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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.

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[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.

[glowsferatu]

You Are Most Certainly Aware That The Both Of You Are Especially Prone To Hyperbolic Statements And Hasty Attempts To Cut Into Another
Often Without Any Mind To The Effect Such A Reply May Have
If You Do Not Know This Much Than You Have Paid A Painfully Small Value Of Attention

[crab]

I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE SO PRIVY TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF MY PSYCHE.

[ except she is right.

he also knows that he is being an extraordinary douche and embarrassment to himself right now and he's going to have to apologize to kanaya after this. probably repeatedly. with various descriptive expletives directed at his past self. ]

[glowsferatu]

Ive Witnessed Such Tendencies On Enough Occasions That Id Like To Think Ive Developed Some Familiarity With The Processes Behind Them At Least

[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.]

[glowsferatu]

[ the silence is too uncomfortable, kanaya can't let it linger any longer. ]

That may not have been the wisest greeting.

[somethinglawful]

[very suddenly, terezi slaps her face with both hands as she performs a perfect x2 facepalm combo. this does little to mute her aggravated, and maybe a tad too loud, exclamation.]

I know!! Why did I do that?

[glowsferatu]

[ she sets herself down on the scalemate pile and leans terezi against her ]

That's the inquiry I intended to make, actually.

[somethinglawful]

[comfort: accepted.]

Why did he have to announce his presence with a stupid stupid dumb lecture??

[glowsferatu]

That much will be my fault, I'm sure.

[ well, and gamzee's, but karkat didn't seem as concerned about that. not to kanaya, at least. ]

[somethinglawful]

Kanaya, I really don't think you did anything wrong! Eridan has gotten away with a lot of bullshit without having to pay. He was due.

[gosh why can't karkat see that violence can be a viable answer sometimes!!!]

[glowsferatu]

I know this, but should bringing it upon him only exacerbate matters, then Karkat will be correct to react thusly.

And none of this excuses your comment to him.

[somethinglawful]

What was I supposed to say???

[ok that was a little aggressive to be aimed at kanaya. she tries to soften it by continuing, not that it's going to make things any better.]

Noooo, Karkat, it really upsets me when you die and I wish you would not do it again in the future?? Is that much not obvious? Do I have to spell it out like he's a drooling retard trembling in a soiled diaperstub?

[glowsferatu]

Perhaps, and this is truly a wild idea I'm sure, but giving him the exact opposite impression wasn't the best way to approach the matter.

[somethinglawful]

I'm starting to think that talking to him period is a bad idea!