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snowblindrpg2017-01-17 09:03 pm
theurgy) wrote in snowblindrpg2017-01-17 09:03 pm
[network] @genresavvy; video; night 199 [open]
Hey.
[Cassel gives his tablet an exaggerated wave.]
So I was talking to Winter earlier, and she agreed to make an app for me. Whatever it is will interface with the technology around town wirelessly, or so she says, so we can use it on the servers in town hall. You know, assuming we ever get there. Anyway, she didn't actually give it to me yet, but I'll keep you all updated.
[A shining beacon of positivity. He sighs, raking his hand through his hair.]
In other news, my feet are fucking freezing, because no one gave me the heads up that I'd be taking the vacation from hell in the middle of Bumfuck, Alaska, so I need some shoes. Or socks, whatever, I'm not picky. I'll trade for them, but don't waste my time and try to scalp me. [There's the slightest pause.] Uh, thanks.
[Cassel gives his tablet an exaggerated wave.]
So I was talking to Winter earlier, and she agreed to make an app for me. Whatever it is will interface with the technology around town wirelessly, or so she says, so we can use it on the servers in town hall. You know, assuming we ever get there. Anyway, she didn't actually give it to me yet, but I'll keep you all updated.
[A shining beacon of positivity. He sighs, raking his hand through his hair.]
In other news, my feet are fucking freezing, because no one gave me the heads up that I'd be taking the vacation from hell in the middle of Bumfuck, Alaska, so I need some shoes. Or socks, whatever, I'm not picky. I'll trade for them, but don't waste my time and try to scalp me. [There's the slightest pause.] Uh, thanks.
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my whole team was god tier
you guys won your game even if things fucked up at the end
vriska and or meenah had a whole entire ghost army at their back
i figured i ran my course as a sprite and had nothing left to do
and if i tried i would just get in the way
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Okay, he's. Switching to private.]
I OFFERED TO JOIN THE GHOST ARMY, YOU KNOW? IF OUR METEOR EVER MET UP WITH ANOTHER DREAM BUBBLE THEY WERE IN.
AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION FOR WHEN I GET BACK, SINCE. YOU KNOW.
[He's trying not to push. Really, he isn't. He's just... dude, seriously, if Davesprite wants to talk about it...]
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im not really the best guy to suggest options for you
or to tell you how to handle what happened
i died here a couple times but it was just temporary
but back in sburb
jade told me that even though my timeline went way wrong somehow john brought me to the fixed one
but even then i just got combined into some kind of weird double sprite with whoever nepeta is
which i guess is possible if nepeta was just tier 1 prototyped without a tier 2?
but i dont know anything about them or
fuck whatever its not important
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Oh wow. What the... goddammit. With Nepeta? that's... he doesn't know what it is. Right now, though... yeah, he should. Do something. Or at least say something.]
SHE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER? LIKE WOULD THAT HELP.
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which is an actual question and not me being a snippy shit about it
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DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT HER?
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sure
go ahead
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HER HORNS WERE SHAPED LIKE CAT EARS. HELL SHE LOVED CATS IN GENERAL. HER LUSUS WAS ONE.
SHE USED TO GO HUNTING WITH HER AND TAKE DOWN WILD ANIMALS WITH NOTHING BUT HER BARE CLAWS. SHE WAS PRETTY BADASS, ACTUALLY.
[Which he'd never properly appreciated. Obviously. He wouldn't be Karkat if he'd ever appreciated his friends when he had them.]
SHE LOVED DRAWING, ROLE PLAYING, AND STUPID CAT PUNS. AND I THINK SHE WROTE FAN FICTION ABOUT US? SHE WAS SORT OF OBSESSED WITH SHIPPING.
SHE WAS REALLY FRIENDLY AND THE TOTAL OPPOSITE OF HER MOIRAIL, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WORKED TOGETHER. HE LOOKED AFTER HER AND HELPED CURB HER IMPULSIVITY, AND SHE KEPT HIM PACIFIED AND MADE HIM ACTUALLY HAVE FUN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I MEAN FUN THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE PUNCHING OR KISSING HIS ROBOTS.
SHE DIED BEFORE DAVE AND ROSE SHOWED UP AT THE METEOR.
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couple questions
whats a lusus
is it some kind of alien pet
was she that other sprite you mentioned from your team
no wait cant be
nepetas got no reason to ribbit
have you got like any idea how she became one
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WE'RE NOT RAISED BY OTHER TROLLS. LUSII FILL THAT ROLE. SO I GUESS IN HUMAN TERMS THEY'RE LIKE OUR ADOPTIVE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OR SOMETHING, KIND OF LIKE HOW JADE'S BARKBEAST TOOK CARE OF HER.
THE SPRITE FROM OUR SESSION WAS ARADIA, NOT NEPETA. AS FOR HOW SHE BECAME A SPRITE, SHE
[Fuck, he doesn't want to think about this. It's fucked up no matter what timeline it is.]
GAMZEE HAD HER BODY. AND HER HEAD. THE OTHERS TOO.
SO EITHER HE THREW SOME PART OF HER INTO A KERNELSPRITE OR SOMEONE ELSE DID. I DON'T KNOW.
OR ELSE SHE LIVED AND BECAME A SPRITE VOLUNTARILY? BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE SURVIVED IN THE OTHER TIMELINE OR WHY SHE WOULD DO THAT IF SHE HAD. SO SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T OR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT OR PART OF SOME PLAN TO WIN, WHO KNOWS.
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jade didnt talk about it like it was some integral heroic thing that happened
more like something that happened off on the side
[He can't picture himself doing it on purpose. It just makes him feel so drastically unnecessary. If John could take over the time duties over any Dave, then how useful was he, himself, on the scale of things? A defunct sprite with no game ending powers to contribute, so much so that he was ready to leave and let the real players get on with it...]
can i ask how she died
or why gamzee was like that
or if not can i just ask about why you werent raised by your own parents
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WE DON'T HAVE PARENTS. WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION AT ALL??
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i know you come from eggs and dont have dicks but somebody had to get down and troll dirty with somebody else to make the rest of your species exist
like sorry i cant just osmose all the wild and crazy ~*^TROLL FACTZ^*~ at once
im asking because i want to learn doesnt that count for something
[God he feels tired.]
i dont even know what to say about gamzee
i dont even know how to imagine what being around that was like and i literally got murdered here one time
i could say sorry for your loss or sorry for your resident psychopath but they just feel trite and stupid
theres not really a stock sympathy phrase for that
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AND ACTUALLY IF WE COULD JUST NEVER DISCUSS GAMZEE AGAIN THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE MOST PERFECT THING EVER.
[SO, ABOUT TROLL PARENTAGE fuck he needs to stop. Stop. He just needs to stop.]
WE HAVE ANCESTORS BUT THAT'S IT. AND WE CAN NEVER REALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHO THEY ARE OR WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OUR REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE WORKS.
THE MOTHER GRUB IS THE ONE WHO LAYS THE EGGS, NOT A TROLL. AND THE LAYS THOUSANDS OF THEM AT ONCE.
IMPERIAL DRONES GATHER GENETIC MATERIAL FROM BLACK AND RED CONCUPISCENT PAIRINGS AND SHE COMBINES IT ALL. THOSE BECOME THE EGGS, WHICH HATCH INTO WIGGLERS, WHICH PUPATE INTO TROLLS LIKE ME EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, WAY SMALLER AND YOUNGER. AND THEN THEY GET A LUSUS.
I KNOW IT'S BIZARRE BY HUMAN STANDARDS BUT YOUR MAMMALIAN PRACTICES ARE JUST AS WEIRD BY OURS, SO DON'T EVEN START.
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but fine dude whatever
[He's mad first, but it's the kind that rapidly fizzles and burns inward as he reads over the rest of the answer. He can't even focus on it, not wholly. What should be weird and fascinating and possibly entertainingly alien just washes past him without pause.]
im not going to start
[He can't focus. He just feels like shit right now.]
maybe i should hang up and stop hassling you
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LOOK GAMZEE IS A REALLY DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR ME. I DIDN'T MEAN TO BLOW YOU OFF OR ANYTHING.
I JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT OK? THAT'S ALL.
AND I APPRECIATE THE SYMPATHY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ARTICULATE ABOUT IT FOR IT TO MEAN SOMETHING.
LIKE I SAID, I JUST... I DON'T KNOW, THE WHOLE SITUATION IS TOO FUCKED UP TO EVEN CONTEMPLATE.
LIKE I THINK I'D ACTUALLY PREFER IT IF YOU EXPOUNDED AT LENGTH ABOUT HOW REVOLTING TROLL REPRODUCTION IS JUST SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
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its different and its weird and i dont really want to think too hard about how drones take your troll spooge to your bug mom
but its just how your species works
like how humans balloon up with babies and then pop them out months down the line
or birds lay eggs and hatch them into chirpy featherless chicks
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HOW IS HUMAN REPRODUCTION NOT REVOLTING? YOU LITERALLY HAVE A SMALL CREATURE LIVING INSIDE YOUR BODY AND FEEDING OFF OF VITAL NUTRIENTS YOU WOULD OTHERWISE BE USING YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE CALL THAT ON ALTERNIA? A FUCKING PARASITE.
[His heart isn't really in it, but it's better than nothing.]
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even if i were still human i wouldnt want to be a father
id probably mess up any kid i tried to raise
so contemplating the highs and lows of whatever pregnancy the mother would go through isnt on my agenda
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OK THEN
FUCK I DON'T KNOW. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ASK ABOUT TROLLS?
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you want to pick a topic and just expound about it be my guest
but if not i can let you go here
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I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING.
EXCEPT FOR AUSPISTICISM I GUESS BUT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GO OVER THAT WITH ADELINA AT SOME POINT.
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whats auspisticism
im probably going to mispronounce that horribly if i ever try to say that btw
ditto moirail
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