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Harsh intro. [No, seriously. He doesn't envy anybody who wound up with the app this time around.] A lot of us first got hit back in February during Founder's Day. It wasn't even weird then, it was just an annoying app. Now there's all of this and the city seems to be taking it. Can we even get data on something that shouldn't be possible?
Money's not an issue. [Of course it isn't. On the other hand he's busy thinking this over based on a conversation he had with someone else.]
I want to see if we can send something out and see how far we have to go before we find another Retrospec building or a base. Minako and I were thinking about heading into the woods before...you know. This stupid shit happened. But you've heard the rumors that people think the building's just a front, haven't you? Wouldn't be a bad idea to confirm that and see if they're just out of our reach. Think that's too ambitious?
I want to see if we can send something out and see how far we have to go before we find another Retrospec building or a base. Minako and I were thinking about heading into the woods before...you know. This stupid shit happened. But you've heard the rumors that people think the building's just a front, haven't you? Wouldn't be a bad idea to confirm that and see if they're just out of our reach. Think that's too ambitious?
Yeah, I've looked at drone designs before.
[Why, Dirk? Just because. Anyway.]
They can take pictures from anywhere as if we're alone, the place looks like a front, bein' shrunk down felt like a glitch more than anythin', and those cracks in reality were nothin' if not reminiscent of clippin' out of game boundaries.
[There are serious implications to that theory, and he doesn't want to discuss them. For now, it's just a casual thought.]
[Why, Dirk? Just because. Anyway.]
They can take pictures from anywhere as if we're alone, the place looks like a front, bein' shrunk down felt like a glitch more than anythin', and those cracks in reality were nothin' if not reminiscent of clippin' out of game boundaries.
[There are serious implications to that theory, and he doesn't want to discuss them. For now, it's just a casual thought.]
Of course you have. [Why did he ever think otherwise??? But he's listening to that theory and yeah, okay, that's definitely not a comforting theory at all.]
So...we've got one of two theories here. We're either reborn from some seriously fucked up past lives, or we're dropped into someone's game of The Sims that they bootlegged from somewhere. [A pause.] Could explain why all of the horses disappeared though. But if that's true that's even more reason to want to see where our boundaries are, isn't it?
So...we've got one of two theories here. We're either reborn from some seriously fucked up past lives, or we're dropped into someone's game of The Sims that they bootlegged from somewhere. [A pause.] Could explain why all of the horses disappeared though. But if that's true that's even more reason to want to see where our boundaries are, isn't it?
I'm not interested in being arrested so I think you're safe. We can head to the back if you want? The entire bar stayed its normal size so it's not like you'd be in the way or risk knocking shit over.
[He will do his best not to stab Karkat Vantas. Probably.]
[He will do his best not to stab Karkat Vantas. Probably.]
I feel like there are better things to get arrested for anyway.
[ you can have a lot of neat stories about getting arrested but karkat would prefer if he did not get an extra hole in him in order for those stories to be born.
he'll also follow luke's lead here TAKE US TO THE BACK ]
[ you can have a lot of neat stories about getting arrested but karkat would prefer if he did not get an extra hole in him in order for those stories to be born.
he'll also follow luke's lead here TAKE US TO THE BACK ]
[HE'S A GOOD SOUNDBOARD and that's about it. Someday he'll be good at stabbing things, too! Two whole things he's good at...]
So you're saying we're first on a hitlist for some weird global domination plot? The guinea pigs or something, maybe?
So you're saying we're first on a hitlist for some weird global domination plot? The guinea pigs or something, maybe?
Everything, at some point in history, has probably seemed impossible, until it became normal.
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Though I don't know how much that helps us right now, especially if we can't figure out how to get out of here.
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Though I don't know how much that helps us right now, especially if we can't figure out how to get out of here.
...The chocobos-horse thing would be kinda jarring. Still unless they start attacking you like that one video game series... still slightly less dangerous than this. [She's sporting a bit of a strained smile there.
Gosh, she can't imagine owning a cat in this state. They probably look far more appetizing then mice.] Their cat? Miki's doing okay. It like he's acing like it's... normal for him? He still wants to lick me and expects me to brush him and everything, but at least he doesn't mind when I use his harness to direct him.
[Please don't ask her how she got the harness on him. It was a struggle you couldn't imagine.]
Gosh, she can't imagine owning a cat in this state. They probably look far more appetizing then mice.] Their cat? Miki's doing okay. It like he's acing like it's... normal for him? He still wants to lick me and expects me to brush him and everything, but at least he doesn't mind when I use his harness to direct him.
[Please don't ask her how she got the harness on him. It was a struggle you couldn't imagine.]
That would depend if the replacement animal was cool. [He rolls his eyes.] On the other hand I never had to worry about people bringing horses into my bar so maybe you have a point. That's the one mystery that still baffles me, you know? That's the elimination and replacement of an entire species. Who says they can't do the same to us?
Do I want to know what your idea of "better" is? Actually yeah, I do. What's your idea of better? [And he'll lead Karkat over to what looks like a string of rubber bands tied together leading down to the floor. He'll jump onto the makeshift rope and cling, staring to climb his way down.]
They peck if that's what you're asking. Trust me, I don't trust them any more than I trust the rest of what's happening around here. [But he gets it. Actually, he seems vaguely interested in what she's saying.]
His cat dropped him off earlier, long story. That's what I'm not understanding though. Dogs are supposed to be fairly smart, you know? You'd think they'd react to something like this but maybe...I don't know, it's stupid. An optical illusion of some kind? Maybe our perception's just way off.
His cat dropped him off earlier, long story. That's what I'm not understanding though. Dogs are supposed to be fairly smart, you know? You'd think they'd react to something like this but maybe...I don't know, it's stupid. An optical illusion of some kind? Maybe our perception's just way off.
Ah... I haven't, actually.
[HIS FRIENDS ARE ALL HERE and he's been so wrapped up in All The Wild Recolle Things that he hasn't called his father in a while... His contacts in Japan don't actually get in touch with him very often, either.]
Not really surprised, though. Like, if news about all this stuff got out, we'd have government media from around the world at our doors already, yeah?
[HIS FRIENDS ARE ALL HERE and he's been so wrapped up in All The Wild Recolle Things that he hasn't called his father in a while... His contacts in Japan don't actually get in touch with him very often, either.]
Not really surprised, though. Like, if news about all this stuff got out, we'd have government media from around the world at our doors already, yeah?
[ ... well. that sure is a way to get down from high things. karkat waits to see if luke falls down to his death or not, and when it's the latter, he will follow him. ]
Before I moved back here, in my old town there was this pet store that closed down but there were some hermit crabs that never got taken out? So I broke in and brought them home but apparently that was still trespassing so the police got called on me. I didn't actually get arrested for it but it still counts.
Before I moved back here, in my old town there was this pet store that closed down but there were some hermit crabs that never got taken out? So I broke in and brought them home but apparently that was still trespassing so the police got called on me. I didn't actually get arrested for it but it still counts.
Yeah. Conspiracy theorists out the ass. All the more reason they'd keep this kind of thing on the downlow. Too much attention could mean skewed data from where I'm standing. Might be worth reaching out to other people to see if there's some sort of explained phenomenon in other parts of the world we just haven't heard about yet.
[Which would be both good and bad, but he's trying this whole "positivity" thing.] Either that, or we figure out how to get in contact with the government and get them to believe us.
[Which would be both good and bad, but he's trying this whole "positivity" thing.] Either that, or we figure out how to get in contact with the government and get them to believe us.
[It's once he's at the bottom that he looks up, raising an eyebrow as he listens to this story and despite himself he's actually grinning because it's funny. And sort of cute? Maybe both, actually, and he considers what to say after that.]
So you went on a rescue mission and the cops got mad. [He lifts an eyebrow.] Seems like a stupid reason to get hit with trespassing if the place was shut down anyway but some rules are stupid as it is. Wait, do you still have the crabs? [And once Karkat's on the ground he'll lead onward toward one of the back storage rooms.]
So you went on a rescue mission and the cops got mad. [He lifts an eyebrow.] Seems like a stupid reason to get hit with trespassing if the place was shut down anyway but some rules are stupid as it is. Wait, do you still have the crabs? [And once Karkat's on the ground he'll lead onward toward one of the back storage rooms.]
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