♋ PCG 11

[crusthatecean]

[Action; 1338 Benny Road]

[After his conversation/ambiguous break up with Terezi, Karkat heads back to his own hive. He slams the door to his respite block, locks it, and doesn't come out or let anyone in until his lusus comes up to check on him and makes him move the dresser away from his door.

After that, if you want to come in and find him, he's sitting on his bed eating ice cream and watching troll Hitch on his husktop with Crabdad.]

[Phone]

What do you do if you need to switch hives? Is there a form to fill out or something?

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[echidna]

[ Jade is somewhat hesitant about entering, but this might be her only chance before he barricades the door again.

She knocks gently but doesn't really wait for permission to enter, opens the door enough to poke her head in and look over at him. ]

You don't want to live here anymore?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[Glancing up and glaring when she comes in, but he's not really angry at her so he just goes back to sulking.]

No. Sorry.

PHONE

[bullsit.livejournal.com]

Woah, uh, you could come to my hive, if you really wanted to?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Thanks, Tavros. If your insane human lusus won't shoot me, that might not be a terrible idea. But I would still run the risk of meeting people who I know and no longer want to talk to ever again, so I'm not sure.

Phone

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Switch Hives? Is that like switch houses? I think you need to turn 18 or be droned for an extended period of time. Why?"

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

No reason.

I just hate everyone in my life.

[nosoul-nomind.livejournal.com]

Hives?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Is this really so hard for you?

Fine. My "house." Sorry it doesn't translate if I don't use the stupidest word for it possible.

[burnmycapital.livejournal.com]

Are you a bee?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Fuck you.

[volcanoes]

Hives? Like houses? I don't think you can, unless the town just does it.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Yes. Thanks for not getting preoccupied by the terminology and just fucking answering.

There has to be some way.

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[well she's been feeling pretty terrible about things but she's managed to drag herself out of her little pity party and *siiiiignnn*-ing after remembering that she's left some of her things over at fuckass hive.

damn it.

she considers dialling the phone and asking for Jade, but what if Karkat picks up instead? and she can't ask Gamzee to do it, he'll just forget.

in the end she decides that the best way to do this is to- naturally- sneak in through Jade's bedroom window and wait for the girl there.

this is a terrible idea, but it doesn't stop her from doing it, like many other terrible ideas Terezi tends to have scattered among her genius.

but being blind and addicted to colors doesn't make climbing very easy. the side of the house smells absolutely delicious and she's losing concentration as she tries to scramble up to Jade's bedroom window. it takes her a good fifteen minutes to get there, and when she does, she knocks on the glass. if Jade doesn't answer, she'll just... throw a rock idk.]

[echidna]

[ jade is probably studying or doing homework like a good nerd should when she hears the tapping at her window. she turns to look and nearly freaks out completely right there because blind girl at her window what the whating the what.

she hops up from her chair and opens the window quickly, trying not to knock terezi over in the process. ]

Terezi, what are you doing?

[roadroller]

I've only seen two people switch houses. One was droned in my house for ages, then woke up undroned in the other house... and the other one just got moved when he turned 18 to be a dad. ♪

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

So there's no fucking choice, you just have to wait it out even if you never want to see your hivemate again ever?

[ooeeooahah]

[ Well, this is a surprise, she hasn't heard from him since she dropped off the sedatives months ago. Likely their schedules have been off. She can't help the "counselor" voice when she responds. ] When the town decides to switch us, that's when we move.

But as long as you sleep in your assigned building every three nights, you can avoid the house. Otherwise you'll be droned. I'm not quite sure of the equation, but I have had reports that the more often you skip that third day, the longer you're droned after.

[ Now Ilsa sounds a little worried. Being a troll, Karkat might not recognize the tone of an adult human concerned about the safety of a youngster. But she's aware that he sees himself as responsible, most of the time, and tries to tone it down. ] Do you need sanctuary for some of the nights you aren't home?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[He can recognize it; not necessarily as a lusus-like tone of concern, although his own lusus is currently hovering around him, but the tone of concern certain female friends have used on him.

Normally it would irritate him, but he really does feel like shit.]

I'm still trying to work it out.

This isn't anything really important. I just wanted to know if I could switch. I guess not.

[miraculls.livejournal.com]

[So he's basically been sitting outside of Karkat's door all day, alternating knocking and pleading the guy to just talk to him.

The second he realizes it's open, he peers in with this face.]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[It's not so much that he doesn't want to talk to Gamzee; he actually does have a lot he wants to hash out here. It's just that he doesn't want to talk to him right now. He's been taking the day just to feel sorry for himself, and it's pretty obvious that he's been crying and is just generally being a big blob of pathetic, and he's allowing his lusus to hover around him and generally treat him like a wiggler for the time being, and none of that is how he particularly wants Gamzee to see him.

He doesn't notice Gamzee come in at first because he's too busy watching Hitch getting his cardio pump ripped out of his chest by his first flush crush and relating so hard. But Crabdad notices and sort of hisses threateningly, so Karkat will look up from his movie.]

I'm glad fucking doors mean nothing to anyone here. I mean, why would having my door shut mean anything other than please invite yourself in, I'm looking forward to company right now?

[Phone]

[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I've never heard anything about it.

[She sounds surprised, but then goes quiet as she thinks.]

If you find out anything, could you let me know? I know someone who needs to be moved to a different house, but I don't think I can just take them from where they are now.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I'd offer to trade, but apparently you get droned if you try for more than a few days at a time.

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[Eridan knows he won't oblige, but hell he's going to try anyways. Leave it to him to take advantage of someone else's misery to cure his own loneliness!]

Kar if you're lonely you can always be hangin' out with me.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Oh god.

Are you actually feeling sorry for me? I think I've officially reached new standards of pathetic.

[spiraldoll.livejournal.com]

[[hives... hives. that means... house, right?]]

Did something happen, Karkat? Are the drones in your house acting strange? [[she doesn't even know of karkat's house has drones, but it's seriously the only reason she can think of. she lives a simple life.]]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

No, nothing like that.

I'm just angry at someone and I'm forced to see his stupid clown face every day.

[made-this-town.livejournal.com]

Why do you need to switch hi- houses, hives is a dumbfuck term. Why do you need to switch houses.