[Video/action] Disciple: Have the second worst day ever.

[feralfanatic]

[Disciple had enough of isolation. After losing control of herself she sought to hide, lest she hurt others. Her anxiety did not wane with time, she would need to stop hiding. The time had come for her to return to the Hive. She could not keep running from what had happened.]

[She arrived at the hive, finding it empty. Not usual, Signless was always busy. It seemed like Psii must be with him as well, he was also gone from the hive, the two of them were almost always together. So then she would just have to call them, hopefully they were somewhere she could talk to them in private.]

[Disciple fished out her SFC and attempted to call Signless. Oddly, his name was missing from the registry. The same thing happened when she tried to call Psii; no entry. A seed of worry planted itself in her brain and she did her best to ignore it. It must be part of some curse or something. She would just send a message to everyone, light knows she did it enough on accident.]

Hello, everyone. [There is a hint of worry in her voice.] Sorry if I am being a nuisance with this message. I think my SFC might be damaged. It is unable to contact a couple of people. Signless and Psii aren't at our hive, and they I can't reach them on the network. I do not suppose anyone is currently in contact with them, or know where they are?

[She continues to look around the hive, trying to not let her mind drift down dark avenues of thought.]

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[fintastic]

I can't find Mindfang either, I went to her hive looking for Psii...

[ Feferi looks away from the camera for a second before looking back with a little frown. ]

I can't contact them either. I think that means they went home.

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[f8tal]

Good.

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[fintastic]

Vriska...

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[feralfanatic]

They can't have gone home. They must be somewhere.

[Then said, more to herself]

...anywhere.

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[aim_exorable]

[...She didn't know. His heart twists. She didn't realize yet.]

[Darkleer almost backs away; it isn't his place to tell her of this. There are others better suited for the job. Even when he decides to answer, he almost goes with the safe and detached option of text.]

[But no. She deserves better than that.]

...In a few days, if they do not return, it may be best to assume that they are... back where and when they originally came from. [Death and in the helmsblock of Her Imperious Condescension's ship, respectively. He knows that is no comfort.] I am sorry. Mindfang is gone as well.

[Three of their own, gone in such rapid succession.]

If I may ask, where are you?

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[feralfanatic]

[Panic flares as he speaks. His words, her mind had been screaming them at her already, but she fought against them with every fiber of her being. ]

So then we have to find them, before those days pass. [Desperation flavors her voice.] Maybe their SFCs broke. Maybe they are just dead.[This place is weird.] That means they will be back in 5 days, right? Maybe I should wait for them here... or maybe I should go to the plaza and wait for them there.

[420]

[He's frowning a little.]

They ain't here?

[feralfanatic]

[Responses had already come filtering in, her voice was starting to sound a little desperate.]

Not at the hive, here. They have to be somewhere.

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[aim_exorable]

[Sometime later!]

D --> Gamzee
D --> I might not be staying at our hive for some time
D --> I am busy staying with Disciple

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[sylphauxiliatrix]

[ No No No! Kanaya has heard what that means. This is not good at all. Disciple was bad enough off as it was, and this is the first that the rainbow drinker had heard from her after that incident. She already had more than enough to work out with Di... but that's all going to have to take a back seat for now, if not get dropped entirely. ]

[Kanaya is only a few minutes from their hive. Maybe she'll still be there. The glowing troll starts running, half reminded of the last time she ran to aid the Disciple...]

[A few minutes after the broadcast, a visitor will be knocking at the door to the holy bros hive.]

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[feralfanatic]

[A few moments pass, followed by the muffled sound of movement. A couple more seconds pass, then the door is opened. Kanaya is met by slightly manic-looking Disciple.]

Oh! Kanaya, you can help me look! I have checked most of the hive, but I cannot find Nubby or Psii. I do not think they are here. Maybe they are at the plaza. Think we should look there?

[voice]

[replicatedcourage]

You can't... you can't find them either?

[The voice on the SFC is small and hoarse; Sola's been crying on and off for some days out of relief that he's still alive and it leaves his throat scratchy.

He'd noticed as well that his Trolldads hadn't been answering at all. He'd left them little messages, just to tell them where he was, nothing about what had been going on. He had been trying to get up the courage to do so and finally achieved that today... only to find their names gone from the list.]

Maybe... maybe they really did go home...

[voice]

[feralfanatic]

They have to be somewhere. [Desperation flavors her words.]

We just have to find them.

[text]

[aim_exorable]

D --> Sola
D --> I believe they have indeed gone home
D --> Although there is of course always that chance they could come back
D --> But you and Disciple should not waste yourselves away on something that may be a slim chance
D --> What would you like to do with the hive all of you lived in?
D --> What would you like to do in general, as a matter of fact, regarding this?

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[f8tal]

Maybe you would know more if you weren't hiding out somewhere with your tail between your legs. [a little mad? maybe. she knows what happened between her and kanaya and she's still a little bitter over it.]

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[aim_exorable]

Vriska.

[His voice is stern and quiet.]

Not now.

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[feralfanatic]

[Another face she doesn't really recognize... Yet she speaks the truth. She isn't really in the mindset to know how this troll knows about her hiding. If she hadn't cowered in the woods, she would know where he was.]

I am a coward. A coward and a monster.

[Her voice sounds distant, empty. Then a thought enters her frantic mind, one she can't shake.]

Do... you think. He knows? That they know what happened... and they don't want to see me? They know I am a monster...and they cannot even look at me anymore...

[bestestfurrend]

Disciple? [Nepeta's voice is small and unhappy and plaintive, her face scrunched up and miserable. No, not Signless and Mister Psii, they couldn't be gone...] Where are you?

[feralfanatic]

[A voice that manages to pierce the fog.]

I am at the hive currently, little one.

[text]

[unconchonable]

theyre not on the list
so they must havve gone back
you can stop your search

[text]

[feralfanatic]

[She doesn't stop to register the color of the text, or the sender.]

I am not going to stop looking just because they are not on some list
Nobody has s33n then yet, true
They will turn up
Even if they are somehow gone
They will be back
Just like Summoner when he disappeared
It is like what Darkl33r said
They make take a bit longer to come back, like Lysunder


[Self-delusion was her armor, and as time passed she was donning more and more of it.]

[TEXT]

[bethehugejerk]

SHIT, I THOUGHT YOU KNEW ALREADY.
THEY'RE
THEY'RE GONE, DISCIPLE.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR NAMES BEING GONE FROM THE REGISTRY MEANS.
AND I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT
I MEAN HELL, I DON'T EITHER
BUT IT ALWAYS WORKS THAT SAME WAY.
I'VE SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES ALREADY TO THINK IT COULD BE ANYTHING ELSE.

[TEXT]

[feralfanatic]

[That text. Karkat. The thought of his descendant was almost enough to cause her to lose it.]

Well it has to be wrong then
Or maybe it is a curse of some kind
I cannot accept that they are just simply gone
Karkat, I just cannot...
It must be something else
I cannot...
Not again

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[0_0]

No, you're not the only one who's noticed their names have disappeared.

[She's a bit down, looking more towards the ground than anything. She knew that they would return eventually, just as everyone else would sooner or later, but she didn't expect it so soon. After a moment, she glances back up, a faint smile on her face.]

There's no doubt about it, they've returned to their homes, unfortunately.

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[feralfanatic]

They... cannot. Not with what... Not with what they would be going back to. They have to be here somewhere.

[Then quieter, more for herself.]

...have to.