caughtinanetwork | 22nd Combo

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22nd Combo - [Video]

[The video feed comes on, showing a bleary, teenage face caught in the middle of a yawn. Face already half-buried in a pillow, the most immediately distinguishing feature to be seen is a serious case of bedhead, brown hair sticking wildly every which way. It's almost a whole minute before Lloyd seems to become aware enough to realize the SFC is on. Even then he just stares at it sleepily.

Until something on the screen registers. Eyes widening, he jerks a hand up to reach for the SFC.]

Wait, when did it become Monday?

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It's not like, I miss having useless legs, so it's an okay thing to have happen.

-=he's a bit more stressed about losing other.. parts. but he's dealing=-

Heh. [Lloyd offers a weak smile.] I guess that's one way to look on the bright side.

I'm Lloyd, by the way. Who're you?

[Yeah, it took him this long to remember that he hasn't introduced himself.]

Oh! I, uh... I am Tavros.

-=it's okay, he got distracted too=-

Tavros, huh? So, um, nice to meet you?

[Even if their meeting had sort of devolved into a pretty heated subject... At least they weren't arguing now?]

I guess, you don't really know much about trolls.

-=there are very few things that tav gets uppity about, lloyd found one of them=-

I've met a few of you guys, like Equius and Kanaya and... Ne-something. She kind of reminded me of a cat.

[It's been a while since he talked to her, though, and only the once, so he's drawing a blank on her name.]

Oh, yeah, and her and Equius's friend, Flotsam. He's the one who was afraid to stand up.

So, yeah, I guess I haven't met very many of you yet.

Nepeta!

-=big ass grin=-

She is my matesprit and the best there is. But, uh... I have no idea, who you mean by Flotsam?

Your... matesprit? Is that like a word for friend?

[He's guessing that's the case, given the grin on Tavros's face.]

Oh, uh, right. I guess that was Equius's nickname for him. [He frowns, but digging through his memory doesn't help.] He was kind of a jerk. And he had some purple hair. Does that help?

It means that, she is my beautiful girlfriend and we are in love.

-=it's a stupid, dopey, lovey grin=-

Oh! You must mean, Eridan. He has always been, very much a jerk.

Oh! [Now Lloyd is grinning, too.] Congratulations! Kanaya's a really nice girl!

[Though of course that grin fades a bit when they get back to the subject of Eridan. And who could blame him? Eridan's much less pleasant to talk to someone about.

Yeah, now I remember. Eridan. He got kind of mad even though it was his friend's name for him. Is he like that with all his friends?

Nepeta!

-=he's never been close to Eridan, but trolls are trolls and humans tend to flip out more when it comes to normal troll behavior. especially royalty=-

I, uh... do not know if, Eridan and Equius are actually friends, at least not in a human way.

[Alksjdalk.]

Sorry, yeah, I meant Nepeta!

[Aw man, what a time for a tongue slip like that!]

Are you sure? Equius really seemed like he cared when Eridan wouldn't get up.

-=he doesn't seem to mind=-

They are both... rather prickly so, uh.. I always thought they did not like each other that much.

[Oh good.]

Maybe that's just what they want us to think, or that's just how they show their friendship. Some people are like that. I definitely have some friends who can be jerks to me sometimes. We'll argue and horse around and give each other a hard time, but we're still friends.

Well, uh... In our language the words for friend, and enemy, are the same thing so.. it can be hard to tell.

What? But- But that-

[Hang on, trying to wrap his mind around that.

...

...

NOT WORKING.]

But that doesn't make any sense! How can you have one word that means opposite things? How does anyone know what you mean?

Uhhh...

-=why can't humans just understand the words he says, it would be so much easier=-

Friends and enemies, don't always treat each other that differently I guess.

Maybe sometimes, and maybe sometimes your enemies can become your friends, or I guess maybe your friends can turn into enemies, but while they're your friends, they're not enemies, and enemies aren't your friends! What about the enemies who try to kill you? The ones who hate you, and you hate them? How can you have the same word for someone you can't be friends with? Or for friends you'd never fight with?

That sounds like.. you're asking about quadrants, and I'm bad at explaining those, in an understandable way that humans won't find unfortunate.

What? No, I'm not asking about math. Besides, I'm not really good at that anyway, so it wouldn't be your fault if I didn't get it.

[How did this even come up?]

-=bwah?=-

No I, uh... I mean, relationship quadrants. Humans only have one kind, we have four. Including one, for the person you hate the most.

Wait, there's math involved in relationships?!

[That? That is a look of sheer and utter alarm, bordering on panic.]

But I'm not- That means-

Oh man, no wonder I was so bad with Sheena.

Uh, what?

Who's Sheena?

She's, uh... She's...

[A flush of red starts to stain his cheeks.]

A friend. Only I, uh... Well, we... We sort of... maybe... kissed.

Aww!

-=hee!=-

That's a good thing, isn't it?

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