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[madscientits]

[The video switches on and... All anyone can see is a hand trying desperately to hit keys on the keyboard. And then, an annoyed little grunt is heard and the hand disappears, seemingly giving up.

And then, the terminal starts rocking. Lightly at first, and then violently enough that the desk the keyboard was in and the monitor go toppling onto the floor. By some odd miracle, they still actually function.

Now that it's down on the floor, the video shows Stein looking rather pissed off, and kind of like she was playing Twister without a mat. The awkward positioning of her legs and left arm is held in place by some glowing white strings stitched between her hand and feet, and the floor. Weird.]

I'm in the library. I need something sharp.

...Please.

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[madscientits]

There's two of you? [She didn't really know why that shocked her so much. After all, until recently, there were two of her, too.] But you're both fe- You know what, that's fine; I've honestly seen stranger at this point.

Sorry about the mix up. Are you still willing to help out?

[ceruleanspid8r]

It's really not that strange.
I'm older than she is.
Also in my world the hemospectrum runs in the opposite direction to the one in her world.
You're welcome.

Sure, I guess.
Not like I have anything 8etter to do with everyone running around like they've 8een set on fire.

[madscientits]

Yes, I can see how I would be able to tell that from text alone. [Sarcasm, she has it.]

Oh good, at least other people are suffering because of the widespread panic. Everyone's been so damn loud about it.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Well if you will leap to conclusions........

I wouldn't say I'm suffering.
It's actually quite entertaining.

[madscientits]

I'd probably be more entertained if I wasn't having to deal with my soul working against me at every juncture at the moment.

[ceruleanspid8r]

So you're caught up in it all too?

[madscientits]

Well I'm certainly not tied to the floor of my own choosing.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Doesn't mean someone couldn't have tied you to the floor. Not everyone was dum8 enough to rush to the infirmary out of turn just 8ecause they said so.

[madscientits]

The stitches go through the floor and my skin without damaging it. Considering I know the other me already left, there's no other option beyond I did it by accident.

Unless you know something I don't, at least.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Wow, sorry I didn't know that a8out someone I don't know????????
8ut fine.
I'm on my way.

[madscientits]

Careful; all that generosity might make your head explode.

[And yes, she's still going to be playing Twister by herself when Vriska gets up there.]

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Here she comes to save the day! Or at least to make use of sharp objects without getting into trouble for it]

Quite the job you've done on yourself here.

[madscientits]

Trust me, no one is more impressed by this than myself. I haven't done this sort of thing since I was... Your relative age, probably.

[She twists slightly, making her shoulder pop. She's too old for this shit, Vriska :|]

[ceruleanspid8r]

[Vriska has no sympathy. She will, however, move to start freeing her]

So you're saying you attached yourself to floors on a regular basis once upon a time?

[madscientits]

Yeah, puberty was a real bitch.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Wow, talk about worst person to give powers to.

[Like she'd have dealt with it any differently]

[madscientits]

They weren't gifts; I was born with them. And me stitching myself to things is pretty tame compared to what else I've done to people by accident when I was younger. [Your call whether you want to believe how accidental anything else was, Vriska.]

[ceruleanspid8r]

Being born with something makes it no less of a gift. Or a curse, if it leads others to take it from you before you can use it.

[She's not bothered either way. Not like she can take the moral highground on anything]