♋ PCG 10; backdated to Thursday

[crusthatecean]

[Action; Outside 1338 Benny Road!]

[Early Thursday morning, there's a strange sight out on Benny Road. A terrifying crab monster appears to be menacing a young troll lad! Karkat is trying to fend off the crab monster with a garden tool and appears to mostly be managing it, but the monster won't stop trying to grab him with its claws.]

[Action; 1338 Benny Road; Later]

[Later that day, in a house that smells horribly of fish but is much cleaner than usual, Karkat is sitting on the couch watching TV. The crab monster is lurking behind the house, occasionally growling until Karkat feeds him some fish from a can.]

Comments

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Neither do I! Holy shit, you don't just say something like that to my lusus. What's your problem?

Guess what? I didn't even know you that well back when he was alive, so there was nothing to say. I mean, okay, he was around as a sprite after...things...but there wasn't a good time, and then he died again. He just got here today, so no, I hadn't mentioned you.

He gets really weird about this shit, okay?

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[SIGH]

Karkat, it is hardly my fault that you have a weird crabby lusus just like you. When I finally got to talk to my lusus, she listened to everything I had to say!

Okay, mostly she said 'Hi Terezi' and 'heeheehee' and we sniffed each other a lot. But still! I can't be blamed for your lack of communication.

[what is the problem here

there are no problems here]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

He's not weird!

[Even though Karkat just called him that.]

It's just an awkward subject to bring up with him, and the way you had to put it didn't help anything.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

Well, you told him I lied! [she frowns.] ...You didn't want him to know?

[bluh] Why wouldn't you?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

It's not like that.

You said 'we make out sometimes.' He doesn't need to think about that. I introduced you, didn't I? I would have explained better later, but no, I didn't want him to know 'we make out sometimes.'

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

It's important information. [she's being helpful!!!] I mean, what if he walked in on us like Gamz and Jade did?

[come on you know it's a strong possibility]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

...Oh god.

We can't do anything like that anymore.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[..........oh....] Guess not. [IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'D WANT TO OR ANYTHING...]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

It's not funny.

[And suddenly they're being interrupted by Crabdad coming in to check on them and also to hiss in case they are making out.]

Oh god, we're just talking!

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

I didn't say it was! I-

[oh..... looks in Crabdad's direction and waves her hands as if to assure him that they are not currently groping Karkat's nubby horns inappropriately or whatever]

It's okay, really.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

It's fucking fine.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[awkwardly waits for Crabdad to go away...........]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[He stands there awkwardly for a little longer, but finally Karkat shoos him out.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[LOOKS AT KARKAT EXPECTANTLY no jk

she's waiting for him to say something, though]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Sorry about him. I know this is fucking awkward.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's fine!

...

We can always go to my hive... I mean, to watch your stupid movies.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would work.

I mean, he might still sleep during the day and things, but he never knocks.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

So we'll have privacy at my hive to... watch movies.

[pause...] To watch a lot of movies. Uninterrupted.

[yeah]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

If that's what you want.

[Getting so flustered here.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[looking away even though that's stupid because she can't see him anyway]

I guess I wouldn't mind.

Even though some of them are really stupid movies.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

No, they aren't.

[That's besides the point, Karkat...]

You just need to watch them. They're really interesting.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

... [AUGH] I wasn't actually talking about your dumb movies!

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

...I know. I just meant that they're good, but I know what you were talking about, okay?

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

Oh.

...okay.

[now she is the one feeling a little flustered]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[Well, he's still flustered and doesn't know what to say after that. He manages to stop himself from making more comments in defense of his movies, though.]

...Anyway, you should still stay over here and all that if you want to. Just when it is much too fucking crowded here, because we are full to the brim with trolls and humans and an enormous crab monster, we've got that.