[network] @gardenGnostic; video; FYI trolls are garbage; Day 88 [open]

[eclecticbassist]

[ Well, Vriska got right down to business being terrible. Jade figures she should warn everyone to expect similar bullshit in the future, so in true PSA form she's talking to the camera; her dog ears are held back in distress. ]

Hi, everyone. So... what happened yesterday was awful-- what happened to Vriska, I mean. I guess I wanted to explain why she would agree to be... you know, murdered. On camera. [ Insert long-suffering sigh here. ]

You've probably noticed that she is not human. She belongs to a species called trolls, and they are, um, pretty messed up; that stunt she pulled might even be tame by their standards. Violence is basically a troll's first response to a problem, in excess. They're melodramatic like that. [ She makes a huffing noise that was supposed to be a humorless laugh. ]

Oh, and there are two more here; you might want to avoid them if you're squeamish. I doubt they will pick any fights with other species, though, so don't worry about anyone... else coming after you. Just be careful not to become collateral damage.

And look out for the horns, I guess.

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@gallowsCalibrator | text

[iustitia]

OK4Y WOW???
1 4PPR3C14T3, L1K3, YOU TRY1NG TO H3LP OUT 4ND CONT3XTU4L1Z3 WH4T H4PP3N3D 4ND STUFF
BUT WOW W4Y TO C4LL M3 OUT!!!
1 H4V3NT 3V3N DON3 4NYTH1NG Y3T >:[
R U D 3 !!!

4ND 3V3N 1F OUR F1RST R3SPONS3 1S G3N3R4LLY V1OL3NC3
(WH1CH 1T 1SNT 4LW4YS, OK4Y, NOT 4LL TROLLS 4R3 MURD3R THUGS >:[ )
1TS NOT 34SY FOR 4NYON3 -- L3T 4LON3 US --TO W1LL1NGLY F4C3 OUR OWN D34THS!
1 TH1NK TH1S WHOL3 S1TU4T1ON 1S JUST 4 VR1SK4 TH1NG??????
SH3 W4S TH3 ONLY P3RSON TO 3V3R 4SC3ND 1N OUR S3SS1ON
3V3N TH3 PROM1S3 OF GOD POW3RS W4SNT 3NOUGH TO M4K3 TH3 R3ST OF US GO FOR 1T
T3MPT1NG 4S 1T W4S

[IS THE ICON I WANT GOING TO SHOW UP THIS TIME???]

@gardenGnostic; text (I DEARLY HOPE THAT'S THE RIGHT ONE OMG)

[eclecticbassist]

yeah, the suicide-by-proxy-sorta-kinda-except-not-really.... thing is kind of exclusive to vriskas brand
but isnt the death penalty also the ONLY penalty on alternia? :|
thats worthy of species-wide murder thug status by human standards

seeking out god tier status in general was probably unusual
dave and rose ascended while they were trying to destroy the green sun, for example
and i ascended pretty much by accident

[ Well, she figured reaching god tier would be the only way to get her, John, the battlefield, and all four planets out of the session, but she was kinda busy. Getting blown up by a pudgy little Dersite was just serendipitous. ]

it is, THANK GOD

[iustitia]

OK4Y, YOUV3 GOT M3 TH3R3
4LT3RN14N JUST1C3 1S V3RY H4RSH
BUT 1T H4S TO B3 TO D34L W1TH TH3 K1ND OF CR1M1N4LS W3 H4V3!
4ND 1 TH1NK 1M PROV1NG YOUR PO1NT FOR YOU...

BUT W3 4R3 NOT *4LL* N34RLY 4S DYSFUNCT1ON4L 4S YOU M1GHT TH1NK!
PL3NTY OF TROLLS DONT GO 1N FOR B31NG L3G1T1M4T3LY 4WFUL
4ND TH4T 1S WH4T 1M PROT3ST1NG >:[

[eclecticbassist]

okay, i do remember a few of you guys being pretty nice....
but you have to admit that the other trolls here are basically the WORST
both as murder thugs and overall shitty people :\

@determination, voice

[despiteeverything]

[Well um. They'd met one of the other ones not too long ago and even if he'd been strange and a bit abrasive, Frisk hadn't realized...]

LOVE's... Really really important to them?

[That doesn't quite capture the scope of what they're feeling but... Words are hard. It's really worrisome either way.

In any case, let the vernacular confusion begin.]

@gardenGnostic; voice

[eclecticbassist]

[ Vernacular confusion indeed. Jade just stares at her tablet for a moment, and then she figures this kid either came from somewhere reeeeally messed up, or there's some miscommunication going on. ]

I, um, think the opposite is true. Unless 'love' means something else where you come from...?

@determination, voice, Undertale spoilers

[despiteeverything]

[They guess that be confusing huh? How had Sans put it?]

It's an acronym. It stands for Level Of ViolencE. [Their voice takes on a sort of learned-by-heart note, like they're reciting someone else's words.] It measures your capacity to hurt.

[eclecticbassist]

[ That's a... funny acronym. ]

Oh. Hurting each other is a pretty big part of their culture, yes. [ Except when it wasn't. Doc Scratch is a dick like that. ]

@hotstud_xxx; text

[rubikscomplex]

so are you the resident troll whisperer where you're from or what?

@gardenGnostic; text

[eclecticbassist]

[ That... sure is a username. Ugh. Jade already has a bad feeling about this. ]

fortunately, no :P
they also tend to live up to the name on top of being murder-happy
im just the only one here without horns who knows anything about them

[rubikscomplex]

[ So suspicious! Don't judge a username by its... cover? ]

they also seem to be universally dumb as rocks
do those horns go through their brains?

[eclecticbassist]

[ She will suspect all the wants until hotstud_xxx proves not to be garbage. >:V ]

actually.... i have no idea
most of what i know about their anatomy is inferred from swears, insults, and general dickishness [ Seriously, Karkat was a veritable anatomy textbook. ]
part of their attitude can be explained by them being 13 years old though

@lazybones91

[bonefriend]

getting killed is tame by their standards? not that i'd condone violence or anything, but i don't think people would've minded if she fought back against her attacker there. i'm not gonna be surprised if her fellow troll friends get upset either.

was she a friend of yours?

[eclecticbassist]

the suicide-by-proxy thing is kind of unique to vriska, but someone dying off screen and relatively bloodless? yeah
i dont know if even the other trolls consider her a friend
i certainly dont
at least one of them might be more upset that she let a wimpy human kill her

[bonefriend]

[ whoa, that's a kinda surprising lack of sympathy. ]

wow, really?
so, uh, as far as dying goes. this one is a step down for her?

[eclecticbassist]

[ OOPSIE DAISY Vriska is just one of the like. Three people Jade has ever felt genuine animosity towards. ]

i guess? that kind of thing never really came up
she talked to my brother more than me or my other friends
but its.... VERY hard to overstate how casual trolls are about violence
and even they think shes messed up

@snailfan98, voice

[inruins]

Ah... Thank you for telling us, dear. It helps in its own way. Even if it doesn't quite take the sting from what happened.

@gardenGnostic; voice

[eclecticbassist]

Yeah, I doubt anything could; it is just easier to wrap your head around an alien culture than... other possibilities, I guess. At least the shock doesn't last as long.

@snailfan98, voice

[inruins]

[Toriel has to sigh softly at that.] I suppose it is? I, I just can't believe a society would thrive on violence so. Much less agree to their own deaths.

@totheark; text

[0thingsonmymind]

*Sure, he's right next to her and could ask in person, but why do that when you can ask the entire network?*

dothey all type in
code
?

@gardenGnostic; text

[eclecticbassist]

[ Kinda fucked up how accustomed Jade has become to this nonsense. ]

do you mean the numbers thing? theyre not really codes
some trolls just replace certain letters (and sounds, in vriskas) case with numbers

[0thingsonmymind]

*???*

they arenot
code?

*They--well, mostly Terezi's--looked like code. Granted code he hasn't figured out yet, but still code.*

Ecks | text

[ecks]

So her consent to be murdered is typical only for members of her species? I would not expect this to be a particularly beneficial trait in terms of species survival.

@gardenGnostic; text

[eclecticbassist]

oh
consenting to be murdered is not typical for her species
or any other probably
because like you said, that kind of behavior is harmful to the survival of a species
its just that extorting someone for answers by killing people until they comply is pretty typical of trolls

@Ecks | permatext

[ecks]

But she was not the one killing
she was the one being killed