[network] @ASolomons; text, afternoon of 305 [open]

[devoutish]

Stored caches of useful supplies are being made in buildings near to some of the underground tunnel entrances. These supplies are meant for those who will use them for exploration and problem-solving. You may take from them if you are honestly in dire need, but if you are capable of gathering supplies for yourself and you haven't got plans to put yourself to good use trying to find a way to spring us, DO NOT remove any items from the caches. They will be monitored. Anyone found destroying, hoarding, or otherwise misusing any of these supplies & goods will be tracked down and severely punished. I won't support freeloaders. If you believe these threats are empty, there are many here who could tell you otherwise. Thank you.

Contact me for lists of exact locations and specific items. Additional supplies for doctors are also available, and are in my possession.

[OOC: Alfie's caches can be found in various buildings on the player-placed items page!]

Comments

@betterhalf; text

[darkincrement]

Where are the closest ones by cult town?

[ Referring to Red 3. ]

@ASolomons; text

[devoutish]

Haven't got there yet. What do you need?

[darkincrement]

Still tuna. Also something called poptarts.
If you leave supplies close to the maintenance tunnels.
I can bring them to the new area.

[devoutish]

[The bit about tuna just barely jogs his memory. It was from one of those false alternate memories, was it? Or one of the false future memories?

Thinking about this too much right now is going to make his head hurt unnecessarily, and so he pushes it away.]

I'm not here to bring you luxury goods. If you want those, you'll be giving me other things in exchange for them.

[darkincrement]

[ He's glad because it means he gets to keep his sharp things. ]

What might interest you?

private

[devoutish]

Give me a list of what you've got.

private

[darkincrement]

Violin with the strings intact, hammer, rotary cutter, cigarettes, tea, coffee, a razor, and a laundry paddle.

private

[devoutish]

If I find tuna, you'll give me the hammer and the tea for it.

[darkincrement]

Works for me.

[devoutish]

Is there anything else?

[darkincrement]

I'll let you know if there is.

[devoutish]

You do that.

[darkincrement]

[ He's considering that the end. Bye Alfie. ]

@featherydouche; text; private;

[mrcreamsicles]

hey so
karkats finally alive again
he lost his ability to use words but hes ok otherwise

[He figured he should tell him. It's the first he's said anything to Alfie after their memories went screwy.]

@ASolomons; text

[devoutish]

How's he doing otherwise?

[mrcreamsicles]

i just said hes ok
frustrated by not being able to talk but thats predictable
it comes out like babble when he tries
he seems less rattled by everything than i was

in retrospect I should have worded that better tbh, my bad

[devoutish]

Thought you meant physically. How's his head, his emotional state?

[mrcreamsicles]

you know what im just going to point him at you
because i tried to answer that already but he can tell you more than i can
even if its in gestures and everything

[Plus it's hard to say they've been talking about heavy stuff and the billion messages he left in his inbox while he was dead.]

[devoutish]

All right, then. How are you?

[mrcreamsicles]

[He takes a moment to consider how to answer.]

better than when he was dead
still kind of rattled over the memory stuff even if i know it didnt actually happen in this timeline
or however that works
speaking of
are we cool

[devoutish]

Sure, yeah. I think I've got my head on straight with that.

Are you still a bit frightened of me?

[mrcreamsicles]

im not frightened
its a healthy respect for someone who could have stabbed the shit out of me
and an accompanying desire to not have that happen
trust me ive got the experience to know i like blades staying out of my skin

[Which is a long way of saying yes.]

[devoutish]

And I've got a healthy respect for a man who makes a go at what he wants, but also has the sense to back down when he knows he's been beaten squarely.

We're cool.

[Enjoy that use of your silly modern slang, Davesprite.]

[mrcreamsicles]

[The phrasing rankles when backing down still feels like a ding to his pride, but he knows better too than to look a gift horse in the mouth. It could be worse. It could be a lot worse.]

alright
what about you and royce
how have you two been doing

[devoutish]

The same, the same. Royce needs a lot of cheering.

[While on text, it's a lot easier to pretend he's better at cheering than he is.]