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[tortileghostwriter]

[New text post on the network! Might be somewhat familiar to a number of people here.]

to our ever so gracious captors
far be it from me to appear ungrateful for such a CLEARLY magnanimous offer
but i believe i will have to pass

the answer is no
now if you would be so kind as to direct me to the exit

[this is immediately followed up by his video feed being turned on for a couple of seconds. He proceeds to flip the camera the bird, doing a particularly displeased lineface. Any doubt about this being a Dave just went out the window.]

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[windykind]

[And guess who caught it.]

dave!
is that you???

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[tortileghostwriter]

[...oh god, it's. it's not Rose, it's. no. is it the John from...]

once perhaps
the one youre thinking of anyway
not anymore

non sum qualis eram

regardless no except yes i suppose
its david

hello john

[and immediately beginning to backpedal]

at least i assume this is john
dare i ask why youve changed colors to blue
thats really more roses domain wouldnt you say

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[windykind]

non sum qualis eram?
what does that mean?

[So many conflicting signals, David. So many.]

yeah, it's john.
but i've always been blue!
and rose has always been purple.
and you've always been red.
but i guess you're not the same dave or something, because besides that dave NEVER introduces himself as david!
also he doesn't wear purple.

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[tortileghostwriter]

not important

[This is a lie.]

strange
im going to run these past you

tortileGhostwriter
talentedThaumaturge
gaianGearhead
gadgetryTrance

i presume they arent familiar

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[windykind]

no, they're not!
here, these are mine.

ectoBiologist
tentacleTherapist
turntechGodhead
gardenGnostic

in order: me, rose, you, and jade.
you still have jade, right?

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[tortileghostwriter]

that would be gg
so yes
in order that was me rose jade and you
or rather my version of you

[god, trying to pretend he doesn't know any of this is hard.]

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[windykind]

wow, that's bizarre!
...oh well, i guess i should have expected something like this.
anyway, hi!
did you just get here?

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[tortileghostwriter]

indeed
as soon as i arrived i simply had to let those in charge hear what i had to say of their so called courtesy

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[windykind]

yeah, they're not really very good at that, sorry.
you're kind of stuck here until we find a way out.
they don't really like us that much, i think.

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[tortileghostwriter]

how about no

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[windykind]

[What is this message, John no comprende.]

um...
well, you can try to find the way out!
everyone would love you, seriously.

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[tortileghostwriter]

i may do just that
it may very well be time to find out what secrets this labyrinth hides

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[windykind]

...whoa, i think something went wrong with the network!
your formatting messed up.

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[tortileghostwriter]

that was on purpose john

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[windykind]

oh.
why?

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[metawoof]

briar??
are you ok????

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[tortileghostwriter]

[yeah, guess whose middle name that is.]

what

john is that

or jade

whatever

whichever it is yes i suppose
ive certainly been better though with circumstances under consideration ive no complaints
i admit to some curiosity regarding why youre using my middle name however

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[tortileghostwriter]

a better question is why not

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[windykind]

well, it just seems like a lot of trouble!
for something to do on a whim.
why waste all that time putting in random extra formatting?

[Confused John is confused.]

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[tortileghostwriter]

it takes literally two seconds
i dont see the issue here

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[windykind]

i guess i'm just lazy.
oh well.
it's your message, i guess!

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[metawoof]

[holy coincidences, batman.]

uh
i am not john or jade!
i was using that because i thought that was your name
i am sorry i thought you were a friend of mine
but im glad you are ok for the most part!
are you rose then?

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[tortileghostwriter]

no
thats

one moment

[and he turns on the video.]

[caliginous]

ABOUT FUCKING TIME.
DID YOU ENJOY YOUR NAP????????
GUESS WHAT, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK.
WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?

[tortileghostwriter]

karkat i presume
good that makes four

while i would love to be able to entertain your questions like so much drivel im afraid i havent the slightest idea of what youre talking about