In your case, NONE of those things are in any way important. The cele8r8tion, the occasion AND you yourself are all lame, stupid, dum8 and overwhelmingly shitty in every possi8le way! No, seriously, all the ways. All of them. Every one. (I am saying that you suck.)
Rel8ted: did you open your wriggling day present yet? I think you will 8e pleasantly surprised! ::::)
okay good to know vriska serket does not give a fuck about important events feel free to ignore thats going in the important shit binder
and wow you actually bought me a present like thats something that happened better open this shit up then because no fucking way is there going to be anthrax or billions of spiders or anything like that in there
The fuck is anthrax. W8, no, I don't care! It 8n't in your gift. I guess. Unless it's shitty dum8 coolkid slang for [redacted, open the gift already!!!!!!!!] And I would never, ever force a whole 8unch of poor innocent spiders to 8reathe the same air as you. That would 8e arachnid a8use! Not cool. Now OPEN IT! God. Unless you're a cluck8east! A 8rainless pest-ridden cluck8east. Cluck cluck!
It's times like this that the differences between our cultures truly comes to light. If only it were as easy as you describe!
Young trolls from all over are rounded up and compete against each other as a way to show off their skills and prove that they are worthy of continuing along their long and haggard road to full maturity. Unfortunately, only one troll in a wriggling day batch may claim that covetous prize of being able to say that they're one sweep older. Whoever cuts their way to the top and wins the most competitions may escape the arbitrary culling at the end of the night. It is an extreme mark of pride for me to be able to say that I am six sweeps old.
Well, shit. So what you're saying is that it really is just like human culture, huh? You've got to cut your siblings down to size too, or else you don't get to grow a year. Shit, all this time I could have been more culturally sensitive by just throwing survival parties like the ones we hold.
And right, got it. You like cheesecake, understood. Any particular date I should be setting up the maraschino cherrymonial cake up for? Still have no fucking clue how troll timelines work, and honestly I'm not all that interested in learning another fucked up system of measurement.
And here I thought we trolls didn't have much influence on the development of human culture. So many similarities! We really must sit down one day and hash everything out. Think of what we could all learn!
Oh, Dave. Interested in knowing the date of my wriggling day, are you? That's so sweet! Is this the part where I make some actual effort into attempting to translate the Alternian calendar into something compatible with Earth time, or do I pick a day at random -- one conveniently close to today -- in an attempt to get at that cheesecake sometime reasonably soon?
"Interested?" Girl, you're just putting words in my mouth now. Shit like that's just too strong a word for it - I'm thinking more "I'm bored as fuck and might as well get my ask on."
But hey, you want to figure out how to translate your calendar? Be my guest. Kind of always figured you were a Libra, what with the whole shirt thing, but fuck if I know (or care, just in case we're not on the same level here) how Alternian batchdays work. Besides, I'm pretty sure lying about your birthday to get your grubby claws on ill-gotten goods is all fucking kinds of illegal.
[video] encrypted 100% because thingscheckthetapesDecember 4 2011, 01:37:14 UTC
Reasonably common. It's becoming moreso as the years go on.
[he's looking offscreen, bored.]
You mean how long it took me to find out personally? It started at puberty. There was always a possibility of it happening, my father is a very powerful mutant himself, so I was hardly running blind. For a while it just seemed like it could have been a bad fever. Aches, chills, et al. And then the world slowed down around me.
[KANYESHRUG. There's a lot more to it than that, of course, but those are the bullet points.
Normally, there's also no way he'd divulge any of this. But he... likes Dave, in a weird sort of way. It puts him in the mind of what it might have been like to have much younger siblings. And a young child dealing with a mutation hardly deserves to go through it alone.]
[video] still encrypted 100% because even dave isn't that dickishtimeturntableDecember 4 2011, 06:28:19 UTC
No shit? Well, damn.
[ I do hope you weren't trying to beat him on the "bored poker-face" front, Pietro. If there's one thing Dave has down to a fucking art, it's obfuscating his own feelings. ]
Aight, aight. This is all sounding pretty familiar, yeah, even if I'm pretty sure Bro can't travel through time or anything.
[ "Pretty familiar" doesn't even begin to cover it. Pain, sickness, heat - and then his skin rupturing as his lungs connected to the outside world. This is like a Cliffnotes for his own little transformation.
But he doesn't say any of that, of course. Instead, he gives a little shrug of his own. ]
So how common are we talking here? Are we looking at "everyone and their mom is one," or "one out of twenty of you is going to have the mutant gene" or whatever the fuck makes this whole thing happen? I've gotta keep my street cred somehow, you know, since the whole time traveling DJ jig just isn't enough to keep me out of the crowd.
[video] still encrypted 100% oh how kind of you.checkthetapesDecember 4 2011, 07:47:59 UTC
One in ten, roughly. Though some mutations are so mild as to be barely worth mentioning.
[is that a slight note of derision in his voice? Probably. It's called self-hatred. Daddy sort of made fun of his mutation and he's a little touchy, okay.]
encrypted 100%heterochromiiaDecember 4 2011, 04:56:06 UTC
Hey, um.
You remember Gamzee? Clown troll guy?
...I kinda invited the new version of him to stay over at our place. From his perspective the Karkat here just moirail-dumped him, so...not many other places he can go.
I remember you didn't get along with Gamzee for some reason before? But whatever happened, just ease off on him, okay. This one apparently hasn't met you, but...he's got it rough and we really don't want him going crazy, which is a serious risk now that he doesn't have a moirail. And I know you, you can be kind of a dick sometimes!
I think that the important part of celebrations is the being together. Having a good time, spending time with... Friends, family, whoever it is that you're celebrating with.
I don't know if that really answers your question.
Hey, who doesn't love a good party? And if it comes with sparkly lights and decorated trees and all kinds of cookies and booze, so much the better. [ That may have been... somewhat inappropriate while talking to someone under the legal drinking age. Does May care? ...not so much, no. ] Or cake. Cake is always good too.
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The cele8r8tion, the occasion AND you yourself are all lame, stupid, dum8 and overwhelmingly shitty in every possi8le way!
No, seriously, all the ways.
All of them.
Every one.
(I am saying that you suck.)
Rel8ted: did you open your wriggling day present yet?
I think you will 8e pleasantly surprised! ::::)
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good to know
vriska serket does not give a fuck about important events
feel free to ignore
thats going in the important shit binder
and wow you actually bought me a present
like thats something that happened
better open this shit up then because no fucking way is there going to be anthrax or billions of spiders or anything like that in there
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W8, no, I don't care! It 8n't in your gift.
I guess. Unless it's shitty dum8 coolkid slang for [redacted, open the gift already!!!!!!!!]
And I would never, ever force a whole 8unch of poor innocent spiders to 8reathe the same air as you.
That would 8e arachnid a8use! Not cool.
Now OPEN IT! God.
Unless you're a cluck8east! A 8rainless pest-ridden cluck8east. Cluck cluck!
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nah
think this is destined for the trash
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Young trolls from all over are rounded up and compete against each other as a way to show off their skills and prove that they are worthy of continuing along their long and haggard road to full maturity. Unfortunately, only one troll in a wriggling day batch may claim that covetous prize of being able to say that they're one sweep older. Whoever cuts their way to the top and wins the most competitions may escape the arbitrary culling at the end of the night. It is an extreme mark of pride for me to be able to say that I am six sweeps old.
Also, the cheesecake is delicious.
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And right, got it. You like cheesecake, understood. Any particular date I should be setting up the maraschino cherrymonial cake up for? Still have no fucking clue how troll timelines work, and honestly I'm not all that interested in learning another fucked up system of measurement.
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Oh, Dave. Interested in knowing the date of my wriggling day, are you? That's so sweet! Is this the part where I make some actual effort into attempting to translate the Alternian calendar into something compatible with Earth time, or do I pick a day at random -- one conveniently close to today -- in an attempt to get at that cheesecake sometime reasonably soon?
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But hey, you want to figure out how to translate your calendar? Be my guest. Kind of always figured you were a Libra, what with the whole shirt thing, but fuck if I know (or care, just in case we're not on the same level here) how Alternian batchdays work. Besides, I'm pretty sure lying about your birthday to get your grubby claws on ill-gotten goods is all fucking kinds of illegal.
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[he's looking offscreen, bored.]
You mean how long it took me to find out personally? It started at puberty. There was always a possibility of it happening, my father is a very powerful mutant himself, so I was hardly running blind. For a while it just seemed like it could have been a bad fever. Aches, chills, et al. And then the world slowed down around me.
[KANYESHRUG. There's a lot more to it than that, of course, but those are the bullet points.
Normally, there's also no way he'd divulge any of this. But he... likes Dave, in a weird sort of way. It puts him in the mind of what it might have been like to have much younger siblings. And a young child dealing with a mutation hardly deserves to go through it alone.]
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[ I do hope you weren't trying to beat him on the "bored poker-face" front, Pietro. If there's one thing Dave has down to a fucking art, it's obfuscating his own feelings. ]
Aight, aight. This is all sounding pretty familiar, yeah, even if I'm pretty sure Bro can't travel through time or anything.
[ "Pretty familiar" doesn't even begin to cover it. Pain, sickness, heat - and then his skin rupturing as his lungs connected to the outside world. This is like a Cliffnotes for his own little transformation.
But he doesn't say any of that, of course. Instead, he gives a little shrug of his own. ]
So how common are we talking here? Are we looking at "everyone and their mom is one," or "one out of twenty of you is going to have the mutant gene" or whatever the fuck makes this whole thing happen? I've gotta keep my street cred somehow, you know, since the whole time traveling DJ jig just isn't enough to keep me out of the crowd.
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[is that a slight note of derision in his voice? Probably. It's called self-hatred. Daddy sort of made fun of his mutation and he's a little touchy, okay.]
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[ It's okay, Pietbro. Dave's here to make things right again. ~B) ]
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You remember Gamzee? Clown troll guy?
...I kinda invited the new version of him to stay over at our place. From his perspective the Karkat here just moirail-dumped him, so...not many other places he can go.
I remember you didn't get along with Gamzee for some reason before? But whatever happened, just ease off on him, okay. This one apparently hasn't met you, but...he's got it rough and we really don't want him going crazy, which is a serious risk now that he doesn't have a moirail. And I know you, you can be kind of a dick sometimes!
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[ Wait.
...wait.
Nah, like fuck if he's going to remember that niggling little warning. ]
Alright, don't make the juggalo snap. Got it. Think I can handle this - I'll make sure to hide the magnets, man.
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I don't know if that really answers your question.
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[ ...is May talking to her housemate over the network when she's right in the next room? Why yes. Yes she is. ]
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