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[cancerass]

[The feed cuts in at the Heimdall Welcome Hall, and a troll that may be familiar to several individuals appears on the screen.]




WELP.

THIS SURE IS GREAT.

I LOVE BEING UPROOTED FROM ONE SHITTY SITUATION TO ANOTHER, MORE ASININE ONE. MOST DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE THING IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. ASK ANYONE.

SO, WHAT? I GUESS I LIVE HERE NOW?? WHATEVER. I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING HELLO TO EVERYBODY, BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

[Karkat probably doesn't have time to actually say anything because there's suddenly a shout.] Karkat? Karkat! [The video feed is probably a blur of motion with lots of greys, blacks, and reds. There's a face that hasn't been around recently. Aradia has bounded over to Karkat and is basically invading all his personal space.]

When did you get here? Have you talked to Sollux or anyone else? A lot of our friends are here you know! You have to tell me what point of the timeline you're from.

[Aradia had lost her bracelet and is pretty much oblivious to what's been happening as of late.] I guess we got here at the same time! I mean I was here earlier but I lost my bracelet hehe.

ARADIA, STOP. I ONLY GOT LIKE HALF OF THAT--

HANG ON.

[The feed is cut.]


(( Grey is Karkat, Red is Aradia.))

Comments

[text]

[cancerass]

OH GOOD. FANTASTIC.
WHAT EXCELLENT NEWS.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

You're welcome.

I'm Edogawa Conan, by the way. The first time round, I lived on the floor above you in Hel.

[text]

[cancerass]

OK.
WHAT'S HEL? ANOTHER ONE OF THESE HIVE THINGS?

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Assuming by 'hive' you're referring to the Welcome Halls, then yes. You've been sent somewhere different?

[text]

[cancerass]

APPARENTLY.
IS THAT JUST A THING THEY DO? SEND YOU TO A DIFFERENT PLACE EACH TIME?

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

It happens occasionally, but not every time.

So where is Karkat-san now?

[text]

[cancerass]

HEIMDALL, APPARENTLY.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

[That is ... a big shift.]

Huh. That's pretty interesting! Heimdall's pretty cool though.

[text]

[cancerass]

OH YEAH?

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Heimdall's a cool house. I have a lot of friends there.

[text]

[cancerass]

COOL.
I'M GUESSING I'LL END UP MEETING THEM IF WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME HIVE.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Quite possibly.

Ne, you've got a lot of people from your world here too.

Re: [text]

[cancerass]

I'VE NOTICED. IT'S LIKE I CAN'T STOP RUNNING INTO THEM.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

At least you should get caught up on this place pretty quickly.

[text]

[cancerass]

I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD REALLY CALL THAT A BENEFIT.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

You'd prefer not to know?

[text]

[cancerass]

IT'S MORE LIKE I DON'T CARE, I GUESS.
OK
SO I DO SORT OF CARE. IT'S JUST NOT THE BIGGEST THING ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I'LL GET ALL THE INFO I NEED FROM THEM.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Karkat-san has important business to take care of back home?

[text]

[cancerass]

YEAH. IT'S SORT OF A LONG STORY THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE ENOUGH TO SPILL TO AN ENTIRE NETWORK.

IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS THIS ONE, ONLY WITH MORE WAITING.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

Bad news on the waiting front.

[text]

[cancerass]

I'D BE LYING IF I SAID I WAS SURPRISED.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

You really have done this before! Well, you'll get the hang of Asgard without any trouble then.

[text]

[cancerass]

WAITING TO FIGHT UNKILLABLE GODS HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN MY LIFE FOR THE PAST SWEEP OR SO.
LIKE I SAID THIS DOESN'T SEEM THAT DIFFERENT.

[text]

[holmes_fanatic]

What's the story with your unkillable gods back home?

[text]

[cancerass]

IT'S A PRETTY LONG ONE, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE WHOLE THING.
THERE'S THIS GUY OUT THERE WHO CAN APPARENTLY KILL GHOSTS, AND NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW TO BEAT HIM.
WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO GET TOGETHER AND STOP HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE HELL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN WE'LL STILL TRY.
BUT YEAH.