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[caliginous]

VRISKA AND TEREZI ARE GONE.
THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE PREOCCUPIED.
SO THERE YOU GO.
HOPE YOU ALL FEEL FUCKING INFORMED.
HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR REEKING STENCHPL8ES OF MINDMEAT HAVE BEEN SCRUBBED THOROUGHLY WITH THIS BRAND NEW INFORM8ION.
YOU'RE WELCOME.

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE I DONT EVEN KNOW ANYMORE.
WITH ALL OF THE TORTURE FAFFERY THAT PERME8S THIS DUNGHEAP, ITS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP TIME.
ANYWAY.
I WOULD APPRECI8 A CHECK IN.
IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT'S YOUR PREROG8IVE.
ALSO FUCK YOU.
MIGHT JUST BE ME, BUT THIS HELLHOLE IS LOOKING A LOT LESS HORNED AND GREY L8LY.

[Filter-fail to Kanaya Maryam]

IF I HURT YOU, MY BAD I GUESS.
MY SINCERITY SUPPLY IS RUNNING ON EMPTY.
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO REFILL IT ANYTIME SOON.
ITS GETTING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO EVEN ROLL OFF THE SLEEPING SQUARE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE MY UTTER LACK OF FUCKS TO GIVE.
I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE SOMEONE IS HUNTING MY SHAPELY ASS DOWN FOR ALL THE CRAP THAT HAPPENED.
SO THERE'S THAT.

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[floreatnoctem]

[She's learned from the best.]

A glance was more than enough, thank you. More than that would likely be rather unpleasantly blinding.

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[caliginous]

[huff]

NEXT I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT MY BREATH STINKS.
GET ON WITH IT, I HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT.
I'LL SPOIL YOU NOW THOUGH, STARING ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ME DO ANYTHING FANCY.

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[floreatnoctem]

I haven't been close enough to know, nor do I want to be.

[She can burn you to cinders from a distance, after all.]

I have a question, first.

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[caliginous]

THEN ASK IT.

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[floreatnoctem]

How much of what he did was because of you?

[caliginous]

[wow this got awkward fast. he has an answer for her, but he's not entirely sure he wants to be the one to provide it.]

8N'T THAT MORE OF A QUESTION FOR HIM?

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori is a master at making things really awful, really fast.]

He cannot remember, and what he can, he has already told me. So that leaves asking you as the alternative.

[caliginous]

[He figured that would be the answer.]

I JUST DUG UP WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori's not sure if she's more worried that Minato was holding feelings like that back or angry that this troll went looking for them.]

So you took the things he keeps deep down, tries to keep under control, and you just... let them loose?

[caliginous]

THAT'D BE THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT, YEAH.
MORE OF A WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME DEAL.
I BARELY KNOW THE GUY.
WELL.
BARELY *KNEW* THE GUY, I GUESS.

[floreatnoctem]

I see.

[Way to make it worse for yourself.]

Well, while suppose I could leave well enough alone since you did not know what would happen, but I am afraid I cannot do that.

You have hurt my family, little blueblood. You will have to be taught why the random victimization of others is never a wise idea.


Though before you get any ideas- there is nowhere in this tower that Medea and I cannot find you.

[caliginous]

[Yeah, he's super good at that. But he saw what Chidori can do, so he doesn't take that threat lightly. As apathetic as he's become about death, he's really not looking for an excuse to die again.]

WOAH HEY SLOW DOWN.
LET'S TALK THIS OUT LIKE CIVILIZED FUCKING BIPEDAL BEINGS.
RANDOM VICTIMIZ8TION TOTALLY 8N'T MY THING.

[yes it is, in spurts]

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME WERE KIND OF SIMILAR.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT I REMEMBER AND HE DOESN'T.
BUT THAT'S A TOTALLY SEPAR8 ISSUE.
IF YOU WANT TO POINT FINGERS, GO HUNT DOWN THE ASSHOLES THAT RUN THIS JOINT.

[floreatnoctem]

As I understand it, payback is not a concept trolls are unfamiliar with.

[She's surprised he hasn't grasped what she was trying to tell him yet- but then again, sometimes she was a little too obtuse for her own good.]

So I believe you have, perhaps, misunderstood me. That fact was not an indication that I was willing to pursue a dialogue because you have no place to run.

That was me subtly informing you that if you'd like to live a few more minutes, you should put as much distance between you and I as possible.

[caliginous]

CALL ME AN OPTIMIST.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M A LOVER.
NOT A FIGHTER.

[In truth, he was stalling. If there was one thing Karkat was usually pretty good at, it was stalling and talking his way out of things.

The next reply will come once he hits another terminal on a different level. He's moving, because he's scared to death. He has no weapons, save for that of his own mind, and he's pretty sure its not going to work on this girl.]

OK, SO LET'S SAY YOU KILL ME.
I'M TALKING HYPOTHETICALLY, THAT'S NOT A GOD DAMN INVIT8TION.
I COME BACK TOMORROW.
WHAT'S YOUR POINT????????

[floreatnoctem]

A strange definition of 'lover' you have.

[Chidori doesn't move from her terminal- she knows where he is, can sense him moving in between terminals.

It's almost enough to make her smile.]

The point is to teach you a lesson. Whether or not you choose to learn it the first time is up to you- because you see, you seem to be misunderstanding again.

Unlike some of those here, I have no problem dealing death to get my point across, if it is all that I can do.

[caliginous]

[He doesn't know where to go. He has no idea where she is, and no idea if there's somewhere he can run that won't fuck him over too.

There were those floors that deactivated a bunch of abilities. Maybe he could beeline for one of them and hope he could either take her, or that someone friendly found him first.]

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FUCKING LISTENING TO ME.
GET THE SHIT UNCLOGGED FROM YOUR HUMAN SPONGE CLOTS OR WHATEVER THE FUCK.
I WAS OUT OF MY PAN WHEN IT HAPPENED.
STR8 UP SHITHIVE MAGGOTS.
I TOOK A DOSE OF INSANITY TO THE FACE.
NOT UNLIKE WHAT'S HIS NAME.
MINATO?








STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME.

[floreatnoctem]

You didn't even know his name.

[It's not even a question, it's a confirmation, and oh how he will burn for it.]

Two minutes to live. Enjoy them if you can.

h...a this is going to be his seventh death CONGRATS....

[caliginous]

WHAT?
YOU WANT ME TO LIE?
JESUS FUCK.
YOU HUMANS DON'T MAKE ANY GOD DAMN SENSE.

[That'll be the last message to Chidori. He'll spend a few seconds debating whether he wants to try and involve someone else to save his hide before he decides against it. He'll spend the two minutes she's given him trying to bolt for the lower floors -- he'll stop on the Thirty-Sixth, not brave enough to try and hop the awkward staircase.

He was so fucked.]

Ooo, lucky number

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori doesn't wait long enough to see it- she's not stupid enough to think he'll stop moving just because he's still trying to stall her. She knows he's headed for the floors where her powers won't work- but that's alright. She doesn't mind getting her hands a little dirty for this.

So to the stairs she goes, slipping out onto the staircase quietly.

Hidden in her dress, the chains of her axes rattle, and she laughs quietly at the irony as she turns the next bend to appear in front of him.

Death is approaching.]

he needs one more death for that :::;)

[caliginous]

[When he spots Chidori, he almost leaps from the staircase right then. Up close, he's not any more impressive than he might have been while controlling Minato. Probably even less so. He's a scrawny, teenage bug alien, completely unarmed with an eight-pupiled eye.

He bares his little spidery fangs in self-defense. He can hear something rattling, which means she's armed and he's still not any better off. Maybe it would have been better to try his luck with mind control.

But she's blocking his exit now, so all he can do is back away and try not to fall.]

And they told me I was nuts.

well, more for Chidori than him tbh

[floreatnoctem]

[Were she anyone else, Chidori might rethink trying to take revenge on a pre-teen alien- especially one so small and skinny. But he's already made any excuses she could think up for him null, from whatever remorse she might have convinced herself he was feeling to any hesitation he might have had in making Minato act the way he had.

The first axe is drawn from her skirts in a swift movement, surprisingly quiet until gravity takes hold of the chain and drags it, heavy and foreboding, toward the ground.]

Sanity is rather relative, at this point, isn't it?

lmfao accurate statement

[caliginous]

[oh god oh god oh god she has an axe, a fucking chain axe, how the hell is he supposed to avoid that. Maybe he'll get lucky and she'll make it quick.

But he keeps backing away, because he's a coward and because he doesn't want to die.]

Probably. Though I can't tell how much of this is the Tower and how much is just your cheerful disposition.

poor karkat

[floreatnoctem]

[Actually, she has two, and the other slides into view with much less ceremony than the other. She cants her head at him, brows rising.]

Oh, none of what I'm doing has to do with the tower.

[One axe goes flying, and she intends to either catch his shoulder with the blade, or bind his arms to his sides with the chain. Perhaps both, if she can manage.]

My disposition, however... [A shrug.] I do what must be done.

no no, he deserves it for being an unmitigated douchebag

[caliginous]

[The one thing Karkat is very good at doing is running away, so he dodges the blade without too much trouble. He's not prepared for the chain attached to it though, and the weight of it sends him straight to the ground, tangled in metal.

He thrashes, kicks, anything he can do to get out of it, short of rolling off the staircase. Immediately he starts to panic, hyperventilating and heart pounding.

He can't put her to sleep, can't control her, can't do anything except shriek in a combination of fury and fear.]

STAY AWAY FROM ME!

[floreatnoctem]

I'm afraid I can't do that.

[She pulls, and the chain tightens around him, and she pauses before turning to walk back toward the floors where her powers are operational. It's a pain, dragging him along behind her, but it will be worth it when she gets closer to someplace where Medea is more than just a quiet, vengeful murmur in the back of her mind.]

I already told you. You won't escape.