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[The first thing the video feed picks up is a ton of red feathers.]

Damn it! Get back here with that.

[There's some rustling before you see the face of a baby chocobo and Dave picking it up along with his communicator.]

Well, there you guys go. Dave fucking Strider got won out by this little feathery asshole. Said feathery asshole still doesn't have a name though, so this is where you guys come in.

Give me some good ol' name ideas and I might choose one to name him. As much as I love calling him feathery asshole, I don't think he really likes the name. And it would be fucking rude of me to keep calling him that. And it's kind of long anyways.

I had some names in mind, but calling him Bro would be really sappy and lame.

[He stops for a minute before talking as though he meant to say that.] Right. So give me your best shot. You'll probably see me around town with him by the way. [Dave ends the feed.]

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IT'S BECAUSE I'M BITTER THAT WE NEVER WORKED OUT!

[Pause.]

FUCK. THIS IS A CURSE, THAT'S THE ONLY ANSWER FOR IT.
I SHOULD JUST STOP TALKING, HOLE MYSELF UP IN A PIT, AND GO MUTE FOR THE WHOLE DAMN WEEK.
THE END, THAT'S IT.
BUT LET IT BE KNOWN
SINCE I APPARENTLY HAVE NO CHANCE OF SALVAGING MY WOUNDED PRIDE FROM THE ARROW I JUST SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT WITH
I *HAVE* GIVEN UP ON YOU
IN ANY QUADRANT
MOST ESPECIALLY CALIGINOUS BECAUSE MY KISMESIS IS MORE LOATHSOME THAN YOU EVER WERE.
ROMANCE WITH YOU IS AS DOOMED A PROSPECT AS THE FUTURE OF THE TROLL RACE
BY ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER, IT WILL DIE OFF, HOPELESS FOR FUCKING EVER.
JEGUS CHRIST THIS IS NOT THE SUBJECT I EVER WANTED TO RECALL WITH YOU.

[Ouch. That might have bothered him more then he thought it would. Because he needed someone to tell him that apparently he'd be the worst fucking person to be in a romantic relationship ever.]

fuck you vantas
what da fuck do yall know about me
watchin a goddamn timeline aint gonna actually teach you anythin
you can learn ma fuckin habits and the shit i do
but you aint got anythin on me to decide that im as shitty as you fuckin keep sayin i am
maybe i just want to fuckin wait until im sure the person i might go steady with is worth my fuckin time instead of flouncin around
...
holy shit why did i start typing with an accent and holy shit ignore everything i just fucking typed
shit
fuck

...
WHAT.

i think you completely disregarded the part where i said
holy shit ignore everything i just fucking typed
it means ignore that shit
it isnt even fucking important
jegus

NO, THAT SHIT IS IMPORTANT.
JUST
GIVE ME A SEC, WE NEED A FILTER ON THIS LIKE
FOREVER AGO, BUT NOW WILL HAVE TO FUCKING DO.

Edited 2012-01-10 09:53 (UTC)

FIRST OFF
FUCK YOU BACK, JACKASS!
YOU THINK I JUST DECIDED THIS ON A WHIM?
THAT ONE DAY I WENT AND THOUGHT, "HMM, STRIDER SURE GUZZLES FROM THE FOUNT OF A RASH-BEARING SPHINCTER WHEN IT COMES TO ROMANCE!"
BECAUSE NO, FUCKWAD, IT IS NOT LIKE THAT.
YOU
YOU FUCKING LEFT!
YOU DISAPPEARED FROM THE BUBBLE AND DIDN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE FUCKING THING WHEN YOU CAME BACK
EVEN THOUGH I KISSED YOU FIRST THING!
...
FUCK IT, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO BOTHER GETTING WORKED UP OVER THE SLIPS RIGHT NOW.
AT THIS POINT IT WOULD JUST BE ASKING FOR MY CARDIOVASCULAR ORGAN TO EXPLODE FROM MY CHEST IN THE GORIEST AND MOST LITERAL VERSION OF A STRESS-INDUCED HEART ATTACK TO EVER OCCUR.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN JUST THAT.
I ACTUALLY TRIED TO WIN YOU BACK, YOU KNOW THAT?
OH, WAIT, OF COURSE YOU DON'T, BECAUSE YOU NEVER FUCKING ASKED!
I EVEN BROKE YOUR SHITTY ASS SHADES, BUT NOPE, NO LUCK.
ALL I GOT FOR MY TROUBLE WAS A GAPING HOLE WHERE YOUR HATE USED TO BE, A FUCKTON OF DRAMA, AND FOR SOME REASON A BREAKUP WITH MY MATESPRIT OF THE TIME
WHO WAS THE ONE TO PROPOSE ME GOING CALIGINOUS FOR YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT
I GAVE UP
BECAUSE PAST YOU WAS NOT FUCKING INTERESTED AND TRYING ANY MORE WOULD JUST SCREW MY LIFE UP THE ASS EVEN HARDER.
BUT WAS THAT EVEN THE END OF IT?
NOPE! OF COURSE NOT, BECAUSE MY LIFE DIDN'T SUCK ENOUGH ALREADY!
IT GOT TO THE FUCKING POINT THAT I HATED YOU SO MUCH I NEARLY WANTED TO KILL YOU AT ONE POINT
WHICH IS PRIME FUCKING MATERIAL TO INVITE AN AUSPISTICE TO STEP IN
HELL, I EVEN FOUND ONE WHO PRACTICALLY INSISTED ON THE SPOT
BUT NOOO, NO WAY CAN KARKAT HAVE HIS ASHEN QUADRANT FILLED
BECAUSE VATHEON CHOSE RIGHT THEN TO SEND YOUR ASS BACK TO THE MEDIUM AGAIN.
SO STOP THE BAD ACCENT PITY PARTY BECAUSE I HAVE PLENTY OF FUCKING REASON TO BE BITTER ABOUT IT.

shut the fuck up
i dont fucking decide whether i come back here or not
i dont even fucking choose whether i get to stay here
you think i like coming here and realizing that ive been here before but i dont remember???
do you think i actually like being told that people know me and met me and ive talked to them
but i have no actual clue who the fuck they might be???
i dont you dumbshit of a troll
believe it or not theres some things i try to limit myself on
and its not trying to play with your fuckin heart or anyones for that matter
how unbelievably shitty of you to just assume the reason i dont ask is because im some sick fuck like that
how the fuck am i supposed to know that i had a thing with you before
i wouldnt have fucking known unless
surprise
you fucking told me
which you did
im not in charge of the fucking timeline here
i dont go out of my way to make stable time loops in the hopes that the alpha timeline doesnt fuck up
i dont think i can even do that here
what the fuck do you expect me to do???
suddenly remember all the fucking shit that happened here when it was out of my fucking jurisdiction
let me just conveniently go back and just rewatch my entire fucking life here
i bet that will work
god
how can i be so dumb to not do that
SPOILER
i fucking cant do that
you said it your fucking self
vatheon sent me back
and brought me back here again
i just fucking love to be plucked from our session without even so much as some notice
and you know what
if you so fucking hate me so much that you want to kill me
then fucking bring it on vantas
im ready for your sorry troll ass and your whiny fucking complaining about shit i cant even prevent

I AM NOT GOING TO KILL ANYONE
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WANTED TO AT THE TIME.
I JUST
FINE.
FUCKING FINE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T CONTROL IT, I KNOW IT'S THESE STUPID GODDAMN SCIENTISTS BRINGING US HERE AND SHIPPING US BACK WITHOUT A SINGLE FUCKING QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE OKAY WITH IT.
I'M JUST PISSED OFF!
WHY AM I THE ONE WHO HAD TO BE STUCK WITH THAT SHITTY ASS LUCK???
YOU JUST CAN'T EXPECT ME TO BE PERFECTLY FUCKING FINE WITH THE FACT THAT YOUR EXISTENCE HAS BEEN ONE LONG CASCADE OF AGGRAVATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME!

what the fuck should i do???
kindly escort my shit off the premises???
remove my body from your hair so you don't have to deal with my ass???
lay it on me
maybe i can finally find a way to not be a fuck up and stop disappointing you and your standards vantas
you have my undivided attention
fucking lay it thick
its not like i have anything better to do here

[There is a long pause before Karkat sends any reply, because... that really is a good question. Here he's got this chance finally, this opportunity to finally tell Dave what the hell he wants from him after all the bad luck, hatred, and emotional miscues they've been through. It's been a long time coming, with all the ups (and mostly downs) that have happened over most of a year. He already knows he doesn't want to kill him - or anyone - anymore. He already knows he's more satisfied with his current kismesis than he was with Dave. He already gave up on the idea of something ashen. So where does that leave him?]

...
I DON'T KNOW.

...
wow
holy shit we got this far
and you dont actually know what to do about it???
i was on the edge of my seat thinking
hey i can actually fix this shit
jegus

[They just seriously had the angriest text fest and this kind of just was the most anticlimatic response ever.]

WHAT, AM I SUPPOSED TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS AND SAY SORRY FOR IT?
OH DAVE, MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES THAT I'M NOT LONGER A SHIT-FLIPPING LAUGH RIDE OR RAGE-STIRRING SHITBLISTER!
BECAUSE CLEARLY KEEPING YOUR MOOD UP AND INTENSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN HONEST FUCKING ANSWER IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT FEELINGS.
IF I HAD A BETTER ANSWER THAN THAT I'M SURE THIS STUPID CURSE WOULD HAVE YANKED IT OUT OF ME ALREADY WHETHER I LIKED IT OR NOT.

shit
this wasnt about me
this is about your fucking feelings and how i fucking threw them around
or some version of me
and here i am trying to fix it so we can get this passed us
what the fuck just calm your shit
look
damn
...
okay
look

Edited 2012-01-10 10:46 (UTC)

im fucking sorry
im
sorry
im sorry i up and left
and that i dont remember any of that shit dude
i cant do anything about it anymore
but
damn it
dont actually ever expect me to apologize about this shit again
this is your freebie and you get no more
so
there

[There's another long wait after that. He didn't really expect it.]

MAYBE
IT'S BETTER THAT YOU DON'T REMEMBER NOW.
IF YOU DID, IT WOULDN'T FIX ANYTHING
IT WOULD HAVE JUST MADE SHIT AWKWARD AGAIN AND MADE ME HAVE TO DANCE AROUND THIS WHOLE THING OF "WHOOPS, SURE DID HAVE A TRAINWRECK WITH HIM!"
IT WENT ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOWHERE IN THE END.
THE POSSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN DRIED UP, EXHAUSTED, AND I HAVE GIVEN UP ON THEM THOROUGHLY WITH NO FURTHER FUSS.
AND YEAH I SAID I'M BITTER
BUT WHO WOULDN'T BE AFTER ALL THAT WENT DOWN.
BUT LIKE THIS
I GUESS
I ACTUALLY GOT TO FINALLY FUCKING SAY ALL THIS TO A VERSION OF YOU WHO LISTENED
EVEN IF IT WAS THE CURSE THAT DRAGGED IT OUT OF ME IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IN ANY OTHER CASE I WOULD HAVE JUST KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT AND PRETENDED THAT SHIT NEVER WENT DOWN
BUT THIS TIME I DIDN'T GET THAT CHANCE.
MAYBE I NEEDED IT?
I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS FUCKING WEIRD JUST TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS
LET ALONE THIS OPENLY.
MAYBE I SHOULD GO OVER THERE AND PUNCH YOU ONCE JUST TO GET IT OVER WITH
CALL IT DONE AFTER THAT
...
AND I'LL TAKE THAT APOLOGY THEN.
NOT THAT I AM TELLING YOU TO REPEAT IT BECAUSE I AM NOT THAT MUCH OF AN ASS
BUT AS AN OFFICIAL "IT'S DEALT WITH" KIND OF THING.

jegus
well now that this can be dealt with
we dont have to have awkward arguments about this that was semi public
and was the cause of this shitty place deciding that we needed to dish out our deepest secrets
because
idk it thought it would be funny
whatever
sure
why the fuck not
you can come over and punch me and then we can stop talking about this shit
because i am sick of talking honestly
this stupid fucking curse
or whatever it wants itself to be
is fucking ridiculous

CURSES LAST A WEEK, WE'VE GOT UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY LEFT TO DEAL WITH THIS CONFESSIONAL BULLSHIT.
NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR, I'M SURE, BUT I'M SURE AS FUCK NOT GLAD ABOUT IT EITHER.
RIGHT ANYWAY
WHERE ARE YOU, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHERE JOHN'S PLACE IS RIGHT NOW.

this sounds like the fucking best time to practice ignoring the shit out of people
shit
coral corral 6
i guess i can sit outside
im sure it would be hard to miss me then

PRETTY MUCH
THOUGH THAT'S IF FATE DECIDES TO LET YOU OFF EASY.
THINGS HAVE THE WORST WAY OF HAPPENING EXACTLY WHEN YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO.
ANYWAY, I'LL BE THERE SOON ENOUGH.

[Click!]

[Dave is just sitting on the front porch. Feathery Asshole/Bro/Chocobro/whatever its name is is sitting in his lap and nipping at his fingers while he waits for Karkat to actually arrive.]

[True to his word, Karkat doesn't take long to arrive. Living in Vatheon for over a year means it's kind of hard to get lost. Even at the equivalent of earth 14, though, he doesn't look much different; his eyes aren't changing yet, and he's only a little taller. The outfit's the same as ever.]

[He strolls up, stopping some feet away from the porch.]

Alright, let's get this over with. Put down the chocobo and stand up.

[Dave watches as the little feathered bro runs over to Karkat to inspect the new face before getting to his feet. He just casually makes his way over.]

Yeah, whatever. Give me your best shot and we can call this shit done.

[Karkat eyes the bird, frowning. He and chocobos have a mixed history, but so long as it's not going to tackle or bite him...]

[He looks back to Dave. There's been times where he has hit him, or would have but stopped, or would have gone beyond hitting to do something more permanent. It leaves his expression complicated, mouth twisted on one side from the mix of recollection and present emotions.]

I'm not going to hold back.

[One warning, that's it - but there's still a silent pause before he does anything. It would be easier if he were smirking or had just aggravated him, but... no, he's still going to do it.]

[His jaw sets, his fist curls, his arm pulls back--]

[One swing, hard, and into that he finally packs the sum of everything between them before.]

Edited 2012-01-10 11:52 (UTC)

[It might bite him. But only because it wants to climb up. Alas, chocobos do not have hands.

Dave staggers quite a bit as the other punches him in the jaw. If he were not used to the beatdowns with Bro, he probably would have fallen over. He's gotten better at holding his ground thankfully.

He can taste blood in his mouth already and, damn, that was going to bruise and hurt for awhile.

Dave stands upright a bit and readjust his sunglasses once he's sure he won't stumble more.] So we good. [It comes out a little funny. He just swallows the blood in his mouth. No need to get questions why there's blood on the pavement because he wanted to spit it out.]

[Karkat wrings out his hand after; for all he has thrown punches before, they're still not a common thing. That and it wasn't exactly the gentlest.]

[The words - not quite a question, but he takes it as such - make him pause again. He watches Dave swallow, and again the thoughts of it all sift through his mind.]

[He exhales, and his shoulders slump with it.]

Yeah. If I act like a dick about this again in the future, call me on it, because I have enough occasion to be an ass without dredging up crap that's over and done with.

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