS: *Leans toward Aradia.* (yEAH, iT REALLY IS, hOPEFULLY IT WILL GET MORE SO, hEH, ) [10/31/2014 10:56:36 PM] ERIDNA: *signgs* [10/31/2014 10:56:38 PM] *SINGS [10/31/2014 10:56:42 PM] JADE: *smoochy face at dave* what lips [10/31/2014 10:56:45 PM] ARADIA: that shot looked like she was missing her torso ARADIA: i got excited too early [10/31/2014 10:56:52 PM] KARKAT: IS SHE REALLY FUCKING SINGING? [10/31/2014 10:56:54 PM] DAVE: that is surprisingly accurate [10/31/2014 10:57:01 PM] JADE: o3o [10/31/2014 10:57:21 PM] JANE: *listening to Rose makes it better* [10/31/2014 10:57:35 PM | Edited 10:57:43 PM] KANAYA: I Should Have Known You Would Overevaluate The Worst Piece Of Film I Have Ever Borne Witness To [10/31/2014 10:57:41 PM] TAVROS: *Gives Aradia a small comforting pat on the back.* tHERE, tHERE, i AM SURE PEOPLE WILL BE MISSING THEIR TORSOS SOON ENOUGH, [10/31/2014 10:57:47 PM] TAVROS: *Whoops. He forgot to whisper that.* [10/31/2014 10:57:48 PM] DIRK: RIP Flopsy. [10/31/2014 10:57:58 PM] DAVE: -he puts a hand on her face- [10/31/2014 10:58:00 PM] JADE: you had a TIGER ON BOARD!? [10/31/2014 10:58:05 PM] MEENAH: barkbeasts confirmed dead shell yes [10/31/2014 10:58:07 PM] ARADIA: do you think so? i hope so [10/31/2014 10:58:30 PM] ERIDAN: im gunna fuckin resort to vviolence if no one dies [10/31/2014 10:58:34 PM] TAVROS: i AM HOPING SO, aT LEAST, yEAH, [10/31/2014 10:58:38 PM] ROSE: This is a religious experience for me, Kanaya. [10/31/2014 10:58:40 PM] TAVROS: *Eridan no.* [10/31/2014 10:58:55 PM] KANAYA: Im Not Sure I Want To Understand This Religion [10/31/2014 10:59:12 PM] JADE: nice catch [10/31/2014 10:59:12 PM] KARKAT: . . . ALRIGHT. [10/31/2014 10:59:18 PM] ERIDAN: *perks up* [10/31/2014 10:59:19 PM] TEREZI: TH3 SH1P 1S S1NK1NG [10/31/2014 10:59:24 PM] JADE: lol bye [10/31/2014 10:59:32 PM] ERIDAN: *HUFF* [10/31/2014 10:59:34 PM] TAVROS: (rEST IN PIECES,) [10/31/2014 11:00:02 PM] ERIDAN: *PERKS UP?!?!* [10/31/2014 11:00:09 PM] ROSE: Humankind, like chattel. Divided amongst themselves, those who are as farm animals do. [10/31/2014 11:00:14 PM] ROSE: Like cows lead to the slaughter. [10/31/2014 11:00:14 PM] KARKAT: LATER ASSHOLE. [10/31/2014 11:00:24 PM] JADE: will he ever have heirs?? [10/31/2014 11:00:44 PM] DIRK: The true question burning on all our minds. [10/31/2014 11:00:50 PM] TEREZI: T4K3 OFF YOUR SHO3!! [10/31/2014 11:00:51 PM] TAVROS: *Shudders at the thought of this guy ever having children.* [10/31/2014 11:00:57 PM] JADE: is now really the time for these shenanigans [10/31/2014 11:01:04 PM] MEENAH: O)( COM-E T)(-E FUCK ON [10/31/2014 11:01:05 PM] DIRK: Remember when? [10/31/2014 11:01:12 PM] DIRK: They really bonded. [10/31/2014 11:01:15 PM] ROXY: presh memories [10/31/2014 11:01:30 PM] ROXY: he stole more than his sausage that day [10/31/2014 11:01:32 PM] JANE: *this movie is really something...* [10/31/2014 11:01:34 PM | Edited 11:01:59 PM] TAVROS: tHERE WAS NO CHEESY ROMANCE MUSIC, [10/31/2014 11:01:39 PM] JADE: *chokes at roxy* [10/31/2014 11:01:43 PM] TAVROS: nEGATIVE FIVE OUT OF TEN, [10/31/2014 11:01:50 PM] TAVROS: iS WHAT i GIVE THAT FLASHBACK, [10/31/2014 11:02:16 PM] MEENAH: *sighs* [10/31/2014 11:02:16 PM] ERIDAN: *LOOKS VERY UNAMUSED AT THE DOLPHINS* [10/31/2014 11:02:39 PM] NEPETA: :33 < rat and chef guy in black i ship it [10/31/2014 11:03:03 PM] TAVROS: *Pfpff omg Nepeta.* bETTER UPDATE THE WALL, tHEN, [10/31/2014 11:03:07 PM] MEENAH: what a waste of a perfectly good human massacre [10/31/2014 11:03:14 PM] ROSE: Agreed. [10/31/2014 11:03:41 PM] ERIDAN: god im gunna fuckin puke [10/31/2014 11:03:50 PM] ERIDAN: this is the cheesiest swwill i evver did behold [10/31/2014 11:04:00 PM] JADE: .... this reunion is more passionate than i expected [10/31/2014 11:04:02 PM] ROXY: eridan plz [10/31/2014 11:04:05 PM] ROSE: And so, like all human endeavors. [10/31/2014 11:04:19 PM] ROXY: maybe one day my mom and i will be on the same doomed ship [10/31/2014 11:04:23 PM] ROSE: He, and all potential he represents, shall be swallowed into the abyss. [10/31/2014 11:04:26 PM] ROXY: and repeat dialouge [10/31/2014 11:04:29 PM] TAVROS: "whenever we wanted to", sO WE NEVER DID, [10/31/2014 11:04:31 PM] MEENAH: lets hear that line again [10/31/2014 11:04:32 PM] JADE: who the fuck is william??? [10/31/2014 11:04:59 PM] JADE: ITS WILLIAM [10/31/2014 11:05:06 PM] NEPETA: *snickers tavros plz* [10/31/2014 11:05:19 PM] KARKAT: THERE'S A LOT OF BODIES OUT THERE. [10/31/2014 11:05:20 PM] MEENAH: NO WILLIAM WAS T)(-E ON-E ON T)(-E FUCKIN POS-EIDON [10/31/2014 11:05:31 PM] JADE: nope nvm [10/31/2014 11:05:41 PM] JADE: its just that guy [10/31/2014 11:05:45 PM] ROSE: -She snffles. She's crying at this flashback.- [10/31/2014 11:05:50 PM] KARKAT: NOT HIM, LET'S GO. [10/31/2014 11:05:51 PM] ERIDAN: oh good does that mean this wwilliam asshole is dead [10/31/2014 11:05:53 PM] ROSE: Or pretending to, at least.- [10/31/2014 11:05:53 PM] KANAYA: Rose [10/31/2014 11:05:54 PM | Edited 11:06:02 PM] MEENAH: EELMAO [10/31/2014 11:06:01 PM] ROSE: I can't take it. [10/31/2014 11:06:15 PM] JADE: wheres william in all these flashbacks!!! [10/31/2014 11:06:16 PM] DIRK: "It's not him." And then they toss him back into the water. [10/31/2014 11:06:21 PM] ROSE: They may not make it, Kanaya. They might not make it. [10/31/2014 11:06:23 PM] DIRK: REMEMBER WHEN? [10/31/2014 11:06:26 PM] ERIDAN: *SIGHS* [10/31/2014 11:06:27 PM] KANAYA: I Hope Not [10/31/2014 11:06:28 PM] TAVROS: *Facepalms.* [10/31/2014 11:06:30 PM] KARKAT: *GROANS* [10/31/2014 11:06:31 PM] ARADIA: i hope they show william missing his head [10/31/2014 11:06:33 PM] JANE: *Oh bloody hell! Again??* [10/31/2014 11:06:39 PM] ARADIA: i dont think it will be biologically accurate [10/31/2014 11:06:41 PM] ROSE: Yes, I am also kind of rooting for the ocean right now. [10/31/2014 11:06:44 PM] TEREZI: *double facepalms* [10/31/2014 11:06:46 PM] MEENAH: nebber heard of him [10/31/2014 11:06:46 PM] JADE: *aradia what the fuck* [10/31/2014 11:07:17 PM] CRONUS: *the flashbacks are his faorite. second chance to review material* [10/31/2014 11:07:24 PM] ROSE: But it brings a tear to one's eyes all the same. [10/31/2014 11:07:25 PM] JADE: *CRONUS PLEASE* [10/31/2014 11:07:29 PM] ROSE: Sob. [10/31/2014 11:07:33 PM] ROSE: Choke. [10/31/2014 11:07:34 PM] JADE: get that hand off the boat!!! [10/31/2014 11:07:45 PM] JADE: let it go :) [10/31/2014 11:07:46 PM] MEENAH: he prawnmised [10/31/2014 11:07:47 PM] ERIDAN: LET HIM GO [10/31/2014 11:07:49 PM] ERIDAN: NO [10/31/2014 11:07:53 PM] ROXY: got yo weave [10/31/2014 11:07:58 PM] ERIDAN: i feel so fuckin ROBBED [10/31/2014 11:07:59 PM] MEENAH: oh hey its the zombie flick again [10/31/2014 11:08:01 PM] DAVE: aw shut up [10/31/2014 11:08:02 PM] JADE: hes dead [10/31/2014 11:08:15 PM] ROXY: darling [10/31/2014 11:08:17 PM] JADE: dammit [10/31/2014 11:08:20 PM] ROXY: it me [10/31/2014 11:08:28 PM] ROXY: PLZ [10/31/2014 11:08:31 PM] DAVE: -glances over at karkat- [10/31/2014 11:08:42 PM] KARKAT: *TOO DISGUSTED* [10/31/2014 11:08:46 PM] KANAYA: He Is Truly Apologetic I Can Tell [10/31/2014 11:08:52 PM] TEREZI: *cackles* [10/31/2014 11:08:58 PM] ERIDAN: im just gunna fuckin pretend theyre all dead [10/31/2014 11:09:01 PM] DAVE: karkat stop crying [10/31/2014 11:09:02 PM] JADE: NO I DONT [10/31/2014 11:09:04 PM] NEPETA: *gags* [10/31/2014 11:09:09 PM] ARADIA: oh no hes alive :( [10/31/2014 11:09:13 PM] KARKAT: I'M CRYING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DEAD. [10/31/2014 11:09:14 PM] ROSE: Perhaps the life rafts are merely the purgatory that follows death. [10/31/2014 11:09:17 PM] ERIDAN: this is all just a death dream [10/31/2014 11:09:17 PM] KARKAT: FUCK NO. [10/31/2014 11:09:17 PM] DIRK: But wait, there's more. [10/31/2014 11:09:25 PM] ROSE: Ferrying their souls away to be judged. [10/31/2014 11:09:25 PM] MEENAH: no [10/31/2014 11:09:26 PM] TAVROS: (nO,) [10/31/2014 11:09:30 PM] TAVROS: (sTOP,) [10/31/2014 11:09:32 PM] KARKAT: NO ONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. [10/31/2014 11:09:38 PM] HEARTS: *This reunion.. its so passionate. Fantastic* [10/31/2014 11:09:45 PM] TAVROS: *Is hunched over. Head in his hands.* [10/31/2014 11:09:46 PM] KANAYA: Fancy [10/31/2014 11:09:58 PM] JANE: This is so dumb... *downs her drink* [10/31/2014 11:10:02 PM] ROSE: Well, best leave him to die, then. [10/31/2014 11:10:07 PM] ROXY: rataoiulle [10/31/2014 11:10:11 PM] JADE: and dirk??? [10/31/2014 11:10:25 PM] DIRK: HAHAHA. [10/31/2014 11:10:36 PM] ARADIA: why are they alive [10/31/2014 11:10:39 PM] TAVROS: *Dirk you are a star. You were in this movie.* [10/31/2014 11:10:40 PM] ARADIA: :( [10/31/2014 11:10:41 PM] ERIDAN: WWAIT does that mean someone did die [10/31/2014 11:10:43 PM] HORUSS: * Secretly glad he was late.* [10/31/2014 11:10:50 PM] ERIDAN: the fuckin singer died [10/31/2014 11:10:57 PM] DIRK: Ah, good. [10/31/2014 11:10:58 PM] ROSE: Presumably, yes. [10/31/2014 11:10:59 PM] JADE: D: [10/31/2014 11:11:02 PM] KARKAT: SHE SANG ON THE FUCKING BOAT LIKE A DUMBASS. [10/31/2014 11:11:02 PM] DIRK: The heirs were presented. [10/31/2014 11:11:03 PM] DAVE: see us soon [10/31/2014 11:11:06 PM] ERIDAN: i feel satisfied [10/31/2014 11:11:08 PM] JADE: oh my god dirk [10/31/2014 11:11:16 PM] JADE: >_< [10/31/2014 11:11:20 PM] DAVE: -slow claps- [10/31/2014 11:11:27 PM] DIRK: *stands* [10/31/2014 11:11:33 PM | Edited 11:11:39 PM] KANAYA: Her Fate Was Deserved In My Opinion [10/31/2014 11:11:34 PM] DIRK: *thunderous applause* [10/31/2014 11:11:41 PM] HAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Iw9gXzevQ [10/31/2014 11:11:44 PM | Edited 11:11:57 PM] TEREZI: *Nudges* K4RK4T, DO 1 H4V3 UNFORG3TT4BL3 3Y3S? [10/31/2014 11:11:47 PM] ROXY: *sNRK* [10/31/2014 11:11:51 PM] JAKE: GOOD SHOW GOOD SHOW!!!! [10/31/2014 11:11:55 PM] KARKAT: STOP. [10/31/2014 11:11:56 PM] DIRK: *gdi hal* [10/31/2014 11:12:02 PM] ARADIA: -she's just frowning- [10/31/2014 11:12:07 PM] JADE: *thats not available in my country* [10/31/2014 11:12:26 PM] ROSE: At long last. His frozen, drowned corpse. [10/31/2014 11:12:31 PM] ARADIA: i would like to learn about those who did not survive [10/31/2014 11:12:49 PM] ARADIA: i would much rather see a movie that focused on characters that were doomed from the start [10/31/2014 11:12:51 PM] JADE: that was..... [10/31/2014 11:12:57 PM] JADE: um [10/31/2014 11:12:59 PM] JADE: yeah [10/31/2014 11:13:15 PM] ROSE: Okay then. [10/31/2014 11:13:16 PM] DAVE: fucking beautiful [10/31/2014 11:13:16 PM] JANE: *It's finally over...but will the nightmares ever end?* [10/31/2014 11:13:41 PM] MEENAH: you know what. imma just unofficially revoke any apologies for war crimes against earth for that one [10/31/2014 11:14:06 PM] MEENAH: i dont think anymoby here can argue this one [10/31/2014 11:14:14 PM] DIRK: *is gonna go into jake's lil booth thing and harass him with his horse mask for the rest of the night* [10/31/2014 11:14:22 PM] DIRK: *horse smooches* [10/31/2014 11:14:26 PM] DIRK: *ur getting them* [10/31/2014 11:14:48 PM] ROXY: (gross) [10/31/2014 11:14:57 PM] DIRK: *UR NEXT* [10/31/2014 11:14:59 PM] TAVROS: *Exhales deeply and he leans back in his seat. The pain is over.* [10/31/2014 11:15:04 PM] JAKE: *;DDDDD* [10/31/2014 11:15:16 PM] ARADIA: - hugs on tavros- [10/31/2014 11:15:34 PM] TAVROS: *!* TAVROS: *Hugs on Aradia, grinning.* [10/31/2014 11:15:38 PM] HORUSS: That was.... awfoal.. [10/31/2014 11:16:10 PM] ROSE: I'm going to get another drink. [10/31/2014 11:16:45 PM] ERIDAN: get me another [10/31/2014 11:16:50 PM] ERIDAN: i need all the drinks [10/31/2014 11:17:02 PM] JANE: *Horuss, you are getting a not-so-sober pat on the back for that one* [10/31/2014 11:17:06 PM] ROSE: Of course, Ampora. [10/31/2014 11:17:58 PM] JADE: i need a drink too after that sheesh [10/31/2014 11:18:16 PM] KANAYA: Dont We All [10/31/2014 11:18:27 PM] KANAYA: *time to get crunkanaya* [10/31/2014 11:18:32 PM] ROSE: Four drinks, coming up. [10/31/2014 11:18:59 PM] ROSE: If you have preferences, speak them now, lest ye suffer the same cocktails as myself. [10/31/2014 11:19:00 PM] ERIDAN: *whispers to roxy tipsily* youre not takin this one [10/31/2014 11:19:10 PM] KANAYA: I Dont Mind That [10/31/2014 11:19:24 PM] JADE: i want something orange please :) [10/31/2014 11:19:26 PM] ERIDAN: i wwant captain morgans [10/31/2014 11:19:41 PM] ROSE: You are captain morgan, as far as I can tell. [10/31/2014 11:20:11 PM] ROSE: -First two drinks go to Jade and Eridan, as she continues making the rounds.- [10/31/2014 11:20:51 PM] ROXY: eridan u get loose when u get drunk and were doin movies contain urself *pat pat* [10/31/2014 11:21:01 PM] ROSE: On the contrary. [10/31/2014 11:21:05 PM] ROSE: Contain nothing. [10/31/2014 11:21:10 PM] ROSE: Raw and unfiltered. [10/31/2014 11:21:17 PM] ROSE: Your seadwelling queen commands it. [10/31/2014 11:21:30 PM] ROSE: -She shoves a drink in Kanaya's hand.- [10/31/2014 11:21:43 PM] ROXY: the high wizard of the skies raspberries at the seadwellin queen [10/31/2014 11:21:55 PM] ERIDAN: loose an FRISKY [10/31/2014 11:22:06 PM] ROXY: whoa there friend [10/31/2014 11:22:13 PM] MEENAH: *swivels head at the term seadweller queen* [10/31/2014 11:22:22 PM] ROSE: I have my own wizard. [10/31/2014 11:22:28 PM] NEPETA: :33 < another zombie mewvie [10/31/2014 11:22:30 PM] ROSE: Kanaya, hex her for her blasphemies against my majesty. [10/31/2014 11:23:54 PM] KARKAT: *Is Johnny in here, Johnny take notes* [10/31/2014 11:24:14 PM] JOHNNY: *johnny is very moved by the beautiful film* [10/31/2014 11:24:33 PM] ERIDAN: *sits on roxy* [10/31/2014 11:24:49 PM] ROXY: *lapfull of tall ass tipsy troll* [10/31/2014 11:25:07 PM] ERIDAN: *what more could you want* [10/31/2014 11:25:23 PM] JANE: *stumbles past all the real and fake seadwellers and all the other folks and merely heads for OUT* [10/31/2014 11:25:36 PM] ROXY: *being able to SEE, weeps. Nah she can see and just kinda leans her head against his chest* [10/31/2014 11:25:37 PM] KANAYA: I Will Commence The Hexing Immediately [10/31/2014 11:25:51 PM] KANAYA: *whips beard majestically* [10/31/2014 11:25:58 PM] ROSE: Oh, shit. [10/31/2014 11:25:58 PM] ERIDAN: *there u go* [10/31/2014 11:26:01 PM | Edited 11:26:08 PM] ROSE: You are in the shit now, Roxy. [10/31/2014 11:26:10 PM] ROXY: kanny dont make me pick up my staff [10/31/2014 11:26:41 PM] KANAYA: It Is As They Say On My Wizardly Brethren [10/31/2014 11:27:01 PM] ROXY: *picks up the staff* then uve already sealed your own fate [10/31/2014 11:27:08 PM] ROSE: In a matter befitting of donkey kong. [10/31/2014 11:27:32 PM] TAVROS: *He had zoned the fuck out from hugging the rail and he is now just ?? ? ? ? What is happening.* [10/31/2014 11:27:36 PM] JADE: haha bye! [10/31/2014 11:27:45 PM] TAVROS: *People driving cars is happening.* [10/31/2014 11:27:49 PM] NEPEATA: *nibbles snacks* [10/31/2014 11:28:06 PM] ROSE: Jade, I'm fairly certain you'd be the only one among us to survive a zombie apocalypse. [10/31/2014 11:28:09 PM] TAVROS: *AND PEOPLE GETTING ALL BLEEDY AND SHOT WITH GUNS IS ALSO HAPPENING.* [10/31/2014 11:28:23 PM] NEPETA: *continues her content nibbling* [10/31/2014 11:28:42 PM] TAVROS: *Looks at Nepeta like "do you need more snacks"* [10/31/2014 11:29:27 PM] JANE: *So long all! This Poirot is going to sleep, with so many nightmares of talking mice, sinking ships, eyebrows, zombies and most of all, David Bowie's crotch* [10/31/2014 11:29:47 PM] NEPETA: *She's good and has back-up jerky on hand but is now just sitting with her tail waving contently, likely hitting Tavros in the arm every now and again* [10/31/2014 11:30:13 PM] ROSE: -She gives a two-fingered wave at that.- [10/31/2014 11:30:36 PM] JADE: me??? :D [10/31/2014 11:30:43 PM] KARKAT: (WHO'S THE DOUCHE?) [10/31/2014 11:30:43 PM] ROSE: Please. Who else? [10/31/2014 11:31:13 PM] ERIDAN: *so much captain morgan dranked* [10/31/2014 11:31:13 PM] JADE: hmm good question [10/31/2014 11:31:33 PM] ROSE: A rhetorical question is generally, by definition, not a good question. [10/31/2014 11:31:39 PM] ROSE: But fine by me. [10/31/2014 11:31:48 PM] JADE: >: O [10/31/2014 11:32:21 PM] TAVROS: *Why the hitting???? He doesn't mind though, so he just lets her go at it. He is feeling kind of sleepy though, and he isn't able to focus all that much on the movie. At least it wasn't more horrible animation.* [10/31/2014 11:33:06 PM] JADE: snowballs!!!!!! [10/31/2014 11:33:21 PM] ROSE: Snowballs. [10/31/2014 11:33:24 PM] ROXY: mmm [10/31/2014 11:33:28 PM] ERIDAN: i want a snowwpball [10/31/2014 11:33:32 PM] ROSE: The consistency is all wrong. [10/31/2014 11:34:02 PM] ERIDNA: all cold an coconauty [10/31/2014 11:34:41 PM | Edited 11:34:55 PM] ROXY: delish [10/31/2014 11:34:57 PM] JADE: ..... [10/31/2014 11:34:58 PM] TEREZI: *clowns* [10/31/2014 11:35:44 PM] ROSE: -She giggles a bit uncontrollably into her drink.- [10/31/2014 11:36:06 PM] KANAYA: Rose What [10/31/2014 11:36:30 PM] ROSE: -Still giggling, she grabs onto Kanaya for support.- [10/31/2014 11:36:34 PM] ROSE: Ahahahaha! [10/31/2014 11:37:36 PM] JADE: shes totally ok [10/31/2014 11:37:42 PM] KANAYA: Rose Rose Please [10/31/2014 11:37:44 PM] ROSE: ;D [10/31/2014 11:37:49 PM] KANAYA: Um [10/31/2014 11:37:49 PM] NEPETA: :33 < here we go [10/31/2014 11:39:01 PM] ROSE: -She should probably sit down.- [10/31/2014 11:39:14 PM] TEREZI: *dying of laughter* [10/31/2014 11:39:32 PM] KARKAT: *pats the matesprit's back* [10/31/2014 11:40:08 PM] KANAYA: Are You Ok [10/31/2014 11:40:16 PM] KANAYA: *holds her romantically* [10/31/2014 11:40:24 PM] KANAYA: *beard brushing against her* [10/31/2014 11:41:58 PM] ROSE: -She cackles and clings to her, and rubs her face on the beard.- [10/31/2014 11:42:08 PM] NEPETA: (get the marrow) [10/31/2014 11:42:26 PM] ROSE: I am perfect. And you are beyond perfect. [10/31/2014 11:43:34 PM] KANAYA: You Are [10/31/2014 11:43:37 PM] KANAYA: Something [10/31/2014 11:43:51 PM] JADE: hehehehe [10/31/2014 11:43:51 PM] ROSE: -She does slump down to sit.- [10/31/2014 11:43:59 PM] KANAYA: *makes sure she doesn't fall* [10/31/2014 11:44:16 PM | Edited 11:44:22 PM] JADE: hes a biggun [10/31/2014 11:44:22 PM] ROSE: ;) [10/31/2014 11:44:22 PM] ERIDAN: !!!!!!!!! [10/31/2014 11:44:36 PM] ROSE: She sluurps her drink.- [10/31/2014 11:45:04 PM] TEREZI: 1NCR3D1BL3 [10/31/2014 11:45:07 PM] NEPETA: :33 < oh furick [10/31/2014 11:45:51 PM] TAVROS: *He had been nodding off, and he swiftly pulled himself back in a rather sharp motion. Blinking wildly and rubbing at his eyes. He should probably get to bed, he nudged Nepeta lightly with his shoulder.* (aH, i AM GOING TO GO, iT WAS NICE TO WATCH MOVIES THOUGH, aND TO MEET YOUR NEW PAL, hEHE,) *He gets up to leave, waving at her and then he is out.* [10/31/2014 11:46:46 PM] NEPETA: *turns and gives a nod* (ok tavros! sl33p well!) [10/31/2014 11:46:56 PM] KARKAT: *watching* [10/31/2014 11:47:44 PM] JADE: i saw that rose [10/31/2014 11:47:52 PM] ROSE: Never! [10/31/2014 11:48:37 PM] ROSE: You saw naught. [10/31/2014 11:48:44 PM] ROSE: Also, my name is Rosild. [10/31/2014 11:48:45 PM] JADE: i saw everything [10/31/2014 11:48:49 PM] JADE: ..... rosild [10/31/2014 11:49:26 PM] ROSE: Rosild Lalond. [10/31/2014 11:49:31 PM] ROSE: Queen of the Seas. [10/31/2014 11:49:55 PM] JADE: beautiful [10/31/2014 11:49:59 PM] JADE: i feel that [10/31/2014 11:50:06 PM] ROSE: Thank you. [10/31/2014 11:50:11 PM] ROSE: Your life will be spared, peasant. [10/31/2014 11:50:25 PM] JADE: thank you prin-- queen [10/31/2014 11:50:42 PM] ROSE: Ah, you would do best to respect my station. [10/31/2014 11:50:53 PM] JADE: your royal majesty [10/31/2014 11:51:17 PM] ROSE: I am going to make you a duchess. [10/31/2014 11:51:22 PM] JADE: :D!!! [10/31/2014 11:51:32 PM] ROSE: Duchess Jade Harley. [10/31/2014 11:52:38 PM | Edited 11:52:43 PM] JADE: i want to be a troll duchess too [10/31/2014 11:52:50 PM] JADE: i have to make a trollsona later [10/31/2014 11:52:55 PM] ROSE: Alas, few can achieve the level of trollhood as myself. [10/31/2014 11:54:00 PM] KANAYA: Barring Actual Trolls [10/31/2014 11:55:08 PM] ROSE: Oh, please, Kanaya. You're far beyond trollkind. [10/31/2014 11:55:16 PM] ROSE: You're among the ranks of the wizardly. [10/31/2014 11:57:46 PM] KANAYA: I Dare Say I Am Above You All [10/31/2014 11:58:43 PM] ROSE: So lofty a being. Yet humble enough to collude with we, the lesser. [10/31/2014 11:58:53 PM] ROSE: -She gives her a tickly beard-kiss.- [10/31/2014 11:59:11 PM] KANAYA: Hee [10/31/2014 11:59:32 PM] I like it. [10/31/2014 11:59:44 PM] KANAYA: My Wizardly Status Or My Beard [10/31/2014 11:59:55 PM] ROSE: Both. [11/1/2014 12:01:43 AM | Edited 12:01:46 AM] KANAYA: Good [11/1/2014 12:13:12 AM] KARKAT: *He's grinning because what a huge dork* [11/1/2014 12:13:22 AM] KANAYA: *everyone here is a dork pls* [11/1/2014 12:14:05 AM] JADE: i cant believe john is missing this [11/1/2014 12:14:13 AM] ROSE: Oh my god, you're right. [11/1/2014 12:14:48 AM] JADE: ...what did they expect [11/1/2014 12:15:05 AM] ROSE: They're high. [11/1/2014 12:15:11 AM] ROSE: I don't think they thought it through. [11/1/2014 12:16:00 AM] JADE: there he goes [11/1/2014 12:16:25 AM] ROSE: -MORE UNCONTROLLABLE CACKLING.- [11/1/2014 12:17:01 AM] KANAYA: *facepalm* [11/1/2014 12:18:35 AM] KARKAT: *Ok now it's kinda sad* [11/1/2014 12:19:35 AM] JADE: theyre wasting so much ammo.... [11/1/2014 12:19:49 AM] ROSE: (See, this is why she'd be the only survivor.) [11/1/2014 12:20:00 AM] KANAYA: (I Believe It) [11/1/2014 12:21:05 AM] TEREZI: *pats Karkat's hand; it's going to be okay* [11/1/2014 12:22:01 AM] KARKAT: *Well now the sad's passed, now it's getting sappy* [11/1/2014 12:22:32 AM] TEREZI: *laughing again* [11/1/2014 12:22:55 AM] KARKAT: (THIS DUNDERFUCK DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DANCE.) [11/1/2014 12:23:27 AM] KANAYA: (Rude) [11/1/2014 12:24:01 AM] KARKAT: (FOILED. GOOD.) [11/1/2014 12:29:14 AM] TEREZI: W3LL, 1T US3D TO B3 ZOMB13FR33 [11/1/2014 12:29:27 AM] ROSE: So mcuh for that. [11/1/2014 12:29:45 AM] KARKAT: THEY'RE MORONS. [11/1/2014 12:29:59 AM] ROSE: Kind of, yes. [11/1/2014 12:30:07 AM] ROSE: When the world ends, somehow only the dumbest people survive. [11/1/2014 12:30:27 AM] NEPETA: :33 < im sure all the smart people are just off radar [11/1/2014 12:30:49 AM] ROSE: Establishing a utopian bubble society somewhere far away from the zombie hordes. [11/1/2014 12:31:05 AM | Edited 12:31:08 AM] NEPETA: :33 < and the dumb ones [11/1/2014 12:31:07 AM | Edited 12:31:18 AM] TEREZI: 1F TH3 WORLD 3NDS PL34S3 S4Y W3 WONT DO 4NYTH1NG TH1S DUMB [11/1/2014 12:31:37 AM] KARKAT: I DON'T THINK I CAN MAKE ANY PROMISES LIKE THAT UNTIL WE GET THERE. [11/1/2014 12:36:41 AM] TEREZI: WHO T4K3S SH3LT3R 4T 4N 4MUS3M3NT P4RK? [11/1/2014 12:37:26 AM] KARKAT: THEY WENT FOR FUN AND DIDN'T THINK THE LIGHTS AND SOUNDS WOULD DRAW ATTENTION. [11/1/2014 12:37:29 AM] KARKAT: AT NIGHT. [11/1/2014 12:38:04 AM] ROSE: Note how he's taking the time to pose while shooting. [11/1/2014 12:38:15 AM] NEPETA: :33 < majestic [11/1/2014 12:38:24 AM] NEPETA: :33 < i should take notes [11/1/2014 12:39:27 AM] KARKAT: HE'S FUCKING STUPID HE COULD'VE HIT IT WITH THE GUN. [11/1/2014 12:40:23 AM] TEREZI: 4M4T3URS [11/1/2014 12:40:35 AM] JADE: osnap [11/1/2014 12:40:49 AM] NEPETA: :33 < gross [11/1/2014 12:41:26 AM] ROSE: It's a symbolic gesture. The hammer represents the expectations of masculinity in a post-modern world.

[tankedgnostomanic-blog]

Bar bidness

ERIDAN: *he's probably already at the bar, sitting in his usual spot, sipping at his purply drink*

DIRK: *cool guy strolls into bar*

ROXY: *chatting up the ampora and sipping herself a soda*

ROXY: *beefcake on deck*

ERIDAN: *chat chat chat* *glances at the NEWCOMER* oh its him

DIRK: *it me*

ROXY: heeeyyyy distri

DIRK: *nods at them like sup* Hey.

ROXY: *fixes up his usual but puts a lime gummy candy under the orange one*

ROXY: *eyebrows*

ROXY: *wowie lookatemgo*

DIRK: *BI* Aren't you clever. *takes drink and sits down with fronds*

ROXY: when u say it like that i can only assume so

ERIDAN: .. wwait wwhats clevver

ERIDAN: *confusion abounds*

DIRK: *clears throat before sipping drink, shrugging like iunno*

ROXY: me *snorts, obvs come on*

ERIDAN: wwhatd you do thats so clevver though all you did wwas make an orange drink wwith some green shit in it

JAKE: *as if it's his queue he walks on in* Boy howdy todays a fantabulous day!

ROXY: heeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

JAKE: Hey! *GRINS ALL AROUND* *goes and takes a seat* How are you two.... er... three!

ROXY: i

ROXY: am

ERIDAN: *narrows eyes at jake. whos this douchebag?*

ROXY: great

DIRK: *HE'S HERE.* Sup.

DIRK: *wait he asked a question*

DIRK: I'm pretty chill.

ROXY: *catches eridans narrowy eyes* stop all the glarinnnn *poke*

ROXY: *face poke, poke ya face*

ERIDAN: wwhat NO *AUGH facepokes* *ceases glaring and swats at roxy's hand*

JAKE: Ah excellent! That sure was a grand ol time we had last night wasnt it?

ROXY: more like yes or the poke trains still gonna onload proddy cargo all over ur grill *waggles finger at threateningly*

DIRK: *smirks* You liked that? Even though I straight up served your ass on a silver platter?

ERIDAN: fiinnne ill BEHAVVE *huffer mchufferson*

ROXY: *good sport, you get a cherry*

JAKE: You merely caught me off guard! The next time we get our fisticuffs on it wont be so easy.

ERIDAN: *!!!* *he nibbles on the cherry*

DIRK: Yeah, we'll see.

DIRK: *sideways glances at jake like I DON'T BELIEVE YOU*

DIRK: *while sipping drink*

ERIDAN: so wwho the fu- ... wwho is this *he slurps at his drink, trying to tone his language down so he dont get in trouble*

ROXY: oh what??? uve never met jake

ERIDAN: no i havvent evven seen him so i can only assume hes a civvilian

ROXY: film documentatoricor extraordinaire

ROXY: man on a mission

JAKE: The very best of the best! *puffs chest out, dorkily*

ERIDAN: ... uh huh

ROXY: in some areas they call him the swoonado

DIRK: *claps jake on the back* He's got the eye of the tiger.

ROXY: category 3 swooning for all those he passes

ROXY: also fine collector of animal organs specifically the looky bits

ERIDAN: *an eyebrow is so raised right now. this guy looks like a complete loser. it must be a human thing*

DIRK: Still can't beat me in a wrestling match, though.

ROXY: well yeah ur 400 percentilage stronk fuckin man

JAKE: As if! If we werent in the presence of an officer of the ship id make you chew your bloomers!

ROXY: oh shittt

ERIDAN: wwell at least SOMEONE knowws wwho i am

JAKE: *lightly punches dirk's shoulder for emphasis*

DIRK: *doesn't know how to react to chew your bloomers, so he just punches jake right back, not quite as lightly*

JAKE: *woah, jake gets pushed some by that* *he takes another swing at dirk's shoulder, a little harder*

ERIDAN: ...

DIRK: *smirks, rubbing his shoulder* You pickin' a fight, Jake? Cuz I don't mind messing you up in front of Co-Cap.

JAKE: No are you? I can be a right proper chap and be the bigger man here. I would hate to make you look bad in front of him!

JAKE: *grin grin grin*

JAKE: *he wants to tussle*

ERIDAN: *glances at roxy and mutters to her* these twwo black datin or somethin

ROXY: *leans to eridan* nah this happens everytime theyre in the bar

ERIDAN: wwoww an evveryone though i wwas bad

ROXY: its a friendly thing tho

ROXY: fight friends

ERIDAN: wwhat so theyre allowwed to fight an no one cares

ROXY: just showin ur buddy who belongs face down ass up

DIRK: *EYES ROXY*

DIRK: *S T O P...*

ROXY: *this rootbeer is DELICIOUS*

ROXY: or flat on their back???? *shruggggg is that better*

ERIDAN: huh... so if vvris comes in here i can beat her up

ROXY: no

JAKE: ...

DIRK: Looks like we gotta keep it cool. Ampora here is getting the wrong idea.

JAKE: I keep forgetting trolls have an entirely different view on relationships. *tugs at his collar with a sweat*

ROXY: yeah they do but its not that bad gettin a lil hot under the collar mr english?

JAKE: N-no! Im a perfectly normal temperature for a perfectly average feeling gent.

ROXY: iono i think u look p hot

JADE: *slides in to eavesdrop*

DIRK: *goes quiet as he sips his shipping colored drink*

DIRK: *OH NO ITS JADE*

ROXY: *looks to dirk* dont u

JADE: *OH YES ITS ME*

DIRK: *chokes*

ROXY: omg dirk be carrreeeful *hands napkins*

ROXY: *all the napkins*

ROXY: *woman laughing with square napkins*

JAKE: *hasnt even noticed the shipping colors because he's lame. He did notice the green but thought nothing of it* Oh hello jade!

JADE: hi!! :D

JADE: nice little get-together we have here

ROXY: hey jade! welcome 2 the party :3

DIRK: Oh hey, Jade. *THINGS CAN ONLY GET WORSE NOW*

ERIDAN: if you wwanna call it that

ROXY: shoosh u

JADE: i wanna call it that!

ERIDAN: *hunches down to try and avoid any face pokes*

ERIDAN: ... *realizes he's a lone troll surrounded by humans*

DIRK: *you're out numbered*

ROXY: *lets mug him*

JADE: *TAKE THAT NERD*

ERIDAN: *WWEH*

ROXY: what brings u down jadey bby

JADE: mostly you to be honest!! but its cool seeing who else shows up :)

JADE: *glaaances at dirk*

DIRK: *glaaaances back*

JADE: whats going on anyway?

JAKE: Just chums knocking back a few!

DIRK: And not knocking each other out. Unfortunately.

ROXY: *presses lips together*

ROXY: *i am control*

JOHN: i feel like i walked in on a rather intimate moment.

DIRK: *dammit now random assholes are in on it*

ROXY: heeyyyyy new guy

DIRK: *glances over at the sound of a stranger's voice*

ROXY: grab a chair *pats counter*

ERIDAN: *oh god another human. Nothing but humans here*

JOHN: [ You give everyone a curious glance, but plop on down on the counter of some place that you don't know. ]

JOHN: so, what exactly did i miss.

JOHN: wait, do i even want to know?

ERIDAN: you better not be staff otherwwise im sendin you right the hell back outta here to get registered

JOHN: if i were staff, would i look this pretty?

ERIDAN: excuse you *glaring ensues*

DIRK: Eh.

JAKE: Im not staff and i am a right handsome devil. I think this fellow makes a good point! *so many grins*

JADE: *Jade is just. Staring.*

JOHN: excuse me for what? [ Oops, you're a snarky asshole. ]

JOHN: being pretty?

JOHN: being dashing?

JADE: um

JADE: .......... /john/?????????

ROXY: omg

JOHN: or is it for being witty?

JOHN: what huh, who said that.

DIRK: *looks between Jake and John*

DIRK: *he remains quiet again*

JOHN: WAIT.

JADE: *she hops off her bar stool, alarmed*

ROXY: wait for it

JOHN: JADE?!?!

JADE: JOHN!!!!?????

ERIDAN: wwhat the fuck

ROXY: there we go

DIRK: Seriously?

JOHN: gassssssssp!!!!!!!

ROXY: *siiiiippppp*

ROXY: same shit diff day

JADE: *she all but tackles him*

ERIDAN: does evvery goddamned human in the univverse knoww each other i mean i kneww your population wwas small but goddamn

JADE: omg john!!!!

JOHN: you stole the words-- OOPH!

ROXY: *face poke*

ERIDAN: FUCK

JADE: what are you even DOING HERE??? *You can't escape the hug. Not yet anyway.*

ERIDAN: *simmers down from face poking*

JOHN: help, i have been tackled by a furry and cannot get up.

JADE: oh shh

DIRK: *snrk*

JOHN: :)

DIRK: *wait he has no room to laugh he's a bigger furry*

JAKE: A furry...? *blink blink blink*

JADE: gosh i cant even-- do rose and dave know youre here!???

JADE: you are all such jerks surprising me like this

JOHN: uhuhuhuhuh, i dunno.

JADE: ...

JOHN: well, to the do rose and dave.

JADE: you havent seen them yet either???

JOHN: i am here for school.

JOHN: and no.

JOHN: no i have not.

JADE: oh my god

JADE: john!

JOHN: that's what she said.

JOHN: (sorry, not sorry.)

JADE: ...

ROXY: indisappointment

JOHN: heheheheheh.

JADE: *no more hugging. hugging time is done.*

ROXY: *sssssiiiiiipppppp*

ERIDAN: *sluuuurp*

JADE: *just head shaking now.*

JADE: *GDI*

JADE: *there he goes*

ARADIA: -john you fickle idiot-

ARADIA: -anyway here's aradia-

ERIDAN: *oh thank god he's not the only troll here now*

DIRK: *good old aradia. hopefully she doesn't read dirk like a book like all his other lady friends*

DIRK: Hey, Aradia.

ARADIA: -she smiles at everyone and goes up to the bar.- hello dirk!

ARADIA: long time no see! or talk!

ROXY: hey aradia!

DIRK: Yeah, I've been a lil scarce these days. What's been up?

ARADIA: hi roxy!

ARADIA: not much just keeping myself entertained

ARADIA: reorganizing my skull collection!

ERIDAN: oh hey

ARADIA: going over my notes for cool dead leaders ive learned about- hello eridan!

DIRK: Glad you're keeping yourself so busy.

ARADIA: me too!

ARADIA: what have you been doing?

DIRK: Buildin' robots. Tusslin'. Facing the realities of my past. You know, basic shit.

JAKE: Realities of your past eh? Like with that whole brother thing?

DIRK: Yeeeep...

DIRK: It's a lil bit unreal having blood relatives you assumed to be dead and/or nonexistant suddenly thrust into your daily life.

DIRK: *might as well talk about it nonchalantly since LITERALLY EVERYBODY knows*

ARADIA: oh wow!

ARADIA: that sounds pretty intense

JAKE: *stares off into space IMAGINGING HOW THAT MIGHT BE* That sounds like it would make an excellent plot for a movie... in fact im pretty certain ive seen films like that!

ERIDAN: dont talk like you get it ara its not like us trolls havve shit like that

DIRK: My life would make a rad movie.

ARADIA: i didnt say i understood! i just said it sounds intense

ERIDAN: howw wwould it evven sound intense it sounds like nothin

ROXY: *FACE POKE* its a whole big thing dummy

ERIDAN: UGH

DIRK: *quietly chomps candies. yeah, come to think of it, it probably shouldn't be a huge deal.*

ARADIA: i know a lot about humans! familial structure is usually kind of important

ERIDAN: if i say anythin else rox is just gunna keep pokin me

ARADIA: is that a bad thing

ROXY: poking in the not fun way

ARADIA: oh!

ARADIA: but it might be fun to watch right?

ERIDAN: no im not gunna say anymore shit to get poked

ARADIA: oh all right thats fine!

JAKE: *sllurps up the rest of his drink*

ROXY: *snickers*

DIRK: *nudges empty glass at roxy like gimmie a refill*

ROXY: *takes the glass and fixes him a new drink, no face pokes for you just subtle friend prodding*

ROXY: all pokin aside this is meetup central

ROXY: now idk about how i feel about hookups in the bar

ROXY: r we related are we distant cousins or uncles or somethin

ROXY: whoo knoowws

ROXY: its the will of the ship

DIRK: Ugh. Don't even go there.

DIRK: That's a terrifying thought.

ERIDAN: thats wwhy you humans gotta stop carin about that noise i sure dont

DIRK: *turns to Jake* You well acquainted with your family tree, Jake?

JAKE: ... Ah... id like to think i am! And im pretty darned certain i have no long lost relatives aboard this ship.

ARADIA: does anyone ever really hook up in the bar?

DIRK: *raises a brow at her* Well, yeah.

DIRK: For example, you.

ERIDAN: no kiddin evveryons heard about that

ARADIA: no i mean!

ARADIA: -she bllushes-

ARADIA: -blushes even-

ARADIA: i mean inside the bar i didnt-

ARADIA: not inside

DIRK: Haha, oh my god.

DIRK: Nobody meant it that way.

ARADIA: oh well hahaha

DIRK: It's in pretty poor taste gettin' freaky on the tables here.

ARADIA: thats what i was wondering!

ERIDAN: ... *sips his drink trying to cover up the fact that his face is lighting up some*

JAKE: ...!

ARADIA: -stop blushing aradia stop blushing-

DIRK: I mean, unless people are in here doin' it while it's closed.

DIRK: That's a possibility, I guess.

ARADIA: is it?

JAKE: Why yes the afterhours would be a prime time for some boots knocking. Folks do that in film all the time!

DIRK: You an expert on that topic, Jake?

JAKE: W what?! No! I just... have seen it a few dozen times. *oh no, now he's flustered*

DIRK: *OH NO CUTE* I think that might constitute for expert knowledge.

JAKE: Nope nuh uh it doesnt i swear!!

DIRK: I dunno, man. I'd think having an educated opinion on boots knockin' would be something worth bragging about.

JAKE: N no i disagree and i also think this conversation deserves a change of topic!

ROXY: idkkkkkk

DIRK: Whatever you say. *hides his smiles by sipping drink*

ARADIA: :D

ERIDAN: are wwe DONE talkin about this shit

ROXY: *watches dirk grin and snorts* ooooohhh touchy

ROXY: we didnt mean to make u uncomfy *pat pat*

ROXY: poorbby

ERIDAN: im not uncomfy *huffpout* *he totally is, he's blushing still, particularly when he glances at roxy*

ROXY: shhshshshshshhhh *whispers* u dont have to prove anythin 2 anyone we believe u

ERIDAN: *blinks* you do

ROXY: :)

CGG ceased responding to memo.

ERIDAN: wwell then *puffs his chest som PLEASED she believes him*

ROXY: *i dont tho, but sips drink regardless*

ERIDAN: *HE HAS SO MUCH BELIEF RIGHT NOW*

ROXY: *secretly crushes his dreams*

ERIDAN: *so oblivious to dream crushing* *sip sip drink and puts cup out for more when it's gone*

JAKE: *what a lovely evening this is being!*

ROXY: use ur words

ERIDAN: ... rox can i please havve a goddamned refill

ROXY: mmmmmmmmm

ERIDAN: *staare*

DIRK: *NOW HE'S GIVIN ROXY THAT "HMMM" LOOK SHES BEEN GIVIN HIM*

ROXY: . . . .yeeeahhhhhh *fixes him a drink and glances at dirk, TAKE A PICTURE NERD*

DIRK: *maybe I will*

ERIDAN: *fins perk up and he accepts his drink* *mumbles a thanks and sips*

JAKE: *OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING*

DIRK: *immortalize this moment so whenever u pick on me I can flash this shit at u*

ROXY: *i take gr8 pictures do it DO IT*

DIRK: So hey... We should be landing on Earth tomorrow, right?

ERIDAN: yeah somethin like that

ROXY: ur gonna do some explorin and gathering too?

ERIDAN: *glances at dirk*

DIRK: *OOPS thought she was asking eridan* Who, me? Hell yeah. Wouldn't miss it.

ROXY: what all r you gonna do *has list*

DIRK: *iunno noise* Mostly just gonna follow Jake around for his thing.

ROXY: mmmmmmmmm i seeee

ROXY: followin himll get u good view of things

JAKE: Were going to be doing all sorts of faffing about the land scoping out any wild beasts that might roam.

ROXY: *butt jokes*

DIRK: Yeah, you can count on a lot of scoping.

JAKE: *grins stupidly*

DIRK: *B//T*

ROXY: *eyebrows*

DIRK: *eats his candies before standing up* Well, I hate to break up this party by removing the life of it, but I gotta get back to the lab.

JAKE: Oh thats fine dirk! I might skidaddle myself. I have a lot of prepping up to do before tomorrow!

DIRK: Hey, yeah. And hit me up before you do your expedition, dude.

JAKE: Of course!

DIRK: *THUMBS UPPU*

DIRK: I'll catch y'all later then.

ERIDAN: *raises a brow*

ROXY: later distri *waves*

JAKE: You too dirk! *waves as well*

ROXY: *smiles for miles lalonde*

DIRK: *strider OUT*

JAKE: *Jake also staaands* Ill take my leave as well then. *gives a little bow* Toodle pip old girl! Ill send a message your way in the morn.

ERIDAN: *scrunches his nose*

ROXY: *grins and wiggles fingers* ttyl jakey boy

JAKE: *skips and hops on out of the bar!*

[technologicgodot]

until we fall asleep

You don’t know much, but you know you want to be like him.

He is one step ahead of you in every subject, every milestone, every achievement. He runs while your tiny fingers grasp onto furniture just to move around efficiently. He can say some words that your parents say – limited, yet fascinating. You want to speak like he does, but you can’t yet, even when you try. You are stuck to a language that only you can be fluent in, but you swear sometimes that they understand you.

He learns just like you do: from your mom and your dad, from colorful puppets on the television screen, from all the things you can see and all the things you can hear, from falling and getting hurt only to be placed on your own two feet again. Maybe sometimes he recognizes that you also learn from him, given that from time to time he tries to show you the ropes -- whether you understand or not.

He tells you the names of characters on your favorite shows, what you call the tiny circles that taste good when you put them in your mouth. He adamantly instructs you to take Mom’s bracelet out of your mouth when you find it deserted on a coffee table. It doesn’t taste good like the circles do, but the texture feels interesting enough against your tongue. Interesting enough to do it again and again just to watch his purely animated reactions.

You love to watch him respond to the little things you do, especially when you get something out of it. It’s fun for a few moments to take the tiny stuffed horse straight out of his hands when he isn’t paying attention, just so he lunges forward to wrestle it away from you when you refuse to give it back. It doesn’t last long as a pair of hands descend for each of you and pull you away, reclaiming that stuffed horse you didn’t really want in the first place. Minutes later, you follow him around the small apartment as if nothing ever happened.

On most nights, you play in the water together, but as far as you’re concerned it has no other purpose. You sleep in the same room, in separate cribs but in close proximity, and if one of you wakes up, so does the other, and neither of you have to face the darkness alone.

He has several names, all which mean the same to you. Dirk, big brother, big guy, bro, and more. Each of those words have one definition alone, and he is every single one of them.

Your first trip as a family throws off your routine, so you stick by his side. He is the consistent factor in your life, the one person that changes as you change. Tonight, you won’t sleep in your beds, but with your parents instead. And while the lights are on, you lay side by side, and you watch him put his thumb in his mouth so you put yours in your mouth, too.

And you watch each other until you fall asleep.

[arseniccaudal-blog]

Capes and Thongs

DUALSCAR: *Pigs must be learning how to fly, because once again Dualscar has taken someone else's advice to heart. Actually leaving his block to get some exercise that isn't just wholly about moping and eating tuna straight out of the can. He made his way to the pool after having properly cleaned up, looking as professional and stylish as ever. He dressed himself down in the changing area and stepped inside the po

wearing a rather snassy pair of black and violet wetsuit pants. Would you look at those hips? Hot dang. He strides in and around like he owns the place. What up.*

ARADIA: -aradia enters, maybe hearing something about a pool party? she figures it's a good opportunity to get to know other people, and she's bound to run into someone that she knows there. so it's really a win win. as she sets her things down on a chair, she looks over to the water, where an older troll is currently swimming. she smiles warmly at him.- oh hello!

ERIDAN: *ENTERS THE POOL AREA AS WELL, except he's here to start working on getting back in shape* *he's a little annoyed when he steps in and other people are around, though. Now they can gawk at his flabby self an new scar* *he decides to take a detour through the locker rooms first*

NEPETA: :33 < *Nepeta's being in the pool area was mostly because it was pretty nice and she did like the smell of the water. She'd b33n in once and decided to enter in trunks and her usual tank/hat combo only without her jacket. Boy howdy look people, which was fine maybe she could draw some of them*

DUALSCAR: *He had just gotten to dive into the water, taking a few strokes before resurfacing. Brushing some hair out of his face, fins twitching as he heard someone call out. He gives the younger troll a friendly nod in greeting, swimming a little closer since he wasn't entierly able to make them out. He casually put and arm over the edge of the pool, looking at them.* HELLO TA YE TOO.

DUALSCAR: *So smooth and casual, look at him go.*

FEFERI: *Did someone say "pool party"? Feferi was already there, eager to meet and mingle, hopefully make some more last minute connections before announcing the date for the party. The only face she recognized upon arrival was Dualscar's... but there seemed to be other girls too! Did she know them?? It didn't matter. Feferi was launching herself in a cannonball into the water.* DUALSCAR!!!!!!!

FEFERI: *SPLOOSH*

ARADIA: -he seems nice and friendly!- i dont think weve met yet- -and then she laughs because that is definitely the heiress-

ARADIA: -might as well just take off her outer clothes so she's just in her swimwear-

DUALSCAR: NO. I DON'T RECKON WWE HAVV-- *He is cut off by someone shouting his name, and he turns his head around only to get hit by a wave of water. He dives under to avoid it, blinking as he tries to see who the fuck that was. OH. He swims over to Feferi, still underwater, and gives a poke right on the forehead before swiftly swimming away. It had been too long since he had been submerged fully underwater, so he

feeling pretty good.*

ERIDAN: *he comes back out and pauses again when he sees feferi is now here too* *he's sporting a new scar across his stomach, as well as a few others, but that one's pretty obvious* *he steps for the pool and hopes no one notices he's there before he can get in and start exercising in the top tier of the poor*

ARADIA: -too late- hi eridan! -she sees him all right and waves at him-

ERIDAN: *FUCK* uh hey ara

FEFERI: *Obviously her entrance into the pool was perfect. She grinned at Dualscar as he prodded her forehead, waving at him as he swam away. She bobs back up to the surface, recognizing yet ANOTHER face with a wide, pretty unsettling smile on her face.* ---ERIDAN!!! 38D!!! )(----EY!!!!

FEFERI: *immediately swims over to him*

ERIDAN: *FUUCK* *everyone noticed him* hey fef

ERIDAN: the pools real damned crowwded today

NEPETA: :33 < *All these people, hell yes she was going to draw them. If fun things like this happened here often she might come back, f33t in the water in the corner of the pool and starts to doodle them all up*

DUALSCAR: *He decides to resurface after a little while too, moving hair out of his face again. He glances in direction of where Feferi went, and raises an eyebrow at the scarred seadweller. He had the same horns as him. Okaaay? Awkward staring is go.*

LATULA: -OH SN4PZ 1T LOOKS L1K3 SOM3TH1NG'S 4BOUT TO GO DOWN STR41GHT-UP.-

FEFERI: I know!!! Isn't it great? *eyes the great big scar he has with a little bit of shock* )(oly s)(ipwreck! W)(en you said "accident", you didn't mention anyfin about "MAUL--ED".

ERIDAN: i wwasnt MAULED i wwas blowwn up *starts to slip into the water*

LATULA: -Som3on3 1MPOSS1BLY S1CKN4STY gr1nds 4long th3 3dg3 of th3 pool, c4tch3s on th3 d1v1ng bo4rd 4nd do3s som3 k1nd of 43rodyn4m1c FL1P 1nto th3 w4t3r.-

LATULA: WOO!

ERIDAN: *GODDAYUM*

ARADIA: -wow!-

TEREZI: *She can hear the pandemonium from the locker room and with her stuff slung over her shoulder and a towel over her arm, she pokes her nose out the door. 1s it safe?*

FEFERI: *about to say something when a giant splash is heard over yonder* 38O!

NEPETA: :33 < *eyebrows, lifts up sketchpad so it doesnt get wet but still hot dang*

ARADIA: -there's a lot of action over here so aradia goes to sit next to nepeta, sticking her feet in the water, too.- hi nepeta

LATULA: -1t 1s cl34rly no long3r s4f3.-

LATULA: -3v3ryon3 pr3s3nt 1s 1n d4ng3r of 3xp3r13nc1ng som3 S3R1OUS R4D PO1SON1NG.-

LATULA: -Th4t's 4 pun.-

LATULA: -4bout r4d14t1on.-

TEREZI: *or sane*

DUALSCAR: *Blown up? So this was the co captain? He quits pondering as something insanely RADICAL (as the kids call it) just went down. He dives back under as the radical troll flipped into the water.*

FEFERI: I bet... T)(at's Latula!!! *brightens up and abandons Eridan to go and greet the teal-blooded troll* Latula??

LATULA: yooo grltyp3. dont w34r out th3 n4m3. >8]

FEFERI: It's me!! Feferi! 38D

NEPETA: :33 < *turns to who joined her, and beams* hi purradia! how are mew doing?

ARADIA: im great!

ARADIA: how are you doing

LATULA: oh SH1T th4tz you!!!!

LATULA: b4b3z 1 tot4lly couldv3 p3gg3d th4t w1th th3 goggl3z 4nd g1llz 4nd sh1t!

NEPETA: :33 < pawesome! especially not that were on the move again! *curls tail all contently* just sitting around was really boring...

DUALSCAR: *He just kind of swims swiftly back and forth underwater. He hadn't expected the pool to be so crowded, and he still felt vaugely sorry for himself, so he wouldn't bother the youngins. At least when they were all shouty.*

TEREZI: *people she knows! goes to sit by aradia and nepeta*

ARADIA: yes im really excited about- oh hi terezi!

FEFERI: Yes!!!! *there's a lot of shouting and exciting splashing. At the mention of her goggles, she adjusts them with a grin.* It's me!

LATULA: -Sh3 1s flo4t1ng on th3 surf4c3-- or try1ng to, k1ck1ng h3r l3gs now 4nd th3n-- do1ng h3r b3st to look l1k3 sh3's putt1ng 1n z3ro 3ffort to st4y1ng 4flo4t.-

NEPETA: :33 < hey purezi! it looks like quite a few people use this pool! *had no idea, last time it s33med so quiet*

LATULA: w3ll cons1d3r yours3lf TH3 most fortun4t3 to b34r w1tn3ss to th4t TOT4LLY R4D1C4L d1spl4y just now.

LATULA: no fl4sh photogz b4b3z. >8]

TEREZI: H3Y 4R4D14! 4ND...N3P3T4, R1GHT? *no kidding. turns around to survey the number of people there* 1 D1DNT 3XP3CT SO M4NY TO B3 H3R3

TEREZI: 4LL 4T ONC3

ERIDAN: *decides to duck underwater and start doing his laps while everyone was busy not paying attention to him*

FEFERI: T)(at was SO RAD!!! *bounce bounce splash* )(e)(e)(e, I'll try to contain myself!

ARADIA: i know right!

ARADIA: i was hoping people would be down here though

LATULA: wh4tz th3 h4pz ov3r h3r3 f1shg1llz polygonz????

NEPETA: :33 < yeah! *that's her name, she didn't talk so much but she remembered the name purrrrezi* me nefur i thought it would be puretty quiet actually

NEPETA: :33 < *more interesting subjects tho and she's drawing that old troll swimming around*

NEPETA: :33 < *her cat eyes s33 all*

FEFERI: I don't know! It's like a party, I t)(ink! U)(, wait. *she looks around and sees that eridan is gone. One peek underwater and she spots him* )(OLD T)(AT T)(OUG)(T.

FEFERI: *dives under*

ERIDAN: *swim swim swim*

ARADIA: last time i was at the pool there were a lot of water guns

ARADIA: were you guys here for that

DUALSCAR: *Dualscar is still swimming around underwater, and he raises one eyebrow as the co captain comes under as well. He decides to swim alongside him. Gives him a super cool "sup" type nod.*

LATULA: pff! f1n3 1m just go1ng to b3 ch1ll4x1ng down h3r3 4ll sw33tl1k3.

ERIDAN: *glances over at him and JUMPS, swimming completely thrown off*

NEPETA: :33 < oh no i dont think i was... that sounds fun though!

ARADIA: it was until it ended

TEREZI: *shakes her head* NOT FOR TH4T ON3, NO

ARADIA: my matesprit got a bloody nose but it was an accident

FEFERI: *propells herself thru the water and basically tackles dualscar* 38D!!!

FEFERI: *casually shoves him away from eridan*

TEREZI: *covers her mouth, but mainly to keep from laughing* HOW D1D TH4T H4PP3N?

DUALSCAR: *Woah there. Dualscar stops swimming as the other troll seems suprised by his presence. (Which he totally understands, because HONESTLY.) But he is a reformed troll now, so he is about to shrug BUT IS TACKLED BY ANOTHER SEATROLL. He mouths "wwhat the fuck" at Feferi.*

ARADIA: he got hit in the nose with a water gun

FEFERI: *makes a blub blub blub face at him*

TEREZI: *That makes a lot of sense, actually*

DUALSCAR: *He rolls his eyes and blows a big bubble in her general direction.*

NEPETA: :33 < ouch... that must have really hurt *starts to draw up Feferi now* a definite pawrty ender

ERIDAN: *wow he was saved. Somehow????*

LATULA: -Sh3 go3s 4h34d 4nd do3s 4 h4ndst4nd for b4s1c4lly no r34son, pr3sum1ng 4t l34st SOM3 k1nd of 4ud13nc3 1n th3 form of th1s on3 troll doodl1ng p1ctur3s 4nd 4 bunch of oth3rs h4ng1ng 4round.-

DIRK: *dirk walks into the pool area for a lil DIP, sporting a tank and his teeny tiny swim trunks. he's surprised to see so many people here today. did he walk in on a party??*

ARADIA: it did hurt but hes ok as you can see

FEFERI: *nobody is allowed to bully the co-captain here. She grins and floats by Eridan, patting his shoulder in reassurance*

ERIDAN: uh thanks i guess *glances back at dualscar*

NEPETA: :33 < *all these interesting subjects, that's a pretty sw33t handstand and Nep /focuses/ sketching that body position and other recognizable features* i actually have talked to him afpurr that one time *frowns and looks to aradia briefly*

NEPETA: :33 < he was puretty funny tho!

DUALSCAR: *He wasn't bullying he was just saying hi. Which he is going to do AGAIN. He swims over to the pair and gives a friendly wave instead. Looking at Feferi like "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME"*

FEFERI: *observes dualscar underwater like 38)*

LATULA: -Sh3 do3s 4 fl1p b4ck und3rw4t3r, y4nk1ng h3rs3lf up onto th3 pool d3ck. Sh1t, sh3 tot4lly n33ds 4 BO4RD of som3 k1nd. Wh1ch sh3 h4d, but th3n proc33d3d to do 4 fl1p off of. So now 1t's prob4bly who knows wh3r3. Sh3 go3s through l1k3 f1fty of th3m 4 month.-

ARADIA: who mituna?

JOHN: [ Wow, look who isn't studying his ass off today? Yeah: YOU! You heard that a thing was going on down at the pool, so you slipped on an old pair of gymshorts and an ugly old tank top and waddled your nosy ass on over to the pool. You take in the sight of the "party" and snicker, plopping down into a pool chair, and busting out your textbook bc wow, test tomorrow. Hahahaha. Guess you are studying, you nerd. ]

NEPETA: :33 < yeah!

DIRK: *dirk notices the other new arrival and gives him a contemplative once over. he's fairly certain that is john - someone he needs to speak with. so without further ado, he is by john's side in an instant*

ARADIA: -she looks up as John comes to sit down and looks at the other two trolls- whos that guy

DIRK: Sup.

FEFERI: *she abandons her swim with Eridan to circle along the perimeter of the pool. She still hasnt said hi to very many people!*

FEFERI: *who is closest to the pool edge, she wonders. They're about to have an impromptu SHARK ATTACK but with more hellos and less biting*

JOHN: [ You glance up from your studies and grin over at the anime-haired handiman. ] oh! hey ther, dirk! wait, you are dirk, right? i don't think i have ever met you in-person, only spoke with you over pester or heard about you through dave and jade.

TEREZI: *Vaguely familiar dude* 1 TH1NK H1S N4M3S JOHN OR SOM3TH1NG

ARADIA: humans are so interesting to watch

DIRK: Yep. That would be me.

JOHN: [ OH NO PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU. DID THEY FIND OUT IT WAS YOU WHO PUT ADHESIVE ON ALL THE EATING UTENSILS. Oh, they just don't know who you are, phew. ]

DUALSCAR: *Ergh. Okay? First she acts all defensive of the guy and then she just jets? He looks pretty confused, but shrugs and swims over to Mr.CoCap. NO ONE TO SAVE YOU NOW, SON.*

JOHN: what can i help you with, strider?

NEPETA: :33 < *everyone is interesting to watch, she's definitely drawing dirk now and looks at the other human with him* hmm i dont think ive efur s33n that one

TEREZI: *also watches...er...smells* TH3 M4N1F3ST S41D H3S 4 STUD3NT

ERIDAN: *tries to swim away quickly*

ARADIA: a student

DIRK: I dunno if you heard about the gift exchange we've all been subjected to.

NEPETA: :33 < *elusive eh?? not for long- wait student* exchange... student purhaps??

DIRK: It was announced at the pot luck.

JOHN: i was not there for the potluck, so no.

NEPETA: :33 < or is there some kind of internship?

DIRK: Okay well, we're partners for that biz.

ARADIA: im not really sure

NEPETA: :33 < *pencil slows a bit but she's drawing those ridiculously tiny shorts and they must be finished*

JOHN: wait, partners???

TEREZI: *shrugs* 1T W4SNT SP3C1F1C

JOHN: like, are you and i exchanging or are we working on a gift for another person?

ARADIA: maybe we can ask later

DUALSCAR: *Why this. He is trying to be nice. He keeps swimming after him for a little while. If he really was this spooked then he probably shouldn't stalk him like this though. He tries giving him a smile.*

FEFERI: *dualscar no*

DUALSCAR: *DUALSCAR YES.*

DIRK: Yeah. As in, I give you a gift and you give me one. And we're supposed to yuk it up all buddy buddy for the sake of ship wide comradery.

JOHN: [ Look over at the LOUD people talking about you subtly. Are the onto you.......... >_> ]

DIRK: Not that I'm opposed to the idea or anything.

JOHN: oh, okay.

JOHN: cool, i guess.

JOHN: ( *they

NEPETA: :33 < *beams and waves at the human*

DIRK: *gives those loud people a glance as well*

FEFERI: *suddenly BREAKS from the surface to join the small group of ladies having a chat. Friendly seadweller is a go!* )(ello!!! 38D

NEPETA: :33 < *dont stare and not gr33t people, rude human but thats okay i forgive you*

JOHN: are we allowed to ask what you want or do we just have to take a qild guess?

JOHN: [ Smile over at Nepeta in greeting, nodding you head a bit. ]

JOHN: ( *wild

TEREZI: *grins her shark grin and waves at the human. hey, Terezi cant help that she's so loud*

JOHN: [ LOOK AT ALL THE INTERSTELLAR PEOPLE YOU HAVE YET TO ACTUALLY MEET. You are gonna prank the shit out of them. ]

NEPETA: :33 < *considers drawing the human... doodles him making a silly face. purfect*

ARADIA: -man that's a really creepy smile aradia has-

ARADIA: -but it's friendly i swear-

JOHN: [ Except the maroon one. She's creepy. ]

JOHN: [ But friendly, it seems. ]

JOHN: [ Still creepy though. ]

ARADIA: :)

TEREZI: *4lso surprised Terezi becaue she didn't smell Feferi coming*

ARADIA: oh hi feferi!

LATULA: -L4tul4 l34ps out of th3 w4t3r 4nd do3s som3 k1nd of pow3r sl1d3 ov3r to wh3r3 4ll of th3 oth3r p3opl3s s33m to h4v3 m1gr4t3d, g3n3r4lly.- wh4t up h4msl1c3z!

ARADIA: -oh wow!-

ARADIA: and hi to you too!

FEFERI: )(i!!! *swims over and pulls herself up to sit on the edge* You're Aradia, rig)(t??

LATULA: pshhh h1 YOU. th3 n4m3 1s tul3z grlfr13nd!

DIRK: I believe it's a free for all. I considered going hog wild but I haven't had the time to be creative.

DIRK: As much as it saddens me to say.

FEFERI: *welcomes latula with a laugh* T)(at means )(er name is LATULA. In radgirl speak.

ARADIA: -she looks back and forth between feferi and latula- oh! im aradia yes

ARADIA: its nice to meet you both in person!

ARADIA: wait youre latula pyrope

FEFERI: Apparently it's a language of it's own! *splashes water at tulez*

NEPETA: :33 < *her tail flinched at the splash, save the sketchpad!! but she settles down and smiles at Feferi and the newcomer* hi fefuri and latula! (latulpaw? hmmm)

LATULA: w3ll y34h 1 4m!

ARADIA: latula pyrope and feferi peixes in the same place?

ARADIA: what are the odds!

LATULA: 4 f3w tr1llz to b1llz 1n t3rms of str41ght-up m4th3m4t1c4l prob4bz b4b3z!

LATULA: grl you KNOW you h34rd of m3!!!!

FEFERI: *headswirvel at the cat puns* Nepeta??

JOHN: man, i am a simple man of simple stature.

JOHN: (aka, this is me saying get me the most expensive thing you can.)

NEPETA: :33 < *grins, waves tail* h33h33h33 yup!

JOHN: (hahaha, kidding.)

TEREZI: *Oh right, this is the 4lternian ambassador...and also heiress...ha...ha...* H3LLO, MS P31X3S *a sudden latz* 4ND L4TUL4... *a little surprized at all the radz emanating off this girlz person*

LATULA: -so m4ny r4dz. b3tt3r bust out th3 g31g3r count3r yo.-

FEFERI: Wow!!! I didn't even know it was you!!! *omg so many greetings and new people, she beams at the OTHER tealblooded troll* Greetings!

TEREZI: *So many z's!* N1C3 TO M33T YOU BOTH 1N P3RSON

DUALSCAR: *He decides to quit bugging the CoCap, since he seems to not be in a very social mood. He resurfaces again, and it it just like that little mermaid movie except at least 200% more bara seatroll. He runs a hand through his hair, blinking at the MASS of people standing around. The heckie. More people must have arrived when he wasn't paying attention.*

LATULA: -Sh3 go3s 4h34d 4nd puts h3r h4nd on h3r h1ps 4nd th3n p3rch3s h3r foot up on 4 ch41r 4nd l34n1ng on 1t, l1k3 sh3's c4pt41n morg4n.-

FEFERI: I could say t)(e same t)(ing! Can I ask w)(at your name is? I don't t)(ink I've met you before! 38O

LATULA: 4lw4yz n1c3 m33t1ng th3 f4nz! h3r3 1m gonn4 wr1t3 you 4n 4utogr4ph.

FEFERI: *omg latula*

NEPETA: :33 < *autograph? so she's a famous person, Nepeta should stop living so metaphorically in a cave when she's not anymore*

TEREZI: OH HOW RUD3 OF M3, 1M T3R3Z1 *readjusts for a free hand to shake*

FEFERI: *VIGOROUS HAND-SHAKING* )(ello, Terezi! Nice to meet you!

FEFERI: *already calculating all the ways she could turn her name into a fish pun*

DIRK: *strokes chin in thought. don't test him, "most expensive thing" sounds like a challenge*

LATULA: -L1k3 thr33 s1gn3d h34dshots 4r3 thrown 4round 1n b3tw33n p3opl3 h4v1ng 4ctu4l conv3rs4t1ons.-

JOHN: [ yOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY MEAN IT DIRK. REALLY, YOU ARE FINE WITH P MUCH ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT ISN'T LAME. ]

JOHN: i was kidding dirk.

NEPETA: :33 < *Going to take this for the draws*

JOHN: please don't spend that much money on me.

TEREZI: *woah* STRONG GR1P TH3R3 *please don't crush my fingers*

DUALSCAR: *Long strokes over to the edge of the pool and hoists himself out. He wanders off to get his towel, rubbing his wet hair with it as he observes the commotion. They all seem to have made little clicks already. He puts the towel over his shoulders, casually covering up the (in retrospect) cheesy sailor tats he has going on on his shoulders arms. They are all pretty busted due to SCARS EVERYWHERE, but hey.

sits down at the edge of the pool, legs in the water.*

FEFERI: Sorry! I get too ---EXCIT--ED sometimes! *beams like she totally didn't just crush the other troll's hand*

TEREZI: *4nd somehow she's now holding a signed autograph. How was she famous again? sweats. This will have to be something she'll need to Grooble later.*

ARADIA: -she's watching everyone with such intensity and a huge smile-

LATULA: -Sh3 gr1ns. 4 lot.-

NEPETA: :33 < *Good, you sit there, nep starts up another old troll sketch now with scars*

LATULA: -Sh3 looks l1k3 4 m1rror of th4t th1ng.-

DUALSCAR: *Is someone watching? He feels like someone is watching. His fins twitch a little as he looks around, eyes landing on... Mini Diciple? It looked like she was drawing something. A smirks smugly to himself, then looks away as if he saw nothing. Could have just asked for a photo, gosh.*

DIRK: Fine fine. But if it's whatever for you, it's whatever for me. Not real sure what to even suggest to you.

DIRK: I like... swords?

TEREZI: *4nd now Terezi's grinning. 1s this a battle of grins now?*

DIRK: Horses. *thinks* Robots.

DIRK: Puppets. *nods*

DIRK: *thats it*

ARADIA: ....:D

JOHN: that's...

JOHN: really lame.

LATULA: GRL you KNOW how much th4t th1ng 1s worth your3 hold1n on to!

LATULA: put up f1v3!!!!

DIRK: Excuse you?

JOHN: well it is!!

LATULA: put 3m up b4b3z 1 41nt t4k1n no for 4n 4nsw3r.

JOHN: i mean, okay.

NEPETA: :33 < *stares, gives a smile when their eyes lock wait was he going to ignore her? good. yes. perfect, intensely draws and kicks f33t in water*

JOHN: the actual subjects are cool-ish, minus puppets.

FEFERI: )(ey!!! Are you giving out )(ig)( fives to OT)(--ER people before t)(e one you promised me??

TEREZI: *slowly holds up her hand?*

FEFERI: *actually gets up for this*

JOHN: but come on.

LATULA: you snooz3 you los3 f1nzy!

DUALSCAR: *He is going to ignore her FOR NOW. He is going to get a peek at that drawing one way or another. He glances back to her every now and again, just to make sure she is still looking.*

JOHN: you only like FOUR things?

FEFERI: Rude!!!

LATULA: pshh f1n3!

DIRK: Do you want me to give you the run down on every thing that has ever interested me?

LATULA: you too th3n.

DIRK: Alright, here's another thing.

LATULA: yolo b4b3z.

DIRK: I also like brevity.

TEREZI: *youre gonna leave her hanging like that?*

ERIDAN: *he managed to evade dualscar somehow but he's now peeking out of the water and glancing around at everyone*

LATULA: -not unt1l 3V3RYTH1NG 4L1GNS.- for s3r1ous. 1 got two h4ndz.

DIRK: *did someone say yolo in his general vicinity?*

JOHN: oh, hardy-har-har.

NEPETA: :33 < *stop moving but she does like a willing subject, that sketch turns to solid lines. Wonders briefly if he's used to this, maybe hmmmm she'll have to talk to this guy after this*

TEREZI: *holds up her other hand*

LATULA: -Sh3 4ctu4lly m34nt F3F3R1 for th4t on3 but wh4t th3 h3ll, th1s g1rl g3tz H3LL4 PROPZ for 3nthus14sm 4s sh3 proc33ds to do th3 DOUBL3-H1GH F1V3.-

JOHN: [ Lmao, you're getting him a gag gift like you did for Dave. ]

FEFERI: *HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!! This is some bone shattering high-fives going up in here*

LATULA: -4nd holy god d4mn th4t 1s 4 R34LLY FORC3FUL H1GH F1V3 GO1NG ON.-

DIRK: *gdi*

ARADIA: -pain :)-

JOHN: [ Ironically, it's gonna be something he actually likes too. ]

TEREZI: *D1D NOT 3XP3CT TH3 1NT3NS1TY. Does she still have hands? She can't feel them at the moment.*

DIRK: Now it's your turn, dude.

JOHN: just get me some new textbooks and we can call it even.

LATULA: h3llz y34h!!!!

JOHN: that's all i want right now.

JOHN: wait!

JOHN: no, get me some stuff to decorate a lizard tank/cage/thingy!

JOHN: arizona needs her home to be honey and stuff like that.

TEREZI: *Still made an effort to put some power behind her high fives, but wow, her palms are tingling. Might have choked out her words a little* H3LL Y34H

LATULA: doubl3 or noth1n b4b3z.

LATULA: dont l34v3 4 g4l h4ng1ng.

LATULA: -h3r h4nd 1s up 4g41n. 1t's up 4g41n.-

NEPETA: :33 < *after a few more lines and then makes up a background before suddently standing in her group of people and makes her way over to that old troll with her sketchpad*

DIRK: *man, that is way out of his comfort zone, but he's a creative guy* Alright, I'll see what I can do.

JOHN: [ How is buying stuff for a lizard out of Dirk's comfort zone??? Just walk into a pet store and buy a fake branch. ]

JOHN: thanks a lot!!

DUALSCAR: *Glanceeesss overrr again. Tapping his fingers on the edge of the pool. He is growing kind of impatient. Mostly because he has been lazing around for so long and finally got a chance to MOVE and is now just SITTING ughhh. He kept sitting still for a few moments, then pushed himself up and standin-- Oh. She was coming over. He rests his hands on his hips, casually leaning most of his weight on one leg. He

looks so smooth. He thinks, anyway. He smiles at the mini Disciple and nods.* SO. I AM ALLOWWED TA SEE THE RESULT, THEN?

DIRK: *WE'RE IN SPACE, DINGUS. he would say, if he were aware. but he wouldn't actually say dingus. or would he?*

DIRK: Don't mention it.

ARADIA: -she's watching everyone very carefully-

JOHN: [ SPACE PET STORES. ]

ARADIA: -and very cheerfully-

TEREZI: *Terezi reluctantly puts her hand up there again, but doesn't show exactly how hesitant she is. She'll definitely have bloody stumps by the time this is over, there's no doubt*

NEPETA: :33 < *looks up at him and turns the sketch pad but doesn't let him hold it because he's still wet* of course! i dont get so many willing subjects! mew deserve to s33 it

LATULA: -B4M. 4nd TH3R3 1S 4NOTH3R H1GH F1V3.-

LATULA: WOO!!!!

LATULA: f33lz pr3tty SW33T dont 1t!

LATULA: -h3r h4nds must b3 m4d3 of ston3.-

JOHN: [ Return your book to your WALLET MODUS SYLLADEX and kind of just, edge over to the pool slyly. No one will notice it. Except Dirk, but you aren't sure if he actually wants to continue talking to you or uh, yeah. ]

TEREZI: WOO!! *more of an exclamation of pain, but it sounds pretty enthused* SO SW33T

TEREZI: TH3 SW33T3ST

LATULA: >8D!!!!

DIRK: *he's just going to watch creepily until he finds someone else to bother*

ERIDAN: *is also still just watching people since no ones bothering him now* *resumes swimming again*

JOHN: [ Dirk is just staring at you. Wh-why. This is UNCOMFOR T ABL E. ]

LATULA: 4NYW4YZ f3ff3rz h3r3 1s som3 k1nd of r4d roy4l th1ng w1th f1sh pow3rz probz. -Sh3 punch3s h3r on th3 should3r, 4ff3ct1on4t3ly, 1n 4 sort of -1-m1ght-br34k-your-4rm-1f-you-w3r3n't-4-s34dw3ll3r sort of w4y.-

DIRK: *HE'S JUST STANDING THERE... MENACINGLY.*

FEFERI: )(e)(e)(e, probubbly! *is totally fine with the arm punching*

TEREZI: >8'D

DUALSCAR: *He grins, leaning over to take a good look at it. Water dripping from his face and hair. He lets out a tiny whistle, leaning back again.* WWELL, THANK YE FOR THAT. YE BE A VVERY GOOD ARTIST, I MUST SAY. NOT EVVERYONE BE ABLE TA CAPTURE ME LIKE YE DID THERE. *Chinstroke.*

JOHN: [ Dip your legs into the water-- DIRK I STG NO. STOP THAT. YOU'RE GONNA CALL HIM OUT ON HIS CREEPER STATUS SOON. ]

FEFERI: *PUNCHES latula back*

DUALSCAR: *He gestures a finger toward the drawing though.* BUT YE GOTTA SIGN IT, LASS. THAT BE WWHAT EVVERY PROPER ARTIST BE DOIN'.

LATULA: h4h4h4h4! -th4t tot4lly d1dn't hurt 4nd no on3 c4n conv1nc3 h3r 1t d1d.-

TEREZI: *just bears witness to this bizarre exchange of affection*

FEFERI: O)(!!! I just remembered t)(at I was on my way to do somefin! 380 *slaps her forehead*

FEFERI: Clammit! Okay, I )(ave to go everyone!

NEPETA: :33 < oh! *hes right but she always felt silly signing in her own sketch pad when it was for doodles and fun mostly, still she turned it back to her and scribble/doodles her name*

NEPETA: :33 < hmmm *looks back up at him* do mew want it purchance? i wouldnt mind

LATULA: sur3 th1ng b4b3z.

TEREZI: S33 YOU L4T3R, F3F1 *missed out on a fishpun*

DIRK: *he finally moves, proving he wasn't just chiseled there from stone. though he certainly looks it amirite? he wanders over to the pool side as well and just sorta... plops into the water.*

JOHN: [ Watching people be happy and fun is really nice. Now, what if you poured kool-aid powder into the pool? Would that still be fun? For you-- no, John. Don't. ]

FEFERI: You can count on it! *seems to be in a huge rush as she deposits her towel from her sylladex and takes off*

ERIDAN: *blinks as he watches Feferi hurry off*

TEREZI: *must be important*

DUALSCAR: *CASUALLY leans in to try and see what her name is, leaning back once she looked up though. He seems a bit confused by the offer. Usually people wanted to KEEP the pictures they got of him. He smiles at her once the initial confusion wears off.* WWELL. I WWOULD BE DELIGHTED. IT IS NOT EVVERY DAY YE GET YER PICTURE TAKEN. THANK YE, MISS LEIJON. *He gets into his at ease stance, and gives her a bow.*

JOHN: [ Peace sign emoji at Fef. ]

DUALSCAR: HOWWEVVER I DO THINK I WWOULD HAVVE TA WWAIT UNTIL I AM NOT SO WWET.

DUALSCAR: *GOODBYE PRINCESS.*

FEFERI: *she gone*

LATULA: -w3ll th3r3 sh3 go3s.-

DIRK: *disappears under water, eventually popping up beside eridan, his shades mysteriously replaced with stupid triangle goggles? *

NEPETA: :33 < *what he's bowing and she's just kind of thrown off by that so she gives a little laugh* oh no you can just call me nepeta! and i could find mew later and give it to mew umm... what is pur name though?

ERIDAN: *FUCK* *he jumps, startled again by all these people just popping up*

DIRK: Hey.

ERIDAN: uh hey

DUALSCAR: *He stands back up straight, giving a short kind bemused chuckle.* OF COURSE. THANK YE. I WWILL DO JUST THAT, NEPETA. *He raises one eyebrow, his smile turning into a smirk.* I HAVVE HAD MANY NAMES. SOME WWHICH HAVVE STUCK. SOME WWHICH HAVVEN'T. THEY SIMPLY CALL ME DUALSCAR THESE DAYS. THAT WWILL DO.

DIRK: What's goin' on?

NEPETA: :33 < dualscar.... *thinks on that, tail waving* ive heard that name befur actually! i cant remempur where... *on an assignment she thinks*

ERIDAN: swwimmin

ERIDAN: obvviously

ERIDAN: wwhat about you *eyes him*

DIRK: I'm... *looks down*

DIRK: Holy shit.

DIRK: I'm also swimming.

ERIDAN: *commence glaring*

DIRK: *u love me*

JOHN: [ Whoa, what-- what's happening. Who did the thing. ]

DUALSCAR: *Smirking intensifies.* OH. POSSIBLY. I WWAS FAIRLY KNOWWN BACK IN THE DAY. IT WWILL COME TA YE EVVENTUALLY, I'M SURE.

ERIDAN: *no u suck. u suck hardcore* i didnt knoww you swwam at all

DIRK: Sure. I am all about it.

TEREZI: *to Latula* SO WH4T BR1NGS YOU 4BO4RD OUR HUMBL3 V3SS3L *that is, humble vessel of terror and imminent death.*

LATULA: grl. grl. b4b3.

ERIDAN: then howw come ivve nevver seen you in here

LATULA: -Sh3 l1fts h3r goggl3s to look h3r d34d 1n th3 3y3s.-

NEPETA: :33 < *thinking thinking, she didn't have a pun on his name so it was harder to recall* i think i brought in one of pur old shipmates to a client...

LATULA: 1 4m l4tul4 pyrop3, b4b3z.

NEPETA: :33 < are mew furom puropa? *head tilt*

LATULA: 1 h4v3 got 4 duty.

LATULA: to go 4llz th3 w4y from on3 3nd of th3 un1v3rs3 to th3 oth3r.

LATULA: 4nd m4k3 sh1t H3LLZ OF R4D.

DIRK: I guess we just keep missing each other.

DIRK: Also you've been incapacitated for a good portion of the time that we've known each other.

LATULA: 1m h3r3 to s4v3 you from th1s bor1ng 4s snooz3journ4y through th3 cr4p pl4n3tz of nowh3r3 4nd s1ck gr1nd my w4y through 3v3ry pl4n3t 1n th3 S3CTOR!!!!

LATULA: my n3xt g1g 1s 4ll up 1n l4uct1z. t1s. t1zz. t1zzz... sh1t.

DUALSCAR: *Slight eyebrow raise at that remark, his smirk fading a little.* DID YE NOWW? WWHAT KIND OF CLIENT ARE WWE SPEAKIN' ABOUT HERE? *He had some kind of idea, but this troll seemed so tiny and harmless, so it couldn't be.* AYE. THAT I BE. NOT ORIGINALLY, BUT THAT BE WWHAT I CONSIDER TA BE HOME.

LATULA: n3v3rm1nd 1gnor3 th4t. wh4t 1m S4Y1NG 1s th4t 1 got 4 tour to go on!

TEREZI: *brows actually raise a bit* SO YOUR3 PL4N3T HOPP1NG?

ERIDAN: ......... yeah i guess so

LATULA: p much b4b3z.

LATULA: 1 got 4 contr4ctu4l obl1g4t1on to thr4sh 1t up h4rdcor3 4ll 4long th3 w4y.

NEPETA: :33 < im a bounty hunter! *so proud but then inquires* where are mew from originally then? i mostly heard things about you on puropa *LOTS of things, mostly bad things from angry people*

ERIDAN: but youre in that lab all the time i didnt think you had time at all

LATULA: 4lso 1 should t3ll you th4t 1 'gotz' 4 'prof3sh' obl1g4t1on c4us3 thos3 words 4r3 w4y b3tt3r.

DUALSCAR: *Double eyebrow raise. Well. It takes all kinds.* OH. I SEE. I BE ASSUMIN' YE MANAGED TA WWRANGLE ONE OF THE LESS INTELLIGENT ONES, THEN? MOST OF THOSE IDIOTS COULDN'T DO JACK SHIT WWITHOUT ANY DIRECTION. *He pauses.* PARDON THE LANGUAGE. *Polite smile back on his face.* I WWAS HATCHED ON ALTERNIA. BUT THAT BE A LONG TIME AGO.

DIRK: I manage.

DIRK: And I may also specifically choose times when I know nobody is gonna be around.

JOHN: [ Just carefully watch the people, study the people. Then kick your feet around in the water. mAN Do yOU love being YOUNG. ]

TEREZI: WOW *brows raise more if it's possible* TH4TS PR3TTY... *searches for the right word* R4D1C4L! *really impressed* HOW OLD 4R3 YOU?

NEPETA: :33 < its fine! if it makes mew f33l better they gave me a puretty good fight! *then pauses for a minute before grinning* im from pawlternia too!

NEPETA: :33 < people furom our planet are generally harder to find and catch h33h33h33 i guess pur furmer first mate wasnt from there

LATULA: t3n sw33pz b4b3! 4nd 1m gonn4 st4y t3n sw33pz for3v3r.

TEREZI: *Laughs* TH4TS 4 R34SON4BL3 L1F3 GO4L R1GHT TH3R3

LATULA: th4tz c4us3 th3 3ss3nc3 of l1f3 r1ght th3r3 1s str41ght up 1n th3 stuntz. 4LL th3 w4yz.

DUALSCAR: *Fist mate? He feels his stomach tighten a little. The hands on his back clenching. Despite giving his crew a hard time, he did consider them to be family, in a way. A loud obnoxious family who all seemed to share one brain cell. He gives her a short nod, lost in thought.* AYE. THAT BE OF SOME COMFORT. *He seems to snap out of it. His fists unclenching as he looks at her again.* BE YE? SEEMS LIKE WWE HAV

SOMETHIN' IN COMMON, THEN. AND I RECKON THAT BE TRUE. THAT IS WWHAT HAPPENS WWHEN TROLLS CONSTANTLY HAVVE TA LIVVE IN HIDIN'. *He exhales.* SHE WWAS NOT. NO.

NEPETA: :33 < *pretty good at reading situation and does put her sketchpad away to give a small frown* it does purpare mew better for it... ofur the years though more people stopped caring pawbout catching mew and your crew *silver lining??*

LATULA: (b4b3z whoz th3 r3st of th3s3 poz3rz 4nyw4yz?)

DUALSCAR: *He gives her a small smile in return, shurgging his shoulders.* AYE. I SUPPOSE THAT BE TRUE. I WWONDER HOWW MANY ARE STILL OUT THERE, SOMETIMES. *He admitted, looking off into space before looking back down.* CAN I ASK WWHAT HAPPENED TA HER? OR PERHAPS YE WWOULD NOT KNOWW, SINCE THESE DEALS USUALLY END WWHEN THE BOUNTY HAS BEEN DELIVVERED.

TEREZI: *Terezi had quite another definition of the essence of life, but she nods politely anyway; tilts her head to the human on the bench* TH4T ON3 OV3R TH3R3 1S JOHN *throws her chin to 3ridan and Dirk* TH3 L1GHT H41R3D HUM4N 1S D1RK, OUR H34D 3NG1N33R *smiles a bit* 1F YOU N33D 4NYTH1NG UPGR4D3D, H3S TH3 ON3 TO GO TO *all of our engineers are great though*

LATULA: dud3z 1 b3t TH4T guy knowz h1s w4y 4round 4 bo4rd!

LATULA: know wh4t 1m s4y1n?

NEPETA: :33 < h33h33 im actually a bit of a nosy hunter and i dont do kill orders very often! shes very much alive shed just stolen something furom this big dumb looking hive so i guess they just wanted it back

TEREZI: YOU KNOW, H3 4CTU4LLY M1GHT?

NEPETA: :33 < i think they knew her to be honest or wanted infurmation and had an excuse to get it *shrug city*

LATULA: Y34H h3 m1ght! h1s h41r 1s l1k3.

LATULA: FWOOSH.

LATULA: 43rodyn4m1c.

DUALSCAR: I SEE. *He doesn't expand or inquire on it. It would make sense to make up some other excuse to cover up the actual goal. He doubted she would have made it out. He is quiet for a little while before speaking again.* THANK YE FOR TELLIN' ME. *Small headbow.* ANYWWAY, WWHAT MIGHT A BOUNTY HUNTER BE ON A PEACE VVESSEL FOR? *He gives her a bemused look.* MIGHT IT BE THAT YE ARE HERE FOR ME? I WWILL PUT UP MO

A FIGHT THAN SHE DID, I CAN ASSURE YE.

TEREZI: 1 WOND3R 1F 1TS N4TUR4LLY L1K3 TH4T OR 1F H3 US3S SOM3TH1NG TO K33P 1T UP

ERIDAN: *scoffs* not like thats hard usually no ones evver year besides tonight

LATULA: 1m tot3z gonn4 4sk.

DIRK: True. What's up with that, anyway? Some sort of shindig going down?

NEPETA: :33 < *giggles and waves hand at him* nooo i didnt even know mew were here! mew might be worth a lot of money but selling mew to the highest bidder on puropa of all places sounds like a hassel XPP

ERIDAN: i got no fuckin clue but its hard to feel like i can exercise in peace wwhen wwe got all these people around

JOHN: [ Ooops, you keep zoning in and out, lol. Look at you, you're a champ at partying. ]

TEREZI: H3H3H3 GO FOR 1T

DUALSCAR: *He smirks at her, it slowly turning into a broad amused grin.* I WWILL MAKE SURE TA PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TA YER WWALLET, THEN. GIVVE YE A WWIDE BERTH IF YE EVVER HAPPEN TA GET BROKE. *He actually lets out a loud guffaw at that.* IT WWOULD BE QUITE THE HASSLE, AYE. I CAN ALMOST IMAGINE IT. HOWWEVVER I DO BELIEVVE I MIGHT HAVVE WWOUND UP WWITH A BULLET TA THE FACE BEFORE YE EVVEN GOT ME SOLD OFF.

DIRK: Must be a fluke.

ERIDAN: ugh maybe

ERIDAN: a real irritatin fluke

NEPETA: :33 < *pouts at that and crosses arms while she "thinks" but is very amused with this conversation* hmm purhaps id have to lock mew away in a secret spot befur bringing you places to be sold off

NEPETA: :33 < im sure youd offur a lot more alive than dead!

DUALSCAR: SO WWHAT YE BE SAYIN' IS THAT YE WWOULD ACTUALLY BURY ME SOMEWWHERE LIKE A PROPER PIRATE TREASURE? *He laughs again, crossing his arms as well.* I MUST ADMIT. I BE FLATTERED OVVER THE COMPARISON TA ME BEIN' A VVALUABLE TREASURE, BUT I DO NOT THINK I CARE MUCH FOR TA WWHOLE GETTIN' BURIED UNDERGROUND THING.

DIRK: Anyway this pool is fucking huge so I'm sure you can find some room to get your exercise on.

TEREZI: *goes up to John to say hi*

NEPETA: :33 < h33h33h33h33! id be very ironic! id sell the map to the buyer and theyd have to find mew *grins widely because that would be funny and also very fun*

JOHN: [ Who dat? Who dat? I G G- ew, no, stop right there. ]

JOHN: oh, uh. hi there! :)

NEPETA: :33 < *then points to him with her best serious face* also purisoners dont get says in how theyre transfurred *so serious*

DUALSCAR: *His fins flare up in mock offense, letting out a small gasp and he does a small hairflip.* WWELL! IF YER NOT GOIN' TA TREAT ME PROPERLY THEN I RECKON I SHOULD JUST ESCAPE. WWHICH I WWOULD BE QUITE EASILY BE ABLE TA DO, MIND. I HAVVE GOTTEN OUTTA MANY SUCH SITUATIONS BEFORE, THIS TIME WWILL BE NO DIFFERENT.

ERIDAN: yeah but STILL its fuckin... ugh nevvermind

TEREZI: *waves as she sits next to him unashamedly* 3NJOY1NG TH3 P4RTY? 1 DONT TH1NK W3V3 B33N PROP3RLY 1NTRODUC3D *holds out her Latula-slapped hand* MY N4M3 1S T3R3Z1 PYROP3

NEPETA: :33 < *he is silly and that she can appreciate* then ill just set up traps all ofur the place! that was mew spuring! *throws up arms* from one right into another *lowers hands slowly* i would like to hear about some of those stories

NEPETA: :33 < and not just for refurence!

JOHN: hey! [ He gasps her hand firmly, but not too much so, and shakes. ] john egbert! student extrordainare.

TEREZI: *Leans to take a whiff of what he's reading* WH4TS YOUR FOCUS?

JOHN: the medical field, i have finally decided. not sure about what subfield in medicine though, now, heheh.

DUALSCAR: *Look at him go! Being silly and nice and friendly and not A COMPLETE TOOL. Troll Jesus be praised! Actually no. Fuck that guy. He smirks at her once more, he was all about hearing his own voice, so stories he could do. That seemed to trigger something in his memory though, and he quickly looks around for Mr.CoCap. Spotting him in the water. He turns to Nepeta.* WWELL. I AM SURE I WWOULD BE ABLE TA MANAG

THE END. THE LOVVABLE SWWASHBUCKLER ALWWAYS WWINS IN THE END. BUT AYE. I WWOULD LOVVE TA TELL YE SOME STORIES SOMETIME, SINCE YE BE INSISTIN' AND ALL. *He turns his head back to Eridan's general direction, aND SHOUTS REALLY FUCKING LOUDLY.* 'EY! THAT GOES FOR YE TOO, AMPORA. STORIES AND THAT. YE CAN HEAR THEM IF YE WWANT TA. *He lowers his voice as he turns back to Nepeta.* I FORGOT TA TELL HIM. *Shrug.* </c

LATULA: -Sh3's gon3 b4ck to do1ng fl1ps off th3 d1v1ng bo4rd. W4t3r 1s 3V3RYWH3R3.-

NEPETA: :33 < *oh!, she turns to look towards Eridan as well* mr ampurra wanted to hear them too? i havent spoken to him so much *then damn look at latula go, she's going to talk to her after this because she s33ms fun*

LATULA: -Sh3 1s look1ng l1k3 SO much fun. L1k3 r4d funt1m3z to th3 m4x. (TM)-

ERIDAN: *FINS DROOP he was addressed by his hero and he's suddenly feeling bashful*

NEPETA: :33 < *watches those fins droop... hmm*

TEREZI: *4lso grateful that his grip wasnt crushing, because her hands would probably be something akin to mashed potatoes right about now.* 1 C4NT H3LP YOU TH3R3, UNFORTUN4T3LY *Cackles* MY PR1OR PROF3SS1ON C4LL3D FOR ONLY B4S1CS OF COMB4T C4R3 *gestures to nothing in particular* W3 H4V3 4 F3W DOCTORS 4BO4RD WHO YOU M1GHT B3 4BL3 TO SH4DOW 1F YOUR3 UNC3RT41N

JOHN: well, i would, but i think i should get through a good amount of my classes first. don't want to be unprepared, you know?

DUALSCAR: *Turns back to Eridan too, since Nepeta did.* AYE. IT WWAS MENTIONED THAT HE WWANTED TA, AT LEAST. *He gives a little shrug again.* I HAVVE NOT SPOKEN THAT MUCH TA HIM EITHER. SUPPOSE THIS WWILL GIVVE US A REASON TA COMMUNICATE. *Eyebrow raise at the fin drooping, so he gives him a little salute. Putting his palm to his forhead and flicks it out in the air. Yeah. That was cool. He was cool.*

DIRK: *looks from dualscar to eridan* Is that your dad?

ERIDAN: ...... wwhat

NEPETA: :33 < *glances up at the salute then back to Eridan.... hmmmmmm* i think mew should talk to him more!

NEPETA: :33 < there is another violetblood too hes puretty silly! his name is cronus if youve efur met him

DIRK: *if only eridan could appreciate a good joke, then that might be funnier. BUT ALAS.* I think he wants to be chums with ya.

DUALSCAR: *He lets his hand fall to his side, the other resting at his hip. Turning his attention back to Nepeta.* YE THINK SO? I SUPPOSE I COULD TAKE THE TIME TA DO--... *At the mention of THAT violetblood, his fins pin downwards and Dualscar is now in frowntown.* I AM AWWARE OF HIS EXISTENCE, AYE. *He said it whilst scoffing.*

NEPETA: :33 < *dem hips, but she does frown back* oh nooo was he a huge dumb jerk to mew? he does that sometimes but he can be puretty silly

TEREZI: TH4TS R34SON4BL3 *shrugs; mostly she was commenting on getting used to the environment and maybe gaining some references. >:]*

ERIDAN: wwhy the fuck wwould he wwanna be friends wwith me *eyes dualscar again*

DIRK: *shrugs* I dunno. Why not?

DUALSCAR: *He rolls his eyes, still frowning, fins firmly pinned back.* NOT EXACTLY THE WWORDS I WWOULD HAVVE CHOSEN, BUT YES. THAT HE WWAS. I HAVVE NO INTEREST IN TALKIN' WWITH HIM AGAIN. OR SEEIN' HIM. OR, THINKIN' ABOUT HIM, EVVEN. SO LET US CHANGE THE SUBJECT. WWE WWERE TALKIN' ABOUT ME-- I MEAN. ERIDAN. MOSTLY.

ERIDAN: because hes my superior thats wwhy us trolls dont make friends wwith inferiors especially old wworld trolls hes got no reason

ERIDAN: plus hes like

ERIDAN: thousands a swweeps old more than likely

JOHN: so what do you do here on the ship?

DIRK: Ah. Well, then that would be kinda creepy.

DIRK: Why is he hanging out with all these young folk when he's like.

DIRK: A fossil.

DUALSCAR: *Fintwitch.*

NEPETA: :33 < *Cronus must've really hecked up but she doesn't dwell on it. They were talking about both* hmm well then why dont mew go talk to him now?

TEREZI: 1M TH3 COMM OFF1C3R, H3R3 FOR 3V3RYON3S OUTGO1NG TR4NSM1SS1ONS 4ND M4K1NG 4 S3MBL4NC3 OF ORG4N1Z4T1ON 4ND S4N1TY TO TH3 1NCOM1NG ON3

DUALSCAR: *Slow owlhead turn toward Eridan and his pal.* I SHOULD. SHOULDN'T I?

TEREZI: ((*ON3S))

DIRK: *oh shit*

DUALSCAR: I WWILL TAKE YER ADVICE, NEPETA. THANK YE. *With that, he drops his towel to the ground and dives right back into the pool. HE IS COMING FOR YOU.*

DIRK: *its okay he'll punch him and he'll turn to dust its cool*

DIRK: *he's got this*

NEPETA: :33 < *waves and goes to continue drawing people but she made some friends, heckie yes*

ERIDAN: *OH NO OH NO OH NO*

ERIDAN: *tries hard not to sink into the water*

DUALSCAR: *It only takes a few strokes and then he is there. He slowly resurfaces in front of Eridan and the human. A very OVERLY FRIENDLY smile on his face. Which was not friendly at all. The corners of his mouth twitching slightly. He stares at the human for a few moments, then turns to Eridan.* LOOKS LIKE I FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TA TALK WWITH YE.

DIRK: *eridan your dad is TERRIFYING*

JOHN: ooooooh.

JOHN: so like.

JOHN: so like an operator, kind of!

LATULA: -Sh3 s1ts on th3 d1v1ng bo4rd, mostly just w4tch1ng p3opl3 4nd k1nd of pos1ng 4 l1ttl3 b1t.-

ERIDAN: *HE'S NOT MY DAD.....I think* uh yeah hey

TEREZI: Y34H, 1N 4 W4Y!

TEREZI: *She smells you there, Tules*

TEREZI: *or Tulezzz*

LATULA: -tul3zy toss3s h3r h41r 1n 4 cov3rg1rl k1nd of w4y.-

DUALSCAR: *He keeps staring, trying to be friendly.* I HEARD YE BE FRIENDS WWITH FEFERI? I HOPE SHE IS NOT GIVVIN' YE TOO MUCH TROUBLE, SINCE YE HAPPEN TA BE IN A IMPORTANT POSITION. *He didn't really know what to talk about to be honest. He slowturns to the human.* SO. WWHO IS YER FRIEND? ANOTHER CREWWMEMBER PERHAPS, OR CIVVIE?

KURLOZ: *Kurloz has decided to leave his morbid cave! He is currently hanging out by where the most people are, standing in a corner and just kind of... watching. That's creepy, Kurloz.*

LATULA: -Wo4h, who's TH1S guy?-

ERIDAN: i knoww howw to handle fef ivve been friends wwith her awwhile *stares warily at dualscar* an this isnt my friend hes my matesprits moirail

NEPETA: :33 < *starts to draw tall quiet and cr33py in the corner over there. this person is also new*

DIRK: Aw. I like you too, Eridan.

DIRK: The name is Dirk.

DIRK: Head Engineer.

LATULA: -Sh3 d3c1d3s to bound off of th3 d1v1ng bo4rd 4nd tumbl3 on ov3r to Kurloz.- yo! wh4t up sportz f4n!?!

TEREZI: *Side..noses Kurloz. 4nd she thought he was creepy in his photograph. Wow*

LATULA: -Sh3 h4s no 1d34 wh4t sh3's do1ng but sh3 1s pr3tty much unf4z3d by th1s dud3's r3l4t1v3 cr33p1n3ss.- >8D

DUALSCAR: SO I SEE. SHE SEEMED VVERY PROTECTIVVE OF YE. WWHEN ALL I WWANTED WWAS TA SAY HI, AND CONGRATULATE YE ON FINALLY HAVVIN' RECOVVERED. *More black flirting? He raises one eyebrow slowly, eyeing Dirk.* AYE. I REMEMBER NOWW. NICE TA FINALLY MEET YE. *He extends a hand to shake.* I AM DUALSCAR. REAR ADMIRAL.

DIRK: Good to meet ya.

ERIDAN: *staaaaaarrreeees at dualscars hand*

DIRK: *looks at eridan*

DUALSCAR: *Did Dirk just NOT take his hand. His smile seems to twitch again. It took every ounce of willpower to not backhand the shit out of the kid. He put the hand back in the water.* RIGHT.

DIRK: *OOPS*

DUALSCAR: I SHOULD HAVVE EXPECTED AS MUCH. *His tone has gone cold now, eyes narrowing.* THERE SEEMS TA BE A DICIPLINE PROBLEM ON BOARD. IN GENERAL. *Whoops. He was supposed to be mellowed out, wasn't he. He forces a smile, turning to Eridan.* BUT WWE WWILL GET THAT SORTED OUT, WWON'T WWE?

KURLOZ: *That was certainly a lot of attention in a short time, considering Kurloz had merely entered and made no attempt to draw attention to himself. It was kind of impossible considering he was ridiculously tall with a mane of poofy hair and ridiculous skull facepaint, but hey. He glanced around at the different people before nodding to Latula, offering a shrug... though apparently Terezi was also clo

would offer her a stitched smile as well. So polite. So clown.*

JOHN: [ Oops, you've got things to do, places to be. Wave bye to everyone you know and have met. ]

JOHN: [ ABSCOND. ]

ERIDAN: *NUDGES DIRK* *mumbles* apologize soldier

LATULA: -Sh3 punch3s h1m 1n th3 4rm.- LT-PY-ROP3Z 1s 1n th3 BU1LD1NG YO. 4r3 you h3r3 to g3t your sw1mz on?!

DIRK: Sorry about that.

DIRK: Didn't think you wanted to touch my pruny human flesh.

TEREZI: *4nd there goes John. Noticing Kurloz give a smile, she grinned nervously in turn and bobbed her head in a lil nod*

ERIDAN: *WINCES*

KURLOZ: *Despite being made of bone and little else, Kurloz withstands the punch without even a flinch. He does raise a hand and shake his head in polite decline; swimming would put his lovely, horrendous hair at risk. It was something he could just not abide.*

DUALSCAR: *That smile certainly seems more strained and twitchy by the second. He accompanies it with a forced laugh, completely humorless.* YES. I DO NOT WWANT TA TOUCH YE, THEREFORE I EXTEND MY HAND TA TOUCH YE. THAT MAKES A /LOT/ OF SENSE. *He taps a finger to his temple.* GLAD TA SEE WWE HAVVE SOMEONE AS CLEVVER AS YE AS THE HEAD OF ENGINEERING. VVERY REASSURING.

LATULA: you 4r3 tot3z m1ss1ng out hom3sw1zzl3!

NEPETA: :33 < *nepeta wants to floof that hair but she's just drawing it instead*

DIRK: Happy to put your mind at ease, sir.

ERIDAN: *lets out a breath and tries hard not to growl*

KURLOZ: *The mime shrugged, his expression unconcerned but friendly as he followed the shrug up by lifting a hand to tap his wrist where the small chronological tracker he kept idly displayed the time.*

DUALSCAR: YE CERTAINLY PUT MY MIND AT SOMETHIN', I'LL GIVVE YE THAT. *He comments flatly. Be nice Dualscar. For fucks sake. You already got one angry email and two angry nubhorns on your back.* AT LEAST YE BE CLEVVER ENOUGH WWITH THE COMMENTS, SO THAT THERE BE SOMETHIN'. EVVEN IF IT IS NOT THE BEST TA DIRECT THEM AT HIGHER RANKIN' OFFICERS. JUST A FRIENDLY ADVVICE.

LATULA: pff. wh4tz got you down 1n th1s jo1nt 1n th4t c4s3?

DIRK: Duly noted.

LATULA: unl3ss l1k3. dud3. bro. 4r3 you h3r3 NOW for th3 w4tch?? or l1k3 m4yb3 th4tz on3 of thos3 w4t3rproof d34lz13z?

DUALSCAR: *He gives Dirk a short nod, then turns his attention over to Eridan. He, again, extends his hand for a shake.* SHOULD AT LEAST GET PROPERLY INTRODUCED. EVVEN IF WWE ARE IN A FUCKIN' POOL. *His eyes narrow, one eyebrow raised.* UNLESS YE THINK I'M NOT WWANTIN' TA TOUCH YE EITHER?

ERIDAN: *GRIPS DUALSCAR'S HAND and gives dirk a pointed look as he gives it a FIRM SHAKE*

ERIDAN: im not afraid a touchin nobody

DIRK: ...

DIRK: *smirk...*

KURLOZ: *He shook his head, bringing up a gloved finger to tap his temple near his eyes before sweeping it along the room, indicating the people frolicking within the waters. His hand fell back to his side before his attention shifted, glancing over to Terezi again and then back to Latula with his smile growing grotesquely cryptic.*

LATULA: -Sh3 r3turns th3 sm1l3 w1th 4 gr1n of h3r own 4nd two thumbs up.-

LATULA: -Sh3 h4d no 1d34 wh4t th4t 3v3n m34nt.-

LATULA: r1ght on!!!!

KURLOZ: *Yeeeeah! Right on. Kurloz does a double thumbs up, they're totes communicating.*

DUALSCAR: *Dualscar smiles lightly, returning Eridan's firm shake with one of his own before letting go of his hand.* WWELL. GOOD. YE SHOULDN'T BE. WWOULDN'T MAKE A VVERY GOOD IMPRESSION ON THE CREWW IF YE WWERE ALL FINICKY ABOUT THAT KIND OF THIN'.

ERIDAN: yeah im not finicky about nothin *puffs his chest out as his hand returns to the water*

DUALSCAR: *It was kiiiind of weird how he just kept repeating stuff back at him, but at least that would mean he was paying attention to what he said? He nods agan.* SO I SEE. GOIN' RIGHT BACK TA TRAININ' AFTER A SERIOUS INJURY? THAT KIND OF DEDICATION DEMANDS RESPECT, AMPORA.

TEREZI: *Decides to stop standing there awkwardly and goes to the roped off, far end of the pool and starts doing laps*

ERIDAN: i am definitely deservvin a respect sir *oops, more just repeating back at dualscar* *nervous eridan is nervous. talking to dualscar online was so much easier than in person*

DIRK: *sinks into the water. goodbye forever.*

DUALSCAR: AYYYYE...*Okay. Was this even the same person he had talked to before?* WWHICH IS WWHY I SHOULD PROBABLY LET YE GET BACK TA IT. *He lowers his head a little, as a bow.* AMPORA. *Dives back into the water and resurfaces on the other side of the pool. Hoisting himself out.*

DUALSCAR: *He goes back to grab his towel, drying his hair again. As he stands there he notices that someone is doing laps. Good on them. His eye follows the troll for a while until they pass by another tro-. OH. GOD. No. NOPE. IT COULDN'T BE. He stands like a deer in headlights, staring at the tall and lanky troll, his fins twitching slightly underneath the towel.*

ERIDAN: *he goes back to swimming around for exermasize*

KURLOZ: *Kurloz is currently looking pleased with himself for the his social inclinations... or for some other reason entirely. It was hard to say as he usually look pleased about most everything, including just existing. Regardless if he noticed the seadweller staring he made no indication of it, reaching over to tap Latula's shoulder and reclaim her attention if it had drifted off. Or even if she was s

DUALSCAR: *Why is everything happening. He slowly starts to backpedal toward the changing area. It COULDN'T be him. But then again, Signless and the Disciple was on this fucking ship, so who knows? Well. He was NOT staying around to find out. Once he had gotten a few steps away, he spins around on his heel, powerwalking away to the changing area. He shouldn't have left his block at all.*

NEPETA: :33 < *interesting....*

LATULA: >8? -Sh3 bl1nks 4s sh3 looks up, w4y up, sort of 4nx1ously rubb1ng h3r h4nds tog3th3r unt1l sh3 r34l1z3s th4t som3on3 1s st1ll p4y1ng 4tt3nt1on to h3r, cross1ng th3m dr4m4t1c4lly 4s sh3 look3d up 4t kurloz.-

LATULA: yo!

LATULA: wh4t up dog?

KURLOZ: *Kurloz pointed at Latula before raising both of his hands, shrugging his shoulders along with while tilting his head curiously. Following the gesture he pointed at her again, his poofy head tilting the other way. He has other ways to communicate but apparently he wasn't going to make things easy for anyone.*

LATULA: yoooo!!!!

LATULA: 4r3 you s4y1n th4t you DONT know who 1 4m?

LATULA: th4tz L4TUL4 PYROP3!

LATULA: 4lso known 4s th3 most R4D TH1NG on TWO L3GS, 4nd 1f 1 h4d four of 3m th3n th4t too!

NEPETA: :33 < *flips page, draws these two talking*

KURLOZ: *CLOSE ENOUGH. Kurloz smiled a little broader at the answer (oh god the stitches and broad smiles did not mix) before dropping into a short, polite bow of greeting. A rather belated greeting. He likely had previous knowledge of Latula (maybe), but hey first meetings and all that. For his own introductions he withdrew a small card from one of the pockets of his uniform, presenting it to her. It ha

MAKARA: MEDICAL EXAMINER on it, along with whatever info might be prudent for his work on the ship.*

ERIDAN: *finally crawls out of the pool after a bit and goes to relax on one of the pool chairs, knocking it back so he can lay on it*

LATULA: oh. r1ght. w3ll 1n TH4T c4s3.

LATULA: prof3sh r4d grl.

LATULA: TR4D3M4RK YO.

LATULA: p good to m33t you kurlz!

KURLOZ: *Sage nod: profesh rad girl. Kurloz would keep that in mind. The real question was what did a profesh rad girl do? Kurloz made a generalized gesture at the entrance to the pool and, well, the ship in general, one brow quirked quizzically as he looked back at Latula.*

LATULA: -Sh3 gr1ns.- Oh! Y34H. R1ght dog. You w4nn4 s33 my MOV3Z.

LATULA: ((but without capitalization))

LATULA: dont worry bout th4t.

LATULA: pmuch 3v3ryon3 do3z.

LATULA: (ugh no th4t soundz so dumb.)

LATULA: do3s.

LATULA: 3v3ryon3 do3s.

LATULA: y34h.

KURLOZ: *Both of Kurloz's eyebrows raised at the question, and he pondered it for an exaggerated moment before nodding, taking a step back just incase room was necessary. A safety precaution.*

LATULA: -Sh3 do3s 4 c4rtw33l follow3d by 4 b4ckfl1p, l3tt1ng out 4 cry of 'H4RDCOR3' 4s sh3 spl4sh3d 1nto th3 w4t3r.-

KURLOZ: *Kurloz was glad he moved back, and even took a few more steps to make sure the sudden splash wouldn't catch him or even think about menacing his poofy locks. Once Latula was able to hear or see his response, he offered a polite but spirited clap. Did ships usually need a designated backflipping expert?*

LATULA: -Th3 4ppl4us3! y3sss.- 4w y34h. >8]

LATULA: th4tz th3 sh1t 1 do.

TEREZI: *4fter a reasonable amount of laps (more on point that's shes nearly exhausted herself), Terezi was in the middle of gathering her stuff together in time to see Latula's trick.* K33P 1T UP, G1RL! *waving to the rest of the people still there, Terezi heads for the lockers; she's outtie.*

LATULA: -Sh3 throws up th3 horns tow4rds T3r3z1.- d4mn r1ght 1 w1ll b4b3z!

TEREZI: *4nd maybe she's going to soak her hands in freezing water for like, an hour*

KURLOZ: *Another thumbs up from the mime, and he seemed ready to start making more weird gestures until his wrist began to flash. Oops, his break time was up. Instead he just gave a wave with an apologetic expression before slipping off into the shadows. Well not shadows so much as just, you know, other corridors of the ship that were likely adequately lit and devoid of any shadows to lurk in. It’s the

counts. Either way he is gone, off to do mime-y things.*

[ardentcupid-blog]

-- technetronicTactician [TT] began trolling ardentCupid [AC] at 21:34 -- TT: Hey Meulin. AC: ヾ(=ﾟ･ﾟ=)ﾉ < DORK!! TT: I shouldn't even be surprised anymore when I'm greeted that way. TT: What's up? AC: (^･o･^)ﾉ < AGR33D. AC: (^●ㅅ●^) < I'M JUST HANGING OUT IN MY BLOCK. TT: That's cool. Me too. TT: Chillin' with all my lil dudes. AC: (=ＴωＴ=) < 333333!!!! AC: (=；ェ；=) < THE LITTLEST DUDES OF ALL... AC: ヽ(^..^=ゞ) < WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING? TT: Overthinking, I guess. TT: Gotta work out a game plan for our next destination. And in addition to that, sprite versions of everyone I know keep popping up and making us all question our own identities. TT: It's a thing. AC: (=^..^) < OH... THAT'S PRETTY WEIRD. AC: (=^･ｪ･^=) < ARE YOU FURRIED ABOUT IT? TT: A little. TT: I'm worried about how it's affecting Dave. TT: And now I'm wondering how it's affecting Jake. AC: (^･o･^) < WHAT? WHY? AC: (=ｘェｘ=) < IS DAVESPURRITE BEING BAD? TT: Nah. Well, not that I know of. TT: But I don't think he can get up to that much trouble floating around in space. TT: Another sprite showed up today. I guess we could call her Jadesprite. TT: She didn't know where she was and it was freaking her out. I guess she was worried about us, too. TT: Anyway, she kept getting upset... Dave kinda exacerbated matters. TT: And it was making Jake anxious. Which isn't a huge surprise, but the whole "alternate selves" topic is a little sensitive for him. AC: (^・x・^) < OHHH. AC: (^..^)ﾉ < IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY? TT: I think so. TT: I'll wrestle him when he comes home. That usually fixes things. AC: (=ↀωↀ=)ᕗ < I KNOW THAT F33L. AC: ~(=ΦェΦ) < WHERE IS HE NOW? TT: It would appear that he's in the gym. AC: (◐ ω ◑ ) < DID YOU JUST TOTALLY SPY ON HIM? AC: (ฅ•ᆺ•ฅ) < WITH CAMERAS AND JUNK? TT: I mean. TT: A little. AC: (●ↀωↀ●) < CAAAAN YOU PUT CAMERAS IN MY GLASSES? AC: (=⊙ω⊙) < I WOULD REALLY LOVE THAT. JUST SAYING. TT: I know you would, Meulin. TT: I'll see what I can do. AC: ＼(=^..^)// < Y33333SSS. AC: (^./.^)ﾉ < SO WHAT ABOUT DAVE? IS HE OKAY? TT: He isn't right now. But I think he will be. AC: (=^..^=) < OHH... AC: (=^..^) < MAYBE I SHOULD S33 HIM SOON. TT: That'd be cool. TT: I think he could use some distractions. AC: (^･ω･^) (^･ω･^)ﾉ⌐■-■ (^⌐■ω■^) AC: (^⌐■ω■^) < YOU GOT IT, DUDE. TT: Hell yes. TT: (^⌐■ω■^)人(▼ー▼メ) AC: (๑ↀᆺↀ๑)✧ < UM??? I AM SAVING THAT IN MY EMOJI BANK, THANK YOU. TT: No problem. TT: Aw. TT: Jake just messaged me out of the blue to tell me he loves me. TT: What a fucking nerd. AC: O=(‘ω'Q) < BEAT HIM UP. AC: (ノω<。) < THAT'S WHAT HE GETS FUR BEING SO CUTE. TT: Agreed. AC: (^●ㅅ●^)ﾉ < HOW MANY W33DS HAS DAVE SMOKED IN HIS LIFE? TT: Like... two whole weed. AC: (^◔ᆺ◔^) < WOW, WHAT A FUREAKING NERD. TT: Tell me about it. TT: As far as I know, he's only ever smoked with me. AC: ლ(=ↀωↀ=) < I KNOW WHAT I MEOWST DO. TT: Go forth. AC: ε=ε=ε=ヾ(э^・ｪ・^)э TT: I should run, too. Gotta put Colt and Joel to bed before I prep myself for a good old fashioned wrestling match. AC: ฅ(≚ᄌ≚) < KICK HIS BUTT REAL GOOD. TT: I will. You can count on that. AC: (´⊙ω⊙) < THE TENDER MEATS WILL RISE AGAIN. AC: (=^･ω･^=)丿 < BY33333! TT: Later. TT: ヾ(*▼・▼)ﾉ⌒☆ -- technetronicTactician [TT] gave up trolling ardentCupid [AC] at 23:21 --

[transient-tutor]

-- robynSaint [RS] began pestering transientTutor [TT] at 16:28 --

RS: i think i underestimated how fucking cold it was going to be here.

TT: Haha.

TT: Yeah the weather is a lil unforgiving.

RS: i knew i should have grown my hair out again.

RS: at least i have scarves.

RS: anyway, point is, i'm here.

TT: Sweet. Ill come get you.

TT: Might take a while. Its kind of a long trek.

RS: as you can see, i'm on an incredibly tight schedule.

RS: so much to do, derek. get with the program.

RS: i expect you here in five seconds, no less.

TT: Show business sure has made you demanding.

TT: Oh wait youve always been this eager to see me. Nevermind.

RS: definitely don't see you here yet. you've come below all of my expectations.

TT: Yeah yeah hold your horses princess. Here I come.

RS: i'll be waiting.

DEREK: *it takes about a half an hour or so. there were some all terrain type vehicles on the ship that derek had sneakily gained access to earlier that day, but traveling from their hidden location took a bit of time and he had to be careful to cover his tracks. he eventually finds a road that will take him into the town, and it's a walk in the park at that point. once he arrives, he parks outside the only form of lodging the town has to offer and looks around for her there.*

RILEY: -she's been watching from the window of the lodging, given there was no way she would wait out in the cold, even if it was for derek. she watches as a vehicle pulls up, and she can't help but smile a little when she sees him get out. it's her cue to make sure her jacket's zipped up and she's completely bundled up by this point. but she steps out the door and starts to approach him.- finally!

DEREK: *he smirks right back at her, hands in his pockets to restrain himself from scooping her into a hug. that'd be weird, right? she looks kind of like a marshmallow all bundled like that and he realizes the two of them have never experienced the cold weather together.*

DEREK: Sorry I couldnt meet your ridiculous standards.

RILEY: -she quickens her pace as she heads over to him and stops in front of him.- eh, i can't blame you i guess. -she laughs, and it's so COLD and that makes her laugh even more- can we get out of the cold or what?

DEREK: Right right. *goes over to the vehicle and opens up the passenger side door for her.* Lets get this show on the road.

RILEY: wow, what a fucking gentleman. -she snorts at him and climbs inside- turn up the heat in here!

DEREK: *snorts as he slides into the driver's seat* Damn woman calm down. *he does as he's told, though, before peeling back out from whence he came.*

RILEY: -she sighs contentedly when she can feel the heat warm up the car, and she looks back over at him as he drives- so are we going to your ship or what?

DEREK: No Im holding you hostage.

DEREK: *rumbles on down the road, but once he's out of sight he's doing some SICK OFF ROADING.*

RILEY: how fun. my manager's going to LOVE that. -she laughs, holding onto part of the door handle during this SICK OFF ROADING- ho-oly shit.

DEREK: Yeah hold on. Sorry in advance if I lose control and we crash into a tree.

RILEY: i'll crash you into a tree if you crash me into a tree.

DEREK: *wheezy laughter before he navigates into the woods. at this point, he starts to slow down, otherwise he really will crash* Alright its gonna take a while after this.

DEREK: So I dunno you can turn on some tunes or something.

RILEY: -she tilts her head at him- turn on some tunes, huh? someone sounds old. did you age like, fify years since i last saw you or something? -regardless, she leans over to turn on the radio-

DEREK: What? I cant hear you. My hearing aid aint in.

RILEY: wow. -she snorts and finds something, leaning back a little- so the boys know i'm coming?

DEREK: Dirk does cuz he helped me set all this up.

DEREK: Dave can be surprised.

RILEY: aw, really? -she grins- still glad they don't hate me.

DEREK: Of course they dont. 

DEREK: Dirks pretty much crazy about you as far as I can tell. He might as well have arranged you visiting all by himself.

RILEY: -she blushes a little because of how much that warms her heart- well, i'm a fan of him, too. 

RILEY: so are we just going to go back and forth like this every day or what?

DEREK: Probably. But Ill see if I can come up with more practical methods.

DEREK: You comin and goin will probably look suspicious.

RILEY: sounds good to me.

RILEY: your brother still around?

DEREK: -siiiiigh- Oh yeah hes still around. Bein a pill as per usual.

RILEY: what, can't handle all the strider? -she nudges him-

DEREK: Of course not. Theres only so much stubborn bullfuckery a man can endure.

RILEY: says the master of stubborn bullfuckery.

DEREK: Hey Im including myself in that statement. -snorts-

RILEY: you get points for being so self aware.

RILEY: -she keeps finding herself grinning, and with the recent drama in her life, it's a welcome break to just be here-

DEREK: -casts her the occasional glance with a small smirk on his face. yep, she's still cute. how unfortunate. he's pleased to see her so excited, though. he's glad this wasn't a bad idea.-

DEREK: -after a bit of time, they finally make it to the ship, though it isn't the ship she'll remember. he parks the vehicle in the woods a short distance away.- And here we are.

RILEY: -he'll catch her looking back at him every now and then. because unfortunately, he's also cute.-

RILEY: -when they approach the new ship, she takes it in for a moment- this isn't the same one as last time is it?

DEREK: Nah. We got a new one to throw off the trail.

DEREK: ... Well more like we were gonna get attacked and we hijacked the ship before they could get us. But hey. -starts getting out of the car-

RILEY: sounds intense. -also gets out of the car and waits for him.- you make it out to be so casual. hijacked a ship nbd.

DEREK: Well we did kick the crews ass. -he TOTALLY didn't get his own ass kicked out anything. he walks around to her and then starts heading towards the ship.-

RILEY: you guys have to be made of tanks. -she walks with him through the woods, toward the ship.- i'm still thinking i won't get used to this snow, though. 

RILEY: -bends over to scoop some up in her gloved hands.- it's so crunchy. -and then she smirks over at Derek, watching him out of the corner of her eye.-

DEREK: -oh he's side eyeing her. he doesn't trust her at ALL.- Yeah and dont think Im not onto you.

RILEY: sorry what? -she's acting coy before she attempts to launch this snowball into his chest-

DEREK: -he could easily dodge that, but doesn't.- Oof. -staggers back- I never would have seen that one coming.

RILEY: -she laughs- oh, come on, that's weak!

DEREK: Weak huh? -NOW he's going to flashstep out of sight and she definitely won't see the pair of snowballs heading her way from behind immediately afterwards-

RILEY: -and he's doing that THING again, and she stumbles forward a few steps at the snowballs that hit her from behind before WHIRLING AROUND- 

RILEY: strider!!!!!!

RILEY: -she scoops up another snowball and keeps her eyes peeled for this slippery bastard-

DEREK: -snowball fights with your ex... this is totally normal.-

DEREK: -but where could he be? after tossing a few more snowballs her way, he finally reveals himself, leaning up against a tree.-

RILEY: -she attempts to dodge snowballs she doesn't see coming, which makes her look all the more ridiculous dancing around like that, especially when they hit her.- okay, now you're cheating! -she finally sees him leaning against a tree- 

RILEY: you're such a cheater!

DEREK: Alls fair in love and wa-- -SUDDENLY HIT IN THE FACE BY SOME UNSEEN FORCE- ...

DIRK: -SURPRISE. it's the son, here to defend his mother. he's been waiting around for them to arrive.-

RILEY: oh, FUCK! dirk! -she has to keep herself from keeling over in laughter until she sees Dirk was the one that avenged her and all she wants to do is HUG him. THAT'S HER BABY. he looks a lot thinner than last time, but she doesn't think too much of it yet. instead, her face brightens and she goes to him immediately. is it weird to just...hug him?- get over here, shit!

DIRK: -apparently he doesn't think it's weird, going right over to her to scoop her up into a hug. what do you think of his beard, mom??- Hey. -SQUEEZE.-

RILEY: -she laughs, relieved, hugging her first son like they had never spent twenty years apart. and wow, his BEARD. he has a full on beard. she squeezes him tightly in return, and it still feels surreal.- hey. nice beard.

DIRK: Thank you. I grew it myself. -he doesn't seem to want to let her go just yet. he is simply too much of a cuddle bug.-

DEREK: -kinda stands off to the side watching this. it's definitely surreal for him too... he hadn't had the opportunity to see dirk and riley together last time.-

RILEY: -and she doesn't mind one bit, because she loves him even more than the day he was born.- i would hope so. heard you had a hand in getting me over here.

DIRK: Yeah. I couldn't let him orchestrate the whole thing. His work can be a lil sloppy.

DEREK: -blinks, surprised to be on the receiving end of teasing from Dirk. He just scoffs a bit, hands in his pockets.-

DIRK: Besides, I'm buddies with the captain, so if anything goes south, we can just pin it on me.

RILEY: oh trust me, i know. -she grins over at Derek from where she is- even though that's a shitload of responsibility, i'm still grateful. beats my original plans for the season, anyway.

DIRK: Awesome. Uh... You wanna come inside now? We can surprise Dave.

RILEY: -she pulls away from dirk to look at him- oh, yeah. the only one that doesn't know. i'm down. it's getting cold out here anyway.

DEREK: -just watches them do their thing as it finally dawns on him that he was probably getting a lil too friendly with riley.-

DIRK: Okay. Follow me. -keeps an arm around her as he leads her inside-

RILEY: -walks with dirk with an arm around his back. He's so much taller than she is, it's cute.- i'll try to keep up. -obviously she's kidding-

DIRK: I left Citrin with him, too, so we can see the whole Strider clan together. Well, most of it, anyway. We can gather the rest later if you want. -he's glancing around cautiously as he makes his way to the sleeping quarters.-

RILEY: really? -she also wants to see dove too, and she's hoping that both of her grandchildren will be there- oh my god. i can't wait.

DIRK: -luckily, she doesn't have to wait too much longer as they soon arrive at dave's room. he knocks to the tune of jingle bells.-

DAVE: -he's in the daddest mode possible here with dove and citrin on the ground because it's tummy time again. But when someone knocks on the door, he stands to answer it but he's so taken aback that he's just stuck there for a moment, frozen- 

RILEY: -she smiles a little nervously- hi, dave.

DAVE: mom? -and he goes straight to hug her all of a sudden-

DIRK: -smirks at the two of them as he moves aside for dave to go in for that hug.- Heh. Surprise.

RILEY: -hugs Dave tightly, grinning at his reaction. it's still such a relief neither of them hate her. Dave looks smaller than before, but maybe it's just her eyes playing tricks on her. It wouldn't be the first time- surprise.

DAVE: -he pulls away to look at her before hugging her again and then pulling away- how long have you been here?

RILEY: just got here. 

DAVE: -gives dirk and Derek a confused look like IS THIS SAFE-

DEREK & DIRK: -both shrug at the look they receive so similarly it's scary.-

DIRK: So, you gonna invite us inside or what?

DAVE: oh, yeah. -he steps aside for them.- dove and citrin are over there.

KARL: -comes to greet all of them and jumps on Riley- 

RILEY: holy shit, hello scorpion dog. -she pets her before noticing the babies over on the floor and she's STUCK- oh my god.

CITRIN: >80 -who is this pretty lady?? he gets up onto his feet to waddle over to her.- halo.

DIRK: -side steps around karl to enter the room- Hey, buddy. Do you remember your grandma?

RILEY: -she gasps excitedly at citrin and kneels down to open her arms for him- hi, baby! -what a cute little troll even if he is a troll- jesus dirk you make me sound so old. -she doesn't really mind, though.- 

DAVE: -glances back to make sure dove's ok during all of this-

DOVE: -she's FINE, DAD. just smacking around toys-

DIRK: -rubs the back of his neck sheepishly- Well... What else should I call you? -HELP HIM, HE DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE'S KIDDING OR NOT.-

CITRIN: -yes, I am the baby. hello to me. he knows an invitation to a hug when he sees one and ambles right into it, chirring away. he LOVES hugs.-

RILEY: -she actually giggles at dirk- grandma is fine. i'm just teasing. -she scoops citrin up into her arms- oh my god, he's so cute!

DIRK: Oh. Heh. 

DIRK: Yeah, he's quite the charmer.

RILEY: heavy, too. they grow so fast, don't they? -she kisses citrin's cute chubby cheeks- you're a fast grower!

DAVE: -just kind of smiles all dumb like at this before checking on dove again, like she's going to move far at all-

CITRIN: -smiles at her like yes, he knows him big.-

DIRK: Yeah, he's large and in charge. -he's grinning as he wanders inside the room.- You haven't met Dove yet.

RILEY: -at the mention of dove, she gently sets citrin down-

DAVE: yeah shes just hangin out over here 

DAVE: doing her thing 

DAVE: tummy time 

DAVE: shes all about it

DAVE: actually shes not -he goes to pick her up so he can show her to his mom- come on dove 

DOVE: oh!! 

DAVE: yeah i know its time to meet your grandma 

RILEY: -she gasps again, almost whining at how cute and chubby dove is- can i...?

DAVE: oh yeah sure -hands her over-

DEREK: -standing awkwardly in the background because how can he even begin to handle this scene??? he cannot.-

DIRK: -scoops up citrin and goes to join riley, dave, and dove.-

RILEY: -she's completely in awe, scooping up this adorable chubby baby and making another squealing noise at how cute she is- oh my god, she's so precious! i'm going to cry, she looks like dave did. -she takes a deep breath, bouncing her on her hip- hi, baby. 

DOVE: -stares at Riley- 

DAVE: -dying inside-

DEREK: -he continues to observe his family, all together again like this after 20 years, and with the addition of another generation, to boot. he never would have believed it could happen little more than a year ago. but here they are, and it's incredible.-

[gunhardytemerity-blog]

Night of Bromadely Bustheads

JOHN: *literally just sitting on his bed in his pj's practicing card tricks* DIRK: *HIS BATHROOM DOOR BUSTS OPEN* DIRK: John. JOHN: hey thanks for knocking again. i just wanna say. i really appreciate it. JOHN: *laughs* DIRK: No problem. DIRK: Do you want to hang out with Jake and I tonight? JOHN: *starts gathering up the cards. he can't let his tricks be known.* JOHN: yeah! JOHN: *looks excited* just lemme put some pants on real quick. *wiggles out of pj bottoms. he's totally not changing his shirt* DIRK: I-- Oh. DIRK: *WELP* JOHN: *PANTS JOHN IS HAPPENING. it has happened.* should i bring anything? i have some beer. JOHN: i could bring board games! DIRK: Yes. Sure. Bring those things. DIRK: *glances down at himself and notices he is also in pjs* DIRK: I'll meet you outside. JOHN: :D okay! JOHN: *while dirk is busy doing that, john gathers like three board game boxes and also a case of beer. and on top of that sits casey cause he's not about to leave her at home* DIRK: *a moment later, dirk is outside their block of rooms fully clothed and looking for john.* JOHN: *kicks door down* DIRK: *there he be* JOHN: *hands full but doesn't appear to be having any trouble with this stuff* JOHN: let's go! JOHN: i've uh... never been there? but i'm assuming you have. JOHN: so haha, lead the way? DIRK: Yes, follow me. *leads the way to the best bro's domain* JOHN: *skips along* JOHN: *casey is just climbing around all the stuff in his arm and looking at everything* DIRK: *PRECIOUS* DIRK: *soon they're at jake's room. knuck knuck it's knockles.* JOHN: oh, so you knock for him. JOHN: *waggles eyebrows* DIRK: I'm far more afraid of what I might walk in on with him. JOHN: oooooh. yeah. good point. JAKE: *He answers the door, oblivious to any jokes being made right now. He's still wearing his regular clothes, not even pajama pants. He might have to RECONSIDER this decision.* What ho buds! :D JAKE: *Jake has at least ATTEMPTED to pick up his room for the sake of having friends over. His bed is fixed, his work desk is organized (he was still working on his mysterious robot project but shhh, it's not obvious what it is yet). His gun pile is sitting pretty in the furthest corner while his mini fridge appears to be spilling with food stuff. There appears to be cheese sticks from the cafeteria and stuff to make nachos!* JAKE: Make yourselves at home! Im in the process of inviting more chums as we speak! *has his tongue out as he types messages to Eridan and Dave respectively* You wont mind much will you? DIRK: *shrugs* I guess not. *too many more people might make him a little nervous, but he doubts jake can fit too many people in here.* DIRK: *he shuffles on inside, dumping out bags of doritos all over the place from his sylladex* DAVE: -dave knocks at jake's door, looking around as he waits and clapping his hands together idly.- JAKE: Woah. *pauses to stare over his communication device* Its a treasure trove! :O JAKE: *perks up at the knocking door* That must be dave! JOHN: *sees DAVE and imeddiately grabs him in a shoulder hug* i didn't know this was gonna be an actual party! i'm glad i brought supplies. JOHN: i hope you're ready for shit to get real, english. JOHN: *grins* JAKE: *YEAH, he had totally answered the door. Has he ever had this many people in his room at once???* I indeed came prepared for the fact! DIRK: *tenses a little at the mention of dave, glancing over at the door before sitting himself down on jake's bed. this belongs to him now. he might just start burrowing under covers any second.* JAKE: *Every dude is welcome to Jake's bed. What else are bros for???* DAVE: sup john -accepts that hug while still being a cool guy and not doing anything about it- ERIDAN: *took his SWEET TIME coming here, mostly because he's been in a rut lately and had to drag himself out of bed to be here* ivve fuckin arrivved JAKE: Eridan! Buddy old chum! *throws arms up with a wide grin* Salutations oh boyo!!! :D DAVE: -he walks in and looks at the pile of doritos, picking up a bag. dirk's here, and it's awkward. so dave's just going to be obnoxious as fuck, apparently.- DAVE: hey capn JOHN: *yeah john is just casually squeezing the life out of dave while he's talking but EVENTUALLY throws him back like a fish that is too small* what's up dudes! JOHN: there's too many dudes to comprehend! DIRK: *nervously stuffs face with doritos and sup nods at eridan* DIRK: *dirk knows that feel, john* JOHN: *john sits with his legs crossed on the floor and beams at people* hey captain! ERIDAN: *glances around at everyone before nodding back at dirk* *oh look a gun pile, he goes to sit on it* JAKE: *Jake is oblivious to Dirk's discomfort and just pops a seat right next to him* You werent kidding about the nap thing were you? Youre still in your night gear! JAKE: *polished gun piles are a great piece of sitting furniture, Jake agrees* DAVE: -he's not even sitting, he's walking around. after john squeezed the life out of him, he's gotta get his lungs working again- ERIDAN: doctor *nods at john in responce to his HEY* JOHN: *blinks in surprise when eridan sits on the gun pile* is that safe....you know...for your ass? JOHN: what if you get your ass blown off. ERIDAN: wwho the fucks evver heard of an unsafe pile JAKE: Precisely! *SO OFFENDED* How blazing fucking insulting can you be?? JOHN: um i dunno. what about a pile of knives. or a pile of nuclear weapons! *so confused by the sitting on piles thing* DIRK: *glances at jake, shrugs, and offers him a dorite* DAVE: john likes to think of all the different kinds of ways his ass can get beat up JOHN: i'm just saying, unless it's a pile of soft cushy things my ass is not touching it. it must be protected. JOHN: wow dave. JAKE: You really ought to shut your trap before youre prompted sir!!! *CHOMPS DORITE right out of Dirk's hand, not even thinking* >8I DAVE: -stuffs his face with doritos as he waks around and tries to touch everything- DIRK: ! *retracts hand before he loses a finger to those chompers* JOHN: *john puffs up* did you jsut tell me to speak when i'm spoken too? JOHN: *YOU WANNA FUCKING GO?* JAKE: *CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH* JAKE: I think i just DID confirm that DOC. *rubs his nose* ERIDAN: *looks between them all like <3<????* JOHN: wow, i think you're cruising for a bruising there, pal. *cracks knuckles comedically* JAKE: *Eridan no* JOHN: *no eridan they're kidding stop* ERIDAN: wwoah get a fuckin room geez JOHN: *wat* JAKE: *just laughing with dorito breath probably* It is my room! DIRK: *snorts* ERIDAN: also i demand some a those cheese triangles JAKE: Cheese triangles! :D JOHN: *just sits there in sollemn confusion thinking about all these things??? piles....getting a room. there must be some connection here he' smissing* JOHN: *think think think* DIRK: Then grab a bag. They are strewn all over the floor. JOHN: wow, they really are. JOHN: *is sitting next to one* JOHN: *looks for cool ranch flavor* DIRK: You're welcome. JAKE: *What's dave touching? The robot parts on his desk? DON'T!!!* ERIDAN: *SCOWLS* ERIDAN: do i gotta do EVVERYTHIN myself DIRK: Yes. ERIDAN: *SIIIIIGHS as he reaches feebly for one of those bags* DIRK: *good lord* DIRK: *he loves eridan so much* JOHN: herculean effort. JAKE: Now hold a second! Hes a guest! *tromps over and passes bag to Eridan.* The captain should be treated accordingly! JOHN: *gets into a bag of cool ranch doritos. munchamunch* DIRK: Brown noser. JOHN: suck up! *yells at jake* ERIDAN: see jake knowws howw to treat me *looks SMUG as he opens up those chips and starts chowing down* JAKE: Bite my thumbs and shove it is what i say. JOHN: jake, you're spoiling him too much! JOHN: he's gonna get fatter than me. ERIDAN: *SCOWLS* the fuck did you just say im not FAT JOHN: yeah! but if he kept bringing you food forever you might get fat. JOHN: look dude, i know these things. i'm a doctor. JOHN: *munches DORITOS* JOHN: *LIKE A HYPOCRITE* JAKE: Oh criminy. Never fret eridan. Clearly hes green in the face! *pats Eridan's shoulder and then sits back at his bed.* DAVE: -dave is touching everything- DIRK: *dave no* DAVE: -pens, robot parts, books- ERIDAN: *you are getting such a sour look right now john* yeah hes clearly jealous a your servvitude to me DAVE: -furniture- JOHN: *hehehhe just grinning back at eridan* JOHN: *>:D* JAKE: *They're comics! Also he doesn't have too much furniture except a few sitting stools for his desk.* DIRK: *if things weren't weird right now he would throw something at dave, but alas* ERIDAN: davve do you alwways go through shit thats not yours JOHN: dave, stop lurking in the corner. jeez. JOHN: come over here and socialize, buddy! JAKE: Whatsit? *looks up* There isnt a problem! I havent anything to hide! JAKE: *he was busy eating cheese sticks u see* JOHN: yeah, but he needs to come sit with us and become apart of the bro banter. DAVE: i can hear everything right now DAVE: its no big DAVE: -picks up a comic book- JOHN: *smh* JOHN: *he tries u guys. oh my god does he try* JAKE: Heh heh heh! Join the repartee dave! *That's Spider Girl you're looking at.* JOHN: wait, are those comic books? JOHN: *john might be interested in rifling through jake's comic books* JAKE: Uh yes actually! *he sweats a little. Oh gosh. They're gonna find out what a huge nerd he is.* ERIDAN: *dumps more chips in his big mouth* JOHN: can i see them?? JAKE: You neednt permission my friend. JOHN: sweet! JOHN: *goes and grabs a box. he's gonna tkae them all out and spread them out on the floor to look at them* JAKE: *RIP* ERIDAN: so wwhats the purpose a this celebration DIRK: Guys bein' dudes. JAKE: No reason! I just found myself with a spot of time to spare and i thought... hell! Why does it mean i have to spend it alone??? JAKE: Precisely! *punches dirk on the shoulder* DAVE: whats happening with spider girls in here JAKE: ... JAKE: NOTHING. DIRK: ... ERIDAN: wwait wwhat DIRK: Oh no, you found his dirty comic collection. JAKE: What the flipping fuck its not dirty!!! DAVE: thats yet to be determined DIRK: *crunches dorito* DIRK: Okay, but if that one isn't, I'm sure there must be at least one around here. JAKE: *Maybe a little sweaty.* Thats a preposterous accusation. JAKE: And we should change the subject! DIRK: It isn't any worse than what I'm hoarding in my room. DIRK: There's nothing to be ashamed of, Jake. ERIDAN: wwhat are you hidin from us this is fuckin suspicious DAVE: theres totally one in here ERIDAN: *although what dirk said makes him blush a little* ERIDAN: *HE CAN'T TALK EITHER WITH SOME OF THE STUFF ROXY HAS IN THEIR ROOM* DIRK: *8)* JAKE: Its NOT. *VERY RED IN THE FACE* JAKE: God! Way to make a man feel like a double up deauchee in his own bedroom! DIRK: *nudges/leans on jake a little* DIRK: Lighten up. This is what bros do. DIRK: Embarrass and belittle each other for laughs. JOHN: *john's been spacing out about comics. he is much too asexual for this.* hey, howard the duck??? haha awesome. JOHN: *rifling* JAKE: Yes howard the duck! Hes a classic!!! JAKE: *aggressive subject changing* JAKE: *But allows Dirk to lean on him.* >:I DAVE: -sets down spider girl- and keeps walking around- JOHN: hehhee the jokes in this series....i think it's based on the duck tales comics? but it's all fucked up....*just rambling* JOHN: or rather scrooge mcduck comics *keeps rambling* JAKE: *Hopefully Dave won't notice the Reginald the smuppet lying around his room.* DIRK: *teasing jake and squishing against him calms his nerves a bit... FOR NOW.* JAKE: *straight up fucking swats the dorito bag out of Dirk's hand* ERIDAN: *squints* JOHN: *eventually gets up to grab a beer* DIRK: No. JAKE: Yes i think yes???? DAVE: oh fuck DAVE: -notices the smuppet- JAKE: *The smuppet notices Dave too.* ERIDAN: i think i wwant placement on the bed noww *gets up and walks over and rather than go around dirk and jake, he tries to squeeze inbetween them like a cat* DIRK: ... DAVE: fuck no DIRK: *well, okay. guess he's leaning on eridan now.* DAVE: jake where did you get this abomination from JAKE: *HECK. If that doesn't make Jake laugh.* DAVE: this sad sad DAVE: motherfucker JAKE: Abomination? DIRK: *side eyes dave* ... Oh. JOHN: *stops and looks at it while hes' grabbing a beer* wait is THAT a smuppet??? *he's never actually seen one in ...the flesh* DIRK: *leans on eridan MORE* JAKE: Bro that is no abomination! Twas a gift from derek! JAKE: His name is reginald and he is my companion buddy! :D JOHN: *considers reginald for a minuite or two* JOHN: ew. JOHN: *he has decided his opinion* JOHN: *goes back to comics* JAKE: Bahahahaha! ERIDAN: wwhys a fake unlivvin object your buddy DIRK: *grabs the edge of eridan's cape and wraps himself up in it* DAVE: you have to be kidding me DAVE: these things are so dumb JAKE: Obviously when you arent around eridan i need other friends too! *SASS* DAVE: and weird and like protruding ass everywhere JAKE: I know!!! Its fucking rich! *laughs!* JOHN: i think i sort of understand now why you used to think they were creepy! DAVE: theyre still creepy JAKE: Oh come now. Why do they have to be creepy? I think theyre funny!!! DAVE: imagine crawling your way out of a fuckton of these JOHN: i mean describing a thing with a protruding ass and then seeing how protruding it actually is....is a very different thing! JAKE: *PFFFFFFFFFFT* DAVE: oh hey think i gotta take a piss in the middle of the night DAVE: not so fast dave you got assaulted by an entire lake of smuppets JAKE: There are worser things to wade through trust me. ERIDAN: *blinks REALLY SLOWLT at john* *looks at the puppet* JOHN: jeez louise. DAVE: no these really suck JOHN: i thought my old man was bad, just leaving refigerators and ovens in incovenient places DIRK: *reaches across eridan to grab some doritos* JOHN: one time he put TWO fridges on top of each other and i had such a hard time getting out of my room i had to pee in a bottle! JOHN: *laughs* JAKE: Well i can hardly speak. JOHN: yeah jake probably wins out of all of us. JOHN: he had to pee down a crocodile's throat. JOHN: in a forest of vines. DAVE: uh JOHN: on a cliff. DAVE: wow DIRK: *SNORT* JAKE: Try collecting dragon piss on your own!!! Its not easy nor fun i should say! ERIDAN: the shit are wwe talkin about DIRK: ... JOHN: pee stories! i think. DIRK: Then why did you do it? ERIDAN: im not tellin you my pissin habits so dont evven fuckin ask JOHN: darn...that ruins my whole night. not being able to learn about eridan's pissing habits. JOHN: *snerk* JAKE: Every man is entitled to his privacy! *totally not answering Dirk's question.* DIRK: He and Roxy have this really cool toilet. DIRK: I have pictures of it. JOHN: can i see? DIRK: *brings out comm device* ERIDAN: I DONT USE THAT JOHN: *goes to sit on bed* JAKE: :O ERIDAN: NO *slaps it out of dirks hand* ERIDAN: *if he can* JOHN: O: DIRK: *doof, there it goes* ERIDAN: *if not he just slaps dirk's hand* JAKE: *three of his bros are on his bed. He's so happy right now* JOHN: hey, that reminds me. i took some pictures of casey when i was at feferi's the other night. *pulls out communicator and shows them pics of casey dressed up in the different costumes feferi had laying around* DIRK: Omg. JOHN: i like the clam shell bra one! hahah! JOHN: look, we even put a wig on her. only for a sec though. she didn't like it too much. JAKE: Heh heh! JAKE: (Wait whos roxy?) *asks to himself suddenly* JOHN: *casey hears her name and starts trying to climb up the bed* DIRK: *looks at jake like he just made a swore* ERIDAN: *TURNS HIS HEAD QUICKLY to jake* JAKE: *??????????????* JOHN: dude. JAKE: Bro? DIRK: You haven't met Roxy? JAKE: I... suppose not?? ERIDAN: howw dare you JOHN: you HAVE TO MEET ROXY, SHE'S SO COOL!! JAKE: I uh... okay! *PANICKED* Perhaps i shall???? JOHN: she makes eridan slightly cooler just by association. ERIDAN: no she doesnt im the one wwith cold blood not her JOHN: *omfg* ERIDAN: anywway shes my goddamned matesprit JOHN: *well played eridan.* ERIDAN: so you BETTER become aquainted DIRK: And my platonic life partner. JAKE: *has a face like O____O* JOHN: we're chums! *pipes up* JAKE: Bejeezus. DAVE: yeah dude shes basically everywhere all the time ERIDAN: i suppose that tainted foul communication devvice a yourse contains pictures a her on it dirk JAKE: Im not sure weve been acquainted as of yet! *Tbh, he's kind of terrified now.* DIRK: Oh yes, tons. JOHN: *looks at dirk slyly. show me a picture of the toilet. sends brain waves* DIRK: *reaches pathetically for the device, but alas, it is on the floor* ERIDAN: *gestures at dave* ERIDAN: retrievve the devvice DIRK: *and he is rolled up in eridan's cape like a burrito* JOHN: *sees something shiny inside eridan's cape??* JOHN: *what could it be???* DIRK: *it me* JOHN: *of course he doesn't touch because he's not that fucking rude* JAKE: *He's still trying to imagine what kind of terrible force of nature Eridan and Dirk would partner up with and in his imagination, it's awful.* DAVE: -goes to pick up the device- DAVE: -starts looking through it- DIRK: Hey, uh-- DIRK: You might not... DIRK: Ah, fuck it. ERIDAN: *sits there patiently, arms crossed* DAVE: -it's sure taking him a long time to give it back- JOHN: *actually it's just precious cinnamon roll roxy* DAVE: -mostly because he's just looking at it- DAVE: hold on a sec JOHN: SURPRISE ATTACK! JOHN: *punches dave* JOHN: *attempts a steal on phone* DAVE: -the device flies out of his hands- DAVE: ow what the fuck JOHN: *SWEET CATCH* JOHN: *he's totally gonna try to look at the toilet* JAKE: Take a seat dave! DIRK: Guys, please. Let me navigate my own device. DIRK: There's stuff on there you don't want to see. DIRK: Probably? DAVE: nah im good bein up DIRK: I mean, you probably don't want to see it. DAVE: up and about gettin my steps in JOHN: awww. okay. JOHN: *gives it back* DIRK: Thanks. DAVE: karkats got us all doin fitbit shit makin sure were gettin our exercise -that's a lie- JAKE: If youre sure bro? *appears concerned* JAKE: Whats fitbit again? DIRK: Now, for Roxy... *brings up a picture of roxy with the toilet* JAKE: *eyes the picture* ... JOHN: *HAHA SWEET COMBO!* JAKE: Oh ive seen her about! JAKE: Never spoken to her however. DIRK: You gotta. JAKE: I gotta? DIRK: You gotta. JAKE: Well if youre sure! :O DIRK: Mmhmm. ERIDAN: wwhat the shit is fitbit an wwhy hasnt kar told me about it JOHN: *WTF THIS TOILET HAS A FACE* DAVE: it counts your steps and keeps track of all your exercise and shit JOHN: oh, so it's like the pokewalker? DIRK: It's a pedometer. That's called a pedometer. JAKE: Heh heh. Sounds unecessary! *Why would you keep track of something like that?* JOHN: but if it's a pokewalker, you get to train your pokemon while you're walking and then it's not uncessary and dumb. DIRK: Nerd. JOHN: hehehehhe! JAKE: *slides off the bed in hopes of gathering up his comics. It would be terrible if they got stepped on or otherwise rumpled.* JAKE: *THANKS JOHN.* JOHN: whoops! sorry man! i got distracted. JOHN: *he totally understands wanting to protect ur comics* JAKE: You mess with a mans comics and leave them out for all to see and gawk at??? ERIDAN: you got drinks an shit in here right *says to no in in particular* JAKE: Its a clock worthy offense bro. JOHN: well, just get it over with if it needs to be done. i don't wanna be surprised. JOHN: it'd be a shame if i was doing open heart surgery and you just decided to get your revenge right then! DIRK: *scrolling through his photos silently now* DAVE: kinda messy if you ask me DIRK: (Whoa, what? Haha. I don't remember taking that...) JAKE: Booze! Ah yes!!! *arms full of comics* JOHN: *looks at eridan intently* are you gonna make us drinks??? ERIDAN: wwhat wwhy wwould i do that in here JAKE: Dave if you would be a chap? There should be beer stuff in the fridge! *putting comics away* ERIDAN: *dave ur their errand boy thats what happens when you stand around* JAKE: *He was asking as a FAVOR, Eridan. Chill.* ERIDAN: *HES OUR MANSERVANT* DIRK: *you think everyone is your man servant, eridan* JOHN: because i like it when you make the drinks! you and roxy are really good at it. DIRK: *raises a brow at john* JAKE: Ah so shes a professional mixologist? JAKE: Or a hobbist? DIRK: Well, I'll at least say Eridan's good at mixing... strong drinks. DAVE: -stares- DAVE: only because i was going there anyway ERIDAN: excuse fuckin you im good at mixin any drink DIRK: Okay. DIRK: Roxy's real good though. DAVE: -Heads over to get some beers, grabs a bunch and starts handing them out- JOHN: i thought all good drinks were strong drinks. JOHN: *???* JAKE: *accepts the beer* JAKE: Thanks a billion! JOHN: *grabs a beer* DIRK: *oh john, what do you know?* JOHN: thanks! DIRK: *dirk will accept it, but he won't like it* ERIDAN: *he's going to take a beer..... AND DRINK IT!!!* JOHN: *NOT MUCH AT ALL HE'S PRETTY INEXPERIENCED* DIRK: *beer is GROSS but its a manly beverage* DIRK: *and he is a man* JAKE: *Jake is impervious to taste. He'll eat and drink everything.* ERIDAN: rox is basically the best there is though i wwont deny JOHN: *currently has beer cans all over his room. whoops. bachelor trash* JAKE: Dawww. JOHN: hehe! cute. JAKE: She must be some gal! DIRK: *sips beer and snuggles eridan for being adorable* JOHN: roxys so nice. she said i could perform magic at the bar sometime, but i never got the chance. one day. *wistful* ERIDAN: yeah she really is *sighs dreamily and stares off as he drinks this drink like he's about to break into song like in a musical* JAKE: *wills himself to stand and goes over by dave* Hello! DIRK: *good lord* DAVE: -holds his own beer and looks at jake- DAVE: yeah JAKE: Yeah yeah bud? *hehe* JOHN: *decides to try and show off and do a card trick for dirk and eridan* DIRK: *B^o* DIRK: *gives john his attention* JOHN: *OKAY...okay...but where's the spade....nothing up my sleeve nothing up my sleeve* JAKE: *rests his elbow on Dave's shoulder.* BD ERIDAN: *he tries not to look impressed but he is impressed, he LOVES the art of ILLUSION* DAVE: are you trying to get my attention for something or what DAVE: cuz you got it JOHN: is THIS your card? *no it's not. oops. he actually fucked that one up* JOHN: *laughs nervously and tries it again* DIRK: ... JOHN: *okay he gets it right the second time* JAKE: Not at all! Im making for casual posing and conversation! DIRK: Wow. JOHN: sorry guys, it's a work in progress. JAKE: So you wont be all on your lonesome? DIRK: Incredible. DAVE: oh DAVE: yeah thats cool JAKE: Exceedingly! JOHN: *blushing and tucking cards away again* hehehehehe! DAVE: so hey JAKE: Tell me about your day bro. DAVE: you should come over and see dove again sometime DAVE: i went to work DAVE: worked on some music DAVE: did that shit JAKE: Oh music? Did you ever mention that being a hobby of yours? JAKE: Uncanny! DIRK: *john is adorable. he applauds his hard work.* JAKE: *casually sidesteps subject of Dove for now. ONLY GOOD FEELINGS RIGHT NOW OK.* DAVE: dunno if i did but its been a thing JOHN: *he's still beating himself up about getting the trick wrong but he puffs his chest up and beams anyway when dirk claps. IMPRESSING DIRK IS BEST* JAKE: Is it lyrical type stuff or beat boxing chanties??? DAVE: music production and raps DAVE: mostly JOHN: hey, what are you guys talking about? *yells over at them. super graceful. social artisan.* ERIDAN: *AND SO eridan just watched all this and fell asleep after drinking BEERS GALORE* DAVE: MUSIC PRODUCTION AND RAPS DIRK: ... JAKE: Cripes is that necessary?? DIRK: *goes back to looking at pictures on his device* JOHN: OH YEAH, DAVE'S REALLY GOOD AT THAT I GUESS. but he only raps about stupid shit. JAKE: *Jake will tuck blankets for Eridan to sleep in.* DAVE: nah man i got the best rhymes DAVE: -glances at dirk suspiciously. and inconspicuously- JAKE: Ah hah the most beastly rhymes would you say? JOHN: i think your content is questionable! JOHN: but your skills are undeniable. DIRK: ... *shrugs* JAKE: Your hip to the scotch... unreliable. JAKE: Heh heh! DIRK: He's never beaten me in a rap battle so I dunno man. JOHN: *squints at jake* ??? DIRK: *JUST SAYIN* JOHN: *squints at dirk???* DIRK: *is this shade or is he joking* JOHN: ...you guys have done that before? JOHN: *john would actually really like to see this thing* DIRK: Yeah? DAVE: i win actually DAVE: hes just saying he does JOHN: welp duh. i guess that's a no brainer! JOHN: but i never thought about it. JOHN: how do you decidee who wins? does a robot judge? JOHN: or do you just like, know in your soul. DIRK: Well, usually he just gives up. JAKE: Dirk does say many a thing i will accede this statement. JOHN: *hehhehehe hoohoohohoh* DAVE: oh shut the fuck up DIRK: *gives jake a look* JAKE: * :) * JAKE: And what are you looking at there chum? JOHN: you guys should rap...a little! i just wanna see. JOHN: *claps hands* JOHN: *yes dave, for once john is encouraging you to rap* DIRK: *wrinkles nose at jake then looks back at john* ... I guess so. JOHN: *bounces* JAKE: Well are you going to be all talk or do something of it???? JOHN: wait wait...*goes and grabs another beer.* JOHN: okay i'm ready. JAKE: *SLORPS BEER* JAKE: *also gets another beer for himself* DIRK: *sips his beer as well* You can do the honors of kicking us off, Dave. DAVE: -ok so he's having this beer and that's it even though it tastes gross.- he takes a swig and then sets it down- DAVE: ok but you asked for it DAVE: dont come cryin back to me with hurt feelings JOHN: omgthisisgonnabesocool. JOHN: notreally"cool"butatleastfuntowatch. JAKE: The gloves are being promptly removed!!! JAKE: *claps Dave on the shoulders like he's beefing him up in the boxing ring* >:D JOHN: *just sits there vibrating basically oWo* DAVE: watch me as i step into the room and i butcher your aesthetics DAVE: already too late dont bother tryin to call the paramedics DAVE: cuz the wound im bout to give yas got no permanent cure DAVE: its a burn that stays with ya got a question are you sure DAVE: you wanna step up to the plate and hit yourself a home run DAVE: but by the way your limbs be laggin bitch you already done DAVE: -takes a step in dirk's direction before gesturing for him to bring it- JAKE: (Golly!) JOHN: *OH SHIT :O* JOHN: (jeez!) DIRK: *of course he's brought up a beat on his comm device since he's been fiddling with it. he seems pretty disinterested in dave's slams but gets up off the bed to face his brother more directly.* DIRK: You come at me acting like an all star. DIRK: In this game we're playing, it's not gonna get you far, DIRK: Running your smashed mouth won't take you plate to plate. DIRK: Slick moves what you need, what I got, and I intend to desecrate DIRK: Whatever curve balls you think you're throwin'. DIRK: Three strikes, you're already out, while I keep on flowin'. JAKE: *loud slurping from over here* JAKE: (Diddly dang roger.) JOHN: *WHISTLES AND CLAPS he's way too excited* DAVE: -takes another step closer to him- hustle back to the bench cuz what you sees an illusion DAVE: thinkin you got it figured out but what you gots a fusion DAVE: of delusion humiliated when you step off the field DAVE: cuz the break of your realitys got you on your knees and keeled DAVE: over and out ima let you in on a secret DAVE: the more you try to be alone pains gonna make you feel it DAVE: -and over to dirk- JOHN: (woah that one was deep.) JOHN: (what's he gonna do???) JOHN: *like i said he's WAY TOO EXCITED* DIRK: *frowns the slightest bit down at dave* DIRK: You look at my methods, think you see weakness, DIRK: But truth of the matter is I prioritze realness. DIRK: You don't know reality til it hits you in the face. DIRK: Telling you this ain't your time, it ain't your place. DIRK: You value family so much, then listen, brother knows best. DIRK: Don't think I know I've got a lot out of my chest? DIRK: Let me handle things my way, cuz nobody gonna know me. DIRK: You think you can top these rhymes? Come on, already. Fucking show me. DIRK: *BACK AT U DAVE* DAVE: weakness aint an issue dogg everybody knows it DAVE: not for you and the guilt you take with you to the pit DAVE: so what we can detach ourselves so what we ditch the realness DAVE: til the real gets us in a ditch and forces us to feel this DAVE: think family aint important just cuz you aint ready DAVE: but when you need a limb i got you if you let me DAVE: cuz there aint no way in hell im gonna leave you all alone DAVE: regardless of your capabilities and the shit youve thrown DAVE: think you can get rid of me but listen up real close DAVE: aint gonna let you get away from me youre my family first and foremost DAVE: -he's much closer now- JAKE: (Uh... hah?) *is he missing something here? He's suddenly feeling like he is and just sticks to drinking his beer with a lot of question marks on his face.* JAKE: *This just intense all of a sudden. Dang.* DIRK: *alright, fine, u wanna play it that way dave, then dirk will get up in your face too. intense doesn't even begin to describe it.* DIRK: Time and time again, proving your own naiveté, DIRK: Got a lot to say, but only bringin' child's play. DIRK: A lil baby traitor seekin' his own validation, DIRK: Not unlike the big man who built that foundation. DIRK: To be in this family means no good is gonna come, DIRK: When it's ourselves we're always running from. DIRK: Don't come preaching to me about the bad we're undoing, DIRK: Cuz you can't see what lies beneath the surface, constantly stewing. DIRK: You don't know what it's like, cuz in you, there's some good. DIRK: But me and him are cut from a cloth yet to be understood. DIRK: You don't need him and you don't need me. DIRK: That's why I'm comin' down on you bro, no matter how much you plead. JAKE: *looking between Dave and Dirk like uuhhhhhh* DAVE: -dirk's all up in his face and his words actually sting because he knows there's truth in them. this isn't just a normal battle, here, dirk's saying what he feels. and it's a rejection dave's not ready for- JOHN: *john's face slowly changes from giddy excitement to confusion to just...uncomfortableness. he's meeting eyes with jake and mouthing the words 'what the fuckkk' silently through dave's rap, but then when dirk finishes out he knows he needs to step in- JOHN: um. guys? i think...maybe we should take a break. JOHN: like, it's really good and all but.. JOHN: :/ JAKE: I hearby stand by this notion! JAKE: *Thank you, John.* DAVE: -he stares at dirk, frowning just a little- nah its cool i gotta go anyway DAVE: take care of my daughter and shit JOHN: hey...are you sure? JOHN: maybe you guys should talk some more. JOHN: but not in rhyme. JOHN: *twiddles thumbs* JAKE: *scratches his neck a lil* JOHN: *anxious staring* DIRK: *blinks when they're interuppted, snapping out of it, and then turns away with a shrug* If he's gotta go then he's gotta go. JOHN: :I JAKE: Well it is true. *eyeing dirk* DAVE: dude gets what he wants DAVE: ill see you guys later JOHN: uh...okay...well...see you later dude. say hi to dove for me. *it's kinda flat* DAVE: yeah sure DAVE: -he heads out, a bit rushed- JAKE: Do message me some time bro! *waves after him with a half-hearted smile* JOHN: ...:( *there he go* JAKE: ... JAKE: ... JAKE: ... JAKE: So! JOHN: *JAKE* JAKE: That was not nearly anything i was expecting. JOHN: um dirk what the fuck was that about? JAKE: *Dang it.* DIRK: *he's turned away from them, waving a dismissive hand* Don't worry about it. JOHN: uh but..maybe we should talk about it? since we're all here anyway... JAKE: *comes over to push a little at Dirk's shoulder, very doglike in intent.* JAKE: *He's HELPING.* DIRK: ... *glances at jake. he feels like he should pet him or something.* DIRK: I... DIRK: I don't know. JAKE: There is time bro! JAKE: Whatever the issue... im sure it can be resolved with time. *encouraging smiles* JAKE: *shoulder nudges* JOHN: i mean, we don't have to talk. we can just chill if you think that would help more. but if you want to, i don't think either me or jake would judge you whatever the problem is! JOHN: *cautious but hopeful* DIRK: ... I know you wouldn't. That's not really my concern. DIRK: *shoulders slump. he wants to talk about it, but he also doesn't want to drag more people into his affairs, especially after he so brutally pushed his own brother away from them in front of people.* JOHN: well....okay. *he's not gonna force his help, especially with the track record for bad things happening when he tries to do that to people.* JOHN: i really hope you guys work it out though. i know you both care about eachother a lot. DIRK: ... *puts his head in his hand, pushing up his shades and rubbing at his eyes with thumb and forefinger* JOHN: *sighs and pushes up on dirk's other side...gives him a shoulder squeeze* aw, buddy... DIRK: I don't know why I'm doing this. DIRK: This isn't what I want. JAKE: *his gaze is nothing but sympathetic. It's easy to recall the conversation they had before and Jake has to wonder if any of this has to do with it.* JAKE: Then by jove buddy old buster... what do you want? DIRK: ... I don't want to be alone. DIRK: *shakes his head* But with everything that's happened, I suppose I feel like that's the only inevitability. DIRK: Either I'm going to overwhelm everyone, or they're going to... *swallows* DIRK: Shit. DIRK: I'm sorry. JOHN: *just sits there, squeezing his shoulder and feels anxious. he dosen't know what's wrong with dave and dirk. obviously it's some dark shit he dosen't understand* JAKE: Shucks... you know that cant be true. *puts his hand on the back of Dirk's head like cmon, buddy. We talked about this, right?* JOHN: hey... do you want me to give you guys some space? i wanna help but...i mean. obviously i don't know much. JOHN: and i just want you guys to feel comfortable, is what i'm saying. DIRK: *finds himself leaning into jake's shoulder, ashamed cuz he knows what he must be thinking* DIRK: It's cool, John. DIRK: I'd hate to totally dismantle this shindig with my baggage. JOHN: hey, we can always have another shindig. we can have endless shindigs. JOHN: the shindigs will never end. JOHN: *little shoulder hug* JAKE: *yes, he knows Dirk and he ain't even mad.* JAKE: *hair ruffle* DIRK: ... If we could go back to just hangin' out, that'd be cool. JOHN: alrighty. i am totally fine with that. JOHN: as long as jake gets me a beer. JOHN: *thumbs up* JAKE: What the flippity fuck bro. Cant you see im busy??? *Is very clearly supporting Dirk here* JOHN: what happened to being a good host???? JOHN: *is totally referencing that time jake came over and grilled him for it* DIRK: *snorts a lil at these nerds* JOHN: i'm just letting you know, if i get up it won't be for beer. it'll be for the stronger, sterner stuff. JOHN: stuff that puts hair on your chest! DIRK: I think that's the last thing either of you needs. DIRK: *glances at john, looking him over* Well, maybe. DIRK: *back at jake* Him definitely. JOHN: *pulls dirk's ear HARD* DIRK: Ow! JOHN: *pulls up his shirt and points to his chest angrily >:( IT IS SUFFICENTLY HAIRY.* JOHN: *also his belly is hairy* DIRK: *o h* JAKE: :O JOHN: *but compared to jake, no* JOHN: *just no* JOHN: *jake is teen wolf* JAKE: *EXCUSE* DIRK: *he wants to pet them both* JOHN: *smooths his shirt back down. his point has been made.* DIRK: *RESTRAIN THYSELF* JAKE: Lands sakes man. The only ruffian allowed to prostrate himself shirtless in my room is ME. DIRK: ... JAKE: How do you expect me to behave a good host if all you do is break my god damn house rules??? JOHN: there was no verbiage ANYWHERE that said i had to keep my clothes on for this. JOHN: so i am saying that is bullshit! DIRK: (You... really couldn't have thought of a better word than prostrate...?) DIRK: *reaches for his beer and finishes it* DIRK: *it was full a moment ago* JOHN: well since you're dropping the fucking ball all over the place i guess i'll have to go rustle up some booze myself. JOHN: *gets up to prance over to his kitchenlet* DIRK: *goes to sit down because he cannot handle standing any more* JAKE: *ignores Dirk* Its as if youre completely birdbrained to the code of bros! Zounds and billiards man. *shakes his head. Yeah he's not getting booze now or any time soon. Goes and sits at his desk chair as Dirk breaks off.* DIRK: *no come sit with him on the floor* JOHN: *just the sound of john rustling in jake's stuff like a raccoon* JAKE: Make yourself at fucking home why dont you??? JAKE: *at John* DIRK: *twiddling his thumbs* JAKE: *He can't read minds, Dirk.* JOHN: mhmmm! *beams like a poster child for a food commerical* JAKE: *Disgusted.* DIRK: *CAN HE READ SAD PUPPY DOG EYES OVER SHADES??* JOHN: *lol u mad bro* JAKE: *NO. He reaches to fiddle with Reggie the smuppet. Squeeeeak.* JAKE: Heh heh! DIRK: *fuck reggie* DIRK: Dork. JOHN: *comes out with a spread of whatever booze and juice/mixerr he could find in jake's room* it's the motherlode! $$$$$$ JOHN: *sits it all down on the floor* DIRK: *blinks at the sweet loot* Hmm. DIRK: Should I be drinking this? JOHN: oh ... JOHN: *FLIPS HIS SHIT* JOHN: i'm so sorry man! JOHN: i forgot about your liver! JOHN: i'm the worst doctor ever. JAKE: *throws reggie right at Dirk's head.* Yes john! You are! DIRK: *ARGH. it squeaks on impact.* JOHN: *JUST GIVES DIRK THE SADDEST OF SAD EYES. HE WANTED TO HELP* DIRK: It's fine, John. DIRK: I can just watch you two get smashed. JOHN: i brought shame upon my family. JOHN: we don't have to drink. we can just do something else. i'm so sorry! JAKE: What!!! Thats assuming im willing! *He totally will. For the vine and Dirk's amusement.* DIRK: I don't mind. Really. JOHN: are you sure? it seems like it'd be kind of a bummer to me! JAKE: Oh blaze it all john. What do you know? JOHN: :( DIRK: Jake. JOHN: *DISTRESS* DIRK: Don't be a dick, be a dude. JOHN: i can take him. *sniffles and raises fists* JOHN: *hahaha* JAKE: A fancy thing to say coming from the prince of pricks himself!!! JAKE: *only raises one fist* JOHN: ahahhah! JOHN: *the price of pricks, lol* JOHN: *still squinting at jake tho* JOHN: *wanna fight >:C* JAKE: If its a scuffle you want its a scuffle youll get johnathan. JAKE: *HECK YEAH HE WANNA FITE* DIRK: Wow. Somebody is feeling fiesty. JOHN: MY NAME ISN'T JONATHAN, JAKEATHAN. DIRK: ... JAKE: GASP. JOHN: *john pours himself a shot first* DIRK: (Dirkathan.) JAKE: Jakeathan was my grandfather!!!! JOHN: *snickers* JOHN: *CRACKS UP* DIRK: And that's Mister Jakeathan to you. JOHN: our mutual relation is john jacob jinkleheimer schmidt! JAKE: Precisely you insensitive horses ass! JOHN: *goes up to him and slaps reggie out of his hand. yes he is starting some shit* DIRK: *leans over himself a little snickering* JOHN: *ok nvm reggie is gone. he just slaps jake hands ???* JAKE: Sir! I suggest you stand MOTHER FUCK the hell down! *THEM'S LOOKING FOR A FIGHT. He punches John's forearm.* DIRK: *leans back on his hands and enjoys the show* JOHN: ow!!! *rubs shoulder >:C* ummmm how about no? how about you put away that stink eye you been giving me all night! *flicks jake's eye* JAKE: *RIGHT ON THE GLASSES* Bushwa i call bushwa!!! JOHN: i don't know what that means *flicks his other eye* :D DIRK: *deadpan* Oh, the humanity. *opens up another bag of dorites* Who will stop them. JAKE: *Oh now John's gonna earn a punch to the tiddy* Who indeed??? JOHN: OW MY BOOB. JOHN: *scream* JOHN: *well john is just going to punch Jake right back HIS tiddypart and see how he likes them apples* JAKE: *Jake takes the tiddy punch like a MAN, his chest puffed and everything.* >:( JAKE: What the almighty fuck are these kitten whiskers youre assaulting me with bro??? JAKE: I demand to know! DIRK: Oh shit. JOHN: D:< JOHN: *TACKLES* DIRK: Oh fuck. JOHN: *his manliness has been questioned* DIRK: *DIS GON B GOOD* JAKE: *HE'S SITTING ON A DESK CHAIR YOU BUCKTOOTHED IDIOT* JOHN: *well not anymore* JAKE: *GOAT SCREAM* JOHN: *down they go* JAKE: *SAIL* JOHN: *john's ass is too heavy for this* DIRK: *STOP MEMEING* DIRK: *jk dont stop* DIRK: *grabs his comm device so he can record this* JAKE: *HORF* Get your weighed anchor of an ass off my STERNUM you juiceless sack of cowshit!!!!! *wails his fists against John's chest* DIRK: *wheeze* DIRK: Hahaha. God. JOHN: OOOOF. *CAN'T BREATHE BECAUSE JAKE IS PUNCHING HIM. his solution to this is to just sit on the problem area so jake can't move his arms* JOHN: *crushed by ass* JAKE: *defeated by asskind strife specibi* JAKE: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! JOHN: *his fahter taught it to him. it's an egbert family staple* JOHN: haha! nerd! JOHN: *makes sure to crush him before he rolls off* DIRK: Wasted. JAKE: *it's all a ruse for Jake is leaping on top of him, thirsty for VENGEANCE* OH NO YOU DONT MOTHER FUCKER. JOHN: *girly scream* JOHN: PEAce I WANT BOOZE. oh god. JAKE: *lands clean punches into his sides* TAKE THAT AND THAT AND ONE OF THESE!!! JOHN: AHHHHHHHHHH JOHN: *more girly screaming* JOHN: *shoves foot in face so he can roll away and protect his sides* JOHN: *WASTED* DIRK: Hahahaha. DIRK: *laughing, recording, life is good* JAKE: You suck at this home bro!!! *wipes his face of foot and darn near spits in disgust* JOHN: i'm just holding back for your benefit! JAKE: *PACHOOEY* JOHN: because i'm a pacifist and such! JOHN: *no he's not jake will kill him* JAKE: *wipes at his nose* >:/ JAKE: *SNIFF* JOHN: *grunting and gasping and reaching for the booze longingly* JAKE: *please* DIRK: *this is so anime* JOHN: *booze retrieved. praise the sun* JAKE: *It's like a cowboy scuffle in Jake's head, honestly* JOHN: *in reality they are just puppies* JOHN: *pours himself another shot* JOHN: *giggling and wheezing as he attempts to down it* DIRK: *quits recording* That was cute. JAKE: Fuck you! JOHN: fuck you! DIRK: Awwwww. JAKE: *makes a point to crawl over and clock Dirk on the shoulder* JAKE: One for the audience! DIRK: Oof. JAKE: *and sits his tubby butt right next to him* JAKE: *all sweaty and panting and shit* DIRK: *gross. but he leans in again, holding the device up for a picture* Hashtag: smells like a champion. JAKE: *BIG DOG GRINS* :D JOHN: *thumbs up. he's just drunk on the floor* JOHN: *spread out like a fat snake* JAKE: *What the fuck.* JOHN: *I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OK* DIRK: *good lord* DIRK: *this is the best worst selfie* DIRK: Y'all are crazy. JOHN: you guys are ...so fun. i'm so glad you like hanging out with me and stuff. *hoo hoo* JAKE: *The hoo hoo hoos are contagious.* DIRK: Ditto. *puts the device down and snuggles to the green sweaty best friend. he ain't even care.* JOHN: hehehe hoohohoho. JAKE: *snuggle against his manly chest, Dirk. He will protect u.* DIRK: *HE FEELS SO SAFE* JOHN: you guys are just....so .... JOHN: so.... JOHN: *wistful trying to find words* JOHN: matri..monious...able... DIRK: ... JAKE: Matrimonial??? JOHN: yeah yeah that. JOHN: *lays head down* DIRK: Bro's sayin' he wants to marry us. JAKE: That doesnt make a lick of sense. But its flattering nevertheless! JOHN: i'm technically qualified to marry people in like.....two small countries. *rambles* JOHN: idunnoaboutspacetho. idunnoaboutthat. JAKE: I can be sure john will make an excellent spouse to any ragtag buddy duo! DIRK: We can be wed in holy matribrony. JOHN: dalfskaf JOHN: fuck JOHN: *wHEEZE* JAKE: *dorky snickering* DIRK: *grins* JAKE: I shall rely solely on you dirk and you john to provide for me in the bromantic arrangment thus declared. JAKE: A doctor and a chief of engineers! My grandma would be so proud! JOHN: soooo like i know it's sposed to be bros before hoes but what do you do in the situation where the bros may also be the hoes??? JAKE: Bro! JOHN: oh don't worry jake, our combined income would be...killer. JAKE: What DO you do in a situation such as that? JOHN: i don' tknow that's why i asked you, you piece of shit. JAKE: Your rhetoric makes a full fucking zilch amount of sense you bashed son of a bitch. JOHN: *softly bitches at jake* DIRK: *this is fantastic* JAKE: How do you expect this relationship ever to work i wonder??? JOHN: i want a divorce. DIRK: *snrk* JOHN: i'm taking dirk and the kids. JOHN: we're going to tijuana. DIRK: We had some fun times, Jake. JAKE: Bah to hell with you guys. JOHN: bah. JOHN: vete al diablo, sweetie pie. JOHN: *SNICKERS* DIRK: *rolls head back onto jake's shoulder and looks up at him with a smirk* DIRK: *plz* JAKE: I never did like your drinking habits anyway. JAKE: How was i ever meant to take our strifings seriously??? JOHN: hey now...that hurts me. JOHN: i just like to let off a little steam in my after hours, you ingrate. JOHN: i have a high stress occupation! JOHN: *just mumbling and slurring* DIRK: Be gentle on the guy. JAKE: *nudges a foot at John* Well you wont look to me for such stress relief after this!!! Have fun in tijuana! DIRK: He's soft. JAKE: Never!!! DIRK: *snorting even more* JOHN: hehehehhehehe. JOHN: i hope rose can also be a fake lawyer as well as a fake psychologist if this ever happens to me. DIRK: *pokes at jake's side, because he is also soft* JAKE: At the very least you will have the loving support of dirk and the children. What more can you ask for? *whaps his hand away like nO* JOHN: hehehehe. JOHN: *they are so cute* JOHN: *john has no idea about relationship dynamics or about what sollux and dirk are. or how citrin fits in. he basically just assumes it's an orgy. or a three men and a baby situation* JOHN: *WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S CUTE* JAKE: *JOHN NO* DIRK: *HOLY SHIT JOHN* JOHN: you guys...you're just...you're so cute. i dunno what the fuck is going on with that...situation but....i approve. JOHN: *drunk rambling* JOHN: *yes he is assuming they are gay together because he is that unaware* DIRK: ...? DIRK: Thanks. JAKE: Heh heh situation. *He's really laughing at john's tone more than anything* JAKE: What situation now? JOHN: y'know ...*gestuers at them* all of that. JAKE: Well shucks john! Thanks! JAKE: Dirks my best bro! JOHN: *nope he's still not any closer to understanding that they are not in fact a thing* JOHN: *drunk john dosen't understand many things tho* DIRK: *flustered suddenly* JAKE: Surely you have a best friend to celebrate too??? JOHN: mfff *just face in carpet* JOHN: well JAKE: *continues to be unaware of implications* JOHN: see...there's this thing ...with feferi. JOHN: that i got going on. JOHN: it's ...hehehe JOHN: *trails off* JAKE: Huh wait what? DIRK: *UNCOMFORTABLE* DIRK: Er-- He's. DIRK: He's drunk. JOHN: yeah i asked her on a date earlier in the week. *just rambling* JOHN: we haven't had time yet but i'm working on it. JAKE: *He's sure he's heard of her name before... didn't Eridan threaten bodily harm to Jake about her?* JAKE: Woah sorry im not following. *CONFUSED* JOHN: uh JOHN: is that okay? JOHN: oh shit she's not.... JOHN: apart of it too is she? DIRK: ... JAKE: ??????????????????? DIRK: *EXTRA UNCOMFORTABLE* DIRK: John. JOHN: whassat? DIRK: There isn't a "thing." JOHN: *squints* DIRK: Jake and I are just friends. DIRK: *WHEEZES* JOHN: ... JOHN: you expect me to believe that? DIRK: ... DIRK: Yes?? JOHN: uhhh okay. JOHN: sorry. JOHN: haha. JOHN: i guess i was mistaken??? DIRK: *PANICKS* JAKE: *he feels like he should be flustered too but he's missing something???* DIRK: *voice cracks* Yes. DIRK: Yes you were. JOHN: sorry sorry. JOHN: i'm terrrible at that shit. JAKE: Come now john. I thought that its what i just said? JOHN: well i kinda...don't always know what you're talking about jake. haha. JOHN: like becasue...of the way you speak? lik ei wasn't sure if 'bro' was code for something. JOHN: or whatever. DIRK: ... That's fair. JAKE: Well what the blazes would it be code FOR???? JOHN: just ignore me guys. i think i'm like the worst person in the world at figuring out relationship dynamics JAKE: But were bros! *getting agitated now, the most peeved teddy bear* JOHN: *lays there* JOHN: yes, you and me are bros...but it's...i mean...you can admit we have a slightly different reltaionship than you and dirk, right? JOHN: and then me and dirk got our own broship going on. JAKE: I could kick your ass and his ass any day of the week i should think! *HUFFS* DIRK: *HEAD IS REELING* JOHN: fuck, i just....i give up on all this. because JOHN: feferi. JOHN: she's also like...polyamorous. JOHN: and a troll. JOHN: so that means she could be with like 80 people JOHN: if she wanted. JOHN: i'm so confused. JAKE: Im absolutely confuzzled about what youre talking about now. JOHN: *clenched fist in carpet* JOHN: i'm trying to...talk to you about my shit. that i got going on. JOHN: jeez. JAKE: Well you suck at it! JOHN: OKAY. ASS. DIRK: Jake, chill out. *he's so uncomfy and flustered and also confused* DIRK: But yeah, uh. Feferi. DIRK: Yep. She's also sort of with Aradia or whatever. JAKE: *HMPH* JOHN: mhmm yeahh. that. DIRK: They both used to have a thing with Sollux?? JOHN: aw jeez JOHN: yeah. JOHN: okay that's news to me. JOHN: but it dosen't really make a difference i guess. DIRK: I guess that would also make Sollux polyamorous? DIRK: Just thinking out loud. *sweating* DIRK: *peels himself off of jake* JOHN: yeah. *scratches head* JAKE: *don't look at him. He's never even held hands with another person.* :0 JAKE: Damn all this sounds like a bunch of convoluted cockamimie! JOHN: *he kissed a carapacian lady once* JOHN: *and also saw feferi's boob* DIRK: It's pretty confusing, yes. DIRK: I'm. DIRK: Very confused. JOHN: i'm okay with it though! DIRK: I mean I was. DIRK: Confused. JOHN: i think. DIRK: Oh?? JOHN: uhh yeah i think so. i was honest with her. JOHN: and i was like 'i'm not really sure if i'm gonna liket his situation but...i'll give it a try. cause i like you. and it makes you happy'. JOHN: so that's where we're at righty now. DIRK: *nods* Yeah, I get that. JAKE: Oh! I see now! JAKE: Its just like the arrangement porrim has with miss damara! JAKE: *lights up cuz he GETS IT* DIRK: Oh, right. Exactly. JOHN: i just gotta make sure to knock her socks off iwth this date. *smiles into carpet*]]] DIRK: Well, sort of. JOHN: *good job jake* DIRK: *plz* JAKE: Congrats john! Youre a lucky scoundrel! DIRK: *fish dont wear socks* JOHN: *hmms into carpet* DIRK: Porrim, Damara and Mituna's relationship is more like a closed relationship, but between the three of them. DIRK: ... I think? JOHN: i am getting so educated tonight about so many things. JOHN: *wistful* DIRK: Unless you take Porrim's work into account, if she still does that. DIRK: I guess it could be more of an open relationship. DIRK: I could ask her. JAKE: She doesnt! *He would know.* DIRK: Oh. *raises a brow* DIRK: Why, she shut you down? JAKE: ... *turns really red now* NO. SHE JUST TOLD ME. YOU ASS. JAKE: It was just a matter of conversing!!! DIRK: Heheh. JOHN: dirk you should just...make me a chart of who is with who in what little symbol and then i'd just be...squared away. for life. and i wouldn't get myself into these awkward situations. JOHN: hehehehehe. DIRK: ... You want me to make you a shipping chart? JOHN: yeah, okay we can go with that! DIRK: I can do that. JAKE: *he's still red in the face and huffing here* JAKE: To hell with your shipping chart! I dont need it! DIRK: It's not for you, anyway. JOHN: dude...cut me some slack. JOHN: -puts hand on jake- JAKE: Well yeah its your business anyway. JAKE: *he's sulking now* >:I DIRK: ... DIRK: *pats jake's cheek* JAKE: *EUGH SHOVES HAND AWAY* JOHN: i've never even seen sollux. *keeps rambling while they tussle* JOHN: he's like a mythical creature. JOHN: like...a unicorn. JOHN: or a naga. JAKE: Ive seen him! Once??? JAKE: I believe??? Twas a long while ago. JOHN: are you sure your boyfriend is a real thing dirk? like super sure. DIRK: Oh yes, I'm sure. DIRK: You've met him before, Jake. But only once while I was present. *shrugs* JAKE: It was only for the briefest moment! DIRK: I try to encourage him to be a little more social but eh. DIRK: He's always around our room. Just drop in and you can't miss him. JOHN: i'm sure i'll meet him sometime. maybe when we both have to use the ballpit. haha. DIRK: There ya go. JAKE: ... JAKE: Ballpit??? DIRK: *solemn nod* Ballpit. JOHN: it's singularily the grossest and coolest thing ever. JOHN: happening in our bathroom. DIRK: *he's not feeling weird anymore so he's back to leaning on jake* DIRK: It's the best. JAKE: *eyes grow wide* ...Ballpit. JAKE: ... JAKE: Like the ones in the movies??? JOHN: jake if you feel that strongly about ballpits and you want to come over and use our ballpit, you just have to ask. JOHN: to use the ballpits. DIRK: Yeah, stop by sometime. DIRK: You'll get to see both of us, hopefully Sollux, the ballpit /and/ Citrin. DIRK: You just can't lose. JOHN: we should charge for tickets. JAKE: Ah????? *How overwhelming!* DIRK: Hey, yeah. JOHN: 30 mins in the ballpit? well how about ten dollar.s JAKE: And what of the folks without money? :( JOHN: nah, that would suck. who would ever do that. JOHN: *pats jake* JOHN: *shh* JAKE: I do still owe derek for his smuppet. JOHN: what the fuck. DIRK: *fidget* JOHN: he's charging you for that thing? JOHN: what a rip off. JAKE: Hes charging me a favor actually! I have yet to learn what it is. JOHN: ... :/ JOHN: that's evne worse. JAKE: Hopefully something not too out of left field??? JOHN: ah yeah i'm not touching this one. JOHN: *closes eyes* DIRK: *BI* JAKE: *shrug???* DIRK: *shhh* DIRK: *snuggles jake* JAKE: *is snuggled* JOHN: nnn sorry to kepe harpin on it but like ...i wish i had asked feferi on a date when we still had a pool or a garden or something she'd like to do. *distress* JOHN: she's got so much energy i don't want her to be bored. JAKE: Show her a movie! JAKE: Ladies love movies! :D JOHN: i dunno, she might get fidgety. :O JAKE: *Don't let Jake date people.* DIRK: Make her dinner. JOHN: well, she does like food. mostly raw meat. but i can work with that. JOHN: hey, sushi. JAKE: I can personally atest that sushi is the cats meow. JOHN: i've never tried it! JOHN: but you make sacrifices. DIRK: It's good shit. JOHN: ehehhe. JAKE: *Stfu you weeb.* DIRK: *fight me...* DIRK: I haven't gone on too many traditional dates, so I'm afraid that's all the advice I can offer. JOHN: sounds good to me. JOHN: i'v enever been on one iether. JOHN: well, that's not true. JAKE: Its good shit. Famous words of renowned romantic expert dirk strider. JOHN: *hmm* JOHN: hahaha! JAKE: Heh heh! DIRK: ? DIRK: Don't laugh. JAKE: But i did. DIRK: Stop. JAKE: You cant change the past mister d. JOHN: you gotta put your behind...in your past. JOHN: *puumba voice* DIRK: *snorts* JAKE: *thinks of something* Dawww. JOHN: ??? DIRK: *blinks up at jake* JAKE: The bachelor club is no more! JAKE: I must find others to hang out with! JOHN: hey now! don't abadon me just yet. JOHN: what if it goes horribly and she dumps me on spot. JOHN: or like...eats me. JOHN: that's also a strong possibility. DIRK: *nods* JOHN: *not even kidding :I* DIRK: True. JOHN: and i'm sure there's enough time in my busy busy schedule to pencil you two meatheads in. DIRK: He's so generous, Jake. You can't abandon him after such a heartfelt testament. JAKE: Well... fine. JOHN: :'( JOHN: :') DIRK: Lol. JOHN: i'm not even....CLOSE to my friend threshold. ther's still tons of people i haven't talked to. i wanna make friends with like...everyone on the ship. before i die. JOHN: *rambles*! JAKE: Who the hell has a friend threshold?? JOHN: losers. DIRK: *jake, why you so surly all the time. it's adorable.* DIRK: *dirk's feeling pretty drowsy* JOHN: *john's just been laying here almost dozing this whole time* JAKE: *three dudes just lying along the floor while eridan takes up the bed* DIRK: *typical* JAKE: *pillows dirk's head with his pudge* JOHN: *casey is sleeping on eridan btw* JOHN: *john uncapatchas a giant christmas sweater and uses it as a pillow* JOHN: *he has like 80 of these from his dad* DIRK: *it's like he's lying on a marshmallow* JAKE: *giant sweaty marshmallow who will snore in his sleep* JOHN: *john will also snore very loudly. he snores v. loudly normally but since he's drunk it's worse* DIRK: *he does not care. he was pretty accustomed to sleeping with chubby sweaty guys who snore, you know* JAKE: *consider dirk right at home* JOHN: *the bears are asleep* JOHN: *john is panda, jake is grizzly, dirk is icebear*

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[07:33] -- metacarpalTalkback [MT] began pestering technetronicTactician [TT] at 19:33 --

[07:33] MT: hey dude

[07:34] TT: Oh hey.

[07:34] TT: Long time no see.

[07:34] TT: What's up?

[07:34] MT: whoa yeah i guess theres just been a lot of shit going down and stuff

[07:34] MT: like

[07:35] MT: i dunno

[07:35] MT: time moves weird

[07:35] MT: howre you

[07:35] MT: we should like

[07:35] MT: do a thing

[07:36] TT: I agree whole heartedly.

[07:39] TT: But getting away from my preoccupations is admittedly a little tricky for me right now.

[07:39] MT: man are you working even more

[07:39] MT: is something else going on

[07:39] MT: are you dying

[07:39] MT: you better not be dying ill be kinda pissed i never even got to throw anything at you

[07:42] TT: No, I'm not dying and I've been working less than usual, in fact.

[07:42] TT: Since we're no longer on Alternia and there are unquestionably larger fish to fry, I have no qualms sharing this "secret" with you.

[07:42] TT: But I've been taking care of a grub.

[07:42] MT: what

[07:42] TT: Like, a troll baby.

[07:42] MT: like

[07:42] MT: holy fuck

[07:42] MT: dirk did sollux get you preggers

[07:42] TT: ...

[07:43] TT: Please tell me you're being ironic right now.

[07:43] MT: yeah basically whered you get the little monster

[07:45] TT: Sollux found him on Alternia. And under the circumstances, he was worried that he would just be culled, so Sollux took him in and beseeched me to share the responsibility of caring for him.

[07:48] MT: wow

[07:48] MT: moving a little fast arent we

[07:48] MT: one second youre making xeno pornos and the next youre holding a wriggly bug thing

[07:48] MT: gross

TT: It does sound gross when you put it that way.

TT: Although, I can’t think of any other way to word it that wouldn’t sound gross from the perspective of another.

[09:19] MT: so is it not gross

[09:19] MT: are you into the whole baby bug thing

[09:22] TT: I guess so.

[09:22] TT: Not sure how to answer a question like that.

[09:22] TT: I never anticipated I'd be in this situation. Like, ever.

[09:23] MT: is it like

[09:23] MT: cute

[09:25] TT: He's fucking adorable.

[09:25] TT: Do you want to see him?

[09:25] TT: I have photos.

[09:31] MT: yeah okay hook me up

[09:31] MT: show off the little snug bug

[09:31] MT: literally a bug

[09:31] MT: you get it

[09:31] MT: trolls are weird

[09:36] -- technetronicTactician [TT] sent AllTheseGoddamnBabyPictures.zip --

[09:36] TT: There ya go.

[09:38] MT: holy fuck

[09:38] MT: look at that lil midsection

[09:38] MT: i bet it feels like the worlds largest spider crawling on you

[09:38] MT: but hes a cutie

[09:43] TT: That's a pretty accurate description.

[09:43] TT: You should stop by to meet him sometime.

[09:44] MT: id dig that yeah

[09:44] MT: i can make more jokes about mpreg

[09:46] TT: Fantastic. Good times will be had by all.

[09:50] MT: can i like

[09:50] MT: hold him

[09:50] MT: i wont drop him bc i have a prehensile tail that can catch things

[09:50] MT: handy dandy

[09:50] MT: also good for getting my back with the scrubber in the shower

[09:52] TT: Hell yeah. Prehensile appendages.

[09:52] TT: You can hold him. But I can't guarantee that he won't climb all over ya.

[09:58] MT: ill try to resist the birdlike impulse to swallow bugs

[10:01] MT: the goal is to not eat any children

[10:02] TT: That would definitely be ideal.

[10:03] TT: And on that note, I'm going to go put this child to bed and maybe actually get some sleep myself.

[10:04] MT: wow amazing are you sure youre ready for that

[10:04] MT: it sounds so healthy

[10:04] MT: but yeah okay get some rest ma

[10:04] MT: n

[10:04] MT: sleep tight

[10:04] MT: talk to you soon okay ill hit you up about hangout deets

[10:04] TT: Sweet. I'll catch you then.

[10:04] TT: Later.

[10:04] -- technetronicTactician [TT] ceased pestering metacarpalTalkback [MT] at 22:04 --

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Mega Texas:  Day 8, Old Frenemies

ARADIA: -she's taking a nap, it seems, and it really sounds like she's mumbling something about feferi and terezi-

TYRENA: -She's sitting... nearby. In a manner that would appear like eavesdropping.-

ARADIA: -she is OUT-

DIRK: -since their destination is more or less within city limits, dirk has pulled the car into some abandoned lot where he's trying to get as much information on the oil refinery as possible from his device. he glances back at tyrena and aradia when he hears her mumbling.- ... DIRK: -casually eavesdrops too-

ARADIA: yes...snow...

DIRK: - 👂 ✋-

ARADIA: alaska

DIRK: ... -murmurs at her- (What about Alaska?)

TYRENA: Y0U CAN WAKE HER Y0URSELF 1F Y0U TH1NK SHE'LL TELL Y0U

ARADIA: (dead)

DIRK: ...

DIRK: -gives tyrena a concerned glance. not that it means TOO much... aradia would likely just say (dead) under her breath while conscious, too. but it's unsettling either way.-

TYRENA: -SHE DOES NOT APPRECIATE HIS BODY LANGUAGE AT ALL-

TYRENA: -she's still just listening with the same expression-

ARADIA: i know

DIRK: ... -well, eventually she'll wake up and he can prod her about it then. for now, there are other things to discuss.-

DIRK: I've managed to download a map of the refinery. It's pretty basic google maps shit, but it's better then nothing. I sent it to everyone's devices. Also highlight potential points of entry.

TYRENA: AND 0UR G0AL 1S T0 SAB0TAGE WHATEVER WE CAN MANAGE

TYRENA: 1 PRESUME

ARADIA: -sits up, awake now, yawning-

DIRK: That's the idea.

---

[ANYWAY, some time has passed and it's dark out now, one single street lamp lighting the abandoned lot they're parked in. Dirk has exited the vehicle, calling everyone together so he can properly run them through the very loose plans he's created.]

DIRK: You might have noticed I've forwarded a map of the refinery to all your devices. In case you've been snoozin' since yesterday, in the spirit of the events past and future, both in Flavortown and D.C., we're going to fuck up one of the Empress' sources of income.

DIRK: I've circled a few entry points. -shows off the map via projection from his own device- There's a fence all around the perimeter. I don't know if it's just your standard fence, if it's barbed wire, or electric... But we've got the resources to pass it in whichever case, I'm sure.

DIRK: Our best bets are to either come around the back where most of the tanks are... Or around the front.

DIRK: Perks to the back -- less likely for there to be activity there and we can sabotage their storage right off the bat.

DIRK: There appear to be offices around the front. Might be more useful to fuck up documentation and what have yous.

DIRK: Ideally, we'll be able to fuck up the entire complex. But we gotta start somewhere.

EQUIUS: -He is tired, and he is hangry. Mostly, he's ready.-

DIRK: -eat some doritos friend-

EQUIUS: D --> I would vote for the back. They will not care to protect their logistics when the livelihood has been destroyed

TYRENA: 1 1MAG1NE F1RES W1LL BE HARD TO SUPPRESS 1N TH1S DRY HEAT TYRENA: SURR0UNDED BY V0LAT1LE L1QU1DS

NEPETA: =She has this grass for you Equius..... why won't you EAT IT.=

NEPETA: :33 < since pawffices have more boring paper work we could rig a fire in the front while going through the back! they'll be too busy putting out all the flames and it'd be purriority to not let things blow up here since theyd blow up a lot!

TYRENA: Y0U ARE ADV1S1NG WE SPL1T UP TYRENA: WE NEED A RENDEV0US P01NT

NEPETA: :33 < eifur that pawre we have something ready to set off a sneaky fire then sneak pawround the back

NEPETA: :33 < ...do we have something we can make with that? :00

ARADIA: -looking off a little while everyone is talking-

TYRENA: YES

TYRENA: 0NE 0F MY SPEC1F1CAT10NS

TYRENA: PRESUM1NG THAT D0ES N0T DEFEAT THE PURP0SE

EQUIUS: -Flexes irritably-

DIRK: I always have the means for fashioning small time bombs.

TYRENA: ARE Y0U V0LUNTEER1NG T0 SET 1T, AS WELL?

EQUIUS: -Set it and forget it-

DIRK: -nods- I can definitely do that.

TYRENA: -NODS AT THAT, THEN-

TYRENA: SEEMS S0METH1NG APPR0ACH1NG A PLAN

TYRENA: G01NG T0 HAVE T0 W0RK QU1CK

TYRENA: 1 GUARAUNTEE THEY'RE EXPECT1NG US

TYRENA: THEY D1D BR1NG US HERE, AFTER ALL

NEPETA: =Looks to Aradia also, she's been acting a little weird=

NEPETA: :33 < well have to be supurr secret shadow fightpurrs >:33

ARADIA: -looks back at nepeta and seems to snap out of it- as discreet as possible

EQUIUS: D --> Simple enough

DIRK: -closes the projection and puts his comm away- Cool.

DIRK: We're about a mile from the refinery here. -gestures to it just down the way. all lit up, pumping chemicals out into the atmosphere... beautiful.-

DIRK: Figure we can hoof it or... Equius can work his literal magic on the cars, if that's feasible.

DIRK: Either way, discreet is definitely the name of the game.

DIRK: That's mostly a reminder to myself. Y'all know how flashy I can be. -waves a hand.-

EQUIUS: D --> What are you e%pecting of me, to devise cloaking for the vehicles

ARADIA: can you do that

DIRK: If you can... That'd give us an advantage.

DISCIPLE: -SOMETHING LOUDLY CLICKS. she is holding her large crossbow. It apparently got larger in the day since they made plans to attack this place.-

DISCIPLE: :33

EQUIUS: -Sighs-

EQUIUS: D --> I will see what I can manage -Empties a shit ton of random tech from his sylladex and gets to work-

DIRK: I didn't mean build something. I mean like... DIRK: -spirit fingers-

ARADIA: -does spirit fingers also-

EQUIUS: D --> .....

DIRK: -thank you aradia-

EQUIUS: D --> That's much easier, yes

DIRK: -spirit fingers turn into two thumbs up-

DISCIPLE: Rrrr. She is getting anxious. Is any more we must do?

EQUIUS: -Forgive him. He's tired...and hunger-

NEPETA: =nuzzles on Disciple and purrs=

NEPETA: :33 < that should be it! h33h33h33 mewve b33n purpawring a lot!

DISCIPLE: Yes. MUCH preparation. -She rumble.- DISCIPLE: Is restless. We burn the blood of the earth and she shall have none of it again.

DIRK: -claps hands together- Let's go Wildcats.

DISCIPLE: -YOWLS-

EQUIUS: -Alternatively he could just chuck the cars in-

NEPETA: =Wee=

DIRK: -there are a FEW flaws with that plan......-

DIRK: -GETS IN HIS CAR. void him up stud-

NEPETA: =climbs on the car, void her up steed=

DISCIPLE: -She's going to sit on the roof with her crossbow- >;cc -WARFACE. she pulls on her hood. HER WARFACE IS NOW ALSO A LIONFACE-

NEPETA: 800 ✨ ✨

EQUIUS: -Gets in the other car, here they go. A nice sheen of sweat precipitates on his body as his very existence becomes hazy to...well...everyone. This is much easier than the whole ship. As long as Dirks vehicle stays close to his they are completely undetectable-

ARADIA: -good job. You're doing good-

NEPETA: =VROOM. She's holding onto the hood with her claws feeling the wind, the excitement of the BRAWL-TO-BE=

DIRK: -leads them down the road... but eventually he takes them OFF road, a short distance from the fence near the back entry point. hidden behind some... bushes... they aren't great cover, considering they're all dry and brambly, but so long as they're mostly cloaked by the dark of night, it should be fine until they need to get away. which is why he's parking them OUTSIDE.-

ARADIA: -watching everything as it passes from inside one of the cloaked vehicles-

NEPETA: =Equius do you wanna try nibbling on this bush?=

EQUIUS: -No.-

DIRK: -liar-

EQUIUS: -He could just void teleport and leave y'all here...-

NEPETA: =You didn't want dirt, or grass, or bush, WhaT WILL YOU EAT?=

NEPETA: =She could BITE HIS BUTT=

EQUIUS: -Bring me the blood of the condesce-

NEPETA: =Also while arguing she's scoping the facility=

[It's your pretty basic oil refinery. But it's QUITE LARGE. At some point all the storage tanks were painted pink. Incredible. They can also see the fence is barbed wire.]

DIRK: -gets out of the car and looks towards the others.- Alright. I'm gonna go set up the distraction, you guys work on getting in around the back. I'll meet up with you there. -and he's gone in a flash (step.) he's gotta make this quick.-

TYRENA: -She cracks her neck-

TYRENA: 1S THAT CHA1N L1NK?

NEPETA: =Nods and scampers to the back entrance. Barbed wire, PSH. How high is it?=

ARADIA: -exits the car also and just barely flinches-

[I am chainlink, the fence would helpfully inform Tyrena, if only it could speak. It would also tell them that it's roughly 12 ft high, but those who still have their eyeballs should be able to deduce that.]

NEPETA: :33 < it is and pawbout two and a half mes high!

TYRENA: -She's gonna walk up to it and put her hand on it and TEST IF IT SHOCKS HER-

[IT'S SHOCKING... How anticlimactic this action is. Because she doesn't get shocked.]

EQUIUS: -Hups Nepeta and Disciple over the fence-

NEPETA: =WEE, she does a flip. FOR STYLE=

TYRENA: -She's going to rip a hole with her ROBOT STRENGTH.-

TYRENA: -and pass through. Hrm. Nothing out of the ordinary yet...-

EQUIUS: -I MEAN. OKAY-

DIRK: -with a skip and a flash jump dirk manages to clear the fence near the front. when he finds the closest building, slaps a little bit of plastic explosives right along the side, then zips over towards another small building to use it as cover... then... BOOM. enough to blow a humble hole in the wall and catch some of the interior and shubbery on fire. TACTICAL ESPIONAGE ACTION!! scurry crouches through the shadows towards the others.-

[The others are in the middle of all these pink storage tanks. Round and ready to be drained of their precious life blood.]

NEPETA: =Oh she'll stab ya=

ARADIA: -flies over the fence-

[Now that they've caused a DISTRACTION, they better do as much damage as they can while they can. They can hear shouting from the other side of the facility as workers rush to deal with the fire and investigate it's cause. Other than that, however, there doesn't seem to be too much activity around...]

DIRK: -except DIRK notices something while making the trek over there... the armored cars they saw yesterday are parked over here. zoinks.-

EQUIUS: -PUNCHES A TANK. Goobye-

NEPETA: =She's gonna go around and start jabbing holes in these tanks from the backs, it's not going to be that great for the ground but.... yknow=

ARADIA: -CALM YOUR ASS DOWN-

EQUIUS: -Uproots another tank and tosses it in the direction of the fire, soaking everything in its path in gasoline. What was that Aradia?-

DIRK: -ROLLS to avoid getting squished by a tank. goddamn, hulk. he's not complaining. that'd be an A+ way to go.-

NEPETA: =Look at him go, she sighs.... while slashing things=

[There is something approaching at breakneck speeds-- some kind of BLUE STREAK. A whirling metal orb weathed in energy weaves around the trail of gas from the hurled tank, crackling with some kind of energy as it spins through the air-- suddenly launching directly at Equius, the most obvious source of the damage.]

NEPETA: =What the balling heck=

EQUIUS: -What the tinglefloops?-

ARADIA: get down

EQUIUS: -This is fast, faster than he can dodge. He braces his arms to block.-

[ IT STRIKES INTO HIM like a pinball, or a spinball, or a SONIC SPINBALL FOR THE SEGA GENESI]

[ It slams into the beefy arms with considerable force, dust and wind kicked up as it ricochets up into the air, swiftly uncuring to reveal some manner of... troll? Covered in plates not unlike an armadillo, a pair of glowing eyes fix on the group, scanning them over slowly as it comes to land on top of one of the tanks with surprising grace for someomeone with such sharply limited range of motion.]

[ He leaps into the air, curling at the apex of his leap and beginning to spin, that blue energy wrapping around his body again as his RPMs rise dramatically before even touching the ground. There is a screech and he flies forward, again, head-on directly at Equius, as though testing him.]

NEPETA: =Oh... not a ball. A troll. An old friend. Trolld friend if you will. Seeing them again is reassuring but also. Not at all. Hurt flashes over her face then anger and fear=

NEPETA: :33 < wait!! =Wait what... don't hurt them?? And to who it's to she doesn't really know. She probably should've done more preparing for this instead of pushing it into the back of her vault=

EQUIUS: -okay that is ENOUGH, sir. Equius lets out a low hiss, but this time the rollie trollie is met with a STRONG punch-

[ROLY POLY TROLLY strikes head on with fist, taking no obvious damage from the STRONG punch but flying through the air in almost directly the opposite direction, with almost no inertia.]

EQUIUS: -But is there a sproing sound-

[PROBABLY]

EQUIUS: -Sick-

NEPETA: =She hopes there's a sproing but her hair is also on end and she's just anxiously watching them pshooo into the distance=

NEPETA: :33 < (mmrrnnrngnngnrngrnng) equihiss!-- ughhhhhhh =anxious pacing cat, she's not GOOD AT THIS SHIT=

EQUIUS: D --> What

[ Probably would have kept going, but a large set of whiplike lashes latch onto the troll in air-- still spinning, but held laterally by another figure. Long, mechanical tendrils holding the ball about twenty feet over her head, sticking out of a set of mechanical hands that look to have been useless for any function other than handling these things.]

[ This one stares at them as the air grows colder, somehow, a layer of ice thickly forming over the glowing, spinning sphere.]

DIRK: -ARRIVES. sword: out. he is forcibly ejected from the oil refinery... except not really. not yet.-

DIRK: Now this seems a little excessive. -stupid freak show military task force-

NEPETA: =Remember that one time she opened up then shoveled it away forever? Mmmm regrets on that one=

NEPETA: :33 < FUCK =Scrambles about=

NEPETA: :33 < just, MOVE run! =sHOVES him=

[ U THINK IT'S EXCESSIVE? It is excessive. That glowing ball of troll is being covered in ice-- FEET OF ICE, even, as it's got about a ten foot radius as she slams it on the ground. It has lost no momentum and is already skidding across the ground at them.]

DISCIPLE: -YOWLS as she scurries up one of the tanks.-

EQUIUS: -IS SHOVED-

EQUIUS: D --> Nepeta what is your major malfunction

NEPETA: :33 < =What's YOUR major malfunction= its my =huffs at all this crashing and just pounces, gonna haul Eq if she has to, ears lowered though she's angry= its my old pawry unit

EQUIUS: D --> What? What are they doing here? Why -He's moving he's moving SHEESH NEP-

[They just barely manage to avoid getting trampled by a big sphere of ice, but as it passes them by, it abruptly explodes-- shards flying EVERYWHERE. These two do not appear to be happy to see them. They do not appear to be betraying much of anything with their blank expressions.]

[The armadilo lands to the ground, finally stopped momentarily as the two of them begin approaching from either side of the group.]

NEPETA: :33 < g33! i should ask their puppeted robodies >:'''CC =She's got the claws out and slashing the shards that come their way but also she doesn't want to have to kill them=

EQUIUS: D --> Puppets...We have to find a way to incapacitate them

DIRK: -well, he's a bit out of the loop having arrived late from the other side of the sudden battle field, so he's leaping into action from behind to slice at ms. freeze.-

NEPETA: =Bless her horse=

[Speaking of horses and blessing them a figure looms behind the Equinep pair. A dangerous tail raised then striking down on them]

EQUIUS: -Equius is distracted and thus struck by the fiendish appendage. He goes skidding a ways away-

AZLOYA: -Ms. Whips, or Azloya as Nepeta would know her, lets out an inhuman noise as maroon blood spills from her back. Her skin is a little too rough-- that slice might have bisected an unaugamented troll like her. She flips forward, mechanical tendrils latching onto the ground as she flips upside down, the many arms scuttling like some kind of octopus as a blue sphere goes flying towards Dirk from the far side of the yard.-

NEPETA: =DOOF, THERE THEY GO. Nepeta goes skidding too= [The figure doesn't let up however. It pounces right for Equius. It's a Nep....borg. Complete with scorpion tail and perma wolverine claws]

EQUIUS: -Pushing himself up, he takes in this figure, but more importantly his rail was hurt. Old unit or not, Equius lets out a loud hiss before charging and unleashing a flurry of blows-

DIRK: -her scuttling is a little distracting -- but even MORE distracting is ANOTHER NEPETA?? he doesn't notice the sphere until it's almost making impact. shIT, he turns his sword up in hopes he might shield himself/slice the ice.-

NEPETA: =She's not so sure how to feel about seeing herself, what she would've been... Looking at Dirk he might need help so she glances back just trying to fight and concentrate. Taking out some darts from her old work, good for paralysis. SHOOTS them at Azloya=

BORGPETA: =Is very agile and bendy, it even has Nepeta's same fighting style, liquid catting around the blows then jumping back to strike Equius with her tail again=

[NO ICE THIS TIME. Just a big ball of blue energy. It might still do some pretty serious damage--]

TYRENA: -but it's a good thing that dirk isn't actually fighting these borgs alone. A kick from the side-- sharp and rather delicately timed-- sends the troll skidding to the left of running into his blade by inches.- AZLOYA: -The figure turns as something hits her-- still scuttling on her fingertips, it would seem, as the needle sinks into her skin. She's bleeding and a bit battered, but it's not slowing her hands or those limbs down, yet. Raising each finger and slamming it down, trying to cut right through Nepeta.-

TYRENA: 1 HEARD WHAT SHE SA1D

TYRENA: WHAT THEY ARE

TYRENA: WE MAY N0T HAVE THE K1ND OF T1ME T0 BE G00D PE0PLE R1GHT N0W -she eyes dirk and eyes the blue ball-- Liekit-- as it smashes into the building behind them.-

NEPETA: =Oh that's bad news. She tries to jump and dodge the tendrils. Please do not. You still owe her 5 bucks and this isn't how you get out a debt=

NEPETA: :33 < im not leaving them like this! =hisses at Tyrena. She will fight you too=

AZLOYA: -Her body is slightly limp, but the fingers are still going. Slice. Slice. Slice. Each time she does, a bit more frost builds on the ground, growing strange and slippery and so very not texas.-

EQUIUS: -Oh gdi. It's like sparring with Nep except for the unbridled rage he feels. He attempts to grab the tail, planning to slam the robo into a tanker-

NEPETA: =Azzy stop she's trying to prove a point about saving you guys. Parts of her jacket are getting the slice as she rolls and starts to dash for the octo-pa=

BORGPETA: =Equius gets his hand on the tail but at the expense of being stuck lower in the arm by the hollow tip. Poison, it's poisonous=

AZLOYA: -She's got the high ground, and MANY lims with which to do the slicing. But as Nepeta starts to run, she does another flip-- launching herself down at her, legs first, attempting to plant her boots on her chest.-

DIRK: -he just about bit it there... thank you, tyrena. he glances between everyone, frowning- Seems like they don't give a shit about the property damage either. -stays on the defensive for whenever sanic comes back around.-

[As if things weren't chaotic enough, someone in the distance is taking aim, right at the big horse after he's been stabbed by a poisonous tail... And shooting a net in the hopes of capturing him within it's crackling electric webbing.]

DISCIPLE: -!! -Yowls suddenly! THE HORSE-

NEPETA: =UGHHHH, she looks at Equius getting shanked in the arm and DOOF takes heavy boots right in the chest, but grabs and jabs more of Spiny's venom into this leg=

EQUIUS: -Hisses out in pain but tosses this imposter nep Mario 64'style. So long gay bowser! Then heckerdoodle! He's netted and hissing angrily at the electricity coursing through his body. FREE HIM-

BORGPETA: =Goes sailing into a bomb, only just into the distance=

AZLOYA: -GrGH. This should be easy now... she drunkenly swings the tendrils at her, trying to rake it against her, but her body isn't obeying its orders... staggering and increasingly weak.-

DISCIPLE: -She's jumping down pulling a bone knife and trying to cut the electrified net. It probably hURTS TO TRY THAT THOUGH. This isn't a great plan.-

[oh hey, speaking of, Liekit steps out. Not rolling this time... slow and deliberate footsteps as they approach Dirk this time. Many, many spines extend from their body with a sickly, lurhcing sound, along with the crackle of psionic energy.]

????: -the shooter steps onto the scene, reloading his weapon as he approaches disciple. he's a rather weathered and stern looking seadweller- I wouldn't do th^t if I were you. DIRK: -he bristles -- not at the troll approaching him with such measured steps so much as the voice he hears behind him. a voice he recognizes, and had hoped he'd never hear again. the Militant.-

DIRK: -it's disarming, but he squares up against liekit.- We got this. -assures tyrena before flash stepping over to flank liekit and divide his attention. but avoids the spines, of course.- You're too slow.

DISCIPLE: -growls as she drops the knife, pulling her crossbow again.-

EQUIUS: -Hissing and trying to free himself-

NEPETA: =FRIEND SHANK shANK SHANK SHAnk. She is also getting the first good look of Azloya she's had in... a long time and it makes her want to whimper but ALSO THERE'S SOME SALTY GRANDPA NETTING HER RAIL=

DISCIPLE: She has no words for this. For him.

NEPETA: =SALTY GRANDPA=

LIEKIT: -He bristles-- LITERALLY-- at Dirk. The divide of attention seems to work, though the sharp, electrified spines launch from his back in a spray of needles at him—

TYRENA: --as she swings a kick at his soft underbelly.- AZLOYA: -She looks... worse for wear. In so many ways. There isn't even a glimmer of recognition as she begins to stumble, tendrils still lashing violently at anything and everything that they can reach-- which is so very much.-

AZLOYA: -As the poison takes over she simply slumps over, fallen, the limbs still squirming and thrashing.-

NEPETA: =DEFINITELY GOT THE BUSINESS END OF SOME OF THOSE LASHES, can she capta Azloya's body? If so into the dex it goes and Neps gonna try to shoot darts at the SALTY GRANDPA NEXT......=

BORGPETA: =Bitch you thought, POUNCES=

[Commense cat scuffle]

EQUIUS: -Pure adrenaline is the only thing keeping Equius from outright succumbing to the poison.-

DISCIPLE: -She flinches as the duplicate jumps on Nepeta, eyes trained on the sudden scuffle, as she turns on the stranger again.- If you are responsible for this, there will be no mercy. None. -Despite the fact that the gun is trained on her, she still attempts to fire a bolt at him.-

DIRK: -manages to deflect some of those needles, but he takes a few more hits jerkily. SHOCKING. he shakes it off as best he can.-

MILITANT: -DRAW. he takes a shot at the at the same time, aiming carefully enough so her arrow will at least get thrown off by the net, even if he doesn't manage to capture the cat. he can only do so much at once, however, and finds himself stuck with poison darts. for the moment, it seems like only a minor inconvenience to him. SCOFF.-

[Meanwhile, the net is strong, but maybe not strong enough for MUTANT AMOUNTS OF STRENGTH. ]

DISCIPLE: -SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND, convulsing under the net.-

NEPETA: =GET BIPPED GRANDPA=

NEPETA: =Wait no!=

TYRENA: -She pulls her sword out-- for a second, before throwing it aside-

TYRENA: AUUUUGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

TYRENA: HE W0N'T D1E

TYRENA: G0

TYRENA: HELP W1TH THAT 1NSTEAD

EQUIUS: -He can break these cuffs! And so he does, dragging himself up to his feet a bit woozy but nevertheless charging at the militant, whipping the remains of this net AT HIS FACE-

LIEKIT: -wheezes temporarily, but launches even more spines at Tyrena. She twitches, but all the electricity hardly seems to bother her.-

TYRENA: -she swings both fists down at the METAL PLATED HEAD.-

ARADIA: -lands from...wherever the hell she's been, knowing it's now her time to interfere. Her whip's out though, AND SHE ATTEMPTS to CRACK IT ON LIEKIT-

LIEKIT: -STAGGERS AND FLINCHES at both the strike and the whip-crack, beginning to whirr and kick up sand-- hurling at Tyrena and attempting to RICOCHET towards Aradia.-

TYRENA: -DOOF-

NEPETA: =Pins this.... weird..... version of herself=

BORGPETA: =Goes to stab with the tail, CATCH THIS BUSINESS END=

NEPETA: =Oh no, not the business end! She rolls and catches the entire end of the business right through her arm but also enough to let the bot stab itself. Haha.... ehhhhh this is weird=

DIRK: -BACK INTO THE FRAY I belatedly write after he's given the OK from tyrena to leave. adrenaline pushes him forward, but there's memories haunting his thoughts as he approaches the militant.-

MILITANT: -turns to face the charging blue blood, now drawing a cutlass from his specibus to hack back at the net. he doesn't seem phased much by that either.-

MILITANT: It's funny we should cross p^ths here. -tilts head to look at dirk who he KNOWS is rushing at him.-

DIRK: -oH OK. HE HESITATES.-

ARADIA: -she saw this coming, so she attempts to fly up as soon as likeit ricochets to her in order to dodge-

EQUIUS: -NO HESITATION! CATCH THESE HANDS OLD TIMER. ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!-

LIEKIT: -AS HE WHIRLS INTO THE AIR even more spines spray out, using that momentum to really try and launch them at the two of them.-

ARADIA: -DOOF. She's not invincible, and at least one of the spines pierces her leg. Oops. Still gonna WHIP-

MILITANT: -bobs and weaves, turning the rifle in his hand to swing the blunt end at equius' head. he's spry for an old man but the strength behind the strike is definitely characteristic of a seadweller.-

????: -ANOTHER CHALLENGER APPROACHES. a blue blood in a clean military uniform aims her own crossbow at nepeta. ER... WAIT. WHICH IS WHICH?? clearly she isn't the most competant fighter here...FIRES WILLY NILLY-- but at the wrong nepeta. whoops.-

DUOCATBALL: =Someone gets pierced by an arrow and the whoel ball slumps over=

LIEKIT: -it feels kinda like getting tazed, but at least the lash knocks him groundward.-

TYRENA: -INTO HER. But that seems to have been her plan, as his back-- and all the crackling psionic energy-spikes-- collide into her skin.-

TYRENA: -She may or may not be bleeding, it's hard to tell with all of the sparking and flashing. She is, however, getting him in a chokehold, of sorts, with the only leverage she can manage around the big ball. Go to sleep.-

NEPETA: =She got to look herself in the eyes and watch as the arrow lodged in Borgpeta's throat bled her out with twitchy convulsions= 8))

????: { = Oh, SHOOT! = } -curses in the distance. she did a bad...-

ARADIA: -jolts and loses her balance, wings not being much assistance here until the tase feeling wears off, where she attempts to SUPPORT TYRENA should ball escape-

NEPETA: =Shoot is RIGHT. Something to focus on, someone to focus on she. Growls then roars at the arrow firer, she's bleeding and poisoned and also just fueled on regret, trauma, and confusion. Hello, feast upon her foot=

TYRENA: -he doesn't SEEM to be. He keeps trying to spin, or flail, or launch more needles, but it doesn't exactly work-- the tazing sensation in Aradia's leg gives way, and it's not bleeding TOO badly, but she's effectively got him wrangled.- TYRENA: -But it's... strange. She's just taking all of the energy. Her more obviously cybernetic components glow a faint blue.-

????: { = !!!! = } -YELPS as she gets a boot to the face. it hurts, and she hits the ground, but what she lacks in form she makes up in toughness, so she starts to roll away almost immediately after absorbing all that shock-

EQUIUS: -Gets a gun butt TO THE FACE-Equius reels, spitting out a bit of blood as his glasses fall off his face in shards. He's going back in for more cqc!-

ARADIA: -WHATS A LITTLE BLOOD AM I RIGHT? she's watching tyrena, still on support-

NEPETA: =HISS, she's gonna leap on this troll and BITE IT=

MILITANT: -he's going to get a gut full of blade if he comes much closer—

DIRK: -until he unfreezes himself long enough to grab the militant's arm and wrench it behind his back before he can stab at equius.-

MILITANT: -drops the cutlass, his cool expression cracking. he takes another swing behind him to try to get dirk in the face while also twisting his arm out of the human's hold.-

DIRK: -HE DUCKS, but this whole manuever has them breaking apart and distancing each other. he skids to a stop next to equius.- I know he's all decrepit and shit but he's tougher than he looks.

MILITANT: -picks up his short sword again, circling around the other two men and waiting for their next move.- I wish I could s^y the s^me of you. H^ve you gone soft, Dirk?

EQUIUS: -Yes-

DIRK: -NO! ... yes-

ROXY: =SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY. he's always at halfmast, she got ur back bby=

DIRK: -he's so thankful he has such supportive people in his life now-

????: -OH RIGHT SHE'S HERE TOO. nepeta will have to CATCH HER FIRST as she scuttles on all fours before she hops onto her feet and sprints to hide behind a tank.-

NEPETA: =Scampers up the tank to get the DROP on her=

TYRENA: -She throws the troll down, and lifts her head towards Aradia, directly.- TYRENA: N0T K1LL1NG TH1S 0NE

TYRENA: Y0U MAKE SURE 0F 1T

TYRENA: -She seems to just... wander off, in fact, as she grabs her blades again.-

ARADIA: -she nods. UNDERSTOOD-

????: -WAH!!! splat. she's squished under cat.- { = Wait, don't hurt me! = }

EQUIUS: D --> Understood -Shakes his head. FOCUS Equius.-

[ In the not-too-distant distance, one of the pipelines just straight up explodes, even more smoke rising into the sky.]

EQUIUS: D --> Dirk, attack him from above -Because he's about to do something cool. Instead of attacking him head on, Equius STRONG PUNCHES the ground cracking the concrete and causing a localized tremor around the militant-

NEPETA: :33 < =DOES IT ANYWAY, but she's still poisoned and her arm is shaky and numb so she just rests the claws against the troll's throat= mew had no troupawl shooting at me, why shouldn't i? =bares teeth boohiss=

MILITANT: -uh oh, he wasn't quite expecting THAT... he needs to get his sea legs back, because the tremor definitely has him losing his balance.-

DIRK: -blips above him, ready to bear down on the militant with an aerial slice.-

MILITANT: -reacts to that only just quickly enough, blocking the strike with his own blade, but it doesn't stop dirk from colliding into him. he lands on his back, still on the defensive.-

DIRK: -it's a power struggle alright -- the militant has more strength then him, but he manages to keep pressing his blade down on the other... until it slips.-

MILITANT: -HA-- he cuts at dirk, leaving a nasty gash across his cheek.-

DIRK: -NOT HIS FACE. fucking... slaps the cutlass out of his hand and just starts WAILING on the militant instead. this is incredibly personal.-

????: { = T-That-- .... Is a good point... = } -wheezes, looking around for some kind of way out of this. then she sees dirk beating the shit out of her friend/boss.-

????: { = W...! Wait... You're from the UU? Is that... Dirk Strider? = }

EQUIUS: -The poison is overriding his adrenaline. Has his body always been this numb? Probably. Hoo...wow okay but...He's gotta help dick...Dirk. Yeah.-

NEPETA: :33 < =Bares teeth= purrhaps. whats it to mew?

DISCIPLE: -SHE'S FINALLY OUT OF THIS HERE NET PROBABLY-

ARADIA: -with an eye on likeit, she quickly flies to equius to check up on him-

DIRK: -he'd react to explosions too if he wasn't too busy remembering this guy kidnapping him as a child, putting him through hell, etc etc... HE JUST WONT STOP PUNCHING. there's purple everywhere.-

NEPETA: =FREE DISCIPLE 2K???=

DISCIPLE: -YES-

EQUIUS: -Yes, feel the anger...drink it.-

????: { = I know him! My name is Lucana Leiqin-- I've been looking for him-- Just ask him?? = }

DIRK: -VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAAAAY-

ARADIA: dirk

EQUIUS: -Do it. Kill him.-

EQUIUS: D --> Break...His neck. Let us be on our way -His breathing is becoming labored.-

ARADIA: equius

ARADIA: -her voice raises- dirk

ARADIA: think about your options

DISCIPLE: -Works herself under one of Equius arms, catcrawling at him and looking for that poison stab wound...-

DISCIPLE: -and then she tries to suck on it. IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE.-

DISCIPLE: -BUT U KNOW HOW IT IS-

EQUIUS: D --> Disciple, your efforts...are appreciated, however I'm sure the poison has worked its way into my system thoroughly -Wheeze-

DISCIPLE: >:CC -2 BAD THIS IS DISTRESSING HER TOO MUCH-

DISCIPLE: -ptoos out some blood-

DIRK: -don't distract him aradia, geez. he does start slowing down though when he hears his name.-

MILITANT: -he's beaten to a pulp, but still here... still conscious enough to talk shit.- Yes-- Think ^bout... your options.

MILITANT: You were m^de for this... Killing me will only prove it.

MILITANT: So why don't you? You've ^ldre^dy... done the Empire ^ ^ f^vor... By te^ring ^p^rt this useless refinery...

DIRK: -pauses, just kind of staring at him-

NEPETA: =Looks Dirkward then huffs and HAULS UP "Lucana"=

NEPETA: :33 < fine, if purr in his fafur then shoot the salty troll grandpa

ARADIA: -REMEMBER...WHO YOU ARE...DIRK...-

LUCANA: -HOIST- { = I-- I can't do that... =} -she's watching this scene, DEEPLY TROUBLED, however-

TYRENA: -She walks towards the rest of the group, singed and burned and covered in holes, none of which appear to be bleeding all that much. The fires are probably going to keep going for a while yet, as she approaches the group.-

NEPETA: :33 < he s33ms k33n on killing who you came here fur and given purr options you have no choice :33

EQUIUS: -Leaning on this cat. He's really tired....-

DISCIPLE: -:xx-

DISCIPLE: -she's not quite sure what to DO about that... or how bad the poison is. purrs anxiously.-

MILITANT: -grabs at dirk's throat. he's still got enough strength in him to break his squishy fragile human neck. DO IT, DIRK. KILL HIM BEFORE HE KILLS HIM.-

DIRK: -chokes, hesitating still...-

LUCANA: -SHE CAN'T KILL HIM!! she's loyal to the empire, even if she wants to save dirk... but cipher is kind of a dick... but... killing him might get her in trouble—

DIRK: -but it doesn't matter, as he slams his fist into the militant's face one last time with the last bit of strength he can muster. the grip on his throat loosens.-

NEPETA: =growls at this and HAULS her over before the poison gets to her too, she can feel it in the numbness of her arm=

NEPETA: :33 < she claims to know dirk and have b33n looking fur him.... in the not bad way i pawssume =EYEBALLS LADY=

ARADIA: -unsurprised-

EQUIUS: -Wheezing horse, the new mgs villain-

LUCANA: -sweats... ok, so her intentions aren't entirely pure-

DIRK: -looks over at them a little wild eyed and breathing heavily. there's so much blood hello.- ... Lucana?

LUCANA: { = It's me...! = } -oh dirk... she looks at him sympathetically, then around at the others. time to make a decision.-

LUCANA: { = They were going to blow up this facility... And all the other major refinery pipelines across the country. The Empress has little use for it as it is... She wants to flood the crater it would have left behind if you hadn't interfered. = }

LUCANA: { = And I think that's just a little too much! Even for her! Why kill all these people when-- = } -shakes her head. there's not time for rambling.-

LUCANA: { = ... You should get out of here before they send back up. = }

TYRENA: AND D0 WE REALLY TRUST Y0U?

LUCANA: { = What difference does it make? I'm on my own here! You can leave me be and I'll look the other way... Or you can kill me-- Either way, you've got a running start! = } -frowns and glances in the direction of the abandoned convoys...-

ARADIA: -looks toward the others. their choice. their decision.-

NEPETA: :33 < mew say that like its so easy if we just leave mew here without doing anything then efurrything is still going to blow up >:((

NEPETA: :33 < i cant say i trust mew or that we shouldnt kill mew but its pawvious SOMETHING is going on here

TYRENA: HA HA TYRENA: HA HA HA

TYRENA: SHE'S R1GHT, Y0U KN0W

TYRENA: D0 N0T GET ME WR0NG, 1 COULD K1LL Y0U

TYRENA: BUT WE'RE G01NG T0 NEED S0METH1NG BETTER THAN

TYRENA: A RUNN1NG START

TYRENA: -she scoops up a little bit of teal blood from the many holes in her body-- it doesn't look like she has a lot of blood, and she's hardly bleeding at all-- holding the finger towards the girl.-

TYRENA: THEY D0N'T JUST MAKE M0NSTERS 0F SAD L1TTLE MISFIT L0WBL00DS

TYRENA: AND WE NEED T0 GET T0 M1NNES0TA

NEPETA: =Narrows eyes more at that=

LUCANA: -sweats.... but minnesota is... dammit!- { = Fine! Take me with you. I can get you clearance at an airport near here... And you can take a jet to Minnesota! = }

LUCANA: { = But that's... That's really all I'm capable of offering!! = }

ARADIA: -her wings flutter-

TYRENA: G00D

TYRENA: -She sniffs the air, turning her head back towards Dirk.-

TYRENA: D0 Y0U 1NTEND T0 LEAVE THE B0DY HERE

DIRK: ... -finally gets to his feet, shakily. he isn't all here right now. his voice is low when he speaks.-

DIRK: No. -hoists. he's going to drag the militant over to the nearest fire and chuck him into it. now they can leave.-

NEPETA: =....she could've eaten that..=

DIRK: -fried fish-

NEPETA: = :'( =

TYRENA: Y0U ARE MADE F0R N0TH1NG, HUMAN, EXCEPT AN UNCERTA1N EX1STENCE

TYRENA: 1 H0PE Y0U C0NT1NUE T0 REMEMBER THAT -Shes gonna start walking. Sensitive nose like hers, she's got no desire to stay along the flames.-

ARADIA: -watches the flames for a moment. walks closer to the flames on her own. just watching.-

DIRK: -nods slowly as he watches flames consume the last of this awful representative of ideals that ALSO need to die in fire. at least they're working on it. maybe he can finally let go of his ties to it.-

DIRK: -glances at aradia after a moment.- ...

LUCANA: -fidgets, then straightens up her posture and begins to lead them over to one of the convoys. they can all fit in one of these luckily.-

ARADIA: -she's still staring-

NEPETA: =good yes, also she couldn't haul around spiny's venom without having things for poison so she's going to hand that off to someone so she and equiheck can get unpoisoned... she's also thinking about the bodies of her old friends hanging out in her dex. Mmmmnnnggg, what to do with them. She has them at least but... what to do. She's very tired=

DIRK: -pries himself away to follow the group. time to go.-

LUCANA: -she will drive this thing... maybe at gun point if it'll make people feel better.-

ARADIA: -waits a few seconds more before turning around and bringing up the rear-

ARADIA: -her leg is still bleeding but whatever-

[AND THEY'RE DRIVING. They should arrive at the airport sometime tomorrow.]

[taskforcetumut]

ATRIUM SECURITY RECORDING 0063

[12/9/2014 12:50:59 PM] MITUNA: -It's breakfast time and the tuna is having a healthy meal of donuts, sugary cereal, coffee, and a small orange- [12/9/2014 1:24:45 PM] ARADIA: -funny enough, it's also breakfast time for aradia. she doesn't even see mituna until she's already putting stuff on her tray, and it's too late to walk out now. also that would be pretty rude, and she wouldn't want to do that to him. and she can't just NOT SAY ANYTHING, because that would also be rude. so, she finishes filling her tray and puts on a smile- hi mituna [12/9/2014 1:24:55 PM] ARADIA: havent uh ARADIA: seen you in a while [12/9/2014 1:33:38 PM | Edited 1:33:50 PM] MITUNA: -He'd been digging into his cereal and hadn't noticed anyone come in and then he heard a familiar voice that made his pusher equally flutter and ache. He had a couple flecks of fruity pebbles on his face. Looking up, there she was smiling avg gave a grin back-

MITUNA: ehehe hi aradia yeah i75

MITUNA: i75 been a while [12/9/2014 1:35:29 PM] ARADIA: -it's a relief to see him smiling again, and it almost makes everything seem ok. but the dynamic is so different already, and she decides to go with it. she holds her tray in her hands.- is it ok if i sit with you? [12/9/2014 1:38:30 PM] MITUNA: huh oh

MITUNA: yeah

MITUNA: yeah 7ha75 okay [12/9/2014 1:40:54 PM] ARADIA: -she carefully sits down across from him and starts on some of her scrambled eggs- so how are you [12/9/2014 1:49:00 PM | Edited 1:50:05 PM] MITUNA: -He blushes as he realizes what a mess his face is and drags a hand across it to clear it up. Truthfully? He was pretty good. Pangs of ache and want here and there, but he was building something with someone new and as slowly as it was going, it felt good. Now, however, he was reminded of good things of Aradia. The smell of her hair, that goofy smile, and the fantastic hugs she gave. It took only a moment to blink back sadness. She looked happy, and that welled up something good. She deserved that. She so deserved that- im pre77y good

MITUNA: ju57 enjoying 7he 5hore leave

MITUNA: how....how are you

MITUNA: youre happy righ7

MITUNA: 5H17

MITUNA: good

MITUNA: i mean7 good [12/9/2014 1:52:27 PM] ARADIA: -he really seemed like he was telling the truth, that he was doing well, and it's another relief to hear that from him. their last conversation before this took place on trollian when both of them were fairly intoxicated, and it had a much different feel to it. but this? this was good. he really seemed happy. she keeps smiling, nodding her head- im good -aside from the hurt she felt in this whole process of moving on, it was the truth- the carnival was fun [12/9/2014 1:57:02 PM] MITUNA: yeah i7 wa5

MITUNA: wha7 ride5 did you ride [12/9/2014 1:58:14 PM] ARADIA: well i went on the electrocoaster! that was really fast and fun! it felt like it was going to fly off the track and i loved it! ARADIA: -she thinks- and then i tried a dunk tank game and also a balloon popping game where i won a tiny stuffed hopbeast ARADIA: and then i got lost in a creepy fun house! [12/9/2014 2:06:11 PM] MITUNA: i rode 7ha7 coa57er i7 wa5 pre77y bizzna57y globe7acular

MITUNA: you would go 7o a creepy fun hou5e did anyone die [12/9/2014 2:07:01 PM] ARADIA: -she laughs at the words he uses- wasn't it great? ARADIA: and no unfortunately ARADIA: i mean fortunately [12/9/2014 2:13:23 PM] MITUNA: -snorts- maybe nex7 7ime righ7

Mituna: 7hen you could have like kep7 7he body u5ed i7 a5 a dummy [12/9/2014 2:14:27 PM] ARADIA: -she giggles- yeah! i guess it depends on what kind of body ARADIA: i could have used it to throw punches! [12/9/2014 2:15:40 PM] MITUNA: aradia wha7 7he fuck do no7 punch dead people [12/9/2014 2:18:00 PM] ARADIA: oh oops [12/9/2014 2:33:59 PM] MITUNA: maybe 5uplex 7hem a li77le 7hough [12/9/2014 2:34:15 PM] ARADIA: see you get it! [12/9/2014 2:34:22 PM] ARADIA: a little suplexing is ok right [12/9/2014 2:35:47 PM] MITUNA: yeah bu7 7he 7inie57 5uplexe5 imaginable [12/9/2014 2:36:41 PM] ARADIA: i guess we would need a very small person [12/9/2014 2:36:49 PM] ARADIA: maybe a human wiggler [12/9/2014 2:40:38 PM] MITUNA: 5o youre gonna figh7 a human baby

MITUNA: aradia 7he human baby puncher [12/9/2014 2:41:25 PM | Edited 2:46:16 PM] ARADIA: -she's laughing now, so much that she has to take a second- no i wouldnt punch human babies! [12/9/2014 2:44:04 PM] MITUNA: you 7o7ally would 7heyre ju57 5o punchable i75 okay [12/9/2014 2:46:22 PM] ARADIA: that's like punching a grub! [12/9/2014 2:47:20 PM] MITUNA: id punch a grub 5mug li77le pooplord5 -he's joking- [12/9/2014 2:47:27 PM] ARADIA: mituna! [12/9/2014 2:49:43 PM] MITUNA: 7ha75 my name

MITUNA: ehehehe [12/9/2014 2:50:19 PM] ARADIA: human baby puncher :) [12/9/2014 2:51:15 PM] MITUNA: no 7ha75 you are 7he puncher of infan75 [12/9/2014 2:51:52 PM] ARADIA: ok youre the grubpuncher then [12/9/2014 2:52:56 PM] MITUNA: 5o youre like my 5idekick

MITUNA: were 7he children punching duo fear u5 7iny one5 [12/9/2014 2:53:10 PM] ARADIA: we sound so terrifying! [12/9/2014 2:54:16 PM] MITUNA: pre77y 5ure every7hing i5 7errifying 7o babie5 [12/9/2014 2:55:27 PM] ARADIA: well when youre that small everything seems scary! [12/9/2014 2:59:09 PM] DIRK: -speaking of scared human babies, dirk tentatively enters the cafeteria to get him a little something and decides to invade this conversation. Strength in numbers when avoiding your estranged father or something.- Hey. [12/9/2014 2:59:22 PM] MITUNA: weaka55 nerd5 [12/9/2014 2:59:38 PM] MITUNA: oh hey dirk [12/9/2014 3:00:17 PM] ARADIA: hi dirk! how are you? [12/9/2014 3:03:03 PM] DIRK: -shrug as he grabs a seat. Wait... He looks between the two, realizing the last time he spoke with aradia one on one, shit was going down between them. They seemed alright now?- You know, alright. Doing my thing. Dealing with the looming knowledge that an older and crazier version of myself is running rampant in the ship. Nbd. [12/9/2014 3:04:34 PM] ARADIA: are you serious? -and then she seems to notice the clock and gets up in a hurry- oh no i have to go! im late! bye guys! see you later -and then she dumps the contents of her tray into the trash and runs out- [12/9/2014 3:05:37 PM] MITUNA: uh

MITUNA: bye i gue55

MITUNA: 8/ [12/9/2014 3:07:27 PM] DIRK: Anyway bye. -nibbles on apple like a horse before looking awkwardly to mituna- [12/9/2014 3:08:30 PM] MITUNA: 5o

MITUNA: uh

MITUNA: wha7 [12/9/2014 3:09:57 PM] DIRK: What's up? -unnecessary infliction on up like he's unsure if that's the right thing to say- [12/9/2014 3:16:04 PM] MITUNA: no7hing much -uh what's he supposed to say? They hadn't really talked since the jade thing and he still feels a little bad about that-

MITUNA: 5orry abou7 7ha7 7hing forever ago wai7 wha75 7hi5 abou7 a crazier older you [12/9/2014 3:19:46 PM] DIRK: Huh? Oh. -right, that. yes let's forget about that.- It's just my biological father. He's hanging out here. DIRK: Damn. That feels weird to say. [12/9/2014 3:23:22 PM] MITUNA: 7ha75 5ome7hing you 5hould be happy abou7 righ7 [12/9/2014 3:23:52 PM] DIRK: -sips water way too long- [12/9/2014 3:24:08 PM] DIRK: Maybe under different circumstances. [12/9/2014 3:24:46 PM] DIRK: But as I said, dude is notoriously unstable. [12/9/2014 3:32:42 PM] MITUNA: -Unstable isn't that unstable to a troll- uh huh

MITUNA: 5o wha7 are you going 7o do [12/9/2014 3:35:24 PM] DIRK: I dunno. I'm planning on talking to him, if at all possible. Haven't seen the guy since I was a wiggler so seems like the right thing to do. [12/9/2014 3:44:13 PM] MITUNA: wai7 wha7

MITUNA: wiggler wha7 [12/9/2014 3:47:25 PM] DIRK: Since I was less than a sweep old? -is it weird that he was using troll terms? it's a habit- I got separated from my family when I was a baby. -more elongated sipping. he forgets not everyone knows that, too. oops.- [12/9/2014 3:56:12 PM] MITUNA: -quirks an eyebrow- oh 5orry [12/9/2014 4:02:26 PM] DIRK: -scoffs- It's cool. I'm used to it. -not entirely true but no need to make things more awkward- At any rate, keep an eye out for him. He might attack you with an ass puppet or something. [12/9/2014 4:02:53 PM] MITUNA: dude wha7 [12/9/2014 4:04:22 PM] DIRK: -decaptchas a smuppet... one he bought offline on his own accord some time ago- These things. [12/9/2014 4:06:22 PM] MITUNA: 80 [12/9/2014 4:06:51 PM] MITUNA: i7 look5 5o 5of7 [12/9/2014 4:07:51 PM] DIRK: It is. -holds it out to him- [12/9/2014 4:15:18 PM] MITUNA: -touches the butt- 8O [12/9/2014 4:16:02 PM] MITUNA: holy 5hi7 he a55aul75 people wi7h 7he5e [12/9/2014 4:16:47 PM] DIRK: Apparently. -would find that hilarious if not for the fact that it upsets his brother so much- [12/9/2014 4:18:53 PM] JADE: *steps into the cafeteria and sees /that thing/, she is making such a face but she strides by to grab some food* [12/9/2014 4:20:00 PM | Edited 4:20:10 PM] MITUNA: 5o doe5 he ju57 fuck wi7h people [12/9/2014 4:22:15 PM] DIRK: -oh hai jade. he should probably speak with her.- That's what I've gathered. But in a hyper aggressive sort of way. -puts the puppet away- [12/9/2014 4:22:24 PM] FEFETASPRITE: *she s33s it too, Jade. She has just come back from her very special secret mission in collecting as many smuppets as she can. In one night alone, she has managed to stuff a good hundred or so of these horrendous things into the ventilation system. We all feel for Dirk when he gets the heads up about something blocking it later.* [12/9/2014 4:30:00 PM] MITUNA: go7cha gue55 ill keep an eye ou7 for him 7hen [12/9/2014 4:32:12 PM] FEFETASPRITE: *It's her prank friend!!! She'd really like to say hi to him but that would also mean exposing her hiding place. Fefeta pouts to herself. She will have to spook the shit out of him later.* [12/9/2014 4:48:03 PM] DARKLEER: *Meanwhile, the time to venture from his place of hiding is now. He has spent a good amount of the past few days attempting to sculpt but ended up crushing his progress after meeting Signless in the hallways. He is actually SEETHING WITH RAGE right now, but appears brooding and thoughtful. He quite disliked having to take advice on change. He was not suited for such a task. Aligning the insubordinate was what he was good at. Whine, whine, bitch. He was aware. Darkleer appears in the cafeteria with sweaty suddenness. He needs... nutrients. Most likely.* [12/9/2014 5:04:08 PM] TEREZI: *Since the last time Terezi graced Darkleer with her presence, Terezi had finished the energy bars and oranges she’d stocked. It was high time she ate an actual meal. Heading down to the cafeteria, she gave a passing wave to those she knew before moving on to fill her tray with sustenance.* [12/9/2014 5:04:24 PM] JADE: *holy shit that is a large man. troll. mantroll. trollman. JADE FOCUS. She puts a piece of melon on her tray to polish it off and wanders to a table.* [12/9/2014 5:06:44 PM] DARKLEER: *Neigh. Behold all these snot-nosed upstarts. They are endearing as they are irritating. How dare they remove valuable oxygen from the air. The tealblood is familiar and with Darkleer, respect for your superiors would go a long way in his mind. Terezi is allowed to exist without his silent disdain, for now.* [12/9/2014 5:08:41 PM] JADE: *SNOT-NOSED??? Buddy I will SUPLEX YOU. Jade, however, remains oblivious to his internal monologue, and thus consideration of wrestling moves remains at the wayside. She meticulously peels a banana from the squishy end.* [12/9/2014 5:08:46 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -Equius makes a special guest appearance to get his morning tea, but he ends up staring at the new troll. Someone of his caste no less. He even looks familiar. Clearing his throat and composing himself he moves to get his tea. If the troll sees him, he will gladly salute and greet him- [12/9/2014 5:10:27 PM] DARKLEER: *He will not SEE you. He will not see ANY one of you. He does however, keep a respectful distance from the gathering of youths around the salad bar. No, he is not stressed. He is a man of manners.* [12/9/2014 5:14:18 PM] TEREZI: *That was respect she would show anyone. It would be RUDE to barrel someone over when he was clearly IN THE WAY, regardless of her size in comparison to his. But like Jade, Terezi is oblivious to his thoughts, and she starts putting together a colorful salad.*

TEREZI: *She might not SEE, but she can smell. Nods politely to her coworker, because she has something called MANNERS.* H3LLO 3QU1US [12/9/2014 5:14:43 PM] DUALSCAR: -Perhaps the older blueblood would appriciate some more REFINED and MATURE company. Dualscar strides into the cafeteria, looking like he never even once dropped off the face of the ship for a long period of time, as groomed and professional as ever. He had intended to get a word in with the head of service, but seeing this huge adult troll made him stop in his tracks and SQUINT.- [12/9/2014 5:16:37 PM] DARKLEER: *He stands there in an intimidating but distracted stupor. His mind gallops in other places, particularly in plans surrounding his unsuccessful art project. He has not acknowleged the seadweller officer and probably doesn't plan to.* [12/9/2014 5:19:11 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Greetings Pyrope -He's grabbing sine fruit and yogurt- [12/9/2014 5:20:31 PM] DUALSCAR: -SQUINTING INTENSIFIES. He remembers this guy, and he remembers who he used to work for. Although he had been thrown out on his ass, hadn't he? So that would mean that the clown had not sent him. He hoped. He flicks some lint off his shoulder, then meandered over to the E%ecutioner. He stops next to him and LOUDLY CLEARS HIS THROAT.- [12/9/2014 5:21:42 PM] TEREZI: *piles on those oranges* 3NJOY TH3 C4RN1V4L TH3 OTH3R N1GHT? [12/9/2014 5:24:34 PM | Edited 5:25:15 PM] DARKLEER: *Is forcibly removed from his pensive daze and dips his head in direction of the voice in question. Unfortunately, he spots a dash of violet from the corner of his eye and the horse troll goes tense all over. DINKLEBUR- no, wait. SEADWELLER. Perhaps he flexes his fingers with STRENGTH as he does so.*

DARKLEER: D ==>> Admiral *the word sounds sticky on his tongue* [12/9/2014 5:30:26 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Yes, I found it to be enjoyable. Did you like the festivities [12/9/2014 5:31:22 PM] DUALSCAR: -He stands at ease next to the blueblood. This time it was him that was not acknowleging the other. Which arguably made zero sense, and was not believeable at all, but he still did it. It took a few moments before the Seadweller, apparently, took note of someone addressing him. He turned his head ever so lightly, one eyebrow raised and eyed the other troll up and down.- WWELL. I'LL BE.

DUALSCAR: FAMILIAR FACES KEEP SHOWWIN' UP 'ROUND HERE. HOWW ODD. [12/9/2014 5:33:19 PM] TEREZI: 1 D1D *grins* 1F YOU GO OUT 4G41N, 1 SUGG3ST TH3 FUNHOUS3

TEREZI: *Doesn't mention how difficult it was to find a door though* [12/9/2014 5:40:28 PM] DARKLEER: *This was not one of his better ideas. He is regretting this DEEPLY. He makes a mental note to never, ever, ever again, take the Grand Highblood up on his offer at advice. To troll Tartarus with your radical ideas of CHANGE. Sir. I would much rather stand before an impending avalanche of rocks. He does his mourning in poems circling in his pan and as he does so, Darkleer forces himself to speak.*

DARKLEER: D ==>> Amiability does not suit you, sir *He almost said, 'amphibian' or 'salt-guzzler' or 'gill-peddler'. There's really just a whole list of slurs he could be using right now but ISN'T.* [12/9/2014 5:45:04 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Was it truly that /fun/ [12/9/2014 5:53:22 PM | Edited 6:04:44 PM] DUALSCAR: -That one eyebrow keeps being raised, and he looks mildly amused. The clown might be in town sooner or later, and he needed allies. Or meatshields. Whichever. And how grand would it be to have this one on /his/ side. Now THAT would be funny. So he keeps being polite.- REALLY? I HAVVE GOTTEN QUITE GOOD FEEDBACK AT IT BEFORE, I'LL HAVVE YE KNOWW. [12/9/2014 5:53:31 PM] TEREZI: 1T W4S FUN 1N 4 SORT OF HORR1FY1NG W4Y

TEREZI: NO L3SS 3NJOY4BL3 THOUGH

TEREZI: *She now finds the pyramid of oranges adequate and grabs some of this peach drink stuff that's available.* [12/9/2014 5:57:41 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Sounds to be a real humdinger [12/9/2014 6:01:13 PM] REDGLARE: -There is a quiet prowling nearby. She said she's keeping an eye out, and she certainly is, just somewhere out of sight from the people she has no real patience for. Even with shore leave, there's protocol to get on and off the ship. That means that someone had to have violated that protocol, or otherwise found a way to circumvent it. She seems to be checking the vent openings, looking for gaps in the cameras, anything a sneaky individual would take advantage of to break into one of the rooms.- [12/9/2014 6:02:12 PM] BRO: *pff what is SHE talking about... nothing suspicious HERE. unless she happens upon one of the vents where fefeta is hoarding smuppets.* [12/9/2014 6:03:02 PM] FEFETASPRITE: *Gills deep in smuppets right now. My purrefishies.* [12/9/2014 6:03:11 PM] DARKLEER: D ==>> Perhaps they were wrong *Zing. He has to correct himself after that.*

DARKLEER: D ==>> Or perhaps they were none too dazed by the sheer STRENGTH of your authority to think of questioning it, as most independently thinking minds might be inclined in doing *Sarcasm? What's sarcasm?*

DARKLEER: D ==>> What is it you want *Fish. You just KNOW that word was on the tip of his tongue.* [12/9/2014 6:06:01 PM] TEREZI: 4ND YOU SOUND SO 3XC1T3D 4BOUT 1T TOO! *GRINS then shrugs* 1TS C3RT41NLY 4N 3XP3R13NC3 [12/9/2014 6:06:35 PM] REDGLARE: -SIGNS OF ENTRY AND A SCRAP OF RED FELT. WHO DO YOU THINK YOURE FOOLING.- [12/9/2014 6:10:04 PM] EQUIUS: D --> If I venture out into the carnival again, I will take your suggestion onto consideration [12/9/2014 6:10:49 PM | Edited 6:12:40 PM] DUALSCAR: OR PERHAPS YE ARE. -Zing right back. He seems particularly interested in his nails at this point, idly picking at them as the other speaks.- I'LL HAVVE YE KNOWW THAT MY HUMBLE VVISAGE LEAVVE PEOPLE DAZED IN MORE WWAYS THAN ONE.

DUALSCAR: IN ANY CASE. -Puts his hand back behind his back. Small fintwitch at how rude this guy is being. He is being the PINNACLE of politeness, himself. Why does nobody appriciate his good manners?- THERE WWAS NOTHIN' IN PARTICULAR I HAPPENED TA WWANT. JUST MAKIN' PLEASANT AT AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. IS THAT SO BAD? [12/9/2014 6:12:00 PM] TEREZI: YOU SHOULD

TEREZI: MY SUGG3ST1ONS 4R3 TOP NOTCH [12/9/2014 6:14:35 PM] DARKLEER: D ==>> I am not pleasant *he rumbles curtly, none too impressed with this attempt at small talk. Obviously, he knows better.* [12/9/2014 6:14:49 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Personally, I would place them closer to the middle but they are appreciated and valued no less [12/9/2014 6:17:39 PM] DUALSCAR: OH COME NOWW. YER PLENTY PLEASANT. -Lying through his teeth. If polite didn't work, perhaps suave did.- GIVVE YERSELF A LITTLE CREDIT. -sMOULDER.- [12/9/2014 6:19:45 PM] DARKLEER: *Somehow, he is finding himself even MORE repulsed by this line of conversation than he ever was before. He flexes silently and ANGRILY under his uniform but says nothing.* [12/9/2014 6:21:02 PM] TEREZI: *feigns offense* 1 WOULD S4Y 1TS CLOS3R TO TH3 S3V3NTY F1FTH P3RC3NT1L3 BY F4R [12/9/2014 6:22:31 PM] TEREZI: *and it slowly dawns on her what he said. At that she forces a grin and laughs it off* [12/9/2014 6:22:52 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Hmmm, agreeable [12/9/2014 6:27:32 PM] TEREZI: *grabs some grubsauce* 1F MY SUGG3ST1ONS SCOR3D H1GH 4LL TH3 T1M3, 1 H4RDLY TH1NK 1D H4V3 4 TR4C3 OF HUM1L1TY [12/9/2014 6:27:55 PM] DUALSCAR: -Heyooo. He noticed that flexing. Flexing is good, yes? He feels so very accomplished, the Ampora SMOULDER still on his face.- BUT YE WWERE ABOUT TA EAT? -Gestures at the salad bar in which they are kind of currently occupying by standing there and being in the way.- I WWAS ABOUT TA DO THE SAME. PERHAPS WWE COULD SHARE A MEAL TOGETHER AND KEEP THIS PLEASANT CONVVERSATION GOIN'? [12/9/2014 6:28:47 PM] DARKLEER: *How does this serve as encouragement. Darkleer can barely believe his hearing ducts and it enrages him further. He begins entertaining images of constructing small explosives to his favored arrows and piercing the seadweller's hide with it. It is an extravegent fantasy and keeps him grounded for the moment.*

DARKLEER: D ==>> I must decline *He says heavily. No really, he must. He's an inch close from breaking your face, Dualscar.* [12/9/2014 6:35:45 PM] DUALSCAR: -Like people wanting to break his face has ever stopped him befo- Oh wait. He is seemingly none too fazed by the rejection, lightly shrugging his shoulders.- SOME OTHER TIME, THEN. I AM SURE WWE WWILL BE SEEIN' MORE OF ONE ANOTHER, AFTER ALL. -Turns his head to look at him just sharply enough to make his hair do a little flip.- MIGHT AS WWELL HAVVE A FRIENDLY ATTITUDE TOWWARD ONE ANOTHER. [12/9/2014 6:36:36 PM] DARKLEER: D ==>> I would rather not [12/9/2014 6:39:39 PM] DUALSCAR: -Excuse you. His earfins twitch in annoyance, but he smiles regardless.- TRULY? SUCH A SHAME. -Sighs.- I JUST THOUGHT YE WWOULD WWANT SOMEONE TA TALK TA. I KNOWW HOWW TERRIBLE ISOLATION CAN BE. -Comparing his own weeklong existensial crisis to banishment. That is probably the same thing.- [12/9/2014 6:49:04 PM] DARKLEER: *It takes all of Darkleer's concentration to not crack his own teeth with how hard his jaw is clenching. There are a million and one things he'd like to say right now but almost all of those things would ensure that this... speaking thing continue.*

DARKLEER: D ==>> Irrelevent, much like this line of conversation

DARKLEER: D ==>> Therefore, it is over. E%cuse me *And with that, he breaks off, moving towards the salad bar and FINALLY helping himself to the fruit offered there. Sorry Kanaya, all of it is getting rounded up. He isn't going to be lingering for much longer either. As soon as the food is gathered up, Darkleer is out.* [12/9/2014 6:51:59 PM] TEREZI: *And she goes to sit at a table, peeling her oranges with a little more force than necessary.* [12/9/2014 6:57:51 PM] DUALSCAR: -OH NO HE DID NOT JUST DISMISS HIM. He is not able to keep his fins from pinning back, and his nails dig into his palms. He takes a sharp intake of air, counting to ten in his mind and exhales, nails no longer burying into into his skin. That had been a right disaster, although, that just meant that he would just have to try harder.-

DUALSCAR: -Wanders away from the saladbar and goes to get some proper food and not bunny chow.- [12/9/2014 6:58:32 PM] KANAYA: *MY FRUIT!!!* [12/9/2014 7:01:30 PM] KANAYA: *She regards the pilfered fruit section with disdain. How dare.* [12/9/2014 7:04:15 PM] DUALSCAR: -Senses a disturbance in the fruitorce... Foruit. In any case he notices another presence entering the scene. And it happens to be the person he had come in here for in the first place. Cue Dualscar wandering over to the fruit mourner.- MISS MARYAM? [12/9/2014 7:05:13 PM] KANAYA: *Huh. She hadn't spoken to him since their conversation in the midst of the riot. She figured he wasn't here to apologize for snapping at her, not that she particularly cared either way.* Yes [12/9/2014 7:09:02 PM] ROSE: -She takes a seat across from Jade.- How bad has it been? [12/9/2014 7:10:49 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -Sits with Terezi- I find that you have the more humility than most. It's refreshing [12/9/2014 7:11:04 PM] JADE: *She looks up at the sudden Rose, though it doesn't take her too long to process the question. She sighs.* as bad as you can imagine i guess [12/9/2014 7:11:08 PM] DUALSCAR: -Had he snapped? He did not remember that. Like he rarely remembered anything that he might have done that was not so tactful of him.- I WWOULD JUST LIKE TA THANK YE FOR SENDIN' THE DRONES WWITH SUCH LOVVELY MEALS WWHILST I WWAS SO SWWAMPED IN WWORK. -Work, yes. Not hiding or anything.- ADDITIONALLY I WWAS JUST WWONDERIN' IF I COULD HAVVE A WWORD WWITH YE. [12/9/2014 7:11:34 PM] JADE: *She lowers her voice.* he was tearing the library apart last night looking for hidden things in the books [12/9/2014 7:12:01 PM] ROSE: I'm sure that made some kind of sense so him. [12/9/2014 7:12:49 PM] ROSE: -It's a little weird to think that Dave hasn't been lying about bro this whole time. A little weirder that someone like that could exist at all.- [12/9/2014 7:13:12 PM] KANAYA: *This earns him a slight smile.* Youre Welcome *She wasn't quite expecting him to need something else from her, though. Unless it was more food. She expected that was it.* What Is It [12/9/2014 7:14:00 PM] FEFERI: *Guess who's AWAKE and READY FOR ACTION!!! It's Feferi!!! We all know everyone missed her. She's very EXCITED today as she bounces into the cafeteria and descends quickly onto the table with Equius and Terezi. There are other people around too but she's too hyped up to think of saying hi to them. Except for Rose! Rose gets an eager wave.* )(i!! I'm )(ere!!! Water you guys doing?? [12/9/2014 7:15:45 PM] JADE: yeah.... i wasnt sure what to do but i finally got him to put the books up... and we looked for him a little while but thankfully i was able to convince him to come get some sleep *With enough kisses and butt touches, anyway. Merely talking was clearly not distracting enough.* [12/9/2014 7:15:53 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -SUDDENLY FEFERI. Equius looks over at the sudden intrusion of this hyper fish child- Hello Feferi. It's been a little while -Dips fruit in yogurt and Nibbles- [12/9/2014 7:15:59 PM] DUALSCAR: -He gives her a little nod and polite smile in return. He is about to speak up when he hears a -EXCIT-ED voice, and his fins twitch a bit. He scoots on closer to Kanaya.- WWOULD IT BE TOO MUCH OF A BOTHER TA ASK FOR THAT WWORD TA BE HAD IN PRIVVATE? -Glancing at Feferi.- [12/9/2014 7:16:05 PM] TEREZI: *peeling oranges with a passionate vigor!* H3LLO F3F1! *waves her over and pulls out a chair with her foot for her to sit.* HOW W4S YOUR TR1P? [12/9/2014 7:17:11 PM] FEFERI: Full of clowns!!! *she says, gladly taking her seat* Clowns out of t)(e GILLS! For two days!! It was crazy!!! [12/9/2014 7:17:49 PM] ROSE: I do wonder though. [12/9/2014 7:18:01 PM] ROSE: His reasoning. If he's got any. [12/9/2014 7:18:17 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -Raises an eyebrow- Where did you go [12/9/2014 7:18:26 PM] ROSE: Dirk is a year older, isn't he? [12/9/2014 7:18:36 PM] DIRK: *awkwardly shuffles over to jade and rose. hovers even more awkwardly.* [12/9/2014 7:18:39 PM] DIRK: Yeah. [12/9/2014 7:18:59 PM] FEFERI: Out of town. *casually steals some of Equius's fruit.* It was like... a symbolic dance party? Again, SUP---ER crazy. [12/9/2014 7:19:01 PM] ROSE: Do you think he really-- [12/9/2014 7:19:05 PM] KANAYA: Uh KANAYA: No I Suppose Thats Not A Problem *She gestures around the side of the food bar, toward the kitchen door.* Go Ahead [12/9/2014 7:19:32 PM] JADE: *SUDDENLY DIRK* [12/9/2014 7:19:37 PM] TEREZI: OH... W4S 1T 4 P4RTY OR POL1T1CS? *smiles pleasantly and shoves HALF AN ORANGE in her own mouth.* [12/9/2014 7:19:41 PM] JADE: *what is with these TTs sneaking up on her today* [12/9/2014 7:19:43 PM] ROSE: -She looks up, suddenly a bit abashed to be talking like this, with Dirk right there.- Hey, Dirk. - [12/9/2014 7:20:08 PM] DIRK: *SURPRISE TTS* [12/9/2014 7:20:15 PM] FEFERI: *Omg, Terezi continues to be a cutie. She grins back at her.* Bot)(!!! Just subjuggulators and t)(e )(eiress KICKING it! [12/9/2014 7:20:34 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Sounds intriguing [12/9/2014 7:20:47 PM] DIRK: Hey. Uh. Are you talking about...? Yeah. [12/9/2014 7:21:14 PM] JADE: *she definitely looks a little embarrassed, but...* yeah we are [12/9/2014 7:21:47 PM] FEFERI: It was DUMB. I wanted to go to t)(e carnival instead. 38( *sad chewing of strawberries* [12/9/2014 7:21:48 PM] DUALSCAR: -Shifty eyes from Kanaya to Feferi and back.- WWONDERFUL. -He would have done the gentlemanny thing and had her go first, but he had to abscond before the rail saw him, so he swiftly wanders towards the door and goes on through it.- [12/9/2014 7:22:05 PM] DIRK: Is Dave alright? [12/9/2014 7:22:30 PM] TEREZI: *talking around the orange* W3 ST1LL H4V3 4 F3W D4YS L3FT 4ND TH3 C4RN1V4LS ST1LL GO1NG [12/9/2014 7:22:35 PM] ROSE: We were just talking about that. [12/9/2014 7:23:03 PM] FEFERI: I want to goooooooooooo! *whines over table* [12/9/2014 7:23:10 PM] KANAYA: *Kanaya follows quietly, if not skeptically, after him. Drones are shuffling around in the back of the kitchen as usual, tall and lumbering and intimidating as they chop vegetables. Precious.* [12/9/2014 7:23:19 PM] EQUIUS: D --> We could go to the carnival ourselves if you wish. Terezi was telling me I should e%perience the fun house [12/9/2014 7:23:37 PM] JADE: hes... not really doing so great [12/9/2014 7:23:53 PM] FEFERI: I want to expierience --EV---ERYT)(ING. [12/9/2014 7:24:19 PM] ROSE: Kind of jumpy. Paranoid. [12/9/2014 7:25:04 PM] EQUIUS: D --> There's quite a lot to e%perience [12/9/2014 7:25:20 PM] DIRK: I see. *sighs a bit and takes a seat, after casting a quick glance around as well. speaking of paranoid...* [12/9/2014 7:25:31 PM] FEFERI: Are you saying I can't?? *is that a CHALLENGE?* [12/9/2014 7:25:35 PM] DUALSCAR: -Sorta takes a little gander around the kitchen, but he will have to do the actual inspection some other time when he is not here for personal reasons. He stands in the middle of the floor, eyes set on Kanaya as she enters.- I AM SORRY TA INTERRUPT YE LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WWHEN THE MATTER AT HAND IS OF A MORE PERSONAL NATURE. [12/9/2014 7:26:34 PM] EQUIUS: D --> I said nothing of the sort [12/9/2014 7:26:42 PM] ROSE: ...What about you? [12/9/2014 7:27:05 PM] FEFERI: Liar. *scrunches up her face and sticks her tongue out at him* [12/9/2014 7:28:17 PM] KANAYA: Personal *She repeats, her curiosity peaked even more. She supposed that was why he wanted privacy, but she wonders what could be so personal that involved her, specifically.* What Can I Do For You [12/9/2014 7:28:55 PM] EQUIUS: D --> I am no such thing -squint- [12/9/2014 7:29:11 PM] TEREZI: *pops an orange in her mouth, watching.* [12/9/2014 7:29:53 PM] DIRK: Huh? Oh, I'm fine. *shrugs* A little wary about the guy jumpin' out at me but hey. [12/9/2014 7:31:09 PM] FEFERI: Yea)(, you are. You're doing it rig)(t now! *grins and steals more of his fruit* Would you even be able to )(ANDL---E being my escort to t)(e carnival? I don't t)(ink you're up to t)(e task, -Equifis)(. [12/9/2014 7:31:46 PM] JADE: *Her expression changes to one that says something like, I'd love for the guy to jump out at me. Let me at him.* [12/9/2014 7:32:42 PM] DIRK: *jade, no* [12/9/2014 7:33:10 PM] EQUIUS: D --> I'm most likely overqualified for the task -snorts- [12/9/2014 7:33:16 PM] DUALSCAR: THAT IT IS. -He nods lightly.- I WWAS MERELY WWONDERIN' IF I COULD HAVVE YER PERMISSION TA USE THIS KITCHEN FOR A TIME TA PREPARE SOME FOODSTUFFS OF MY OWWN. NOT TA SAY THAT YER FOOD IS NOT DELICIOUS, AND I AM PERFECTLY AWWARE THAT WWHATEVVER GUNK I WWOULD PRODUCE WWOULD NOT COME NEAR IT. -He might have been super fucking skeptical towards her food in the beginning, but it was good, so credit where credit is due he supposed.- HOWWEVVER. THERE IS SOMETHIN' SPECIAL ABOUT HAVVIN' A QUADMATE PERSONALLY PREPARE SOMETHIN', WWOULDN'T YE AGREE? -Polite smile and he inclines his head to one side.- [12/9/2014 7:34:57 PM | Edited 7:35:39 PM] TEREZI: *Underqualified, maybe* [12/9/2014 7:35:12 PM] FEFERI: OV---ERQUALIFI--ED? W)(at's t)(at supposed to mean??? [12/9/2014 7:35:23 PM] ROSE: I don't know if he would. [12/9/2014 7:35:51 PM] ROSE: Call it a gut feeling, if you want, but something about when he heard your name. [12/9/2014 7:35:55 PM] KANAYA: Ahhhh KANAYA: You Want To Make A Meal For Someone *God, she is a sucker for cute romantic things. Helping lubricate healthy relationships has been one of her favorite parts of being here, really. Both with her job and simply between friends.* KANAYA: Im Fine With That [12/9/2014 7:36:03 PM] ROSE: It was different. [12/9/2014 7:36:10 PM] KANAYA: Go Ahead And Use Whatever You Need [12/9/2014 7:36:12 PM] EQUIUS: D --> You know e%actly what it means -flips mane- [12/9/2014 7:36:36 PM] FEFERI: I t)(ink it means... you're an ass. Rig)(t, Terezi? [12/9/2014 7:36:52 PM] FEFERI: T)(at's t)(e overulling verdict, I t)(ink. Sorry, I don't make t)(e rules. [12/9/2014 7:36:53 PM] DIRK: *glances away* ... What do you mean? [12/9/2014 7:37:12 PM] TEREZI: *Swallows the orange* 4 ST1CK 1N TH3 MUD 4FT3R TH3 R41N ON TH3 P4R4D3 [12/9/2014 7:37:19 PM] FEFERI: )(e)(e)(e!!! [12/9/2014 7:37:22 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Yes you do and I am no m001 [12/9/2014 7:37:28 PM] ROSE: Hard to say. [12/9/2014 7:38:27 PM] ROSE: Beneath the stoic mask of a hyper masculine affectation, something seemed to register. [12/9/2014 7:38:43 PM] ROSE: To a degree that seemed... [12/9/2014 7:38:46 PM] DUALSCAR: THAT WWAS MY PLAN, YES. -He bows his head.- WWHY, THANK YE EVVER SO MUCH, MISS MARYAM. THAT IS MOST KIND OF YE.

DUALSCAR: I WWILL DO MY BEST TA NOT GET IN YER WWAY. -Quickly looks around the kitchen.- OR ANY OF THE DRONES WWAY. [12/9/2014 7:38:50 PM] EQUIUS: D --> B[ [12/9/2014 7:38:51 PM] FEFERI: Did you just say "mule"? [12/9/2014 7:39:22 PM] EQUIUS: D --> I did not stutter, so yes [12/9/2014 7:39:58 PM] ROSE: I don't know for sure. He hesitated. [12/9/2014 7:40:17 PM] TEREZI: 1T SOUND3D L1K3 MOOL TO M3 [12/9/2014 7:40:27 PM] JADE: *She nods agreeance with what Rose said, remembering his reaction. She hadn't thought much of it at the time, mostly focusing on the effect he had on Dave more than anything.* it was like he didnt believe it? or didnt want to maybe [12/9/2014 7:40:58 PM] JADE: *Wow, now that she says that, she feels really, really shitty for Dirk, and she wished she hadn't.* [12/9/2014 7:41:27 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -gentle sweating- [12/9/2014 7:41:27 PM] FEFERI: )(e)(e)(e!!! Maybe you s)(ould find a better quirk? *says this all while smiling* [12/9/2014 7:41:41 PM] FEFERI: *mouths, 100ser at him* [12/9/2014 7:42:20 PM] TEREZI: OOOOO! [12/9/2014 7:42:23 PM] EQUIUS: D --> -He flexes a bit angrily- [12/9/2014 7:42:56 PM] EQUIUS: D --> My "quirk" is just fine as it is [12/9/2014 7:43:08 PM] DIRK: *oh... well, that would explain why he was being avoided* Makes sense, I guess. [12/9/2014 7:43:57 PM] FEFERI: *Flexing! She loves the flexing.* Are you mad, -Equisquid? [12/9/2014 7:44:23 PM] FEFERI: *Is thy jimmies rustled?* [12/9/2014 7:44:44 PM] DUALSCAR: -Somehow he feels like he is missing out on something important. There is a disturbance in the rail force, but he is not sure. HMMM.- [12/9/2014 7:44:46 PM] EQUIUS: D --> No [12/9/2014 7:44:56 PM] FEFERI: Are you s)(ore? [12/9/2014 7:45:29 PM] EQUIUS: D --> I'm fine [12/9/2014 7:45:57 PM] FEFERI: *shes too busy being CUTE AND INFURIATING to realize she is disturbing the rail force* [12/9/2014 7:46:03 PM] FEFERI: You don't look fine. *pouts* [12/9/2014 7:46:33 PM] FEFERI: *Well you do but that's besides the point.* [12/9/2014 7:46:46 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Then perhaps you should have your goggles checked [12/9/2014 7:47:07 PM] FEFERI: My goggles and ocular sp)(eres are in s)(ips)(ape. 38) [12/9/2014 7:48:36 PM] FEFERI: *chinhands at him* So... m001? [12/9/2014 7:51:47 PM] EQUIUS: D --> What of it -eats more fruit- [12/9/2014 7:52:17 PM] FEFERI: It's st00pid. [12/9/2014 7:52:51 PM] EQUIUS: D --> It is not [12/9/2014 7:53:13 PM] FEFERI: Yes it is. *swipes fruit* [12/9/2014 7:54:13 PM] EQUIUS: D --> It is not -slides the fruit to her and stands- [12/9/2014 7:54:41 PM] KANAYA: Oh Right *She chirps a little sound, getting the drones' attention.* The Rear Admiral Here Will Be Borrowing The Kitchen For A Time *She turns back to Dualscar, brushing off her coat.* They Should Give You Adequate Space For Whatever You Need [12/9/2014 7:55:03 PM] EQUIUS: D --> Good day, Feferi -He's gone- [12/9/2014 7:55:07 PM] ROSE: I don't know. ROSE: Maybe it fits together. ROSE: The troll war generation. ROSE: Losing a firstborn to an invading species would certainly alter one's parenting plans. [12/9/2014 7:55:19 PM] FEFERI: W)(ere you are go- *oh there he goes.* 38( [12/9/2014 7:57:02 PM] DUALSCAR: -And now there seems to be less of a disturbance in the rail force. Fancy that. In any case. He gives Kanaya another polite smile and nod.- AGAIN. THANK YE VVERY MUCH FOR LETTIN' ME DO THIS. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TA ASK SHOULD THERE BE ANYTHIN' I COULD HELP YE WWITH. [12/9/2014 7:58:17 PM] KANAYA: No Problem *She smiles again.* I Could Probably Use A Hand Restocking The Fruit Section But Thats About It [12/9/2014 7:59:16 PM] FEFERI: *This fruit isn't even that great when you're not stealing it from someone else. And now, Equius is mad at her again. God, it's like he can't take a joke or something. She broodily picks thru the plate.* [12/9/2014 8:00:31 PM] TEREZI: *Pats Feferi's back* >: [ *It's an I'm sorry Equius is such a buttface face* [12/9/2014 8:01:35 PM] FEFERI: *puffs her cheeks at Terezi, refusing to dwell on this BOUY business.* Was t)(e fun)(ouse really t)(at fun? [12/9/2014 8:01:53 PM] DUALSCAR: -SCRATCH THAT. There is a severe disturbance in the rail force.- AH. YES. -Of course he would be the one to fix Darkleer's mess, and now he had to lower himself to a level of fruit restocker.- I RECKON I CAN GIVVE YE A HAND WWITH THAT. JUST SHOWW ME WWHAT I NEED TA FETCH AND SUCH. [12/9/2014 8:04:31 PM] TEREZI: 1T W4S! 1M SUR3 TH3R3 W3R3 OTH3R ROOMS TO 3XPLOR3, BUT TH3 BOYS W3R3 4 L1TTL3 UNN3RV3D

TEREZI: 1M PR3TTY SUR3 4R4D14 L1K3D 1T TOO [12/9/2014 8:05:04 PM] FEFERI: )(e)(e, t)(at's good. It must )(ave been a BLAST! [12/9/2014 8:08:51 PM] TEREZI: YOU COULD S4Y 1T W4S 3XPLOS1V3 H3H3H3H3

TEREZI: 1 H4D TO TURN 1N 34RLY THOUGH, SO 1 D1DNT G3T TO 3XP3R13NC3 3V3RYTH1NG *mumble grumble* BUT FROM WH4T 1 D1D 1T W4S B3TT3R TH4N 1 3XP3CT3D [12/9/2014 8:09:33 PM] FEFERI: I can't wait to go. *deep fish sigh* [12/9/2014 8:16:34 PM] KANAYA: Most Of The Fruit Is Being Stored Back There *She gestures at the pseudo-timeless freezer.* I Hung Up A List Of The Numbers Youll Have To Type In To Have A Box Of Each Of Them Delivered And They Will Come Right Out Of The Chute *And here she lists off the variety of fruits she'll need.* [12/9/2014 8:16:37 PM] ROSE: -She shrugs her shoulders, and sighs.- I suppose asking is trouble. For a number of reasons. [12/9/2014 8:19:39 PM] FEFERI: But maybe I'll catc)( you out t)(ere? I s)(ould probubbly go actually. *she gets up and starts gathering up her... wait, EQUIUS'S trash because she is considerate like that.* People to troll!!! [12/9/2014 8:19:50 PM] JADE: *She shoves food in her mouth. She would like to ask him a lot of things.* well nobody can ask him anything if he sneaks around like a weirdo [12/9/2014 8:19:51 PM] FEFERI: I'll sea you, Surfrezi! [12/9/2014 8:21:20 PM] TEREZI: *waves her goodbye since her mouth was stuffed with orange again. Still tries a* H33 OOU *though* [12/9/2014 8:21:39 PM] DUALSCAR: -He is the less amount of amused there is, however it does not show on his face, the polite smile plastered on as before. This seemed so utterly beneath him and trivial, however, she had given him permission, and again, he needed allies. So he would just suck it the fuck up.- UNDERSTOOD. RECKON I SHOULD GET TA IT THEN. -AND SO HE DOEs.- [12/9/2014 8:21:55 PM] KANAYA: *THANKS BRUH* [12/9/2014 8:25:52 PM] ROSE: He might not know. [12/9/2014 8:36:05 PM] JADE: about dirk? [12/9/2014 8:36:31 PM] ROSE: Among other things, I suppose. [12/9/2014 8:41:45 PM] ROSE: -she gone-

[tankedgnostomanic-blog]

-- tankedGnostomanic [TG] began messaging technetronicTactician [TT] at 15:51 --

-- tankedGnostomanic [TG] sent "com2theatriumin45mnsifuwanaasslicking.jpg" --

TG: *Its a picture of a ridiculously long gun regardless of the questionable title*

TT: That is a disappointingly misleading file name.

TG: shh

TG: slip off the fingies

TT: You don't make Freudian slips, Roxy. They are always intentional.

TT: But in any case, this is bound to be an interesting meeting.

TG: no idrk i wont slorp on ur hot choclety bod

TG: im on the cok

TG: *click

TG: *colk

TG: *ticker

TT: *Tick.

TT: *Dick.

TT: See, we've come full circle.

TG: the rituals complete

TG: sentnece the uu to the 40 day donk rain

TG: *dick/dong

TG: build ur boat moses

TT: Hallelujah.

TT: Okay, I'll be honest about one thing,

TT: You wouldn't mix up donk and dick/dong, so I feel like there's a disturbance in the force here.

TG: and i though u were about to say youd be stoked 4 dick rain

TG: the disrtubance is real

TT: Well, that goes without saying.

-- tankedGnostomanic [TG] sent "nowurthinkin.jpg" --

TG: *its a picture of her own leg but its out of a black hole on the other side of the room*

TG: wait hn on

-- tankedGnostomanic [TG] sent "razledsllze.jpg" --

TG: *now its both legs and ones just kicked up*

TT: Impressive.

TG: i finished the gun :)

TT: I gathered that. Or at least I hoped, because otherwise these shenanigans might be pretty irresponsible.

-- tankedGnostomanic [TG] sent "whoops.jpg" --

TG: *its her legs on the bottom of the atrium floor and she's looking down*

TG: gdi my lgs fell off

TG: fuk

TG: u got me

TG: it was alla ruse

TG: i did it for the vine also 2 make you think i was cool

TT: Aw. I already know you're cool.

TT: Making a portal gun at all is enough proof of that.

TG: :)

TT: Also, everything else you've done and are. But I don't need to break out that list.

TT: I think I should witness these tests first hand, though. Seems necessary.

TG: yah! its not 45 mins yet but asseses can still b kicked

TT: Awesome. I'll be right out there.

 DIRK: *he pushes himself away from his desk in the tech lab, a small frown on his face. something felt off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. for the time being, he'd chalk it up as paranoia, having been in an off mood since he got out of holding. at least it would be a short walk before he's out in the atrium, looking around for roxy. or the top half of her, at least*

ROXY: *He doesn't have to look for long, she's been up for 48 hours at the very least and has been in the lab drinking to bring her mood up after talking to Roxanne. For the first few hours she'd felt more sad than anything but she also ran the bar and she'd finally gotten to that point of joyously able to deal with people and be generally pleasant and feel fucking great. As soon as Dirk walks in she W

ROXY: AVES enthusiastically from the third story and hups over the rail* diiiiirrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkk! *the gun is stupid long and she shoots the floor and then the wall*

ROXY: *momentum is a thing so she has to skid, stumbles a good bit holding the gun to her chest and snickers before turning to him a few feet behind him* woo! *lifts it* :D

DIRK: *wow, that sure is a lot of energy and enthusiasm and he blinks a few times to register it all before he turns to face her* You're just having the time of your life, aren't you?

ROXY: i lllooove it omg

ROXY: it took forever 2 get the calcluelations right *slurr, word stumble and stands it up and yeah that gun barrel is taller than her*

ROXY: do u SEE this honkin thing???

DIRK: *hmmms at that slurring, stepping in closer to observe the gun and her* It's rather... large, yes.

ROXY: and i kno how 2 use it ;) *its just black for now, the barrel is indeed at least 80% of it but other than that its simple with a scope, she's also smelling pretty goddamn boozy and there are the beginnings of bags beneath her eyes even with all this energy*

ROXY: *her uniform is a little loose but that's nothing totally new*

DIRK: *he's hit with a wave of that stench and he doesn't even try to hide his sour expression* Of course you do. It's your baby, after all.

DIRK: How long have you been working slash playing with that thing?

ROXY: just like a hour ago i got it workin!

ROXY: the long barlel its apparently p god dang important to help guide and develop the holes

ROXY: otherwise they get all wonky and unstable

ROXY: cause theres no def'nit frame for em like the windows

ROXY: also they disappear after a bit

ROXY: which took a while 2 nail too

DIRK: Mhmm. *nods through all that rambling. as interesting as it is, he'd rather not focus on it* How long where you working on it before an hour ago, then?

ROXY: *Dirk knows he's interested in science, leans on it and thinks* psssssshhhhhhh

ROXY: fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

ROXY: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ROXY: ....

ROXY: day? ish? i dont watch the clock dude

DIRK: A day-ish is roughly the amount of time someone should think about taking a break. Or so I've been told.

DIRK: Why don't we head back to your room and you can ramble at me about your gun while nestled betwixt this prime cut of chest beef?

ROXY: aww but i wannted 2 like

ROXY: play with it

ROXY: dyou wanna have go?

ROXY: *shakes gun temptingly*

ROXY: *waves guns around in the atrium*

ROXY: S:)

DIRK: Hey, qui-- *looks around warily and pushes the barrel down. he doesn't want to get thrown in jail AGAIN.* We can play with it later.

DIRK: It's not like any of us are goin' anywhere.

ROXY: omg

ROXY: ffffffffffffine

ROXY: at lllleast lemme put us back

ROXY: were we gotta go

ROXY: *shoots up to the next level and then shoots the floor beneath them, INTO THE DARKNESS*

DIRK: *welp, there they go. he just rides it out until he ends up on the other side, where he would probably hit someone in the face with his ass had they been there, but luckily no one was, and dirk just kind of lands ungracefully*

ROXY: *she's giggling then laughing at Dirk after bumping against the rail and is leaning on it a little*

ROXY: *snnkr* u ok bb? *snnkkkr pffft*

DIRK: Just peachy. *hops up onto his feet and walks over to her, holding out his hand* Now let's walk the rest of the way there, please.

ROXY: *takes his hand and swings it, how hetero* dude i like

ROXY: neevr have to walk again

ROXY: but i will

ROXY: 4 your booties sake

DIRK: Walking is good for you, you know. *swings along with her, walking the rest of the way to her room*

ROXY: *snorts* sos brussle sprouts

ROXY: *eyes him like wheres your greens?*

DIRK: *hey he makes time for greens somewhere between all those carbs and protein* Indeed. You tellin' me you haven't been eatin' your sprouts, Roxy? *helps himself inside the room*

ROXY: theyre nasty man

ROXY: so gross

ROXY: *ivan and herberty run up because heyyyy its DIRK*

DIRK: They're not that gross. *he looks down at the cats, nudging them gently with his foot before he navigates between them into the room*

DIRK: You wanna kick back in the living room or snuggle it up on the water bed? I know which I'd prefer.

ROXY: they so r *makes cooing noises at the kitties and scoops up ivan and snorts* then we can wwavve on the water bed

ROXY: theyre are as piss to like

ROXY: manuver round on

ROXY: but also kinda comfy

ROXY: miss a mattress tho

ROXY: *smooch smooch kitty cat and buries face in, she would've stopped right there if Dirk wasn't attached*

DIRK: I'll trade you mine for the water bed. Love that shit.

DIRK: So you mosey on in there and I'll grab us some snacks and water. *side eyes her a little* Then we can chat.

ROXY: *snkr* eri might fight u for it but id take it

ROXY: ur beds great

ROXY: but grab up whatevs i guess

ROXY: *she certainly does mosey, meanders a little with the cat while dragging the gun in her other hand*

ROXY: *herberty isn't done hassling dirk though, the fat cat wants attention and is following him/rubbing on his leg. the cabinets still have snacks at least, she and eridan had a stash and while its significantly depleated its still pretty there.*

DIRK: *he does the avoid-the-relentless-pet tango until he reaches the cabinets. THEN he can give herberty a proper pet before grabbing some nibblies and glasses of water and returning to roxy's side - WATER BED ADDITION. he dumps the snacks on the sheets and practically shoves the water in her face*

ROXY: *she's got ivan in a hat and is sitting on the bed, holding his front paws and muttering to herlsef, the gun is on her nightstand and crown royale is between her thighs* look its dirk n the snack brigade! *trumpet noises*

ROXY: or is hark

ROXY: hark! *trumpet noises*

ROXY: gander over ye old fuckin yonder

ROXY: *ivan, smol meows*

ROXY: *shes got a handful of cat sorry water but she does take the top with her teeth and drops it on the side of the bed* puhtootie

DIRK: *he clambors on up next to her and makes waves with all that girth. frowning again, he reaches over to plucks the bottle out from between her legs* I already got you water. Too much liquid and you'll have to take a wicked piss.

DIRK: And as we both know, we're both trapped in an inescapable, wavey hell. *he sets it off to the side and nestles in beside her*

ROXY: tru but i had that first to b fair

ROXY: dirk stealin all my liquor

ROXY: i see hows it is

ROXY: hes gonna tuck tequila in his tids as soons i turn my head

ROXY: *squint pout, leeeeannnnnnn* (watchin u)

DIRK: I'm not going to put anything in my cleavage except for you. *cracks open a bag of chips, rests it between his legs and wraps an arm around her*

ROXY: *leans on him with the cat and snickers* my hidey hole

ROXY: best bazoomzooms in the land

ROXY: the fact i never motorboated u is unreal tbh

DIRK: Well, there's no time like the present, right?

ROXY: tru *but she doesn't do it* whatve u been doin hotchocobear?

DIRK: *rubs her shoulder and holds a chip to her* ... If you haven't already heard, you're going to laugh.

DIRK: But I spent the night in detainment.

ROXY: *snnnkrrrkk* have u really?

ROXY: *takes the chip but holds it*

DIRK: My responsible parental figure was setting up firecrackers in the Atrium in celebration of our American Human Heritage, and being an equally responsible adult, I helped him light them off.

DIRK: To make a long story short, they made a ruckus and we landed our asses in a shared bunk for the evening.

DIRK: It scarred me.

DIRK: A blemish on my permanent record.

ROXY: *ppppfftt, giggle* omg

ROXY: ur perf record

ROXY: sulled

ROXY: in one dad swooce

DIRK: It's pretty ridiculous. *sideways glance*

DIRK: But hey, that gives me a totally seamless segue --

DIRK: Have you talked to your mom like I suggested?

ROXY: eeeeyup

DIRK: Call it a hunch, but I'm guessing it didn't go over that well.

ROXY: psh

ROXY: its fine

ROXY: she was askin if she could do it

ROXY: like she has to come 2 me for permission

ROXY: *shrugcity* idc bruh do u

ROXY: *feeds him the chip he gave her*

ROXY: *he'll take this chip..... and EAT IT*

DIRK: *purses lips and pushes her hand back* Hey, I gave that to you. No regifting.

DIRK: And I don't know. I do care, actually. I mean, I want them to do what they want, but I care about how these actions are affecting those closely related to her.

DIRK: Which it does seem to be affecting you whether you want to admit it or not. Unless I'm mistaken and you just happened to be getting drunk off your ass and losing yourself in projects right after having that conversation?

ROXY: 2 be fair im pretty consistently drunk off my ass and also on my ass

ROXY: sides i gotta lot of projects dude chhhiilllll

DIRK: *frowns at her* Roxy.

DIRK: Come on.

ROXY: come on wut

ROXY: .......*Snrksk*

DIRK: *sighs and rolls eyes a little* Maybe I shouldn't be having this conversation with you while you're so impaired. But fuck, I'm stubborn.

DIRK: Roxy, quit playin' with me here. I'm worried about you.

ROXY: theres a lot 2 worry about hurky dirk

ROXY: even me drunk isnt me drunk

ROXY: it just me

ROXY: it me dirk

ROXY: not u durk but me

ROXY: comma

ROXY: dirk

DIRK: No. Pretty sure it is you drunk.

DIRK: Which is all well and good from time to time, but not if you're drinking alone and in access.

DIRK: Like shit, it's not rocket science. Literally everyone is motivated to do that by some underlying issue.

DIRK: And I would very much like to talk about that issue.

DIRK: Or issues.

DIRK: Whatever.

ROXY: why cant it be for fun??????

ROXY: whys it always goota be shit GOIN on for booze to be involved

ROXY: im good im happy im havin fun

ROXY: between the solber person and the drunk person which ones havin a good time?

ROXY: *points around the room beeping*

ROXY: *points at him, stops*

ROXY: *points to self beeping x100*

DIRK: Well, you've got me there, Roxy. I'm definitely not having a good fucking time right now. *he looks so done right now, which kind of resembles disappointment*

ROXY: *stares back at him being the worst buzzkill ever and pokes his cheek* diiiirrrrrkkkk

DIRK: Yes, Roxy? What is it?

ROXY: stop with the face jfc

ROXY: we were sposed to cuddle n shit

ROXY: ivans got his wizy cap on

ROXY: its party time

ROXY: im the trebel wheres my bass

ROXY: ur the un to my tz

DIRK: *sighs and pulls her closer to him, resting his cheek against her head*

DIRK: Okay.

DIRK: Alright, Rox.

DIRK: Even though you're clearly not ready to party cuz you won't eat my damn chips.

ROXY: mmmmmmmhhhmmmmmmmmmmm *holds and tries to feed it to him again* im not hungry

ROXY: u literally just said they were ur chips

DIRK: *fine, he'll seal the anime reference THIS TIME* Yes. As in, they are my potato chips to give. Even if they technically are not.

ROXY: *GOOD YES* then i regift em and return 2 sender

ROXY: *she so much easier to hold now dirk, ur welc*

DIRK: Rude as hell. *snorts a bit before sighing again and holding her a little closer to him*

ROXY: its not rude

ROXY: its recyclin

DIRK: I'm pretty sure that is not what recycling is supposed to be, but fine. I'm tired of arguing with you for the evening.

DIRK: And more chips for me.

ROXY: atta boi *for both things, don't kill her buzz and also eat all the chips, he's hecks of cozy and when she's all boozed up it's actually really easy for her to fall asleep once she sits still for a minute. And she's still. And is nodding off, leaning heavily on him*

DIRK: *he puts on a smile for her until he knows she's passed out, letting it fade away into a deep sullen frown. he hates that he gave up on grilling her, but reminds himself that this won't be the end of it. he can keep trying, he can keep helping. but despite the affirmations, his chest feels tight with dread, and all he can really do for now is hold onto her and stroke her hair, and maybe try to plo

DIRK: t out their next conversation a little bit*

ROXY: *she hasn't even started sleepwalking yet. It might be a night for him unless he unleashes the grapple hold*

DIRK: *he's going to leave EVENTUALLY but he plans on tag teaming with eridan, so he can have fun*

[technologicgodot]

DIRK: -stepping out of the ship and onto the surface of the green moon, it lived up to it's seedy reputation almost immediately. if dirk wasn't already feeling apprehensive about all this, he probably wouldn't care about strangers accosting them, panhandling and vending questionable goods and services left and right, but as it was, his nerves were plaguing him up until they reached the center of the city where riley - or robin, rather - was booked to play. he couldn't blame her for only performing here one night. her pseudonym lit up the marquee of the venue, under which their tickets were purchased, and dirk quietly ushered his brother and himself inside the modestly sized crowd waiting to see her performance.-

[6:50:21 PM]  DAVE: -Unsurprisingly enough, Dave is also incredibly nervous, so much so that he couldn't even think of anything to say to Dirk on the way there. The Green Moon is seedy at best, he notices, and if Dirk wasn't here with him, he may have turned around. In fact, he's still thinking about going back. When they go inside, almost everyone is standing with the exception of those at the bar. If Dave ever really considered getting a drink, well, he is now. Glancing at the crowd, he looks over at Dirk.- do you think theres room for us im thinkin there may not be a lotta space like for you especially with your huge muscles and shit youre takin up a lot of space bein all you and shit and then theres me and everyone knows im swole as fuck so basically i think were making everyone else uncomfortable with how much space were taking so maybe we should go

[6:54:38 PM]  DIRK: We made it this far, we're not turning back now. -his resolve comes only from the rationalization that dave might later regret turning back. he'd totally leave if not for that, because shit, he doesn't want to be there at all. but he nods forward, giving dave a hint to follow him as he starts shoving his way over to the bar himself.-

[6:56:46 PM]  DAVE: yeah it was a joke dude calm down -no, it wasn't. he follows dirk to the bar regardless, because it's a lot better than just standing around. he's thinking he's starting to much prefer family drop ins than dropping in on family. too many nerves beforehand.-

[7:02:56 PM]  DIRK: Calmer than you are, bro. -that's debatable. dirk is at least better at hiding it. he orders himself a drink to take the edge off, turning to face the stage in anticipation of the show starting, but he keeps his head down, should she happen to spot him. he looks way too much like his dad to risk that.-

[7:16:43 PM]  DAVE: -dirk's right. he's so right. dave just keeps looking at the stage, watching the crowd, watching them wait excitedly for his mother. and then the lights go out. everyone stirs and starts cheering before anything happens, and it feels like the longest wait of his life. and then the lights illuminate her and her alone.-

 RILEY: hope y'all don't give a fuck if i play this entire show acoustic. -she holds her guitar on her lap, sitting on a stool and giving a half-smile before diving right into one of her newest releases. her voice is more aged than the samples from her youth, her blonde hair just slightly longer, and a face more reflective of her age. there are parts of her expression that can be seen in dirk and dave both, like the way she smiles. there is no doubt about the fact that this woman is their  mother.-

[7:28:50 PM]  DIRK: -he wasn't sure how he'd even react to the sight of her, but seeing and hearing those small nuances, indications of their relation, it's overwhelming to the point that he's almost paralyzed, but so much that he can't lift his head again to get a better look at her. dirk agrees it's easier to have family sprung on him, not that he received dave or derek that well, but this is different somehow. they're both here and she doesn't know. she doesn't know he's alive. he had the power to leave and make sure she never did know. and as much as dirk loves being in control of a situation, that decision weighed far too heavily on him. he reminds himself again that he's here for dave and hides in his drink once more, just listening to her sing, pretending she's someone else-

[7:41:59 PM]  DAVE: -he pales, if it were possible to notice with both his complexion and the darkness getting in the way of that. He glances over at dirk, watching his reaction, looking for some clue about how dave SHOULD be looking right now. He recognizes this song, having listened to her entire discography by now multiple times. And she sounds better live than on the recordings. He can't help but sing along very softly under his breath-

 RILEY: -when she finishes her first song, the lights change and she grins at the crowd now- you know what they say, get the sad shit out of the way. or not. maybe that's just me. that's how we're going to be doing it tonight. this one is fucking old, so bear with me here. -and she goes into the song Derek played only weeks earlier, and the entire crowd sings along.-

[7:49:13 PM]  DIRK: -he's almost frustrated by how charming she is to him, how by listening to her makes him want to get to know her. when he looks at dave too, noticing he's singing along, he tries to steady himself, realizing just how important this is to his brother and he clasps a hand over his shoulder, not sure if it's to provide support for dave or himself or maybe both. he just hopes he can hold out til the show is over.-

[8:04:49 PM]  DAVE: -his eyes are glued to her, and when he feels dirk's hand on his shoulder, he doesn't visibly react but just sharing this with dirk means the world to him. he knows all the words to this one too-

 RILEY: -it's like she means every word she sings, and it's not just this song. It's all of them. Each and every one is raw, filled with genuine emotion. And when she finishes her set, the crowd erupts into applause, and she blows kisses at the audience.- thank you. thank each and every one of you. i want all y'all at coming to see me to get shit signed or just to say hi. -and the applause continues as she leaves the stage-

[8:10:25 PM]  DIRK: -she'll be available to just... walk up to, but he doubts that would be the best idea. at least not immediately. he looks to dave after she disappears from sight- You wanna go "say hi?"

[8:11:41 PM]  DAVE: uh

DAVE: thats what we should do right i mean if shell be right there

[8:11:56 PM]  DAVE: -he's still in shock over the whole performance and his nerves are going wild-

[8:13:39 PM]  DIRK: That's presumably the best course of action. But we can wait til the crowd lulls, in case our sudden appearance makes a scene. -finishes his drink-

[8:15:23 PM]  DAVE: what if they like cut off the crowd and try to send everybody home -he's repeatedly drumming his fingers across the bar and not realizing how loud he's doing it-

[8:18:57 PM]  DIRK: Good point. -leans off of the bar- Then I guess we're going to run the risk of causing a scene.

[8:21:26 PM]  DAVE: yeah -he's not moving. he's staying so still- lets go -not moving-

[8:25:36 PM]  DIRK: Come on, then. -grips him by the shoulders and starts shoving him along with the crowd to go see riley in person-

[8:29:11 PM]  DAVE: k -and he's being shoved along. when they get there, there's still a pretty lengthy line- fuck what do i even say what do we say

DAVE: we cant just say hi mom right thats weird

DAVE: hey mom uh yeah you guys are pretty special fans arent you

 RILEY: -and there she is at the front of the line, signing away and taking pictures. she's taking the time to say hi to every fan, thanking them all individually for coming out to see her. someone's even made a cake for her with her face on it and icing that reads "we (heart) u robyn saint"-

[8:36:51 PM]  DIRK: -lets out a sigh- I don't know, Dave. My guess is as good as yours. The likelihood of shit hitting the fan is considerably fucking high, that's all I know. -he's tapping his foot impatiently as they wait in line, letting his anxiety slip through the slightest bit-

DIRK: At least she would expect you to be alive. Seeing me is akin, almost literally, to seeing a ghost. -alright, now it's becoming more obvious how freaked out dirk is. he keeps glancing ahead and then back to dave, both hoping they'll get cut off before they arrive and hoping they arrive soon-

[8:41:14 PM | Edited 8:46:15 PM]  DAVE: well maybe if shit does hit the fan you can tell her shes hallucinating and you actually are dead

DAVE: then bam all responsibility gone its like nothing even happened and she might just lose her grip on reality wait no we cant use that -this line is going by way faster than he's ready for, and before they know it, they're second in line and he's about to just step out.-

[8:45:43 PM]  DIRK: -giving dave SUCH a look as he suggests that stupid plan but then shit, here they are- Oh my God. -he's can't do this. he can't. but he has to because they're being ushered over by her assistants and he doesn't want to stand there looking like an idiot. so he grabs dave and pulls him along with him before freezing again at her signing table-

[8:54:14 PM]  DAVE: oh my god -he says at the same time, and he can't even breathe and people are telling them that they need to get their asses up to the table to move the line along. and he's frozen too-

 RILEY: -when she notices the two boys there, her expression softens for a moment, aligning with a pain she can feel in her chest at that very moment. after her expression drops, she regains her composure almost immediately. it's a front she's practiced. regardless of how familiar they feel, regardless of how they look, it has to be a coincidence, and she can't treat them differently just because they remind her of her past. so she smiles at them.- you got anything for me to sign or you just saying hi? either's good for me. you don't gotta look so nervous.

[9:00:49 PM]  DIRK: -his mind is reeling, grasping desperately for anything to say, begging himself to come up with some kind of plan on the fly. he was sort of relying on the idea that she would recognize them, that she would be the one to react. he swallows, but his voice still cracks a little when he speaks- W... We just wanted to say hi. My brother here has been dyin' to meet ya for a while. He's a big fan.

DIRK: -glances at him- Isn't that right, Dave?

[9:07:09 PM]  DAVE: -he's suddenly snapped back to reality when dirk says his name and he nods slowly. She's so pretty and charismatic and he wants to say so much. Why couldn't he talk?- yeah i-

 RILEY: -now she's freezing in place.- sorry, what was your name?

 DAVE: uh dave

 RILEY: -she pauses before looking at dirk, expression fading- and yours?

[9:09:19 PM]  DIRK: -he holds his breath, afraid to answer, knowing that's the final piece of this puzzle, and his voice is soft when he lets it fall out- ... I'm Dirk.

[9:17:11 PM]  RILEY: -every bit of confidence and show faltered within her, like the person in front of them  had left entirely.- ...take off your shades. both of you. -she looks almost fearful up at them, swallowing. she had to be sure this wasn't some kind of elaborate joke-

 DAVE: -he just very slowly pushes up his shades.- its uh

DAVE: us

[9:23:53 PM]  DIRK: -he looks at dave again. he doesn't think that'll be good enough for her, so he does as she says. especially in his case, she'll need all the proof she can get, he's sure. derek's dumb anime shades come off, but he's still there on dirk's face, in his amber eyes that are glancing over at her diffidently.-

[9:28:56 PM]  RILEY: -she just stares at them for a good long while, waving at her assistant while they start to usher everyone else out. She's watching dirk especially.- how could you- how-?

[9:31:26 PM]  DIRK: -fidgets with his shades- It's... a long story. But as you can see, the important detail here is that I didn't-- -shrugs- I'm alive.

[9:39:09 PM]  DAVE: -ok for some reason he wasn't prepared for this side of things. So he's just looking back and forth between them-

 RILEY: -she covers her mouth, standing up- it's you. we thought you were gone- -everything she says is muffled by her hand as tears blur her eyes.- you gotta be fucking kidding me.

[9:43:11 PM]  DIRK: -he kind of wishes he was kidding her. it's hard not to think of how much his "death" affected all their lives, how it made everything worse, and here he is negating all that they've dealt with. he glances away from her and dave both at the sight of her tears.- I-- Dave really wanted to meet you. -that's all he can really manage to say. he doesn't want the attention on him.-

[9:52:03 PM]  RILEY: -she looks at both of them for a moment, but it's quickly that she realizes she can't do this.  she shakes her head.- i'm- i can't do this right now. i. -and she just takes off in the other direction.-

 DAVE: -he glances at dirk, feeling...well, not feeling great about this whole thing.-

[9:52:27 PM]  DAVE: ok

[9:55:26 PM]  DIRK: -breathes out a sigh, relieved that interaction is over with, but left with a different kind of terrible plaguing him- Well, I expected that.

[9:57:31 PM]  DAVE: -he's kind of disappointed, but the two of them are ushered out. he didn't really figure that they could have ruined her night like that, and he wants so bad to have another chance. but that might be too much to ask for.- yeah that was

DAVE: a thing to be expected

DAVE: we should uh

DAVE: go back

[9:59:04 PM]  DIRK: Yeah. -he's quiet, giving dave a nod and not much else before he starts to do just that-

[twofoldacrimony-blog]

[The next time Sollux boots up his work computer, Dirk's motivational speech (extended) will mysteriously start playing on loop, with no apparent way to shut it off.]

Mother fucker.

[colostrumtractatus-blog]

[[ When everyone is least expecting it, a wild power surge is overtaking the ship. For one solid, very scary minute, the engines stop and the lights cut off. The ship is floating in space. RIP in hecking rest, UU. ]] ROXY: =FUCKIN WHOOPS= ROXY: =panicked cursing and fumbling= [[ It's over soon enough. With a distant BANG, another energy surge shudders throughout the ship system and everything begins running as before. The crew can see! But also, what the fuck? It won't take long to figure out the surge had come from the engineering labs. ]] DIRK: -in his quarters, very carefully assembling a sandwich layered with doritos when the lights go out.- What the fuck? DIRK: -and then they come back on.- ... -sighs and leaves the room to try to figure out what the hell just happened. he's messaging anybody who might still be working in engineering right now to see if any of them know what just happened.- DIRK: -EATS THIS CRUNCHY SANDWICH on his way to the labs.- ROXY: =INTENSE SWEATING..... eyeballs her phone.....= ROXY: =STRAIGHTENS ENGINGEERING AND props her feet up. Fingers tented, party hat on her head, overalls dirty as she puts her boots up on the desk...... no foul play here= TEREZI: =Terezi has been on edge since they fled the moon, so her weapon is out in it's (relatively) harmless cane form= TEREZI: =Her vision still feels like someone wiped their hand all over an oil painting, smearing the colors, but she's going to make the best of this pyschadelic picasso-y feel to everything.= TEREZI: =Makes her way to engineering, also giving it an excuse to deliver sollux's weekly salad.= [[ Cool as Roxy acts, there's no denying there's an actual real portal looking machine up and running in the labs. It's as circular as an entrance and... veiled with enough inky blackness to choke a horse. It swirls ominously, leading off to parts unknown. ]] ROXY: =LISTEN= ROXY: =PUTS A SHEET OVER IT... jk she's watching it curiously and almost warily, gun on the table= DIRK: -BUSTS DOWN THE DOOR. except not really. you can't exactly bust down steal sliding doors. he just enters engineering.- ... DIRK: -points at the portal.- That's new. ROXY: ... i thought itd bring the room 2gether [[ Roxy is getting messages from her communicator. Confirmation that it's working. Ping ping. ]] ROXY: =peeps her communicator, it sure is working, she sends corresponding replies= so.... this is a thing 4 a test ROXY: lmao im #2good then again its a cotribubaby =Co-signed with a hornse= DIRK: And... did this knock out all the lights? -approaches the portal and eyeballs-(edited) DIRK: What is it? ROXY: yeeaaaahhhhhhhh this is what done did it ROXY: me n eq and a ghost horse happened..... hes here 2 help apparently and is ghost fef approved TEREZI: =brow lift= 4 L1T3R4L GHOST HORS3? TEREZI: TH4TS TO S4Y, 1M NOT DOUBT1NG YOU ROXY: a horse trapped in a troll spirit ROXY: i call him....... ROXY: sprinkles [[ At this moment, Roxy recieves another message. This one pretty straightforward. "CT: I'm coming out to test it. Standby." ]] DIRK: Ah. DIRK: Sounds legit. ROXY: =looks at her device= sprinkles is on his way DIRK: ... Ok. Now you've lost me. ROXY: the horse troll ROXY: hes got the voidy things like me and eq ROXY: and... hes p dead apparently but he wants to help us and also this old alien race that was wiped out by alternia DIRK: DIRK: So what we've got here is a giant Ouija board. TEREZI: NOBODY L34V3, 4ND R3M3MB3R TO S4Y GOODBY3 WH3N W3 F1N1SH >|O ROXY: p much ROXY: =snrk= DIRK: You're lucky you're so cute, otherwise I'd be pretty pissed you made a horse ghost summoning machine without consulting me. ROXY: =grins and shrugs= ima lovable scamp...... also 2 be fair i didnt think itd be done so soon ROXY: .... then again with 2 workaholics..... :thinking: [[ It's fine. Horuss is dead already and it's not like anything could happen to his GHOST. He's pretty sure. Speaking of the devil... Just as the boundaries of science are pushed, so is the veil of the void. A literal robotic horse is emerging from the dark. This is the body chassis he's chosen to inhabit. Roxy. Behold his mighty metal flanks. ]] HORUSSBOT: -clops onto the scene, hissing out steam from his nostrils. This was happening, this wasn't a fever dream though Horuss would understand if they believed it was. A gloomy sounding voice speaks through a synthetic microphone somewhere... in his body.- I was listening to the entire e%change. If you would allow me to e%plain. HORUSSBOT: Hello. I am here to provide assistance. HORUSSBOT: ... HORUSSBOT: Ro%y. HORUSSBOT: The machine works phenomenonally. E%cellent work. ROXY: =wEHEHZS= ROXY: =inhales, srs face= yes ROXY: ty sprinkles JOHN: -he obviously arrives just in time to witness this happen. w....t....f- DIRK: ... DIRK: ... DIRK: ... TEREZI: ....SH1T! DIRK: -squishes his own cheeks and is just. tiny smile.- JOHN: ......... ROXY: =IDIRK= ROXY: =wheezing noise in her chest... single tear= :'T TEREZI: H4PPY B1RTHD4Y ROXY: from me 2 me the ebst JOHN: what the heck is this JOHN: what the heck is THAT ROXY: john plz dont be fuckin rude JOHN: omg TEREZI: 4 ROBOT HORS3 JOHN, K33P UP JOHN: i can see that but.... ROXY: tthis is sprinkles aka horuss aka horunensea=wheezes shee can't= HORUSSBOT: -Yes. His metal plating catches the light and he holds his goggled horse head up high. He has no idea what a birthday is but if it's anything like a wriggling day...- Horuss. HORUSSBOT: My name is Horuss. TEREZI: 4N 4CTU4L S34B1SCU1T, 1 C4NT B3L13V3 TH1S JOHN: -assumes this is just some weird early thing for dirk's birthday.- ROXY: = TETEREZI= JOHN -ok.jpg.- DIRK: -don't you mean belated... HIS BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY JOHN. - JOHN: -then yes he meant belated dirkus.- DIRK: It's great to meet you, Horuss. HORUSSBOT: I'm sure you have many questions. But please keep a hold on them. HORUSSBOT: I have not been in the physical plane in quite some time and this is... incredibly disorientating. -testing his legs, shifting his weight. Testing his breathing systems. Nickers.- TEREZI: =troll jesus christ= DIXIE CONCLUSION: :eyes: TEREZI: =i reiterate!= DIRK: Actually, I'm willing to accept all of this without question. HORUSSBOT: Then you are more intelligent than you appear to be. -Good job on that. Shakes his mane.- JOHN: -is very not ok with this, but listening to horuss speak has rendered him stunned in silence.- TEREZI: Y34H...W3V3 H4D OUR F41R SH4R3 OF WH4T TH3 4CTU4L FUCKS TEREZI: T4K3 YOUR T1M3 OR13NT1NG TO TH3 L4ND OF TH3 L1V1NG DIRK: ... -wonders what about him doesn't appear intelligent.- TEREZI: =the shades, probably= DIXIE CONCLUSION: -Clip clop, clip clop. He wants to scan the visitor with his sensors. In other words, sniff the other hornse.- DIRK: -fuck.......- DIRK: -takes pictures- TEREZI: =a few sweeps ago, this would have been reaaaaaally strange to her= HORUSSBOT: -brays threateningly- E%cuse me. Lesser creature. TEREZI: =laughs= TEREZI: WH1CH ON3? DIXIE CONCLUSION: -Snuffle. Snort. Twitches ears.- DIRK: -sends these pictures RIGHT to jake without context- JOHN: -he thought he was numb to oddness but this is too much.- HORUSSBOT: -whirring aggressively. He's not happy about this close inspection. - HORUSSBOT: -compels himself to trot. To move. Suddenly rushes forward with force.- HORUSSBOT: -clops right out of the engineering lab. STOMP STOMP STOMP.- JOHN: is this why the power went out???? DIXIE CONCLUSION: :eyes: ROXY: whoops DIRK: Oh shit. There he go. DIXIE CONCLUSION: :heart: :heart: :heart: TEREZI: HORS3 LOOS3 1N 41SL3 TW3LV3 4H4H4H4H4H4 DIRK: -feels the strong urge to... chase... and try to tame him...- DIXIE CONCLUSION: -GALLOPS AFTER THE OTHER HORNSE FRIEND!!!- DIXIE CONCLUSION: -bye bitches- DIRK: And there he go. DIRK: -looks at john.- Anyway, yeah. JOHN: -sighs- i'm going back to bed. JOHN: -WINDY THINGS OUTTA HERE.- TEREZI: =Colors fly everywhere= >|O TEREZI: SUP3R H3LPFUL TH4NKS! EQUIUS: -Appears from the engine room- [[ The aftermath of Horuss's arrival is very obvious. In fact, he's still causing a ruckus in the atrium. ]] EQUIUS: -He was the one that got everything up and running....then decided to make modifications so that power thing wouldn't happen again- ROXY: =she's still here... amoung the wreckage.....= ROXY: so....... EQUIUS: -Sighs a horse sigh- ROXY: mission accomplished? =sheepish thumbs up?= ROXY: =TWO THUMBS EVEN= EQUIUS: D --> I see. Where is he ROXY: he and dixie frolicked out yonder =gestures to the door, voids up some rope= ROXY: should we...? ROXY: ....wrangle? EQUIUS: -Sighs again- EQUIUS: D --> I will handle this. -He pauses though- I would like for you to join, hoovever ROXY: far be it from me 2 turn u down :P =jumps off the desk and makes WAY= EQUIUS: -disappears into the void-

[gunhardytemerity-blog]

DIRK: -comes home pretty late today. nothing too unusual. he's tired, mostly, which is the main thing keeping his frustrations from dictating his mood. he enters the room quietly, pausing near the door to kick off his shoes, not making much effort to see if anyone is up and about yet.- JAKE: -is showerbound! As indicated by the faint shower noises in the distance. Don't mind him. He's had a smelly day full of wrestling sparring bots for fun.- SOLLUX: -Of course, he's awake, too. He wasn't great at sleeping to begin with, but being blind makes sleeping normally even more difficult, so he's just up and sorting an array of their things in the kind of restless way he does when he's not being intentionally productive but just can't sit still.- DIRK: -it's kind of nice that things are so quiet. he can feel a headache coming on. as much as he would like to just fall into bed, there's too much guilt for being so absent lately nagging at him. a bad combination with the longing to see more of everyone. he shuffles over to sollux, watching him work for a second before he announces his presence while reaching out to rub at his shoulder.- DIRK: Hey. What are you doing there? SOLLUX: --! -well shit. He definitely got lost in his thoughts.- uh. SOLLUX: -he already forgot, distracted as he was in his head. Apparently, he was rearranging everything in this particular drawer.- SOLLUX: ... s0rting? SOLLUX: i d0n't kn0w. DIRK: Ah. I feel that. DIRK: -leans down to kiss on his head- It looks pretty well sorted to me, though. Good job there. SOLLUX: thanks. i try. apparently. SOLLUX: -he's willing to shove that thing closed now and turn into him, instead, though.- DIRK: -wraps arms around him... just kinda drapes casually.- I'm tired as shit. SOLLUX: give me s0me. SOLLUX: this sucks. DIRK: Hmm... What was that you were telling me about snuggling? SOLLUX: i'm g0nna bite y0u. -he's not gonna.- DIRK: Do it. Bite me. DIRK: And snuggle me. SOLLUX: what if i 0nly did 0ne 0f th0se things. DIRK: Well, either way. SOLLUX: -he feels like Dirk really is tired, so he just nuzzles closer, making some attempt to be merciful.- SOLLUX: -maybe with a little nibble. that's fair.- DIRK: Yeah. There you go. Sample my delicious beef. -sways a little- SOLLUX: h0w were the idi0ts? JAKE: -bathroom door suddenly bursts open and in strides English the man himself. Fresh and clean, he is pajama clad and ready for sleep times. Appears surprised that Dirk is here but it's a good surprise.- So hes arrived! Its about friggin time. Whats this about idiots? DIRK: -a question he usually answers with noncommital grunting, today he answers with frustrated grunting, then looking to squeaky clean english to acknowledge his larger than life entrance.- Well, I got into it with Eridan. JAKE: What! A beef with eridan? Im hearing this correctly? -aggressively scrubs at his ear with towel- And what did the man say this time? SOLLUX: -he's gonna cling on that note. well, not because of it, but just because he was going to anyway.- (in a sh0cking twist n0 0ne c0uld have seen c0ming...) DIRK: -clings back, but starts to drag sollux over to their bed.- Quiet you. Even though your sarcasm is entirely warranted. DIRK: He got all pissy because I don't understand "the importance" or "the principle" of the captain title. Not what said title entails, or even what it represents. DIRK: Just the title. DIRK: Which I adamently insisted was bullshit. It's not wonder he drove himself nuts in that position if he was obsessing over that garbage. DIRK: But I don't care. There are more important things to worry about. -plops into bed. oof.- JAKE: -eyebrows knit. What a weird thing for them to argue over.- Ah... yes youre right about that of course. JAKE: Maybe hes suspicious or even worried blind that without the title you wont be taken seriously? SOLLUX: -IS DRAG. he's not fighting about it. his sarcasm IS entirely warranted.- SOLLUX: s0unds like a l0ad 0f the usual shit t0 me. DIRK: I think he's just been brainwashed by Europan and Alternian ideals into believing that his worth is dictated by societally implemented appellations, because troll culture is extremely separatist and Eridan believes that any moniker placing him above others is the highest honor a person can receive. DIRK: And he expects me to agree, but I don't. I couldn't give a shit less. I just want to make changes around here that mean actually progress. And that resolve is what earns people respect. Maybe if he had learned that sooner, the stress wouldn't have gotten to him. -pulls his shirt off while he rants- DIRK: Not that it isn't a difficult job in and of itself, but shit. Don't need to go makin' it even more complicated for yourself. SOLLUX: -well. HE'S NOT WRONG.- i'm g0ing t0 guess he still d0esn't agree. DIRK: -another grunt- We've decided to pick up the discussion at another time. DIRK: -there go his pants and shades while he's at it. he flops back, rolling himself into the blanket and laying on his side looking grumpy.- SOLLUX: -well it's about time he stopped moving around so Sollux can get in there. here comes a bug.- SOLLUX: that's an interestingly civil way t0 put it. JAKE: -golly... it all sounds complicated. Jake is also making his approach for the bed, letting himself get comfy. In the end, he just puts a supportive hand at the back of Dirk's head.- DIRK: -makes another sound, not quite a grunt, low but pacified by the snuggles and affection.- I gotta be civil, I guess. DIRK: I don't wanna worry about it right now, though. We'll sort it out. Probably. JAKE: Its good youre keeping a cool head in this. It must not be easy! DIRK: ... It's not. -fidgets a little, realizing this isn't exactly Relatable conversation, and he'd rather not overpower it with his problems, particularly the kind that are just going to keep coming up.- DIRK: But I've got it. DIRK: What... have you guys been up to? -he's the best at small talk- JAKE: Nothing of terrible note or consequence. -ruffling Dirk's hair.- That security system of yours is really coming together i must say. JAKE: We now know almost every intimate detail of the ongoings of the ship. Way to go! DIRK: Oh. Good. -it sounds so INSIDIOUS when he puts it like that...- SOLLUX: -he's definitely not snickering about that or anything, NOT AT ALL.- shit's ab0ut t0 get real intimate. SOLLUX: this is what we've all been waiting f0r. SOLLUX: a ship that is 0fficially safe f0r w0rk. DIRK: Goddammit. SOLLUX: ir0nic, isn't it. DIRK: So ironic it gets me hot under the white collar. DIRK: Which is even more ironic. DIRK: It never ends. SOLLUX: you set us up f0r a self fulfilling d0uble reach ar0und 0f s0cially acceptable innuend0s. SOLLUX: and s0meh0w i'm n0t even rem0tely surprised by the w0rds i'm saying right n0w. JAKE: -he's still lying here trying to process the joke. Wait WAS it an ironic innuendo?? He is thinking hard over this and just ultimately decides... he doesn't get it. He'll laugh anyway though and be a good sport.- Hehe. DIRK: -snickers, working his arms around both their shoulders to pull them in close to him.- This is what happens when I'm out in charge of anything. JAKE: So youre saying its foreboding? -Drat, no Jake. You're supposed to pretend to have gotten the joke.- DIRK: -looks him, dead serious.- Yes. JAKE: Oh... -What do you say to that... he looks sheepish.- SOLLUX: new times are af00t. SOLLUX: and/0r adick. SOLLUX: lma0. DIRK: That's right. Welcome to the new age. DIRK: -waggles brows- JAKE: ...OH. -it hits him just then and now the doofus is blushing. What is this!!!- Dang nabbit. -pushes Dirk's face away and rolls until his back is towards him.- Thats enough from you. DIRK: -snickers as he's pushed back into sollux- Babe, no. Babe, wait. JAKE: Its too late in the evening for this kind of jibber jabber! -HUFFING. He's just salty because the joke occurred too late to him. SOLLUX: i think its exactly late en0ugh in the evening. DIRK: -turns to cling to Jake's back. Obnoxiously.- What kind of jibber jabber would you prefer? JAKE: The kind where you behave yourself preferably. -GRUMPS tho he doesnt seem to mind the clinging- SOLLUX: g00d luck chuck. DIRK: Since when have we ever behaved ourselves? -nuzzles- JAKE: Uh since were men of responsibilities now??? You could at least make an attempt. JAKE: Also that was an excellent movie sollux. Hilarious! I think i could stand to watch it again soon. SOLLUX: fuck. SOLLUX: fuck, chuck. JAKE: I think the premise of the movie was to absolutely fuck chuck and then proceed to meet your one true love! DIRK: Oh my God. DIRK: -tries to quell Jake's grump with a neck smooch.- SOLLUX: yes it was. SOLLUX: but als0 just, fuck chuck. JAKE: Youre sending mixed messages homebrolio. -big dog sighs.... okay. He can accept the neck smooches.- DIRK: He's speakin' more of that jibber jabber is what he's doing. Way to be insensitive, Sollux. JAKE: Eh. I forgive him. DIRK: Oh, so it's just me who gets told off? JAKE: Absolutely. DIRK: Fucker. DIRK: -dramatically rolls away and clings to sollux instead.- JAKE: -so satisfied and gets comfy with this here billard print pillow. B) - SOLLUX: -omfg- y0u can get r0wdy at me if y0u want. B) JAKE: But i like you too much! It simply wouldnt be fair. SOLLUX: i als0 l0ve t0 suffer. SOLLUX: -he's biting Dirk again.- JAKE: Not at my expense you dont! -hehehehe- DIRK: Ouch. Ok I've dealt with this enough. -BITES HIM BACK- JAKE: -makes the mistake of glancing to see what the hell theyre doing and just. Slowly goes back to lying on his side. Firmly staring ahead.- SOLLUX: nnnngh. -THAT WAS THE PLAN ALL ALONG.- SOLLUX: -annoy u into the bites- DIRK: How do you like that? -nibbles aggressively- DIRK: You know, Jake likes to be bitten too. JAKE: Dont you dare drag me into your ploy of debauchery. DIRK: I can't help it that you get insta-boners when you're chewed on. JAKE: ITS NOT LIKE I CAN HELP IT EITHER YOU SUNNAVA BITCH. DIRK: -SNRRRKK- Jake, shhhh. SOLLUX: -fuCKING SNRKS- SOLLUX: 0h 0kay, i'm writing that d0wn. SOLLUX: jake aka b0ysnack. JAKE: Write it down all you like i only need to hide the paper. -flushing angrily against this pillow. He's glad he doesnt have to look anyone in the eye.- SOLLUX: manfeast. SOLLUX: dude buffet. DIRK: Bro banquet. JAKE: The utterance of these words has to be more a reflection on you two than me. JAKE: I refuse to claim anything less than innocence. Guitless of your depravity i stand! And will for always! DIRK: You'll feel much better when you release yourself from that sexual repression, Jake. There's no shame here. DIRK: Oh. Mealtime male. SOLLUX: supper s0n. DIRK: Mister dinner. JAKE: .....................................And thats a wrap folks. Time for bed. -huddles even MORE into himself and shrugs off his glasses. HE'S 500% DONE.- DIRK: Jake, come on. Don't be that way. -bumps his butt at him- JAKE: I will be however way i damn so please. -GRUMPS at the booty bumps. His ass is unmoving against Dirk's fine rump.- DIRK: -turns to look at him again- Even if I said please? SOLLUX: alm0st definitely even then. SOLLUX: dude s0unds seri0us. JAKE: Especially if you say please. -COLDLY KEEPS HIS BACK TO HIM.- DIRK: There must be something I can do to make you less sore at me. JAKE: Im highly sore at you! Let me sleep on it and i will reconsider. -goes quiet for a second before giving off very loud FAKE SNORES.- ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. SOLLUX: ... SOLLUX: think he's s0re at y0u. JAKE: -SNORRRRRRRRRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- DIRK: Jake, dude. We know you're awake. Tone it down. -YOU'RE GONNA WAKE THE BABY- JAKE: -snores.... quieter...- DIRK: -good... he's going to roll himself and sollux closer to jake, though.- Guess we should just get cozy and call it a night, then. -squishes jake slightly.- JAKE: -They are so cuddly... he can't deny that. Jake will comfort them with his back muscle fat. Yes good.- SOLLUX: -mutters lovingly- g0 t0 sleep y0u fufkign peice 0f shat. DIRK: (I'll bite you again.) SOLLUX: (y0u w0n't.) DIRK: -BITES- SOLLUX: (0w!) JAKE: -is feeling all this happen in close proximity. God damn it.- DIRK: -nibbles at his neck.- (Did you bathe today because you taste awful.) SOLLUX: (0h my g0d.) DIRK: (And where's the goddamn beef?) SOLLUX: (if y0u've g0t beef, take it up with my herdbeast pr0d.) DIRK: (Alright. Break it out. Let's do this.) JAKE: -You really think HE'S gonna be the one to wake up Citrin?? Jake is offended by those wildly tossed accusations. Not to mention BASELESS. Harrumph!-