01 - Horse of a Different Color

[cantwhinnyemall]

[The newest resident of 1123 Taylor Road has awoken and is stumbling around in the dark. Oddly enough, the doorknob he manages to come across does not snap off in his fingers, nor does the light switch by the frame. He appears to have stumbled into some sort of bizarre science-fiction bathroom. The toilet appears to be filled with water, of all

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[doublerinbow]

Those modifications will wear off! ♪ Just give it some time.

[she is absolutely sure of this, since her robot body came back within a few weeks, and same with the trolls that she met earlier. ...Never mind that Miku-nee is still human. She's probably doing something wrong.]

[cantwhinnyemall]

Your information is somewhat alleviating.

I require a more specific time frame.

[doublerinbow]

Well, for me, it was about a week or two. ♪ I've seen it take a little longer though, so I can't be too specific.

[cantwhinnyemall]

For the sake of clarification, how many days are in a week?

[doublerinbow]

Uh, 7... ♪

I take it you're not from Earth, then?

[cantwhinnyemall]

Goodness no.

I take it that you have not heard of Alternia either.

herp derp forgot to turn on my MSN so I didn't see any notifs 8|

[doublerinbow]

Alternia? ♪

... Huh, I feel like I heard it recently. Let me search my memory!

[doot doot doo having a computer brain is handy]

Oh, right - Tavros said it. Are you a troll then?

Hahaha it's cool I'm slow anyway.

[cantwhinnyemall]

An astute deduction.

Tavros is trapped here as well? Perchance, are there others besides us two?

[doublerinbow]

I've met at least two others. KK, and ... the guy that was looking for him. ♪ But there could be a lot more, cause it seems like they're pulling everyone in at roughly the same time.

[cantwhinnyemall]

...KK?

Ah. Yes. Our self-proclaimed leader.

[doublerinbow]

[she got her information on him from Sollux so yeah...]

Yup, that's the one! ♪

Anyway, I know Tavros has his original body back now, cause I saw him and he's got gray skin and horns. So I'm sure you'll only have to put up with being human for a little.

[cantwhinnyemall]

Are you informing me that Tavros Nitram currently exceeds me on the hemospectrum this is a complete overthrow of our previous social order and I feel as though you do not appreciate the gravity of our present circumstances.

[doublerinbow]

... sorry? ♪

The what spectrum? First I've heard of it.

[cantwhinnyemall]

The hierarchy of blood that determines the relative merit and status of every individual troll. His is worthless enough a hue to not be worth the mention, while mine is second only to one among our peers. Or. It is in my natural body. I dare not bring it to the surface but I can feel this wretched crimson slime oozing through my circulation tubes with every beat of my vascular organs.

[doublerinbow]

[hm, so he is saying trolls have different color blood and that determines social standing? She thinks that sounds pretty stupid, but gets distracted by the rest of what he's saying before she can point that out... she remembers having blood when she was a human. Or at least, feeling a heartbeat which made her think about how there was blood inside her. Which is something she'd rather not think about.]

Ugh... If you word it like that, it does sound pretty gross. ♪ Can we not talk about blood?

[cantwhinnyemall]

Yes, that would be permissible.

We shall now discuss the methods by which your species determines personal superiority. And I shall state for the record that if your reply consists of "sick beats" then I shall be very cross.