03 | video -> text

[luckout]

[The video clicks on briefly from Vriska fiddling with the buttons, trying to remember how everything works. Blank, white eyes are staring down at it. In fact her whole face is pretty blank until she scowls in annoyance.]

Seriously?

[The feed shuts off abruptly, replaced by text:]

You have to 8e kidding me.
I was wandering around for forever and this place actually 8rought me 8ack when I was 8usy with something again.
What's the deal? Does this place just get a kick out of ruining plans?
Jerked around 8ack there, jerked around here. Can't a girl catch a 8r8k?
Well........ Whatever.
This place is pro8a8ly marginally 8etter than wasting time with Nitram or getting stalked 8y some dead douche8ag that can't take a hint.

Comments

[luckout]

Woooooooow, you're going to 8ring that up every chance you get, aren't you?
It's too 8ad for you these low 8lows aren't doing anything.

She's fine, 8y the way!

[Vriska's going to turn on the video to emphasize that face. The thing is already working on burrowing back into her hair. 8> There's also a new addition of blue wings fluttering on the screen.]

[glowsferatu]

How Very

[ she cuts herself off. she almost said lucky, and that would just be playing into her hands. ]

Auspicious For Her
I Hope You Realize The Case May Have Been Very Different If You Hadnt Returned In Time

[ at least until kanaya came to check on the door and realized the notes had ceased ]

[luckout]

Like I said 8efore, spiders can take care of themselves. I'm sure there are plenty of 8ugs around to eat.
And 8esides, I really dou8t you would have left her there if I'd actually 8een gone as long as I was 8ack there.
You're too soft for it.

[glowsferatu]

Maybe Id Leave Her Be
Just So Youd Return To Find Her Missing
I Doubt Shed Miss You Even If She Survived

[luckout]

I'm calling your 8luff, Kanaya. You and I 8oth know you wouldn't.
Is this a poor display of trying to project your feelings onto my pet?
Stay classy.

[glowsferatu]

Why Should I Display Any Concern For Her
All Shes Ever Done Is Crawl In My Hair And Be Generally Distasteful
One Day Shell Lay Eggs In Yours And You Will Recognize How Right I Was

[luckout]

She fell in your hair on accident. Do you seriously have a personal vendetta against a spider just 8ecause of that????????
Oh right, I forgot you hold grudges against everything.

[glowsferatu]

It Isnt A Personal Vendetta
I Just Dislike Her Okay
I Had To Put Up With Her For A Months During Your Earlier Absence

[ and maybe she just reminds her of that absence a little ]

[luckout]

No8ody said you had to take care of her.
Quit 8laming the spider for your apparent need to hold onto any shit that reminds you of me. If I didn't know any 8etter, I'd say you're o8sessed.

[glowsferatu]

It Wasnt Obsession
At Best It Was Catharsis
In All Honesty She Was At Least Easier To Mind Than You Are

[luckout]

No8ody said you had to mind me either.
You're just taking on allllllll of these responsi8ilities that no one asked you to, and then expect everyone else to give a shit that you had a pro8lem with it in the first place.
Sorry, 8ut you don't get a free pass for h8ing a spider no8ody asked you to hold onto.

[glowsferatu]

Im Sure Now That I Have And Youve Met Her There Would Be No Retrospective Disappointment If I Hadnt

[luckout]

Can't miss what I didn't have, Maryam. I don't even remem8er her from 8efore.
I mean, 8efore the last time I was here that I actually remem8er.
Whatever, you know what I mean.

[glowsferatu]

Yes But Imagine You Were Aware
And The Awareness Did Nothing But To Inform You Of That Which You Had Been Deprived
You Could At Least Attempt Some Modicum Of Gratitude

[luckout]

Why? All you've done is complain a8out having to take care of it.
I could have always gotten my own spider if I wanted one.
Instead you hand me a reminder of a shitty place I don't remem8er like that's supposed to make me feel 8etter a8out forgetting.

[glowsferatu]

Theres A Lesson In That Im Sure
Perhaps Indicative Of Some Bittersweet Nature To Every Gift
But What Do I Know
Im Only Here To Rub Salt In The Wound Arent I

[luckout]

Have I ever really struck you as the type to 8e swept away 8y 8ittersweet 8ullshit?
If you're just here to ru8 salt in the wounds, you're doing a piss poor jo8 at it. I'm not even mad yet, may8e you're losing your touch.
Or I just don't give a shit anymore. Who knows?

[glowsferatu]

[ wow. wooooooowwwwww, fuck you vriska. welcome to every single fear she has ever had with regards to their relationship. you can expect the every passive-aggressive measure to ensure her genuine feelings for weeks now, weeks! ]

I Was Only Recycling Your Earlier Words

[luckout]

[Give her a break she's had like a year to not hate you. But she sure is remembering why she did. Except this is sort of backfiring in her face.]

8ecause what other reason could to possi8ly 8e here for other than to say "I told you so"?
Was pestering me supposed to 8e concern for me? Hah! Right.

[glowsferatu]

Oh So Because Im Merely Stating Facts I Suddenly Would Have Preferred That This Happened To You Over The Alternative
Is That What Youre Saying

[luckout]

8ecause it was a stupid o8serv8tion.
You were all a8out h8ing me so why not???????? May8e my demise is exactly what you were looking forward to.

[glowsferatu]

One Doesnt Necessarily Imply The Other
At Times They Even Work At Cross Purposes

[luckout]

Then what did you 8ug me for, if not for any of that?

[glowsferatu]

It May Have Been For One At The Full Exclusion Of The Other
Does It Really Matter

[luckout]

Woooooooow, are you stupid?
It matters. ::::/