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[manipuleights]

[ The first sound is a blast of high-pitched static, followed by a inhuman screech. The static muffles out most distinguishable noises, continuing for a minute or so before a gurgling growl finally leaves the feed in silence. It's followed by a giggle, and a haughty one at that!

More static sounds with an Oh! right before the feed cuts. ]

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[windplay]

oh god, vriska is that you???
i think it is.
please tell me it's you and not karkat using your computer again.
because the guy can totally get his own computer and not invade other people's privacy.

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[manipuleights]

Of course it's me!
And you're finally 8ack from the dead, I see. What took you so long?! I hope you realize how rude it is to keep a girl w8ing!
W8, since when was Karkat using my computer????????
Did he mess8ge you.
Wh8t did he s8y?

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[windplay]

sorry!
i was actually waiting for you though, but karkat said you went off somewhere...
where did you go?
i was worried thinking you had run off to fight jack alone! you didn't right?

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[manipuleights]

He w8s! Oh my god, wh8t a nooksniffing jerk!!!!!!!!

[ That means he saw everything. Everything. ]

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[manipuleights]

[ ...and that means John did too.

Oh. ]

Yeah!
I mean, no. Of course not!
Except that was totally the plan. O8viously it didn't happen.

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[windplay]

oh ok, that's a relief. i think.
because i am pretty sure i heard you screeching earlier, did something bad happen?
oh no.
i forgot what time it is!
vriska, you need to get inside right away this is important.

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[manipuleights]

Oh, that wasn't me! It wasn't the most exciting noise a slain 8east has ever given in a desper8te plea for me to spare its life, 8ut it was still satisfying.
Inside?
W8, hold on, John! I'm the one teaching you how to do things, remem8er?

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[windplay]

oh man, i know!!
but i don't want to go through this stalling for time thing again with another troll, so please get inside?
here, this a map to our place.

-- ectoBiologist [EB] sent arachnidsGrip [AB] the file "shittymap.png" --

also, uh, we finally get to see each other right?
it's a win win situation.
so hurry!!!!!

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[manipuleights]

W8, what????????

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[manipuleights]

[ What does he mean, meat up? Did she...did they finally reach the same land at the same time?

Wait, no, they couldn't have...She died. This was a bonus round. Or something. Wasn't it?

He didn't die...did he? God, what an idiot, John! Stupid boy and his stupid heroic motives!

How much time had she missed? What was she--

--she was going to meet him?? Now? ]

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[manipuleights]

[ Crap, she's not ready for this! ]

Wow, John, you really need to work on your artistic skills! I think may8e Pyrope is 8etter at drawing maps, and that's saying something.

[ She's not excited at all. Nope. ]

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[windplay]

[ Speaking of not being ready... it was night time and John was frequently comfy in his pajamas like he normally would! But the thought of him doing so practically did not exist in his mind at the current time because Vriska could be in trouble out there. There was no telling when the strange Darkness would strike. He would have to hurry outside, action pj's and all. ]

hehe, no need to tell me twice!
also, i came outside to get you.
tell me when you can see a floating human boy randomly waving around.
i do not think i am hard to miss.

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[manipuleights]

[ Oh geez, he was looking for her?! She was even less ready than before! With blood splatters of her recent kill all over her shoes and the bottoms of her jeans. Humans didn't like that, right??? While that might have made her a good source of genetic material on Alternia, this clearly wasn't the time or place!

Oh fuck, he was going to think she was smelly and weird! ]

Of course you would do something as stupid as fly around when you're already implying I'm some sort of target! Good jo8, John!

[ She power walks, following the notably shitty map while keeping one of her eight eyes up in the sky.

Oh fuck, there he is. Waving around like a complete dolt. He might as well be wearing a flashing light saying "Hey, freaky monsters, come and eat me!" ]

I see you.
Can you see me?

[ Oh geez, oh fuck! She tries to kick some of the torn monster flesh off her sneakers, waving up at him from the sidewalk. ]

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[windplay]

[ He squinted his eyes. For a human it was obviously hard to see in the dark, but his pupils managed to adjust and spotted little movements down below. ]

i see you!

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[windplay]

[ He then started lowering himself to ground level, waving even more erratically then ever. This was a pretty exciting experience, it was like meeting Dave, Jade and Rose for the first time all over again. These kinds of good friends were the kind he had only communicated through text after all, and meeting face to face was like jumping off the handle and landing right smack dab on the date of his birthday. Apocalypse not included. But on the other hand, if it weren't for the end of the world, they wouldn't have befriended the trolls at all. Or would they? All this fate and time shenanigans was too confusing to think about. ]

[ Then he briefly wondered what Vriska looked like. She was a troll and an alien, so there must be some significant difference from humans, right? John let his imagination go wild, imagining chunky spiral horns like monster Howie Mandel and maybe a couple of tentacles(?), but he also had once thought they were all huddled in a crater like some race of unintelligent species. He had to learn to give them

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[windplay]

[ It was a low rumbling bellow. And it reminded John of some kind of fish. A really big fish to be exact.

Yeah, that was it. A really big whale! ]

uh oh.

[ Before his inner Rose could smartly chastise him that a whale was not a "really big fish" it is actually a mammal, John froze up while staring at the hideous flying beast and it's ugly sharp teeth (ugh, now that's what he called tentacles) until he sharply shook his head and swiftly descended to Vriska's side. ]

Oh my god, run!