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[FILTERED AWAY FROM YUNO GASAI]

I'M ALIVE AGAIN.
I'M SURE A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD IN ONE FASHION OR ANOTHER, OR FIGURED IT OUT FROM THE STANDARD TIME IT TAKES A PERSON TO REVIVE AFTER DEATH
(FOR THE RECORD: FIVE DAYS)
BUT CONSIDER THIS AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL WHO DO NOT YET KNOW.
MAY I ALSO STATE FOR THE RECORD
*ERIDAN DID NOT KILL ME.*
SO LAY THE FUCK OFF BECAUSE HE HAD NO PART IN IT BUT FINDING ME AND REMOVING THE WEAPON.
WHILE I WILL NOT CONDONE A SENSELESS MANHUNT FOR THE CULPRIT
I WILL INFORM YOU OF HER IDENTITY AND WARN YOU TO WATCH OUT FOR HER PARTICULAR BRAND OF BATSHIT.
SHE'S A HUMAN BY THE NAME OF YUNO
LIVES ON FLOOR 2, APARTMENT 5 OF THE LARMLINE COMPLEX
AND HAS LONG PINK HAIR AND PINK EYES.
DO NOT TRUST HER EVEN WITH A COFFEE MUG.
DO NOT TRUST ANY SWEET ACT SHE PUTS ON.
IN FACT, DON'T TRUST HER IN GENERAL.
ALSO MAY YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT AN INVITATION TO ASK ME DUMB QUESTIONS.
I AM NOT GOING TO DISH OUT GORY ACCOUNTS OF HOW I DIED, BECAUSE REALLY, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
I WILL HOWEVER REQUEST AN UPDATE ON ANYTHING IMPORTANT I MISSED OVER THE PAST WEEK
BEING AS I COULD NOT KEEP AN EYE ON YOU MORONS ON ACCOUNT OF BEING A CORPSE.

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[FILTERED TO THE HANDMAID]

I'VE REALIZED SOMETHING FROM THIS.
THE ISSUE ISN'T SO MUCH THAT I WANT YOU TO TRAIN ME
IT'S THAT I NEED TO LEARN.

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[For all Yukiteru is right to feel those emotions over such news, and want an explanation, not one whit of it means anything to Karkat without a bit of info.]

Who are you and why are you so sure you need to know?

[ Oh right, sharing that info would probably be a good thing. But... how to put this. ]

... Ah, right. My name is Yukiteru Amano. [ A beat. He swallows. ] That girl, Yuno, I know her. But I need to know why why did that. Did something happen between the two of you?

Yukiteru...? Are you that Yukki guy she's talked about?

But you're damn right something happened: she slit my throat.

[ yeah, the sickening suspicion that this was all about him? It was starting to come true. It was a relief the video option was not present, because now the boy had begun to clench hold of the device, sweat poking the sides of his forehead. She did it, she really did kill someone!!

The fact that he knew his name held little question in his mind- it was always about him. Yet, for this situation, the answer didn't ring quite as clear as the others. He didn't know this person, had never met them before, so then why-

His voice drops, and only the soft mummer of an 'uh huh' can be heard. Almost as if he was afraid to admit it. She was one of the only people who called him that, after all. ]

What-!? [ Oh oops. That had to hurt. ] But how did she- [ wait stupid question BUT LOL WHERE WAS HE WHEN THIS HAPPENED ] -... I'm sorry.

[Karkat sighs heavily at his demeanor. Stupid questions, and then an apology? What's he apologizing for? The voice option likewise hides the building frustration on his own face, but not the sound of his hand rising up that he may massage his temples.]

Don't you apologize for her. You think I'm going to take that and say all is forgiven? Hell no. That doesn't fix what happened, what she did, how damn crazy she is in the first place. And what kind of idiot goes and asks how she did that? No, wait, I already know: the kind of dumbfuck who would date her in the first place.

But you want the story? Fine.

[He breathes, then thinks back.]

I talked to her all of twice before it happened. That's it. You know the curse last week, I'm sure, but there was another one about a month before that made people admit things they didn't want to. She happened to let slip the little gem that she would have convinced your mom to let her date you with a knife if she hadn't agreed on her own. I warned her to keep to herself, and we went our ways.

But when that ball happened, I was outside, and she comes strolling up as the dumbes howlerbeast I've ever seen and starts asking me about the guy I live with for some reason. She gets weirdly defensive about shit and I call her on her crap, until said guy comes up, and she takes her leave.

Next day, I come home from buying some stuff, and I find her behind the door. She broke into my fucking apartment, and she had a knife in her hand. She accuses me of telling you something about bodies and cages - I don't even have a clue what - and says she wants to kill either me or the other guy. So we fight, and long story short, the knife winds up in my neck and I drown to death on my own blood.

Edited 2012-02-22 04:44 (UTC)

[ It isn't exactly like he wanted to date her in the first place- actually, they really weren't dating at all. It was complicated. After all, she was there to provide him protection in a game that was trying to kill him, so what other choice did he have?

However, he makes no comment for awhile- only listening. That was until he heard something about his mother. Wait, his mom? Why would that even be in this conversation? But as he listened, the sharp gasp of astonishment spat from his throat.

A- a knife? This own mom-!? No, Yuno liked his mother... she would never do that...

Would she? ]

No...

[ As much as he didn't want to, as much as he tried to turn it off... he couldn't. With a muffled moan poking against the feed, probably caused by him covering his mouth at this point, he forced himself to listen to the rest. So she was trying to keep something a secret. She was hiding something again. But this time she went too far- to attack someone he didn't even know!? No... no she shouldn't have-

He almost gagged. ]

[For all the reason Yukiteru has to be shocked by this information, by the story of what happened, Karkat still finds it in himself to be aggravated that of all things, the singular denial is the only answer he can manage. That he would even deny it at all! The whole event is deeply real in his mind, an inerasable event branded onto memory. There is something like a snarl underlying his voice as he replies.]

No? Is that all you can say? Do I have to show you the scar left on my neck from it? How about the actual video of my corpse being found, because that's up on the network and has been for about a week.

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