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[gloomyapoplectic]

Ok For Any That May Be Confused
This Is The Alternate Kanaya Maryam That Some Of You May Have Encountered
Just
To Clear Up Any Uncertainty

I Am Posting This Message With The Intent To Contact The Cerulean Karkat
So Karkat If You Are Watching The Network It Would Be Nice If You Could Be Drawn To The Unmistakable Scent Of My Failures So That I May Talk To You


[Filtered to Terezi Pyrope]

And Terezi If You Could Perhaps Find Yourself Drawn To The Much More Literal Scent Of My New Font Color That Would Also Be Very Convenient For Me
I Need To Speak To You About Something As Well
That I Believe Pertains To Concerns You Likely Have About A Certain Someone

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[scalemate]

[Terezi, meanwhile, is hiding. Between the back of a couch and the far wall, which is the BEST HIDING PLACE EVER.

She is so ready for this.]

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Kanaya looks up at Karkat with a smile and a shrug.]

I have not picked anything. I am afraid this will have to be a temporary educationblock for the purpose of schoolfeeding me on the specifics of a decent romcom.

[caliginous]

[He picks through the titles with a scrutinizing eye until he plucks one from the pile.]

We can watch Not-Troll-Nia-Vardalos Tackle The Challenges Of Her Mid-Life Crisis While Trying To Disassociate Herself From Her Family Who Is Too Focused On Their Foreign Lifestyle To Realize That She Is In Love With Not-Troll-And-Not-Foreign-John-Corbett Before They Decide To Get Married And Get Forced Into A Foreign Style Wedding Where Everything Goes Wrong.

[gloomyapoplectic]

[That?

Goes way over her horns.

So she just smiles and nods.] That is fine with me.

[caliginous]

[Karkat moves over to pop the movie in and plops on the couch next to Kanaya after pushing all the other movies out of the way.]

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Kanaya makes herself comfy -- as comfy as she can, there's still a few areas that are sore -- next to Karkat, watching with genuine curiosity as the movie starts.

Expect dumb questions at some point, Karkat. I'm sorry.]

[caliginous]

[Karkat is pretty engrossed in the movie, and its probably the only time anyone will hear him laughing. The jokes aren't always funny, but he seems to generally enjoy what's on the screen in front of him.]

Her life sucks until John Corbett comes along.

[scalemate]

[...Oh jegus he is actually laughing and it is absolutely adorable. She cannot handle this.

But the movie sucks.

GET ON WITH IT KANAYA]

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Oh he's laughing and that's nice, why does he always have to make himself miserable?

She's watching with vague interest -- more for the fact that they're humans than the movie itself. This is a good opportunity to learn about humans, considering there are so many of them in this Tower.]

[caliginous]

[As the movie goes on, guess what time it turns into?

It turns into "Karkat trying to quote things in a greek accent time"]

"Give me a word. ANY WORD. And I show you how the root of that word...is Greek."

[scalemate]

[...Wow she is reconsidering this crush thing. She covers her face, using every ounce of willpower she has to keep from laughing. Does he realize how utterly and completely lame he is?]

[gloomyapoplectic]

...

[She turns. And stares at him. And stares at him some more. If he can't feel her judging him, then there is something very wrong with his Thief of Heart abilities.

And then there is a very ungraceful snort as she tries and fails to not laugh. When she does start laughing (and it is pretty hysterical laughter), she smacks his arm because that was just so bad oh my god Karkat she is ashamed to know you.]

That was terrible. [Obvious. But it bears repeating.]

[caliginous]

[He snorts in laughter and shines his knuckles on his jacket briefly before he kicks his feet up and leans back, placing both arms behind his head in a smug fashion.]

You wish you were as talented as me. Its fine. Its a dream everyone has.

[gloomyapoplectic]

[Kanaya, still laughing, shoves him as soon as he can't use his arms to balance himself. Best moirail.]

If I dreamed about being like you, I would never sleep again.

[...except she is sort of like him with what she's doing. She pretends like there's nothing wrong with her statement though.]

[caliginous]

[DOOF. He sits up without much trouble and shoves her head down.]

Please. Then again, you're not really cut out for the multiple quadrant demands, are you?

[Its a playful rib, judging by the way he pulls her over to give her a very firm noogie.]

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She reaches out futilely to try and shove him, to no avail, since her head is now down and all. And he messed her hair up. Dick.

She reaches around to try and tickle his abdomen, since that's all she can clearly see of him right now.]

I am so! And you're one to talk. [Half-joking. And he probably knows it.]

[caliginous]

[The whole Thief of Heart thing makes it impossible for him to not notice that, so he squirms for a second before he grabs both of her hands and tilts her head up seriously so she can get a load of his frown.]

Excuse you. What did I say about that?

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She meets his gaze steadily, looking totally and completely innocent except not really.]

And what did I say as an according response? I gave you fair warning.

[caliginous]

Except my say on the matter trumps your say on the matter.

[He's using his Not Playing Around voice, which would be intimidating only to small rodents, but is still slightly intimidating because of the look on his face.]

I'm not playing games, Maryam. So I suggest you forget about it.

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She is a little intimidated, especially because she knows she's doing a Bad Thing, but this is really important and it needs to be resolved.]

My say on the matter is perfectly valid, unless we are not talking about the same matter.

[caliginous]

[Karkat's eyes narrow a bit and he releases her wrists to fold his arms.]

I'm not fucking stupid, Kanaya, or did you forget that I can see every god damn emotion fluttering in and out of that blood pusher of your's?

[Which means he picked up on that guilt, but he's not exactly sure what it ties into, so he doesn't comment on it.]

Can you just fucking drop it?

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She frowns, pushing herself up to look just a bit more dignified while she's being intimidated.]

Why would you even tell me in the first place if you were going to pretend like nothing happened afterwards? You know I don't operate that way.

[Seriously, Karkat, she dwells on things forever, you should know this.]

[caliginous]

[He snaps rather angrily and defensively.]

I had a moment, so fucking lynch me. You try dealing with everything that got shoved in my lap. You wouldn't last twenty four fucking hours.

[gloomyapoplectic]

[She actually feels kinda sad at that.]

It is okay to have moments-- I am glad that you did. I like when you're honest with me. But you should not pretend it didn't happen.

[caliginous]

[Whoops, he's forgotten about the movie, because he's lost knee deep in a rant now. In fact, he's on his feet and gesturing pretty wildly.]

No. No! No no no no no no!

[He makes a strangled noise of frustration.]

I have one job Kanaya, and since I've already impressed this upon you once and you haven't gotten it, I guess I need to do it a second time! And if you make me repeat myself again, so fucking help me...

[He tenses and makes a choking motion before continuing in a lower, growling tone.]

I am flawless. You got that? Flawless. My plans and webs are ineffable beyond anyone's god damn imagination. You know that. I know that. This whole Tower is going to fucking know it.

But guess what? That shit doesn't hold weight or water when the one pulling the strings is tangled in a teal noose dangling over the precarious cliff of the rushing redrom rapids! And I swear to fucking Christ that I will personally tie you do your fucking sleeping square post if you bring this up again.

[His voice cracks rather violently at the end of that speech after he runs out of air.]

You get me?