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[p2iioniicii2t]

[ It takes herculean effort for the Psiioniic to turn the SFC on, but he manages it. Not that anyone could appreciate the work and mild head trauma he's put forth to accomplish this action.

There is a fat yet oddly expressive purple bee no bigger than an inch and a half on the screen, buzzing back and forth and flailing his little insectile legs. For those in the know, he's dancing in the intricate beenary code of a well-trained beehouse mainframe drone.

The message is simple: Help, I am a bee.

Otherwise, this is the rough equivalent of a funny video involving an unlikely dancing creature. Only without memetic background music.

And it's actually really, really stupid.

After way too long doing his little bee dance, he lands and speaks in such a faint voice it'd be easy to miss entirely:] Help.

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[bethehugejerk]

[Being from Alternia, Karkat can at least tell what kind of bees they are, if not with all the in depth knowledge his best friend would have. As such, that leads to the currently feline troll to squint at his screen a bit.]

Are you Sollux or the Psiioniic?

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ In response, he flails a little and rolls on his back.

Before panicking and buzzing until he can get back to his feet. That was a terrible, terrifying idea. ]

[bethehugejerk]

[Weird bee movements on his screen. His paw lifts as he scans the movements, horribly tempted to bat at the screen--]

[Wait, woah, no. He puts his paw down.]

I'm going to need a better hint than that, dude.

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ He was trying to pantomime being the less capable of the two, gosh Karkat.

He can try to fly in a P shape, he supposes, and makes the effort. It is awkward, clumsy, and part of it doesn't even occur on camera. ]

[onlyasign]

[While Sufferer never managed to learn any beenary, he certainly recognizes an Alternian bee. He also immediately took note of the missing best friend in his bed when he woke up this morning, and it's not hard to put two and two together.]

Psii? Is that you?

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Oh good, Signless can save him. Maybe. Wait, he doesn't know beenary so dancing out an affirmative is entirely useless.

Well, he does it anyway, because he's still not entirely sure he's comfortable with the concept of leaving the relative safety of the kitchen where he'd forgotten his SFC last night. Dualscar Someone might swat at him. ]

[onlyasign]

[Well, that certainly looked like a response.]

Are you still in the hive? If you are, move away from the SFC so I can see the rest of the room.

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Another little gesture of affirmation and he buzzes off screen.

Congratulations, the camera is pointed at the ceiling. ]

not a Homestuck post without a threadjack

[bethehugejerk]

--Signless? You don't look different at all.

[Have a confused looking cat peering at you, oh ancestor.]

[onlyasign]

Sufferer, Karkat.

[The older troll corrects him gently; he's not the only one having trouble with his new identity.]

This curse seems to have passed me by.

[bethehugejerk]

Sufferer?

[He... certainly has suffered, no doubt about that, and it's not the first he's heard of that title. He knew before he ever met him. But it is, still, strange to hear him want to be called it. It's not like they had much chance to talk at the clinic, after all.]

... At least there's that, then.

[Anyone else, he'd be mad, but his ancestor frankly deserves to have some easiness.]

[bestestfurrend]

Bee! Heehee, buzzbuzzbuzz.

[Being a kitten has made Nepeta more hyperactive than ever, it seems, and she headbutts the SFC where Psii is buzzing about on screen.]

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ OH DEAR SIGNLESS, IT IS ANOTHER CAT.

Wait, that's alright. It's just Nepeta and she's on the other side of the screen. He is, for now, safe. He buzzes back at her: buzzbuzzbuzz. ]

[bestestfurrend]

Buzzzzz!

[This is fun! And she also realizes this is the first Alternian bee she's seen while she's been here. It reminds her of something Darkleer said.]

Ooh, are you somebody I know too?!

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Psii buzzes a little agitatedly. Perhaps he shouldn't be so hurt that he isn't recognized, given the situation as it is. ]

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[replicatedcourage]

[A bee on the network? Sola can guess who that is.]

You're a bee a lot, huh.

[Not like he's doing much better. His new antlers keep getting stuck in things and some doors are too narrow.]

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ It is a very real danger when there are forces beyond his control that have a terrible sense of humor. He buzzes at the SFC.

Well, it's nice to be recognized, at least. ]

[replicatedcourage]

Um.. do you need anything?

[Not a very well thought out question when you don't understand beenary, Sola. But who knows! Maybe his time taking care of Psii's bees will help? He'll try his luck.]

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ When a troll turned into a bee turns around and shakes his beehind at you, something in life has broken down in a very severe way.

And that's what he just did, for the record. It was probably meant to convey some sort of complex reassurance that he didn't need any particular help. ]

[Filtered, Video]

[thekidsare0kay]

[Oh wow.

Wow.

Thankfully if there's one person in the bubble who can speak fluent beenery, it's this kid. And with the addition of wings, and a somewhat more bee-like disposition (he's got a ruff of fur around his neck, too, and his horns are more antenna-like. And we won't talk about what's protruding from the base of his spine).

But he's not about to shake his booty in public, so he's slapping a filter on that shit, yo]

You okay, Psiioniic? Do you need a hand with anything?

forever filtered and video

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ That wasn't expected. Psii visibly starts-- well, if you know what you're looking for. He buzzes backwards, shaking his little bee booty in response. ]

I fear that the existence of a traditionally sized bee is dangerous. Everything is large.

[thekidsare0kay]

Fuck, no kidding. You should come here. I've got a whole hive for you to hang around in and be safe until the curse is over.

[shippingmath]

[Dirk can't understand beenary, of course, but he can guess.]

Well, that sucks. I bet your body isn't heavy enough to press down the text keys, huh.

[p2iioniicii2t]

[ Well, he can try!

But several attempts at battering against a single key gets absolutely no where. Well, it leads to a punch-drunk bee staggering towards the camera and buzzing in obvious discontent. ]

[shippingmath]

[Yeah, he thought not. Give him a moment to think.]

You know morse code, dude? Let's say taking off means yes, staying grounded means no.