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[withoutasign]

[The video feeds clicks on, showing a very concerned looking Signless. This is his concerned face, Vatheon. You can tell because he isn't smiling.]

Recently, my friend--who has always been my best friend and always will be, no matter what happens--stopped speaking. He's normally not the chattiest of souls, but this refusing to speak at all thing is new.

[He moves the camera a little, showing the Psiioniic, who is just floating there and looking preoccupied. When he realizes that the camera has been turned on him, his expression turns faintly agitated. A small swarm of bees buzz around him, with the occasional brave one landing on his body for a moment before flying happily away.]

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

[OOC: Responses can come from Signless, Psii, or both.]

Comments

[420]

Maybe he just ain't got nothing to speak about?

[Simple minds, simple reasoning.]

[withoutasign]

Hi, Gamzee.

No, I don't think that's it. He keeps using his SFC, but I don't think the messages are going anywhere.

[text]

[aim_exorable]

[Private to Signless]

D --> Is this honestly a question you are asking the public?

[Private to Psiioniic]

D --> What did you think of the gyokuro tea we tried on our last meeting?
D --> I had it recommended to me from another

[voice] whoops, no filter, how you work, technology?

[withoutasign]

I'm concerned. I wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing the same problem. He means a lot to me.

text: same filter;

[p2iioniicii2t]

cla22iifiied

[ Don't try to make sense of it, just try to untangle the crazy inherent in that one word not answer. ]

action;

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Did you... did you really have to do that, Signless? He's trying to concentrate over here, nice and quiet and peaceful. Mostly because if he doesn't, the glitch that is suddenly overtaking people at random is going to hit him and he'll start saying things he shouldn't.

And a Helmsman system did not allow for security lapses.

So he was going to fix it. He was going to fix it if it meant sending himself text messages constantly. But first, making a vaguely frustrated gesture at Signless. He's working over here. ]

action;

[withoutasign]

[Well gosh, forgive him for being concerned! It seemed like Psii was getting a little better and talking more often, and now he's not talking at all again, and Signless worries. He worries a lot, Psii.]

How are your bees?

[Signless comes a little closer, watching the fat, happy bees as they buzz around. He's not afraid of being stung. He's never been stung by a bee when Psii is around.]

[ninthserenade]

Hmm... Have you tried breaking the ice with something casual?

[withoutasign]

... huh?

[Like, small talk?]

[fonmaster]

Do you think perhaps he's been affected by a curse? People say there's one going around.

[withoutasign]

There's a curse?

[He hasn't been here long enough to have gotten cursed yet!]

video

[replicatedcourage]

Is that your friend you mentioned? What's wrong?

video

[withoutasign]

No, this is a different friend. Although that does remind me...

[Takes this opportunity to go pester Darkleer about that sylladex!]

Video;

[0_0]

[She blinks a few times.]

This is rather strange. And makes me miss him a lot more..

Video;

[withoutasign]

Miss who, sweetheart?

[Signless thinks he knows, but wants to doublecheck.]

[toreadorkabull]

uHHH,
mAYBE HE'S SICK,
}:?

[withoutasign]

I HOPE NOT. THAT WOULD BE THE LAST THING WE NEED.

[VIDEO]

[bethehugejerk]

[Well, this is worrying. Karkat certainly looks concerned.]

Do you have any idea why he isn't talking? And how long has this been going on?

[VIDEO]

[withoutasign]

Hello, Karkat!

[By now, Signless has spoken to enough people to have pieced together the idea that this is probably a curse of some kind, and he's decidedly more relaxed.]

It seems we're under a curse right now. It's only been a couple of days since he stopped speaking, so I imagine he's just come up with his own way of working around it.

[video]

[unconchonable]

Just let him be quiet, I don't see what's so wrong with a mustard blood keepin' his trap shut for once. Maybe then he won't make me miss Sol.

[... Goddamnit.]

[video]

[withoutasign]

[Man, everyone is spilling their secrets to Signless today! But Eridan is the second troll to mention missing Sollux, third if he counts Karkat's oblique reference to Sollux being his best friend, and that has Signless' curiousity piqued.]

Were you close to Sollux too, Eridan? You're not the only one who misses him.

text;

[p2iioniicii2t]

My apologies for inconveniencing you, young seadweller.
It is not my intention to bring you discomfort, I assure you.

[nos_servabit]

Perhaps someone or something hurt him so he doesn't want to talk about it?

[withoutasign]

We're thinking now that it's probably the curse. He's using his SFC again, so that's good news, at least.

[bestestfurrend]

Oh no! Mister Psii? Mister Psiiiii are you okay?

What's wrong with him, Miser Signless??

[withoutasign]

It's okay, little kitten. It just seems to be a curse, and he's found a way to work through it on his own.

Video;

[rebull]

Show 'em a good time.

[Gr~in.]

video & text;

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ The Helmsman is just giving the SFC the flattest look ever. He can't speak at present, but he just wanted to convey the tone of his response before flipping over to text. ]

The ii22ue ha2 been 2olved.
Now that II have accu2tomed my2elf two your iidiiomatiic 2peech II fiind my2elf iincrea2iingly baffled.