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[When the SFC turns on it appears that it was accidental. There's no video to indicate where the troll might be, though the sounds might make it easier to guess. In the background, the sea can be heard, washing in and spraying up over rocky outcroppings. Over that, however, there's a quiet, lilting hum, interspersed now and then with words - singing.

The Dolorosa doesn't sing often. Late in her life she had no reason to, but things are different now. She can allow herself happiness now without worrying every moment that it might be taken from her.

Anyone on the island would find her on the beach, barefoot in the sand and wearing a white summer dress embroidered with jade patterns around the hem. She's walking lightly, allowing the natural glow of her skin to shine softly and she's half-humming, half-singing some old song that perhaps she might have lulled Signless to sleep with when he was very small. It's been so long that she's forgotten half the words, but the melody is still intact.]

((feel free to ping either her SFC or go for action! She's not affected by this week's curse :>))

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[Apparently the Dolorosa isn't the only troll who enjoys spending time by the beach. She's not alone on the beach, though right now, she's the only one out who isn't affected by the curse. In fact, it's probably why Kurloz has left the bubble- in theory, the island and the beach should be less trafficked than the streets of the underwater city.

In theory. There's a moment where Kurloz doesn't notice her, when he's still staring out to sea, and his thoughts are dominated by the image of a mergoat. But something pulls his attention away, down toward her, and his thoughts, too, reflect that- an image of the Porrim he knows pops into his head, and thus appears behind him.]

[She pins him for a highblood immediately - hard not to with those eyes - and takes in the stitches on his mouth and his makeup in one quick glance. The small bubble catches her attention next, and she's grasped what those things are without having one inconveniently following her around.]

Ah.. is that the Porrim you know?

[Jadeblood, strikingly similar in appearance, tattoos.. Karkat had mentioned tattoos.]

You must be related to Gamzee.

[Porrim is replaced by an exclamation point in his bubble, but he nods soon after. Porrim he isn't very close to, and quite frankly doesn't give much of a fuck about, but he does know her.

Very deliberately, he thinks out 'Kurloz', and sure enough, it appears in his bubble. The 'Makara' that fills in after it is mostly a formality.]

Kurloz.

[She says it aloud if only to ensure she has the pronunciation correct, but that second name - Makara - that needs no sounding out. That's a name she knows.]

What brings you up here, young one?

[At first glance, the scenery in his thought bubble looks just like the beach around them at the moment, the way it would look on a dark night. But on closer examination, it isn't precisely the same. For one, the reflection of the moon off the waves is green. For another, there's a sea goat in the distance, way out to sea.]

Ah...

[She recognises that moon, though the absence of the other that she's used to is one she notes.]

You are thinking of your lusus?

[The bubble focuses in on the goat, and he nods. Then he tilts his head toward the Dolorosa, and a Mother Grub appears in his thoughts. He's fairly certain that's what Porrim had at first.]

[There's a sudden smile, soft and warm, and she nods. Ah, that does bring back some old memories...]

You are quite correct. She was my lusus for a time. [She moves a little closer to him, looking out to sea.] I had always thought.. that it must be difficult for a land dwelling caste to have sea dwelling lusii.

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