♋ PCG 21; backdated to December 25

[crusthatecean]

[Phone; Action for 842 Hastings]

[Karkat has been staying at Sollux's ever since Gamzee lost his shit midway through the Christmas stuff. He's been keeping a low profile and avoiding everyone except Sollux. He's still sore and impacted by his injuries, which have been stitched and bandaged up but still have left him bruised and hurting. It's less

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phone;

[dreambubbly]

Why are you apologizing for something the town did? You shouldn't, Karkat.

...and I have something for you, but I'll drop it off sometime later. You sound like you're even more stressed than usual and even busier, so I won't keep you.

[crusthatecean]

I shouldn't have gone along with it. None of us should have.

[He sighs]

I have some people I need to deal with today. I don't know how long it will take.

[dreambubbly]

No. We shouldn't have. But when has logic ever trumped emotions with any of us, except Kanaya and - about half the time, no offense - Terezi? Even with our friends here, emotions tend to trump logic.

[She hums.]

In that case, it can wait, and I can give it to you when I see you at the schoolhive. It's not pressing.

[crusthatecean]

Okay, well, I'm still going to be sorry for the problems I caused by being understandably emotion driven, a state I like to call being an insufferable asshole.

...What is it?

[dreambubbly]

I think everyone involved wound up being an insufferable asshole at one time or another. Don't worry so much!

Nah, it's silly. Just something I made before for that human holiday thing. It can wait. Go do what you need to.

[crusthatecean]

Oh.

Why would you make me something?

[dreambubbly]

Because it's what fronds do this time of year. Like Kanaya with her scarves and all.

And I wanted to.

[crusthatecean]

I don't see why everyone is getting into this pointless human holiday that has brought us nothing but grief. This may win for stupidest clusterfuck trend.

[Translation: I didn't get you anything.]

[dreambubbly]

I made it before all the bad shit went down. And it's not one of those things where you have to. It's if you want to!

[crusthatecean]

I guess. It just seems stupid to me.

[dreambubbly]

Karkat, do you see everything in terms of 'stupid crap' and 'useful crap'? There are some things that are just nice.

[crusthatecean]

I can appreciate things! Just because I'm not into human knock off twelfth perigee's where we all get mindfucked by festive holiday tentacles doesn't mean I can't appreciate things.

[dreambubbly]

...festive holiday tentacles? Reely?

But okay, point made.

[crusthatecean]

I mean, I'm not so busy I can't see you if you really want to.