♋ 13th stage: [video] [Dec 19th, late at night]
[Hours after Gamzee was caught and jailed, Death City's other least favorite grey-skinned asshole returns. apparently Karkat skimmed the network to get an idea of what's been going on. he's moving fast with the Kinshin Chamber vanishing in the background, and he looks... awful. his eyes are too wide. long story short, he's been through some shit.
Residents who don't know trolls might assume he was in one hell of a paintball match or food fight -- there's indigo splashed all over his hair, face, and clothes. there are also heavy jade smudges and mustard yellow blots here and there. Those who know more about the trolls will know that it's blood, specifically Gamzee's, Kanaya's, and Sollux's respectively. All he says before cutting the feed is:]
Where the fuck is he, and how many people are dead?
[and then about five minutes later, because Yosuke sucks...]
Jesus shitting dammit on a three-wheeled device, I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS LEVEL OF HORSEFUCK STUPIDITY! How many of you know where I live and are half-decent at picking locks?
[Filtered to Gai.]
Gai! Listen, I need you to do me a solid, right now. Right right now. Go to my--
[he stops, looking stricken, as the message is bounced back. oh god, was Gai sent home?
then common sense breaks in. Gai must be in Europe. they were supposed to be on the same team. shit, that means he missed the Europe thing AND screwed things up beyond belief with Gamzee. even in a separate universe, he's still the supreme local fuckup. swearing loudly, Karkat types in a different name.]
[Filtered to Yosuke.]
Yosuke? Yeah, I know, shut up, it's really me, now stop trying to say words because this is important! You still have my key, don't even goddamn pretend you don't. Drop what you're doing and go to my hive, I need you to bring me something. You know those nasty greeny-white pies Gamzee's always hiding behind the load gaper and under the couch? Yeah... I need you to find at least one of those and then get back to me, like, yesterday. You got that?
[Filtered to Selendis.]
[there's a pause here. he knows she's not the type for big emotional blowouts, but she's got to be furious that he was taken. he decides to start this one off with a little interspecies diplomacy.]
En taro Adun, if you're still here.
[the message doesn't bounce back, which is reassuring, but he still looks like he's at a total loss.]
Uh... I guess... we missed Europe.
[awkward pause. he's still running. after a moment he turns back to the camera with genuine remorse.]
I'm sorry.
[his tone suggests he's sorry for a lot of things.]
((OOC: This post is mostly going to be short replies from a Karkat who's in no mood for chatter or long explanations. Your character might get blocked if he loses patience. There'll be another post later with better IC exposition!))
Residents who don't know trolls might assume he was in one hell of a paintball match or food fight -- there's indigo splashed all over his hair, face, and clothes. there are also heavy jade smudges and mustard yellow blots here and there. Those who know more about the trolls will know that it's blood, specifically Gamzee's, Kanaya's, and Sollux's respectively. All he says before cutting the feed is:]
Where the fuck is he, and how many people are dead?
[and then about five minutes later, because Yosuke sucks...]
Jesus shitting dammit on a three-wheeled device, I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS LEVEL OF HORSEFUCK STUPIDITY! How many of you know where I live and are half-decent at picking locks?
[Filtered to Gai.]
Gai! Listen, I need you to do me a solid, right now. Right right now. Go to my--
[he stops, looking stricken, as the message is bounced back. oh god, was Gai sent home?
then common sense breaks in. Gai must be in Europe. they were supposed to be on the same team. shit, that means he missed the Europe thing AND screwed things up beyond belief with Gamzee. even in a separate universe, he's still the supreme local fuckup. swearing loudly, Karkat types in a different name.]
[Filtered to Yosuke.]
Yosuke? Yeah, I know, shut up, it's really me, now stop trying to say words because this is important! You still have my key, don't even goddamn pretend you don't. Drop what you're doing and go to my hive, I need you to bring me something. You know those nasty greeny-white pies Gamzee's always hiding behind the load gaper and under the couch? Yeah... I need you to find at least one of those and then get back to me, like, yesterday. You got that?
[Filtered to Selendis.]
[there's a pause here. he knows she's not the type for big emotional blowouts, but she's got to be furious that he was taken. he decides to start this one off with a little interspecies diplomacy.]
En taro Adun, if you're still here.
[the message doesn't bounce back, which is reassuring, but he still looks like he's at a total loss.]
Uh... I guess... we missed Europe.
[awkward pause. he's still running. after a moment he turns back to the camera with genuine remorse.]
I'm sorry.
[his tone suggests he's sorry for a lot of things.]
((OOC: This post is mostly going to be short replies from a Karkat who's in no mood for chatter or long explanations. Your character might get blocked if he loses patience. There'll be another post later with better IC exposition!))