[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [what the fuck] 22:06:57
((lol 22:07:07
(( would eridan eat the cookie if she told him he was a coward for not eating it lmao 22:09:47
EQUIUS: "D --> No, I haven't tried engineering a more durable gamepad yet. I don't play console games frequently enough for it to be worth the effort. It's easier to just replace them as needed" Equius accepts the controller from Roxy and watches while Gamzee goes through the menus. He takes a look over the character roster, unsure which of them to pick. The gorilla, Donkey Kong, looks to be one of the stronger racers, though physical strength probably doesn't matter much in a kart racing game. He considers his options for a little while more and then selects a regal-looking lady in teal, Rosalina. When Roxy returns, he greets her with a small wave. 22:10:18
((i dont think hed care if im being honest 22:10:25
(( fair 22:10:32
((hed probably take it on the chin and call meulin lowwblood swwine for thinking she can talk to him like that 22:10:56
(( making kurloz pissed 22:11:11
((yeah i was gonna say 22:11:17
((obvvs 22:11:19
((i dont need a reminder 22:11:27
((im awware ty 22:11:34
(( ampora wants to get smashed into a wall 22:11:50
((listen lady wwhatevver it is youre sellin i aint buyin 22:12:18
(he can get his ass torn up if he wants to, Kankri would turn a blind eye 22:12:44
((in a perfect wworld id insult meulin but unfortunately i said i didnt wwant my fishy getting hurt so 22:13:25
(( fair 22:13:34
(( i was asking because i wanted to know 22:13:44
((kurloz already broke one ampora's arm he has no qualms with doing it again unfortunately for eridan 22:14:11
(( also brobot participating in mario kart funny af 22:14:30
((wwell he wwont havve to 22:14:53
(( since i'm upstairs and brought my stuff i will bring roxy back in 22:14:55
((yeah bro is just there fr hes definitely absolutely destroying everyone fr 22:14:56
(( aimbot mariokart 22:15:20
((bro definitely picked rose gold peach 22:15:24
(( alright i have to deal with grandma first before i do anything 22:15:51
((oh worm, ill wait for u to post then 22:15:53
(( shes being rude 22:15:57
(( alright finally can type up a response for roxy 22:19:03
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: "A COOKIE? YOU NEEDED BOTH OF US HERE FOR THAT, TOGETHER?" Hmmm.. a cookie doesn't sound [i]that[/i] bad, admittedly. He's considering it despite his little bout of skepticism. Which then quickly grinds to a halt at Eridan's [i]flagrant[/i] divulging of intimate details he did NOT need to hear. What the fuck? Is this what Kankri feels like? He's rendered speechless as he blinks at Eridan a few times, hand frozen in the air as it had been part-way to the cookie.[br][i][/i][br]"WHAT THE [i]FUCK[/i] ARE YOU SPOUTING AT ME RIGHT NOW? I DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR THAT. I DIDN'T NEED TO HEAR ANY OF THAT. WHERE CAN I GET THESE HYPOTHETICAL ANTI-BUCKET PILLS DESCRIBED SO I CAN PROMPTLY UNHEAR THIS SHIT YOU JUST SPRAYED AT ME. WHEEEEERE IS THE BLEACH? STOP TALKING." He's yelling pretty loud right now. "MAYBE IF I'M LUCKY THERE'S GOING TO BE A NARRATIVELY CONVENIENT TROLL TIDE POD IN THIS GIFT BAG I GOT IN ORDER TO FORGET THIS."[br][i][/i][br]Meulin, shove the weed cookie into his mouth. Stop him. 22:24:53
[url=https://imgur.com/a/roxylalonde-zxvj0][color=#ff6ff2]ROXY:[/url] [color=#ff6ff2] waving back at equius before sitting down, eating a little bit before gamzee seems to ask for some, She holds a pig in a blanket out for the ‘raw’ clown who hungers, not saying much about it just accepting her fate. Carefully making sure not to get anything on her hand so she can use it to eat. “We got plenty of controllers so no need 2 worry about breakin them equius ill watch first round tho” she knows that brobot is probably going to win this. But that doesn’t stop her from thinking how funny that he chose rose gold peach. 22:25:01
(( meulin got you karkat 22:25:47
((lmfao 😭 22:26:47
((does gamzee eat it out of her hand like a treat 22:26:48
((alright let me get brobot 22:26:59
((stop im being reminded of the picture of kankri and horuss 22:27:21
((what picture 22:27:38
(([url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4a/af/18/4aaf181d925d79167e008085892476e2.jpg]this one[/url] 22:28:15
(( cracks my fingers.... huehuehue 22:28:22
(( time for more pain 22:28:27
((oh my god 22:28:36
((its glorious 22:28:39
((OH MY GOD THE HORSE BRUSH 22:28:52
((YEAH 22:28:55
((AHAHAHAHA 22:29:00
(( THAT'S SO CUTE STOP 22:29:02
((EXPLODES 22:29:06
((ITS SO FUNNY TO ME 22:29:12
(( if he does that would be funny and cute 22:30:07
(( OUGH?! SHE PUT THAT BOY TO SLEEP 22:30:24
(( >:::) 22:30:31
(( she did not want to do it to him but she had to do it to him 22:30:49
[color=#2B0057]GAMZEE: [will u be the blonde hoofbeast girl to my clown hoofbeast boy] 22:30:54
(( LMAO 22:31:00
[url=https://imgur.com/a/brobot-ZqZl9Bw][color=#b00606]BROBOT:[/url][color=#b00606] ((TARGET ACQUIRED)) 22:31:08
((help? 22:31:31
[url=https://imgur.com/a/brobot-ZqZl9Bw][color=#b00606]BROBOT:[/url][color=#b00606] It was definitely a little funny that he picked a princess, but picking any of the metal characters was a good nod at the fact that he, y’know, [i]was[/i] metal. He locked in his pick, waiting for the others to decide on a course, as well. Brobot most definitely picked rainbow road as his personal suggestion. 22:31:44
((just a little thing for him 22:31:48
[url=https://imgur.com/a/WlQUr][color=#416600]MEULIN:[/url] [color=#416600] she caused the two most irritable people to talk, which worked in her favor. Though eridan wasn’t participating in the cookie business she assumed he would say no, She was so close to getting karkat invest into the cookie until eridan put a wrench in her plans however the leijon was not expecting eridan to openly talk about his intimate interactions with another living karkat, to the currently dead one. [br] [br] as soon as she saw karkat shouting, which was not actively hard to see, she’d suddenly shove the cookie in his mouth making sure to not choke him in the process as that would be rude and uncalled for. Her eyes looking over at eridan and a small grin would dawn on her face as her eyes narrowed, the plan was not fully complete just yet. (=ↀωↀ=) < “ARE YOU SURE YOU, I WOULDN’T WANT TO K33P YOU FROM HAVING ACTUAL FUN…” a light purr as she held a cookie behind her for kurloz leaving only two left now. 22:35:26
[color=#2B0057]GAMZEE: "not like it'd take you that long to make it, right? you should MAKE one for the next PARTY, bro. you could all up and decorate it with hoofbeast stickers and shit. :o)" Gamzee doesn't know the game well enough to know better on what courses to play, but when Brobot selects rainbow road he goes along with it. "heh. RAINBOW. that shit looks sick." Poor Gamzee.. he has no idea.[br][i][/i][br]And when Roxy decides to comply and feed him some snackies; he makes like the Horuss to her Kankri, and leans in to carefully capture the piggy with his mouth while both hands were on the controller. Yummers. He'll gently chew the treaty as the game loads up to start the course. 22:36:56
((gamzee has doomed them all 22:37:21
((he doesnt know any better 22:37:32
(( gamzee choosing rainbow road lmao 22:37:35
(( brother is cooked 22:37:39
((bro fully locked in the course by adding an additional vote its jover 22:37:50
(( the only one who isn't insane right now is equius 22:38:15
((gamzee in his heightened state accidentally hits the speedrun strats 22:38:17
(( LMAO 22:38:24
(( imagine he gets second place because hes fucing high 22:38:37
((i mean his only real competition is equius and he's going to burst a blood vessel trying to not crush the controller. i think he'd get 2nd anyway :laugh: 22:39:42
(( the narrative better be happy with mindfang she did not want him to hurt himself more shes usually very selfish :::( 22:40:22
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [chokes and doubledies on the cookie] 22:40:42
(( LMAO 22:40:47
((meulin would feel so fucking bad 22:41:06
((oh my god 22:41:26
((karkat's in the family guy death pose and meulin's just standing there 22:41:36
((here i am trying to wwork on physbones and karkat dies 22:41:41
(( LMAO 22:41:43
[url=https://imgur.com/a/kurloz-makara-Btjpd][color=#2B0057]KURLOZ:[/url][color=#2B0057] Kurloz already knew about the relations between a certain Karkat and this Eridan, but he was, for more than one reason, not one to comment on it. That is, to anyone other than Meulin. He was the sole reason she was aware that had even occurred, after all. When she held a cookie behind her, he took it without complaint, breaking off some pieces to push it between his stitches so he could eat some of it. It’ll be something he’ll be eating bits and pieces of until it was gone. Of course, he also didn’t make any moves to save Karkat from the cookie attack. There was no real reason for him to stop her, after all. He [i]did[/i] say he wanted something that would make him potentially forget about what he just heard and what’s better than some nip? The Makara gave a thumbs up and continued holding his eerie smile. 22:42:00
[url=https://imgur.com/a/kurloz-makara-Btjpd][color=#2B0057]KURLOZ:[/url][color=#2B0057] :o) 22:42:41
(( kurloz just is like have fun karkat :o) 22:44:52
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((alright time to reply 22:50:46
((after my bathroom break 22:50:52
((ar ar ar 22:53:54
[color=#416600]BOYPETA: [like, nya] 22:56:18
(( i carnally want boypeta 22:57:01
[url=https://imgur.com/a/eridan-ampora-n572hKH][color=#6A006A]ERIDAN:[/url][color=#6A006A] Eridan didn’t care that he was borderline assaulting Karkat with his words, he needed to get a point across and there was no way he was going to sugar coat the shit he had seen. He scowled at Karkat’s dramatics before turning his attention back to Meulin again, “really im fine i wwould rather not indulge myself in wwhatevver might be in those” Eridan eyed the cookies on the plate with a look of concern, he didn’t know what was in them and he didn’t want to find out by ingesting them. He stood up from where he was sitting, grabbing the glass he had initially placed on the floor by the couch. It would be uncouth of him to just leave it there after all. 22:57:09
((something a little short 22:57:16
(( i am sorry i will go into the corner 22:57:18
[color=#416600]BOYPETA: [HUH] 22:57:21
(( take me away officers 22:57:49
(( prepare theyselves 23:03:21
[url=https://imgur.com/a/63evGLt][color=#E00707]Dave:[/color][/url] "[i](i d-didnt mean to fuck it all up again... karkat... i tried. i-i tried so fucking hard. and it still... it still got me. i keep thinking im past it. but its l-like... its like im stuck, man. stuck in this fucking loop and every time i think im done grieving, i just wake up bleeding again and i think i deserve it. i deserve it--)[/i]"[br] [br][color=#910000]It all feels like some weird, out of place memory to him. Being in Karkat's arms. It feels so familiar. But as the Time guy he knows they're not remotely the same Karkat. It just makes him feel worse, putting his mess even remotely on this Vantas. The [i]sorrys[/i] spill out of him without a break. As involuntary as the cuts on his skin. His hold on Karkat's desperate. Clinging like a lifeline. Afraid that if he let go, Karkat would disappear again. Sobs wreck through his body, sharply stabbing into his own lungs every time he tries to rasp for air. He's getting his blood on the other troll. Staining his clothes here and there. And fuck do the tears keep coming like they're all just sweeps overdue, clawing their way out of places Dave once thought were boarded up. 23:05:42
[br][color=#910000]His face had been in the crook of Karkat's neck. Soaking fabric and skin alike and he's so sure it's gross. The most disgusting display he's made in centuries and it's been a long time coming. Dave lifts his head up and leans back, putting enough space between them to get a hand up and he's being so fucking stupid. Profoundly selfish. Expression so [i]lamenting[/i] as his hand pets over Karkat's hair. And slides down to cup Karkat's cheek. Calloused thumb swiping over grey skin. Despite the emotional turmoil his touch is [i]so[/i] awfully gentle. Echoing an affection he once-still- has. That he can't shake.[br] [br]But in that moment Mindfang's using her powers. He [i]does[/i] put up resistance. Dave's letting out a distressed sounding string of [i]'no no no no please no--'s[/i] and [i]growling[/i] at the cerulean like a wounded animal. Whole body shaking and both hands shooting up into his hair that's got curls to it. Can't fight psychics though. So she overpowers his thinkpan and he's suddenly disappeared. And waking up back on Earth C. Likely screaming. Likely crying. And scaring the absolute dogshit out of Roxy.[/color] 23:05:48
[color=#416600]BOYPETA: [Loafs inside cardboard box] 23:07:19
(( yippee 23:07:40
(( omg boypeta! 23:07:55
EQUIUS: "D --> Hmm. That does sound like a fun idea, if perhaps slightly juvenile. I'll take it into consideration" [br] [br]Were this an Alternian-made game, Equius might expect Rainbow Road to be an especially brutal course, one in which racers all across the hemospectrum have spilled their blood on the pavement. But since this is a human game instead, he figures the rainbow theming indicates that he's just in for a relatively easy-going time.[br] [br]He turns his head away from the screen for a moment to watch as Gamzee eats a snack out of Roxy's palm and proceeds to feel weird about it. He can't tell if he's jealous of Gamzee getting fed treats like a hoofbeast, or of Roxy feeding him. Whichever it is, it's silly and he doesn't want to think about it any longer, so Equius tries to focus back on the game. 23:08:21
[color=#000000]~[i]YOU FUCKING BROKE HIM.[/i]~ 23:08:36
(( uh-oh 23:08:40
(( mindfang looking at a traumatized karkat, pulls out a second flask opens it and holds it out to karkat like you're gonna need this 23:09:01
[color=#000000]~I'm at a loss for fucking words.~ 23:09:04
[color=#000000]~I'm instructing Roxy to lock down my house.~ 23:09:32
(( goddamn 23:09:42
(( HE HAS HIS OWN HOUSE? 23:09:48
(( dave is now a prisoner 23:10:08
[color=#000000]~HE CAN'T BE ALONE RIGHT NOW. AND NOT IN SOME FUCKING GODAWFUL MANSION.~ 23:10:09
[color=#2B0057]GAMZEE: [omg bestie, u can feed me too..] 23:10:20
(( AND A FUCKING SPIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN IS BETTER? 23:10:26
((this wouldnt have happened if he got to be injected by vantas genes again </3 23:10:50
((my bad 23:11:00
(( its fine you also traumatized karkat 23:11:15
[color=#000000]~AT LEAST THERE I CAN FUCKING WATCH HIM EASILY AND IT WON'T BE A POTENTIAL PUBLIC DISASTER. DO WE NEED THE NEWS TO SNIFF THIS OUT?~ 23:11:28
(( ... okay i did NOT consider that part actually... 23:11:39
((yeah bro is gonna be shook this experience is definitely not be putting this bubble in a better light for him 23:11:46
[color=#000000]~[i]Oh my god--[/i]~ 23:11:50
((oh my god i was so distracted by the boypeta thirst i missed that eridan replied 23:12:04
(( its fine mindfang can handle karkat 23:12:11
((💀 23:12:15
((crazy 23:12:19
((wwell i wwas wworking on my unity stuff so 23:12:32
[color=#000000]~Fuck. Mindfang made the right move. At least SOMEONE is fucking sensible.~ 23:13:09
(( >:U don't look at me like that... 23:13:28
(( she wasn't happy about it at all 23:13:30
(tactical yap inbound 23:13:30
((uh oh 23:13:55
((HELP I JUST FOUND A RELIC OF A SONG 23:14:16
((i mean karkat was trying to comfort him in his defense 23:14:17
(( karkat going to have his own breakdown soon 23:15:01
[color=#000000]~Roxy is having to voidgrip hold him down he's literally about to bust through the walls like the Kool-aid man. And I don't like what I'm reading on his soul.~ 23:15:04
((god 23:15:12
(( mindfang is ready to deal with it 23:15:23
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: He was immediately and thoroughly shut up when Meulin forced that special friend cookie into his yapping mouth. He almost choked on it like he did the chips earlier, before begrudgingly chomping it down with narrowed eyes and folded arms. Almost like a tantruming child. Nomnomnom.. and then he swallows it down. "WHAT THE FUCK, MEULIN. MAYBE A LITTLE WARNING NEXT TIME? THAT IS UNLESS YOU'RE TRYING TO [i]DOUBLEKILL[/i] ME. THE COOKIE IS NICE, THOUGH. VERY TASTY."[br][i][/i][br]So how quickly, and how crazily, will it effect the unassuming crab? 23:15:44
[bgcolor=#e61515][color=black]KANKRI:[/color][/bgcolor] Well, that was a point to have, but Kankri wasn't sure what Porrim ascertained from Echidna- if she had even got that far given she was in her 'Hyper Rebellious Anti-Nurturer' Era. For as much as the jadeblood pestered him on his land, he probably should have tried ushering her further on her own, but that was neither here nor there anymore. Kankri sighed, a soft grind heard as his back rested against the frame of his chair, "If 9nly they were "practical j9kes"..." Damara was a tormented soul, Kankri really understood that much, but even so? What she was doing with her powers during the game? It made him shudder just thinking about it. But he would not elaborate far too much, "F9r the sake 9f 6revity, and 6ecause I d9 n9t wish t9 exactly speak the illest 9f a p9werful.... [i]acquaintance[/i], let us just call them... det9urs. 9f many varieties."[br] [br]Yes. That sums it up, nicely. Nice and amicable and AVOIDANT and derived of ANY OPENLY NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS because Kankri is a GOOD FRIEND and definitely NOT SCARED OF THINGS THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE. [i]WHO IS INSINUATING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH AN AFFILIATE OF DAMARA? UNTRUE! CRAZY TALK![/i] His focus is fully on Aradiabot, though, being given another vague gist of what happened within her session to cause her such dire straits in her actual living life.[br] [br] 23:16:21
"Yes, t99 many chefs c9uld ruin the dish.." what could he offer Aradiabot? Not much in the ways of advice- not without having the full-picture; he could get it, but he doesn't want to overstep his bounds with this new Aradia. Solace is the best he has. "Revenge certainly claims a certain snare ar9und 9thers when they're within the thr9es 9f... 9verwhelming adversity. I recall this st9ry, in parts, and while I d9 n9t c9nd9ne such f9rce 6eing an enacted... I als9 d9 n9t c9ndemn y9ur acti9ns. A l9t was 6eing f9rced up9n y9u- n9t just in a game sense, [i]pers9nally.[/i] N9t as if [i]I[/i] c9uld h9ld y9u t9 any 9ne m9ral, 6ut even if I d9n't agree with the sentiments, I agree that y9u did what y9u a6s9lutely had t9. Even if it was dyed 6y pers9nal reas9ning, ultimately, it was pr96a6ly justified in the m9ment f9r a pleth9ra 9f reas9ns 6ey9nd y9ur 9wn. Even if it did n9t stick." 23:16:24
((oh boy the wweed cookie 23:17:28
(you dastardly FIEND 23:17:40
(THATS HIS SONBROTHER >:U WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HIS BOY, THATS HIS BOY 23:18:02
((i cant wait for knightkri to return and find karkat high 23:18:06
((karkat fucking tripping balls off that beforus wweed 23:18:21
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [this edible aint shi] 23:18:42
[url=https://imgur.com/a/roxylalonde-zxvj0][color=#ff6ff2]ROXY:[/url] [color=#ff6ff2] Honestly if equius asked she’d allow him to do the same thing, the only reason she let gamzee do it was literally because he asked. Though she was popping food in her mouth ignoring the extra chaos that was ensuing for now, damn she was hungry. She needs to remember she’s physically there and has to eat. Watching them play rainbow road was actually really interesting, she was actually impressed by how well the two trolls were doing against brobot. 23:19:42
(( one karkat covered in blood and another karkat tripping balls 23:20:05
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[color=#000000]~Yeah I think your 'break him to fix him' angle isn't going to fucking work. Oh. Look at that. He's making threats. Guess who the threats are towards? Hint: Not at me or Roxy. I love it here. I really do. This is so fucking wonderful. Thank you. I now have to split my narrative presence along with my physical. I am ACTUALLY going to have to split my squidSelf.~ 23:21:03
(( in my defense i did it for the vine 23:21:33
[color=#000000]~THAT-- YOU-- I'm eating you.~ 23:21:50
[color=#000000]~You're first.~ 23:21:57
((no narrator u cant vore people.. 23:22:25
(( HAHAHA??? oh lookie im gonna...... go hide! :U 23:22:25
([color=grey]"This edible aint shi-"[/color] "WAIT KARKAT DON'T SAY IT-" *flashbang* [color=grey]*Highkat strung out on the floor, covered in 7 lbs of yogurt, ice cream, and sauce* 23:22:36
(([url=https://64.media.tumblr.com/aa478b2fa9ccbdcc0eb6a67fc3db802b/b30eb10db37f9f78-db/s2048x3072/0baa8c14848be6080fb0710aaca09ff8dddf466e.png]equius rn[/url] 23:23:49
((took me a bit to find that 23:24:12
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(([url=https://64.media.tumblr.com/1f39f7be28ffe8de0ddc0b9097d70219/bad9afde5a788bce-72/s2048x3072/d9225bb5442d65ebad523b5e7feb6e1758225b00.png]was looking for this though lol[/url] 23:24:55
my post is written but am i waiting for a brobot post or no 23:25:19
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[url=https://imgur.com/a/WlQUr][color=#416600]MEULIN:[/url] [color=#416600] She will take note of making it known next time she shoves food into karkats mouth, even if it’s considered unexpected. (=^ェ^=) < “ALRIGHT, THEN NO COOKIE FOR YOU, THOUGH I WOULDN’T LEAVE JUST YET ERIDAN IT’S ABOUT TO GET REALLY FUN SOON.” she would finally eat her own cookie making the one cookie she had left alone, she wonders if someone else will eat it at some point. She will captchalogue the cookie for now. “WELL KARKAT I WOULD FIND A NICE SPOT TO SIT DOWN, YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE VERY HIGH IN POSSIBLY 5 MINUTES OR LESS!!!” 23:30:21
((givve it to kankri 23:33:42
((right fucking noww 23:33:47
(( getting him high a second time 23:34:24
(>:U DONT DO THIS TO HIM 23:35:18
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [I'm pissing rn u cant be serious] 23:36:05
((ive had a bad high off edibles before i cant wait to use my first-person knowledge 23:36:37
((aradia seeing her hand kankri a cookie and shes just like "dont eat that" 23:36:41
((cracks my fingers 23:36:45
((GOD 23:36:50
(( i have always had good experiences when high 23:36:55
((ive never done edibles but i cant fuck w weed anymore 23:37:07
((i either cant get high or i get too high so i just stopped trying 23:37:10
((hit a dab too hard once and started having convulsions it traumatized me 23:37:19
(( getting high is the only thing i had left and now i cant do it anymore 23:37:38
((i didnt have convulsions but i threw up four times in quick succession 23:37:41
((i remember getting really giggly wwhen i had wweed last 23:37:46
((BIG POST COMING 23:37:57
[url=https://imgur.com/a/karkat-vantas-dayfZ67][color=#626262][u]KARKAT[/u]:[/url][color=#626262] Everything that Dave was saying sounded like gibberish to Karkat, none of it really made any sense. There was no way for him to even try to connect Dave’s words to anything, after all. But despite it all, there was one thing he could say. “HEY. NOBODY DESERVES TO SUFFER.” He certainly had more to say on that, even if he didn’t know exactly what happened, he truly believed that. Nobody other than maybe himself, that is. Karkat wasn’t even knitting in backhanded insults. Even amidst getting covered in Dave’s blood, his main focus was trying to console him and just let him get whatever he needed off of his chest.[br] [br] 23:38:05
[color=#626262]He didn’t care how absolutely abhorrent this display was, only that there was the possibility that he could actually help him calm down. His embrace around Dave was warm, exuding that odd comfort that Karkat seemed to just innately have. Karkat had never once had someone touch him in such a caring way before, and that was enough for him to gather that there had to have been something between Dave and some other iteration of himself. That was certainly something he never would have expected, but… With how much affection he saw in Dave’s eyes, in his careful caress, he couldn’t find it in himself to find that idea repulsive. In some fucked up way, maybe he was glad that Dave was able to find that kind of comfort in someone like him. His eyes shined against the light, still full of life unlike so many other dead Karkats.[br] [br] However, that touching moment didn’t last long. Karkat was able to hear Mindfang speak, and it was obvious that she was the source of Dave’s sudden panic. “WAIT- WAIT, HOLD ON!-” But it was too late. He knew better than anybody that there was no stopping a Serket, especially once she decided to use her powers for something.[br] [br] 23:38:06
[color=#626262]And Dave was gone, just like that. Karkat sat there in the torn up patch of dirt, soaked in somebody else’s blood and tears. It wasn’t like he could just wake himself up to go check on Dave. That wasn’t [i]his[/i] Dave. Suddenly, he realized how badly he was shaking, albeit he couldn’t even tell if it was from anger or from the shock of it all. He looked at his hands, covered in smears of red blood, simply staring for at least a solid minute before letting out a loud shout. “WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM! HE CLEARLY NEEDS SOMEONE TO BE THERE FOR HIM! WHAT IF HE WAKES UP AND HE’S ALL BY HIMSELF?! WHAT IF THERE’S NOBODY AROUND TO MAKE SURE HE’S ALRIGHT! GOD, YOU SERKETS ARE JUST SO- SO! UGH! GODDAMMIT!” He couldn’t even make sense of what he was trying to say. It wasn’t like Mindfang did it just to separate them. Karkat hadn’t even noticed that he, too, had started crying, streams of red dripping from his face. 23:38:11
((done 23:38:14
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(( OUGH... 23:40:55
[color=#2B0057]GAMZEE: Haha.. relatively easy-going time he says.. that is not the case. They are now in RAINBOW HELL. And yet as the race starts and they enter into the first minute played on the track, Gamzee has only driven off the course once learning the controls.. and he's actually [i]gaming[/i]. He doesn't act like he's locked in though, as he accidentally hits a clean drift and falls into a shortcut as he reaches for another Pig with his face. "hey, sis. load a brother up with another one?" 23:41:01
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[url=https://imgur.com/a/brobot-ZqZl9Bw][color=#b00606]BROBOT:[/url][color=#b00606] Needless to say, Brobot was shockingly good at playing games. It’s like a bot on extreme difficulty was playing. He was hitting every perfect drift, hitting all the jump poses, everything. Brobot was a gamebot. There were several symbols flashing across the screens of his sunglasses, making it obvious to onlookers that he was quite locked in. It didn’t seem like he was paying too much mind to what was going on with the trolls and Roxy, perhaps he simply didn’t care too much. 23:43:50
[url=https://imgur.com/a/eridan-ampora-n572hKH][color=#6A006A]ERIDAN:[/url][color=#6A006A] For a moment, he was almost filled with enough relief that he could’ve collapsed right there, but he wouldn’t. Eridan stood staring blankly at Meulin and Karkat, the corners of his mouth forming into a frown as he held in the urge to laugh at Karkat’s misfortune. This is why you don’t accept food from random trolls. He would [url=https://media1.tenor.com/m/ZdvY1oM11ZgAAAAd/speed-laugh-speed-smile.gif]close his eyes to compose himself for a second[/url] so he wouldn’t make a fool of himself before offering the couch that he was previously sitting in to Karkat. “youre gonna need this more than i wwill kar” 23:44:17
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((not the fucking meme help 23:45:35
((:3 23:45:52
((brb 23:46:01
(Kankri isnt around and Karkats are just ASSAILED left and right, he'd be in shambles rn 23:46:47
[color=#4b4b4b]KARKAT: [insert 'I'm going to die' spiderman meme] 23:47:52
(( its fine mindfang can deal with the living karkat 23:47:52
(>:u he does not trust her, even if there IS a secret cookie in his gift bag that he has yet to see 23:48:20
((mrs meulin i dont feel so good 23:48:41
(( LMAO 23:48:46
EQUIUS: As much as Equius might want to, he's not going to ask Roxy to hand-feed him. He must keep up the image of a serious and refined nobleman, and that means no larping as a hoofbeast in the middle of a party. His eyes are locked on the screen. As the race progresses, it becomes more and more clear that he had underestimated how difficult traversing this colorful track would be. He falls off an embarrassing number of times, and feels sort of bad for subjecting Rosalina to this indignity, even if she's just a mindless digital avatar. He grips the gamepad tighter and accidentally snaps the control stick under his thumb. "D --> Gosh fiddling darn it" 23:53:03
(<YOU DRUGGED MY DESCENDANT?????> [color=#416600]"First of all, do not mime angrily at me, we both know how that ends. Secondly, you're both REALLY related- crabby high-strung disposition and all! He even makes the dopey laugh you made when YOU were high! ( =＾ω＾)" 23:53:18