♋ PCG 19

[crusthatecean]

[Phone]

[Karkat is calling! He sounds a little shaky this time, and he speaks quickly, dropping the normal amount of too-long-didn't-listen ranting.]

Okay, idiots, it's that fucking time again. My safe housing list for December is in the communication receptacle outside 1338 Benny Road, so come get an updated copy, or your first copy if you're new. I feel like by this point this is pretty self explanatory. If you have any information to correct or you want to add your house as a safe one, just call me.

[As he says, the list will be available in his mailbox. If you have any changes, please comment to that post!]

[Filtered to Beta Session Trolls; Hackable to 1338 Benny]

Okay, so some things. First of all, Equius and Nepeta are droned. It's fine, a lot of us have been droned and we've always come back. Anyway, they're probably just back in our session being sickening in piles of shit and not having anything awful happen to them in any way, so there's always that.

...Moving on. As I'm sure some of you have noticed, there are some trolls other than us showing up here. Adults. Some of you morons have been probably been stupid enough to talk to them.

I've been checking them out and I've come to the conclusion that we can't trust them. No matter how they seem, we just don't know enough about them, and frankly a lot about their existence is fucking suspicious.

So new rule, so ordered by your leader. No one is to talk to or otherwise communicate with any of the adult trolls. End of discussion.

Aradia, Feferi, Eridan, I need to talk to you privately.

Comments

[cullscuttlefish]

...I reely didn't need to know what was on his husktop, Karkat. Thanks for the mental image.

But on a more serious note, yes. What happens with the Green Sun, what happens with you and Gamzee, what happens with Rose and Dave and the Tumor.

I haven't told anyone else any of that.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Good. Let's leave it that way. If I feel future information has to get out to everyone, I'll call a meeting to share it. Otherwise, anything to do with future plans or murderings or relationships is on a need to know basis.

[cullscuttlefish]

That's fair. It's not something everyone needs to know right now. It's not exactly relevant.

[She pauses.]

If the Condesce were here, I'd be all for saying 'don't talk to her', because she'd cull all of us in the blink of an eye and not think twice about it. Shell, if Mindfang or Dualscar were here, I'd agree, too.

But I...I believe in the Signless, Karkat. Meeting his closest followers is the biggest honor I can think of. Being the heiress, I got to dig around in the libraries, find what I could, and nobody gave me a second look. I kept the Disciple's journal hidden, read it every chance I got.

...I trust the Dolorosa and the Disciple. I understand that you want to protect us, but they're not bad trolls.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[He's quiet for a long time; the only indication that he's still on the line is that his breathing has suddenly become very sharp. Finally, though, he'll answer, suddenly clearly angry.]

I don't know what the fuck you're on about, and I don't care. I'm doing what I can to prevent a disaster. If you don't want to listen to me, I can't stop you, though, so go ahead and make friends with all of them. I don't really give a shit.

[cullscuttlefish]

Coddammit, Karkat, I'm trying to tell you that not all of them are dangerous. Mine? Dangerous as shell. And I wouldn't trust Vriska's or Eridan's ancestors as far as I cod throw them. Believe it or not, I agree about them.

But you can't paint everyone with the same brush.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Okay, fine, you can be in charge! I'll just tell everyone, Feferi is making the decisions for everyone now, my own personal judgment can't be trusted.

[cullscuttlefish]

I never said anything about wanting to be in charge, you idiot! You're doing fine at that. I'm giving you credit for it, even. I'm just saying your judgment seems to be off here. Just a little.

...can I ask why?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I am just trying to keep everyone safe. Even if some of them are okay, I don't think anyone needs to get dragged into any fucked up conflicts between adults.

We were fine with just the twelve of us. We don't need them here.

[cullscuttlefish]

Right now, there are no fucked-up conflicts.

...did someone else arrive that you don't like, Karkat?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I don't like any of them, so yes.

You know what? I'm done. I stand by what I said. You can do what you want, but if you aren't going to respect me as a leader, then I don't want to talk to you.

[cullscuttlefish]

Disagreeing is not disrespecting. Did you miss the part where I said you were doing a good job overall? Did that not make it through the cerumen in your auricular sponge clots?

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't miss the condescending praise you're dangling, not intended as a fish pun, in front of me just so you can insist on getting your way because these assholes remind you of some book you read. Books can fucking lie.

[cullscuttlefish]

And you can be dense as a dead coral reef. Pull your head out of your own nook, Karkat.

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