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[shippingmath]

For those of you who might give a fuck, Jake English is gone from the bubble again.
The kid's going to earn himself a title of flighty broad, at this rate.
Maybe the third time's the charm, if our "great and powerful God" deigns to deliver him a third time.
I rather suspect that it's too busy quoting Dirty Harry at us and our delightful circumstance.

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[shippingmath]

Perhaps not all of it.
But it seems that we're inadvertently possessed of a rather large percentage of it.
In summation. FML.

[thekidsare0kay]

yeah, 2uckta2tic.
can i 0ffer 20me di2tracti0n?

[shippingmath]

Holy role reversal, batman.
Sure, why the hell not.
You got anything in mind, or are you just offering me a chance to cry deeply on your shoulder?

[thekidsare0kay]

n0 cheating in mind, 20 technically if there'll be any deep 2h0ulder crying, it'll be c0mpletely and utterly plat0nic.
d0 y0u like vide0 game2?

[shippingmath]

No better kind, bro.
I've been known to.
Beating the hell out of a pixellated computer programs sounds nice right about now.

[thekidsare0kay]

g00d.
i th0ught it might.
meet y0u at my hive, then?

[shippingmath]

In a few.

[It's not quite as fast as Sollux could do, since Dirk can't fly, but it doesn't take him long to make his way over to Sollux's house in Phanga.]

[thekidsare0kay]

[Sollux is pretty patient. When Dirk arrives, there's the scent of freshly-popped grubcorn in the hive. Sollux answers the door and smiles at Dirk, tossing him a controller.]

What's your poison? First person shooters? Racing? Fruity RPGs?

[shippingmath]

You got any skateboarding games?

[Shitty skateboarding games are the best things to play when he's stressed, Dirk has come to learn. Or just in general.]

[thekidsare0kay]

Fuck yeah, of course. [He pats Dirk on the shoulder and jerks his head, turning away to sort through a messy pile of game disks to find the skateboarding game he'd gotten to play with Mituna] I'm related to Mituna, remember?

[shippingmath]

I've barely seen the guy, I'm no expert in what he enjoys. [They didn't even talk when Dirk was broadcasting stuff about his rocketboard. But he watches as Sollux digs for the game disc anyway.]

[thekidsare0kay]

Really? [Sollux pulls out a skateboarding game] Well, you should spend more time with him. He's great. [He pushes the disk into the console and flops onto the sofa, offering Dirk a controller]

[shippingmath]

[Dirk takes it, and rests it on his knees for now.]

He made a glorious first impression, anyway. I'll keep an eye out.

[thekidsare0kay]

Yeah, he definitely isn't forgettable. [He starts the game, and leans in] But right now, prepare to get your shame globes kicked.

[shippingmath]

You're on.

[Well, Dirk's at least passable at video games, fortunately. But he also routinely gets beaten by Roxy.]