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[breathingheir]

greetings, mercitizens of atlantis!
do not be alarmed! my hoodie is for fashion purposes only.
my name is john egbert. i am a human from earth and i come in peace.

i don't exactly know how or why i am here!
is this a side quest or something?
do i have to defeat a seadragon or what??
the townsfolk are really nice though but they just keep saying weird

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[hexywitch]

Unfortunately this isn't a game. This is kind of like...a pause from real life.

I'm Lily.

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[breathingheir]

pause from real life?
what do you mean??
i was playing a game before and suddenly i ended up in here which i think is a good thing for me but not for my friends! D:

hello lily!! :D

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[hexywitch]

No, it's a true pause. When you go back you'll go right to where you left off.

Hello, John! You know Karkat, then?

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[breathingheir]

...huh!
that is weird and kind of sad to think about...
but i guess if that means i would still be able to help out my friends when i get back then that is ok!

oh man, yes!!
we are buddies!
he helped me and my friends out with our session because he is really cool when he is not rambling in angry metaphors (which are totally hilarious btw).

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[hexywitch]

It's very strange. All of use have been brought from different places, and we're stuck in this strange underwater bubble. You will go back home eventually, though. Most likely you won't remember your time here.

I've grown quite fond of him. And he doesn't ramble at me angrily as often as he did when I first arrived. There are quite a few more trolls here as well.

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[breathingheir]

aw. :(

i know, i want to meet ALL of them!
karkat is surprisingly very easy to like once you get past the "asshole" thing.

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[hexywitch]

It's both a good thing and a bad thing. There are people from different timelines here and I've learned my future. If I remembered I would change it, no doubt in my mind. But I can't. So that's good...things will turn out the way they're supposed to. But it's bad...because things don't go well.

I've made friends with quite a few of them. They're all very likeable, once you get past that thing. And not all of them are so abrasive.

And some are more.

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[breathingheir]

yeah!
bad things are already happening in the game and the trolls said there is no way to change them...
but i don't know!
when i get back, i will definitely try because i think there is still some way to win!!
isn't that how stories always go? when things seem bleak and stuff, the hero does something super brave and saves everyone! :B

yeah!! the trolls are super cool.
who have you met and what are they like??

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[hexywitch]

Oh, of course. You should never give up. You sound as though you could be a Gryffindor.

I've met Karkat, Eridan, Gamzee, Equius, Sollux, and Aradia. You want me to tell you about all of them?

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[breathingheir]

i am totally a gryffindor.
even though i don't really know what that means but it sounds pretty cool!!

i know karkat and aradia!
what about the others??

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[hexywitch]

At my school we're split into four houses. Gryffindor is my house. Our main traits are bravery, loyalty, and pride.

Eridan doesn't believe in magic. Gamzee loves magic. Equius is stronger than all the other trolls, by quite a bit, from what I understand. He makes robots and things. Sollux is blind, but Equius is making him new eyes.

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[breathingheir]

oh man, that is so me.
does that mean i am a hero then??

new... robot eyes? :o

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[hexywitch]

Many Gryffindors end up heroes, but that's a title you must earn for yourself.

Yes. Robot eyes. I convinced him to give Sollux heat vision. Which Sollux wasn't particularly happy about. But I'm their auspistice, so we worked it out.

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[breathingheir]

good point!

i want heat vision, oh man!
sollux should be happy!
you are their auspi-whatnow?

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[hexywitch]

I suppose you don't know much about troll romance, then, do you?

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[breathingheir]

i know some!
i talk to karkat!
i keep forgetting about it though because i think it is silly.