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[8rutal.livejournal.com]

Alright, I've got a question for all of you. I mean, if we're doing interesting life story time, why not! [ Subtle dig at Karkat? No, never. ]

How many of you are deeeeeeeead? ::::) Come on, don't 8e shy. Apparently there's more than one dead person here, so you're in good company! I guess. If you count 8eing dead as a "good" thing! Hahahaha.

[ She is, of course, not referring to herself. The flippant and dismissive tone, even in text, makes that quite clear. As if it would be inconceivable for she herself to be among that number. And well, technically, according to her own personal timeline, she isn't dead. She simply will be, would be, very shortly.

But that will go unsaid. If anyone pries, all they will get is deflection. ]

I want to hear all the so8 stories. I 8et they're gr8. And I could use a way to entertain myself in this stupid, 8oring, lifeless city.

( Filtered to Kanaya )

... hey, fussyfangs. We need to talk.

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[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

[She's almost about to sympathize - familiar? - but then she's being questioned and insulted for saving the world and she finally snaps. Before she can think, she's switched to voice and lets out a shrill, hysterical shriek.]

What is wrong with you?!

((ooc: is a threadjack okay? a friend or two would like to peek in and calm her down.))

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

(ooc; yes sure!! absolutely, go for it :D)

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

It's not pathetic to mourn someone. It just means you have people you care about. Don't you care about anyone?

[moribundity]

[ Minato's been watching this for a while, growing more and more concerned with each passing comment.

Hearing her snap like that... it's understandable, given what he knows about what she's been through and how rude this blue text person is being.

Still, there's no use getting angry over it. He turns on the voice function. ]

Nakama-chan...? [ He's quiet and calm as ever, but also intensely sympathetic. ]

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

[It takes her a minute, in the state she's in, but eventually she recognises the voice. The boy who also struggled with making friends. What's his name...?]

Minato? [She's on a razor-fine edge of control, obviously ready to break again at any moment, but in misery rather than anger.] I - I'm okay - I shouldn't have -

[moribundity]

It's okay to be mad.

[ Seriously, it is. But screaming about it and arguing with someone who clearly isn't listening or understanding is just a waste of energy. ]

I just don't think it's a good idea to feed the troll. This person isn't listening. You'll just tire yourself out.

[ Note that he's using the internet slang. He has... no idea this is an actual troll... ]

threadjacking the threadjack...

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[ Feed the troll indeed... ]

let's go deeper...

[moribundity]

Then it's even more appropriate.

thread ... ception.

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[moribundity]

I'm not meddling. I'm helping.

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[moribundity]

What makes you so sure she hasn't stepped up before? It was hard and all you're doing is mocking her for it.

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

I-!'ve made people understand before, and if... if I just leave it, she'll be like this to other people... if I can make it stop...

[moribundity]

Getting angry and emotional isn't making her think better of you. [ And he's sorry for that. He really is. But sometimes people are jerks. There's a soft sigh on the other line. ] Explain it to me, instead. Maybe it'll help.

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

I couldn't - I couldn't help it, I just -

[Her voice catches, and there are sounds of crying on the other end, though she's obviously trying to muffle them with her hand.]

I'm okay. I'm alright, I'll just - I'll stop now.

[moribundity]

[ Oh, no.

There's only one thing he can do now. ]

Shh... I'll come see you. It's okay. [ It's a good thing they only live two floors away from each other. He'll be there quick. ]

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

You don't have to do that, really - ! [She sounds a bit panicky. She can't trouble other people just because she let some bully get to her.]

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[ She notices the assist. For now, she's ignoring it, wondering how much further she can get needling this chick. Seems like there's quite a history here... ]

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

You - you're just a bully. You like saying things to shock people or make people upset, because then you get to laugh at them for it. Like you've never felt pain in your life. But you know what? I don't have to put up with people like you anymore.

[She's glad it's not video, because her whole body is trembling dangerously after this speech. It's the first time she's verbally stood up for herself rather than just lashing out physically, and she has a horrible feeling it's going to make things worse. But it's her right. She has every right to do this.]

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[ Never felt pain in her life?

Hm.

An image flashes across her mind, of Terezi's back as the other troll walks away, a final and utterly damning rejection -- but this goes unmentioned. It's a good thing indeed they're not on video - or Nakama might have gotten to see her brief frown, and that would just not do. ]

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

I know that. I know that better than you could ever realize. [Darkly.] But I'm not letting you get to me anymore. I don't deserve that. No one does.

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

That's not how you make people strong. You support them, and teach them to think for themselves. Being mean just beats them down and makes them too scared to trust themselves.

[8rutal.livejournal.com]

[ Vriska's only concession is a slight pause before she answers that.

But she's probably never going to get it, so she just disregards that as typical weakling drivel. ]



(ooc; ps if you guys want to keep that minato/nakama thread going be my guest :) i totally don't mind!)

[agoodfamily.livejournal.com]

((ooc: we moved to a log. but thank you! <3))

I... [She's talked to Minato by now, and she thinks maybe he's right.]

... I can't talk to you anymore.