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Karkat Vantas ([personal profile] crusthatecean) wrote2011-08-18 03:50 pm

♋ PCG 9

[Action; 1338 Benny Road]

[Karkat took his turn with the milk on the first day, to bring Jade back from kill drone state. He's been dealing with the after effects of the nasty poison that was inside ever since.

But today it was his turn again. He had been too sick the day before to prevent Jade from drinking her share, but this evening he prevented that from happening again by just refusing to go to sleep. Once he heard the milk delivery in the morning, he dragged his ass down to the front door to drink the bottle.

His housemates will find him still downstairs, holding the empty bottle of milk. He has the TV turned on to some infomercial for a groundbreaking new blender, and he's watching in fascination and horror.]


[Phone]

[Karkat's voice sounds hoarse and urgent when he picks up the phone to call Mayfield later that day.]

Okay.

Don't look now.

But the horrorterrors are right behind you.

Oh fuck! You unbelievable dumbass, I told you not to look!

[Action; Around Mayfield]

[Shortly after the phone call, Karkat wanders outside for a little bit, not really paying attention to where he's walking. He's carrying a paper towel roll curved in a way that looks vaguely like a sickle, and is swiping it randomly at the air from time to time.]

[Phone; Later]

[Much, much later that night, an extremely tired but lucid sounding Karkat makes a phone call once again.]

Wow. Uh.

So, I'm sure Jade and Gamzee didn't let me make any phone calls or anything earlier, right?

Just making sure about that.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Well.

I have a bunch of them here. If you felt like listening to them.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[o-ohh... intriguing....]

...

The prosecution will consider it.

[considers it for about 2 seconds]

It depends on the theme of the movie and amount of tears involved.

[the first answer is romance and the second answer is many]

[identity profile] made-this-town.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
There's nothing fucking here except a bottle of milk, moron, and stabbing it didn't work. [as much as slick hates to admit it.] The shit are you babbling about.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
The theme is your choice, as long as it's romance or romantic comedy.

But I don't think I'll be able to predict how many tears you'll cry. It depends on the title.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
You stabbed the milk?

Why didn't I think of that! That is a fucking. Amazing. Idea.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[>implying Terezi will be the one crying]

No, I didn't mean my tears.

[leeeeeans on him] I meant someone else's tears! Some crankynubs I know. He might be in the room right now, I'm not sure! I can't see.

Anyway, it's your choice. Since you're a connoisseur of these things and all.
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[personal profile] echidna 2011-08-20 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's definitely something wrong, she just can't figure out what. She glances at the TV, but no, it's still that dumb infomercial playing and generally nothing to wig out about. Unless an amazing juicer for the low low price of 19.99 is your thing.

Jade sighs, sinks against him and closes her eyes. It sucks, because she really doesn't want to deal with any of this. Not this place, or the milk, or anything. But it's not like she can just ignore it either. ]


Maybe you should turn it off then.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
I can't do that to them.

[Turning back to watch.]

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not going to cry. Except for at some of them but I dare anyone not to cry at those ones, and I am refusing to be embarrassed about that. Show some respect for fucking cinematic masterpieces.

Just tell me if you want sad or heartwarming or funny.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[she finally has pupils and irises to roll her eyes with, so she does. feels good, man.]

Okay, I'm showing respect for the fuckingest cinematic masterpieces! This is my respect face. [it is a shit-eating grin like the rest of her faces.]

Okay. Sad and heartwarming.

[just to listen to you cry.]
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[personal profile] echidna 2011-08-20 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bluuuuh. She's starting to figure it out. Why did it have to be crazy milk today? ]

No actually they told me it's okay and they wouldn't mind.

[identity profile] made-this-town.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
As much as I'm glad to hear you've finally wised up to the concept of stabbing equals great idea, what part of "it didn't work" failed to sink into your thick little skull.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, fine. I'll get something. Wait here, I'll be right back.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
But they're dead. How could they tell you anything?

[sinking into the couch and wrapping a blanket around himself.]

You didn't even know them.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[and she waits!

okay she might be gnawing on the pillow again by the time he gets back.]

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I only drank it, and it's kind of fucking me up, I guess. But yesterday it killed Harley, so I didn't really have a choice.

I keep getting lucky. I wasn't the one panscrubbed, I wasn't the one who was killed. I only got sick from the milk. How is that fucking fair? I don't deserve to be the only one who gets lucky. Shit.

[Slick he is opening his heart to you here what do you say to help this poor lost kid out...]
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[personal profile] echidna 2011-08-20 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
No, really, I can talk to the dead Karkat and that's what they told me.

[ Not like she wants to get up but she's doing it anyway, turns off the tv and returns to her spot on the couch. Now she's just hoping he doesn't freak out. ]

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll come back in a little while with his computer, which he has to set up. Still, she'll be able to tell from the cursing as he tries to get it to work that he's back.

Finally, he'll sit down next to her to turn on the movie he decided to show her, which happens to be troll The Notebook.]


Okay. Are you ready? Because this one is a classic. It is just so good that you probably won't even be able to comprehend it. It eats heartwarming for breakfast and shits nothing but tragedy for days afterward.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He seems to be okay with that. He's still looking blankly at the screen, but with less focus.]

Okay. If that's what they want.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[th...the Notebook... noooo that one has never failed to make anyone cry, ever, not in any universe or of any species!!

EVERYONE ALWAYS CRIES DURING THE NOTEBOOK.]


I'm completely intrigued! But suddenly glad I can't smell it. Will I need many absorbent things for my non-functioning eyes, or will this pillow do?

[it is a facetious question, one she expects Karkat will answer seriously.]
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[personal profile] echidna 2011-08-20 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ This earns a loud sigh of releif. ]

Do you want to take a nap?

[ She does, never mind the fact that she just got up.

And hey, maybe a nap will help with the crazy. You never know. ]

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[He didn't sleep the night before, but his head feels like it's buzzing. He can't find it in him to be tired.]

Shit. I realized why your universe got so fucked up, Jade. Gamzee did it. With his mind.

[identity profile] crusthatecean.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes, exactly. The saddest movie ever made by any society. The best thing about it is how it's not manipulative and stupid at all.

He places a box of tissues in front of them on the coffee table with a dramatic slam mostly for her benefit. He is always prepared before watching this film.]


There. I don't know if those will be enough absorption papers, but we'll just see. I guess no one cares if you ruin a pillow for the sake of a timeless love story.

[identity profile] foretastes.livejournal.com 2011-08-20 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[clutches her pillow tightly in a mock display of tension. even though she is not really nervous! oh Terezi you are not prepared.]

Oh, that's really considerate of you! I will be sure to remember that in the face of a timeless love story, property damage is acceptable.
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[personal profile] echidna 2011-08-20 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Are you sure you don't want to?

[ Because she is curling up against him, hoping her own sleepiness might rub off. In the mean time, she'll just try and humor him. ]

Oh, that does make a lot of sense.

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