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[8rutal]

[ What's up Asgardians. On this particular video feed, there is this stupid troll kid grinning a mile wide at all of you from her crosslegged seat on her bed. And she's got these sharp fangs and bright yellow sclera, some candy corn horns, and solid gray skin. Oh, and one of her eyes has seven (!!!!!!!) pupils

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[dreamhunts]

[ that is some bizarre shit, not gonna lie, but he's probably seen weirder so he'll withhold his judgments for now. now the question was-- were aliens just as interesting as humans? there were no striking differences in speech, so all in all, he should probably be quite excited. yes, in fact, assuming this kind of thing is going to become commonplace, maybe he should familiarize himself with it some. ]

Denied. But hey, buck up, I'm sure it'll work out. I mean, disobeying and taking from gods who kidnap you and steal your powers-- what could go wrong?

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[8rutal]

Lame! Why is it such a secret, anyway?

[ A very brief pause. ] Hahahaha. Nothing! I'll be fine. We're their precious "Travellers", after all. I mean, what are they going to do, make me laugh and cry or whatever?

voice.

[dreamhunts]

It's not. But if it's worth knowing, it's worth keeping, right? Until or unless I receive proper due.

[ how cocky. he likes it. ]

Who knows what they'll do to us? We're pretty disposable to them if they can just bring us in like this though.

voice.

[8rutal]

Wow. That is such dumb, annoying logic! But whatever. I mean, I only gave you a free, awesome tip about how to handle aliens, but if you don't want to give me anything in return, I guess that's fine!

[ As far as attempts at needling go, this is kind of lame, but it's the best she's got. ]

So what! Maybe if they hate me enough they'll send me home instead of keeping me here.

voice.

[dreamhunts]

I've dealt with similar so it wasn't useful to me. And frankly, anyone with a working sense of social tact could figure it out on their own. Unless they chose to ignore it, of course.

[ uh huh, uh huh, that is pretty good except ]

But if they hate you that much, they could kill you instead, right? They are gods, after all.

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[8rutal]

Hey, after already having my horns grabbed, can you really blame me for assuming no one here has a working sense of social tact? [ HAIR TOSS. ... not that he can see it. ]

I ........ guess. But maybe that would just send me home too! Besides, I bet I can handle whatever they throw at me. Like I'm ever going to be scared of some fakey fake con artists.

voice.

[dreamhunts]

You'd make assumptions about all of us through the ineptitude of one idiot? That's too bad-- foolish, I might even say. But I suppose we don't all need to take our rightful place through allying with other men. Such a course of action would imply you have much confidence in your own power.

And that claim seems only further substantiated that you would show no fear to the gods. I wonder if that confidence is well placed.

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[8rutal]

At least until one of you proves me wrong! And besides, that part is true. Of course I have confidence in my own power! [ Her nonexistent, stolen powers. STUPID GODS. ]

Wow, who cares if it is or isn't? We're all going to find out eventually anyway! In the meantime, though, I'm not going to just cower and do whatever they want me to.

voice.

[dreamhunts]

If you believe me, haven't I already done that? But ah, well, even if people are aware or become so regarding which actions or words might be considered rude to your race, they're bound to do those things anyway if it indulges them somehow.

... I wouldn't suggest anything else. But appealing to those you might gain from isn't unwise either.

voice.

[8rutal]

When did I say I believed you? [ There is a grin in her voice. ] But yeah, I guess that's true. And that's why most humans suck!

Psh. I'll think about it, but no guarantees! [ Her tone is flippant and dismissive, but she is in fact considering it. He has a point -- a very good one. And Vriska is never, ever one to bow and scrape. But at the same time, there would be something very poetic about using the very things she earns from them to get back at them later .............. hm. ]

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[dreamhunts]

Never. Though aren't you the same? Or does your race perform by some standard of common decency so high that the entirety of you are expected to serve others?

[ if that's the case, he's glad. there seems to be a complete lack of ambition in this place towards anything but getting back home. instead, he'd like to instill a little chaos within. ]