Resident Homestuck
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2012
- Location
- Land of Maps and Treasure
Vriska: Attempt and mostly succeed to listen
You’re content enough at first to listen to Aranea’s story...but then again, that was when you assumed she would stick to the beautifully brief first few words she said before she really started. A couple minutes into the lecture, you start to get a little bored. Five minutes later you find yourself wondering if she’ll be done anytime soon. Five minutes after that, you consider walking away like she said others have in the past. But John seems to be engrossed in the story, so you figure you might as well pay attention as well.
You take a seat on the ground, maintaining a loose grip on his hand as you continue to listen to the story. It’s actually kind of interesting, but given your ancestor’s long windedness, you suspect that anyone who’s already heard it might be ready to rip their ears off by now.
By the time she’s finished lecturing, your eyes have kind of glued themselves to her, just staring blankly while you absorb the sudden influx of information. A little surprised by the suddenly tight grip on your hand, you glance over at John, meeting his eyes with a slightly confused look, wondering what he’s thinking. You tighten your grip on him to match his anyway, scooting a little closer.
You grin a little to yourself when Meenah mentions shouty nubs. It sounds like something Terezi would have said a long time ago, and for some reason the fact that it’s coming from Meenah makes it funny. John takes a little longer to figure out what she means by “shouty nubs,” but he picks up on it fairly quickly. Really, anyone who’s even met Karkat once could probably figure out who she means.
It takes you a moment to realize you’re being talked to, and after a delay of a couple seconds, you quickly return your eyes to John’s. “I’m going to have to go with the fish puns are a dealbreaker. He’d be irreparably frustrated within minutes.” Well, at least that’s what you’d think. But if the fish puns didn’t scare him off the first time, they might not the next time. Great, this might mean Karkat in a quadrant with a ghost. Does that even work?
You turn back to Meenah, half grinning. “What do you think, Peixes lookalike? Gonna go after a quadrant with shouty nubs?”
Terezi: Focus on that strange disease called friendship
You watch curiously as Karkat starts to calm down a little, clearly making an effort not to start shouting again. When you came into the room in the first place, you thought he might just keep shouting, and honestly you wouldn’t blame him if he did. As easily as he says he’d cut you the same slack you gave him over the last sweep or so, you’re still pretty sure that if he knew what you wish you could tell him, he’d forget that slack fairly quickly. But you’re glad, at least, that he’s decided to focus on his friendships instead of his quadrants. From what you’ve been able to gather, that is, quite a lot, quadrants have been nothing but trouble.
“Hm...maybe it isn’t so much of a disease if you want to try it out, is it?” You shoot him a toothy grin, glad that he’s at least laughing again. He’s been too moody to laugh for ages, you’ve almost forgotten what it sounds like.
“But seriously Karkat, at least try and be friendly. I guess you’re almost like Vriska, in a way. You don’t even realize it, but you’re starting to pull away from everyone and you don’t want to talk to anyone because you feel powerless to do anything, and that’s not true. Sure, people have paired up and they like to spend time with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to spend time with you. John’s done a ton of stuff with you. Rose and Kanaya probably would if you talked to them. I don’t know what’s up between you and Dave, but he probably would too. And so would I. You don’t have to handle this alone if you don’t want to.”
You’re content enough at first to listen to Aranea’s story...but then again, that was when you assumed she would stick to the beautifully brief first few words she said before she really started. A couple minutes into the lecture, you start to get a little bored. Five minutes later you find yourself wondering if she’ll be done anytime soon. Five minutes after that, you consider walking away like she said others have in the past. But John seems to be engrossed in the story, so you figure you might as well pay attention as well.
You take a seat on the ground, maintaining a loose grip on his hand as you continue to listen to the story. It’s actually kind of interesting, but given your ancestor’s long windedness, you suspect that anyone who’s already heard it might be ready to rip their ears off by now.
By the time she’s finished lecturing, your eyes have kind of glued themselves to her, just staring blankly while you absorb the sudden influx of information. A little surprised by the suddenly tight grip on your hand, you glance over at John, meeting his eyes with a slightly confused look, wondering what he’s thinking. You tighten your grip on him to match his anyway, scooting a little closer.
You grin a little to yourself when Meenah mentions shouty nubs. It sounds like something Terezi would have said a long time ago, and for some reason the fact that it’s coming from Meenah makes it funny. John takes a little longer to figure out what she means by “shouty nubs,” but he picks up on it fairly quickly. Really, anyone who’s even met Karkat once could probably figure out who she means.
It takes you a moment to realize you’re being talked to, and after a delay of a couple seconds, you quickly return your eyes to John’s. “I’m going to have to go with the fish puns are a dealbreaker. He’d be irreparably frustrated within minutes.” Well, at least that’s what you’d think. But if the fish puns didn’t scare him off the first time, they might not the next time. Great, this might mean Karkat in a quadrant with a ghost. Does that even work?
You turn back to Meenah, half grinning. “What do you think, Peixes lookalike? Gonna go after a quadrant with shouty nubs?”
Terezi: Focus on that strange disease called friendship
You watch curiously as Karkat starts to calm down a little, clearly making an effort not to start shouting again. When you came into the room in the first place, you thought he might just keep shouting, and honestly you wouldn’t blame him if he did. As easily as he says he’d cut you the same slack you gave him over the last sweep or so, you’re still pretty sure that if he knew what you wish you could tell him, he’d forget that slack fairly quickly. But you’re glad, at least, that he’s decided to focus on his friendships instead of his quadrants. From what you’ve been able to gather, that is, quite a lot, quadrants have been nothing but trouble.
“Hm...maybe it isn’t so much of a disease if you want to try it out, is it?” You shoot him a toothy grin, glad that he’s at least laughing again. He’s been too moody to laugh for ages, you’ve almost forgotten what it sounds like.
“But seriously Karkat, at least try and be friendly. I guess you’re almost like Vriska, in a way. You don’t even realize it, but you’re starting to pull away from everyone and you don’t want to talk to anyone because you feel powerless to do anything, and that’s not true. Sure, people have paired up and they like to spend time with each other, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to spend time with you. John’s done a ton of stuff with you. Rose and Kanaya probably would if you talked to them. I don’t know what’s up between you and Dave, but he probably would too. And so would I. You don’t have to handle this alone if you don’t want to.”