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[lawesome]

[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.]

Comments

[lawesome]

[Another highblood. She'd do careful to adjust her responses to this one as well. While she holds no stock with the idea that they are a wit better than her, the law is, for now, still on their side.]


HOW V3RY CUR1OUS.
3V3RYBODY K33PS M3NT1ON1NG MY PR3V1OUS ST4Y H3R3.
Y3T BY MY KNOWL3DG3, 1 H4V3 N3V3R B33N H3R3 B3FOR3.
TH3 D3COR 1S V3RY UN1QU3. 1 TH1NK 1 WOULD’V3 R3M3MB3R3D.

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D --> It isn't a rare occurrence
D --> Often this place will take an individual from their homeplanet and universe then dismiss them again
D --> They will remember nothing of their time in Vatheon while back there
D --> If/when they are taken again
D --> There is always a chance they will remember their time
D --> And there is always a chance they will not

[No one can say he isn't helpful.]

[lawesome]

YOU S33M QU1T3 KNOWL3DG34BL3 ON TH3 S1TU4T1ON.
H4V3 YOU B33N H3R3 FOR 4 WH1L3?

[aim_exorable]

D --> Only a third of a sweep
D --> Although considering how often people vanish back to their homes, perhaps that is an accomplishment

[Sigh. He can't hide it forever... Might as well get it over with.]

D --> I am Darkleer

[lawesome]

TH3 3XP4TR14T3?

[aim_exorable]

[There's a brief pause before Darkleer gets himself to reply. He can renounce it all he like, confess his sins to Signless for a lifetime, but that title... It's still ingrained in him. It still leaves a scar that always causes a twinge of pain when someone addresses him with it.]

D --> Here it means little

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[lawesome]

1T M34NS V3RY L1TTL3 B4CK HOM3 TOO.
YOU, 1 M34N.

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[lawesome]

[That response was partially for show. Also the truth! But mostly for show. There are highbloods in this place, at the very least on seadweller, and as much as Karkat says that it might mean little, she had not yet seen proof of that.

So she chooses to play it more careful. Have her last public response be one of acceptable scorn in the eye of highbloods.

But meanwhile under a filter--]


1’V3 R34D 4BOUT YOU.

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[aim_exorable]

[See, there was a reason he remembered distinctly disliking this tealblood. There are quite a few words he could say- things he wants to say, because he is finished, this is just another jab into a bleeding wound of exhaustion and he is getting sick of this.]

[But then he sees the filter slip over the words. Quietly, he tweaks it, adds some improvements. Work helps him calm down, at least a little.]

D --> I am surprised there is anything to read

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[lawesome]

4R3 YOU R34LLY?
DO YOU R34LLY TH1NK SH3 COULD’V3 D3STROY3D 3V3RYTH1NG?
3V3RY 4CCOUNT. 3V3RY T3ST1MONY. 3V3RY JOURN4L 3NTRY.
YOU 4R3 NOT 4S FORGOTT3N 4S YOU M1GHT TH1NK, 3XP4TR14T3.

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[aim_exorable]

D --> Perhaps I would have preferred such an outcome
D --> I imagine it still would have taken some digging to learn anything of particular value
D --> That seems to be a strange amount of work for a traitor

[Enemy to both sides, he won't delude himself on that. Killer of the Signless, spared the Disciple. One couldn't make up for the other.]

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[lawesome]

Y3S, 4ND P3RH4PS 1 WOULD’V3 PR3F3R3D B31NG 1N TH3 COURTBLOCK R1GHT NOW
H4NG1NG SOM3 DR34DFUL M4NN3R OF CR1M1N4L!
BTU W3 DON’T 4LW4YS G3T WH4T W3 W4NT.
1’V3 4LW4YS PR1D3D MYS3LF ON B31NG THOUROUGH, MR 3XP4TR14T3.
KNOW1NG ONLY H4LF OF TH3 STORY 4ND DR4W1NG YOUR CONCLUS1ONS FROM TH4T 1S 4 V3RY ROOK13 M1ST4K3.
1 HOP3 YOU 4R3N’T 1MPLY1NG 1 4M 4 ROOK13!

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[aim_exorable]

D --> I am implying a question, as a matter of fact, Neophyte
D --> Why the interest?

video;

[onlyasign]

[Sufferer interrupts this, and does it with video. He's showing his face, his hood off and hanging around his shoulders, and if Redglare is a follower, like she was last time, there can be little doubt as to who he is.]

He doesn't go by that any longer. His name here is Darkleer.

text; private

[aim_exorable]

[Oh. That... isn't what he expected. Darkleer wavers on whether or not to respond to this.]

D --> That wasn't necessary

text; private

[onlyasign]

DO YOU WANT HER TO KEEP CALLING YOU THAT?

text; private

[aim_exorable]

D --> If she truly wants to do so
D --> Then she will and I doubt she'll stop
D --> But
D --> I don't think she will




D --> Why do you care?

text; private

[onlyasign]

I DON'T LIKE BEING CALLED THE WRONG NAME, EITHER.

text; private

[aim_exorable]

D --> Yes well
D --> With all due respect
D --> The name you choose to be called is rather idiotic

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[lawesome]

[Oh. Even though Karkat already informed her of his presence... well...


She needs another drink!]

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[lawesome]

[What do you even say to the pretty much mythical figure of the religion you are somewhat part of?]


I'm beginning to find that Mr Vantas is a very excellent source of very truthful information.

The Sufferer, I presume?

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[onlyasign]

[At least she calls him the right name.]

That's correct. And you're Neophyte Redglare.

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[lawesome]

[To her, there is no other name. She never knew the Signless, so to speak. All she knows from the stories of his followers is the Sufferer.

And man. She is talking to him now. This is... it is odd. Even if she was never one of the ranting raving so religious it hurts followers, his words and thoughts had helped shaped her. And now he was standing there and... yeah. For once, she really doesn't know how to approach this.]

That's correct.

[A pause.]

... You know, your followers forgot to mention the cool robo-hands.

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[onlyasign]

[Wince. Oh, man, wrong thing to mention, Redglare!]

They're a recent addition.

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[lawesome]

[She has no idea what the right thing to mention is, for once! She just doesn't know how to love talk to you.]

I see.

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