♋ 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]

[noluckduck]

... The hell are you apologisin' for?

[phone]

[crusthatecean]

This may seem far-fetched but it bothers me when I seriously upset my friends.

[phone]

[noluckduck]

I didn't mean it like that, ya--

[Nonono. This is not the time to speak without thinking. In fact, this is the worst possible time to do it.]

... Look, I wanna apologise. To a load o' people, in fact, but hey, you're the first.

[crusthatecean]

You really don't need to.

[noluckduck]

Yes I fuckin' do. Sure, who really needs to apologise is whoever's in charge of Mayfield, but I doubt they're goin' to, so...

... So yeah. Sorry for insistin' you weren't you, even though I barely even goddamn know ya.

[Truth be told, she's more frustrated with herself than anything. How did it make any sense that she could be talking to a complete stranger and "identify" them as a "fake"?]

[crusthatecean]

It's fine. It's not really your fault. I guess I appreciate that you would give a shit about some doppelganger trying to replace me despite barely goddamn knowing me.

[noluckduck]

It's not like that. I just... really hated the feeling I got whenever one of you guys opened your mouth. Nothin' personal either way.

[crusthatecean]

Well, all right, then. Needless apology accepted.

[noluckduck]

Okay then, izzat settled? Do I have free reign to say whatever the hell I want again?

[crusthatecean]

You always did. I don't control what anyone says, I just control whether I choose to stay on the audio hook coming up with creative insults to reply with, or whether i just hang up.

[noluckduck]

'Snot like I care what ya think anyway. [Honestly, she feels relieved. She got to thinking about the whole "erased" situation once she found out the truth, and imagining what it would have been like if it had happened with, say, her and her best friend, and... well, it wouldn't be pretty.]

[crusthatecean]

The feeling's mutual.

Like I said, if there really was some fake Mayfield version of me around, I would want everyone to give him shit.

[noluckduck]

Same. I wouldn't have minded someone knockin' me out while I was carolling non-stop for a whole fuckin' day.

[crusthatecean]

I don't know what caroling is, but sorry.

[noluckduck]

Don't trolls have crappy Christmas songs? Lucky bastards.

[crusthatecean]

We don't even have Christmas.