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[~~through the magic of time shenanigans~~ It has been several hours since Redglare's arrival. Hours she spent investigating, scourging the brochure from top to bottom for every fragment of information, and even checking up on as much of the network as she reasonably could. She's even created a folder of notes on her personal palmtop dedicated to this strange, underwater prison. She is, above all, a professional after all, and it wouldn't do for a member of Alternia's Cruellest Bar to simply run around like a beheaded cluckbeast.

For now, it is time to change the focus of her investigation. Certainly there is much more to be found from investigating the place itself, but it would be a mistake to ignore the people living in it. And Redglare does not make mistakes. She has questions to ask, answers to discovered, and a network to start up, regardless of how long or short her stay may end up being.

She opts for a friendly approach. Catch more flies with honey, after all.]

OH NO! >:[!!!
1 H4V3 F4LL3N 1NTO 4N UND3RW4T3R BUBBL3 4ND 1 C4N'T G3T OUT.
WH3R3 1S TH3 CL3V3R WH1T3 B4RKB34ST TO R3SCU3 M3?
4 BR4V3 KN1GHT TO WH1SK M3 TO S4F3TY SO 1 M4Y SWOON 4MOUNTS TH4T COULD ONLY B3 D3SCR1B3D 4S TRULY OUTR4G3OUS!

H4H4H4, HON3STLY, 1 KNOW 1 D3S3RV3 4 V4C4T1ON FOR MY S3RV1C3S TO TROLLK1ND FOR 4PPR3H3ND1NG TH4T SCOUNDR3L, BUT TH1S W4S NOT WH4T 1 W4S 3XP3CT1NG.
WOULD 4NYON3 B3 W1LL1NG TO H3LP 4 L4DY OUT 4ND 4NSW3R 4 F3W QU3ST1ONS?

Oh no! >:[!!!
I have fallen into an underwater bubble and i can't get out.
Where is the clever white barkbeast to rescue me?
A brave knight to whisk me to safety so i may swoon amounts that could only be described as truly outrageous!

Hahaha, honestly, i know i deserve a vacation for my services to trollkind for apprehending that scoundrel, but this was not what i was expecting.
Would anyone be willing to help a lady out and answer a few questions?

If you want to opt out of me using her text, just comment here.]

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NEOPHYTE REDGLARE, RIGHT?
TECHNICALLY I COUNT AS A KNIGHT, BUT ANY AND ALL SWOONING WILL END UP WITH YOU DUMPED SOUNDLY ON YOUR OWN ASS.
CLEVER WHITE BARKBEASTS WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES, AS I DO NOT GIVE ONE OUNCE OF A SHIT IN THEIR CASE.
I CAN, HOWEVER, OFFER INFORMATION PROVIDED WE BOTH ACT AS SOUND-MINDED TROLLS AND NOT CACKLING LOONS.

Edited 2012-11-23 05:20 (UTC)

1 C4NNOT CONTROL TH3 SWOON1NG, BR4V3 S1R KN1GHT.
1T 1S S1MPLY UNCONTROLL4BL3.
OH NO!
WH4T 1S TH1S!
MY H4ND H4S 4LR34DY B3COM3 4F1X3D TO MY FOR3H34D.
MY KN33S. SO W34K.
NO!
1 C4NNOT—
SWOOOOOOOOOOOON.

SCREW YOU, I'M OUT.
CALL BACK IF YOU CAN ACT LIKE THE GROWN ASS ADULT LEGISLACERATOR YOU SUPPOSEDLY ARE
BECAUSE HEY, I COULD ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOU
BUT SO LONG AS YOU'RE TOO BUSY SHOWING OFF THAT TEREZI'S RAGING GIGGLEHORROR STREAK IS IN FACT INHERITED, I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH MY TIME.

[Click!]

[Did he just hang up on her... over one comment... that was kind of hilarious. What a high-strung dude!

What is a Terezi though? >:?

Though when it comes down to it, the fact he knows who she is makes her curious. Of course she has her reputation --she is awesome like that!-- and she has no doubt in mind her reputation will only soar further after her trial against Mindfang, but she wasn't exactly expecting people in underwater fishbowl central to know it.

And combined with with what the seadweller had said earlier... that she had been here before. Very intriguing.]

YOU 4R3 V3RY B4D 4T T4K1NG 4 JOK3, S1R KN1GHT.
BUT 4LL R1GHT. 1F YOU W4NT TO M4K3 TH1S 4N 3NCOUNT3R B3TW33N H1GHLY PROF3SS1ON4L 4ND COMPL3T3LY BUS1N3SSL1K3 1ND1V1DU4LS W3 C4N DO TH4T.

1 PUT ON MY BUS1N3SS H4T 4ND T13.

ARE YOU EVEN SERIOUS.
UGH, WHATEVER
JUST ASK THE DAMN QUESTIONS.
BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS KARKAT.

Edited 2012-11-23 05:50 (UTC)

[Karkat. Six letters. A wiggler? Perhaps a very young adult that had not taken a title yet. All interesting notes she is compiled mentally to add to her files later.]

1 4M B31NG V3RY S3R1OUS, K4RK4T.
LOOK, 1 4M W34R1NG MY COOL T13 4ND 3V3RYTH1NG.
BUT Y3S, L3TS ST4RT W1TH SOM3 QU3ST1ONS 4ND 4NSW3RS.
F1RST. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO 1 4M?
4R3 YOU 4 F4N?
1’M SORRY TO D1S4PPO1NT BUT 1 ONLY S1GN TH3 B4R3D, NUB1L3 FL3SH OF MY HORD3 OF 4DOR1NG F4NS

Edited 2012-11-23 06:04 (UTC)

EW.
I'M NOT EVEN SEVEN SWEEPS OLD YET, YOU FREAK.
BUT NO, I AM NOT A "FAN".
I AM A FRIEND OF YOUR DESCENDANT, THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED TEREZI PYROPE
AND I KNOW WHO YOU ARE MOST PROMINENTLY FROM YOU HAVING BEEN HERE ONCE BEFORE.
YES, I KNOW THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO YOU AND YOU MUST BE REGARDING IT WITH HIGH SUSPICION, BUT YOU ARE ALREADY ON ANOTHER PLANET IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE UNDER THE FUCKING SEA.
ABANDON YOUR SKEPTICISM OF WEIRD SHIT BY THE CORAL AND WE WILL ALL BE BETTER FOR IT.
FIRST OFF, YES, THERE ARE TIME SHENANIGANS GOING ON WHICH IS HOW WE EXIST IN THE SAME PLACE RIGHT NOW
AND YOU DON'T REMEMBER BECAUSE FORGETTING PREVIOUS VISITS TO THIS PLACE IS A FREQUENT THING THAT HAPPENS.
I MYSELF HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GOING ON A FULL SWEEP, AND COME FROM AN ALTERNIA CENTURIES IN YOUR FUTURE
AS SUCH, I CAN OFFER WHAT INFO I'VE GOT ON BOTH.

[She's finding that this Karkat is an excellent source of information while she is teasing him. And as such, she sees no need to adjust her approach. Could she be more helpful? Tone down her responses? Certainly! Wouldn't be half as fun as flustering this little gray knight.]

BUT MY SC3PT1S1SM OF W31RD SH1T 1S BUT ON3 OF MY M4NY LOV34BL3 CH4R4CT3R1ST1CS.
DON’T WORRY THOUGH, K4RK4T.
1 DO NOT D1SB3L13V3 YOU.
M1ND YOU, 1 H4V3 NOT S41D 1 B3L13V3 YOU 31TH3R!
1 JUST 1M4G1N3 TH4T 1F YOU W3R3 TRY1NG TO TR1CK M3 YOU WOULD COM3 UP W1TH 4 L13 4 B1T MOR3...
W3LL, B3L13V34BL3. >:[
4 GOOD L3G1SL4C3R4TOR 1S NOT ON3 WHO PR3-M4TUR3LY CLOS3S H3R M1ND TO 4NY POSS1B1L1T13S, NO M4TT3R HOW UNL1K3LY.
NOTH1NG 1S 1MPOSS1BL3, 4FT3R 4LL.
1MPROB4BL3, M4YB3, BUT C3RT41NLY NOT 1MPOSS1BL3.
NOW, DO YOU H4V3 4NY M4NN3R OF PROOF TH4T M1GHT B4CK UP YOUR CL41MS?

[There is much more in his statement that she wants to pick apart --descendent, what?-- but she figures it is best to handle each matter separately. A testimony should always be picked apart piece by piece, lest the matters become conflated and tangled together like a ball of yarn.]

Edited 2012-11-23 06:31 (UTC)

[Hm. Not surprising she'd want proof. He can't prove all himself, but he can use what he knows of her to inspire credence. He throws up a filter.]

CHECK THE LIST OF CONTACTS ON YOUR SFC FOR TEREZI PYROPE AND TALK TO HER, IF SHE DOESN'T COME COMMENTING ON THIS FIRST.
SHE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVE TO YOU SHE'S YOUR ANCESTOR, NAMELY BY SHOWING YOU WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE, THE SHARED SIGN, ETC ETC.
BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO PROVE ANYTHING
AND, SO YOU DON'T FREAK OUT, THIS CONVERSATION IS FILTERED FROM PRYING EYES EVEN IF THE LEVEL OF "GIVE A FUCK" REGARDING THE SUBJECT IS PRETTY LOW HERE
TAKE THIS.

[He flips on the video. Have a nubby-horned teenager! He checks the view first, looking into the camera, then lowers it to the sign on his shirt.]

You've got a necklace with this sign on it, which comes from the Signless-slash-Sufferer's irons when he was tortured before his death. I'm his descendant. He's also here, if you check the list, and will confirm as much himself. You showed me the necklace last time you were here.

[Yep. That's it.

She needs a fucking drink.]

[She does not consider the possibility of having lost her mind. That is something that happens to other people. She however has always been in full possession of hers. No. What is happening must be, however improbable, the truth.

What he has said though, his very appearance, is proof itself. She had fiercely guarded the secret of her necklace. There was simply no chance that anyone else could've told him about. No one else but her. She makes the mental note to contact this Terezi Pyrope as Karkat had said should she not comment to this post herself. After all, so far his words are checking out.

Slowly she changes of to video. ~~Shit she is still hot.~~ The cackling looney-ness has slid of her face for a moment. Instead she is just serious, calm.]

I can imagine a few reasons why she may have shown you that, though I have no interest in second guessing her decision. I make no habit of doubting myself.

[Damn. Yeah. That's kind of distracting. He may be a taken troll and sweeps younger than her, but he is not above a little visual appreciation. He did date her descendant, after all.]

[Back on subject, he looks away, waving his hand.]

It came up in conversation with the whole talk of ancestors and descendants and whatnot. Don't worry about it. I mean, there's more shenanigans surrounding the topic than you can shake your whole cane at, but they are far less important than the rest right now, i.e. the actual basics of what's going on.

[They'd be here all day if he got into the subject of how he created them all.]

Next question.

[She weighs her various questions in her mind, finally settling on one.]

Can we meet?

[She prefers speaking to people in person where she can. It is far easier to read the small shifts in their body language that way, to note a nervous tic. Besides, every device can always be hacked. It is a sensible level of pre-caution.

Okay, and maybe she wants to see if his cheeks are as pinch-able in real life as they look over the video feed. There could be pixel distortion at work here making theM look so squishy!]

Edited 2012-11-23 07:16 (UTC)

[He knows not what he is getting himself into. But really, he never did meet her in person the last time she was here. His eyebrows raise.]

Sure. Where to? I mean, obviously you don't know your way around, but if you ask for a type of place I can say if there's something fitting here.

Somewhere private.

[Then her serious expression slips, giving away to a grin.]

Don't worry, I wouldn't dare harm a hair on your cute little head, mister knight. I just want to talk somewhere where we don't need to fear being overheard.

[Have a flat look for that.]

I didn't think you would, dumbass. You're one of his followers. Why would you kill off his descendant? Also, I'm not a helpless, squeaking little grub who can't handle himself.

Let's just go to the park. There should be a good spot there somewhere.

[And he gives her some general directions from the Plaza.]

Is that so? I am presently awed and amazed by your no doubt very impressive skills. I might even be swooning a little again!

[She isn't technically at the plaza, having already retreated from such open ground, but she can work with the directions given.]

I will meet you there.

[Oh, look at that gesture.]

And I might just be flipping you off for the bad joke. Gee, how did that happen.

[Add in an eyeroll.]

See you there.

[Click! And he'll head on his way.]

[Seriously. Adorable. Can she keep this one? She will get him a nice leash and everything.

With the conversation over though, she moves to head to the park, her sponge a jumbled mess of thoughts and questions. Her eyes are sharp, keeping look out for Karkat.]

[Karkat has picked a spot near the edge of the park in line with the directions he gave her. Easy to find, he should hope, and they can always find a better spot from there. That said, a nubby grey kid in grey, grey, and more grey should not be that hard to spot. And Redglare? Impossible to miss. He waves as soon as he sees her.]

[He does his best not to look intimidated, but she's still kind of imposing in person.]

[Of course she is imposing. She is so very fuckin' rad, after all.

From her end, she is experiencing pretty much zero intimidation. Karkat is only six sweeps, after all. And regardless of what skills he might or might not possess --probably more awww inducing than argh inducing-- to her the idea that a six sweep old might defeat her is simply laughable.

She crosses the small distance between them, planting her cane on the ground in front of her, and folding her hands over the top, regarding him with a grin.]

Karkat.

I must say, you are even more adorable in person than over the network.

Edited (I swear i will stop editting now.) 2012-11-23 22:55 (UTC)

[Scowl.]

No. You do not get to call me adorable. I'm adorabloodthirsty if anything, but I bet you would just twist that into some patronizing cutesy bullshit, too, so shut up.

[He turns and starts walking, with a sharp motion to follow.]

Come on. I'll find us a good spot, but if you annoy me too much I'll call the whole thing off.

[But Karkat! How can she make it into some cutesy bullshit when you've already made it adorable.]

Haha, you should learn how to take a lady's compliments, Karkat! I was being nothing but complementary, after all. But all right, we can do this exactly like you want, Mr Leader.

Edited 2012-11-24 15:51 (UTC)

I take compliments in their merited contexts, and this isn't one. You're Terezi's weird ancestor woman and I don't completely know what to make of you yet.

[More open than he might be, but what's the use of hiding that around a legislacerator? Not much. He keeps walking, not really looking for anywhere particular - just some spot out of the way.]

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