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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

[nukeoleptic]

[ sorry she can't help this: ]

HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE!

[cancerass]

OH. GOOD FOR HIM I GUESS?

DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD POWER, BUT OKAY.

[nukeoleptic]

IT MOSTLY DEPENDS ON WHETHER--

Jesus Christ, Karkat, how is your throat not sore all the time?

[cancerass]

[Who says it isn't?]

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WANTED TO SWITCH TO VIDEO.

[nukeoleptic]

You're in Heimdall, right? Are you at your welcome house now?

[ do you see her putting her coat on :D ]

[cancerass]

[Oh god.]

YEAH, I'M AT THE WELCOME HOUSE.

[nukeoleptic]

WHAT WAS THAT?? I CAN'T HEAR THINGS OVER CERTAIN DECIBELS!

[cancerass]

OH, I BET YOU THINK YOU'RE SO HILARIOUS.

MY SIDES. I THINK YOU'VE BRUISED MY SIDES FROM ALL THIS LAUGHTER I AM OBVIOUSLY EXUDING

[nukeoleptic]

Hehehehe. But seriously, which room are you in? I'm coming over.

[cancerass]

207, ACCORDING TO THE INFO.

[Right he should probably...go to his room...oops.]

[nukeoleptic]

I'll be there in ten!

[cancerass]

GREAT.

[It is. Really. He'll be there in three.]

[nukeoleptic]

[ and seven minutes after he gets there, there will be much knocking on his door ]

[cancerass]

[And he will answer that door. To Jade. In the flesh.]

HEY.

[nukeoleptic]

Hey.

[ She's smiling widely-- she has a houseplant in her hands. ]

I brought you a warming gift.

[cancerass]

[Oh, a gift. He guesses he should just take it?]

THANKS, I THINK.

COME ON IN.

[nukeoleptic]

[ She hadn't exactly been expecting an invite in, but she ducks into his room anyway, moving immediately to put the plant on the windowsill. ]

Make sure you water it every morning. Just a little.

[cancerass]

SURE. DOESN'T SOUND TOO HARD.

[If he can tell morning from night at any given time.]

[nukeoleptic]

-- well. Okay! Um.

[ .. this is awkward. ]

Welcome to Asgard.

[cancerass]

...THANKS. I THINK.

TO BE HONEST THE ONLY THING I FEEL IS DIFFERENT IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND.

[nukeoleptic]

[ She claps her hands over her ears. ]

Shhhhhh.

[cancerass]

...REALLY?

Fine, if you're going to be such a wriggler about it!

I guess those ears do make your hearing more sensitive. Talk about a stupid disadvantage.

[nukeoleptic]

I think it's kind of neat.

[ Her ears wiggle, just a bit. ]

I can hear when people are telling secrets about me.

[cancerass]

OH.

That's...great?

[He wasn't sure how sincere he was being about that.]

So I guess that's something that happens a lot if you brought it up.

[nukeoleptic]

.. not really, actually! Haha, um, wow, this is actually super awkward. How's the meteor?