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[lisping]

[the voice on the network is teenaged, lispy, and extremely grouchy]

Oh my god, this world doesn't even have silicomb technology? What sort of awful fucking backwater planet is this, and how do you all not go crazy?

Don't answer that, that wasn't an invitation to tell me about your feelings. KK, this is your fault, you nooklicking idiot.

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[glowsferatu]

you have a surprisingly low standard for weirdness if thats what sets you to spin
i almost wonder how youve managed to deal with everything else weve lived through

but that isnt important right now

[ and she clicks on the video, to show herself in all her troll glory. sans glow, of course. ]

Because I lied. It wasn't really hypothetical at all.

[lisping]

well mo2t of the re2t of iit wa2 pretty boriing when youve been heariing almo2t dead people forever

[he doesn't turn on his own video so you don't get to see his look of suprise, just the pause of silence before he speaks]

Shit, you're practically an adult now.
[which is a special kind of 'really weird' given he has never met an adult troll ever]

[glowsferatu]

Practically nothing, I've been an adult for years, as far as I'm concerned! But...in a month or so, Earth's arbitrary standards will finally agree.

[lisping]

They'd have kicked you off-planet by now back home, you mean?

I assume Earth doesn't do that, they don't seem to have much in the way of space-faring tech from what I've seen.

[glowsferatu]

They don't. Rather landlocked, there.

But you know how it was at home, half the time we were looking after ourselves over being looked after. And more so by the time we left. When you're all children, someone has to be the adult.

[lisping]

Wow, what a shitty planet. I'm still blaming KK for this.

And ugh, tell me about it. [being tech support has led to way more instances of playing messenger than he wants to think about.]

[glowsferatu]

Trust me, Sollux, of all of us, Karkat is the least guilty. You'll only humor his neuroses claiming otherwise. Maybe consider blaming the one who actually made the universe.

[ that's part of being the adult, it's her job to shoulder the blame. ]

[lisping]

I'm pretty sure TZ would call that blood color 'damning evidence'. And then add something creepy about how delicious it smelled but. [shrug. Terezi.]

[glowsferatu]

What she'd say doesn't really matter now. Besides, his blood is no weirder than any of ours anymore.

[lisping]

Eheh. Not like I ever gave a fuck, I wasn't much better off.

Anything I should know about this place past the nice little spiel they gave me when I arrived?

[glowsferatu]

You mean aside from literally everything about Earth? They'll have given you a job, you'll want to stick with it and perform it well.

You'll need the money to pay for your necessities. That means food, not electronics.

[lisping]

They have internet, I can look most of it up. [they gave him a job as tech support, which means probably halfway through his first shift computers will start exploding.]

And you're not my lusus, KN, I can take care of myself. [...yup. Living off cup noodles it is]

[glowsferatu]

That's arguable. Where have they sorted you?

[lisping]

Heropa - residence eleven.

[glowsferatu]

Mm. Well, I'll have to stop by next time I'm in town, then.

[ only to turn right back around when she realizes who else lives there, probably send him a text and make him meet her in neutral territory. ]

[lisping]

Sure, whatever.

[As long as it's not like... noon FULL SUN IN THE FACE]

[glowsferatu]

[ god, you lot are going to be filling her evenings. best get used to that sun, son. ]

Good. I'll see you then.