snowblindrpg | [network] @ASolomons; audio, morning of 265 [open]

[network] @ASolomons; audio, morning of 265 [open]

The fuck is going on?

[He sounds exhausted, as per usual, and his voice is hoarse and raw - he's been doing a lot of non-stop talking these past few days, trying to keep Royce engaged.]

Right - the lot of you, sound off. What happened, and what needs to be done?

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Karkat, I know what you think you're doing, but you need to not. Do you understand me?

NO I CAN SAY QUITE CONFIDENTLY THAT I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST FUCKING CLUE. ENLIGHTEN ME PLEASE MY GANDERBULBS ARE PRIMED AND READY FOR SOME TIMELESS BADASS GANGSTER WISDOM.

{There's no answer from Alfie.]

[He might have left it at that, but then this happens and he fucking can't.]

SORRY.

All right.

[There's like five million different ways Alfie could mean that, why. Maybe he should have gone with audio? Ugh.]

AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK AND WE SHOULD ALL MEET UP.
I GUESS DAVESPRITE ALREADY BROUGHT THAT UP BUT HERE I AM SAYING IT AGAIN ANYWAY. SO. THERE YOU GO.

I hear you were planning to come when I was dead, to keep Royce company. That's appreciated, mate.

WE WERE WORKING ON IT, YEAH. THEN I GOT EATEN. AGAIN.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COUNTS BUT AN EFFORT WAS MADE. AND I'D DO THE SAME THING FOR BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE MY FRIENDS? IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL.

Yes, and I'd thank you for that, as well.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO THANK ME, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY FROM THE START.
I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN STOP YOU BUT STILL. YOU, ROYCE, ME, FRIENDS, END OF DISCUSSION.

People do thank friends, Karkat.

[lOOK IT FEELS WEIRD BEING THANKED BECAUSE THE IMPLICATION IS THAT HE DID SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ONCE AND HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS fuck]

OK. FINE.
YOU'RE FUCKING WELCOME.

Very good.

WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT *MEAN*???

[Sorry, Alfie, he's. He's a little stressed.]

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karkat
shoosh
i know were all pretty fucked up after all this but dont be a dick to him
he didnt die on purpose

Edited (pffhththt username) 2017-08-02 02:06 (UTC)

[THIS IS CHEATING.]

ALL I DID WAS TELL HIM NOT TO DO IT AGAIN. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS IS IS A PROBLEM.
AND I KNOW HE DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE, BUT IT STILL SUCKS?? I MEAN AT LEAST HE DIDN'T TAKE OTHER PEOPLE DOWN WITH HIM BUT I'M STILL PISSED.

then dont take it out on him
do i have to get on audio
do you need to hear the shoosh

[He swaps to voice and gives him just that.]

[There's a lengthy pause, then—]

YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE.

as the foremost authority on just how much real estate on my body is comprised of anus
nah
if i cant chill you out when youre losing your cool then what am i here for

GOD DON'T ACTUALLY DEDICATE YOUR EXISTENCE TO TRYING TO GET ME TO CHILL THE FUCK OUT, THAT'S JUST DEPRESSING.
AND PROBABLY FUTILE AND NOT EVEN WHAT YOU SAID EXACTLY BUT MY POINT STANDS.

my point is

[...]

i dont really know what im doing
or feeling right now about anything at all
but if i can help you thats an easier point to focus on
thats what this whole thing is supposed to be for isnt it
the moirail thing

[SIGH]

YES THAT IS EFFECTIVELY THE POINT OF THE PALE QUADRANT, WELL DONE.
I MEAN, NOT ENTIRELY? BUT FOR US I GUESS THAT WORKS.
LIKE TECHNICALLY ONE OF US SHOULD BE MORE EVEN TEMPERED AND IT'S REALLY FUCKING STUPID OF YOU TO FOCUS ON MY ISSUES TO THE EXCLUSION OF YOUR OWN
BUT YOU'VE ACCUSED ME OF DOING THE SAME THING AND IT'S HARD TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT WHEN EVERYTHING IS SO FUCKED UP.

[And now talking with Alfie has kind of set his feelings into a weird tangle. Someone replaced his guts with a big knot of spaghetti that's just going to break apart if he tries to sort it out. Emotions, he decides, are stupid and unfair. He misses Karkat too much already.]

karkat were two mutual aliens full of issues and trauma
we cant do it the normal way
we cant do anything the normal way
you fuss enough over me that it evens out

[That shouldn't hit quite as hard as it does, but Karkat's left staring for several seconds regardless.]

I KNOW. NEITHER OF US ARE NORMAL.
AND I DON'T FUSS, I AM JUSTIFIABLY CONCERNED IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION. GET IT RIGHT, STRIDER.