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[crab]

THERE ARE SOME ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
TO EXPLORE, IF YOU WILL.
EVEN DISCUSS, WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
ALLOW ME TO PRESENT MY GRIEVANCES:
WHAT THE FUCK IS *WRONG* WITH YOU GUYS?
WHAT HAS EVEN BEEN *HAPPENING*?
ARE YOU ALL INSANE? YES, YOU ARE. YOU ARE INSANE. I AM SURROUNDED BY PSYCHOPATHS.
I NEED NEW FRIENDS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE BEST IDEA I'VE EVER HAD.
FRIENDSHIP POSITIONS OPEN. REQUIREMENTS: NOT BEING A MURDER-HAPPY, REVENGE-OBSESSED PYSCHO WHOSE IDEA OF RESOLVING A SITUATION IS IN ACTUALITY MAKING EVERYTHING A SOLID BILLION TIMES WORSE.

Comments

[somethinglawful]

WOW 1TS GOOD TO KNOW YOUR3 ST1LL TOT4LLY FL1PP4NT 4BOUT P3OPL3 MURD3R1NG OTH3R P3OPL3

[wow terezi this is probably not a can of worms you want to open right now "i'm glad you're back" would have been just fine here]

[crab]

WOW IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU'RE STILL A PROFESSIONAL DEALER OF LOW BLOWS AT THE WORST OF TIMES.
GREAT JOB.
THAT ONE WAS ESPECIALLY UNDERHANDED.
GO ON, HIT ME WITH ANOTHER ONE.
I ABSOLUTELY THRIVE ON YOUR SEARING BURNS.
GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT.
REMEMBER TO AIM FOR THE SOFT PARTS.

[ karkat now is... not the time... ]

lmao can these two get along for five seconds...

[somethinglawful]

UGH WHY DO 1 3V3N BOTH3R W1TH YOU
YOU W4NT 4 S1CK BURN??
1 THOUGHT 1 WOULD B3 H4PPY 1F YOU C4M3 B4CK
GU3SS 1 W4S WRONG 4BOUT TH4T ON3

why are they compelled to hurt each other in the feelings 1/2

[crab]

[crab]

OK
OK FINE.
NEXT TIME I GET HORRIBLY AND PAINFULLY MURDERED
I'LL MAKE SURE TO STAY DEAD.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, TEREZI.
I WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.
SINCE IT WOULD MAKE YOU SO HAPPY.

it's like the world's stupidest compulsion

[somethinglawful]

GR34T WHY DONT YOU DO TH4T TH3N

[crab]

[ he's never going to let on just how much that hurt. ]

HOW ABOUT WE MEET UP AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR STUPID BLADE THROUGH MY BACK LIKE YOU SO DEARLY WANT TO.

[ so he's just going to do his best to hurt her as well. ]

[somethinglawful]

[she stare at this message for like five minutes and can't think of anything to say in return. so she just...doesn't.....

THIS CONVERSATION SURE DID GO WELL.]

[glowsferatu]

[ she comes across this a little late, too caught up in her own arguments, but the nasty direction this one had taken was a little disheartening. ]

Might I Politely Request That We Please Not

[crab]

TOO LATE.
WE ALREADY HAVE.

[glowsferatu]

So I Noticed
But Perhaps We Could Leave It There For Now
Both Of You To Your Respective Corners To Discuss This Matter Calmly
Or At Least Separately
And Then Some Resolution Can Be Reached Once The Emotions Are No Longer So Raw

[crab]

OH NO KANAYA.
EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
COULDN'T BE BETTER.
I'M COMPLETELY CALM. I AM A CAREFULLY CONTAINED VESSEL OF ZEN AND TRANQUILITY.
I'M ON MY WAY TO COMMISSION KHISANTH TO DEVOUR ME AS WE SPEAK.
BECAUSE I AM SO CONSIDERATE.
EATEN BY A DRAGON, WHAT A KICK SHE'LL GET OUT OF THAT ONE!

[glowsferatu]

Karkat Please I Meant It Genuinely
You Know Very Well That Isnt What She Wants

[crab]

I KNOW THAT, DO I?
I WASN'T INFORMED OF THIS.
DO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THINGS I KNOW.

[somethinglawful]

[it's likely another five minutes before she responds to this one.]

1S TH1S YOUR W4Y OF T3LL1NG M3 TO SHOOSH

[glowsferatu]

That Is Certainly The Most Direct Manner In Which It Could Be Considered

[somethinglawful]

OK

[...yeah, that's all she gets. surely by now she is used to mostly-just-cries-and-sleeps-terezi.]

[glowsferatu]

[ SHE IS GETTING KIND OF TIRED OF AND OVERLY WORRIED FOR THAT TEREZI. especially since karkat isn't even dead anymore, come on girl.

so she gets up and just kind of leans against the doorjam to terezi's room. ]

[somethinglawful]

[well on the bright side she is not really crying, she is just...sitting. sadly. on her scalemate pile.

every now and then she shifts her weight and a mutilated scalemate squeaks disconsolately. it is a sad sight.]

ACTION

[caprihorn]

[Wow, no, as soon as he sees this he moves through the house to find Karkat.

As soon as he sees him it's:]

_Honk.

[And then a quick move to gently wrap his arms around Karkat and pull him close.]

[crab]

[ sorry, gamzee, but karkat's immediate reaction to comfort is to pull away. perhaps a little more violently than he intended, but. he is not in a very good emotional state at this moment! ]

[caprihorn]

[Frowning and looking a little hurt at that, but he'll keep trying to keep calm himself.]

Bro, you're not on deserving the noise she made at you. _{Ain't even close to it.}

[Trying to reach a hand out to comfort him.]

[crab]

Whatever. I don't even care. So she wants me dead! So what. I couldn't give less of a fuck.

[ he's... not going to take that hand. he's going to push it away. ):B ]

[caprihorn]

Karkat she was an important motherfuck for yourself. _{Don't pretend she ain't hurting you} and don't all get to thinking I don't notice shit with you.

[He's not reaching now but he'll try again in a bit. It's a little hard not to though and he's getting slightly angry since a) his moirail is in pain and b) he's being rejected in attempts to comfort.

So, maybe the next words out of his mouth shouldn't be too surprising.]

_{Do you want her hurt?}

[crab]

You sure as fuck didn't take any notice of what I would have wanted when I was dead. Oh, yeah, that's right. You only notice what you want to notice. The fact that your moirail wouldn't want you to kill or maim anybody? Well now that's just inconvenient isn't it. We'll ignore that part. It isn't like it's an integral part of our relationship, isn't it. And if you don't know whether I'd want her hurt or not, maybe you should leave me alone.

[ karkat no stop you are angry and hurt this is a bad thing you are doing. ]