crab: (our bloody handprints)
karkat vantrash ([personal profile] crab) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowl2012-03-11 02:54 am

second carcino ♋ text ♋ backdated to feelings jam. (the 8th)

[ transcript for those who don't want to wade through capslock courier. ]

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING FUNNY?
I MEAN, SIDE SPLITTINGLY HILARIOUS.
BRACE YOURSELVES AND TRY NOT TO HAVE A SEIZURE ON ACCOUNT OF HOW FUCKING FUNNY THIS IS OK.
I CREATED A UNIVERSE.
WELL, MY FRIENDS AND I DID.
AMAZING, RIGHT?
IN FACT IT WAS PRETTY DAMN SIMILAR TO THIS ONE.
THE UNIVERSE WE CREATED HAD A VERSION OF "EARTH", TOO, WHICH LEADS ME TO QUESTION HOW THIS ONE EVER CAME INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT OUR INTERFERENCE, BUT I DIGRESS
I'M PRETTY MUCH A GOD.
HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THAT!
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR REWARD. TO ENTER THE UNIVERSE WE MADE AND INHABIT OUR PARADISE PLANET.
THAT'S THIS ONE.
AND RULE OVER IT.
THIS WAS OUR PRIZE. THE ONE I'D LED US THROUGH A SIX HUNDRED HOUR CAMPAIGN OF GAMEPLAY TO WIN.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT I GAVE IT?
WHAT I INFECTED THIS ULTIMATE REWARD WITH?
CANCER.
I GAVE
AN ENTIRE
UNIVERSE
CANCER.
HA HA HA.
YEAH.
AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE HALF OF IT, NO.
THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING OF MY STELLAR LEADERSHIP CAREER.
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE? OF COURSE YOU DO. WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE DEGRADATION OF MY REMAINING SANITY AND SELF RESPECT! IT'S A GODDAMN SPECTACLE, I SHOULD BE SELLING TICKETS TO SEE THIS SHIT.
I'LL TELL YOU.
WE WERE BARRED FROM ENTRY TO THIS CANCER-RIDDEN "PRIZE" BY THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE DISEASE ITSELF.
WE HAD TO HIDE OUT IN SOME GODFORSAKEN LAB ON SOME GODFORSAKEN METEOR.
LONG STORY SHORT, WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THIS UNIVERSE WE CREATED. HUMANS. THAT'S YOU.
NOW, ME BEING THE HOTSHOT EXAMPLE OF MATURITY AND DISCIPLINE I AM, I IMMEDIATELY SET UP A LASER GUIDED ATTACK ON SAID HUMANS' SELF ESTEEM.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THEIR FAULT WE'D BEEN DENIED OUR REWARD. AND THAT WE WERE ALSO ALL GOING TO DIE.
WHILE I WAS MERCILESSLY WRECKING THESE SQUISHY FLESH SACKS' HUMAN SHIT IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY THAT TERRIBLE.
TURNS OUT I WAS THE TERRIBLE ONE ALL ALONG.
IN FACT IT'S HARD TO CONVEY JUST HOW TERRIBLE.
FUCK.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING THEN
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT AM I EVEN SAYING HERE. WHY AM I DOING THIS.
IT'S SO FUCKING POINTLESS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HAPPENED, WHILE I WAS BEING AN UNMITIGATED DOUCHESUCK TO A BUNCH OF ALIENS?
TROLLS DIED.
MY FRIENDS DIED.
WHILE I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED LIKE AN IDIOT
I JUST
I FROZE UP. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. IT WAS SO FUCKING FAST.
IN FACT IF I HAD TRIED TO STOP HIM HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME TOO.
BUT BECAUSE I WAS A USELESS SACK OF SHIT I SURVIVED.
AND
ONE OF THEM DID COME BACK.
I'M STILL NOT SURE HOW. BUT SHE DID. AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF SHE HADN'T.
BUT THE OTHER DIDN'T. AND I
IF I'D JUST
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WASN'T IT EITHER.
WHILE I'D HAD MY BACK FIGURATIVELY TURNED ANOTHER OF US
WELL
HE WENT CRAZY. INSANE. HE FUCKING LOST IT. AND WHEN MY SPECIES GOES CANKERPLANK PUSLOOPS WHAT WE TEND TO DO IS START MURDERING EACH OTHER.
AND MAYBE IF I'D PAID ATTENTION TO HIM TO BEGIN WITH INSTEAD OF MY OWN RIDICULOUS HORSESHIT I COULD HAVE PREVENTED WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
BUT AGAIN
BECAUSE I APPARENTLY DON'T LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF MY PAST SELF, NOW MATTER HOW UNFORGIVABLE
I FROZE UP.
I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. I GOT SCARED, OK.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SCARED OF ANYTHING OR ANYONE ELSE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL BE AGAIN.
SO I FLAKED OUT
I TOLD SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX IT FOR ME.
I TOLD THEM TO KILL HIM FOR ME.
WHICH I WISH I COULD SAY IS THE STUPIDEST DECISION I'VE EVER MADE, AND IT'S FUCKING DEPRESSING AS HELL TO KNOW THAT THAT WASN'T.
BECAUSE THAT WAS INCREDIBLY STUPID.
I SENT HIM TO DIE.
BASICALLY.
AND
SOMEONE ELSE TOO.
BOTH OF THEM DIED BECAUSE OF ME.
I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE KILLED THEM MYSELF.
PEOPLE DIED WHILE I SHAT AROUND AVOIDING MY FEELINGS LIKE A SLOPSPINED WRIGGLER.
AS IF THAT WAS A NEW THING.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I DO BEST!
IN THE END I DID WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE TO START WITH.
I DON'T THINK YOU'D GET IT SO I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER EXPLAINING.
IT'S A TROLL THING.
AND I'M GLAD I DID IT.
BUT
I SHOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LESS OF A WORTHLESS ASSMONGER OF A COWARD.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY SHOULD HAVE DONE?
I SHOULD HAVE LET TEREZI BE THE LEADER.
THERE
THAT'S THE JOKE.
I'M A FAILURE AT EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH
I'VE LET DOWN EVERYONE I EVER HAD THE SMALLEST SLIVER OF RESPECT FOR
I'M THE REASON FOR THE DEATH OF AN ENTIRE UNIVERSE AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE I ACTUALLY GAVE A SHIT ABOUT.
HA HA.
I
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ANYMORE.
I'M DONE.
MEMO OVER I GUESS.












I'M SORRY.


[ karkat will default to replying in text for this post. please say so if you want me to switch to voice for your character. ]
somethinglawful: terezi drubbing vriska with her cane (drubs drubs drubs drubs)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-04 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
That's not going to happen.

[she says it with dead seriousness.]

I'm going to make sure that it doesn't.
glowsferatu: smile (No Im Not Entirely Pleased With This)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-04 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
And what if it's something entirely beyond what you could hope to effect? Not as a result of any negligence or shortage on your part, just...that the amount of effort necessary is entirely beyond what anyone could possibly accomplish?

[ ie. what if she's just as bad as she's always suspected gamzee of being ]
somethinglawful: terezi looks over her shoulder at the viewer while flipping a coin (flips you off)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-04 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not going to be true. [so firm.] And even if it was I'd still keep trying, because you're my moirail and that makes you my responsibility!
glowsferatu: smile (Default)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-04 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It can be very dangerous to moirail oneself to a monster.

[ the whole blood donation thing earlier that morning hadn't really eased this impression at all ]
glowsferatu: smile (Must I Really Meddle Further)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-13 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I just...don't want you to ultimately come to harm as a result of our arrangement.
somethinglawful: terezi bundled up for winter weather yep (measure your life in love)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-13 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
And I don't want you to ditch me because you think it's in my best interest!
glowsferatu: sad (Everythings Fine I Promise)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-14 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't...I don't want to ditch you. I need you.

I just don't expect my needs are fair to hoist upon you.
somethinglawful: terezi drubbing vriska with her cane (drubs drubs drubs drubs)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-18 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Kanayaaaaa! That's my job. It's what a moirail is supposed to do. So maybe we should talk about why you think I shouldn't be taking care of your needs.
glowsferatu: smile (I Need Not To Need)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-19 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
You'll only fuss if I do.
somethinglawful: terezi cradling dave's face in her hands (facesmushing)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-19 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you need to be fussed over.
glowsferatu: sad, wait (pic#3510758)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-20 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
And given your certain disagreement, there would be little point in my expressing a sentiment which would surely be considered false.
somethinglawful: terezi chewing thoughtfully on her glasses (worry worry fuss fuss)

[personal profile] somethinglawful 2012-05-23 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I just want you to be happy.
glowsferatu: smile (Never Had No One Ever)

[personal profile] glowsferatu 2012-05-24 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
And I'm afraid I can't promise that.