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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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P1ZZ4.
WH4T 4 STR4NG3 4ND 4L13N WORD!
HMMM. >:|a
TH3 JURY H4S D3C1D3D!
BR1NG M3 TO TH3S3 P1ZZ4S.
H3H3H3.
C4N YOU COM3 TO TH3 PL4Z4?

2ure, i'll be there in a few minute2.

[And indeed, a whirlwind of red and blue sparks arrives about ten minutes later. He knows Terezi well enough to recognize Redglare immediately, and he lands in front of the tealblood, curiosity in his plastic red and blue eyes.]

Wow, you look exactly like each other.

[A psionic. She makes a mental note of that. Though of course knowing that this is the descendent of the Psiioniic, that is not much of a surprise.

Instead she greets him with a grin, and a short wave of the hand.]

Wow, is that so? This Terezi must be incredibly beautiful then.

[He just laughs. He's not about to tell an ancestor that he thought she was ugly, like he would say to Terezi herself after a comment like that (not that he does, but that's just the way his relationship with Terezi is).]

So do you want come with me? There's a place not far away.

[He's glad right now that Equius helped him with his teeth, so he doesn't have an embarrassing lisp. There's something about this tealblood that's unexpectedly intimidating to him]

[Is it how awesome she is? It totally is how awesome she is, isn't it.

She strikes the pavement in front of her once with her cane, before she nods.]

Yes! Please lead me to these pizzas. I hope they are every bit as earth-moving as you say they are.

[He eyes the cane, remembering what Terezi can do with hers, then shrugs and turns towards a nearby pizza joint. He knows he shouldn't be too uncautious with a new adult he's never met before, especially a highblood. But this is just pizza.]

My name's Sollux, by the way. Have you ever met my ancestor, before?

Nice to meet you, Sollux. You are the Psiioniic's little descendant, aren't you?

[Never mind that he might very well be physically taller than her, she is not exactly huge.]

In which case, no, I have not. I am a little bit too young for that, you know.

Yeah. [He smiles, pleased that she knew who his ancestor was, but he blinks in surprise at her next statement] Oh, did you hear about him here, then?

No, I heard about him while on Alternia. Not much, mind you. But certainly some.

[He glances at her sidelong, his eyes slightly narrowed. He knows what his ancestor was involved in before he was taken as a Helmsman by the Condesce, and he really wonders what she heard about him.

So he grins suddenly.]

Only good stuff, right?

[He opens the door to the pizza restaurant and leads the way inside]

Some good stuff, yes. Some dreadful, awful stuff.

[She knows what he was sentenced to. It makes her wish she could just cut it short, and give him the oblivion of death he so deserves.

The pizza restaurant catches some of her attention. Hey, it is her first time in a strange alien restaurant. At least it smells nice.]

Yeah. He sure was awesome, the way he rebelled against his fate as a slave, and it sure was shitty of the Condesce to turn him into a helmsman.

[This is said firmly, and with a tiny bit of aggression. He's not about to toe the line, and this is the moment in which he tells her that. If she's in bed with the highbloods, that's fine, but he isn't going to pretend that any of it is okay. And if she's not, that's even better.

He gestures to the order board and the pre-made pizzas.]

Take a look, see if there's anything that looks good to you. [He pauses, suddenly awkward] Hey, you aren't blind, are you?

I think 'shitty' is a bit of a shitty way of describing that particular sentence.

[Oversleeping is shitty. Stepping in lusus leavings is, pun not entirely intended, shitty. Being forced to be her personal Helmsman is a bit beyond shitty.

But lets turn our attention to the less depressing part of the conversation. She regards the order board for a moment, before turning her head back to him at that question. A smile curls her lips, and she reaches up to tug her glasses down just enough to peer at him over the edge.]

I assure you, my eyes are in perfect working order. Now tell me. Which one of these is really good?

[She motions at the order board.]

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Well, it was. And a lot of worse things, too. He's a fucking mess.

[He brightens a bit, though. She is passing the test so far, so he walks up to the counter and points around] It depends on what you want. They're all these flat bread things with tomato sauce and cheese, and then a bunch of other stuff. I like the spicy sausage. [Oh god it feels good to say that]

Spicy sausage? How spicy would you say this human sausage is?

[Whatever whatever, she heard spicy, she wants it.]

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I dunno. Spicy. [He cocks his head, grinning] You like it hot?

Pyralspite isn´t the only one who can breathe fire, you know!

Well, okay. If you're sure! You should go with peppers and sausage, then. And they give you hot sauce if you need more.

[He walks up to the cashier and orders a small with sausage and banana peppers, and tosses on some pepperoni, just because. What's a pizza without pepperoni? Not a proper pizza at all. Or so he was told.]

[She observes him, before she places her own order, making sure to ask for the peppers and sausages and hot sauces like he had said.]

[He moves towards one of the tables and sits down, leaning back in his chair as he waits for his pizza to be made]

So you're a real legislacerator?

No, I just like dressing like this because I am really into uniforms.

[seriously, Sollux, what.]

Haha, of course, I am a real legislacerator. I passed my final assignment a bit over a sweep ago.

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Hey, Terezi wears something like that sometimes, but it's just a lame flarping costume. [He shrugs] Good for you. Must be a fun job.

It is a very fulfilling job. And I am very good at it.

[Chasing criminals, capturing them and killing them! How is that not thrilling and fulfilling.]

[Sollux nods. He's distrustful of anyone in the establishment, to be honest. Legislacerators are definitely high on the list.]

Ever hang a blasphemer? Like one of the Signless' followers?

[He smirks and then looks away, distracted as their pizzas arrive and are placed in front of them.]

I did not graduate top of my class to be sent after some trolls wishing for a better future. I have bigger criminal fish to fry!

[Besides, the only time she ran into cultists she ended up, well, joining them.]

Besides, blasphemy is something far more in the realms of silly clowns that think gods decide our lives.

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