(( meulin just going directly to karkat first knowing he has a higher chance of following her if she asks 20:38:36
(( whats a mess 20:39:26
(( gonna have to start moving my shit upstairs 20:39:39
((breaks all my fingers 20:40:17
((im not gonna post anything for kurloz but know hes following behind meulin 20:41:14
(( i posted he was following her 20:41:40
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: He's trying to brush himself clean after choking on an inopportune chip that had lodged itself in his mouth, when Meulin approaches him. He whips around toward her with an already accusatory glance, before he huffs and folds his arms over his chest. "HEY, MEULIN." His eyes shift to the gift bag that she points out to him, and seeing it be so nicely made.. well. He seems to soften up, just a little bit. "SOMEONE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT ONE. WHO MADE IT?" He'd pick it up now that he had permission, and he'd closely examine it. Owo, what's this?[br][i][/i][br]"SURE, I FUCKING GUESS. AS LONG AS SOME RANDOM ASSHAT DOESN'T DECIDE TO TREAT ME LIKE A MOVING CHIP REPOSITORY." 20:42:48
[bgcolor=#e61515][color=black]KANKRI:[/color][/bgcolor] That sounded far from normal- then again, what session had he heard that WAS normal? His was abnormal in its own way, but it seems as though this incidental "cross-session" deal was the greatest one yet. It sounds as though their descendants very well won, but it most certainly wasn't over, so Kankri wouldn't consider it as much a win as it is a progression. Speaking more in-depth about the game was... rough, to say the least, Kankri did not like being reminded of his session, but perhaps they coudl cross-reference somethings. It may not be helpful to anyone, and trying to deconstruct the accursed reality-jank mechanics of the game was a hassle, but it could be a conversation of great investment.[br] [br]"Y9u d9 raise s9me fine p9ints; Time and Space are integral t9 any sessi9n, and I'm sure Karkat had m9re than en9ugh reas9ns t9 try and speed the pr9cess al9ng, 6ut whether 9r n9t he sh9uld have 6een a part 9f the 6reeding t9 6egin with is de6ata6le. N9w, I must preface this 6y saying this 9f n9 fault 9f y9urs, and 6y all means feel free t9 disagree and 9ffer y9ur 9wn th9ughts at y9ur leisure."[br] [br] 20:42:58
"I will 6e tagging my upc9ming as R9le The9rizing, P9tential Pr9gressi9n, and a da66ling 9f Game Trauma, 6ut d9 tell me if I make y9u unc9mf9rta6le! I... am n9t s9 sure it is a Knight's duty t9 help with the fr9gs. I am sure they are quite helpful c9mpared t9 m9st 9ther classes, 6ut I 6elieve it w9uld run much sm99ther if the Time69und assisted given the necessity 9f 69th Time and Space f9r a successful sessi9n in the first place, n9t t9 menti9n all the w9ndr9us p9ssi6ilities that are 9pened with Time-related shenanigans. N9w, that is n9t t9 say they are the 9NLY 9nes wh9 c9uld assist in the Fr9g 6reeding, and perhaps their r9le c9uld 6e 9nly partial, 6ut speaking fr9m pers9nal experience— and if y9u ever have an audience with Damara, D9 N9T tell her I said this in the slightest, please, 6ut... I w9uld have preferred th9se a6ilities 6e used f9r pr9gress rather than "j9kes" 9r active hinderances." 20:43:01
(Aradiabot, do him a big favor and never talk to Damara- 20:43:31
((evverythings a mess 20:44:09
(( aight i made it upstairs 20:47:07
((not my job asking me if i can come in tonight 20:47:10
((no thank u 20:47:13
((eww fuck that 20:47:33
(mogmogmogmogmog meulin giving a karkat the Kankri present Y I P P E E 20:47:42
((i literally went 'aha no, i'm good' 20:48:03
(( she makes sure karkat will get his present 20:48:30
(He has to make another for another Karkat ûvû 20:49:00
((whole table dedicated to karkat presents 20:49:11
(( all karkats get a special giftbag 20:49:15
((gonna need more goodie bags 20:49:36
((there's a whole table full of gift bags with a sign saying 'for karkat(s)' 20:49:36
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(( welcome back 20:50:26
((:0 20:50:27
((Yo. 20:50:43
((yoyo 20:50:53
(( Oh go fuck yourself Sleep Token for autoplaying to this song-- 20:53:55
(Roses! [i]THORNS![/i] 20:54:30
((Are they not worthwhile for the fragrance of sweet petals? 20:55:01
((Either way. Kickass aesthetic. 20:55:05
((:0 20:55:24
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((long post coming 20:58:49
(AH 20:58:55
(( AH! 20:58:59
[url=https://imgur.com/a/karkat-vantas-dayfZ67][color=#626262][u]KARKAT[/u]:[/url][color=#626262] There was no real way for him to know what in the world Mindfang could be referring to when she said that Dave had been through a lot. Honestly, just having to deal with the existence of the dream bubbles seemed pretty traumatic in and of itself. But considering everything that he, himself, had already put up with, he could acknowledge that pretty much everybody had to deal with some pretty fucked up shit. Not to mention it was obvious that this particular Dave was quite a bit older than the one he was familiar with, just based on how he looked. Who knew what kinds of things happened in the future? Not Karkat, that’s for sure.[br] [br] Before he had the chance to really say anything in response to the older troll, his thoughts came to a halt just from seeing Dave’s eyes, which were filled with tears. He wasn’t sure he had ever really seen him cry. Even if he wasn’t significantly close to his own Dave, he MIGHT be willing enough to call him a friend. And he’d be damned if he wasn’t worried about a friend who was injured and clearly in some form of emotional distress.[br] [br] 20:59:23
[color=#626262]He had no way of knowing [i]why[/i] Dave seemed to miss him, or why he was apologizing to him, but he knew it wasn’t for [i]him.[/i] But he could tell that he needed some kind of comfort. Karkat’s hands had long since stopped flailing about, his arms hesitantly wrapping back around Dave to hold him in his embrace. His usually loud, grating voice quieted down some when he finally spoke again after having let Dave have a minute just to cry. “HEY, IT’S FINE. YOU’RE FINE. I’M RIGHT HERE.” One of his hands was gently rubbing circles on Dave’s back, intermittently giving a few gentle paps to help soothe him. Now was obviously not the time to ask him what it was that got him so worked up. Even Karkat was capable of knowing when to give someone a minute.[br] [br] It was so strange to see Dave, of all people, in so much open emotional distress. But just based on what Mindfang had said, it was clear that he had been running from something. Was it his bro? He supposed if their ancestors were able to appear here, it wouldn’t be too shocking if the human’s weird man-lusi could, too. But that still didn’t explain why Dave seemed so fixated on him. “JUST LET IT OUT, BRO. I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.” He continued patting Dave’s back, still unsure as to why this was happening, but hell if he was just going to walk away from a friend in need. 20:59:24
((managed to fit it in 2 20:59:31
(Handsomekat 20:59:45
[url=https://imgur.com/a/WlQUr][color=#416600]MEULIN:[/url] [color=#416600] Was he choking on a chip? That’s rough buddy. She pays no mind to his attitude, she knew most karkats tend to be skeptical and aggressive until they are given something to actually work with when it comes to ‘pleasantries’ at least in his unique way. (=^ェ^=) < “KANKRI, IS INCHARGE OF THE GIFTS. HE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO EACH ONE!!! I WILL HAVE TO THANK HIM LATER FOR THE GIFT MYSELF…” > She had no plans on making him eat or become a chip ‘repository’ though he’s probably not going to enjoy what meulin believes to be fun. (^･ω･^) < “DON’T WORRY I HAVE NO REASON TO GIVE YOU OR DEPOSIT CHIPS INTO YOU!!!” With that, after karkat is done opening his giftbag, she’d walk over to eridan and say hi to him. [br] [br] stopping in front of eridan. (^･ω･^) < “HELLO, ERIDAN!!! HOW WAS YOUR GLASS OF WATER??? WAS IT REFRESHING???” her plan is now slowly coming together now she just needs to wait for the right moment to share. 21:00:37
(( chewing on glass thank you 21:01:14
((havving to put my burrito dowwn for this 21:01:18
(( lmao 21:02:08
((not the burruto 21:03:32
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [fuck not this henry porter wannabe] 21:03:59
((HELP 21:04:03
((not henry porter 21:04:09
((i thought wwe had somethin kar 😞 21:04:34
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [you can have deez nuts] 21:04:56
((ill take it 21:05:04
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [nani] 21:05:26
(( alright i'm really fucking dying irl 21:05:30
(( sweating so hard 21:05:38
((oof 21:05:45
(( and all i get to listen to is jesus 21:05:47
(( send help 21:05:51
((nyooooo 21:05:55
((jesus take the wheel 21:06:08
(( time to write mindfang o7 21:06:16
(( girl watching this happen and putting her own feelings aside atm just to make sure this doesn't get back 21:06:59
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(*wraps Meulin in a purrito* 21:09:19
((mindfang trying not to upset dave but also doesnt want him to fall for another karkat and leave her fr 21:09:45
(( exactly 21:10:26
(( the i can fix him attitude up until now 21:10:51
(( its like well fuck i did not have enough time 21:11:08
(I can fix him, I can fix, I can- WAIT WE'RE BOTH INSANE, I CAN'T DO THIS- 21:11:40
[url=https://imgur.com/a/eridan-ampora-n572hKH][color=#6A006A]ERIDAN:[/url][color=#6A006A] Eridan, still unmoving from his spot, was really beginning to regret ever spawning in that closet. He was hoping no one would bother him anymore, I mean, he really didn’t want to be part of whatever the hell was happening at this point. With everyone macking on each other, people flying out windows, it was no surprise he didn’t want to be involved. Too late though. Eridan’s eyes would angle up from where he was sitting when Meulin approached, oh god not her. He sighed deeply, his fins dropping as his brows furrowed together and his mouth curled into a frown “is there somethin i can help you wwith? did you really feel so compelled to come ovver here and ask me about my glass of wwater that ivve been perpetually sippin to hopefully distract myself from all the asinine bullshit happenin around this place” Eridan crossed his arms and legs one over the other. His eyes closing as he continued “or maybe youre itchin to talk about all the pailin evveryones been doin right in the middle of the cod damn livvin room” 21:12:19
((yurr 21:12:21
((back to my burrito 21:12:27
(( no more like i can fix him, i can fix him, wait fuck i threw gasoline on the fire not realizing it 21:12:52
(( LMAO 21:13:04
((LMAO 21:13:09
(( she's never had a full redrom interest besides rosa and so she's really struggling trying to properly deal with this 21:13:34
(( because violence will not fix this 21:13:52
((wwhatdya mean it totally wwill 21:14:12
((i mean i think if dave saw her stab karkat back awake every time he showed up dave might get pretty upset 21:14:40
(( her actively remembering darkleers thousands of years of depression and is like ok how do i do this again but with dave 21:14:42
(( fr rusty with actively helping someone 21:15:27
(( also she's trying not to actively use her powers on him unless its the last resort because she knows dirk may get mad at her with his weird god bs 21:16:20
(( LMAO-- 21:16:48
((mindfang and davve havve a tavvros and vvriska moment 21:17:22
(me personally, i'd genjutsu him immediately 21:17:23
(( HELP 21:17:33
(( Put his ass to sleep and make him wake up IRL 21:17:45
((mindcontrol sloppy makeouts 21:18:00
(Not the Tavros Torment Method 21:18:15
(( neutral ending because then there's no risks of him being unfathomably reckless and stupid 21:18:18
(( at least not in the bubble 21:18:31
((thats wwhat i just said kankri duh 21:18:31
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: "KANKRI MADE THE GIFT BAGS?? .... HUH. THEY'RE NOT TERRIBLE." Lmao. He doesn't wanna lose his street cred complimenting his nerdy dancestor too much. He opens it for a moment to take a brief gander at what Kankri apparently got for him, before carefully shutting it up again in order to follow after Meulin. He'll carefully stow it away in his sylladex (:B. "GOOD, I HOPE NOT. I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT PISSPOOR EXPERIENCE ONCE."[br][i][/i][br]Oh. It's Eridan. Is it too late to abscond? He pokes his head out and around her to give the seadweller the deadpanest of looks. "WHAT FUCKING PAILING ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ARE YOU STILL SO GOG-DAMN DESPERATE THAT YOU JUST SEE IT EVERYWHERE YOU GO? TAKE YOUR MEDS, SEEING THINGS ISN'T GOOD FOR YOU." 21:18:47
((HELP 21:19:03
[url=https://imgur.com/a/aradiabot-VEVYWZY][color=#000056]ARADIABOT:[/url][color=#000056] “i am 0f the c0ntrary belief as the m0ther 0f m0nsters 0ften requires the knights presence” Her rebuttal was quick, not needing much thought. “fr0m what i gather based 0n the mem0ry l0gs 0f my many 0ther selves the humans had a great advantage in that their knight was als0 their time player which all0wed f0r much m0re flexibility in the pr0cess 0f breeding their genesis fr0g” Although not everyone was lucky for their knight to be a knight of time. The humans were certainly fortunate, but considering they also had a seer of light, that only made sense. It was an extremely powerful duo to have on one team.[br] [br] “but in regards t0 n0t using the p0wers 0f time f0r practical j0kes i have t0 agree such reckless usage 0f time travel creates many 0ffsh00t timelines” Aradia moved to lean on the counter, a quiet clink coming from her metal arms hitting the hard surface. “but i cant say i never used my 0wn abilities f0r my 0wn pers0nal agenda” She lifted one of her hands, looking at it as she clenched it into a fist. “i can say that she had it c0ming alth0ugh my acti0ns were what all0wed her t0 reach g0dh00d” But that was in the past. There was no longer any reason for her to pursue any form of revenge against Vriska, partially because she no longer cared and also because she was now dead for good this time. At least this iteration of her was, the alpha Aradia was still out there somewhere. 21:19:05
[color=#000056]Well. She was in the next room, but that only proves that point. Her fist lowered back onto her lap, her expression still relatively vacant. “but as f0r wh0 else c0uld help with the fr0g breeding i believe that any0ne can help as l0ng as there is n0t t00 many c00ks in the meal bl0ck s0 t0 speak” 21:19:06
(( lmao she has to choose to either pull him out of the bubble and risk not seeing him for a while or let him suffer and she knows what she has to do 21:19:39
(( she's not going to like it 21:19:44
("take your meds bitch" 21:19:46
((eridan about to hit karkat with the "well actually i banged another version of you but whatever maybe you should try getting some actually" 21:19:59
((literally 21:20:07
((dont let latula hear karkat talking shit about taking meds 21:20:16
((or howw about the fact that he had to wwatch kankri and latula dry hump each other 21:20:24
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [Reacts like Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh] 21:20:39
((theres a lot 21:20:40
(ô- ô 21:21:16
[color=#ff0000]KANKRI: [I don't think it was particularly dry.. or humpy] 21:21:25
((shhhh 21:21:33
((it was not dry 21:21:51
((eww 21:22:00
((LMFAOO 21:22:03
((snorts 21:22:05
((fine eridan had to wwatch yall twwo get it on wwet sloppy style 21:22:22
((damn 21:22:24
((lmfao 21:22:29
[color=#2B0057]GAMZEE: [i cant wait for my turn :o)] 21:22:44
((the wway i can feel the heat through the kitchen wwindoww cause its 93 degrees rn 21:23:06
((yeah real im cooking here as well 21:23:23
((its hot and humid here 21:23:29
((its not hot in my apartment but its slightly wwarmer in the kitchen 21:23:50
(( girl is now waking dave up 21:29:03
[url=https://imgur.com/a/Wh9Bi][color=#005682]♏:[/url] [color=#005682] She doesn’t exactly know what happened after he had left for so long. All she knows is what she has seen and been told, bits and pieces of his life which would have been considered much shorter than hers if it weren’t for the fact he had become a god. Knowing full well he’s re-living the same moments over and over again. [br] [br] She had to make a decision soon, as dave kept sobbing and karkat trying his best to console him with little to no knowledge of the actual issue at hand, the marquise would finally let out a small sigh standing back up pulling her hand away. She wasn’t going to enjoy doing this at all and especially at the peak of his sorrow, but putting her own feelings aside and knowing he needed more help than any one in the bubble can give him at this moment, looking over at dave. “I apologize for this sincerely, i am doing it for you and hopefully you can forgive me at some point in time. Karkat, I shall talk to you in a moment.” right after saying her piece, she’d finally use her mind control on daves dreamself to force him awake. It did take a little more energy than she’d thought as it seemed he was possibly fighting her on it. But in the end she will have him wake up and right as dave woke up her voice would ring through his head in a soft loving tone. ‘Wake up my dear.’ 21:29:35
{Karkat's gifts were rather personalized: on the practical side, there was a nice, new sweater in there. Kankri knew Karkat was not partial to wearing his blood so proudly, but a nice red insignia to contrast all the black seemed like a neat call. More over, Kankri left him a Beforan quadrant novel- Kankri himself was not heavy into that genre, but he knows Karkat is. There was more, but it would require some digging, more than a cursory glance wwould allow.} 21:30:45
((eridan took ovver there at the end 21:31:25
(so many things to catch up on :V 21:31:31
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [...You know what, I guess Kankri isn't so bad.] 21:31:42
(( ngl its hard to type on a couch its so unstable 21:32:08
((fair 21:32:17
(is the laptop doing laptop things by being in your lap? 21:32:31
(( its directly on the couch i can't have it on my lap its too hot 21:33:20
(Ohhh okay :V 21:33:30
((just careful bc leaving it on the couch could make it overheat more 21:34:08
((laptops do be cookin 21:34:09
(( it's on fan stand 21:34:25
((oh okay 21:34:29
(( its just i hate it on my legs 21:34:40
(let the laptop hit the atomic dougie 21:35:07
((its okay im about to send my pc into orbit again by opening unity 21:36:49
((forgot i wwanted to make eridans cape drag on the floor 21:36:59
(( >:( ill respond trust........ but i need to wash some dogs 21:37:14
(( my hoard 21:37:20
(RELEASE THE BABEY :V 21:37:34
(( wash the dogs 21:38:03
(( get the soggy 21:38:08
(*me having to theory craft all the gifts on the spot* uvu Meulin gets treats fo sure 21:40:07
((wwet hands again 21:40:16
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((the wet hand curse 21:40:53
((real 21:40:58
(( meulin has a special plan 21:42:05
(ò_ó that does not sound good 21:42:32
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[url=https://imgur.com/a/WlQUr][color=#416600]MEULIN:[/url] [color=#416600] she’s going to hold onto this praise for kankri, maybe bring it up later as a weapon. Who knows, she’s not very predictable. Ah yes, Eridan and his snide remarks. This is perfect, despite eridan calling her out on her other hobbies that wasn’t fully the goal. (^･ω･^) < “FUNNY HOW YOU SAY THAT ERIDAN!!! MY ACTUAL QUESTIONS FOR THE BOTH OF YOU. WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE A COOKIE???” Suddenly she now has 4 cookies in her hands. (^･ω･^) < “MY GIFT TO YOU BOTH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT WHETHER IN COSTUME OR NOT.” what is this feline up to. 21:44:18
(( the cookies are laced 21:44:46
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(( welcome back equius 21:45:09
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rah 21:45:30
((equius lives yippee 21:45:38
(>:U MEULIN DO NOT RUIN HIS PARTY WITH INEBRIANTS- 21:45:48
(( >:3 21:45:57
((omg equius is back 21:46:10
((what are they laced with... 21:46:11
((the forevver wweed 21:46:20
(( catnip/weed 21:46:21
(( its not forever weed 21:46:29
((not the forever weed 21:46:40
((lol 21:46:45
(*Kankri, sobbing vomiting shitting as he sees Karkat high as hell on the floor* "MY BOOOOOOOY WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BOY ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡" 21:47:05
(( LMAO 21:47:15
((alright time for me to reply to both of you 21:47:38
(( alright watch my grandma for me rq guys i need to get water 21:48:56
((equius would u like a repost or are u going to look in logs 21:49:50
EQUIUS: ((I am looking in the logs 21:50:30
(( ok she burned the house down 21:50:45
(( jk 21:50:47
(( shes just chillin 21:51:01
((finally responded to aradia and kankri in 3 21:53:24
(:v shall do it soon 21:55:08
((tyt 21:55:15
(*long range smooches Aradiabot for being cool* 21:56:39
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((my browser shit and forced me to reload 22:00:22
((rip... 22:00:31
((i replied in 2 if u havent seen 22:00:37
((ye i got it 22:00:47
((was finishing aradia and also went afk right when u did tho 22:01:06
((im back now obv 22:01:10
((oh no ur good, i just wasnt sure if u were aware 22:01:30
((i forgot that dreambubbe doesnt alert like mspa did so i wanted to say something 22:01:46
((oh i get alerts on the tabs 22:01:56
((i mean mxrp, same thing 22:02:03
((yeah same thing lol 22:02:07
((oh 22:02:08
(( i hope the dogss are getting soggy 22:02:53
((soggy dogs. 22:03:32
((..* 22:03:36
[url=https://imgur.com/a/eridan-ampora-n572hKH][color=#6A006A]ERIDAN:[/url][color=#6A006A] His eyes moved to Karkat who was standing behind Meulin, his expression softening for a second before he heard the things the Vantas had to say. Alright fuck this guy. His face dropped again, right back into a frown before he spoke up, “ill havve you knoww kar, not only did i pail wwith some doomed timeline or otherwwise vversion of yourself, but ivve been gettin subjected to the finest hoofbeast manure that this bubble has to offer. howw about i tell you about howw your dancestors been gettin it on with ters dancestor or maybe kans, hell it might as wwell be the both of them at the same time wwhile wwere at it, its not like i needed another reason to-” He cuts his thought short, his fins curling in disgust. No reason to out himself there. “i dont fuckin need this from you i take enough shit as it is.” Uncrossing one of his arms, he brings a hand to his face, moving his glasses out of the way to pinch the bridge of his nose. His face scrunched, eyes closed, before his fit of mild anger was interrupted by Meulin and the offering of cookies “i think ill havve to pass on the cookies, im pretty sure if i eat anything i might just expel the contents a my stomach prematurely. not that there wwas much to expel to begin wwith” 22:05:13
((yurr 22:05:17