[log] Noisy Black, Part One [closed]

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Characters: anyone who signed up for the Noisy Black event
Location: an office building
Date: Morning and Day 260
Summary: You wake up in a room.
Warnings: nothing of note for this part, please note any specific things that happen in the comment sections of your posts

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[quadrangle]

[If we get out of here. If.]

[He shudders, then swallows.]

Yeah. If we get out of here.

[bywolves]

[ He doesn't correct himself. If is what he meant, as much as he hates the fact. ]

We'll make it. [ Even so. He's not sure when he got so encouraging, here (and this is encouraging, for him) but he's going to keep trying with it. Just for Karkat, though. ] Don't give in.

[quadrangle]

[No correction needed; Karkat fully understands. As for the rest...]

I won't. I don't know what the fuck they're planning, but I won't let it get to me.

[Or try to. He'll try.]

[bywolves]

Good. [ Royce says, firmly. He squeezes Karkat's hand, even if Karkat can't feel it. ] Good.

[ A beat, and then: ] Proud of you. [ Because he is, really, even if it feels awkward for him to say out loud. ]

[quadrangle]

[The words warm him just as much as they guilt him because what the fuck else could he say to Royce, of all people, but he squeezes back, more because it feels like the thing to do than because he. Well. Felt anything.]

You too, okay? Don't give in.

[bywolves]

I won't. [ He has problems with motivating himself to stay alive, but not here. Not if it means keeping his word. Even if Karkat has nothing else to say, Royce doesn't let go for a while - he'll hold on until someone comes to get one of them, or Karkat lets go. ]