♋ 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.]

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[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[walloped...at the same time as he is being manhandled out of the room...]

Fuck! Just stob! Thanks, now my fucking nobe is bleedig!

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[tosses her cane to the ground and looks sort of dismayed]

W-well... What can I say to get the human lusus to calm down?!

[she stumbles after them as best as she can.]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I only have a female one.

[Not strifing, just being dragged off and holding on to his face.]

Just get be a fucking nasal tissue.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[in the confusion, she doesn't think she has time to get to the bathroom and instead darts into her room and returns with a shirt.] Here.

[come on, Terezi. think. you're a smart girl, you know what to do.



suddenly she recalls one of the human TV shows. she launches herself forward with as much drama and emotion as she can muster.]

...

Father, wait!

[dad-lusus turns, still clutching at Karkat, except Terezi kind of forgets what she's supposed to say next.]

You don't... understand?

Billy and I need to be together?

[...i...it's not very convincing...]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[Putting the t-shirt over his nose; he's not really happy about this because he doesn't want to get blood all over any of her things, that is just disgusting.

But then she starts her plan, and yes, that makes sense.]

That's right. My name is Billy, apparently. And your daughter has accepted my human sportsman jacket, so nothing can keep us apart.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[do you realize how overjoyed she will be to have a shirt covered in Karkat's blood

she will never wash it as soon as she gets her smelling ability back she is probably going to sleep with the nasty thing]

Sportsman jacket-? [looks blankly in Karkat's direction before she catches on.] Oh! Yes! I'm very much all caught up in Kar-- Billy's sportsman jacket! I captchalogued it and everything!

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[No, she won't, because he is going to destroy it before that can ever happen.]

Exactly. Now we are steady, so you can stop your lusus hostilities.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[ why so mean]

[the man shakes Karkat for good measure.]

Uh... Yes? [turns to Karkat] Are you talking about Earth steady? [no Terezi now is not the time...]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

It's a thing from TV, just go with it.

You and Billy are now so very earth human steady.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

I know what Earth steady is! I meant, uh... bluh. [oh, right. she pulls on the man's arm.] Hey, let him go.



Thanks, I guess! But I have already accidentally drawn blood so I think you could leave now.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[Yes, focusing on preventing any more of that blood from getting anywhere. Bluh, even if he is a drone and she's blind it still makes him really uncomfortable so he completely fails to consider whatever implications the going steady statement might have had. He just wants to get this done with.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[after a bit more reasoning and convincing, the drone finally stalks off, and Terezi turns towards Karkat.]

Jegus, are you okay? I didn't mean to hit you this time, really.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I know you didn't. I'm fucking fine.

[He sounds angry, but he's really not angry at her for hitting him. It's everything else happening that's pissing him off here.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[she reaches out and touches the shirt, and is startled to find that it's pretty soaked.]

...That's a lot of blood. [she gives an uneasy laugh.] Let's... go wash this off.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

It'll clot on its own. It's fine.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

Don't be stupid! Come on.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I'm not being stupid. It's fine.

[drawing away...]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[strongarming him into the bathroom anyway...]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Terezi, stop it.

[Even though she can't see, already knows, and doesn't care, he really doesn't want her doing this. It's an automatic and, he knows, illogical reaction instilled in him from a lifetime of insecurity over this, but he doesn't feel comfortable enough to let her do this and just wants to leave and handle it himself.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[she frowns and drops his arm.] You're being stupid. I can't even see it. Or smell it. You know that. And even if I could, I already know about it anyway.

[she understands why he's not happy about it, but at the same time, she feels exasperated.]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Fuck you. It's not that. I just don't need your help with this.

[He's starting to get pretty frustrated with her, because he knows that's all true. But it's not actually that easy to just not give a shit, and he doesn't need to be told it's stupid to feel this way by a blueblood.]

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[she raises her voice- it's purposefully loud now.] You're on the human planet where almost everyone's got blood just like yours, and you're still being cagey about it in front of me. [she crosses her arms.] Even my blood is red now.

[her expression softens. she knows she should let it go.] ...well, whatever. I'll wait in my room. [she turns to go.]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the same fucking thing! It's just the specific hue that's an issue with me whether or not it's completely removed from the social context. Thanks for the advice, I'll get over it now.

[It's mostly clotted anyway; it wasn't a bad nosebleed and it won't be long until it stops.]

Forget it, I think I'd better get back to the hive.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[she looks over her shoulder and makes a face.] Well, fuck you too!

[n-no don't go...]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[ignoring that. Once he's sure the bleeding has stopped, he's just going to wash off his face and crumple up the shirt so he can throw it away somewhere on his way home.]